cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Role of oxygen tension and genetic background during the epigenetic conversion of mouse fibroblasts into insulin secreting cells
Creators: name: Zenobi, Alessandro
name: Gandolfi, Fulvio
name: Brevini, Tiziana Anna Luisa
Publisher: name: Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety (VESPA)
Year: 2015

description: Epigenetic cell conversion overcomes the stability of a mature cell phenotype transforming a somatic cell in an unlimited source of autologous cells of a different type. It is based on the exposure to a demethylating agent followed by an induction protocol. In our work we exposed mouse dermal fibroblasts to the demethylating agent 5-azacytidine. Cell differentiation was directed toward the endocrine pancreatic lineage with a sequential combination of Activin A, Retinoic Acid, B27 supplement, ITS and bFGF. The overall duration of the process was 10 days. Aim of this work was to evaluate the role of oxygen during differentiation of dermal fibroblasts derived from two different mouse strains, NOD and C57 BL/6J. During differentiation, both cell lines were cultured either in the standard in vitro culture 20% oxygen concentration or in the lower and more physiological 5% of oxygen. Our results show that C57 BL/6J cells are able to differentiate into insulin secreting cells in both oxygen tensions with a higher amount of insulin release in low oxygen conditions. On the other hand, cells of NOD mice, which are physiologically predisposed to the onset of diabetes, differentiate in 20% of oxygen but not in low oxygen and they died after three days of culture. However, if these cells are moved to 5% of oxygen after their differentiation in high oxygen they remain viable for up to four days. Furthermore, their capacity to release insulin remains unchanged for 24 hours. Results suggest that genetic background has a profound effect on the role of oxygen during the in vitro differentiation process, possibly reflecting the different susceptibility to the disease of the strains used in the experiment.
Supported by EFSD and Carraresi Foundation
description: International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, Vol 2, No 1s (2015): Proceeding of Veterinary and Animal Science Days
Dynamics of Multi-Player Games
Creators: name: Ben-Naim, E.
name: Kahng, B.
name: Kim, J. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the dynamics of competitions with a large number of players. In our model, n players compete against each other and the winner is decided based on the standings: in each competition, the mth ranked player wins. We solve for the long time limit of the distribution of the number of wins for all n and m and find three different scenarios. When the best player wins, the standings are most competitive as there is one-tier with a clear differentiation between strong and weak players. When an intermediate player wins, the standings are two-tier with equally-strong players in the top tier and clearly-separated players in the lower tier. When the worst player wins, the standings are least competitive as there is one tier in which all of the players are equal. This behavior is understood via scaling analysis of the nonlinear evolution equations.
description: 8 pages, 8 figures
Plasma α-tocopherol content and its relationship with milk somatic cells count in Italian commercial herds.
Creators: name: Pilotto, Adriano
name: Invernizzi, Guido
name: Baldi, Antonella
name: Savoini, Giovanni
Publisher: name: Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety (VESPA)
Year: 2015

description: This work was aimed to investigate relationship between plasma vitamin E concentration and milk somatic cell count in healthy cows in commercial herds. 49 multiparous cows from two commercial dairy herds were monitored from the day of dry off until 90 DIM. BCS was assessed and blood samples were collected at dry off, day 0, 30, 60 and 90 postpartum. Plasma was analyzed for α-tocopherol content. Quantification of NEFA, BOHB, Zn and Se was performed in serum samples. Milk production and composition was obtained from routinely test-day of Italian milk producers association. Somatic Cell Score (SCS) was calculated and included in the dataset. Analysis of data was performed using MIXED repeated and CORR procedures of SAS.
We did not observe a correlation between plasmatic vitamin E and somatic cell score, and this can be explained by the low level of somatic cell score (averages 1.64 and 1.26). The lowest value of vitamin E was observed at parturition (1.64 µg/ml and 1.95 µg/ml). A significant (P<0.01) negative (-20%) correlation was observed between NEFA serum content and α-tocopherol plasma concentration. Serum selenium content was positively correlated (+42%, P<0.0001) to zinc concentration. Grouping cows on the basis of their plasma α-tocopherol content higher or lower than 3 μg/mL at dry off, SCS at 30 and 60 DIM tended to be higher in lactating animals with lower content of α-tocopherol (1.12 vs. 1.72, P=0.18 at 30d; 0.92 vs. 1.72, P=0.07 at 60d). However, plasma α-tocopherol content at dry off could be usefully correlated with somatic cell count in fresh cows.
description: International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, Vol 2, No 1s (2015): Proceeding of Veterinary and Animal Science Days
The Challenges of Releasing the Moana Island Scene
Creators: name: Tamstorf, Rasmus
name: Pritchett, Heather
Publisher: name: The Eurographics Association
Year: 2019

description: A tremendous amount of research has been done over the years using the Stanford bunny, the Cornell box and recently somewhat more complicated data sets. Yet, none of these data sets come close to representing the complexity that production houses and film studios handle on a daily basis. In recent years industry members have lamented this lack of realistic examples, and in return academics have requested that more representative examples be made available. Both of these points are valid, which in turn has led to the release of the Moana Island Scene dataset. However, while it sounds simple, the actual release of such data leads to numerous philosophical and practical questions. The goal of this paper is to present some of the challenges associated with releasing production data for academic use.
description: Eurographics Symposium on Rendering - DL-only and Industry Track
description: Industry Track
description: 73
description: 75
description: Rasmus Tamstorf and Heather Pritchett
Non-gaussianities for primordial black hole formation
Creators: name: Taoso, Marco
name: Urbano, Alfredo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
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: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze primordial non-gaussianities in presence of an ultra-slow phase during the inflationary dynamics, focusing on scenarios relevant for the production of primordial black holes. We compute the three-point correlation function of comoving curvature perturbations finding that non-gaussianities are sizable, and predominantly local. In the context of threshold statistics, we analyze their impact for the abundance of primordial black holes, and their interplay with the non-gaussianities arising from the non-linear relation between density and curvature perturbations. We find that non-gaussianities significantly modify the estimate of the primordial black holes abundance obtained with the gaussian approximation. However, we show that this effect can be compensated by a small change, of a factor $2\div3$ at most, of the amplitude of the primordial power spectrum of curvature perturbations. This is obtained with a small tuning of the parameters of the inflationary model.
description: 29 pages, 10 figures. V2: minor changes, matches version to appear in JCAP
The binary pulsar PSR J1811-1736: evidence of a low amplitude supernova kick
Creators: name: Corongiu, A.
name: Kramer, M.
name: Stappers, B. W.
name: Lyne, A. G.
name: Jessner, A.
name: Possenti, A.
name: D'Amico, N.
name: Loehmer, O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Aims: The binary pulsar PSR J1811-1736 has been identified, since its discovery, as a member of a double neutron star system. Observations of such binary pulsars allow the measurement of general relativistic effects, which in turn lead to information about the orbiting objects and, in a few cases, to tests of theories of gravity. Methods: Regular timing observations have been carried out with three of the largest European radio telescopes involved in pulsar research. The prospects of continued observations were studied with simulated timing data. Pulse scattering times were measured using dedicated observations at 1.4 GHz and at 3.1 GHz, and the corresponding spectral index has also been determined. The possibility of detecting the yet unseen companion as a radio pulsar was also investigated. A study of the natal kick received by the younger neutron star at birth was performed. Results: We present an up to date and improved timing solution for the binary pulsar PSR J1811-1736. One post-Keplerian parameter, the relativistic periastron advance, is measured and leads to the determination of the total mass of this binary system. The pulse profile at 1.4 GHz is heavily broadened by interstellar scattering, limiting the timing precision achievable at this frequency and the measurability of other post-keplerian parameters. Interstellar scattering is unlikely to be the reason for the continued failure to detect radio pulsations from the companion of PSR J1811-1736. The probability distribution that we derive for the amplitude of the kick imparted on the companion neutron star at its birth indicates that the kick has been of low amplitude.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication on A&A. (Abridged abstract)
Efficient Recovery of a Shared Secret via Cooperation: Applications to SDMM and PIR
Creators: name: Li, Jie
name: Makkonen, Okko
name: Hollanti, Camilla
name: Gnilke, Oliver
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This work considers the problem of privately outsourcing the computation of a matrix product over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$ to $N$ helper servers. These servers are considered to be honest but curious, i.e., they behave according to the protocol but will try to deduce information about the user's data. Furthermore, any set of up to $X$ servers is allowed to share their data. Previous works considered this collusion a hindrance and the download cost of the schemes increases with growing $X$. We propose to utilize such linkage between servers to the user's advantage by allowing servers to cooperate in the computational task. This leads to a significant gain in the download cost for the proposed schemes. The gain naturally comes at the cost of increased communication load between the servers. Hence, the proposed cooperative schemes can be understood as outsourcing both computational cost and communication cost. Both information--theoretically secure and computationally secure schemes are considered, showing that allowing information leakage that is computationally hard to utilize will lead to further gains. The proposed server cooperation is then exemplified for specific secure distributed matrix multiplication (SDMM) schemes and linear private information retrieval (PIR). Similar ideas naturally apply to many other use cases as well, but not necessarily always with lowered costs.
description: Accepted for publication in the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
On small black holes, KK monopoles and solitonic 5-branes
Creators: name: Cano, Pablo A.
name: Murcia, Ángel
name: Ramírez, Pedro F.
name: Ruipérez, Alejandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review and extend results on higher-curvature corrections to different configurations describing a superposition of heterotic strings, KK monopoles, solitonic 5-branes and momentum waves. Depending on which sources are present, the low-energy fields describe a black hole, a soliton or a naked singularity. We show that this property is unaltered when perturbative higher-curvature corrections are included, provided the sources are fixed. On the other hand, this character may be changed by appropriate introduction (or removal) of sources regardless of the presence of curvature corrections, which constitutes a non-perturbative modification of the departing system. The general system of multicenter KK monopoles and their 5-brane charge induced by higher-curvature corrections is discussed in some detail, with special attention paid to the possibility of merging monopoles. Our results are particularly relevant for small black holes (Dabholkar-Harvey states, DH), which remain singular after quadratic curvature corrections are taken into account. When there are four non-compact dimensions, we notice the existence of a black hole with regular horizon whose entropy coincides with that of the DH states, but the charges and supersymmetry preserved by both configurations are different. A similar construction with five non-compact dimensions is possible, in this case with the same charges as DH, although it fails to reproduce the DH entropy and supersymmetry. No such configuration exists if $d>5$, which we interpret as reflecting the necessity of having a 5-brane wrapping the compact space.
description: 56 pages, 1 figure; v2: minor changes to match published version
D2.3 GENDER SITUATION ANALYSIS AND NEEDS ASSESSMENT
Creators: name: Maroulla Schiza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: The current Deliverable 2.3: “Gender Analysis and Needs Assessment”, provides an overview of the gender dimension within the project by clearly articulating its relevance to all WPs. Moreover, is estimating how research findings apply to the specific needs of all sexes, and is considering all intersecting factors. The goal is to enhance the gender-sensitive dimension relevance in respect to the project team, results and activities.
Subaru Weak Lensing Study of Seven Merging Clusters: Distributions of Mass and Baryons
Creators: name: Okabe, Nobuhiro
name: Umetsu, Keiichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present and compare projected distributions of mass, galaxies, and the intracluster medium (ICM) for a sample of merging clusters of galaxies based on the joint weak-lensing, optical photometric, and X-ray analysis. Our sample comprises seven nearby Abell clusters, for which we have conducted systematic, deep imaging observations with Suprime-Cam on Subaru telescope. Our seven target clusters, representing various merging stages and conditions, allow us to investigate in details the physical interplay between dark matter, ICM, and galaxies associated with cluster formation and evolution. A1750 and A1758 are binary systems consisting of two cluster-sized components, A520, A754, A1758N, A1758S, and A1914 are on-going cluster mergers, and A2034 and A2142 are cold-front clusters. In the binary clusters, the projected mass, optical light, and X-ray distributions are overall similar and regular without significant substructures. On-going and cold-front merging clusters, on the other hand, reveal highly irregular mass distributions. Overall the mass distribution appears to be similar to the galaxy luminosity distribution, whereas their distributions are quite different from the ICM distribution in a various ways. We also measured for individual targets the global cluster parameters such as the cluster mass,the mass-to-light ratio, and the ICM temperature. A comparison of the ICM and virial temperatures of merging clusters from X-ray and weak-lensing analyses, respectively, shows that the ICM temperature of on-going and cold-front clusters is significantly higher than the cluster virial temperature by a factor of $\sim 2$. This temperature excess in the ICM could be explained by the effects of merger boosts.
description: "High-resolution pictures available at http://www.astr.tohoku.ac.jp/~okabe/files/7merger_color.pdf". The published version is available on-line free of charge by the end of 2008 at http://pasj.asj.or.jp/v60/n2/600223/600223.pdf
IMPROVING THE WRITING SKILLS OF STUDENTS.
Creators: name: Abdiolimova, Qizlarxon
name: Qahhorova, Mavluda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Advanced writing skills are an important aspect of academic performance as well as of subsequent work elated performance. However, American students rarely attain advanced scores on assessments of writing skills (National Assessment of Educational Progress, 2002). In order to achieve higher levels of writing performance, the working memory demands of writing processes should be reduced so that executive attention is free to coordinate interactions among them.
Ευπάθειες ασφάλειας εφαρμογών ιστού: εντοπισμός και αντιμετώπιση
Creators: name: Πανάγος, Ιωάννης Γεωργίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2013
Subjects: Παρακολούθηση εκτέλεσης
Επιθέσεις ένεσης κώδικα
Πολιτική ασφάλειας
πλαίσιο JavaMOP
Runtime Monitoring
SQL Injection Attacks
Security Policy
JavaMOP

description: Σκοπός της παρούσας διατριβής ήταν η μελέτη των ευπαθειών ασφάλειας των εφαρμογών ιστού, ο εντοπισμός και η αντιμετώπισή τους. Εξετάσαμε τις διάφορες μορφές των ευπαθειών ασφάλειας και στη συνέχεια αναφερθήκαμε αναλυτικά στις ευπάθειες επικύρωσης εισόδου, γνωστές και ως επιθέσεις ένεσης κώδικα. Επικεντρωθήκαμε στις επιθέσεις ένεσης SQL κώδικα και αναλύσαμε τους τρόπους αντιμετώπισής τους. Στη προσέγγιση που αναπτύξαμε, για την επίτευξη του εντοπισμού και της αντιμετώπισης της ευπάθειας SQLI, στραφήκαμε στο επιστημονικό πεδίο της παρακολούθησης εκτέλεσης (runtime monitoring). Μελετήσαμε την παρακολούθηση εκτέλεσης και τις διαφορετικές μορφές της και επιλέξαμε την inline παρακολούθηση. Ακόμη, παρουσιάσαμε τη χρήση του πλαισίου JavaMOP, για τη περιγραφή προδιαγραφών, με τις οποίες μπορούμε να επιβάλλουμε πολιτικές ασφάλειας (security policy) σε μία εφαρμογή ιστού. Οι προδιαγραφές περιγράφουν συμπεριφορές του προγράμματος, οι οποίες όταν λαμβάνουν χώρα, είτε παρακολουθούνται από τους ελεγκτές (monitors) συλλέγοντας πληροφορίες, είτε προκαλούν την αντίδραση του προγράμματος, επεμβαίνοντας στη ροή εκτέλεσης. Αναπτύξαμε προδιαγραφές για τον εντοπισμό και την αντιμετώπιση των επιθέσεων ένεσης κώδικα SQL. Τέλος, αξιολογήσαμε τη προσέγγιση της αντιμετώπισης των ευπαθειών μέσω πολιτικών ασφάλειας ως προς την αποτελεσματικότητα, την ακρίβεια και την αποδοτικότητά της.
description: The aim of the present thesis was the study of web application security vulnerabilities, as well as their tracing and addressing. We examined the different forms of security vulnerabilities and then discussed in detail input validation vulnerabilities, known as code injection attacks. We focused on SQL injection attacks and analyzed their countermeasures. In the developed approach, in order to achieve the detection and prevention of SQL injection vulnerability, we turned to the scientific field of runtime monitoring. We have studied runtime monitoring and its different forms and we chose the inline monitoring. Furthermore, we presented the use of JavaMOP, for the description of specifications, with which we can enforce security policy in a web application. Specifications describe behaviors of the program, that when occur, are either monitored by monitors gathering information, or provoke the reaction of the program, interfering in the execution flow. We have developed specifications for the detection and the prevention of the SQL injection attacks. Finally, we evaluated the approach of countering vulnerabilities through security policies, based on their effectiveness, precision and efficiency.
Sum rules of four-neutrino mixing in matter
Creators: name: Zhang, He
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Assuming the existence of one light sterile neutrino, we investigate the neutrino flavor mixing matrix in matter. Sum rules between the mixing parameters in vacuum and their counterparts in matter are derived. By using these new sum rules, we obtain the simple but exact expressions of the effective flavor mixing matrix in matter in terms of neutrino masses and the mixing parameters in vacuum. The rephasing invariants, sides of unitarity quadrangles and oscillation probabilities in matter are also achieved. Our model-independent results will be very helpful for analyzing flavor mixing and CP violation in the future long-baseline neutrino oscillation experiments.
description: 7 pages
Field excitation in fuzzy dark matter near a strong gravitational wave source
Creators: name: Dave, Shreyansh S.
name: Digal, Sanatan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The axion-like particles with ultralight mass ($\sim10^{-22}$eV) can be a possible candidate of dark matter, known as the fuzzy dark matter (FDM). These particles form Bose-Einstein condensate in the early Universe which can explain the dark matter density distribution in galaxies at the present time. We study the time evolution of ultralight axion-like field in the near region of a strong gravitational wave (GW) source, such as binary black hole merger. We show that GWs can lead to the generation of field excitations in a spherical shell about the source that eventually propagate out of the shell to minimize the energy density of the field configuration. These excitations are generated toward the end of the merger and in some cases even in the ringdown phase of the merger, therefore it can provide a qualitatively distinct prediction for changes in the GW waveform due to the presence of FDM. This would be helpful in investigating the existence of FDM in galaxies.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures
The Role of Microorganisms in the Manufacturing of Cold Drinks
Creators: name: Aakriti Guleria
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Microorganisms play a critical role in the food and beverage industry, particularly in the manufacturing of cold drinks. From the fermentation process to the production of various bioflavors and probiotics, microorganisms contribute significantly to the quality, taste and nutritional value of cold beverages. This paper explores the various roles that microorganisms play in the production of cold drinks, including their involvement in fermentation, flavor enhancement and the development of health-promoting beverages. The paper also examines the challenges and advancements in utilizing microorganisms in the beverage industry.
The Universe as a topological defect
Creators: name: Anabalon, Andres
name: Willison, Steven
name: Zanelli, Jorge
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Four-dimensional Einstein's General Relativity is shown to arise from a gauge theory for the conformal group, SO(4,2). The theory is constructed from a topological dimensional reduction of the six-dimensional Euler density integrated over a manifold with a four-dimensional topological defect. The resulting action is a four-dimensional theory defined by a gauged Wess-Zumino-Witten term. An ansatz is found which reduces the full set of field equations to those of Einstein's General Relativity. When the same ansatz is replaced in the action, the gauged WZW term reduces to the Einstein-Hilbert action. Furthermore, the unique coupling constant in the action can be shown to take integer values if the fields are allowed to be analytically continued to complex values.
description: 18 pages, LaTex, 4 figures. Title of the published version changed to "Universe as a Topological defect" by the journal
Degree dependent transmission rates in epidemic processes
Creators: name: Baxter, G. J.
name: Timár, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The outcome of SIR epidemics with heterogeneous infective lifetimes, or heterogeneous susceptibilities, can be mapped onto a directed percolation process on the underlying contact network. In this paper we study SIR models where heterogeneity is a result of the degree dependence of disease transmission rates. We develop numerical methods to determine the epidemic threshold, the epidemic probability and epidemic size close to the threshold for configuration model contact networks with arbitrary degree distribution and an arbitrary matrix of transmission rates (dependent on transmitting and receiving node degree). For the special case of separable transmission rates we obtain analytical expressions for these quantities. We propose a categorization of spreading processes based on the ratio of the probability of an epidemic and the expected size of an epidemic, and demonstrate that this ratio has a complex dependence on the degree distribution and the degree-dependent transmission rates. For scale-free contact networks and transmission rates that are power functions of transmitting and receiving node degrees, the epidemic threshold may be finite even when the degree distribution powerlaw exponent is below $γ< 3$. We give an expression, in terms of the degree distribution and transmission rate exponents, for the limit at which the epidemic threshold vanishes. We find that the expected epidemic size and the probability of an epidemic may grow nonlinearly above the epidemic threshold, with exponents that depend not only on the degree distribution powerlaw exponent, but on the parameters of the transmission rate degree dependence functions, in contrast to ordinary directed percolation and previously studied variations of the SIR model.
description: 32 pages, 9 figures
LET-1066: VSFB Requests SHPO Concurrence on NRHP Eligibility for the DeCosta Ranch Site (historical component of CA-SBA-658/H)
Creators: name: Zalud, Arianna
Year: 2024

description: This document is a Section 110 transmittal letter from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) to the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) requesting concurrence on their finding of the DeCosta Ranch site (historical component of CA-SBA-658/H) not being eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.
Cosmological Physics with Black Holes (and Possibly White Dwarfs)
Creators: name: Menou, Kristen
name: Haiman, Zoltan
name: Kocsis, Bence
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The notion that microparsec-scale black holes can be used to probe gigaparsec-scale physics may seem counterintuitive, at first. Yet, the gravitational observatory LISA will detect cosmologically-distant coalescing pairs of massive black holes, accurately measure their luminosity distance and help identify an electromagnetic counterpart or a host galaxy. A wide variety of new black hole studies and a gravitational version of Hubble's diagram become possible if host galaxies are successfully identified. Furthermore, if dark energy is a manifestation of large-scale modified gravity, deviations from general relativistic expectations could become apparent in a gravitational signal propagated over cosmological scales, especially when compared to the electromagnetic signal from a same source. Finally, since inspirals of white dwarfs into massive black holes at cosmological distances may permit pre-merger localizations, we suggest that careful monitoring of these events and any associated electromagnetic counterpart could lead to high-precision cosmological measurements with LISA.
description: To appear in "Jean-Pierre Lasota, X-ray binaries, accretion disks and compact stars" New Astronomy Reviews, eds. M.A. Abramowicz and O. Straub (Elsevier, 2008)
LET-1065: VSFB Requests SHPO Concurrence on the Eligibility Determination for the Francis and Katherine Hall Residential Site (CA-SBA-3530H)
Creators: name: Zalud, Arianna
Year: 2024

description: This document is a Section 110 transmittal letter from Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB) to the State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) requesting concurrence on the determination on the Francis and Katherine Hall Residential Site (CA-SBA-3530H). VSFB has determined that CA-SBA-3530H is no eligible for the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Density-Functional Theory on Graphs
Creators: name: Penz, Markus
name: van Leeuwen, Robert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The principles of density-functional theory are studied for finite lattice systems represented by graphs. Surprisingly, the fundamental Hohenberg-Kohn theorem is found void in general, while many insights into the topological structure of the density-potential mapping can be won. We give precise conditions for a ground state to be uniquely v-representable and are able to prove that this property holds for almost all densities. A set of examples illustrates the theory and demonstrates the non-convexity of the pure-state constrained-search functional.
Street involved First Nations female adolescents’ perceptions of their futures
Creators: name: Dolman, D. Corinne
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: First Nations youth in Canada are at a disproportionate risk of being apprehended, becoming involved in the justice system, abusing substances, being unemployed and out of school and taking their own lives. Given the conditions faced by many First Nations female adolescents, it was believed that an understanding of their future perceptions could provide the social work profession with a wealth of information relevant to their service needs. This qualitative, exploratory research explored the future outlooks of five street involved female First Nations adolescents living in Vancouver. Using an interview guide, in-depth interviews were conducted and these young women were asked to describe different aspects of lives in the future. The interviews were auto-taped, transcribed and then analyzed for common themes. It was found that these young women had strong apprehensions about ever becoming married and expressed an array of negative experiences with respect to relationships with men. They all anticipated being employed in the future in mainly traditionally female-dominated occupations. They all had desires to further their education in the future, but expressed uncertainties about how successfully they would be able to this. These young women also expressed enormous fears about their futures. They feared not making to adulthood, that drugs and alcohol would negatively effect their futures and that people close to them may die. Their future outlooks, however, also reflected great resistances towards many destructive forces in their lives. They had strong desires to maintain their family connections in the future despite revealing separation and breakdown of their families in their present lives. They also expressed longings to remain connected to their cultures and roots in the future despite the losses they had experienced. They also had strong desires to provide better lives for their own children in the future. It is recommended that social work as a profession evaluate their contemporary responses to dealing with the issues confronting these young women. Social work practice needs to incorporate community development interventions and social action which work towards altering the current inequities faced by this population.
Additional file 1 of Specific depletion of resident microglia in the early stage of stroke reduces cerebral ischemic damage
Creators: name: Li, Ting
name: Zhao, Jin
name: Xie, Wenguang
name: Yuan, Wanru
name: Guo, Jing
name: Pang, Shengru
name: Gan, Wen-Biao
name: Gómez-Nicola, Diego
name: Zhang, Shengxiang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 1: Figure S1. Distribution of iNOS+ cells and Arg1+ cells in the lesion site 3 days after stroke. (A) Representative images of brain section stained with two typical inflammatory molecules in the presence of microglia. A mass of iNOS+ cells distributed all over the ischemic area, and a number of Arg1+ cells around the center. (B) Representative images showing a decline in number of iNOS+ cells and Arg1+ cells with microglial depletion (A-B Scale bar = 300 μm).
Politicized aesthetics: reclusion literature in the Late Heian and Early Kamakura eras of pre-modern Japan
Creators: name: Faulkes, Brittani Dawn Alison
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This thesis presents a study of the political aesthetics arising from the ideological systems that motivated Yoshishige no Yasutane and Kamo no Chmei to write the “Chiteiki” (“Record of a Pond Pavilion,” 982) and “Hjki” (“Account of My Hut,” 1212) respectively. In order t arrive at a point where I can investigate political aesthetics, I begin by examining the recluse tradition: first in China: focusing on Confucian and Buddhist thought systems, and Taoist regard for nature; and then in Japan, where the Chinese recluse tradition was syncretized and changed within Japan’s own indigenous ideologies. I then examine the T’ang dynasty’s Po ChU-i (772—846) as a Chinese model of reclusion for Japanese writers such as Yasutane and Chmei. The second and third steps of my research investigate the dominant political and religious ideologies of the Late Heian (897—1185) and Early Kamakura (1185—1249) periods. Such an examination entails a comparative look at the various intertextual sources that fed the “Chiteiki” and “Hjciki”: Po Chti-i’s “Ts’ao-t’ang Chi” (“Record of the Thatched Abode,” 817) and “Ch’ih-shang p’ien” (“Around My Pond,” 829), and Minamoto no Kaneakira’s “Chiteiki” (960). The last section of this thesis takes a somewhat experimental approach, by setting up the problem of genre. Each of the authors I investigate wrote about his garden or surroundings, and I set out to explore the landscape traditions that contributed to these authors’ undertakings. In so doing, I examine the idea of the landscape as microcosm, and the literary devices that Yasutane and Chmei utilize in order to move us through their literary spaces. In conclusion, I reach an impasse, with a conflict of historicization versus de historicization, and new questions about the consciousness of the recluse and his free will in choice. These findings require future research.
HOCO+ toward the Galactic Center
Creators: name: Deguchi, Shuji
name: Miyazaki, Atsushi
name: Minh, Young Chol
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have identified a weak thermal line U42.767, which has been detected only in the directions toward Sgr A and Sgr B2, as the HOCO+ 2_{02}--1_{01} transition. Because of the proximity of this line to the SiO maser line at 42.821 GHz (J=1-0 v=2),it was observable simultaneously in the ~43 GHz SiO maser searches at Nobeyama. From the past data of SiO maser surveys of infrared objects in the Galactic center, we created a map of emission distribution of HOCO+ in the Sgr A molecular cloud as well as maps of the 29SiO J=1-0 v=0 thermal emission and H53alpha emission. The emission distribution of HOCO+ was quite similar to the distribution of 29SiO emission. It suggests that the enhancement of the HOCO+ abundance in the galactic center is induced by shock activities which release the CO2 molecules frozen on grains into gases.
description: PASJ Dec. 25, 2006 issue in press
CA-SBA-1199: Archaeological Site Record for CA-SBA-1199
Creators: name: Zalud, Arianna
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: United States of America (Country)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/384/united-states-of-america-country
subject: North America (Continent)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2890/north-america-continent
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: CA-SBA-1199
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/136976/ca-sba-1199
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Ground Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/7/ground-stone
subject: plutonic rock
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3962/plutonic-rock
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the archaeological site record for CA-SBA-1199. The record consists of 3 recordation events.
Χαρτογραφώντας την ελληνική λογοτεχνία
Creators: name: Σαββίδου, Ευαγγελία Ανδρέα
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2013
Subjects: Χαρτογραφώντας
Ελληνική λογοτεχνία
Literary Cartography
Mapping selected works
Greek Literature

description: Η σύγχρονη χαρτογραφία μπορεί να αποδώσει οποιοδήποτε φαινόμενο εμπεριέχει χωρική πληροφορία ενώ ταυτόχρονα ο χώρος αποτελεί βασική συνιστώσα της λογοτεχνίας και το πλαίσιο πάνω στο οποίο στηρίζει ο συγγραφέας την ιστορία του. Αποκτά λοιπόν ενδιαφέρον η ενασχόληση με τη γεωγραφική συνιστώσα της λογοτεχνίας, η οποία παραμένει άγνωστη ως έννοια για πολλούς. Στην κατεύθυνση αυτή γίνεται εδώ μια πρώτη προσέγγιση του μεγάλου αυτού θέματος της λογοτεχνικής χαρτογραφίας, επιλέγοντας οχτώ έργα πεζογραφίας, οχτώ κορυφαίων Ελλήνων συγγραφέων, του Ιωάννη Κονδυλάκη, του Αλέξανδρου Παπαδιαμάντη, της Πηνελόπης Δέλτα, του Νίκου Καζαντζάκη, του Μ. Καραγάτση, του Κώστα Ταχτσή, της Μαρίας Ιορδανίδου και του Νίκου Μπακόλα, με σκοπό την ανάδειξη της λογοτεχνικής γεωγραφίας των έργων τους.
description: Modern cartography can visualize any phenomenon involving spatial information; space on the other hand is a key component in literature and the framework on which the author bases his/her story. So, dealing with the geographical component of literature, which, as a concept, remains hidden for many readers, is a topic of particular interest. In this context, the work presented here is a first approach to the issue of literary cartography from the Greek point of view. Eight literary works of prose, by eight top Greek writers were selected for this purpose, namely: John Kondilakis, Alexandros Papadiamantis, Penelope Delta, Nikos Kazantzakis, M. Karagatsis, Kostas Tachtsis, Maria Iordanidou and Nikos Bakolas, in order to highlight the literary geography of their works.
Αποζημίωση πελατείας στην εμπορική αντιπροσωπεία
Creators: name: Κοντοτάσιου, Μαρία Γεωργίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2013
Subjects: Αποζημίωση πελατείας
Εμπορική Αντιπροσωπεία
Δικαιόχρηση
Indemnity (compensation)
Commercial agent
Good will

description: Η οφειλόμενη στον εμπορικό αντιπρόσωπο αποζημίωση πελατείας μετά τη λήξη της σύμβασης εμπορικής αντιπροσωπείας και η διαδικασία υπολογισμού της,κυρίως μέσα από την ελληνική νομολογία που έπεται της έκδοσης του π.δ.219/1991 με το οποίο η εγχώρια έννομη τάξη εναρμονίστηκε με την Οδηγία 86/653/ΕΟΚ - Δυνατότητα αναλογικής εφαρμογής του άρθρου 9 του π.δ.219/1991 και στις συμβάσεις εμπορικής αντιπροσωπείας που αφορούν στην παροχή υπηρεσιών και στις λοιπές διαρκείς διαμεσολαβητικές εμπορικές συμβάσεις (παραγγελιοδοχική αντιπροσωπεία,εμπορική διανομή,δικαιόχρηση) ενόψει και της ρύθμισης του άρθρου 14 παρ.4 του Ν.3557/2007.
description: The indemnity (or compensation) to which the commercial agent is entitled after the termination of the agency contract and its calculation procedure,mainly through the greek jurisprudence that follows the publication of the presidential decree 219/1991 with which the greek legislation has harmonised with the directive 86/653/EC - The capability of the proportional enforcement of the article 9 of the presidential decree 219/1991 to the agency contracts the content of which is the provision of services and to the other continuous mediating commercial contracts (commission agency,commercial distribution,franchising) in view of the regulation of the article 14 par.4 of the law 3557/2007.
Active Learning to Classify Macromolecular Structures in situ for Less Supervision in Cryo-Electron Tomography
Creators: name: Du, Xuefeng
name: Wang, Haohan
name: Zhu, Zhenxi
name: Zeng, Xiangrui
name: Chang, Yi-Wei
name: Zhang, Jing
name: Xu, Min
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Motivation: Cryo-Electron Tomography (cryo-ET) is a 3D bioimaging tool that visualizes the structural and spatial organization of macromolecules at a near-native state in single cells, which has broad applications in life science. However, the systematic structural recognition and recovery of macromolecules captured by cryo-ET are difficult due to high structural complexity and imaging limits. Deep learning based subtomogram classification have played critical roles for such tasks. As supervised approaches, however, their performance relies on sufficient and laborious annotation on a large training dataset. Results: To alleviate this major labeling burden, we proposed a Hybrid Active Learning (HAL) framework for querying subtomograms for labelling from a large unlabeled subtomogram pool. Firstly, HAL adopts uncertainty sampling to select the subtomograms that have the most uncertain predictions. Moreover, to mitigate the sampling bias caused by such strategy, a discriminator is introduced to judge if a certain subtomogram is labeled or unlabeled and subsequently the model queries the subtomogram that have higher probabilities to be unlabeled. Additionally, HAL introduces a subset sampling strategy to improve the diversity of the query set, so that the information overlap is decreased between the queried batches and the algorithmic efficiency is improved. Our experiments on subtomogram classification tasks using both simulated and real data demonstrate that we can achieve comparable testing performance (on average only 3% accuracy drop) by using less than 30% of the labeled subtomograms, which shows a very promising result for subtomogram classification task with limited labeling resources.
description: Statement on authorship changes: Dr. Eric Xing was an academic advisor of Mr. Haohan Wang. Dr. Xing was not directly involved in this work and has no direct interaction or collaboration with any other authors on this work. Therefore, Dr. Xing is removed from the author list according to his request. Mr. Zhenxi Zhu's affiliation is updated to his current affiliation
Compactifications of discrete quantum groups
Creators: name: Sołtan, P. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20G42, 16W30, 16S10

description: Given a discrete quantum group A we construct a certain Hopf *-algebra AP which is a unital *-subalgebra of the multiplier algebra of A. The structure maps for AP are inherited from M(A) and thus the construction yields a compactification of A which is analogous to the Bohr compactification of a locally compact group. This algebra has the expected universal property with respect to homomorphisms from multiplier Hopf algebras of compact type (and is therefore unique). This provides an easy proof of the fact that for a discrete quantum group with an infinite dimensional algebra the multiplier algebra is never a Hopf algebra.
CA-SBA-1687: Archaeological Site Record for CA-SBA-1687
Creators: name: Zalud, Arianna
Year: 1983
Subjects: subject: Santa Barbara (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3486/santa-barbara-county
subject: Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85469/vandenberg-air-force-base-vafb
subject: Vandenberg Space Force Base (VSFB)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85584/vandenberg-space-force-base-vsfb
subject: United States of America (Country)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/384/united-states-of-america-country
subject: North America (Continent)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/2890/north-america-continent
subject: California (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1484/california-state-territory
subject: CA-SBA-1687
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/119042/ca-sba-1687
subject: Shell
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/14/shell
subject: Monterey Chert
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/334/monterey-chert
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Mytilus sp.
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3236/mytilus-sp
subject: Balanus sp.
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3897/balanus-sp
subject: Megathura
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/3963/megathura
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey

description: This document is the archaeological site record for CA-SBA-1687. The record consists of 2 recordation events.
Additional file 2 of Specific depletion of resident microglia in the early stage of stroke reduces cerebral ischemic damage
Creators: name: Li, Ting
name: Zhao, Jin
name: Xie, Wenguang
name: Yuan, Wanru
name: Guo, Jing
name: Pang, Shengru
name: Gan, Wen-Biao
name: Gómez-Nicola, Diego
name: Zhang, Shengxiang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Additional file 2: Figure S2. mRNA expression of other inflammatory factors in the presence and absence of microglia. Relative mRNA levels of (A-B) anti-inflammatory factors IL-4, Ym1 and (C) pro-inflammatory factors MCP-1 with and without microglial depletion (n ≥ 3, *p <0.05, **p < 0.01. n.d. = not detectable).