cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Ordinal-level invertebrate abundance following fire events in South Australia
Creators: name: Common, Lauren
Year: 2023
Subjects: Tierökologie
Animal ecology
ÖFOS 2012 -- NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN (1) -- Biologie (106) -- Biologie (1060) -- Tierökologie (106047)
ÖFOS 2012 -- NATURAL SCIENCES (1) -- Biology (106) -- Biology (1060) -- Animal ecology (106047)
invertebrates, community structure, biodiversity, fire ecology, bushfires

description: This dataset covers ordinal-level abundance of invertebrates before and after three wildfire events in South Australia, Australia. Invertebrates were collected every six months using two trapping methods (pitfall traps, sweep netting) from four sites: Flinders Chase National Park (two fire events: December 2007; December 2019), Pelican Lagoon Research Centre (unburnt), Scott Creek Conservation Park (one fire event: January 2021), Scott Conservation Park (unburnt).
BEAMWAVE: Cross-Layer Beamforming and Scheduling for Superimposed Transmissions in Industrial IoT mmWave Networks
Creators: name: Abanto-Leon, Luis F.
name: Hollick, Matthias
name: Sim, Gek Hong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The omnipresence of IoT devices in Industry 4.0 is expected to foster higher reliability, safety, and efficiency. However, interconnecting a large number of wireless devices without jeopardizing the system performance proves challenging. To address the requirements of future industries, we investigate the cross-layer design of beamforming and scheduling for layered-division multiplexing (LDM) systems in millimeter-wave bands. Scheduling is crucial as the devices in industrial settings are expected to proliferate rapidly. Also, highly performant beamforming is necessary to ensure scalability. By adopting LDM, multiple transmissions can be non-orthogonally superimposed. Specifically, we consider a superior-importance control multicast message required to be ubiquitous to all devices and inferior-importance private unicast messages targeting a subset of scheduled devices. Due to NP-hardness, we propose BEAMWAVE, which decomposes the problem into beamforming and scheduling. Through simulations, we show that BEAMWAVE attains near-optimality and outperforms other competing schemes.
description: 8 pages. Accepted at WiOpt 2021
title: Minimum Quotation Size and Market Quality: Evidence from the Modern OTC Markets
Creators: name: Thompson, Kemerey
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2019

description: I examine the effects of a change in the minimum quotation size on liquidity and volatility in the modern over-the-counter (OTC) markets. On November 12, 2012, the Financial Industry Regulatory Agency (FINRA) introduced a pilot program to adjust the minimum quote sizes for securities transactions in the OTC markets. I find that an increase in the minimum quote size decreases OTC market quality as spreads widen and volatility increases. In contrast, I find that a decrease in the minimum quote size improves OTC market quality, but the results are sensitive to the price of the security. These results offer important insights to regulators, exchange officials, and market participants in the OTC marketplace.
Effect of Electron-Electron Interactions on the Charge Carrier Transitions in trans-Polyacetylene
Creators: name: Ma, Haibo
name: Schollwoeck, Ulrich
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By employing a newly developed dynamical simulation method, which is a combination of classical molecular dynamics (MD) and the adaptive time-dependent density matrix renormalization group (TDDMRG), we investigate the dynamics of charge carrier transitions in trans-polyacetylene (PA) with the inclusion of both electron-phonon and electron -electron interactions. The calculations are performed within a modified Su-Schrieffer-Heeger (SSH) model in which electron-electron interactions are taken into account via the combination with extended Hubbard model (EHM). We find that removing an electron from a trans-PA chain bearing a positively charged polaron leads to the formation of a pair of charged solitons. Furthermore, we study the effect of electron-electron interactions on such charge carrier transitions in trans-PA. Our results show that increasing the on-site Coulomb interaction U and the nearest-neighbor Coulomb repulsion V will not change the qualitative behavior of the transition from a polaron to a soliton pair in the evolution process but will quantitatively reduce the moving velocities of the both formed solitons significantly and change the conditions for the soliton collisions.
title: Predictive Distributions via Filtered Historical Simulation for Financial Risk Management
Creators: name: Clark, Tyson
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2019

description: Filtered historical simulation with an underlying GARCH process can be used as a valuable tool in VaR analysis, as it derives risk estimates that are sensitive to the distributional properties of the historical data of the produced predictive density. I examine the applications to risk analysis that filtered historical simulation can provide, as well as an interpretation of the predictive density as a poor man’s Bayesian posterior distribution. The predictive density allows us to make associated probabilistic statements regarding the results for VaR analysis, giving greater measurement of risk and the ability to maintain the optimal level of risk per tolerance in portfolios to remain compliant with regulations.
OGRe: An Object-Oriented General Relativity Package for Mathematica
Creators: name: Shoshany, Barak
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Software (cs.MS)
subject: Symbolic Computation (cs.SC)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We present OGRe, a modern Mathematica package for tensor calculus, designed to be both powerful and user-friendly. The package can be used in a variety of contexts where tensor calculations are needed, in both mathematics and physics, but it is especially suitable for general relativity. By implementing an object-oriented design paradigm, OGRe allows calculating arbitrarily complicated tensor formulas easily, and automatically transforms between index configurations and coordinate systems behind the scenes as needed, eliminating user errors by making it impossible for the user to combine tensors in inconsistent ways. Other features include displaying tensors in various forms, automatic calculation of curvature tensors and geodesic equations, easy importing and exporting of tensors between sessions, optimized algorithms and parallelization for improved performance, and more.
description: 92 pages, source code available at https://github.com/bshoshany/OGRe
title: Grammatical Accuracy of Narratives Produced by Typically Developing Children Ages 4-7 in Three Story Contexts
Creators: name: Southwick, Sierra Martin
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2019

description: Guo & Schneider (2016) explored different approaches to identifying grammatical impairments in 128 children developing typically (TL) and those with language impairments (LI) between the ages of 6 and 8. The measures that they explored included: calculating the finite verb morphology composite (FVMC), the number of errors per C-unit (Errors/CU), and the percent of grammatical C-units (PGCUs) in narrative samples. They found that all three outcome measures provided acceptable diagnostic accuracy when applied to six-year-olds, but PCGUs were found to be the most accurate tool with eight-year-olds.
The purpose of the current study was to analyze the narrative samples of 260 typically developing children ages 4-7 to determine typical scores for the previously listed grammatical measures at each age level. This knowledge may provide more information on the performance of typical children and how to accurately identify students with LI. This study extends the literature by testing whether the findings remain the same with addition data from children aged 6-7 and whether the findings extend to children aged 4 and 5 years.
The participants in this study included 260 children aged 4-7. They were selected as part of the normative sample for the Test of Narrative Language-2. The children were asked to produce stories in three varying contexts: a story retell after a model story, sequenced pictures for another story retell, and produce a story based on a picture after a model.
These stories were transcribed using Systematic Analysis of Language Transcripts (SALT). The transcriptions were double coded for grammaticality by two separate research assistants. Reliability was calculated by a graduate research assistant. The utterances were designated as grammatical or ungrammatical. Ungrammatical utterances were coded for the type of grammatical error present based on the model used by Guo & Schneider (2016).
Outlier detection and trimmed estimation for general functional data
Creators: name: Gervini, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This article introduces trimmed estimators for the mean and covariance function of general functional data. The estimators are based on a new measure of outlyingness or data depth that is well defined on any metric space, although this paper focuses on Euclidean spaces. We compute the breakdown point of the estimators and show that the optimal breakdown point is attainable for the appropriate choice of tuning parameters. The small-sample behavior of the estimators is studied by simulation, and we show that they have better outlier-resistance properties than alternative estimators. This is confirmed by two real-data applications, that also show that the outlyingness measure can be used as a graphical outlier-detection tool in functional spaces where visual screening of the data is difficult.
Modeling the Voltage Controlled Oscillator Using Augmented Neural Networks
Creators: name: Vallejo Budziszewski, Andrea Sofia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Analog Sound
Voltage-Controlled Oscillator
Digital Emulation
Neural Networks
Augmented Neural Networks
Phase Integration, Sound
Synthesis
Digital Signal Processing
Music Technology

description: This thesis presents a comprehensive study on the modeling of the RSF Kobol Voltage-Controlled Oscillator (VCO) using augmented neural networks. We developedand evaluated models to replicate the analog sound characteristics of the (VCO) focusing on both frequency and waveform behaviors. A dataset comprising 437 audiosamples was meticulously recorded and processed to train the models. Various neural network architectures, including feedforward and gated recurrent units (GRU),were explored with different normalization techniques to determine the most effective approach. The GRU with Z-Norm normalization emerged as the most reliablemodel, demonstrating superior performance across key metrics. Phase integration results confirmed the model’s ability to accurately simulate the periodic nature ofthe VCO. Future work will involve fine-tuning the neural network and developing a real-time VCO plugin for digital audio workstations. This research contributesto bridging the gap between analog and digital sound synthesis, offering valuable insights for the development of digital emulations of vintage synthesizers.
Rapid head-pose detection for automated slice prescription of fetal-brain MRI
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Malte
name: Turk, Esra Abaci
name: Gagoski, Borjan
name: Morgan, Leah
name: Wighton, Paul
name: Tisdall, M. Dylan
name: Reuter, Martin
name: Adalsteinsson, Elfar
name: Grant, P. Ellen
name: Wald, Lawrence L.
name: van der Kouwe, André J. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: In fetal-brain MRI, head-pose changes between prescription and acquisition present a challenge to obtaining the standard sagittal, coronal and axial views essential to clinical assessment. As motion limits acquisitions to thick slices that preclude retrospective resampling, technologists repeat ~55-second stack-of-slices scans (HASTE) with incrementally reoriented field of view numerous times, deducing the head pose from previous stacks. To address this inefficient workflow, we propose a robust head-pose detection algorithm using full-uterus scout scans (EPI) which take ~5 seconds to acquire. Our ~2-second procedure automatically locates the fetal brain and eyes, which we derive from maximally stable extremal regions (MSERs). The success rate of the method exceeds 94% in the third trimester, outperforming a trained technologist by up to 20%. The pipeline may be used to automatically orient the anatomical sequence, removing the need to estimate the head pose from 2D views and reducing delays during which motion can occur.
description: 19 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables, fetal MRI, head-pose detection, MSER, scan automation, scan prescription, slice positioning, final published version
Group gradings on restricted Cartan type Lie algebras
Creators: name: Bahturin, Yuri
name: Kochetov, Mikhail
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 17B70, 17B60

description: For a given abelian group G, we classify the isomorphism classes of G-gradings on the simple restricted Lie algebras of types W(m;1) and S(m;1) (m>=2), in terms of numerical and group-theoretical invariants. Our main tool is automorphism group schemes, which we determine for the simple restricted Lie algebras of types S(m;1) and H(m;1). The ground field is assumed to be algebraically closed of characteristic p>3.
description: Several typographical errors have been corrected
Failure Analysis of Hadoop Schedulers using an Integration of Model Checking and Simulation
Creators: name: Soualhia, Mbarka
name: Khomh, Foutse
name: Tahar, Sofiene
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: Performance (cs.PF)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The Hadoop scheduler is a centerpiece of Hadoop, the leading processing framework for data-intensive applications in the cloud. Given the impact of failures on the performance of applications running on Hadoop, testing and verifying the performance of the Hadoop scheduler is critical. Existing approaches such as performance simulation and analytical modeling are inadequate because they are not able to ascertain a complete verification of a Hadoop scheduler. This is due to the wide range of constraints and aspects involved in Hadoop. In this paper, we propose a novel methodology that integrates and combines simulation and model checking techniques to perform a formal verification of Hadoop schedulers, focusing on the following properties: schedulability, fairness and resources-deadlock freeness. We use the CSP language to formally describe a Hadoop scheduler, and the PAT model checker to verify its properties. Next, we use the proposed formal model to analyze the scheduler of OpenCloud, a Hadoop-based cluster that simulates the Hadoop load, in order to illustrate the usability and benefits of our work. Results show that our proposed methodology can help identify several tasks failures (up to 78%) early on, i.e., before the tasks are executed on the cluster.
description: In Proceedings SCSS 2021, arXiv:2109.02501
High Fidelity State Transfer Over an Unmodulated Linear XY Spin Chain
Creators: name: Bishop, C. Allen
name: Ou, Yong-Cheng
name: Wang, Zhao-Ming
name: Byrd, Mark S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We provide a class of initial encodings that can be sent with a high fidelity over an unmodulated, linear, XY spin chain. As an example, an average fidelity of ninety-six percent can be obtained using an eleven-spin encoding to transmit a state over a chain containing ten-thousand spins. An analysis of the magnetic field dependence is given, and conditions for field optimization are provided.
description: Replaced with published version. 8 pages, 5 figures
Ny indberetning af ventetider
Creators: Sundhedsdatastyrelsen
Sundhedsstyrelsen
Statens Serum Institut
Publisher: name: Rigsarkivet
Year: 2022

description: Oplysninger om forventede ventetider på de mest almindelige ikke-akutte behandlinger og undersøgelser på private og offentlige sygehuse bliver indberettet i NIV og vist for borgere, patientvejledere med videre på www.venteinfo.dk for at understøtte frit sygehusvalg samt udvidet frit sygehusvalg, hvor borgere kan vælge privat sygehus.
A distillation-based approach integrating continual learning and federated learning for pervasive services
Creators: name: Usmanova, Anastasiia
name: Portet, François
name: Lalanda, Philippe
name: Vega, German
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Federated Learning, a new machine learning paradigm enhancing the use of edge devices, is receiving a lot of attention in the pervasive community to support the development of smart services. Nevertheless, this approach still needs to be adapted to the specificity of the pervasive domain. In particular, issues related to continual learning need to be addressed. In this paper, we present a distillation-based approach dealing with catastrophic forgetting in federated learning scenario. Specifically, Human Activity Recognition tasks are used as a demonstration domain.
Three geometric applications of quandle homology
Creators: name: Niebrzydowski, Maciej
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57M25, 55M99

description: In this paper we describe three geometric applications of quandle homology. We show that it gives obstructions to tangle embeddings, provides the lower bound for the 4-move distance between links, and can be used in determining periodicity of links.
description: 16 pages, 13 figures
Benchmarking In-Memory vs. Disk-Based Databases: A Transaction Processing Performance Council (Tpc) Analysis
Creators: name: Ahmad bin, Abdullah bin Hassan
name: Nurul Amani, binti Mohd Aziz
Publisher: name: AYDEN JOURNAL
Year: 2024
Subjects: online transactional processing, database performance, concurrent users, resource locking, relational database management systems

description: Efficient online transactional processing (OLTP) applications hinge upon meticulous planning and optimization of database performance and throughput. The paramount objective for any database system deployed in this context is to minimize response times for application-specific structured query language (SQL) queries. This necessitates a strategic approach to address the challenges posed by concurrent user activity, which often leads to congestion and resource locking within the system. As highlighted by Kaspi and Venkatraman (2014) and TPC (2010), achieving optimal performance requires not only finely-tuned transactions but also robust features within relational database management systems (RDBMS) to manage these demands effectively. This study delves into the complexities of optimizing OLTP applications, emphasizing the critical importance of proactive planning and sophisticated database design to ensure seamless performance amidst concurrent user interactions. By synthesizing insights from seminal works by Faleiro and Abadi (2011) and leveraging established methodologies, the study offers actionable recommendations for enhancing the efficiency and scalability of OLTP-based systems. Key considerations include transaction tuning, resource allocation, and the integration of advanced features within RDBMS to mitigate congestion and streamline operations. By elucidating the multifaceted dynamics of OLTP optimization, this study contributes to a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities inherent in deploying transactional applications in online environments
title: The Effects of a Yoga Intervention on Cognitive Function in Older Adults
Creators: name: Edwards, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2019

description: Cognitive decline and reduced cognitive function presents a serious risk to the older adult population. As the population of individuals over the age of 65 continues to increase, this presents a need for effective solutions to help people sustain healthy, independent lifestyles. Currently, physical activity is recommended for physical health in older adults and has shown evidence in maintaining cognitive function. In particular, the mind-body practice of yoga is a promising form of physical exercise that shows positive cognitive benefits. While the effects of yoga appear to be promising, the current literature is lacking scientific rigor. This study investigated the effects of a six-week yoga practice on older adults in a standardized response inhibition task called the stop-signal task compared with a sedentary control group that performed six-weeks of computer-based cognitive training exercises. This task provides a precise measure of response inhibition, a key component of cognitive performance. We hypothesized that older adults would show increased cognitive performance as observed through a measure of response inhibition (i.e. stop signal reaction time, or SSRT). Following the 6-week interventions, a two-way mixed model ANOVA revealed no meaningful differences between either group for go reaction time (F = 0.0292, p = 0.868) or SSRT (F = 0.0901, p = 0.77). There was, however, was a trend toward improvement with the SSRT following both interventions (F = 3.467, p = 0.092). The overall trend toward improvement in SSRT for both groups could possibly support both yoga and computer-based cognitive training (such as Lumosity) as viable methods for improving this aspect of cognitive function. However, due to a number of methodological issues, such as recruitment challenges that resulted in a small sample size, further research is required.
title: Religion and Third Parties: The 2016 Presidential Election in Utah
Creators: name: Osborne, Nathan Lee
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2019

description: Third parties in the United States face a litany of obstacles to electoral success. Duverger’s Law explains that single-member, plurality-based elections will favor a two party system. However, on rare occasion a third party candidate is able to do abnormally well, even winning elections on occasion. Evan McMullin presents a unique success story among third party campaigns. He is without the name recognition, strong financial backing, or political experience that most successful third party candidates have. Despite these challenges, he became the second most successful third party presidential candidate in the history of the state of Utah. Evan McMullin’s success is hypothesized as a defection of active members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, due to a Republican Party candidate selection failure. This short term major party failure revealed cleavages between this religious voting bloc and the Republican Party at large. Based on this research, analysis of other voting blocs traditionally loyal to either major party could be examined, and other potential defections from the party in the future could be predicted.
Additional file 1 of RnaSeqSampleSize: real data based sample size estimation for RNA sequencing
Creators: name: Zhao, Shilin
name: Li, Chung-I
name: Guo, Yan
name: Sheng, Quanhu
name: Shyr, Yu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Table S1. The improvement in efficiency in RnaSeqSampleSize package. Table S2. Estimated sample size for RNA-Seq experiments in different cancer types by single parameter method. Table S3. Estimated sample size for RNA-Seq experiments in different cancer types by real data distribution based method. For each cancer type, we used the related TCGA dataset to estimate the read count and dispersion distribution. Table S4. Estimated sample size for RNA-Seq experiments in different cancer types by real data distribution based method, only the genes in interested KEGG pathway were considered. Table S5. Estimated sample size for RNA-Seq experiments in different cancer types by real data distribution based method, only the genes in KEGG pathway ID 05200 (Pathways in Cancer) were considered. Figure S1. A screen shot of user interface of RnaSeqSampleSize package. (DOCX 217 kb)
title: Pediatric Malnutrition: A Global Health Threat
Creators: name: Wutz, Anja
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2019

description: Pediatric malnutrition is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing nations. In Ghana, one-third of childhood deaths are attributable to it. The most common forms of severe acute malnutrition include kwashiorkor (protein deficiency), marasmus (overall energy deficiency), and various micronutrient deficiencies (iodine, vitamin A, zinc, iron). Thirteen percent of Ghanaian children are moderately or severely underweight, 23% are stunted, and 6 % are wasted due to malnutrition. Princess Marie Louise Children’s Hospital (PML) is the largest facility in the greater Accra region for managing cases of pediatric severe acute malnutrition (SAM). Current public health guidelines to reduce disability and mortality from pediatric malnutrition in developing nations stem from the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) protocols for managing childhood malnutrition. Public health programs designed to combat pediatric malnutrition specific to Ghana include the Under Fives Child Health Policy (UFCHP) and Strengthening Health Outcomes Through the Private Sector (SHOPS) programs. Pediatric SAM is a complex issue that is unlikely to be eliminated in the foreseeable future. Therefore, public health efforts to prevent and treat pediatric SAM must be continuously optimized to reduce the societal and individual burden associated with malnutrition.
Non-Gaussianity from violation of slow-roll in multiple inflation
Creators: name: Hotchkiss, Shaun
name: Sarkar, Subir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Multiple inflation is a model based on N=1 supergravity wherein there are sudden changes in the mass of the inflaton because it couples to 'flat direction' scalar fields which undergo symmetry breaking phase transitions as the universe cools. The resulting brief violations of slow-roll evolution generate a non-gaussian signal which we find to be oscillatory and yielding f_NL ~ 5-20. This is potentially detectable by e.g. Planck but would require new bispectrum estimators to do so. We also derive a model-independent result relating the period of oscillations of a phase transition during inflation to the period of oscillations in the primordial curvature perturbation generated by the inflaton.
description: 21 pages, 6 figures; Clarifying comments and references added; Accepted for publication in JCAP
Asymptotics of relative heat traces and determinants on open surfaces of finite area
Creators: name: Aldana, Clara L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 58J52, 58C40, 35P99

description: The goal of this paper is to prove that on surfaces with asymptotically cusp ends the relative determinant of pairs of Laplace operators is well defined. We consider a surface with cusps (M,g) and a metric h on the surface that is a conformal transformation of the initial metric g. We prove the existence of the relative determinant of the pair $(Δ_{h},Δ_{g})$ under suitable conditions on the conformal factor. The core of the paper is the proof of the existence of an asymptotic expansion of the relative heat trace for small times. We find the decay of the conformal factor at infinity for which this asymptotic expansion exists and the relative determinant is defined. Following the paper by B. Osgood, R. Phillips and P. Sarnak about extremal of determinants on compact surfaces, we prove Polyakov's formula for the relative determinant and discuss the extremal problem inside a conformal class. We discuss necessary conditions for the existence of a maximizer.
description: This is the final version of the article before it gets published. 51 pages
Arachnophobia Exposure Therapy using Experience-driven Procedural Content Generation via Reinforcement Learning (EDPCGRL)
Creators: name: Mahmoudi-Nejad, Athar
name: Guzdial, Matthew
name: Boulanger, Pierre
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Personalized therapy, in which a therapeutic practice is adapted to an individual patient, leads to better health outcomes. Typically, this is accomplished by relying on a therapist's training and intuition along with feedback from a patient. While there exist approaches to automatically adapt therapeutic content to a patient, they rely on hand-authored, pre-defined rules, which may not generalize to all individuals. In this paper, we propose an approach to automatically adapt therapeutic content to patients based on physiological measures. We implement our approach in the context of arachnophobia exposure therapy, and rely on experience-driven procedural content generation via reinforcement learning (EDPCGRL) to generate virtual spiders to match an individual patient. In this initial implementation, and due to the ongoing pandemic, we make use of virtual or artificial humans implemented based on prior arachnophobia psychology research. Our EDPCGRL method is able to more quickly adapt to these virtual humans with high accuracy in comparison to existing, search-based EDPCG approaches.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures, AIIDE 2021 Poster
Arbejdskraftsundersøgelsen 2016
Creators: Danmarks Statistik
Publisher: name: Rigsarkivet
Year: 2022

description: Formålet med Arbejdskraftundersøgelsen er at belyse befolkningens tilknytning til arbejdsmarkedet. Fx hvor mange der er beskæftigede, arbejdsløse (AKU-ledige) eller uden for arbejdsstyrken. Eller hvor mange lønmodtagere, der er på deltid, hvor mange timer 30-40-årige mænd typisk arbejder, eller hvor mange, ældre mennesker uden for arbejdsstyrken, der kunne tænke sig et arbejde.

Undersøgelsen følger den internationale arbejdsmarkedsorganisation ILO's retningslinjer for opgørelser af befolkningens tilknytning til arbejdsmarkedet. Arbejdskraftundersøgelsen laves efter samme retningslinjer i alle EU-lande og i en lang række andre lande, og er derfor den bedste danske undersøgelse til internationale sammenligninger af arbejdsmarkedsstatistik.
title: The Relationship Between Narrative Proficiency and Syntactic Complexity of Spontaneously Generated Stories Elicited from Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder as Compared to Those Elicited from Children with Developmental Language Disorder
Creators: name: Winward, Samantha
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2019

description: Purpose: The purpose of this study was to compare the effects of a narrative intervention on narrative proficiency and the use of complex sentences for children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and children with Developmental Language Disorder (DLD).
Method: Two multiple-baseline across participants studies were conducted. Five participants with ASD ages 8 to 12 and six participants with DLD ages 6;7 to 10;4 participated in each study. Narrative proficiency and syntactic complexity were examined during baseline, intervention, and follow-up periods.
Results: All of the children in the ASD increased in narrative and syntactic complexity by the end of the study. Three of the four in the DLD group demonstrated improvement in narrative proficiency, and two demonstrated the use of more complex sentences.
Discussion: Students with ASD and DLD may respond differentially to narrative instruction, which is suggestive of different underlying mechanisms contributing to the disorders.
Observable Topological Effects of Mobius Molecular Devices
Creators: name: Zhao, Nan
name: Dong, H.
name: Yang, Shuo
name: Sun, C. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the topological properties of quantum states for the spinless particle hopping in a Mobius ladder. This system can be regarded as a molecular device possibly engineered from the aromatic Mobius annulenes, which enjoys a pseudo-spin orbital interaction described by a non-Abelian gauge structure. It results from the nontrivial topology of configuration space, and results in various observable effects, such as optical spectral splitting. The transmission spectrum through the Mobius molecular device is calculated to demonstrate a topological effect as a destructive interferences in the conduction band. The induced interaction also leads to an entanglement between the transverse and longitudinal modes for any locally factorized state.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Commissioning a Monte Carlo model of a kilovoltage radiotherapy unit
Creators: name: Crowe, Scott
name: Simpson-Page, Emily
name: Charles, Paul
name: Kairn, Tanya
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Monte Carlo
radiotherapy
kilovoltage
dosimetry

description: Presentation slides describing the commissioning of a Monte Carlo model of a WOmed T-300 superficial radiotherapy system for dose calculations to measured basic planning data.
Emergent Spectra From Disks Surrounding Kerr Black Holes: Effect of Photon Trapping and Disk Self-Shadowing
Creators: name: Li, Guang-Xing
name: Yuan, Ye-Fei
name: Cao, Xinwu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Based on a new estimation of their thickness, the global properties of relativistic slim accretion disks are investigated in this work. The resulting emergent spectra are calculated using the relativistic ray-tracing method, in which we neglect the self-irradiation of the accretion disk. The angular dependence of the disk luminosity, the effects of the heat advection and the disk thickness on the estimation of the black hole spin are discussed. Compare to the previous works, our improvements are that we use the self-consistent disk equations and we consider the disk self-shadowing effect. We find that at the moderate accretion rate, the radiation trapped in the outer region of the accretion disks will escape in the inner region of the accretion disk and contribute to the emergent spectra. At the high accretion rate, for the large inclination and large black hole spin, both the disk thickness and the heat advection have significant influence on the emergent spectra. Consequently, these effects will influence the measurement of the black hole spin based on the spectra fitting and influence the angular dependence of the luminosity. For the disks around Kerr black holes with $a=0.98$, if the disk inclination is greater than $60^\circ$, and their luminosity is beyond 0.2 Eddington luminosity, the spectral model which is based on the relativistic standard accretion disk is no longer applicable for the spectra fitting. We also confirm that the effect of the self-shadowing is significantly enhanced by the light-bending, which implies that the non-relativistic treatment of the self-shadowing is inaccurate. According to our results, the observed luminosity dependence of the measured spin suggests that the disk self-shadowing significantly shapes the spectra of GRS 1915+105, which might lead to the underestimation of the black hole spin for the high luminosity states.
description: 13 pages, 11 figures. Apj Accepted
Development of Loop mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) of SRY gene in human blood samples for sex determination
Creators: name: Panan Kanchanaphum, Titinan Sarataphan
Publisher: name: Rangsit University
Year: 2013
Subjects: sex determination, Loop-mediated isothermal amplification, LAMP, SRY gene, blood stained sample

description: 2, 3, Rangsit Journal of Arts and Sciences
title: Effects of Resistance Training Frequency on Muscle Function Adaptations Using a Multiple-Joint Eccentric Training Model
Creators: name: Crane, Joshua
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2019

description: Eccentric resistance training has been shown to be beneficial for improving multiple performance and health metrics. However, recommendations on eccentric training frequency have not been established. PURPOSE: To investigate the effects of volume-matched resistance training frequency comparing one versus three training days per week of isokinetic multiple-joint eccentric training on strength and lower body function adaptations during a 4-week training period. METHODS: Thirty recreationally-trained men and women were randomly assigned to either a high frequency (HF), three times per week, or low frequency (LF), once per week, training group for four weeks. A motor-driven isokinetic eccentric dynamometer was used for the training and testing. Eccentric strength and vertical jump (VJ) measures were taken at Pre, Mid (two weeks), and Post (four weeks) intervention. Soreness and ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) were taken throughout the training period. RESULTS: There was no significant group × trial interaction for eccentric strength or VJ. For eccentric strength, all trials were significantly different from each other. For VJ, there was a main effect for trial such that VJ increased from Pre to Post and Mid to Post but was not different between Pre and Mid. The HF reported significantly lower RPE and soreness compared to the LF condition. CONCLUSIONS: Both HF and LF protocols elicited large and rapid neuromuscular strength adaptations. Eccentric-based workload may be dispersed across the week to allow for reduced soreness and exertion levels without compromising neuromuscular adaptations. Some transfer to functional (VJ) task may also be observed, independent of training frequency.
The Impact of Visualizing Design Gradients for Human Designers
Creators: name: Guzdial, Matthew
name: Sturtevant, Nathan
name: Yang, Carolyn
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Mixed-initiative Procedural Content Generation (PCG) refers to tools or systems in which a human designer works with an algorithm to produce game content. This area of research remains relatively under-explored, with the majority of mixed-initiative PCG level design systems using a common set of search-based PCG algorithms. In this paper, we introduce a mixed-initiative tool employing Exhaustive PCG (EPCG) for puzzle level design to further explore mixed-initiative PCG. We run an online human subject study in which individuals use the tool with an EPCG component turned on or off. Our analysis of the results demonstrates that, although a majority of users did not prefer the tool, it made the level design process significantly easier, and that the tool impacted the subjects' design process. This paper describes the study results and draws lessons for mixed-initiative PCG tool design.
description: 8 pages, 1 figure, AIIDE 2021
title: The Stock Return Changes of Chinese ADR Before and After Trump's Election and Imposed Tariff on Chinese Goods
Creators: name: Liu, Suyao
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2019

description: This study examines the stock return changes of Chinese ADR company likely be affected by Trump’s election on November 9, 2016, the signing of tariff Chinese goods bill on March 8, 2018, and the tariff bill takes into act on March 23, 2018. The results show that, relative to the entire market, the stock prices of Chinese ADR companies underperform. Our analysis provides evidence that it’s hard to find that these three events would affect a particular industry of Chinese ADR the most.
A Possible Phase Transition in beta-pyrochlore Compounds
Creators: name: Hattori, Kazumasa
name: Tsunetsugu, Hirokazu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate a lattice of interacting anharmonic oscillators by using a mean field theory and exact diagonalization. We construct an effective five-state hopping model with intersite repulsions as a model for beta-pyrochlore AOs_2O_6(A=K, Rb or Cs). We obtain the first order phase transition line from large to small oscillation amplitude phases as temperature decreases. We also discuss the possibility of a phase with local electric polarizations. Our theory can explain the origin of the mysterious first order transition in KOs_2O_6.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jpn
Non-canonical WNT5A promotes cytoskeletal rearrangement and ITGAV clustering via JNK and ROCK to control the activation of latent TGFβ
Creators: name: Trinh, Thuong
Publisher: name: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Year: 2023

description: Systemic sclerosis (SSc), also known as scleroderma, is a chronic autoimmune disorder distinguished by three key characteristics: vasculopathy, autoimmunity or inflammation, and fibrosis. Chronic fibroblast activation results in an increase in dermal extracellular matrix deposition. Persistent activation of fibroblasts is an unifying factor of fibrotic disorders, although the underlying mechanisms are not well characterized. The prolonged activation of fibroblasts is triggered by aberrant activation of transforming growth factor beta (TGFβ). Even though great progress has been made in characterizing the biochemical mechanisms underpinning the activation of latent TGFβ, the molecular control of these events remains unknown. Dr. Chih-Wei Chen's dissertation indicated that WNT5A might possibly activate latent TGFβ to promote fibroblast activation and tissue fibrosis. In this dissertation, we sought to elucidate the molecular processes underlying the WNT5A-induced activation of latent TGFβ. I intend to elucidate the intracellular signaling cascades triggered by WNT5A, the gene set controlled by WNT5A in fibroblasts, and the molecular processes that transform these signals into the activation of latent TGFβ. In addition, I aim to determine the efficacy of targeted inactivation of identified downstream targets in inhibiting WNT5A-induced activation of latent TGFβ and related fibroblast activation and tissue fibrosis. Our results show that WNT5A/JNK/ROCK signaling plays a critical role in fibrotic disorders by quickly coordinating the activation of latent TGFβ. In fibrotic diseases such as systemic sclerosis, sclerodermatous chronic graft-versus-host disease, and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, WNT5A has been identified as the predominant non-canonical WNT ligand, stimulating fibroblast-to-myofibroblast transition and tissue fibrosis by activating latent TGFβ. Rapid JNK- and ROCK-dependent cytoskeletal rearrangements, as well as integrin alpha V (ITGAV), are required for the activation of latent TGFβ. Targeting any of the essential components of this system by deletion of WNT5A (as shown in a previous work) or inhibition of JNK, ROCK, ITGAV, or actin-polymerization prevented activation of latent TGFβ, restored TGFβ signaling, and ameliorated experimental fibrosis. Thus, we identified a novel pathway for the abnormal activation of latent TGFβ in fibrotic disorders and presented evidence for targeting WNT5A/JNK/ROCK signaling as a potential therapeutic strategy in fibrotic diseases.
KMD Økonomisystem
Creators: Albertslund Kommune
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Svendborg Kommune
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Publisher: name: Rigsarkivet
Year: 2022

description: KMD ØS er et system til varetagelse af kommunernes økonomi
The Definition-Context-Purpose Paradigm and Other Insights from Industry Professionals About the Definition of a Quest
Creators: name: Yu, Kristen K.
name: Guzdial, Matthew
name: Sturtevant, Nathan R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Among academic communities there is no single agreed upon definition of a quest. The industry perspective on this topic is also largely unknown. Thus, thee purpose of this paper is to gain an understanding of the definition of a quest from industry professionals to better inform the academic community. We interviewed fifteen game developers with experience designing or implementing quests or narratives, and process the interviews using thematic analysis to identify trends. We identified a variety of personal developer definitions. However, we also discovered several themes that may inform future academic work. We introduce the definition-context-purpose paradigm as a synthesis of these trends: elements of a quest, purpose of a quest, and context of a quest. Finally, we discuss the developer's reaction to a recently proposed quest definition as part of a push towards a general quest definition.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures, AIIDE 2021
There exists no self-dual [24,12,10] code over F5
Creators: name: Harada, Masaaki
name: Munemasa, Akihiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 94B05

description: Self-dual codes over F5 exist for all even lengths. The smallest length for which the largest minimum weight among self-dual codes has not been determined is 24, and the largest minimum weight is either 9 or 10. In this note, we show that there exists no self-dual [24,12,10] code over F5, using the classification of 24-dimensional odd unimodular lattices due to Borcherds.
description: To appear in Designs, Codes and Cryptogr