cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Is the continuous matter creation cosmology an alternative to $Λ$CDM?
Creators: name: Fabris, J. C.
name: Pacheco, J. A. de Freitas
name: Piattella, O. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The matter creation cosmology is revisited, including the evolution of baryons and dark matter particles. The creation process affects only dark matter and not baryons. The dynamics of the $Λ$CDM model can be reproduced only if two conditions are satisfied: 1) the entropy density production rate and the particle density variation rate are equal and 2) the (negative) pressure associated to the creation process is constant. However, the matter creation model predicts a present dark matter-to-baryon ratio much larger than that observed in massive X-ray clusters of galaxies, representing a potential difficulty for the model. In the linear regime, a fully relativistic treatment indicates that baryons are not affected by the creation process but this is not the case for dark matter. Both components evolve together at early phases but lately the dark matter density contrast decreases since the background tends to a constant value. This behaviour produces a negative growth factor, in disagreement with observations, being a further problem for this cosmology.
description: 15 pages, 3 figures, accepted for publication in JCAP
Livelihood Enhancement of Agroforestry Farmers from Production of Banana and Plantain (Musa species) in Egbeda Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria
Creators: name: Adeoye AS
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Botany

description: This study examined the livelihood enhancement of agroforestry farmers from the production of Musa species in the Egbeda Local Government Area of Oyo State, Nigeria. A multistage sampling procedure was used for the selection of ninety-five (95) Agroforestry farmers from four (4) wards in the study area. A well-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze data for the study. The results revealed that the majority of respondents were males (69.5%), about 30.5% of respondents fall within the age range of 40-50, 54.7% of the respondents were married being the majority. Also, the results showed that the majority of the respondents (44.2%) practiced crop farming with agroforestry as their livelihood activity. The result further showed that the majority of respondents (64.2%) sourced for suckers from their fellow farmers. Seasons do not affect production (71.6%), the majority of respondents (81.1%) plant suckers from fellow farmers as planting material. The results also revealed that the majority of the respondents (63.2%) have increased income from production, improved income from sales of banana and plantain (77.9%), and improved living standards (92.6%). Furthermore, the result revealed significant influence between agroforestry farmers’ age (χ²= 8.778, p= 0.032) and livelihood activities (χ²=13.304, p= 0.001) on their livelihood enhancement, and also the result showed a significant relationship between production practices in banana production on their livelihood enhancement (r= -0.026, p=0.037). In conclusion, the study revealed that most agroforestry farmers’ experienced livelihood improvement through banana and plantain production. It is therefore recommended that more improved banana and plantain cultivars should be introduced by subject matter specialists to agroforestry farmers to improve their income and to further give them a better life
Quintessential of Hybrid Legal Library: A Case Analysis of Miyetti Law Library
Creators: name: Wisdom O. Anyim
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 80602 Computer-Human Interaction
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Computer Software
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The paper attempts to discuss the fast development of Information Technology and its application in the legal library services with the Miyetti Law library as a case study. Miyetti law library is a typical example of a hybrid legal library equipped with necessary resources in order to accomplish the newly Information Technology based services. Hybrid legal libraries with adequate Information Technology-enabled services facilitate the fulfillment of the information needs of the users at the right time without the barrier of distance and space. The paper discusses emerging technologies, services, and retrieval tools that make hybrid library worth implemented.
Frequency-domain Blind Quality Assessment of Blurred and Blocking-artefact Images using Gaussian Process Regression model
Creators: name: Viqar, Maryam
name: Moinuddin, Athar A.
name: Khan, Ekram
name: Ghanbari, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Most of the standard image and video codecs are block-based and depending upon the compression ratio the compressed images/videos suffer from different distortions. At low ratios, blurriness is observed and as compression increases blocking artifacts occur. Generally, in order to reduce blockiness, images are low-pass filtered which leads to more blurriness. Also, in bokeh mode images they are commonly seen: blurriness as a result of intentional blurred background while blocking artifact and global blurriness arising due to compression. Therefore, such visual media suffer from both blockiness and blurriness distortions. Along with this, noise is also commonly encountered distortion. Most of the existing works on quality assessment quantify these distortions individually. This paper proposes a methodology to blindly measure overall quality of an image suffering from these distortions, individually as well as jointly. This is achieved by considering the sum of absolute values of low and high-frequency Discrete Frequency Transform (DFT) coefficients defined as sum magnitudes. The number of blocks lying in specific ranges of sum magnitudes including zero-valued AC coefficients and mean of 100 maximum and 100 minimum values of these sum magnitudes are used as feature vectors. These features are then fed to the Machine Learning (ML) based Gaussian Process Regression (GPR) model, which quantifies the image quality. The simulation results show that the proposed method can estimate the quality of images distorted with the blockiness, blurriness, noise and their combinations. It is relatively fast compared to many state-of-art methods, and therefore is suitable for real-time quality monitoring applications.
[14] Execution Proportions of Multi Server Queuing Model with Pentagonal Fuzzy Number: DSW Algorithm Approach.
Creators: name: KUMAR, PAVAN
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Operations research
Production and operations management

description: This paper displays a multi-server queuing miniature in fuzzy condition. We accept the inter-arrival(entry) time and service(overhauled) time as pentagon fuzzy numbers, and the arithmetic of interval numbers is enforced. In this proposed model, the idea of the α-cut through DSW calculation is connected to decide the execution proportions.The effectiveness of the proposed model is outlined by fathoming a numerical precedent by thinking about hypothetical information.
Adelocera nitida
Creators: name: Kotru, Akash
name: Chandran, Nithya
name: Dubey, Anil Kumar
name: Prosvirov, Alexander S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Elateridae
Adelocera
Adelocera nitida

description: Adelocera nitida (Candèze, 1857)
Pericus nitidus Candèze, 1857: 167.
Pericus sanguinolentus Candèze, 1893: 172.
Adelocera nitidus (Candèze) Hayek, 1973: 41.
Type depository. Lectotype (BMNH).
Type locality. “Des Indes-Orientales”.
Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar *, Karnataka, Maharashtra, New Delhi * (Fleutiaux, 1933). Elsewhere: Afghanistan, Pakistan (Platia, 2008; Akhter et al. 2014).
Literature. Candèze (1857: 167): original description; Candèze (1893: 172): description of P. sanguinolentus; Fleutiaux (1933: 5): bionomics; Hayek (1973: 41): combination, synonimization; Chakraborty and Chakrabarti (2000: 76): catalogue.
description: Published as part of Kotru, Akash, Chandran, Nithya, Dubey, Anil Kumar & Prosvirov, Alexander S., 2025, A catalogue of Indian Agrypninae Candèze, 1857 (Coleoptera: Elateridae), pp. 1-66 in Zootaxa 5614 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5614.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/15217075
Spectrum bandwidth narrowing of Thomson scattering X-rays with energy chirped electron beams from laser wakefield acceleration
Creators: name: Xu, Tong
name: Chen, Min
name: Li, Fei-Yu
name: Yu, Lu-Le
name: Sheng, Zheng-Ming
name: Zhang, Jie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study incoherent Thomson scattering between an ultrashort laser pulse and an electron beam accelerated from a laser wakefield. The energy chirp effects of the accelerated electron beam on the final radiation spectrum bandwidth are investigated. It is found that the scattered X-ray radiation has the minimum spectrum width and highest intensity as electrons are accelerated up to around the dephasing point. Furthermore, it is proposed the electron acceleration process inside the wakefield can be studied by use of $90^\circ$ Thomson scattering. The dephasing position and beam energy chirp can be deduced from the intensity and bandwidth of the scattered radiation.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, to be published in Applied Physcis Letters
title: Translation inhibitor PDCD4-bound mRNAs in CD8(+) T lymphocytes
Creators: name: Lingel, Holger
name: Schanze, Denny
name: Zenker, Martin
name: Brunner-Weinzierl, Monika C.
Publisher: name: Otto von Guericke University, Library, Magdeburg, Germany
Year: 2017
Subjects: PDCD4
CTLA-4
T cell
Cytottoxic
Glutaminase

description: PDCD4 is a RNA-binding protein which interferes with translation initiation of specific mRNAs. We found that PDCD4 is strongly expressed and localized in the cytoplasm of differentiating CD8(+) T lymphocytes in response to CTLA-4 activation. To asses PDCD4-bound mRNAs we performed RNA Co-immunoprecipitation with subsequent quantitative analysis by Next-Generation Sequencing. We found that PDCD4 interacted with a distinct set of mRNAs including glutaminase, Tyk2, or Brd2 whose inhibition could lead to impaired cytotoxic T cell responses.
El egresado de la carrera Ciencias de la Información y su inserción en la gestión de mercadotecnia
Creators: name: González-Valiente, Carlos Luis
name: Santos, Magda León
name: Rivera, Zoia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The study aims to identify the possibilities offered by academic studies in Cuba for the training of information professionals as marketing managers. A theoretical analysis is conducted of the basic functions of marketing and its information dimension, the specific features of the work of the marketing manager, and the competencies developed by Curriculum D in information science graduates in the Cuban context. Based on the analysis of curricular contents and interviews with ten information professionals working as marketing managers, determination was made of some indispensable competencies which should be developed during the training and later on during service practice.
description: in Spanish
Nonequilibrium steady state of the kinetic Glauber-Ising model under an alternating magnetic field
Creators: name: Baek, Seung Ki
name: Marchesoni, Fabio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: When periodically driven by an external magnetic field, a spin system can enter a phase of steady entrained oscillations with nonequilibrium probability distribution function. We consider an arbitrary magnetic field switching its direction with frequency comparable with the spin-flip rate and show that the resulting nonequilibrium probability distribution can be related to the system equilibrium distribution in the presence of a constant magnetic field of the same magnitude. We derive convenient approximate expressions for this exact relation and discuss their implications.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
A scenario based approach for dealing with challenges in a pervasive computing environment
Creators: name: G, Divyajyothi M
name: Rachappa
name: Rao, D H
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Multimedia (cs.MM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: With the surge in modern research focus towards Pervasive Computing, lot of techniques and challenges needs to be addressed so as to effectively create smart spaces and achieve miniaturization. In the process of scaling down to compact devices, the real things to ponder upon are the Information Retrieval challenges. In this work, we discuss the aspects of multimedia which makes information access challenging. An Example Pattern Recognition scenario is presented and the mathematical techniques that can be used to model uncertainty are also presented for developing a system that can sense, compute and communicate in a way that can make human life easy with smart objects assisting from around his surroundings.
description: 8 pages, IJCSA, Vol 4, No.2,April 2014
Multipath Effects on Frequency-Locked Loops (FLLs) and FLL-derived Doppler Measurements
Creators: name: Xu, Liangchun
name: Rife, Jason
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: This paper investigates the impact of non-line-of-sight (NLOS) and multipath signals on frequency-locked loops (FLLs), which are commonly used to obtain Doppler shift measurements for velocity estimation in radio navigation. A salient result is that, in the absence of a direct signal, a single NLOS signal does not corrupt Doppler observables if the angle-of-arrival (AOA) is known. Another striking result is that, in a multipath environment involving two signals, the arctangent discriminator (averaged over the beat frequency) tracks only the higher amplitude signal. Our investigation has particular significance for radio navigation in urban environments, either using global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals or ground-based cellular signals.
description: This is a follow-up and refining paper of our existing ION conference paper "Modeling Multipath Effects on Frequency Locked Loops" on ION ITM 2020
The usage of ROOT in iLCSoft
Creators: name: Ete, Remi
name: Gaedt, Frank
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2018

description: ROOT user's workshop, Sarajevo, Bosnia, 10 Sep 2018 - 13 Sep 2018
description: The International Linear Collider is a linear e+e- collider project expected to be built in Japan. In order to study the potential physics discoveries with such a collider, the ILCSoft framework has been developed by the ILC and CLIC collaborations. As for most of the experiment frameworks, ROOT plays a central role in ILCSoft. In particular, the DD4hep package, based on the TGeo component of ROOT, provides an interface to Geant4 for simulation, geometry description for reconstruction and conditions access for data analysis. The ROOT TMVA component is also extensively used for physics analysis.In this talk we will review the usage of ROOT in the ILCSoft framework and its use by the linear collider community.
Excitation of spin density and current by coherent light pulses in QWs
Creators: name: Poshakinskiy, A. V.
name: Tarasenko, S. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the orbital and spin dynamics of charge carriers induced by non-overlapping linearly polarized light pulses in semiconductor quantum wells (QWs). It is shown that such an optical excitation with coherent pulses leads to a spin orientation of photocarriers and an electric current. The effects are caused by the interference of optical transitions driven by individual pulses. The distribution of carriers in the spin and momentum spaces depends on the QW crystallographic orientation and can be efficiently controlled by the pulse polarizations, time delay and phase shift between the pulses, as well as an external magnetic field.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
Warum Kartäuserinnen Stola tragen
Creators: name: Tibi, Daniel
Publisher: name: Ex Fonte – Journal of Ecumenical Studies in Liturgy
Year: 2022

description: Nuns of the Carthusian Order receive a stole at their consecration as virgins. Initially, this rite was practiced only in individual houses, but in 1699 it was extended to the entire Order, and this remains the case even today. Since the liturgical reform following the Second Vatican Council, Carthusian nuns even wear the stole at certain liturgical functions. This article presents the rite of reception of the stole at the consecration of virgins according to the Pratique de la bénédiction et consécration des Vierges of 1699, which was used in the Carthusian Order until the liturgical reform, as well as the Rituel Cartusien de Consécration des Vierges of 1986, which is used today. It attempts to interpret the rite in light of the way of life of the Carthusian nuns, and to propose a model of diaconal service for women.
description: Ex Fonte – Journal of Ecumenical Studies in Liturgy, Bd. 1 (2022)
DNA sequence-dependent mechanics and protein-assisted bending in repressor-mediated loop formation
Creators: name: Boedicker, James Q.
name: Garcia, Hernan G.
name: Johnson, Stephanie
name: Phillips, Rob
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: As the chief informational molecule of life, DNA is subject to extensive physical manipulations. The energy required to deform double-helical DNA depends on sequence, and this mechanical code of DNA influences gene regulation, such as through nucleosome positioning. Here we examine the sequence-dependent flexibility of DNA in bacterial transcription factor-mediated looping, a context for which the role of sequence remains poorly understood. Using a suite of synthetic constructs repressed by the Lac repressor and two well-known sequences that show large flexibility differences in vitro, we make precise statistical mechanical predictions as to how DNA sequence influences loop formation and test these predictions using in vivo transcription and in vitro single-molecule assays. Surprisingly, sequence-dependent flexibility does not affect in vivo gene regulation. By theoretically and experimentally quantifying the relative contributions of sequence and the DNA-bending protein HU to DNA mechanical properties, we reveal that bending by HU dominates DNA mechanics and masks intrinsic sequence-dependent flexibility. Such a quantitative understanding of how mechanical regulatory information is encoded in the genome will be a key step towards a predictive understanding of gene regulation at single-base pair resolution.
description: 27 pages, 8 figures
Examining the Decline in the C IV Content of the Universe over 4.3 < z < 6.3 using the E-XQR-30 Sample
Creators: name: Davies, Rebecca L.
name: Ryan-Weber, Emma
name: D'Odorico, Valentina
name: Bosman, Sarah E. I.
name: Meyer, Romain A.
name: Becker, George D.
name: Cupani, Guido
name: Keating, Laura C.
name: Bischetti, Manuela
name: Davies, Frederick B.
name: Eilers, Anna-Christina
name: Farina, Emanuele Paolo
name: Haehnelt, Martin G.
name: Pallottini, Andrea
name: Zhu, Yongda
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Intervening CIV absorbers are key tracers of metal-enriched gas in galaxy halos over cosmic time. Previous studies suggest that the CIV cosmic mass density ($Ω_{\rm CIV}$) decreases slowly over 1.5 $\lesssim z\lesssim$ 5 before declining rapidly at $z\gtrsim$ 5, but the cause of this downturn is poorly understood. We characterize the $Ω_{\rm CIV}$ evolution over 4.3 $\lesssim z\lesssim$ 6.3 using 260 absorbers found in 42 XSHOOTER spectra of $z\sim$ 6 quasars, of which 30 come from the ESO Large Program XQR-30. The large sample enables us to robustly constrain the rate and timing of the downturn. We find that $Ω_{\rm CIV}$ decreases by a factor of 4.8 $\pm$ 2.0 over the ~300 Myr interval between $z\sim$ 4.7 and $z\sim$ 5.8. The slope of the column density (log N) distribution function does not change, suggesting that CIV absorption is suppressed approximately uniformly across 13.2 $\leq$ log N/cm$^{-2}$ < 15.0. Assuming that the carbon content of galaxy halos evolves as the integral of the cosmic star formation rate density (with some delay due to stellar lifetimes and outflow travel times), we show that chemical evolution alone could plausibly explain the fast decline in $Ω_{\rm CIV}$ over 4.3 $\lesssim z\lesssim$ 6.3. However, the CIV/CII ratio decreases at the highest redshifts, so the accelerated decline in $Ω_{\rm CIV}$ at $z\gtrsim$ 5 may be more naturally explained by rapid changes in the gas ionization state driven by evolution of the UV background towards the end of hydrogen reionization.
description: 20 pages, 8 figures, 4 tables. Published in MNRAS
Analyzing genome-wide association studies with an FDR controlling modification of the Bayesian information criterion
Creators: name: Dolejsi, Erich
name: Bodenstorfer, Bernhard
name: Frommlet, Florian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The prevailing method of analyzing GWAS data is still to test each marker individually, although from a statistical point of view it is quite obvious that in case of complex traits such single marker tests are not ideal. Recently several model selection approaches for GWAS have been suggested, most of them based on LASSO-type procedures. Here we will discuss an alternative model selection approach which is based on a modification of the Bayesian Information Criterion (mBIC2) which was previously shown to have certain asymptotic optimality properties in terms of minimizing the misclassification error. Heuristic search strategies are introduced which attempt to find the model which minimizes mBIC2, and which are efficient enough to allow the analysis of GWAS data. Our approach is implemented in a software package called MOSGWA. Its performance in case control GWAS is compared with the two algorithms HLASSO and GWASelect, as well as with single marker tests, where we performed a simulation study based on real SNP data from the POPRES sample. Our results show that MOSGWA performs slightly better than HLASSO, whereas according to our simulations GWASelect does not control the type I error when used to automatically determine the number of important SNPs. We also reanalyze the GWAS data from the Wellcome Trust Case-Control Consortium (WTCCC) and compare the findings of the different procedures.
title: Prof. Dr. Felix Georgi, 17. September 1893 - 21. Februar 1965, Milla Georgi geb. Arbenz, 17. Februar 1896 - 22. Februar 1965
title: Felix und Milla Georgi-Arbenz
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: Ansprachen an der Trauerfeier in der Peterskirche, Basel, am 26. Februar 1965
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Zimmermann, Karl
name: Rintelen, Friedrich
name: Wüthrich, Rudolf
Publisher: name: [Verlag nicht ermittelbar]
Year: 1965
Subjects: subject: 920 Biografien, Genealogie, Insignien
subject: Nachruf
subject: Georgi, Felix
subject: Georgi-Arbenz, Milla
subject: Zürich
subject: Basel
subject: Altwasser (Waldenburg, Schlesien)

description: Inhalt: Ansprache von Pfarrer Karl Zimmermann, Zürich ; Ansprache von Prof. Dr. Friedrich Rintelen, Basel ; Ansprache von PD Dr. Rudolf Wüthrich, Basel
Multichannel quantum-defect theory for magnetic Feshbach resonances in heteronuclear group I systems
Creators: name: Makrides, Constantinos
name: Gao, Bo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a multichannel quantum-defect theory for magnetic Feshbach resonances in the interaction of two heteronuclear group I atoms. The theory provides a unified and a uniform description of resonances in all partial waves, and enables the characterization of large number of resonances in terms of very few parameters. For the sample system of $^6$Li$^{40}$K, we present descriptions of all resonances in $aa$, $ab$, and $ba$ channels, in partial waves $s$ ($l=0$) through $h$ ($l=5$), and in a magnetic field of 0 through 1000 Gauss. All resonances, including those in nonzero partial waves, are fully characterized using the newly developed parametrization of Gao [Phy. Rev. A \textbf{84}, 022706 (2011)].
description: 9 pages, 7 figures
title: Homogenization of the Lake Equations and the Related Topics
Creators: name: Tong, Maoting
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2022

description: The purpose of this thesis is to study the homogenization of the lake equation. It generates reaction effect and the reaction term is induced by homogenization due to the weak convergence. It can be characterized by L. Tartar's method of oscillating test function. We begin by the homogenization of a Stokes equation perturbed by a drift. By means of constructing a similar homogenized equation we figure out the weak limit of the important term, this leads to a limit equation with an extra zero-order term. We then turn to the homogenization of an anelastic Stokes system arising from the lake equations and prove the existence of the solution of the equation using Lax-Milgram Theorem. The homogenization of the anelastic Stokes equation lays a fundation for the homogenization of the lake equation. We finally give the proof of the existence and uniquess of the solution of lake equation using Faedo-Galerkin method and study the homogenization of the lake equation by constructing a homogenized equation of the test function according to Tartar's method.
Mechanism of DNA scrunching during initial transcription
Creators: name: Hasemeyer, Adam
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: In bacteria, initial transcription occurs through a scrunching mechanism, where RNA Polymerase (RNAP) remains stationary on promoter DNA, unwinding and pulling downstream DNA into itself and past its active center.  The incorporation of additional nucleotides into the active center cleft leads to expansion of the single-stranded transcription bubble, with the accumulated DNA on each strand proposed to be accommodated as single-stranded bulges in the unwound region.  The location of these single-strand DNA bulges as they proceed to increase in size during initial transcription has not been fully elucidated.In this work, we have used single-molecule fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) to detect and analyze the path of nontemplate strand (NT) DNA at multiple increased levels of scrunched DNA.  We have also defined the positions of scrunched NT DNA during scrunching using FRET-derived distance restraint docking onto structural models of RNAP.  We have prepared static initial transcription complexes (ITCs) with iteratively increasing scrunched states in the NT strand:  RPo, 2 nucleotides (nt) scrunched, 4 nt scrunched, 6 nt scrunched, and 8 nt scrunched.  The complexes were shown to be properly formed and fully functional in transcription.In this work, we have demonstrated the specific incorporation of fluorescent probes at intended labeling sites in both RNAP and NT strand DNA, and have demonstrated the resulting DNA:RNAP derivative complexes are functionally functional.  We have determined probe-probe single-molecule FRET distances for each labeled DNA:RNAP combination as part of each static scrunched NT strand complex, totaling 160 unique combinations. By combining the FRET results with distance restraint docking methodology, we have established models of NT strand DNA in context of RPo, 2 nt scrunched, 4 nt scrunched, 6 nt scrunched, and 8 nt scrunched.  The RPo models were compared to solved RPo crystal structures to validate our methodology.  Additionally, these models were formed for scrunched complexes containing either a consensus (DSC) discriminator sequence or anticonsensus (aDSC) discriminator sequence.  Models were analyzed to both determine the path of NT strand DNA as it proceeds through higher levels of scrunching and to compare the different pathways seen between DSC and aDSC complexes.Our work showed that the models fit well with crystals structures of RPo.  It also showed that scrunched NT strand DNA can be accommodated within the active center cleft up to at least 6-8 nt of scrunched DNA.  Comparison of structures demonstrated that aDSC complexes have more flexibility in their possible locations within the active center cleft during scrunching and they may exit from the active center cleft at an earlier scrunched state.
Magnetic Neutron Stars in f(R) gravity
Creators: name: Astashenok, Artyom V.
name: Capozziello, Salvatore
name: Odintsov, Sergei D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Neutron stars with strong magnetic fields are considered in the framework of f(R) gravity. In order to describe dense matter in magnetic field, the model with baryon octet interacting through $σ$$ρ$$ω$-fields is used. The hyperonization process results in softening the equation of state (EoS) and in decreasing the maximal mass. We investigate the effect of strong magnetic field in models involving quadratic and cubic corrections in the Ricci scalar $R$ to the Hilbert-Einstein action. For large fields, the Mass-Radius relation differs considerably from that of General Relativity only for stars with masses close to the maximal one. Another interesting feature is the possible existence of more compact stable stars with extremely large magnetic fields ($\sim 6\times 10^{18}$ G instead of $\sim 4\times 10^{18}$ G as in General Relativity) in the central regions of the stars. Due to cubic terms, a significant increasing of the maximal mass is possible.
description: 12 pages, 4 figures, 6 tables
Investigation of fiber reinforced ferrocement composites in retrofitting reinforced concrete beams
Creators: name: Haddad, Elie I.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: Reinforced concrete bridge decks tend to deteriorate over time due to the increase in live load and corrosion of reinforcement and many other reasons. Economic factors do not allow for a complete replacement of such structures which validates the importance of concrete rehabilitation technologies. With the launch of high performance materials, the use of cementitious composites for infrastructure application for rehabilitation has become more common. Ferrocement application for bridge decks repairs is inexpensive and can extend the life of the bridge by 5 to 10 years.This study presents the results of an experimental research performed to investigate the behavior of damaged reinforced concrete beams repaired with fiber reinforced ferrocement laminate. The ferrocement layer acts as a replacement to a damaged or peeled off clear cover. A total of 30 beams were tested under two point loading system up to failure. The research work discusses the effect of; the number and type of reinforcement in the laminate, and the incorporation of macro polypropylene fibers at different volume in the mortar used for the repair layer. The beams differed by their reinforcement ratios in the ferrocement laminate, thickness of the lamniate, size and number of shear studs which act as a bond between the two layers. All beams are designed to fail in flexure.Results showed that the beams tested had noticeable improvement in terms of ductility, cracking strength (163%) and ultimate capacity (109%). The results also showed the material properties of multiple mortar mixes that were considered to be used for the fabrication of the repair layers. These mixes differed by their cementitious components, fibers content, and other parameters that will be discussed later on are in the study.
Darolutamide: A Review in Metastatic Hormone-Sensitive Prostate Cancer
Creators: name: Lee, Arnold
Publisher: name: Adis Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Cancer

description: Declarations
 Funding The preparation of this review was not supported by any external funding.
 Authorship and Conflict of interest Arnold Lee is a salaried employee of Adis International Ltd/Springer Nature, and declares no relevant conflicts of interest. All authors contributed to the review and are responsible for the article content.
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 Abstract  Darolutamide (NUBEQA®) is an oral androgen receptor inhibitor (ARi) that is approved for the treatment of metastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer (mHSPC) in combination with androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) and docetaxel. In a pivotal trial, darolutamide plus ADT and docetaxel was superior to placebo plus ADT and docetaxel in prolonging the primary endpoint of overall survival, with improvements also reported in most secondary endpoints. Treatment with darolutamide plus ADT and docetaxel was associated with a manageable tolerability profle. Furthermore, the adverse events reported with darolutamide plus ADT and docetaxel were generally consistent with the safety profles previously reported for ADT and docetaxel. Darolutamide expands the availability of treatment options in mHSPC and may be useful as a treatment for high-volume disease (typically defned as ≥ 4 bone metastases with spread outside of the pelvis and vertebral column).
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Complexity Phenomena and ROMA of the Magnetospheric Cusp, Hydrodynamic Turbulence, and the Cosmic Web
Creators: name: Chang, Tom
name: Wu, Cheng-chin
name: Echim, Marius
name: Lamy, Herve
name: Vogelsberger, Mark
name: Hernquist, Lars
name: Sijacki, Debora
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dynamic Complexity is a phenomenon exhibited by a nonlinearly interacting system within which multitudes of different sizes of large scale coherent structures emerge, resulting in a globally nonlinear stochastic behavior vastly different from that could be surmised from the underlying equations of interaction. The hallmark of such nonlinear, complex phenomena is the appearance of intermittent fluctuating events with the mixing and distributions of correlated structures at all scales. We briefly review here a relatively recent method, ROMA (rank-ordered multifractal analysis), explicitly constructed to analyze the intricate details of the distribution and scaling of such types of intermittent structures. This method is then applied to the analyses of selected examples related to the dynamical plasmas of the cusp region of the magnetosphere, velocity fluctuations of classical hydrodynamic turbulence, and the distribution of the structures of the cosmic gas obtained through large scale, moving mesh simulations. Differences and similarities of the analyzed results among these complex systems will be contrasted and highlighted. The first two examples have direct relevance to the geospace environment and are summaries of previously reported findings. The third example on the cosmic gas, though involving phenomena much larger in spatiotemporal scales, with its highly compressible turbulent behavior and the unique simulation technique employed in generating the data, provides direct motivations of applying such analysis to studies of similar multifractal processes in various extreme environments. These new results are both exciting and intriguing.
description: 36 pages
Detecting bifurcation values at infinity of real polynomials
Creators: name: Dias, Luis Renato G.
name: Tibar, Mihai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14D06, 58K05, 57R45, 14P10, 32S20, 58K15

description: We present a new approach for estimating the set of bifurcation values at infinity. This yields a significant shrinking of the number of coefficients in the recent algorithm introduced by Jelonek and Kurdyka for reaching critical values at infinity by rational arcs.
New nonlinear structures in a degenerate one-dimensional electron gas
Creators: name: Ghosh, S.
name: Chakrabarti, N.
name: Haas, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The collective dynamics of nonlinear electron waves in an one-dimensional degenerate electron gas is treated using the Lagrangian fluid approach. A new class of solutions with a nontrivial space and time dependence is derived. Both analytical and numerical results demonstrate the formation of stable, breather-like modes, provided certain conditions are meet. For large amplitude of the initial density perturbation, a catastrophic collapse of the plasma density is predicted, even in the presence of the quantum statistical pressure and quantum diffraction dispersive effects. The results are useful for the understanding of the properties of general nonlinear structures in dense plasmas.
Monitoring Training and Match-Induced Fatigue in Academy Rugby Union Players
Creators: name: Roe, Gregory
Publisher: name: Leeds Beckett University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: he aim of the thesis was to investigate changes in markers of fatigue following training and match-play in academy rugby union players. Prior to investigations, the between-day reliability of fatigue markers was investigated. Measures of lower-and upper-body neuromuscular function (countermovement jump (CMJ) and plyometric push-up) demonstrated acceptable reliability (CV = 2-6%) in a number of metrics, as did whole blood creatine kinase concentratio n ([CK]) (CV = 26.1%) and a short wellbeing questionnaire (CV = 7.1%) when considering the signal to noise ratio. Additionally, the validity of micro-technology (GPS and accelerometer metrics) was evaluated for assessing training and match characteristics. Specifically, 10 Hz GPS proved a valid measure of maximum sprint velocity (r = 0.93-0.98) while Player LoadTM slow demonstrated a useful surrogate measure of collision activity (r = 0.61-0.80). Finally, observations from a preseason training cycle showed that CMJ metrics demonstrated superior sensitivity to training than a 6-second peak power cycle ergometer test for assessing lower-body neuromuscular function. Following match-play, substantial (likely-almost certainly greater than the smallest worthwhile change) changes in markers of fatigue were observed, which peaked at 24 hours post-match, and recovered in the first 3 days thereafter. Field-based training inclusive of contact resulted in substantially greater reductions in upper-body neuromuscular function and perception of wellbeing, and greater elevations in [CK], while exclusion of contact induced possibly greater reductions in lower-body neuromuscular function 24 hours post-training. Findings suggest it may be prudent to afford players a recovery day following either match-play or contact training. Furthermore, the results demonstrated the individual nature of fatigue, underlying the importance of individual athlete monitoring. Additionally, possible and likely increases in lower-body strength and sprint maximum velocity respectively were observed during a preseason despite substantial reductions in CMJ mean power, questioning the usefulness of a CMJ for monitoring fatigue in the context of strength and sprint velocity development. 1
Enhancing Border Security and Countering Terrorism Through Computer Vision: a Field of Artificial Intelligence
Creators: name: Ige, Tosin
name: Kolade, Abosede
name: Kolade, Olukunle
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Border security had been a persistent problem in international border especially when it get to the issue of preventing illegal movement of weapons, contraband, drugs, and combating issue of illegal or undocumented immigrant while at the same time ensuring that lawful trade, economic prosperity coupled with national sovereignty across the border is maintained. In this research work, we used open source computer vision (Open CV) and adaboost algorithm to develop a model which can detect a moving object a far off, classify it, automatically snap full image and face of the individual separately, and then run a background check on them against worldwide databases while making a prediction about an individual being a potential threat, intending immigrant, potential terrorists or extremist and then raise sound alarm. Our model can be deployed on any camera device and be mounted at any international border. There are two stages involved, we first developed a model based on open CV computer vision algorithm, with the ability to detect human movement from afar, it will automatically snap both the face and the full image of the person separately, and the second stage is the automatic triggering of background check against the moving object. This ensures it check the moving object against several databases worldwide and is able to determine the admissibility of the person afar off. If the individual is inadmissible, it will automatically alert the border officials with the image of the person and other details, and if the bypass the border officials, the system is able to detect and alert the authority with his images and other details. All these operations will be done afar off by the AI powered camera before the individual reach the border
description: 10 pages, 8 figures, Conference publication
Security Improvement of an Image Encryption Based on mPixel-Chaotic-Shuffle and Pixel-Chaotic-Diffusion
Creators: name: Ahmad, Musheer
name: Alsharari, Hamed D.
name: Nizam, Munazza
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we propose to improve the security performance of a recently proposed color image encryption algorithm which is based on multi-chaotic systems. The existing cryptosystem employed a pixel-chaotic-shuffle mechanism to encrypt images, in which the generation of shuffling sequences are independent to the plain-image/cipher-image. As a result, it fails to the chosen-plaintext and known-plaintext attacks. Moreover, the statistical features of the cryptosystem are not up to the standard. Therefore, the security improvements are framed to make the above attacks infeasible and enhance the statistical features as well. It is achieved by modifying the pixel-chaotic-shuffle mechanism and adding a new pixel-chaotic-diffusion mechanism to it. The keys for diffusion of pixels are extracted from the same chaotic sequences generated in the previous stage. The simulation analyses and studies are performed to demonstrate that the updated version of cryptosystem has better statistical features and resistant to the chosen-plaintext and known-plaintext attacks than the existing algorithm.
Adversarial Sampling for Fairness Testing in Deep Neural Network
Creators: name: Ige, Tosin
name: Marfo, William
name: Tonkinson, Justin
name: Adewale, Sikiru
name: Matti, Bolanle Hafiz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this research, we focus on the usage of adversarial sampling to test for the fairness in the prediction of deep neural network model across different classes of image in a given dataset. While several framework had been proposed to ensure robustness of machine learning model against adversarial attack, some of which includes adversarial training algorithm. There is still the pitfall that adversarial training algorithm tends to cause disparity in accuracy and robustness among different group. Our research is aimed at using adversarial sampling to test for fairness in the prediction of deep neural network model across different classes or categories of image in a given dataset. We successfully demonstrated a new method of ensuring fairness across various group of input in deep neural network classifier. We trained our neural network model on the original image, and without training our model on the perturbed or attacked image. When we feed the adversarial samplings to our model, it was able to predict the original category/ class of the image the adversarial sample belongs to. We also introduced and used the separation of concern concept from software engineering whereby there is an additional standalone filter layer that filters perturbed image by heavily removing the noise or attack before automatically passing it to the network for classification, we were able to have accuracy of 93.3%. Cifar-10 dataset have ten categories of dataset, and so, in order to account for fairness, we applied our hypothesis across each categories of dataset and were able to get a consistent result and accuracy.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures, International Journal of Advanced Computer Science and Application
Higgs Physics as a Proble of New Physics
Creators: name: Kanemura, Shinya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The discovery of the Higgs boson at the LHC has opened the door to clarify the mechanism of electroweak symmetry breaking and the origin of masses of particles. The Higgs sector in the SM is the simplest but has no theoretical principle, so that there is a possibility of non-minimal Higgs sectors. While the standard model is not contradict with the current data at the LHC within the error, most of extended Higgs sectors can also reproduce the data. An extended Higgs sector often appears in a new physics model beyond the standard model, so that we can determine new physics from the Higgs sector. In this talk, we discuss various aspects of extended Higgs sectors, in particular its phenomenological properties and testability at future experiments at the International Linear Collider.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, prepared for Proceedings of LC13 Workshop: exploring QCD from the infrared regime to heavy flavour scales at B-factories, the LHC and a Linear Collider, 16-20 September 2013, ECT*, Villa Tambosi, Villazzano (TN), Italy