cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Global Approach for Solving Edge-Matching Puzzles
Creators: name: Kovalsky, Shahar Z.
name: Glasner, Daniel
name: Basri, Ronen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We consider apictorial edge-matching puzzles, in which the goal is to arrange a collection of puzzle pieces with colored edges so that the colors match along the edges of adjacent pieces. We devise an algebraic representation for this problem and provide conditions under which it exactly characterizes a puzzle. Using the new representation, we recast the combinatorial, discrete problem of solving puzzles as a global, polynomial system of equations with continuous variables. We further propose new algorithms for generating approximate solutions to the continuous problem by solving a sequence of convex relaxations.
Un incunabulo per lo sposalizio di Isabella d’Aragona: le ‘Nuptiae illustrissimi ducis Mediolani’ di Stefano Dolcino (1489)
Creators: name: Passera, Claudio
Publisher: name: Drammaturgia
Year: 2018

description: In the second part of the 15th century, the introduction of the printing press in Italy offered to lords and princes a new way to show their own power and divulge the splendour of the feasts for their dynastic events. In February 1489, Isabella of Aragon, niece of the King of Naples, entered into Milan and married the duke, Gian Galeazzo Sforza. Few months later, the printer Antonio Zarotto published a Latin description of the event: the Nuptiae illustrissimi ducis Mediolani by Stefano Dolcino. This paper aims at considering the history of this incunable, in order to find information about feasts and spectacles for celebrating marriages in the Sforza family. At the same time, the possibility of a propagandistic use of ceremonies and print in the occasion of a princely wedding will be investigated.
description: Drammaturgia, Vol 14 No 4 (2017): Anno XIV / n.s. 4 – 2017
Wording Effects in Assessment: Missing the Trees for the Forest
Creators: name: Ponce, Fernando P.
name: Irribarra, David Torres
name: Vergés, Alvaro
name: Arias, Victor B.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: This article examines wording effects when positive and negative worded items are included in psychological assessment. Wordings effects have been analyzed in the literature using statistical approaches based on population homogeneity assumptions (i.e. CFA, SEM), commonly adopting the bifactor model to separate trait variance and wording effects. This article presents an alternative approach by explicitly modeling population heterogeneity through a latent profile model, based on the idea that a subset of individuals exhibits wording effects. This kind of mixture model allows simultaneously to classify respondents, substantively characterize the differences in their response profiles, and report respondents' results in a comparable manner. Using the Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale data from the LISS Panel (N = 6,762) in three studies, we identify a subgroup of participants who respond differentially according to item-wording and examine the impact of its responses in the estimation of the RSES measurement model, in terms of global and individual fit, under one-factor and bifactor models. The results of these analyses support the interpretation of wording effects in terms of a theoretically-proposed differential pattern of response to positively and negatively worded items, introducing a valuable tool for examining the artifactual or substantive interpretations of such wording effects.
Differences in health-related physical fitness and academic school performance in male middle-school students in Qatar : a preliminary study
Creators: name: Hermassi, Souhail
name: Hayes, Lawrence D.
name: Sanal-Hayes, Nilihan E. M.
name: Schwesig, René
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 618

description: This study examined the differences in the level of physical fitness and academic performance among male middle-school children based on different body status categories. A total of 69 male children [age: 12.4 ± 0.7 years; body mass: 58.5 ± 7.2 kg; height: 1.62 ± 0.09 m; and body mass index (BMI): 22.4 ± 3.3 kg/m2] participated and were divided into BMI age-adjusted groups (i.e., lowest, middle, and highest BMI). Height, mass, BMI, stork test of static balance, 10 and 15 m sprint as an indicator for speed, hand-grip strength test, agility T-half test, medicine ball throw (MBT), and the Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test level 1 (Yo-Yo IR1) were assessed. School records were retrieved for grade point averages (GPA) of mathematics, science, and Arabic. We found significant group differences regarding anthropometric (height: η2p = 0.24, mass: η2p = 0.33, and BMI: η2p = 0.66), physical (sprint 10 m: η2p = 0.26), and academic (mathematics: η2p = 0.19 and science: η2p = 0.15) performance parameters. The largest difference (p < 0.001) was observed between the lowest and highest group for the 10 m sprint. All pairwise differences were between the lowest and highest BMI group or the lowest and middle BMI group. No relevant (r > 0.5) correlation between parameters of different dimensions (e.g., anthropometric vs. physical performance parameters) was found. In conclusion, the highest BMI group exhibited similar physical and academic performances than the lowest group. Thus, these data emphasize the importance and appropriateness to engage young Qatari schoolchildren in physical activity as it associates with superior academic performance.
Providing laypeople with results from dynamic infectious disease modelling studies affects their allocation preference for scarce medical resources-a factorial experiment
Creators: name: Rübsamen, Nicole
name: Garcia Voges, Benno
name: Castell, Stefanie
name: Klett-Tammen, Carolina Judith
name: Oppliger, Jérôme
name: Krütli, Pius
name: Smieszek, Timo
name: Mikolajczyk, Rafael
name: Karch, André
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 610

description: Background: Allocation of scarce medical resources can be based on different principles. It has not yet been investigated which allocation schemes are preferred by medical laypeople in a particular situation of medical scarcity like an emerging infectious disease and how the choices are affected by providing information about expected population-level effects of the allocation scheme based on modelling studies. We investigated the potential benefit of strategic communication of infectious disease modelling results. Methods: In a two-way factorial experiment (n = 878 participants), we investigated if prognosis of the disease or information about expected effects on mortality at population-level (based on dynamic infectious disease modelling studies) influenced the choice of preferred allocation schemes for prevention and treatment of an unspecified sexually transmitted infection. A qualitative analysis of the reasons for choosing specific allocation schemes supplements our results. Results: Presence of the factor “information about the population-level effects of the allocation scheme” substantially increased the probability of choosing a resource allocation system that minimized overall harm among the population, while prognosis did not affect allocation choices. The main reasons for choosing an allocation scheme differed among schemes, but did not differ among those who received additional model-based information on expected population-level effects and those who did not. Conclusions: Providing information on the expected population-level effects from dynamic infectious disease modelling studies resulted in a substantially different choice of allocation schemes. This finding supports the importance of incorporating model-based information in decision-making processes and communication strategies.
Crystallographic dependence of the spin Hall angle in epitaxial Pt films : comparison of optical and electrical detection of spin-torque ferromagnetic resonance techniques
Creators: name: Grover, Bharat
name: Hazra, Binoy Krishna
name: Ma, Tianping
name: Pal, Banabir
name: Bernstein, Nirel
name: Rothschild, Amit
name: Srivastava, Abhay Kant
name: Choudhury, Samiran
name: Woltersdorf, Georg
name: Capua, Amir
name: Parkin, Stuart S. P.
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 539

description: The spin Hall effect appears in nature in two forms. Its intrinsic form is highly dependent on the crystal symmetry while its extrinsic form stems from impurity scattering. Its efficiency is defined by the spin Hall angle, 𝜃𝑆𝐻, and has profound impact on spintronic technologies. However, an accurate measurement of 𝜃𝑆𝐻 is not straightforward nor the identification of its origin. In this work, we apply a spin-torque driven ferromagnetic resonance method that is probed in two different ways, optically and electrically, to study the dependence of 𝜃𝑆𝐻 in the crystallographic direction in epitaxial Al2O3/Pt (111), MgO(110)/Pt (110), and MgO(001)/Pt (001) films. We show that the electrical technique is limited in its ability to accurately quantify 𝜃𝑆𝐻 at high current densities, and in some cases, it may even result in erroneous 𝜃𝑆𝐻 values. Such cases include films that exhibit a large inhomogeneous broadening. We find that 𝜃𝑆𝐻 is strongly affected by the crystallographic direction. Our study extends the understanding of one of the most commonly used methods for the exploration of the spin Hall effect.
Pair breaking due to orbital magnetism in iron-based superconductors
Creators: name: Hoyer, Mareike
name: Scheurer, Mathias S.
name: Syzranov, Sergey V.
name: Schmalian, Jörg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider superconductivity in the presence of impurities in a two-band model suited for the description of iron-based superconductors. We analyze the effect of interband scattering processes on superconductivity, allowing for orbital, i.e., nonspin-magnetic but time-reversal symmetry-breaking impurities. Pair breaking in such systems is described by a nontrivial phase in an interband-scattering matrix element. We find that the transition temperature of conventional superconductors can be suppressed due to interband scattering, whereas unconventional superconductors may be unaffected. We also discuss the stability of density wave phases in the presence of impurities. As an example, we consider impurities associated with imaginary charge density waves that are of interest for iron-based superconductors.
description: 12 pages, 4 figures
Rural Conditions and Trends
Creators: name: USDA ERS
name: USDA ERS
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1998
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development

description: Overview: Deficit Reduction Measure Ushers in Tax Cuts Plus New Aid for Low-Income Populations in 1998; General Assistance: Some New Initiatives Add to an Overall Stable Group of General Assistance Programs; Infrastructure Assistance: Transportation Programs Received Largest Funding Increases; Business Assistance: Strong Economy Energizes Commitment to Target Funding to Underserved; Housing Assistance: Federal Housing Assistance Promotes Homeownership; Welfare Reform Followup: New Welfare-to-Work Program Helps Adjustment to Welfare Reform; Rural Development Mission: The Changing Face of Rural Development Assistance in USDA; Tax Policy: The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 Provides Significant Tax Relief to Rural America; Regulatory Policy: Slowly Evolving Regulatory Changes Could Significantly Affect Rural Development; Appendix A: Rural Share of Selected Programs; Appendix B: Data Sources and Definitions;
TIME DILATION - UNRAVELING THE QUANTUM THREADS OF TEMPORAL REALITY
Creators: name: Brandl, Edenilson
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Time Dilation
Relativity
Quantum Mechanics
Special Relativity
General Relativity
Quantum Time
Zeitdilatation
Relativität
Quantenmechanik
Spezielle Relativitätstheorie
Allgemeine Relativitätstheorie
Quantenzeit

description: This article explores the profound implications of time dilation in the realms of relativity and quantum mechanics. This article delves into the intricate interplay between motion, gravity, and the passage of time, challenging conventional perceptions and paving the way for transformative discoveries. From the fundamental concepts of time dilation in Einstein's theories of relativity to the theoretical exploration of quantized time, this comprehensive exploration navigates through the philosophical, scientific, and technological dimensions of this intriguing phenomenon. By examining cutting-edge experiments, quantum theories, and their impact on technologies like quantum computing and global navigation systems, this article illuminates the captivating frontier where time, in its most minuscule scales, reveals its elusive nature.
 
Dieser Artikel untersucht die tiefgreifenden Auswirkungen der Zeitdilatation auf die Bereiche Relativität und Quantenmechanik. Dieser Artikel befasst sich mit dem komplizierten Zusammenspiel von Bewegung, Schwerkraft und dem Lauf der Zeit, stellt konventionelle Wahrnehmungen in Frage und ebnet den Weg für transformative Entdeckungen. Von den grundlegenden Konzepten der Zeitdilatation in Einsteins Relativitätstheorien bis hin zur theoretischen Erforschung der quantisierten Zeit navigiert diese umfassende Erkundung durch die philosophischen, wissenschaftlichen und technologischen Dimensionen dieses faszinierenden Phänomens. Durch die Untersuchung modernster Experimente, Quantentheorien und ihrer Auswirkungen auf Technologien wie Quantencomputer und globale Navigationssysteme beleuchtet dieser Artikel die faszinierende Grenze, an der die Zeit in ihren kleinsten Maßstäben ihre schwer fassbare Natur offenbart.
Wording Effects in Assessment: Missing the Trees for the Forest
Creators: name: Ponce, Fernando P.
name: Irribarra, David Torres
name: Vergés, Alvaro
name: Arias, Victor B.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: This article examines wording effects when positive and negative worded items are included in psychological assessment. Wordings effects have been analyzed in the literature using statistical approaches based on population homogeneity assumptions (i.e. CFA, SEM), commonly adopting the bifactor model to separate trait variance and wording effects. This article presents an alternative approach by explicitly modeling population heterogeneity through a latent profile model, based on the idea that a subset of individuals exhibits wording effects. This kind of mixture model allows simultaneously to classify respondents, substantively characterize the differences in their response profiles, and report respondents' results in a comparable manner. Using the Rosenberg’s self-esteem scale data from the LISS Panel (N = 6,762) in three studies, we identify a subgroup of participants who respond differentially according to item-wording and examine the impact of its responses in the estimation of the RSES measurement model, in terms of global and individual fit, under one-factor and bifactor models. The results of these analyses support the interpretation of wording effects in terms of a theoretically-proposed differential pattern of response to positively and negatively worded items, introducing a valuable tool for examining the artifactual or substantive interpretations of such wording effects.
On the stability and causality of scalar-vector theories
Creators: name: Fleury, Pierre
name: Almeida, Juan P. Beltran
name: Pitrou, Cyril
name: Uzan, Jean-Philippe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Various extensions of standard inflationary models have been proposed recently by adding vector fields. Because they are generally motivated by large-scale anomalies, and the possibility of statistical anisotropy of primordial fluctuations, such models require to introduce non-standard couplings between vector fields on the one hand, and either gravity or scalar fields on the other hand. In this article, we study models involving a vector field coupled to a scalar field. We derive restrictive necessary conditions for these models to be both stable (Hamiltonian bounded by below) and causal (hyperbolic equations of motion).
description: 20 pages, references added, v2 matches published version in JCAP
Occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in the environment in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland : a narrative review of existing evidence
Creators: name: Treskova, Marina
name: Kuhlmann, Alexander
name: Freise, Fritjof
name: Kreienbrock, Lothar
name: Brogden, Sandra
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 610

description: (1) Background: This study summarizes the current research on antibiotic resistance (AR) in the environment conducted in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland; (2) Methods: A narrative systematic literature review of epidemiological studies based on searches in EMBASE and CAB abstracts (up to 16 June2021) was conducted. Environmental reservoirs included water sources, wastewater, animal husbandry, wildlife, soil, and sediment; (3) Results: Four hundred and four records were screened, and 52 studies were included. Thirteen studies examined aquatic environments, and eleven investigated wastewater. Eight studies investigated both wildlife and animal husbandry. Less evidence was available for sediments, soil, and air. Considerable heterogeneity in research focus, study design, sampling, and measurement of resistance was observed. Resistance to all categories of antimicrobials in the WHO CIA list was identified. Resistance to critically important and highly important substances was reported most frequently; (4) Conclusions: The current research scope presents data-gathering efforts. Usage of a unified protocol for isolate collection, selecting sampling sites, and susceptibility testing is required to provide results that can be compared between the studies and reservoirs. Epidemiological, environmental, and ecological factors should be considered in surveys of the environmental dissemination of AR. Systematic epidemiological studies investigating AR at the interface of human, animal, and environmental health are needed.
Intersubject Variability of and Genetic Effects on the Brain's Functional Connectivity during Infancy
Creators: name: Gilmore, J. H.
name: Lin, W.
name: Smith, J. K.
name: Elton, A.
name: Zhu, H.
name: Gao, W.
name: Alcauter, S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Infancy is a period featuring a high level of intersubject variability but the brain basis for such variability and the potential genetic/environmental contributions remain largely unexplored. The assessment of the brain's functional connectivity during infancy by the resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rsfMRI) technique (Biswal et al., 1995) provides a unique means to probe the brain basis of intersubject variability during infancy. In this study, an unusually large typically developing human infant sample including 58 singletons, 132 dizygotic twins, and 98 monozygotic twins with rsfMRI scans during the first 2 years of life was recruited to delineate the spatial and temporal developmental patterns of both the intersubject variability of and genetic effects on the brain's functional connectivity. Through systematic voxelwise functional connectivity analyses, our results revealed that the intersubject variability at birth features lower variability in primary functional areas but higher values in association areas. Although the relative pattern remains largely consistent, the magnitude of intersubject variability undergoes an interesting U-shaped growth during the first 2 years of life. Overall, the intersubject variability patterns during infancy show both adult-like and infant-specific characteristics (Mueller et al., 2013). On the other hand, age-dependent genetic effects were observed showing significant but bidirectional relationships with intersubject variability. The temporal and spatial patterns of the intersubject variability of and genetic contributions to the brain's functional connectivity documented in this study shed light on the largely uncharted functional development of the brain during infancy.
Macroscopic current induced boundary conditions for Schrödinger-type operators
Creators: name: Kaiser, Hans-Christoph
name: Neidhardt, Hagen
name: Rehberg, Joachim
Publisher: name: Weierstrass Institute
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: non-selfadjoint Schrödinger-type operator
subject: spectral asymptotics
subject: Abel basis of root vectors
subject: dissipative operators
subject: open quantum systems.
subject: 35P10
subject: 47A55
subject: 47B44
subject: 81Q15
subject: 03.65.Yz
subject: 03.65.Db

description: We describe an embedding of a quantum mechanically described structure into a macroscopic flow. The open quantum system is partly driven by an adjacent macroscopic flow acting on the boundary of the bounded spatial domain designated to quantum mechanics. This leads to an essentially non-selfadjoint Schrödinger-type operator, the spectral properties of which will be investigated.
Endogenous interest rate dynamics in asset markets
Creators: name: Reiß, Oliver
name: Schoenmakers, John G. M.
name: Schweizer, Martin
Publisher: name: Weierstrass Institute
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: asset market
subject: interest rates
subject: market structure
subject: asset indices
subject: endogenous dynamic relations
subject: 91B28
subject: 60G35
subject: 91B70

description: Starting from a general Ito process model with more assets than driving Brownian motions, we study the term structure model endogenously induced by this complete market. In the Markovian diffusion case, we provide the resulting HJM description and point out a link to finite factor models. But the main contribution is the conceptual approach of considering assets and interest rates within one model which is completely specified by the assets alone. This allows endogenous derivations of dynamic relations between assets and interest rates from global structural assumptions (homogeneity and some spherical symmetry) on the market. Related issues in financial market modelling have been studied by E. Platen.
Gibbs measures of disordered spin systems
Creators: name: Külske, Christof
Publisher: name: Weierstrass Institute
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Disordered systems
subject: Gibbs measures
subject: random field model
subject: interfaces
subject: continuous spins
subject: metastates
subject: non-Gibbsian measures
subject: 82B44
subject: 82B20
subject: 82B28
subject: 05.50.+q

description: We give a brief introduction to some aspects of the field of Gibbs measures of disordered (lattice) spin systems. We present a summary of some of the main results of our own contributions to the subject.
Joint analysis of resident complaints, meteorological, acoustic, and ground motion data to establish a robust annoyance evaluation of wind turbine emissions
Creators: name: Gaßnera, Laura
name: Blumendeller, Esther
name: Müller, Florian J. Y.
name: Wiggerd, Maayen
name: Rettenmeier, Andreas
name: Cheng, Po Wen
name: Hübner, Gundula
name: Ritter, Joachim R. R.
name: Pohl, Johannes
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 150
subject: 333

description: In order to advance the expansion of onshore wind energy, wind turbines (WTs) must be erected in often complex terrain. The orography and the associated meteorological conditions, as well as the complex propagation of sound and ground motion waves can lead to increased annoyance of residents. Here a joint investigation of residential noise reports, meteorological, acoustic and ground motion data together with operational parameters of a wind farm in southern Germany is presented, with the objective to assess the annoyance of residents affected by WT emissions. Once strongly annoyed residents had been identified, simultaneous measurements were conducted over a 2-month period while residents used a noise reporting app to document their annoyance. A combination of the data shows that WT-related signals can be detected by acoustic and ground motion measurements in the vicinity of the WTs and, to a lesser extent, at the residential sites. In addition, background noise can be identified well. The app data indicates higher complaint rates in the early morning, evening and night hours. Changes in rotation rate seem to be the cause of annoyance as well as high rotation rates. These findings can be used to adjust WT operation in order to decrease immissions.
Primary Ciliary Dyskinesia-Causing Mutations in Amish and Mennonite Communities
Creators: name: Helms, Cynthia
name: Hazucha, Milan
name: Leigh, Margaret W.
name: Ferkol, Thomas W.
name: Morton, D. Holmes
name: Strauss, Kevin A.
name: Knowles, Michael R.
name: Lie, Hauw
name: Patel, Anand C.
name: Carson, John L.
name: Bowcock, Anne
name: Zariwala, Maimoona A.
name: Puffenberger, Erik G.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: To determine whether individuals with primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) from unrelated Amish and Mennonite families harbor a single and unique founder mutation.
Cryo-EM and artificial intelligence visualize endogenous protein community members
Creators: name: Skalidis, Ioannis
name: Kyrilis, Fotis L.
name: Tüting, Christian
name: Hamdi, Farzad
name: Chojnowski, Grzegorz
name: Kastritis, Panagiotis L.
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 572

description: Cellular function is underlined by megadalton assemblies organizing in proximity, forming communities. Metabolons are protein communities involving metabolic pathways such as protein, fatty acid, and thioesters of coenzyme-A synthesis. Metabolons are highly heterogeneous due to their function, making their analysis particularly challenging. Here, we simultaneously characterize metabolon-embedded architectures of a 60S pre-ribosome, fatty acid synthase, and pyruvate/oxoglutarate dehydrogenase complex E2 cores de novo. Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) 3D reconstructions are resolved at 3.84–4.52 Å resolution by collecting <3,000 micrographs of a single cellular fraction. After combining cryo-EM with artificial intelligence-based atomic modeling and de novo sequence identification methods, at this resolution range, polypeptide hydrogen bonding patterns are discernible. Residing molecular components resemble their purified counterparts from other eukaryotes but also exhibit substantial conformational variation with potential functional implications. Our results propose an integrated tool, boosted by machine learning, that opens doors for structural systems biology spearheaded by cryo-EM characterization of native cell extracts.
Conditions for requiring nonlinear thermoelectric transport theory in nanodevices
Creators: name: Azema, J.
name: Lombardo, P.
name: Daré, A. -M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we examine the conditions under which the nonlinear transport theory is inescapable, when a correlated quantum dot is symmetrically coupled to two leads submitted to temperature and voltage biases. By detailed numerical comparisons between nonlinear and linear currents, we show that the claimed nonlinear behavior in a temperature gradient for the electric current is not so genuine, and the linear theory made at the operating temperature $\bar{T}= (T_H+T_C)/2$ is unexpectedly robust. This is demonstrated for the single impurity Anderson model, in different regimes: resonant tunneling, Coulomb blockade and Kondo regimes.
Legal aspects of newborn screening
Creators: name: Rosenau, Henning
name: Steffen, Felicia
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 176

description: Newborn screening is used for the early detection of diseases in newborns and enables rapid intervention to prevent serious consequences, including infant death. Since the Genetic Diagnostics Act came into force in 2010, the rules of the Act have applied to newborn screening. Over the years since the Act came into force, some legal issues have been resolved, but new legal aspects have also arisen for which the Act does not yet provide a solution.
The affine Grassmannian and the Springer resolution in positive characteristic
Creators: name: Achar, Pramod N.
name: Rider, Laura
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: An important result of Arkhipov-Bezrukavnikov-Ginzburg relates constructible sheaves on the affine Grassmannian to coherent sheaves on the dual Springer resolution. In this paper, we prove a positive-characteristic analogue of this statement, using the framework of "mixed modular sheaves" recently developed by the first author and Riche. As an application, we deduce a relationship between parity sheaves on the affine Grassmannian and Bezrukavnikov's "exotic t-structure" on the Springer resolution.
description: 50 pages; with an appendix joint with Simon Riche. v2: minor corrections
Endogeneity in semiparametric threshold regression models with two threshold variables
Creators: name: Chen, Chaoyi
name: Stengos, Thanasis
name: Sun, Yiguo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biotechnology
Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Information Systems not elsewhere classified
Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Cancer
Science Policy
Computational Biology

description: This article considers a semiparametric threshold regression model with two threshold variables. The proposed model allows endogenous threshold variables and endogenous slope regressors. Under the diminishing threshold effects framework, we derive consistency and asymptotic results of our proposed estimator for weakly dependent data. We study the finite sample performance of our proposed estimator via small Monte Carlo simulations and apply our model to classify economic growth regimes based on both national public debt and national external debt.
Liverpool Telescope 2: a new robotic facility for rapid transient follow-up
Creators: name: Copperwheat, C. M.
name: Steele, I. A.
name: Barnsley, R. M.
name: Bates, S. D.
name: Bersier, D.
name: Bode, M. F.
name: Carter, D.
name: Clay, N. R.
name: Collins, C. A.
name: Darnley, M. J.
name: Davis, C. J.
name: Gutierrez, C. M.
name: Harman, D. J.
name: James, P. A.
name: Knapen, J.
name: Kobayashi, S.
name: Marchant, J. M.
name: Mazzali, P. A.
name: Mottram, C. J.
name: Mundell, C. G.
name: Newsam, A.
name: Oscoz, A.
name: Palle, E.
name: Piascik, A.
name: Rebolo, R.
name: Smith, R. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Liverpool Telescope is one of the world's premier facilities for time domain astronomy. The time domain landscape is set to radically change in the coming decade, with surveys such as LSST providing huge numbers of transient detections on a nightly basis; transient detections across the electromagnetic spectrum from other facilities such as SVOM, SKA and CTA; and the era of `multi-messenger astronomy', wherein events are detected via non-electromagnetic means, such as gravitational wave emission. We describe here our plans for Liverpool Telescope 2: a new robotic telescope designed to capitalise on this new era of time domain astronomy. LT2 will be a 4-metre class facility co-located with the LT at the Observatorio del Roque de Los Muchachos on the Canary island of La Palma. The telescope will be designed for extremely rapid response: the aim is that the telescope will take data within 30 seconds of the receipt of a trigger from another facility. The motivation for this is twofold: firstly it will make it a world-leading facility for the study of fast fading transients and explosive phenomena discovered at early times. Secondly, it will enable large-scale programmes of low-to-intermediate resolution spectral classification of transients to be performed with great efficiency. In the target-rich environment of the LSST era, minimising acquisition overheads will be key to maximising the science gains from any follow-up programme. The telescope will have a diverse instrument suite which is simultaneously mounted for automatic changes, but it is envisaged that the primary instrument will be an intermediate resolution, optical/infrared spectrograph for scientific exploitation of transients discovered with the next generation of synoptic survey facilities. In this paper we outline the core science drivers for the telescope, and the requirements for the optical and mechanical design.
description: 53 pages including 7 figures and 1 table. Accepted by Experimental Astronomy. First revision modified in light of comments from the anonymous referee. This revision fixed some minor typographical errors introduced in the first revision
Inference for the VEC(1) model with a heavy-tailed linear process errors*
Creators: name: Guo, Feifei
name: Ling, Shiqing
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: This article studies the first-order vector error correction (VEC(1)) model when its noise is a linear process of independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) heavy-tailed random vectors with a tail index α∈(0,2). We show that the rate of convergence of the least squares estimator (LSE) related to the long-run parameters is n (sample size) and its limiting distribution is a stochastic integral in terms of two stable random processes, while the LSE related to the short-term parameters is not consistent. We further propose an automated approach via adaptive shrinkage techniques to determine the cointegrating rank in the VEC(1) model. It is demonstrated that the cointegration rank r0 can be consistently selected despite the fact that the LSE related to the short-term parameters is not consistently estimable when the tail index α∈(1,2). Simulation studies are carried out to evaluate the performance of the proposed procedure in finite samples. Last, we use our techniques to explore the long-run and short-run behavior of the monthly prices of wheat, corn, and wheat flour in the United States.
Importance of RpoD- and Non-RpoD-dependent expression of horizontally acquired genes in Capriavidus metallidurans
Creators: name: Große, Cornelia
name: Grau, Jan
name: Große, Ivo
name: Nies, Dietrich H.
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 576

description: The genome of the metal-resistant, hydrogen-oxidizing bacterium Cupriavidus metallidurans contains a large number of horizontally acquired plasmids and genomic islands that were integrated into its chromosome or chromid. For the C. metallidurans CH34 wild-type strain growing under nonchallenging conditions, 5,763 transcriptional starting sequences (TSSs) were determined. Using a custom-built motif discovery software based on hidden Markov models, patterns upstream of the TSSs were identified. The pattern TTGACA, −35.6 ± 1.6 bp upstream of the TSSs, in combination with a TATAAT sequence 15.8 ± 1.4 bp upstream occurred frequently, especially upstream of the TSSs for 48 housekeeping genes, and these were assigned to promoters used by RNA polymerase containing the main housekeeping sigma factor RpoD. From patterns upstream of the housekeeping genes, a score for RpoD-dependent promoters in C. metallidurans was derived and applied to all 5,763 TSSs. Among these, 2,572 TSSs could be associated with RpoD with high probability, 373 with low probability, and 2,818 with no probability. In a detailed analysis of horizontally acquired genes involved in metal resistance and not involved in this process, the TSSs responsible for the expression of these genes under nonchallenging conditions were assigned to RpoD- or non-RpoD-dependent promoters. RpoD-dependent promoters occurred frequently in horizontally acquired metal resistance and other determinants, which should allow their initial expression in a new host. However, other sigma factors and sense/antisense effects also contribute—maybe to mold in subsequent adaptation steps the assimilated gene into the regulatory network of the cell.
Animal Models for Wound Regeneration
Creators: name: Amitha Banu S*, Sharun Khan, A M Pawde
Publisher: name: The Science world a Monthly e magazine
Year: 2023

description: Animal models provide a valuable tool for controlled environment to investigate the complex mechanisms involved in wound healing and evaluate potential therapeutic interventions. Mouse and pig models, among others, offer insights into the cellular and molecular processes of wound healing and allow for the testing of novel treatments. This article briefs about the dimensions of animal models for wound regeneration.
title: An Adaptive Algorithm for `the Secretary Problem': Alternate Proof of the Divergence of a Maximizer Sequence
Creators: name: Benfante, Andrew
name: Xu, Xiang
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 2023

description: This paper presents an alternate proof of the divergence of the unique maximizer sequence {𝑥∗ 𝑛} of a function sequence {𝐹𝑛(𝑥)} that is derived from an adaptive algorithm based on the now classic optimal stopping problem, known by many names but here ‘the secretary problem’. The alternate proof uses a result established by Nguyen, Xu, and Zhao (n.d.) regarding the uniqueness of maximizer points of a generalized function sequence {𝑆𝜇,𝜎 𝑛 } and relies on the strict monotonicity of 𝐹𝑛(𝑥) as 𝑛 increases in order to show divergence of {𝑥∗ 𝑛}. Towards this, limits of the exponentiated Gaussian CDF are established as well as a closed form of 𝐹′ 𝑛 (𝑥), the derivative of the sequence’s function. The proof is elementary but nontrivial. The result in Nguyen et al. (n.d.) relies heavily on a technical lemma but, here, the proof is more transparent and relies solely on fundamentals.
Relationship of Sleep to Pulmonary Function in Mucopolysaccharidosis II
Creators: name: Vaughn, Bradley V.
name: Muhlebach, Marianne S.
name: Muenzer, Joseph
name: Wooten, William I.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: To study the sleep characteristics, pulmonary function, and their relationships in an enzyme naive population of patients with mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) II (Hunter syndrome).
title: Die latènezeitliche Siedlung von Wiesen-Halbjoch, Burgenland
Creators: name: Piniel, Maximilian
Year: 2021

description: Im Zuge einer Rettungsgrabung auf der Ried Halbjoch am Nordrand des Gemeinde-gebietes von Wiesen, Burgenland wurden vom Verein PannArch 2015 Teile einer latènezeitlichen Siedlung entdeckt. Die Fundstelle liegt in einer verkehrsgeographi-schen Schlüsselposition am Südrand der Wiener Neustädter Pforte, welche das Ei-senstädter Becken mit dem Wiener Becken verbindet. Unter den 35 in die Latènezeit zu datierenden Befunden sind ein Lochtennenofen, 15 Grubenhäuser und zwei die Siedlung begrenzende Gräben hervorzuheben. Die Vorlage und Auswertung der Be-funde, sowie eines Teiles des Fundmaterials sind Gegenstand dieser Arbeit. Anhand des bearbeiteten Fundmaterials ist eine Siedlungsaktivität von der Frühlatènezeit bis zum Beginn der Spätlatènezeit fassbar. Mittels der Auswertung von Luftbildern, der Kartierung einer Altgrabung und den Grabungsergebnissen von 2015 konnte eine mögliche Siedlungsgröße von zumindest 7 ha rekonstruiert werden. Somit dürfte es sich bei der latènezeitlichen Siedlung von Wiesen-Halbjoch um ein „mittleres Zentrum“ handeln, welches zumindest zeitweise durch die beiden massiven Gräben eine befes-tigte Flachlandsiedlung war.
description: In 2015 parts of a La Tène period settlement were discovered by the PannArch asso-ciation in course of a rescue excavation at the northern edge of the municipal area of Wiesen. In terms of transport geography the site is located in a key position on the southern edge of the Wiener Neustädter Gate, which connects the Eisenstadt basin with the Vienna basin. The subject of this thesis is to present and analyze 35 features as well as some of the finds dating to the La Tène period, including a ceramic kiln, 15 pithouses and two trenches enclosing the settlement. Based on the analyzed finds, settlement activities from the early La Tène period to the beginning of the late La Tène period can be grasped. By evaluating aerial photographs, mapping former excavation and the excavation results from 2015 a settlement size of 7ha is assumed and there-fore the La Tène period settlement of Wiesen-Halbjoch can be referred to as a „Mit-tleres Zentrum“. Two massive trenches indicate a surrounding fortification classifying the site as a fortified lowland settlement. However a continuous existence of a fortifi-cation during the entire settlement activity cannot be verified.
The Impact of Short Stature on Health-Related Quality of Life in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease
Creators: name: Al-Uzri, Amira
name: Yadin, Ora
name: Gipson, Debbie S.
name: Matheson, Matthew
name: Rozansky, David J.
name: Furth, Susan L.
name: Gerson, Arlene C.
name: Warady, Bradley A.
name: Moxey-Mims, Marva
name: Hooper, Stephen R.
name: Mendley, Susan R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: To compare the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of children with CKD and short stature (SS) to children with CKD and normal height (NH), to evaluate the impact of catch up growth and growth hormone use on HRQoL, and to describe the concordance of perceptions of HRQoL between children with SS and NH and their parents.
Rehabilitation utilization of non-migrant and migrant persons with back pain : a cohort study using different definitions of migrant background
Creators: name: Fauser, David
name: Banaschak, Hannes
name: Zimmer, Julia-Marie
name: Golla, André
name: Schmitt, Nadine
name: Mau, Wilfried
name: Bethge, Matthias
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 615

description: Background: Medical rehabilitation (MR) by the German Pension Insurance is approved to maintain and to restore work ability and to avoid disability pensions. Studies on the rehabilitation utilization by people with a migration background (PMB) compared to people without a migration background (non-PMB) showed heterogeneous results, which may be partly due to different definitions of migration status. The aim of this paper was to test whether there are differences in utilization of MR between employed PMB and non-PMB with self-reported back pain. Methods: We used data from a large German cohort study that analyzed the effectiveness of MR for individuals with back pain and was conducted between 1st January 2017 and 31st December 2019. Employees aged 45 to 59 years who reported back pain in the last three months completed the baseline questionnaire in 2017. We used four definitions of migration background (MB) to differentiate by first- and second-generation migration, by one- and two-sided migration background, by language, or by nationality. Data on rehabilitation utilization was extracted from administrative records covering the period until the end of 2018. Findings: Data of 6,713 participants were included, and 514 individuals utilized MR during follow-up. Adjusted analyses showed a decreased risk of rehabilitation utilization in people with a first-generation MB (HR = 0·46; 95% CI 0·29; 0·72), people with a two-sided MB (HR = 0·47; 95% CI 0·31; 0·72), people whose native language was not German (HR = 0·52; 95% CI 0·30; 0·91), and people without German nationality (HR = 0·29; 95% CI 0·12; 0·72) when compared to non-PMB. Interpretation: This study showed that employees with a MB reporting back pain had a significantly reduced risk for utilization of rehabilitation services. This underutilization could be observed considering different definitions of MB. Future research on rehabilitation utilization by PMB should consider the impact of different definitions on the results.
Consensus Expert Recommendations for the Diagnosis and Management of Autosomal Recessive Polycystic Kidney Disease: Report of an International Conference
Creators: name: Moxey-Mims, Marva
name: Guay-Woodford, Lisa M.
name: Hartung, Erum A.
name: Keller, Roberta L.
name: Bockenhauer, Detlef
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD; MIM 263200) is a severe, typically early onset form of cystic disease that primarily involves the kidneys and biliary tract. Phenotypic expression and age at presentation can be quite variable1. The incidence of ARPKD is 1 in 20,000 live births2, and its pleotropic manifestations are potentially life-threatening. Optimal care requires proper surveillance to limit morbidity and mortality, knowledgeable approaches to diagnosis and treatment, and informed strategies to optimize quality of life. Clinical management therefore is ideally directed by multidisciplinary care teams consisting of perinatologists, neonatologists, nephrologists, hepatologists, geneticists, and behavioral specialists to coordinate patient care from the perinatal period to adulthood. In May 2013, an international team of 25 multidisciplinary specialists from the US, Canada, Germany, and the United Kingdom convened in Washington, DC, to review the literature published from 1990 to 2013 and to develop recommendations for diagnosis, surveillance, and clinical management. Identification of the gene PKHD1, and the significant advances in perinatal care, imaging, medical management, and behavioral therapies over the past decade, provide the foundational elements to define diagnostic criteria and establish clinical management guidelines as the first steps towards standardizing the clinical care for ARPKD patients. The key issues discussed included recommendations regarding perinatal interventions, diagnostic criteria, genetic testing, management of renal and biliary-associated morbidities, and behavioral assessment. The meeting was funded by the National Institutes of Health and an educational grant from the Polycystic Kidney Disease Foundation. Here we summarize the discussions and provide an updated set of diagnostic, surveillance, and management recommendations for optimizing the pediatric care of patients with ARPKD. Specialist care of ARPKD-related complications including dialysis, transplantation, and management of severe portal hypertension will be addressed in a subsequent report. Given the paucity of information regarding targeted therapies in ARPKD, this topic was not addressed in this conference.”