cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Childhood Executive Function Predicts Internalizing and Externalizing Symptoms in Emerging Adults With and Without Autism: A 10-Year Longitudinal Study
Creators: name: Fossum, Ingrid Nesdal
name: Orm, Stian
name: Andersen, Per Normann
name: Geurts, Hilde M.
name: Øie, Merete Glenne
name: Skogli, Erik Winther
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typically developing individuals were assessed on three neuropsychological tests of executive function (EF) and on scales of autism symptoms and co-occurring internalizing and externalizing symptoms at baseline (T1; N = 88, Mage = 11.8 years, 73% males), 2-year (T2; 99% retention, Mage = 13.9 years), and 10-year follow-ups (T3; 75% retention, Mage = 21.4 years). An EF composite score from T1 significantly predicted internalizing symptoms at T2 (β = .228) and internalizing and externalizing symptoms at T3 (β = .431 and .478, respectively), when controlling for age and autism symptoms. OThe findings suggest that EF difficulties are a long-term risk factor for more co-occurring symptoms. .
Graphs with few paths of prescribed length between any two vertices
Creators: name: Conlon, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We use a variant of Bukh's random algebraic method to show that for every natural number $k \geq 2$ there exists a natural number $\ell$ such that, for every $n$, there is a graph with $n$ vertices and $Ω_k(n^{1 + 1/k})$ edges with at most $\ell$ paths of length $k$ between any two vertices. A result of Faudree and Simonovits shows that the bound on the number of edges is tight up to the implied constant.
description: 8 pages
Aspectos Socio juridicos gestion victimologica gerencia victima trabajo social intervencion social comunitaria.pdf
Creators: name: Vasquez-Pauca, Mario Jose
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Sociology not elsewhere classified
Social work not elsewhere classified
Clinical social work practice

description: http://repositorio.unsa.edu.pe/handle/UNSA/7614

La gestión social en el campo victimológico es relativamente reciente y parte de la reconfiguración de la posición de la víctima como actor central en la recuperación social de la ofensa del delito y en el funcionamiento del aparato judicial que encuentra en ella el leitmotiv o razón última de ser. En este proceso se han diseñado y puesto en marcha distintas estrategias orientadas a recuperar la víctima y reintegrarla al orden social del que el delito intentó proscribirla. Es así que emerge la gestión social victimológica que intenta contribuir en que quienes fueron agraviados por el delito se reenlace con los estamentos sociales como educación, salud, vivienda, economía, trabajo, entre otros, en un contexto concomitante a la búsqueda de la justicia como reconocimiento pleno del hecho delictivo, su impacto y las acciones correctivas que el estado está llamado a realizar para evitar que éste se repita y contribuir así a la paz social de la población. En el presente trabajo de investigación se describe y relevan la gestión social y los elementos socio-jurídicos insertos en ella, como conjunto de estrategias funcionales desde oficinas y programas de soporte y apoyo a las víctimas y como iniciativa del propio Estado que encuentra en la Unidad de Asistencia a Víctimas y Testigos un órgano que, además de contribuir en el bienestar de los, agraviados procura que asuman un rol activo en la pesquisa fiscal y diligencias judiciales, coadyuvando con el sistema de justicia.
Investigation of thermal, mechanical and shape memory properties of 3D-printed functionally graded nanocomposite materials †
Creators: name: Alsaadi, Mohamad
name: HINCHY, EOIN
name: McCarthy, Conor T.
name: Moritz, Vicente F.
name: Portela, Alexandre
name: Devine, Declan M.
Publisher: name: University of Limerick
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering

description: In this study, a 3D-printed photocurable resin was developed by incorporating graphene nanoplatelets functionalised with melamine to investigate the thermal, mechanical, fracture and shape memory behaviours. The objective of this work was to produce a printed functionally graded nanocomposite material that has a smart temperature-responsive structure; presents good thermal stability, strength and fracture toughness; and can demonstrate shape-changing motions, such as sequential transformations, over time. The functionalised graphene nanoplatelets were examined via thermogravimetric analysis, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy. Thermogravimetric analysis showed that the degradation temperature of the nanocomposite containing 0.1 wt% of functionalised graphene nanoplatelets at the weight loss of 5% was 304 ◦C, greater than that of the neat one by 29%. Dynamic mechanical analysis results showed property enhancements of the storage modulus and glass transition temperature. Fracture toughness, tensile strength and impact resistance were improved by 18%, 35% and 78%, respectively. The shape memory tests were performed to obtain the temperature-time recovery behaviour of the 3D-printed structures. The addition of functionalised graphene nanoplatelets demonstrated an enhancement in the shape recovery ratios. Generally, the five subsequent cycles were notably stable with a high recovery ratio of 97–100% for the flat shape and circular shape of the M-GNP specimens. On the other hand, these values were between 91% and 94% for the corresponding neat specimens.
Aspectos Socio juridicos gestion victimologica gerencia victima trabajo social intervencion social comunitaria.pdf
Creators: name: Vasquez-Pauca, Mario Jose
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Sociology not elsewhere classified
Social work not elsewhere classified
Clinical social work practice

description: http://repositorio.unsa.edu.pe/handle/UNSA/7614

La gestión social en el campo victimológico es relativamente reciente y parte de la reconfiguración de la posición de la víctima como actor central en la recuperación social de la ofensa del delito y en el funcionamiento del aparato judicial que encuentra en ella el leitmotiv o razón última de ser. En este proceso se han diseñado y puesto en marcha distintas estrategias orientadas a recuperar la víctima y reintegrarla al orden social del que el delito intentó proscribirla. Es así que emerge la gestión social victimológica que intenta contribuir en que quienes fueron agraviados por el delito se reenlace con los estamentos sociales como educación, salud, vivienda, economía, trabajo, entre otros, en un contexto concomitante a la búsqueda de la justicia como reconocimiento pleno del hecho delictivo, su impacto y las acciones correctivas que el estado está llamado a realizar para evitar que éste se repita y contribuir así a la paz social de la población. En el presente trabajo de investigación se describe y relevan la gestión social y los elementos socio-jurídicos insertos en ella, como conjunto de estrategias funcionales desde oficinas y programas de soporte y apoyo a las víctimas y como iniciativa del propio Estado que encuentra en la Unidad de Asistencia a Víctimas y Testigos un órgano que, además de contribuir en el bienestar de los, agraviados procura que asuman un rol activo en la pesquisa fiscal y diligencias judiciales, coadyuvando con el sistema de justicia.
Supplemental information about PAPP-A2, Free IGF-I, and IGFBP-3 throughout childhood_09042019
Creators: name: Fujimoto, Masanobu
name: Khoury, Jane C.
name: Khoury, Philip R.
name: Bhanu Kalra
name: Kumar, Ajay
name: Sluss, Patrick M
name: Oxvig, Claus
name: Hwa, Vivian
name: Dauber, Andrew
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental information about PAPP-A2, Free IGF-I, and IGFBP-3 throughout childhood
Some approximation problems in semi-algebraic geometry
Creators: name: Friedland, Shmuel
name: Stawiska, Malgorzata
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14P10, 41A52, 41A65

description: In this paper we deal with a best approximation of a vector with respect to a closed semi-algebraic set $C$ in the space $\mathbb{R}^n$ endowed with a semi-algebraic norm $ν$. Under additional assumptions on $ν$ we prove semi-algebraicity of the set of points of unique approximation and other sets associated with the distance to $C$. For $C$ irreducible algebraic we study the critical point correspondence and introduce the $ν$- distance degree, generalizing the notion appearing in \cite{DHOST} for the Euclidean norm. We discuss separately the case of the $\ell^p$ norm ($p>1$).
description: Completely reworked material of Sections 1--6 of S. Friedland and M. Stawiska, Best approximation on semi-algebraic sets and k-border rank approximation of symmetric tensors, arXiv:1311.1561, with related new results. Some minor clarifications made to the 2014 version. 16 pages
Alternative facts, New Zealand Libraries and Te Tiriti o Waitangi
Creators: name: Morse, Valerie
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Library and Information Studies
subject: FOS: Media and communications

description: Despite the recent rise of ‘alternative facts’ (alt-facts), there have been people in Aotearoa/New Zealand who have long promoted an alternative version of history that denies Māori are tangatawhenua. These ideas are part of a global phenomenon of historical negationism that promotesracist political agendas. For a range of reasons, libraries have acquired the writings of these alt-factpractitioners. This essay discusses some of the ways in which libraries can deal with this materialwhile working to uphold Te Tiriti/Treaty of Waitangi responsibilities. Included in the essay are a discussionof radical cataloguing approaches as well as the tools for reference and user service librariansto address the proliferation of alt-facts
title: Simple components, correlated components and an application of statistical shape analysis to consumer and other multivariate data
Creators: name: Arnold, David
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2011

description: The interpretation of a principal component analysis can be complicated because the components are linear combinations of possibly many observed variables. A rotation of the principal components can improve the interpretation, however, there are usually still many small non-informative loadings, which taken together account for a significant proportion of the observed variation. Presented is a new computationally efficient method to find simple components using similar criteria to principal components. Simple components are defined to have restricted weights that are proportional to the set of integers {0, -1, 1}. This choice ensures that no subjective decision is required as to whether a weight is important, and an individual weight is interpreted in a similar way to a correlation of one, minus one or zero with the component. The algorithm can find solutions for large problems in tractable time and can easily accommodate alternative criteria. An application is proposed that provides a simple component summary of a large data set. When data is related to an orthogonal basis, these axes represent the maximum separation of information between axes. An approach is developed that finds orthogonal rotations of the principal components so that the sum or the sum of the squared covariance between a set of components is maximized. This approach can find a group of correlated components that explain a latent trait, and in addition explain different aspects of that trait. Another application is developed where an arbitrary configuration of points from a multidimensional scaling or similar method, can be displayed on a parallel coordinate plot so that the number of cross over's between the axes are minimized. This aids the identification of clusters and outliers. In consumer research a respondent's perception is often driven by tacit knowledge, for example when making product comparisons. However, the traditional variable analogue scale may not capture this. A two dimensional response is proposed for a multiple product comparison. Principal shape analysis is developed to extract latent shape responses from the questions answered by the respondents. The analysis framework is coordinate free, and uses a scaled Euclidean distance matrix to represent a configuration of products, which can be considered a shape. A Euclidean distance matrix representation does not suffer from the problems associated with the use of shape coordinate systems.
title: Non-Local Multiscale Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Approaches for Tumour-Oncolytic Viruses Interactions
titleType: Other
Creators: name: Alsisi, Abdulhamed
Publisher: name: University of Dundee
Year: 2022

description: Oncolytic virus (OV) is a potential therapeutic cancer treatment since it has the ability to selectively infect and reproduce inside cancer cells, killing them while posing no threat to healthy cells. The ability of viruses to destroy cancer cells has been known for almost a century, but the specific processes behind tumour-virus interactions have only just begun to be appreciated. Due to the rapid viral replication rate, infected cancer cells come loose, releasing infectious viral particles into the environment that can infect new cancer cells. In this work, we present a new non-local multiscale moving boundary model for the spatio-temporal cancer-OV interactions. This model investigates a crucial double feedback loop that combines the macro-scale dynamics of cancer-virus interactions with the micro-scale dynamics of proteolytic activity at the tumour interface. We explore the non-local cancer cell-cell and cell-matrix interactions, while assuming local cell-virus interactions. We examine several cancer treatment scenarios with oncolytic viruses numerically, such as the effect of injecting the OV inside the tumour, or outside it. We also look into the impact of varied cell-cell and cell-matrix contact strengths on the success of OV spreading throughout the tumour, as well as the impact of constant or density-dependent virus diffusion coefficients. Furthermore, as scientific evidence for the involvement of the go or grow hypothesis in cancer invasion grows, we continue our research by examining multiple scenarios for the complicated dynamics of the go or grow hypothesis in the presence of tumour-OV interactions. The spatio-temporal model focuses on two cancer cell types that can either be infected with the OV or maintain uninfected, and can either migrate in response to extracellular matrix (ECM) density or proliferate. We investigate the impact of transition rates between moving and growing cancer cell subpopulations, as well as the impact of viral infection and replication rates on overall tumour dynamics. Moreover, ECM components are extensively explored by cancer cells during invasion, and the distinctive contribution of ECM fibrous protein components, such as collagen and fibronectin, which play a major role in cell proliferation and migration, is of particular interest in this context. To that end, we develop our model to investigate this interaction in fibrous ECM, by dividing the ECM into two subpopulations fibrous ECM and non-fibre ECM to study the fibre aspect in cancer-ECM-OV interactions. We investigated two approaches for cell directed movement of infected cancer cells local and non-local, and the role of cross adhesion strength on cancer-OV interaction between infected and uninfected cancer cells.
Many symmetrically indivisible structures
Creators: name: Meir, Nadav
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Logic (math.LO)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C15, 05C55 (Primary) 20B27, 03C98 (Secondary)

description: A structure $\mathcal{M}$ in a first-order language $\mathcal{L}$ is \emph{indivisible} if for every coloring of $M$ in two colors, there is a monochromatic $\mathcal{M}^{\prime} \subseteq \mathcal{M}$ such that $\mathcal{M}^{\prime}\cong\mathcal{M}$. Additionally, we say that $\mathcal{M}$ is symmetrically indivisible if $\mathcal{M}^{\prime}$ can be chosen to be \emph{symmetrically embedded} in $\mathcal{M}$ (that is, every automorphism of $\mathcal{M}^{\prime}$ can be extended to an automorphism of $\mathcal{M}$). In the following paper we give a general method for constructing new symmetrically indivisible structures out of existing ones. Using this method, we construct $2^{\aleph_0}$ many non-isomorphic symmetrically indivisible countable structures in given (elementary) classes and answer negatively the following question asked by A. Hasson, M. Kojman and A. Onshuus in "On symmetric indivisibility of countable structures" (Cont. Math. 558(1):453--466): Let $\mathcal{M}$ be a symmetrically indivisible structure in a language $\mathcal{L}$. Let $\mathcal{L}_0 \subseteq \mathcal{L}$. Is $ \mathcal{M} \upharpoonright \mathcal{L}_0$ symmetrically indivisible?
description: 10 pages
Wafer-scale arrayed p-n junctions based on few-layer epitaxial GaTe
Creators: name: Yuan, Xiang
name: Tang, Lei
name: Wang, Peng
name: Chen, Zhigang
name: Zou, Yichao
name: Su, Xiaofeng
name: Zhang, Cheng
name: Liu, Yanwen
name: Wang, Weiyi
name: Liu, Cong
name: Chen, Fansheng
name: Zou, Jin
name: Zhou, Peng
name: Hu, Weida
name: Xiu, Faxian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Two-dimensional (2D) materials have attracted substantial attention in electronic and optoelectronic applications with superior advantages of being flexible, transparent and highly tunable. Gapless graphene exhibits ultra-broadband and fast photoresponse while the 2D semiconducting MoS2 and GaTe unveil high sensitivity and tunable responsivity to visible light. However, the device yield and the repeatability call for a further improvement of the 2D materials to render large-scale uniformity. Here we report a layer-by-layer growth of wafer-scale GaTe with a hole mobility of 28.4 cm2/Vs by molecular beam epitaxy. The arrayed p-n junctions were developed by growing few-layer GaTe directly on three-inch Si wafers. The resultant diodes reveal good rectifying characteristics, photoresponse with a maximum photoresponsivity of 2.74 A/W and a high photovoltaic external quantum efficiency up to 62%. The photocurrent reaches saturation fast enough to capture a time constant of 22 μs and shows no sign of device degradation after 1.37 million cycles of operation. Most strikingly, such high performance has been achieved across the entire wafer, making the volume production of devices accessible. Finally, several photo-images were acquired by the GaTe/Si photodiodes with a reasonable contrast and spatial resolution, demonstrating for the first time the potential of integrating the 2D materials with the silicon technology for novel optoelectronic devices.
title: Investigating the Effect of Cytokines on the Proliferation and Metabolism of Intraepithelial Lymphocytes
titleType: Other
Creators: name: Salgado Fernandez, Nicole
Publisher: name: University of Dundee
Year: 2022

description: The gut is exposed constantly to invading bacterial populations and dietary antigens. To protect it from harm, a complex and diverse network of patrolling immune cells can be found spread throughout the gut and in specialized lymphoid structures. One immune cells type playing a key role in the protection and homeostasis of the gut, are the intraepithelial T-lymphocytes (IELs). This population of T cells, reside within the epithelial layer of the gut and are primarily known for their protective role against invading pathogens, but when overactivated these cells can also be harmful to the intestine (as exemplified by inflammatory bowel disease). A feature specific to these cells is their semi-activated state that distinguishes them from other immune cells in the circulation. This semi-activated state is characterized by expressing a mixture of different factors, from activation markers to effector proteins (such as granzymes), as well as by its high expression of inhibitory receptors and of a state of metabolic arrest. In this study I evaluated the role that different gut-inflammation related cytokines (e.g. IL-15, IL-18, IL-21, IL-33) can have on the activation of IELs, with a specific focus on the effect of these cytokines on IEL mitochondrial regulatory mechanisms. I used flow-cytometry to identify changes in cell size, proliferation and survival; the MitoQC mouse model, that expressed a mitochondria-targeted fluorescent mitophagy reporter, to measure changes in the rate of mitophagy; Oxygraphy to assess mitochondrial respiratory capacity; and finally immunoblotting to evaluate expression of specific mitochondrial proteins. Overall findings showed that IELs have a better respiratory capacity compared to LN lymphocytes, and more fission related mitochondria-shaping proteins (Drp1, Fis1 & Mff). Furthermore, when exposed to the cytokine IL-15, IELs show increased of the fusion-related isoform of the mitochondrial protein of Opa1 (s-Opa1), that may potentiate mitochondrial function. Finally, I showed that while the addition of IL-18 or IL-21 on their own had minimal effects on IELs, the combination of IL-15/18/21 in IELs resulted in highly increased cell growth, production of IFN-γ and reduction in mitophagy, along with an additional reduction in fission related proteins (Mff & pdrp1(s616)). These findings highlight the potential of cytokines to drive IEL activation, at least to some extent through their effects on mitochondrial homeostasis.
title: Inaction in action: how task and team uncertainty "derail" strategic decision making and produce implementation failures in critical and major incident management
Creators: name: Van den Heuvel, Claudia
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2012

description: This thesis adopts the use of various simulation-based training exercises as research platforms for assessing the role of environmental, task, and team uncertainty on critical and major incident decision making. It illustrates that experienced uncertainty in these incidents has a significant detrimental “derailing” effect on strategic decision making. Task uncertainty occurs within critical incidents when decision makers face forced choice binary decisions with equally unattractive outcomes. Team uncertainty occurs due to the large, heterogeneous nature of any emergency response organization, often involving individuals from an array of agencies. The studies showed that these types of uncertainty induced derailments from preferred strategies or courses of action. These derailments were manifest as a variety of implementation failures, including omissions or temporary deferral of crucial actions, a failure to share crucial information with other emergency responders, and failing to coordinate or synchronize actions with those others involved in incident management. These findings are in accordance with the widely adopted definition of uncertainty in naturalistic decision making as “a sense of doubt that blocks or delays action” (Lipshitz & Strauss, 1997, p. 150). Moreover, they contribute to the existing literature by illustrating that errors omission, as opposed to actively committed mistakes, are a prevalent occurrence that may impede “optimal” incident management strategies in various types of high risk, uncertain critical incidents.
Varieties
Creators: name: Straubing, Howard
name: Weil, Pascal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.4.3
subject: 68Q70, 20M07

description: This text is devoted to the theory of varieties, which provides an important tool, based in universal algebra, for the classification of regular languages. In the introductory section, we present a number of examples that illustrate and motivate the fundamental concepts. We do this for the most part without proofs, and often without precise definitions, leaving these to the formal development of the theory that begins in Section 2. Our presentation of the theory draws heavily on the work of Gehrke, Grigorieff and Pin (2008) on the equational theory of lattices of regular languages. In the subsequent sections we consider in more detail aspects of varieties that were only briefly evoked in the introduction: Decidability, operations on languages, and characterizations in formal logic.
description: This is a chapter in an upcoming Handbook of Automata Theory
D8.1 - Impact assessment of big data and advanced analytics for energy services
Creators: name: COMSENSUS
name: ENGIE
name: ENGINEERING INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA SPA
name: MINSAIT
name: INSTITUT MIHAJLO PUPIN
name: FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION
name: GIROA VEOLIA
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Big data
Digital platforms
Impacts
Energy sector
Open data
Analytics tools

description: Digital transformation is having significant impact on the energy sector. The digital agenda in the energy sector is being driven by a combination of technologies, collection and use of data, and a more complex world demanding greater agility, speed, and digital competences. It is expected to impact all aspects of the energy sector, including changing patterns of consumption, new ways of optimizing assets, cross-industry partnerships, and the greater use of industrial platforms. Digital technologies and ‘smart solutions’ are being placed at the centre of new business models, and data is seen as an increasingly valuable asset. Therefore, T8.1 will focus on the opportunities to use big data, advanced analytics, and open data to solve problems faced by the energy sector today.
On static Poincaré-Einstein metrics
Creators: name: Galloway, Gregory J
name: Woolgar, Eric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The classification of solutions of the static vacuum Einstein equations, on a given closed manifold or an asymptotically flat one, is a long-standing and much-studied problem. Solutions are characterized by a complete Riemannian $n$-manifold $(M,g)$ and a positive function $N$, called the lapse. We study this problem on Asymptotically Poincaré-Einstein $n$-manifolds, $n\ge 3$, when the conformal boundary-at-infinity is either a round sphere, a flat torus or smooth quotient thereof, or a compact hyperbolic manifold. Such manifolds have well-defined Wang mass, and are time-symmetric slices of static, vacuum, asymptotically anti-de Sitter spacetimes. By integrating a mildly generalized form of an identity used by Lindblom, Shen, Wang, and others, we give a mass formula for such manifolds. In consequence, we observe that either the lapse is trivial and $(M,g)$ is Poincaré-Einstein or the Wang mass is negative, as in the case of time symmetric slices of the AdS soliton. As an application, we use the mass formula to compute the renormalized volume of the warped product $(X,γ) = (M^3,g) \times_{N^2} (S^1,dt^2)$. We also give a mass formula for the case of a metric that is static in the region exterior to a horizon on which the lapse function is zero. Then the manifold $(X,γ)$ is said to have a "bolt" where the $S^1$ factor shrinks to zero length. The renormalized volume of $(X,γ)$ is expected on physical grounds to have the form of the free energy per unit temperature for a black hole in equilibrium with a radiation bath at fixed temperature. When $M$ is 3-dimensional and admits a horizon, we apply this mass formula to compute the renormalized volume of $(X,γ)$ and show that it indeed has the expected thermodynamically motivated form.
description: Trivial correction to equation 2.1 (published version does not contain this correction)
The Montevideo Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics: a short review
Creators: name: Gambini, Rodolfo
name: Pullin, Jorge
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Montevideo interpretation of quantum mechanics, which consists in supplementing environmental decoherence with fundamental limitations in measurement stemming from gravity, has been described in several publications. However, some of them appeared before the full picture provided by the interpretation was developed. As such it can be difficult to get a good understanding via the published literature. Here we summarize it in a self contained brief presentation including all its principal elements.
description: 10 pages, RevTex, version published in special issue of Entropy
Metodologia para Projeção de Demanda Educacional para o Projeto Comunidade Ativa - "Política Educacional Inovadora para a Área Pública no Estado do Pará"
Creators: name: Pereira, Olavo Gomes
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2001

description: A Secretaria Especial de Estado de Promoção Social – SEPROS, como Órgão Estratégico do Governo do Estado do Pará, responsável pelos Órgãos/Entidades ligadas a Educação Básica, Educação Superior, Cultura, Esporte e Lazer (SEDUC,SECULT, SEEL, UEPA, FCG, FCV,FCPTN, IAP, FUNTELPA), elabora estudos, diagnósticos, cenários prospectivos e projetos voltados ao desenvolvimento do Estado do Pará nas suas 12 Regiões de Integração. No contexto do Projeto Comunidade Ativa do Governo Federal, que pretende melhorar a qualidade de vida dos municípios que apresentam baixo índice de desenvolvimento humano (IDH), em especial no Estado do Pará serão atendidos todos os municípios das microrregiões PORTEL, GUAMÁ, FUROS DE BREVES e BRAGANTINA, acrescidos dos municípios Palestina do Pará, São Domingos do Araguaia e São João do Araguaia, o que totaliza 38 municípios. Deste modo a Secretaria Especial de Estado de Promoção Social – SEPROS apresentou ao Governo do Estado do Pará uma proposta no sentido de melhorar a situação educacional do Estado, considerando o Índice de Desenvolvimento Humano, em sua componente Educacional, desta forma o documento contendo metodologia para atender o Projeto Comunidade Ativa.
Deviation inequalities and CLT for random walks on acylindrically hyperbolic groups
Creators: name: Mathieu, Pierre
name: Sisto, Alessandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study random walks on groups with the feature that, roughly speaking, successive positions of the walk tend to be "aligned". We formalize and quantify this property by means of the notion of deviation inequalities. We show that deviation inequalities have several consequences including Central Limit Theorems, the local Lipschitz continuity of the rate of escape and entropy, as well as linear upper and lower bounds on the variance of the distance of the position of the walk from its initial point. In a second part of the paper, we show that the (exponential) deviation inequality holds for measures with exponential tail on acylindrically hyperbolic groups. These include non-elementary (relatively) hyperbolic groups, Mapping Class Groups, many groups acting on CAT(0) spaces and small cancellation groups.
description: v2: several new results, including a Central Limit Theorem for random walks on acylindrically hyperbolic groups; v3: final version, to appear in Duke Mathematical Journal
From Text to Source: Results in Detecting Large Language Model-Generated Content
Creators: name: Antoun, Wissam
name: Sagot, Benoît
name: Seddah, Djamé
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: The widespread use of Large Language Models (LLMs), celebrated for their ability to generate human-like text, has raised concerns about misinformation and ethical implications. Addressing these concerns necessitates the development of robust methods to detect and attribute text generated by LLMs. This paper investigates "Cross-Model Detection," evaluating whether a classifier trained to distinguish between source LLM-generated and human-written text can also detect text from a target LLM without further training. The study comprehensively explores various LLM sizes and families, and assesses the impact of conversational fine-tuning techniques on classifier generalization. The research also delves into Model Attribution, encompassing source model identification, model family classification, and model size classification. Our results reveal several key findings: a clear inverse relationship between classifier effectiveness and model size, with larger LLMs being more challenging to detect, especially when the classifier is trained on data from smaller models. Training on data from similarly sized LLMs can improve detection performance from larger models but may lead to decreased performance when dealing with smaller models. Additionally, model attribution experiments show promising results in identifying source models and model families, highlighting detectable signatures in LLM-generated text. Overall, our study contributes valuable insights into the interplay of model size, family, and training data in LLM detection and attribution.
title: Shape coexistence and collectivity in neutron-deficient mercury isotopes
Creators: name: Petts, Andrew
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2011

description: Recoil Distance Doppler Shift measurements of 182Hg have been performed at the University of Jyväskylä utilising the Köln plunger device. Lifetimes of excited yrast states up to the 10+ state have been measured. The 2+ , 4+ , 6+ , 8+ and 10+ states were found to have lifetimes of 41(3) ps, 35.7(15) ps, 8.2(5) ps, 2.9(3) ps and 1.2(3) ps respectively. The high collectivity of the states with Iπ ≤ 4+ indicate their prolate deformed character. In 182Hg the 2+ yrast state was deduced to be a strong admixture of the coexisting prolate and oblate structures. Coulomb excitation measurements of 182,186Hg performed at REX-ISOLDE using the MINIBALL HPGe array examine the quadrupole moment and transitional matrix elements associated to the 2+_1 , 2+_2 and 4+_1 states in 182Hg and the 2+_1 state in 186Hg. The spectroscopic quadrupole moment of the 2+_1 state in 182Hg measured -0.45 eb, indicating prolate deformed character. Conversely, the 2+1 state in 186Hg was found to be oblate from the spectroscopic quadrupole moment of +1.74 eb. Transitional matrix elements for both 182Hg and 186Hg were found to be in agreement with those from lifetime measurements.
Fourier synthesis of radio frequency nanomechanical pulses with different shapes
Creators: name: Schülein, Florian J. R.
name: Zallo, Eugenio
name: Atkinson, Paola
name: Schmidt, Oliver G.
name: Trotta, Rinaldo
name: Rastelli, Armando
name: Wixforth, Achim
name: Krenner, Hubert J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The concept of Fourier synthesis is heavily employed in both consumer electronic products and fundamental research. In the latter, pulse shaping is key to dynamically initialize, probe and manipulate the state of classical or quantum systems. In nuclear magnetic resonance, for instance, shaped pulses have a long-standing tradition and the underlying fundamental concepts have subsequently been successfully extended to optical frequencies and even to implement quantum gate operations. Transferring these paradigms to nanomechanical systems requires tailored nanomechanical waveforms. Here, we report on an additive Fourier synthesizer for nanomechanical waveforms based on monochromatic surface acoustic waves. As a proof of concept, we electrically synthesize four different elementary nanomechanical waveforms from a fundamental surface acoustic wave at $ f_1 \sim 150$ MHz using a superposition of up to three discrete harmonics $f_n$. We employ these shaped pulses to interact with an individual sensor quantum dot and detect their deliberately and temporally modulated strain component via the opto-mechanical quantum dot response. Importantly, and in contrast to the direct mechanical actuation by bulk piezoactuators, surface acoustic waves provide much higher frequencies (> 20 GHz) to resonantly drive mechanical motion. Thus, our technique uniquely allows coherent mechanical control of localized vibronic modes of optomechanical crystals, even in the quantum limit when cooled to the vibrational ground state.
description: 18 pages - final manuscript and supporting material
Gauss Sums, Stickelberger's Theorem, and the Gras Conjecture for Ray Class Groups
Creators: name: All, Timothy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Let $k$ be a real abelian number field and $p$ an odd prime not dividing $[k:\mathbb{Q}]$. For a natural number $d$, let $E_d$ denote the group of units of $k$ congruent to $1$ modulo $d$, $C_d$ the subgroup of $d$-circular units of $E_d$, and $\mathfrak{C}(d)$ the ray class group of modulus $d$. Let $ρ$ be an irreducible character of $G=\mathrm{Gal}(k/\mathbb{Q})$ over $\mathbb{Q}_p$ and $e_ρ \in \mathbb{Z}_p[G]$ the corresponding idempotent. We show that if the ramification index of $p$ in $k$ is less than $p-1$, then $|e_ρ \mathrm{Syl}_p(E_d/C_d) | = |e_ρ \mathrm{Syl}_p(\mathfrak{C}_d)|$ where $\mathfrak{C}_d$ is the part of $\mathfrak{C}(d)$ where $G$ acts non-trivially. This is a ray class version of the Gras Conjecture. In the case when $p \mid [k:\mathbb{Q}]$, similar but slightly less precise results are obtained. In particular, beginning with what could be considered a Gauss sum for real fields, we construct explicit Galois annihilators of $\mathrm{Syl}_p(\mathfrak{C}_{\mathfrak{a}})$ akin to the classical Stickelberger Theorem.
title: The genetics of canine atopic dermatitis
Creators: name: Wood, Shona
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2011

description: Canine atopic dermatitis (cAD) is a common and severe pruritic, inflammatory skin disease that can be considered a naturally-occurring, spontaneous model of human Atopic Dermatitis (hAD). The genetics of cAD are poorly understood and therefore the aim of this project was to investigate the genetic factors involved in the pathogenesis of cAD and to identify specific gene associations with cAD within and between dog breeds. It was hoped that this study would further strengthen the evidence that dogs are a suitable model hAD. Using dogs as a model to study the genetic basis of AD is advantageous because dog breeds form genetically isolated populations exhibiting strong linkage disequilibrium (LD). In contrast to humans where LD across the genome is weak (10-100 kb), domestic dog breeds have strong LD which extends over long distances (0.8 -5 Mb). This is highly advantageous in genetic studies because fewer genetic markers and smaller sample sizes are needed to find disease associations in dogs. To study the genetic basis of cAD a dual approach of candidate gene association study and genome wide association study (GWAS) was used. This gave not only a novel unbiased approach but also used information from previous studies on which gene selection was based. Therefore increasing the likelihood that the causative genes involved in cAD pathogenesis could be identified. This thesis demonstrated altered mRNA expression in 54 genes out of 22,000 transcripts by mRNA microarray in cAD. Further to this qPCR was used to confirm the microarray results and quantify gene expression in potential cAD candidate genes. This approach identified 11 genes with altered expression in cAD. The qPCR results were further correlated 2 with the clinical outcomes: Canine Atopic Dermatitis and Severity Index (CADESI-03) and number of responses on intra-dermal allergen tests. Eleven novel SNPs and 1 novel microsatellite were identified by transgenomic WAVE analysis. The microsatellite was further typed in 659 dogs and but no association with cAD was found. A GWAS with 22,362 SNPs was performed. The significant results were validated by Sequenom along with the SNPs from the candidate gene study (literature selected genes) in 659 dogs across 8 breeds. In total, 232 SNPs across 54 genes and 41 intergenic regions were genotyped on Sequenom. From this 45 putative associations were found in various breeds. A large number of these associations had relevant functions to AD and/or previous association with hAD.
title: The design and inception of a pilot study assessing the relationship between migraine and appetite behaviours in a paediatric population
Creators: name: Ray, Stephen
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2011

description: Background An association between migraine and obesity has been identified. Currently no causality has been identified. Certain appetite behaviours put individuals at increased risk of obesity. Appetite behaviours have not been thoroughly examined in the paediatric migraine population. Work has shown that migraineurs crave carbohydrates around time of attack, that anorexia can exacerbate a migraine and that migraineurs often avoid certain foods that supposedly trigger their migraine. Hitherto no formal study of trait appetite behaviours in migraineurs has been conducted. Theoretically, aberrant appetite behaviours in migraineurs may mediate the onset of obesity. Aims The aims of this study were multiple. Firstly, it was to undertake a formal literature review into the area of the relationship between migraine and obesity. Secondly it was to design a study assessing the relationship between migraine and appetite behaviour. Thirdly it was to examine, within the study, the feasibility and utility of the recruitment process and the psychometric tools respectively. Methods The study was a pilot, cross-sectional questionnaire based study. Migraine patients were recruited from the tertiary paediatric clinics at Alder Hey Children’s Foundation Trust Hospital. Inclusion criteria were a diagnosis of migraine based on clinical criteria by the treating paediatrician; participants were aged between 5 and 16 years, including both sexes; participants were new referrals to Alder Hey neurology department and were migraine medication drug naïve. Exclusion criteria were that children were under 5 years old or over 16 years of age; or had a known presence of secondary cause of migraine-like headache e.g. brain tumour. Specific psychometric tools were utilised as the primary and secondary outcome measures for predicting migraine severity, appetite behaviour, food cravings, food intake and behavioural psychology. All of these psychometric tools were answered at a one off interview with the participants. Results A comprehensive literature search and thorough study design were achieved, with the study gaining ethical and site-specific approval. The limited sample size gained from the early recruitment phase prevents insights into the relationship between migraine and appetite behaviour. A great deal about recruitment utility and suitability of psychometric tools was gleaned from early stages of recruitment. Conclusion Drawing robust conclusions about the relationship between appetite behaviour and migraine from this study is not possible. There are, however, some interesting preliminary results about the study design and tools of the study. Recommendations were designed to improve the study design in response to the qualitative findings, in order that robust quantitative findings can be elucidated when the study is continued to completion.
Spherical subcategories in representation theory
Creators: name: Hochenegger, Andreas
name: Kalck, Martin
name: Ploog, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Category Theory (math.CT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 16E35, 16G20, 18E30

description: We introduce a new invariant for triangulated categories: the poset of spherical subcategories ordered by inclusion. This yields several numerical invariants, like the cardinality and the height of the poset. We explicitly describe spherical subcategories and their poset structure for derived categories of certain finite-dimensional algebras.
description: 36 pages, many changes to improve presentation, same content as published version
WHITE PAPER ON REGULATION OF CHEMICAL EXPOSURES AND CARDIAC HEALTH: CURRENT GAPS AND FUTURE SOLUTIONS
Creators: name: Schaffert, Alexandra
name: Murugadoss, Sivakumar
name: Paparella, Martin
name: Mertens, Birgit
name: Gavras, Anastasius
name: Mohnani, Pooja
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Heart diseases are a global health challenge. Worldwide, they account for nearly 18 million deaths per year[1] and an estimated 3.9 million deaths in Europe[2]. While behaviour and preexisting health conditions are major risk factors[3], there's another silent threat: omnipresent air pollution[4] and a vast array of lesser-known culprits, chemicals, ranging from those in drugs and pesticides to metals and natural compounds[5].
Air pollution has been identified as a significant player in heart disease[6]. Pollutants like particulate matter, nitrogen dioxide, and heavy metals have been shown to increase the likelihood of heart failure[7]. Additionally, with modern society's heavy reliance on countless chemical compounds, we are continually exposed to a spectrum of potential cardiac threats. Notably, some studies suggest that pesticides used in agriculture might escalate the risk of heart failure[8].
The complex interplay of risk factors, from our exposure to toxins and pollution to our age and behavior, means that heart disease can manifest differently in everyone[9]. And it's not just about the heart; many harmful compounds affect multiple organs through various pathways – making it challenging to trace back and identify the direct cardiac consequences of specific chemicals.