cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Sustainable packaging in the healthcare industry
Creators: name: King, Timothy Paul
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2011

description: The recycling of plastics tends to lag behind other packaging materials. The research investigates opportunities to improve the capture of valuable packaging polymers and to preserve their specification during recycle operations, thus increasing second user opportunity. The legislative and policy drivers on the sustainable use of plastics are described and discussed with particular reference to achieving sustainability, reuse and recycle of healthcare packaging materials. Four strategic methods of achieving improvements in sustainability, reuse and recycle are developed to represent aspects of sorting of materials, collection of recyclables, replacement of unsustainable packaging materials and measurement of the environmental impacts of packaging and changes in packaging, using examples of packaging from GlaxoSmithKline consumer healthcare and medical products. The use of radio frequency identification methodology as a means of separating high quality plastics and individual reusable devices from mixed waste streams has been developed and trialled under simulated materials recycling and separation conditions. The use of Reverse Vending Machines (RVM's) designed to capture high quality polyethylene terephthalate polymers is described along with results of successful trials on this method of capture in the out of home consumption sector. Recovered material is suitable for reuse in food grade applications after reprocessing. A novel biodegradable packaging material has been successfully developed from sources of green waste as an alternative to existing polymer packaging materials for transport of vaccines, and provides results that are extendable to the replacement of other types of packaging over a wide range of consumer goods. The material also offers intangible benefits to a business in terms of claims that can be made within a corporate social responsibility (CSR) report. Life cycle analysis methodologies have been used to illustrate the environmental benefits that can be achieved by reuse of polypropylene as an example of a widely used packaging polymer with potential for reuse in other industrial sectors. The implications of the results obtained in this work should be of value in the future eco-design of polymer products designed to make end-of-life recovery and recycle more efficient and environmentally beneficial.
Anxiety, depression and autistic adults (online presentation)
Creators: name: Richdale, Amanda
name: Haschek, Alexandra
name: Lawson, Lauren
name: Hayward, Susan
name: Ifrah Abdullahi
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This pamphlet is a free resource for autistic adults, family and friends regarding depression and anxiety prevalence, risk factors and practical strategies for managing these. The information presented is based on research findings from the Study of Australian School Leavers with Autism.
The Several Guises of the BRST Symmetry
Creators: name: Rivelles, Victor O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present several forms in which the BRST transformations of QCD in covariant gauges can be cast. They can be non-local and even not manifestly covariant. These transformations may be obtained in the path integral formalism by non standard integrations in the ghost sector or by performing changes of ghost variables which leave the action and the path integral measure invariant. For different changes of ghost variables in the BRST and anti-BRST transformations these two transformations no longer anticommute.
description: 3 pages, revtex
Structural Studies of a potent Escherichia coli RNAP inhibitor T7 Gp2 and its interaction with RNAP β' Subunit - An early step towards devising new antibiotics
Creators: name: Liu, Minhao
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2011

description: Infection of Escherichia coli by the T7 bacteriophage leads to the rapid and selective inhibition of the host RNA polymerase (RNAP) - a multisubunit enzyme responsible for gene transcription - by a small (7 kDa) phage-encoded protein called Gp2 (Gene 2 protein). Gp2 is also a potent inhibitor of E. coli RNAP in vitro. Here, we provide the first structural insight into Gp2. The structure of Gp2 revealed a distinct separation of positive and negative surface charges on different sides of the molecule. The two highly exposed arginines are also in agreement with the mutagenesis studies, which suggested that they have an important role on the Gp2-RNAP interaction and Gp2's function. We have also provided the structural insight into a small domain of the RNAP β' subunit, the β' jaw domain, which is known from previous mutagenesis studies to possess the site for Gp2 binding. Evidence for an interaction between Gp2 and β' jaw domain were provided by Nuclear Magnetic Resonances (NMR) titration experiments. The Gp2-Jaw complex structure solved by NMR spectroscopy has largely facilitated the elucidation of Gp2's inhibition mechanism by allowing the construction of a Gp2-RNAP complex model, which also suggested other possible interaction sites between RNAP and Gp2. Furthermore, the new selective methyl labelling methods may provide experimental data for interactions between Gp2 and RNAP by NMR. RNAP has been used as an important target for broad-spectrum antibacterial therapy and for anti-tuberculosis therapy. According to the structural model of the Gp2-RNAP complex, the binding site of Gp2 is distal to the catalytic cleft, which does not overlap with the binding site of the antibiotic Rifamycin. Understanding the inhibition mechanism of Gp2 may thus open up a new route for the development of RNAP targeted antibiotics.
OBAP 1994 Survey Ceramic Tabulation Forms
Creators: name: Oas, Sarah
Year: 1994
Subjects: Zuni
Cibola
Hinkson Ranch
Basketmaker III
Pueblo I
Pueblo II
Pueblo III
Pueblo IV
Basketmaker II
Historic Native American
Ancestral Puebloan
Historic
Euroamerican
H-Spear Site
Ojo Bonito
Jaralosa Pueblo
Hinkson Site
Non-Domestic Structures
Communal / Public Structure
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
Ancient Communal / Public Structure
Settlements
Encampment
Great House / Big House
Hamlet / Village
Town / City
Domestic Structures
Kiva / Great Kiva
Mound / Earthwork
Ancient Earthwork
Pit House / Earth Lodge
Room Block / Compound / Pueblo
Rock Shelter
Plaza
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
Agricultural or Herding
Agricultural Field or Field Feature
Archaeological Feature
Corral
Artifact Scatter
Cairn
Terrace
Fence
Water Control Feature
Hearth
Isolated Artifact
Midden
Sheet Midden
Trash Midden
Milling Feature
Milling Bin
Pit
Refuse Pit
Quarry
Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features
Rock Alignment
Rock Art
Road
Petroglyph
Pictograph
Ceramic
OBAP
Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project
Reconnaissance / Survey
Systematic Survey

description: Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project 1994 Survey Ceramic Tabulation Forms
HS0551+7241: A New Possible Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable in the Hamburg/CfA Bright Quasar Survey
Creators: name: Dobrzycka, D.
name: Dobrzycki, A.
name: Engels, D.
name: Hagen, H. -J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the analysis of the spectroscopic observations of a newly discovered cataclysmic variable HS0551+7241. In 1995 the star's brightness dropped by Delta(B)~2.5 mag and HS0551+7241 entered a low state lasting for ~2 yr. The H-alpha, H-beta and HeII(4686) emission line radial velocity curves show evidence of short ~50 min fluctuations superimposed on longer, ~4 hour variations. We found similar modulations in the line fluxes and the line equivalent widths. The continuum magnitude light curve suggest that HS0551+7241 may be an eclipsing system. If the 4 hour period is related to the orbital period then the mass function is ~0.138 M_sun. Relatively strong HeII(4686) emission and short fluctuation may suggest that the binary is an intermediate polar. In that case the ~50 min variations would correspond to the Alfven radius of ~3 x 10^10 cm.
description: 17 pages (including 4 figures and 3 tables), to appear in Astronomical Journal, April 1998 issue
Novel Methods for Clinical Assessment of Nociception
Creators: name: Shenoy, Ravikiran
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2011

description: Pain is a leading cause of morbidity in neuro-orthopaedic conditions, and remains an unmet clinical need. In this study, I aimed to advance the assessment of the pain states using novel objective methods in patients with neuro-orthopaedic disorders, and to develop biomarkers that could be useful in clinical trials of new therapies. Quantitative sensory testing, the current method of assessment of small fibre (nociceptor) function, was compared to novel objective methods including skin biopsy, contact heat evoked potentials (CHEPS) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), in human volunteer models and patients. The clinical conditions studied were congenital insensitivity to pain presenting as orthopaedic disorders, complex regional pain syndrome, osteoarthritis, small-fibre pain syndromes, nerve and spinal root injuries. Cutaneous sensitisation biomarkers and mechanisms were identified in topical capsaicin pain models in human volunteers with study of skin biopsies, contact heat and laser evoked cerebral potentials, and fMRI. The models showed features observed in patients with neurogenic hypersensitivity, including hypersensitivity associated with regenerating nerve fibres. In patient groups, congenital insensitivity of pain patients showed absent CHEPS and lack of intra-epidermal nerve fibres, a novel finding. In patient groups with pain / hypersensitivity, CHEPS distinguished neuropathic from inflammatory mechanisms, while skin biopsies showed changes in nerve fibre density, particularly of nerve fibres positive for GAP43, a marker of regenerating nerve fibres, and of TRPV1, the heat and capsaicin receptor. As these changes require p38 MAP kinase activation in neurons, an inhibitor of p38MAP kinase was studied in a neuropathic pain clinical trial, which showed efficacy and support of the biomarkers. fMRI studies showed increased activation in regions of the brain associated with pain processing in the capsaicin model and painful osteoarthritis affecting the hand. These findings advance the assessment and understanding of pain disorders, and provide biomarkers for the development of new analgesics.
OPTIMIZATION OF WASTE MANAGEMENT THROUGH TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY AND CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) EMISSION CONTROL IN PANGKAJENE DAN KEPULAUAN REGENCY
Creators: name: Erika Asriyanti
name: Mursyid
name: Andi Santi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Waste Transport Routes, CO2 Emissions

description: Abstract

This research aims to (1) examine the optimization of waste transportation routes based on distance traveled, route, and fuel consumption in the Pangkep Regency area, (2) examine waste transportation services based on population and the generation of transported waste, (3) calculate CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) emissions produced from waste transportation. This research took 4 densely populated sub-districts, namely Pangkajene, Minasate'ne, Bungoro, and Labakkang. This research uses Network Analysis to analyze existing routes for transporting waste, then create alternative routes starting from vehicle travel time, volume of waste transported, number of transportation cycles, vehicle speed, and distance traveled from TPS (Temporary Disposal Place) to TPA (Final Disposal Site). Meanwhile, the amount of CO2 (Carbon Dioxide) emissions produced by waste vehicles was analyzed using the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Tier-1 method. The research results show that (1) the total distance traveled on the existing route by waste vehicles is 361.77 km with 2 trips per day, and the total fuel consumption is 48,480 liters/year. Meanwhile, the total distance traveled for the optimization route is 443.34 km with 2 cycles per day and total fuel consumption is 191,436 liters/year. (2) The level of waste transportation service in existing conditions is 17,57% with the amount of waste transported to the Taraweang landfill at 21,09 Tons. Meanwhile, under optimization conditions, the service percentage increased by 186,45% and the amount of waste transported to the Taraweang landfill was 201,29 Tons. (3) CO2 emissions resulting from waste transportation in existing conditions are 12.94 tons/year. Meanwhile, CO2 emissions produced under optimization conditions are 51.07 tons/year.
Truncated Sparse Approximation Property and Truncated $q$-Norm Minimization
Creators: name: Chen, Wengu
name: Li, Peng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper considers approximately sparse signal and low-rank matrix's recovery via truncated norm minimization $\min_{x}\|x_T\|_q$ and $\min_{X}\|X_T\|_{S_q}$ from noisy measurements. We first introduce truncated sparse approximation property, a more general robust null space property, and establish the stable recovery of signals and matrices under the truncated sparse approximation property. We also explore the relationship between the restricted isometry property and truncated sparse approximation property. And we also prove that if a measurement matrix $A$ or linear map $\mathcal{A}$ satisfies truncated sparse approximation property of order $k$, then the first inequality in restricted isometry property of order $k$ and of order $2k$ can hold for certain different constants $δ_{k}$ and $δ_{2k}$, respectively. Last, we show that if $δ_{t(k+|T^c|)}
Metapterodectes furnarius Mironov 2008
Creators: name: LIU, DONG
name: YI, TIAN-CI
name: XU, YUN
name: ZHANG, ZHI-QIANG
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Acari
Proctophyllodidae
Metapterodectes
Metapterodectes furnarius

description: Metapterodectes furnarius Mironov, 2008 in Mironov, Literak & Č apek, 2008: 23
— Holotype male (ZISP, 4402), ex Furnarius rufus (Gmelin, 1788) (Furnariidae), Brazil, Pantanal, Fazenda Monte Alegre, (21°30'S, 56°40'W).
description: Published as part of LIU, DONG, YI, TIAN-CI, XU, YUN & ZHANG, ZHI-QIANG, 2013, Hotspots of new species discovery: new mite species described during 2007 to 2012, pp. 1-102 in Zootaxa 3663 (1) on page 81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3663.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5630595
Work extraction using Gaussian operations in non-interacting fermionic systems
Creators: name: Onuma-Kalu, Marvellous
name: Mann, Robert B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate work extraction from non-interacting fermions under arbitrary unitary operations and the more restricted class of Gaussian unitary operations that can be feasibly implemented. We characterize general quantum states in fermionic systems according to their ability to yield work (or not) under such transformations and study the limit for which multiple copies of passive states in fermionic systems can be activated for work extraction. We find that a sufficient number of copies of non-thermal passive states can achieve this, yielding an upper bound on the number of copies needed.
description: 10 pages
Probabilistic Aspects of Dirichlet Series
Creators: name: Lyons, Simon
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2010

description: We investigate and generalise some properties of a family of probability distributions closely related to the Riemann zeta function. Random variables that have the property that divisibility by a set of distinct primes occurs as a set of independent events are characterised in terms of functions that are well known in number theory. We refer to random variables with this independence property as Khinchin random variables. In characterising the collection of Khinchin random variables, we make a connection between the probabilistic theory of discrete distributions and the number-theoretic concept of Dirichlet series. We outline some interesting correspondences between discrete probability distributions and arithmetic functions. A subset of the Khinchin random variables have infinitely divisible logarithms. We establish the necessity of a condition, already known to be sufficient, that ensures infinite divisibility. Some Khinchin random variables admit a multiplicative decomposition into a product of random prime numbers. The number of terms in such a product follows a Poisson distribution. We explore two instances of this decomposition: one related to the zeta distribution, and the other related to the so-called prime zeta function. We use the zeta distribution to derive known results from number theory via probabilistic methods, and provide a generalisation of the distribution for other unique factorisation domains.
Do weak values capture the complete truth about the past of a quantum particle?
Creators: name: Bhati, Rajendra Singh
name: Arvind
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Weak values inferred from weak measurements have been proposed as a tool to investigate trajectories of pre- and post-selected quantum systems. Are the inferences drawn from the weak values about the past of a quantum particle fully true? Can the two-state vector formalism predict everything that the standard formalism of quantum mechanics can? To investigate these questions we present a "which-path" gedanken experiment in which the information revealed by a pre- and post-selected quantum system is surprisingly different from what one would expect from the weak values computed using the two-state vector formalism. In our gedanken experiment, a particle reveals its presence in locations where the weak value of the projection operator onto those locations was vanishingly small. Therefore our predictions turn out to be in contradistinction to those made based on the nonvanishing weak values as the presence indicators of the quantum particle. We propose a six port photon-based interferometer setup as a possible physical realization of our gedanken experiment.
EEG-BASED FAST AUDITORY ATTENTION DETECTION IN REAL-LIFE SCENARIOS USING TIME-FREQUENCY ATTENTION MECHANISM
Creators: Zhuang Xie
Jianguo Wei
Wenhuan Lu
ZhongJie Li
Chunli Wang
Gaoyan Zhang
Publisher: name: IEEE Signal Processing Society
Year: 2024

description: Auditory attention detection (AAD) based on electroencephalogram (EEG) helps recognize the target speaker in a cocktail party scenario, advancing auditory brain-computer interface development. Previous EEG studies on AAD were largely based on data collected in laboratory settings. In this study, we investigated the AAD with EEG data collected when subjects were walking and sitting in real-life scenarios. To improve the detection accuracy, we proposed the time-frequency attention mechanism to the convolution neural network on EEG data. Experimental results show that the proposed model outperforms the state-of-the-art models, with an accuracy of 98.1% on a decision window of 2s. When we used a 0.1s time window for fast decoding, the accuracy remained at 91.8%, suggesting the potential for real application. Further study on ablation experiments demonstrates the effectiveness of the proposed time-frequency attention mechanism. Analysis of the key EEG features indicates that the β band plays a vital role in AAD.
Signal Recovery under Cumulative Coherence
Creators: name: Li, Peng
name: Chen, Wengu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper considers signal recovery in the framework of cumulative coherence. First, we show that the Lasso estimator and the Dantzig selector exhibit similar behavior under the cumulative coherence. Then we estimate the approximation equivalence between the Lasso and the Dantzig selector by calculating prediction loss difference under the condition of cumulative coherence. And we also prove that the cumulative coherence implies the restricted eigenvalue condition. Last, we illustrate the advantages of cumulative coherence condition for three class matrices, in terms of the recovery performance of sparse signals via extensive numerical experiments.
Supporting mental health: What young Australian autistic adults tell us (online presentation)
Creators: name: Richdale, Amanda
name: Haschek, Alexandra
name: Lawson, Lauren
name: Hayward, Susan
name: Ifrah Abdullahi
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Clinical Psychology
subject: 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: This online presentation is for health professionals who work with autistic adolescents and adults. The information presented is based on research findings from the Autism CRC’s Study of Australian School Leavers with Autism (SASLA)
Monte Carlo Studies of the IIB Matrix Model at Large N
Creators: name: Ambjorn, J.
name: Anagnostopoulos, K. N.
name: Bietenholz, W.
name: Hotta, T.
name: Nishimura, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The low-energy effective theory of the IIB matrix model developed by H. Aoki et al. is written down explicitly in terms of bosonic variables only. The effective theory is then studied by Monte Carlo simulations in order to investigate the possibility of a spontaneous breakdown of Lorentz invariance. The imaginary part of the effective action, which causes the so-called sign problem in the simulation, is dropped by hand. The extent of the eigenvalue distribution of the bosonic matrices shows a power-law large N behavior, consistent with a simple branched-polymer prediction. We observe, however, that the eigenvalue distribution becomes more and more isotropic in the ten-dimensional space-time as we increase N. This suggests that if the spontaneous breakdown of Lorentz invariance really occurs in the IIB matrix model, a crucial role must be played by the imaginary part of the effective action.
description: 26 pages, LaTeX, 7 eps figures
The Role of Thyroid Hormone in the Ventromedial Nucleus of the Hypothalamus
Creators: name: Counsell, John R
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2011

description: The hypothalamic arcuate and paraventricular nuclei play important roles in the neuroendocrine regulation of systemic thyroid hormone homeostasis. However, the roles of other hypothalamic regions are poorly understood. Triiodothyronine (T3) is the active form of thyroid hormone. T3 administration to the hypothalamic ventromedial nucleus (VMN) of rats stimulates feeding, although the mechanism remains unclear. Activation and inactivation of thyroid hormones is mediated by the iodothyonine deiodinases, where D2 is the activating enzyme and D3 the inactivating enzyme. Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors were designed to modulate the local activity of thyroid hormones by over-expressing D2 (rAAV-D2) or D3 (rAAV-D3). Two initial investigations were carried out employing these viruses in vivo. Initially, rats received bilateral injections of either rAAV-D2 or rAAV-GFP into the VMN. Cumulative food intake and body weight were unaffected, despite a significant increase D2 enzyme activity. However, fasted rAAV-D2 treated rats consumed significantly more food than controls over the initial 2 hours of refeeding following a 12 fast. In the second investigation, rats received bilateral injections of either rAAV-D3 or rAAV-GFP into the VMN. Hypothalamic D3 mRNA and brown adipose tissue activity were both significantly increased in the rAAV-D3 group, which was not associated with any change in systemic thyroid hormone levels. This suggested that sympathetic activity had been increased, independent of peripheral thyroid status. In a final investigation, rats were challenged with a high fat diet (HFD) 17 days after iVMN injection of either rAAV-D3 or rAAV-GFP. The rAAV-D3 treated group gained significantly more weight and consumed significantly more energy than controls, per day of HFD treatment. The increased HFD consumption was matched with a significant increase in hypothalamic fatty acid synthase mRNA. This thesis highlights putative mechanisms by which thyroid hormones affect peripheral metabolism and appetite via the VMN, through interplay with neuronal fatty acid homeostasis.
Measuring quantized circular dichroism in ultracold topological matter
Creators: name: Asteria, Luca
name: Tran, Duc Thanh
name: Ozawa, Tomoki
name: Tarnowski, Matthias
name: Rem, Benno S.
name: Fläschner, Nick
name: Sengstock, Klaus
name: Goldman, Nathan
name: Weitenberg, Christof
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The topology of two-dimensional materials traditionally manifests itself through the quantization of the Hall conductance, which is revealed in transport measurements. Recently, it was predicted that topology can also give rise to a quantized spectroscopic response upon subjecting a Chern insulator to a circular drive: Comparing the frequency-integrated depletion rates associated with drives of opposite orientations leads to a quantized response dictated by the topological Chern number of the populated Bloch band. Here we experimentally demonstrate this intriguing topological effect for the first time, using ultracold fermionic atoms in topological Floquet bands. In addition, our depletion-rate measurements also provide a first experimental estimation of the Wannier-spread functional, a fundamental geometric property of Bloch bands. Our results establish topological spectroscopic responses as a versatile probe, which could be applied to access the geometry and topology of many-body quantum systems, such as fractional Chern insulators.
Higher Order Conditions in Nonlinear Optimal Control
Creators: name: Gavriel, Christos
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2011

description: The most widely used tool for the solution of optimal control problems is the Pontryagin Maximum Principle. But the Maximum Principle is, in general, only a necessary condition for optimality. It is therefore desirable to have supplementary conditions, for example second order sufficient conditions, which confirm optimality (at least locally) of an extremal arc, meaning one that satisfies the Maximum Principle. Standard second order sufficient conditions for optimality, when they apply, yield the information not only that the extremal is locally minimizing, but that it is also locally unique. There are problems of interest, however, where minimizers are not locally unique, owing to the fact that the cost is invariant under small perturbations of the extremal of a particular structure (translations, rotations or time-shifting). For such problems the standard second order conditions can never apply. The first contribution of this thesis is to develop new second order conditions for optimality of extremals which are applicable in some cases of interest when minimizers are not locally unique. The new conditions can, for example, be applied to problems with periodic boundary conditions when the cost is invariant under time translations. The second order conditions investigated here apply to normal extremals. These extremals satisfy the conditions of the Maximum Principle in normal form (with the cost multiplier taken to be 1). It is, therefore, of interest to know when the Maximum Principle applies in normal form. This issue is also addressed in this thesis, for optimal control problems that can be expressed as calculus of variations problems. Normality of the Maximum Principle follows from the fact that, under the regularity conditions developed, the highest time derivative of an extremal arc is essentially bounded. The thesis concludes with a brief account of possible future research directions.
Additional file 1: of Oral mucositis associated with anti-EGFR therapy in colorectal cancer: single institutional retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: Dote, Satoshi
name: Itakura, Shoji
name: Kamei, Kohei
name: Hira, Daiki
name: Noda, Satoshi
name: Kobayashi, Yuka
name: Terada, Tomohiro
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Table S1. Doses and schedules of each 5-FU based chemotherapy combined with anti-EGFR antibody. (PDF 11 kb)
Grassmannian twists on derived categories of coherent sheaves
Creators: name: Donovan, William Ross Goodchild
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2011

description: We construct new examples of derived autoequivalences, for a family of higher-dimensional Calabi-Yau varieties. Specifically, we define endo- functors of the bounded derived categories of coherent sheaves associated to varieties arising as the total spaces of certain natural vector bundles over complex Grassmannians. These functors are defined using Fourier- Mukai techniques, and naturally generalize the Seidel-Thomas spherical twist for analogous bundles over complex projective spaces. We prove that they are autoequivalences. We also give a discussion of the motivation for this construction, which comes from homological mirror symmetry.
Stochastic Hamiltonian for Non-Critical String Field Theories from Double-Scaled Matrix Models
Creators: name: Sugino, Fumihiko
name: Yoneya, Tamiaki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present detailed discussions on the stochastic Hamiltonians for non-critical string field theories on the basis of matrix models. Beginning from the simplest $c=0$ case, we derive the explicit forms of the Hamiltonians for the higher critical case $k=3$ (which corresponds to $c=-22/5$) and for the case $c=1/2$, directly from the double-scaled matrix models. In particular, for the two-matrix case, we do not put any restrictions on the spin configurations of the string fields. The properties of the resulting infinite algebras of Schwinger-Dyson operators associated with the Hamiltonians and the derivation of the Virasoro and $W_3$ algebras therefrom are also investigated. Our results suggest certain universal structure of the stochastic Hamiltonians, which might be useful for an attempt towards a background independent string field theory.
description: 70 pages, LaTeX, typographical errors are corrected, to be published in Phys. Rev. D
OBAP 1987-1994 Excavation Unit Summaries
Creators: name: Oas, Sarah
Year: 1994
Subjects: Zuni
Cibola
Hinkson Ranch
Pueblo II
Pueblo III
Pueblo IV
Historic Native American
Ancestral Puebloan
Historic
Euroamerican
H-Spear Site
Ojo Bonito
Jaralosa Pueblo
Hinkson Site
Non-Domestic Structures
Communal / Public Structure
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
Ancient Communal / Public Structure
Settlements
Encampment
Great House / Big House
Hamlet / Village
Town / City
Domestic Structures
Kiva / Great Kiva
Mound / Earthwork
Ancient Earthwork
Pit House / Earth Lodge
Room Block / Compound / Pueblo
Rock Shelter
Plaza
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
Agricultural or Herding
Agricultural Field or Field Feature
Archaeological Feature
Corral
Artifact Scatter
Cairn
Terrace
Fence
Water Control Feature
Hearth
Isolated Artifact
Midden
Sheet Midden
Trash Midden
Milling Feature
Milling Bin
Pit
Refuse Pit
Quarry
Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features
Rock Alignment
Rock Art
Road
Petroglyph
Pictograph
Pollen
Wood
Ceramic
Chipped Stone
Dating Sample
Fauna
Ground Stone
Building Materials
Macrobotanical
Mineral
OBAP
Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project
Data Recovery / Excavation

description: Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project 1987-1994 Excavation Unit Summaries
Data Representation Optimisation for Reconfigurable Hardware Design
Creators: name: Osborne, William George
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2011

description: One of the challenges of designing hardware circuits is representing the data in an efficient way - minimising area and power while maximising clock frequency. There are several ways of representing variables, each with different characteristics, such as the effect arithmetic operations have on the absolute and relative error. In the first part of this thesis, a new method of transforming arithmetic by combining different numerical representations to exploit their advantages is discussed. The problem is formulated as a set of linear equations which are then solved to find the optimal solution. Algorithms that generate sub-optimal solutions are investigated because they take a fraction of the time to run. A new reconfigurable device structure is proposed based on the results presented. In this case, the accuracy of the original application is guaranteed to be met regardless of the input data. In many applications, guaranteeing that a transformed design has at least the same accuracy as the original is not a strong enough constraint. For this reason, the error on the output is guaranteed to be lower than a specified value. In the second part of this thesis, accuracy reduction is investigated with the goal of minimising circuit area. Energy-efficient run-time reconfigurable hardware is automatically created by systematically deactivating parts of the circuit based on the accuracy required. A model to determine the conditions under which reconfiguring the chip, if this is possible, is more energy-efficient than multiplexing is shown. The approach is expanded to general purpose processors; a new computational model - both software and hardware architecture - to reduce the energy of future devices is introduced.
Quantitative analysis on the disparity of regional economic development in China and its evolution from 1952 to 2000
Creators: name: Xu, Jianhua
name: Ai, Nanshan
name: Lu, Yan
name: Chen, Yong
name: Ling, Yiying
name: Yue, Wenze
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: Econometrics (econ.EM)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Domestic and foreign scholars have already done much research on regional disparity and its evolution in China, but there is a big difference in conclusions. What is the reason for this? We think it is mainly due to different analytic approaches, perspectives, spatial units, statistical indicators and different periods for studies. On the basis of previous analyses and findings, we have done some further quantitative computation and empirical study, and revealed the inter-provincial disparity and regional disparity of economic development and their evolution trends from 1952-2000. The results shows that (a) Regional disparity in economic development in China, including the inter-provincial disparity, inter-regional disparity and intra-regional disparity, has existed for years; (b) Gini coefficient and Theil coefficient have revealed a similar dynamic trend for comparative disparity in economic development between provinces in China. From 1952 to 1978, except for the "Great Leap Forward" period, comparative disparity basically assumes a upward trend and it assumed a slowly downward trend from 1979 to1990. Afterwards from 1991 to 2000 the disparity assumed a slowly upward trend again; (c) A comparison between Shanghai and Guizhou shows that absolute inter-provincial disparity has been quite big for years; and (d) The Hurst exponent (H=0.5) in the period of 1966-1978 indicates that the comparative inter-provincial disparity of economic development showed a random characteristic, and in the Hurst exponent (H>0.5) in period of 1979-2000 indicates that in this period the evolution of the comparative inter-provincial disparity of economic development in China has a long-enduring characteristic.
description: 15 pages, 3 figures
SU(2) WZW D-branes and quantized worldvolume U(1) flux on S^2
Creators: name: Kling, Alexander
name: Kreuzer, Maximilian
name: Zhou, Jian-Ge
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss possible D-brane configurations on SU(2) group manifolds in the sigma model approach. When we turn the boundary conditions of the spacetime fields into the boundary gluing conditions of chiral currents, we find that for all D-branes except the spherical D2-branes, the gluing matrices R^a_{b} depend on the fields, so the chiral Kac-Moody symmetry is broken, but conformal symmetry is maintained. Matching the spherical D2-branes derived from the sigma model with those from the boundary state approach we obtain a U(1) field strength that is consistent with flux quantization.
description: 10 pages, Latex, several corrections (the previous version was not approved by the first two authors)
Discontinuous BPS spectra in $N = 2$ gauge theory
Creators: name: Henningson, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the spectrum of BPS saturated states in $N = 2$ gauge theories in four dimensions. This spectrum may be discontinuous across real codimension one submanifolds of marginal stability in the moduli space of vacua. An example, which can be treated with semiclassical methods in the weak coupling limit, is the decay of quark-soliton bound states. For a quark and a soliton of electric-magnetic charge vectors $Q$ and $Q^\prime$ respectively, we find that as the manifold of marginal stability is crossed, the number of soliton states changes by a factor of $2^{Q \cdot Q^\prime}$, where the dot denotes the symplectic product.
description: 10 pages, uses harvmac
OBAP M01, LZ400-401, H-Spear, Jaralosa Excavation Forms
Creators: name: Oas, Sarah
Year: 1994
Subjects: Zuni
Cibola
Hinkson Ranch
Pueblo I
Pueblo II
Pueblo III
Pueblo IV
Historic Native American
Ancestral Puebloan
Historic
Euroamerican
H-Spear Site
Ojo Bonito
Jaralosa Pueblo
Hinkson Site
Non-Domestic Structures
Communal / Public Structure
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
Ancient Communal / Public Structure
Settlements
Encampment
Great House / Big House
Hamlet / Village
Town / City
Domestic Structures
Kiva / Great Kiva
Mound / Earthwork
Ancient Earthwork
Pit House / Earth Lodge
Room Block / Compound / Pueblo
Rock Shelter
Plaza
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
Agricultural or Herding
Agricultural Field or Field Feature
Archaeological Feature
Corral
Artifact Scatter
Cairn
Terrace
Fence
Water Control Feature
Hearth
Isolated Artifact
Midden
Sheet Midden
Trash Midden
Milling Feature
Milling Bin
Pit
Refuse Pit
Quarry
Road, Trail, and Related Structures or Features
Rock Alignment
Rock Art
Road
Petroglyph
Pictograph
Pollen
Wood
Ceramic
Chipped Stone
Dating Sample
Fauna
Ground Stone
Building Materials
Macrobotanical
Mineral
OBAP
Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project
Data Recovery / Excavation

description: Ojo Bonito Archaeological Project M01, LZ400-401, LZ1087 (H-Spear), Jaralosa Excavation Forms
Interferon Regulatory Factor 5 (IRF5): An important player in macrophage polarization and TNF regulation
Creators: name: Krausgruber, Thomas
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2011

description: Macrophages are dynamic and heterogeneous cells that can be divided into specific, phenotypic subsets. Based on Th1/Th2 polarization concept they are referred to as proinflammatory classical M1 (IL-12high, IL-23high, IL-10low) macrophages and anti-inflammatory M2 (IL-12low, IL-23low, IL-10high) macrophages. In contrast to T lymphocyte subsets, the transcription factor(s) underlying macrophage polarization remain largely unknown. My research has highlighted the importance of Interferon regulatory factor 5 (IRF5) for establishing the pro-inflammatory M1 macrophage phenotype. I was able to show that high expression of IRF5 is characteristic of M1 macrophages, in which it transcriptionally regulates M1-specific cytokines, chemokines and co-stimulatory molecules. Consequently, the depletion of IRF5 in human M1 macrophages results in down-regulation of M1-specific cytokines and further evidence for a role of IRF5 in effective immunity stems from my work using an in vivo model of polarizing inflammation. IRF5 deficient mice showed a significant reduction in serum levels of M1-specific cytokines compared to wild-type littermate controls. Therefore, the suppression of macrophage function via inhibition of IRF5 provides a new approach to attenuate the inflammatory response. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) plays an essential role in the host defence against infections but is a major factor in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory diseases. The expression of TNF is therefore tightly regulated. I was able to demonstrate that IRF5 is not only involved in the induction of human TNF gene expression but also crucial for the late phase secretion of TNF by human myeloid cells. IRF5 is using a complex molecular mechanism to control the TNF gene with two spatially separated regulatory regions (5‟ upstream and 3‟ downstream of the gene) and two independent modes of action (direct DNA binding and formation of IRF5/RelA complex) being involved. The manipulation of the IRF5/RelA interaction could be a putative target for cell-specific modulation of TNF gene expression.
Additional fileÂ 5: of Integrated motivational interviewing and cognitive behaviour therapy for lifestyle mediators of overweight and obesity in community-dwelling adults: a systematic review and meta-analyses
Creators: name: Barrett, Stephen
name: Begg, Stephen
name: OâHalloran, Paul
name: Kingsley, Michael
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: TableÂ 4. Risk of bias for included studies. (DOCX 13 kb)
Laser-controlled adaptive optic for beam quality enhancement in a multipass thin disk amplifier
Creators: name: Lange, Richard
name: Kolbe, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We devise a laser-controlled adaptive optical element which operates intracavity under high intensity radiation. This element substitutes a conventional mechanically deformable mirror and is free of critical heat-sensitive components and electronics. The deformation mechanism is based on the projection of a CW control laser onto a specially designed mirror. Mounted to a water-cooled heat sink, the mirror can handle laser radiation beyond 3 MW/cm^2. The properties of the adaptive optical element including the maximum correctable wavefront pitch of 800 nm are discussed. The successful implementation in a multipass thin disk amplifier is presented. An improvement of the beam quality by a factor of three is achieved. We identify measures to enhance the performance of the adaptive optic towards efficient operation in a high-power laser system.
PATHOGENESIS OF PURULENT-NECROTIC COMPLICATIONS IN DIABETIC HEEL SYNDROME.
Creators: name: Hamdamov, Baktiyar
name: Rakhimov, Abdurasul
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This article covers the prevalence of diabetes mellitus, the epidemic scale of diabetic heel syndrome, a significant increase in the number of patients, an increase in the life expectancy of patients with diabetes due to the creation of effective means and methods of treatment, an increase in the number of late complications of the disease, problems of patient disability, optimal methods of treatment.
Testing Cold Dark Matter Models Using Hubble Flow Variations
Creators: name: Shi, Xiangdong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: COBE-normalized flat (matter plus cosmological constant) and open Cold Dark Matter (CDM) models are tested by comparing their expected Hubble flow variations and the observed variations in a Type Ia supernova sample and a Tully Fisher cluster sample. The test provides a probe of the CDM power spectrum on scales of $0.02h$ Mpc$^{-1}\la k\la 0.2h$ Mpc$^{-1}$, free of the bias factor $b$. The results favor a low matter content universe, or a flat matter-dominated universe with a very low Hubble constant and/or a very small spectral index $n_{ps}$, with the best fits having $Ω_0\sim 0.3$ to 0.4. The test is found to be more discriminative to the open CDM models than to the flat CDM models. For example, the test results are found to be compatible with those from the X-ray cluster abundance measurements at smaller length scales, and consistent with the galaxy and cluster correlation analysis of Peacock and Dodds (1994) at similar length scales, if our universe is flat; but the results are marginally incompatible with the X-ray cluster abundance measurements if our universe is open. The open CDM results are consistent with that of Peacock and Dodds only if the matter density of the universe is less than about 60% of the critical density. The shortcoming of the test is discussed, so are ways to minimize it.
description: 8 pages, 10 figures, submitted to MNRAS
ULCPP LLSP LZ2001-2047 Survey and Tabulation forms
Creators: name: Oas, Sarah
Year: 1995
Subjects: Lyman Lake State Park
Upper Little Colorado River
Cibola
Archaic
Basketmaker III
Pueblo I
Pueblo II
Pueblo III
Pueblo IV
Ancestral Puebloan
AZ Q:11:74(ASM)
AZ Q:11:118(ASM)
Baca Pueblo
Rattlesnake Point Pueblo
Hamlet / Village
Domestic Structures
Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features
Quarry
Room Block / Compound / Pueblo
Rock Art
Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex
Settlements
Ceramic
Chipped Stone
Dating Sample
Fauna
Ground Stone
Human Remains
Macrobotanical
ULCPP
Data Recovery / Excavation
Systematic Survey

description: Upper Little Colorado Prehistory Project Lyman Lake Survey Project LZ2001-2047 Survey Forms and Ceramic and Stone Tabulation Forms