cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Il Tevere di Tiberis. Un viaggio attraverso le immagini
Creators: name: Ingrassia, Gina
Publisher: name: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia
Year: 2022

description: Agli inizi del 2020, poco prima che il mondo intero si ritrovasse, incredulo e inerme, a gestire una sconosciuta e spaventosa pandemia, esce un libro, interessante sin dal titolo: Tiberis. L’altra faccia del Tevere. È pubblicato dalla Pandion Edizioni, una piccola casa editrice indipendente romana che accoglie testi selezionatissimi, perlopiù inerenti o vicini alle tematiche ambientali. Questo è un po’ un fiore all’occhiello all’interno del catalogo, un volume importante, si percepisce all’istante: una carta preziosa di buona grammatura, rilegato in copertina rigida con una curatissima sovracoperta che reca un’immagine impressa che sembra costruita digitalmente. Scopro invece che è una fotografia, realizzata senza l’utilizzo di filtri di alcun genere e senza interventi di fotoritocco.
description: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia, N. 2 (2022)
High-field thermal transport properties of REBCO coated conductors
Creators: name: Bonura, Marco
name: Senatore, Carmine
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The use of REBCO coated conductors is envisaged for many applications, extending from power cables to high-field magnets. Whatever the case, thermal properties of REBCO tapes play a key role for the stability of superconducting devices. In this work, we present the first study on the longitudinal thermal conductivity ($κ$) of REBCO coated conductors in magnetic fields up to 19 T applied both parallelly and perpendicularly to the thermal-current direction. Copper-stabilized tapes from six industrial manufacturers have been investigated. We show that zero-field $κ$ of coated conductors can be calculated with an accuracy of $\pm 15%$ from the residual resistivity ratio of the stabilizer and the Cu/non-Cu ratio. Measurements performed at high fields have allowed us to evaluate the consistency of the procedures generally used for estimating in-field $κ$ in the framework of the Wiedemann-Franz law from an electrical characterization of the materials. In-field data are intended to provide primary ingredients for the thermal stability analysis of high-temperature superconductor-based magnets.
description: Accepted for publication in Superconductor Science and Technology
Jointly Private Convex Programming
Creators: name: Hsu, Justin
name: Huang, Zhiyi
name: Roth, Aaron
name: Wu, Zhiwei Steven
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: Computer Science and Game Theory (cs.GT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper we present an extremely general method for approximately solving a large family of convex programs where the solution can be divided between different agents, subject to joint differential privacy. This class includes multi-commodity flow problems, general allocation problems, and multi-dimensional knapsack problems, among other examples. The accuracy of our algorithm depends on the \emph{number} of constraints that bind between individuals, but crucially, is \emph{nearly independent} of the number of primal variables and hence the number of agents who make up the problem. As the number of agents in a problem grows, the error we introduce often becomes negligible. We also consider the setting where agents are strategic and have preferences over their part of the solution. For any convex program in this class that maximizes \emph{social welfare}, there is a generic reduction that makes the corresponding optimization \emph{approximately dominant strategy truthful} by charging agents prices for resources as a function of the approximately optimal dual variables, which are themselves computed under differential privacy. Our results substantially expand the class of problems that are known to be solvable under both privacy and incentive constraints.
Structural Contribution to the Ferroelectric Fatigue in Lead Zirconate Titanate (PZT) Ceramics
Creators: name: Hinterstein, Manuel
name: Rouquette, Jerome
name: Haines, J.
name: Papet, Ph.
name: Glaum, Julia
name: Knapp, Michael
name: Eckert, J.
name: Hoffman, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Many ferroelectric devices are based on doped lead zirconate titanate (PZT) ceramics with compositions near the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB), at which the relevant material's properties approach their maximum. Based on a synchrotron x-ray diffraction study of MPB PZT, bulk fatigue is unambiguously found to arise from a less effective field induced tetragonal-to-monoclinic transformation, at which the degradation of the polarization flipping is detected by a less intense and more diffuse anomaly in the atomic displacement parameter of lead. The time dependence of the ferroelectric response on a structural level down to 250 $μ$s confirms this interpretation in the time scale of the piezolectric strain response.
Cold parsec-scale gas in a zabs~0.1 sub-DLA with disparate H2 and 21-cm absorption
Creators: name: Dutta, R.
name: Srianand, R.
name: Muzahid, S.
name: Gupta, N.
name: Momjian, E.
name: Charlton, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a detailed analysis of a H2-bearing metal-rich sub-damped Lyman-alpha system at zabs = 0.10115 towards the radio-loud quasar J0441-4313, at a projected separation of ~7.6 kpc from a star-forming galaxy. The H2, C I and Na I absorption are much stronger in the redder of the two components seen in the Hubble Space Telescope / Cosmic Origins Spectrograph spectrum. The best single component fit to the strong H2 component gives log N(H2) = 16.61 +/- 0.05. However, possible hidden saturation in the medium resolution spectrum can allow for log N(H2) to be as high as 18.9. The rotational excitation temperature of H2 in this component is 133 +33/-22 K. Photoionization models suggest 30-80% of the total N(H I) is associated with the strong H2 component, that has a density <= 100 cm^-3 and is subject to a radiation field that is <= 0.5 times the Galactic mean field. The Very Large Baseline Array 1.4 GHz continuum image of the radio source contains only 27% of the arcsecond scale emission. Using a previously published spectrum, no 21-cm absorption is found to be associated with the strong H2 component. This suggests that either the N(H I) associated with this component is <= 50% of the total N(H I) or the gas covering factor is <= 0.27. This is consistent with the results of the photoionization model that uses UV radiation due to stars in the associated galaxy. The 21-cm absorption previously reported from the weaker H2 component suggests a spin temperature of <= 90 K, at odds with the weakness of H2, C I and Na I absorption in this component. From the inferred physical and chemical conditions, we suggest that the gas may be tracing a recent metal-rich outflow from the host-galaxy.
description: 13 pages, 5 figures, 4 tables, Accepted for publication in the MNRAS
An algebraic approach to finite projective planes
Creators: name: Cook, David
name: Migliore, Juan
name: Nagel, Uwe
name: Zanello, Fabrizio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Commutative Algebra (math.AC)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary: 05E40, Secondary: 05B25, 05E45, 13D02, 13E10, 13H10, 51E15

description: A finite projective plane, or more generally a finite linear space, has an associated incidence complex that gives rise to two natural algebras: the Stanley-Reisner ring $R/I_Λ$ and the inverse system algebra $R/I_Δ$. We give a careful study of both of these algebras. Our main results are a full description of the graded Betti numbers of both algebras in the more general setting of linear spaces (giving the result for the projective planes as a special case), and a classification of the characteristics in which the inverse system algebra associated to a finite projective plane has the Weak or Strong Lefschetz Property.
description: A few minor revisions in response to the referees' comments. 22 pages. To appear in the J. of Algebraic Combinatorics
La cartografia d’Europa. Storia e attualità di un ideale
Creators: name: Bilardi, Carlotta
Publisher: name: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia
Year: 2022

description: Il 21 ottobre 2022 presso lo Spazio culturale Nicolosi, a Latina, si è tenuta l’inaugurazione della mostra Storia e attualità dell’ideale europeo. Viaggio nell’Antica Cartografia d’Europa organizzata dall’antiquario e collezionista italiano Gianni Brandozzi (fig. 1). Da sempre le carte geografiche costituiscono lo strumento esemplare attraverso il quale l’uomo ha potuto espletare e concretizzare il suo bisogno di conoscenza e di appartenenza, in termini ideali ma soprattutto politici, e di appropriazione intellettuale e fattuale del territorio. Un filosofo come Peter Sloterdijk ha ben colto il senso profondamente strategico che la cartografia soprattutto in passato ha rivestito, affermando che «le carte sono lo strumento universale per mettere al sicuro ciò che è stato scoperto».
description: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia, N. 2 (2022)
The calculation of the thermal properties of graphene under a magnetic field via the two-dimensional Dirac oscillator
Creators: name: Boumali, Abdelmalek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we show, by using the approach of effective mass, that the model of a two-dimensional Dirac oscillator can be used to describe the thermal properties of graphene under an uniform magnetic field. All thermal quantities of graphene, such as the free energy, the mean energy, the entropy and the specific heat, have been found by using an approach based on the zeta function.
description: 4 figures; any comments are welcome. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:arXiv:1206.6100 by other authors
Neumania (Soarella) flagellata Walter 1930
Creators: name: SAVATENALINTON, SUKONTHIP
name: SMIT, HARRY
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Unionicolidae
Neumania
Neumania flagellata

description: Neumania (Soarella) flagellata Walter, 1930
Material examined. 0/2/0, Huay Wang Nong Reservoir, Ubon Ratchathani Province, 15° 15.596ʹ N, 104° 53.811ʹ E, 24-x-2010; 0/1/0, Huay Tubtan Dam, Sisaket Province, 9-ii-2011.
Remarks. The species is widespread in the Oriental region. It was previously reported from Thailand by Imamura (1964).
description: Published as part of SAVATENALINTON, SUKONTHIP & SMIT, HARRY, 2017, New records of water mites from standing waters in Thailand, with the description of nine new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), pp. 69-91 in Zootaxa 4312 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/852086
Deep Inelastic Scattering in the Capture of Dark Matter by Neutron Stars
Creators: name: Su, Liangliang
name: Wu, Lei
name: Yang, Meiwen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Due to the dense environment, neutron stars (NSs) can serve as an ideal laboratory for studying the interactions between dark matter (DM) and ordinary matter. In the process of DM capture, deep inelastic scattering may dominate over elastic scattering, especially for the DM with a large momentum transfer. In this work, we calculate DM-nucleon deep inelastic scattering via a vector mediator and estimate its contribution to the capture rate. Using the surface temperature of the NSs, we derive the exclusion limits for the DM-nucleon scattering cross section in the mass range, $1~{\rm GeV}
description: 8 pages(double column),4 figures;minor modifications, version accepted for publication in Physical Review D
Il Progetto delle Memorie: un nuovo immaginario per Corviale a cavallo tra passato, trasformazioni in corso e futuro
Creators: name: Braschi, Sara
name: Rocco, Maria
name: Sebastianelli, Sofia
Publisher: name: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia
Year: 2022

description: Il Progetto delle Memorie nasce per affiancare le attività di accompagnamento sociale portate avanti dal Laboratorio di Città Corviale[1] con le famiglie coinvolte dal programma di trasformazione del Piano Libero. Si tratta di un programma di recupero della strada pubblica in quota che taglia orizzontalmente e per tutta la lunghezza l’edificio principale del complesso ERP di Nuovo Corviale a Roma. Il progetto originario dello Studio Asse prevedeva infatti di integrare le residenze con servizi e spazi per negozi e uffici collocati lungo questa strada che attraversa l’edificio. Questi spazi, mai assegnati, pochi anni dopo l’arrivo dei primi inquilini, vengono occupati e progressivamente trasformati in alloggi, che oggi sono oggetto di un programma di recupero con il progetto «Il chilometro verde».
description: Semestrale di studi e ricerche di geografia, N. 2 (2022)
Investigation of thermal properties of Hulthén potential from statistical and superstatistical perspectives with various distributions
Creators: name: manesh, Amir Hossein Khorram
name: Sadeghi, J.
name: Gashti, Saeed Noori
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Hulthén potential is a short-range potential that has been widely used in various fields of physics. In this paper, we investigate the distribution functions for the Hulthén potential by using statistical and superstatistical methods. We first review the ordinary statistics and superstatistics methods. We then consider some distribution functions, such as uniform, 2-level, gamma, and log-normal and F distributions. Finally, we investigate the behavior of the Hulthén potential for statistical and superstatistical methods and compare the results with each other. We use the Tsallis statistics of the superstatistical system. We conclude that the Tsallis behavior of different distribution functions for the Hulthén potential exhibits better results than the statistical method. We examined the thermal properties of the Hulthén potential for five different distributions: Uniform, 2-level, Gamma, Log-normal, and F. We plotted the Helmholtz free energy and the entropy as functions of temperature for various values of q. It shows that the two uniform and 2-level distributions have the same results due to the universal relationship and that the F distribution does not become ordinary statistics at q=1. It also reveals that the curves of the Helmholtz free energy and the entropy change their order and behavior as q increases and that some distributions disappear or coincide at certain values of q. One can discuss the physical implications of our results and their applications in nuclear and atomic physics in the future.
description: 27 pages, 10 figures
Arrenurus (Arrenurus) spinosus Walter 1929
Creators: name: SAVATENALINTON, SUKONTHIP
name: SMIT, HARRY
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Arrenuridae
Arrenurus
Arrenurus spinosus

description: Arrenurus (Arrenurus) spinosus Walter, 1929
Material examined. 1/0/0, Huay Yang Reservoir, Buriram Province, 14° 35ʹ 17.1ʺ N, 102° 29ʹ 25.9ʺ E, 13-ii-2011; 0/1/0, Bueng Lahan Lake, Chaiyaphum Province, 15° 36.655ʹ N, 101° 54.132ʹ E, 7-ii-2011.
Remarks. Cook (1967) described a similar species from India, A. projectus Cook, 1967. The two species are very similar and, according to Cook (1967), differ in the shape of the idiosoma. Arrenurus projectus has tapering lateral margins, A. spinosus has parallel margins. Given the rather sketchy figure of A. spinosus by Walter (1929), it is very likely that the two species are conspecific. Lundblad (1969) came to the same conclusion. The species is known from Java, India and Burma, and reported here for the first time for Thailand.
description: Published as part of SAVATENALINTON, SUKONTHIP & SMIT, HARRY, 2017, New records of water mites from standing waters in Thailand, with the description of nine new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), pp. 69-91 in Zootaxa 4312 (1) on page 84, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/852086
Evaluating Force-based Haptics for Immersive Tangible Interactions with Surface Visualizations
Creators: name: Afzaal, Hamza
name: Alim, Usman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Haptic feedback provides an essential sensory stimulus crucial for interaction and analyzing three-dimensional spatio-temporal phenomena on surface visualizations. Given its ability to provide enhanced spatial perception and scene maneuverability, virtual reality (VR) catalyzes haptic interactions on surface visualizations. Various interaction modes, encompassing both mid-air and on-surface interactions -- with or without the application of assisting force stimuli -- have been explored using haptic force feedback devices. In this paper, we evaluate the use of on-surface and assisted on-surface haptic modes of interaction compared to a no-haptic interaction mode. A force-based haptic stylus is used for all three modalities; the on-surface mode uses collision based forces, whereas the assisted on-surface mode is accompanied by an additional snapping force. We conducted a within-subjects user study involving fundamental interaction tasks performed on surface visualizations. Keeping a consistent visual design across all three modes, our study incorporates tasks that require the localization of the highest, lowest, and random points on surfaces; and tasks that focus on brushing curves on surfaces with varying complexity and occlusion levels. Our findings show that participants took almost the same time to brush curves using all the interaction modes. They could draw smoother curves using the on-surface interaction modes compared to the no-haptic mode. However, the assisted on-surface mode provided better accuracy than the on-surface mode. The on-surface mode was slower in point localization, but the accuracy depended on the visual cues and occlusions associated with the tasks. Finally, we discuss participant feedback on using haptic force feedback as a tangible input modality and share takeaways to aid the design of haptics-based tangible interactions for surface visualizations.
description: Replaced the incorrect ORCID information with the Primary Author Added External DOI
Clustered Cepheid Variables 90 kiloparsec from the Galactic Center
Creators: name: Chakrabarti, Sukanya
name: Saito, Roberto
name: Quillen, Alice
name: Gran, Felipe
name: Klein, Christopher
name: Blitz, Leo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Distant regions close to the plane of our Galaxy are largely unexplored by optical surveys as they are hidden by dust. We have used near-infrared data (that minimizes dust obscuration) from the ESO Public survey VISTA Variables of the Via Lactea (VVV) (Minniti et al. 2011; Saito et al. 2012; henceforth S12) to search for distant stars at low latitudes. We have discovered four Cepheid variables within an angular extent of one degree centered at Galactic longitude of $l = -27.4^\circ$ and Galactic latitude of $b = -1.08 ^\circ$. We use the tightly constrained period-luminosity relationship that these pulsating stars obey (Persson et al. 2004; Matsunaga et al. 2011) to derive distances. We infer an average distance to these Cepheid variables of 90 kpc. The Cepheid variables are highly clustered in angle (within one degree) and in distance (the standard deviation of the distances is 12 kpc). They are at an average distance of $\sim 2~\rm kpc$ from the plane and their maximum projected separation is $\sim 1~ \rm kpc$. These young ($\sim$ 100 Myr old), pulsating stars (Bono et al. 2005) are unexpected at such large distances from the Galactic disk, which terminates at $\sim$ 15 kpc (Minniti et al. 2011). The highly clustered nature in distance and angle of the Cepheid variables suggests that the stars may be associated with a dwarf galaxy, one that was earlier predicted by a dynamical analysis (Chakrabarti \& Blitz 2009).
description: accepted to ApJL
Arrenurus (Rhinophoracarus) gracilipes Piersig 1906
Creators: name: SAVATENALINTON, SUKONTHIP
name: SMIT, HARRY
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Arrenuridae
Arrenurus
Arrenurus gracilipes

description: Arrenurus (Rhinophoracarus) gracilipes Piersig, 1906
Material examined. 0/5/0, Nong Chang Yai Reservoir, Ubon Ratchathani Province, 15° 23.874ʹ N, 104° 49.756ʹ E, 25-x-2010; 1/0/0, Nong Ya Ma Reservoir, Roi-Et Province, 16° 01.783ʹ N, 103° 40.894ʹ E, 12-ii-2011; 1/0/0, Bueng Nong Khon swamp, Ubon Ratchathani Province, 15° 19.315ʹ N, 104° 43.049ʹ E, 11-ii-2011.
Remarks. The species was previously known from Sumatra, Java, India and Australia (Smit 2002). The present record is the first time from Thailand.
description: Published as part of SAVATENALINTON, SUKONTHIP & SMIT, HARRY, 2017, New records of water mites from standing waters in Thailand, with the description of nine new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), pp. 69-91 in Zootaxa 4312 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/852086
Damage identification in cable-stayed bridges based on the behavior of neutral axis under traffic loading
Creators: name: Aloupis, Christos
name: Shenton, Harry W.
name: Chajes, Michael J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: A beam’s Neutral Axis (NA) is a parameter that has been utilized to detect damage. Its position depends on the geometry of the cross-section and also a member’s axial loads. Shifts in its position can indicate changes in either load distribution or geometric characteristics. When considering structures such as cable-stayed bridges where the inclined cables induce significant axial forces, the effect of axial loads on NA position is significant. In this research, a simplified analytical model was developed consisting of the key elements of a cable-stayed bridge (beam, cable, and bearing). The model was loaded with a vertical point load representing a vehicle load. The NA position was calculated beneath the load as it moves over the length of the beam. By changing element properties, one can observe how the NA position behaves in different locations of the beam, due to simulated damage in the beam, cable, or bearing. It was found that changes in NA position can capture not only whether damage has occurred, but also in which component of the structure the damage is located (beam, cable, or bearing). This ability to use NA position for damage identification renders it an excellent parameter for monitoring cable-stayed bridges.
Impact of credit default swaps on financial contagion
Creators: name: Maeno, Yoshiharu
name: Nishiguchi, Kenji
name: Morinaga, Satoshi
name: Matsushima, Hirokazu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Risk Management (q-fin.RM)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: It had been believed in the conventional practice that the risk of a bank going bankrupt is lessened in a straightforward manner by transferring the risk of loan defaults. But the failure of American International Group in 2008 posed a more complex aspect of financial contagion. This study presents an extension of the asset network systemic risk model (ANWSER) to investigate whether credit default swaps mitigate or intensify the severity of financial contagion. A protection buyer bank transfers the risk of every possible debtor bank default to protection seller banks. The empirical distribution of the number of bank bankruptcies is obtained with the extended model. Systemic capital buffer ratio is calculated from the distribution. The ratio quantifies the effective loss absorbency capability of the entire financial system to force back financial contagion. The key finding is that the leverage ratio is a good estimate of a systemic capital buffer ratio as the backstop of a financial system. The risk transfer from small and medium banks to big banks in an interbank network does not mitigate the severity of financial contagion.
description: presented at the IEEE Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering and Economics, London, March 2014
Properties of the Virial Expansion and Equation of State of Ideal Quantum Gases in Arbitrary Dimensions
Creators: name: Olaussen, Kåre
name: Sudbø, Asle
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The virial expansion of ideal quantum gases reveals some interesting and amusing properties when considered as a function of dimensionality $d$. In particular, the convergence radius $ρ_c(d)$ of the expansion is particulary large at {\em exactly\/} $d=3$ dimensions, $ρ_c(3) = 7.1068\ldots \times \lim_{d\to3} ρ_c(d)$. The same phenomenon occurs in a few other special (non-integer) dimensions. We explain the origin of these facts, and discuss more generally the structure of singularities governing the asymptotic behavior of the ideal gas virial expansion.
description: 23 pages, 13 figures
The Impact of the Vaginal Environment on Epithelial Barrier Function and HIV Translocation
Creators: name: JESAVELUK, BRIANNA LOUISE
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310204
subject: Genomics and transcriptomics
classificationCode: 320203
subject: Clinical microbiology
classificationCode: 310111
subject: Signal transduction
classificationCode: 310706
subject: Virology
classificationCode: 310799
subject: Microbiology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 310199
subject: Biochemistry and cell biology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 310105
subject: Cellular interactions (incl. adhesion, matrix, cell wall)

description: Young women in sub-Saharan Africa are at heightened risk for HIV acquisition. This thesis examines how beneficial bacteria found in the vagina may protect women against HIV by producing a key bioactive metabolite (lactic acid). This is the first study to show that lactic acid strengthens the vaginal barrier against HIV by changing the function of epithelial cells which line the lower female reproductive tract. Lactic acid may be an effective therapeutic product for prevention of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.
Discontinuous shear modulus determines the glass transition temperature
Creators: name: Klix, Christian L.
name: Maret, Georg
name: Keim, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A solid - amorphous or crystalline - is defined by a finite shear modulus while a fluid lacks such. We thus experimentally investigate the elastic properties of a colloidal glass former near the glass transition: spectroscopy of vibrational excitations yields the dispersion relations of longitudinal and transverse phonons in the glassy state. From the long wavelength limit of the dispersion relation we extract the bulk and the shear modulus. As expected, the latter disappear in a fluid and we measure a clearly resolved discontinuous behaviour of the elastic moduli at the glass transition. This not only determines the transition temperature T_G of the system but also directly addresses recent discussions about elasticity during vitrification. We show that low frequency excitations in our system are plane waves such that continuum elasticity theory can be used to describe the macroscopic behaviour.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
title: MÜLLER Matrix-Polarimetrie zur kontaktlosen und zerstörungsfreien Ausrichtungsanalyse in elektrogesponnenen Faservliesen
title: MUELLER matrix-polarimetry for contactless and non-destructive alignment analysis of electrospun fibre mats
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Du Puits, Alexander
Publisher: name: Hannover : TEWISS Verlag
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: electrospinning
subject: Mueller matrix
subject: alignment analysis
subject: Elektrospinnen
subject: Müller Matrix
subject: Ausrichtungsanalyse
subject: Dewey Decimal Classification::600 | Technik

description: Da die natürliche Regeneration chronischer Sehnenrupturen und die etablierten chirurgischen Interventionen unzureichende Ergebnisse liefern, ist der Bedarf an alternativen Therapieformen gestiegen. Im Rahmen des Tissue Engineerings (TE) wird bei der Nachbildung des Sehnen- Knochen-Übergangs eine Kombination von Fasern mit unterschiedlichen Ausrichtungen benötigt. Der Großteil der etablierten Verfahren zur Ausrichtungsanalyse ist auf die Oberfläche der Proben beschränkt, bedingt eine irreversible Veränderung und ist zeitaufwändig. Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wird daher das Potenzial der MÜLLER Matrix (MM)-Polarimetrie zur kontaktlosen und zerstörungsfreien Analyse der Faserausrichtung in elektrogesponnenen Vliesen weiterführend untersucht. Die daraus abgeleiteten Fragestellungen beschäftigen sich mit der Quantifizierung des Zusammenhangs zwischen der Oberflächengeschwindigkeit des Kollektors und der Ausrichtung der Fasern sowie der Ausrichtungsänderung unter Last im physiologisch relevanten Dehnungsbereich. Hierzu werden ausrichtungssensitive MM-Einträge und -Kennwerte identifiziert sowie der beschriebene Zusammenhang weiterführend untersucht. Anschließend wird das entwickelte MM-Messsystem in einen Zeitstandversuch integriert und das Verhalten elektrogesponnener Fasern unter Last betrachtet. Die beschriebene Anwendung sowie die erzielten Ergebnisse sind von hoher Relevanz für das muskuloskelettale TE.
description: Due to poor outcomes of natural healing and surgical interventions for chronic tendon ruptures, the demand for alternative forms of therapy has increased. In the context of Tissue Engineering (TE), fibres with different alignment are used to mimic the tendon-bone-junction. The majority of the documented methods for analysis of alignment are limited to the surface and cause irreversible alterations of the sample. This work explores the potential of MUELLER Matrix (MM)-Polarimetry for contactless and non-destructive alignment analysis of electrospun fibre mats. The main topics are the quantification of the relation between relative collector velocity and fibre alignment and changes in alignment under load, within the physiologically relevant range. First, alignment-sensitive MM-entries and -characteristics will be identified and the aforementioned relation investigated. Secondly, the developed measurement system is integrated in a creep test setup and the behaviour of electrospun fibres under load will be examined. The described application and the reported results bear significant relevance for musculoskeletal TE.
Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) dilatacaudatus Smit 2017, n. sp.
Creators: name: SAVATENALINTON, SUKONTHIP
name: SMIT, HARRY
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Arrenuridae
Arrenurus
Arrenurus dilatacaudatus

description: Arrenurus (Megaluracarus) dilatacaudatus n. sp.
(Fig. 10)
Material examined. Holotype male, Phan Reservoir, Udon Thani Province, Thailand, 17° 50.052ʹ N 103° 04.356ʹ E, 31-i-2011 (RMNH).
Diagnosis. Cauda widening posteriorly, with a medial cleft.
Description. Male: Idiosoma green, 697 dorsally long and 393 wide. Anterior idiosoma margin concave. Tips of first and second coxae pointed, extending beyond anterior idiosoma margin. Dorsal shield complete, circular, with two pairs of glandularia and the postocularia, 259 long and 267 wide. Cauda 239 wide, widening posteriorly, posterior margin with a median cleft. Gonopore 28 long. Palps typical, length of P1-5: 24, 56, 46, 58, 34. Length of I-leg-4–6: 108, 99, 110 (to tip). Length of IV-leg-4–6: 198, 99, 104 (to tip). IV-leg-4 without a spur. Third and fourth legs with numerous swimming setae.
Female: Unknown.
Etymology. Named for the widening (tapering anteriorly) cauda.
Remarks. Four Arrenurus species from the Oriental and Australasian regions have similar cauda with a median cleft but they do not broaden posteriorly. Arrenurus dahli Piersig, 1898 from the Bismarck Archipelago has the cauda widest in the middle, while the dorsal shield is elongate. Arrenurus duffelsi Smit, 1996 from Sulawesi has a wider cleft, the dorsal shield is larger and more rectangular and the genital plates are more narrow. The third species is A. santaniensis Wiles, 1997 from New Guinea. This species has a very narrow cleft, and the cauda is not widening posteriorly. The last species is A. aliensis Wiles, 1993, but like in the previous species but the cauda is widest in the middle.
description: Published as part of SAVATENALINTON, SUKONTHIP & SMIT, HARRY, 2017, New records of water mites from standing waters in Thailand, with the description of nine new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), pp. 69-91 in Zootaxa 4312 (1) on pages 87-88, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/852086
Interface welding mechanism and strengthening principle during friction stir spot welding of ultra-high strength C–Mn–Si martensitic steel
Creators: name: Wang, Xiaopei
name: Morisada, Yoshiaki
name: Ushioda, Kohsaku
name: Fujii, Hidetoshi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Solid-state welding mechanism of ultra-high strength C–Mn–Si martensitic steel during friction stir spot welding (FSSW) was clarified and interface strengthening principle was revealed. We found that the generated oxides in the interface became spherical and dispersed, which was caused by selective oxidation due to the reduced oxygen partial pressure during high welding temperature. Then, these oxides were further refined and dispersed by severe material flow around the welding interface. Consequently, the refined and spherical (Mn, Si, Al)O amorphous oxides were formed. In addition, strong material flow introduced large drive force for grain boundary migration around the welding interface, which further facilitated the migration and dispersion of the generated (Mn, Si, Al)O oxides, giving rise to a high-strength welding interface.
On analysis of incomplete field failure data
Creators: name: Ye, Zhisheng
name: Ng, Hon Keung Tony
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Many commercial products are sold with warranties and indirectly through dealers. The manufacturer-retailer distribution mechanism results in serious missing data problems in field return data, as the sales date for an unreturned unit is generally unknown to the manufacturer. This study considers a general setting for field failure data with unknown sales dates and a warranty limit. A stochastic expectation-maximization (SEM) algorithm is developed to estimate the distributions of the sales lag (time between shipment to a retailer and sale to a customer) and the lifetime of the product under study. Extensive simulations are used to evaluate the performance of the SEM algorithm and to compare with the imputation method proposed by Ghosh [Ann. Appl. Stat. 4 (2010) 1976-1999]. Three real examples illustrate the methodology proposed in this paper.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/14-AOAS752 the Annals of Applied Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aoas/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Residual stress reduction in wire arc additively manufactured parts using in-situ electric pulses
Creators: name: Gudur, Srinath
name: Simhambhatla, Suryakumar
name: Reddy, N. Venkata
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Components fabricated in metal additive manufacturing, including wire arc additive manufacturing, undergo complex thermal cycles, resulting in residual stresses and thermal distortions. The present work investigates the effect of applying in-situ electric pulses to the component after the deposition of every layer to reduce residual stresses. The experimental results revealed that electropulsing resulted in dislocation rearrangement/annihilation, thereby decreasing dislocation density. A significant reduction in the fraction of low angle grain boundaries was observed for electropulse-treated samples, indicating a decrease in residual stress. Further, X-ray diffraction results also confirm a reduction in residual stress (24.0–29.4% reduction compared to untreated samples). The method can effectively be used to address specific regions selectively in addition to in-situ reduction of residual stresses in deposited components. Abbreviations: EBSD: electron backscattered diffraction; EPT: electropulsing treatment; EWF: electron wind force; GND: geometrically necessary dislocations; KAM: Kernel average misorientation; LAGBs: low angle grain boundaries; WAAM: wire arc additive manufacturing; XRD: X-ray diffraction
Neumania (Lemienia) diversa Smit 2017, n. sp.
Creators: name: SAVATENALINTON, SUKONTHIP
name: SMIT, HARRY
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Trombidiformes
Unionicolidae
Neumania
Neumania diversa

description: Neumania (Lemienia) diversa n. sp.
(Fig. 6)
Material examined. Holotype male, Chiang Saen Lake, Chiang Rai Province, 20° 15.701ʹ N, 100° 02.830ʹ E, alt. 360 m a.s.l., 19-xi-2001, leg H. Smit (RMNH). Paratypes: 44 males, one female, same data as holotype (RMNH).
Diagnosis. Acetabula partially on a platelet or completely free in the integument; pre-genital sclerite U-shaped in male, IV-leg slightly modified in male.
Description. Male: Idiosoma 884 (764–905) long, 683 (603–683) wide. Integument smooth, idiosoma without plates, except small glandularia platelets. Apodemes of anterior coxae long, extending to fourth coxae. Posterior margin of fourth coxae with short apodemes not extending beyond genital plates. Genital field with numerous acetabula, only partially lying on a plate. Pre-genital sclerite U-shaped, 44 wide; post-genital sclerite small, knoblike. Length P1-5: 44, 140, 78, 136, 36. P2 with a concave ventral margin, P4 with small setal tubercles and a long anteromedial seta., P5 with large distal setae. Length of I-leg-4–6: 348, 365, 267. Length of IV-leg-4–6: 328, 381, 296. Fourth leg slightly modified, especially IV-leg-5. First and second leg with heavy grooved setae, third and fourth legs with numerous swimming setae; leg claws large, without clawlets.
Female: Idiosoma 905 long and 608 wide. In many characters similar to male, but pre-genital sclerite not Ushaped but small, knob-like. Gonopore 146 long. Acetabula not on plates, but lying free in the integument. Length of P1-5: 50, 146, 82, 138, 48. Length of I-leg-4–6: 348, 373, 235. Length of IV-leg-4–6: 324, 397, 332. Legs as in male, except IV-leg, which is not modified.
Etymology. Named for the fact that the new species differs from most, if not all, Neumania species in the nearabsence of genital plates.
Remarks. The near-absence of genital plates is very unusual in Neumania s.s. as well as in the subgenus Lemienia. Moreover, in males of the aforementioned subgenera, the genital plates are fused into one complete genital field. In the new species, the genital field is more similar to a female genital field. At the type locality, many specimens were collected, all lack the usual genital plates. This applies to young males as well as older males. In the genus Encentridophorus, genital plates are lacking, but this genus has very short apodemes of the anterior coxae.
description: Published as part of SAVATENALINTON, SUKONTHIP & SMIT, HARRY, 2017, New records of water mites from standing waters in Thailand, with the description of nine new species (Acari: Hydrachnidia), pp. 69-91 in Zootaxa 4312 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4312.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/852086
Deliverable 3.7: Co-supervision of Ph.D. thesis update
Creators: name: Kohl, Yvonne
name: Gabelova, Alena
name: Bozena Smolkova
name: Siposova, Tatiana
name: Earl, Julie
name: Dusinska, Maria
name: Kataki, Agapi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Project management
Horizon 2020 projects

description: Involvement of VISION partners in mentoring and co-supervision of PhD will increase the quality of education at universities, mainly medical and natural science faculties. PhD students of the Cancer Research Institute BMC SAS (Bratislava) are supervised by VISION project partners in the form of a co-supervision. Eight Ph.D. students have been allocated specific co-supervisors. Partner NILU co-supervises three Ph.D. students, and FhG and IRYCIS, each two Ph.D. students. NKUA co-supervises one Ph.D. student, who is additionally co-supervised by IRYCIS.
title: Südwestdeutsche Beiträge zur historischen Bauforschung, Sonderband (2023): Vorindustrieller Holzbau Terminologie und Systematik für Südwestdeutschland und die deutschsprachige Schweiz
title: Sonderband (2023): Vorindustrieller Holzbau Terminologie und Systematik für Südwestdeutschland und die deutschsprachige Schweiz
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Südwestdeutsche Beiträge Zur Historischen Bauforschung
Publisher: name: Südwestdeutsche Beiträge zur historischen Bauforschung
Year: 2023

description: Neuauflage zu https://doi.org/10.11588/sbhbf.2012.0
description: Vorindustrieller Holzbau
Tailoring coil geometry for secondary heating of substrate towards the development of induction heating-based wire additive manufacturing
Creators: name: Prasad, Avadh Kishore
name: Kapil, Sajan
name: Bag, Swarup
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plasma Physics

description: Induction heating (IH), a clean energy source, is potentially used to develop wire additive manufacturing (AM) system. The optimised parameters that simultaneously melt the mild steel wire and raise the substrate temperature is established. A fully coupled thermal-electromagnetic model of AM system is developed to perform numerical experiments on temperature development. The proposed hybrid helical-pancake coil with circular cross-section melt the metallic wire and raise the substrate temperature to 1490 K. The hybrid coil provides rapid heating to the wire (2819 K) and substrate together by enhancing magnetic field strength. The experiments using high-frequency IH system (550 A and 353 kHz) with a 3-turn helical coil is validated with model results for 2 mm mild steel wire.
3S RECIPE – Smart Shrinkage Solutions: Porto (PT) Policy Brief #3. Liveability
Creators: name: Sousa, Sílvia
name: Rodríguez-Barcón, Alberto
name: Mykhnenko, Vlad
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: smart
solutions
shrinking cities
urban futures
resilience
intervention

description: This policy brief analyses the Municipal Master plan focused on the urban regeneration of one of the most deprived neighbourhoods in the city of Porto. It is a comprehensive revitalization project for the eastern part of the city, historically more disadvantaged than the western area. Its development has been carried out in parallel with a revision of the Municipal Director Plan, and encompasses different liveability dimensions (e.g., housing renewal and expansion of green areas). This brief will focus specifically on housing, understood as a fundamental cornerstone in the liveability concept. The main lesson we can draw is that large spatial interventions, especially initiatives aimed at housing renewal and the improvement of public space, do not only reorganize the urban environment, but also increase property values. In the context of traditionally devalued and downgraded neighbourhoods, such an intervention can generate a ‘rent gap’ between actual and potential rent, leading to gentrification. Hence, policy-makers should anticipate the negative consequences of their master plans and take into account the need for affordable housing.
description: 3S RECIPE is part of the Joint Programming Initiative (JPI) Urban Europe's ERA-NET Cofund Smart Urban Futures Call (ENSUF). This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 857160.
Influence of assisted longitudinal magnetic field on the microstructure and mechanical properties of ER2319 aluminium alloy parts fabricated by wire and arc additive manufacturing
Creators: name: Zhang, Xujing
name: Zhao, Wenyong
name: Long, Jinwei
name: Wei, Yanhong
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: The deposit morphology, microstructure, and mechanical properties of wire and arc additive manufacturing (WAAM) of ER2319 aluminium alloy with and without assisted longitudinal magnetic field (ALMF) were investigated comprehensively and comparatively in this study. The results showed that the ALMF improved the surface forming accuracy slightly, and effectively promoted the equiaxed transformation of grains. Simultaneously, the introduction of ALMF is beneficial to improving the morphology and distribution of the strengthening phase and reducing the tendency of intergranular corrosion caused by the segregation of Cu elements along the grain boundaries. Moreover, ALMF can remarkably reduce the generation rate of large pores, thereby effectively improving the tensile strength of the deposits and reducing the anisotropy of mechanical properties.