cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Loxostege verticalis
Creators: name: Sinev, Sergey Yu.
name: Korb, Stanislav K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Loxostege
Loxostege verticalis

description: 213. Loxostege verticalis (Linnaeus, 1758)
Caradja 1916: 25 ([Kyrgyzstan] Alai); Tarbinsky & Milko 1996: 214 (North Kyrgyzstan, Issyk-Kul valley).
Arashan, 25.V.2014, 20 males, 5 females; Koro-Goo, 10.VII.2014, 1 female; Sarban, 21.VII.2014, 5 males, 1 female; Kok-Jar, 26.VII.2014, 23.III.2015, 25.IV.2016, 5 males; Toktogul, 13.VII.2015, 2 males; Katta-Karakol, 14.VII.2015, 13 males, 6 females; Ala-Too, 18.VII.2015, 2 males; Ottuk, 8.VII.2016, 20.VII.2018, 11 males, 1 female; Urumbash, 17.VII.2016, 1 female; Kekemeren, 27.VII.2016, 1 male.
description: Published as part of Sinev, Sergey Yu. & Korb, Stanislav K., 2022, A preliminary list of the Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) of Kyrgyzstan, pp. 101-136 in Zootaxa 5138 (2) on page 124, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6556841
Additional file 3: Figure S2. of Mining a differential sialotranscriptome of Rhipicephalus microplus guides antigen discovery to formulate a vaccine that reduces tick infestations
Creators: name: Maruyama, Sandra
name: Garcia, Gustavo
name: Teixeira, Felipe
name: Brandão, Lucinda
name: Anderson, Jennifer
name: Ribeiro, José
name: Valenzuela, Jesus
name: Horackova, Jana
name: Veríssimo, Cecília
name: Katiki, Luciana
name: Tamy Banin
name: Zangirolamo, Amanda
name: Luiz Gardinassi
name: Ferreira, Beatriz
name: Miranda-Santos, Isabel De
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Antigen-specific antibody titres for Rm239 and Rm76 antigens. (DOCX 310 kb)
Additional file 1: Table S1. of Exploratory analysis of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension
Creators: name: Harbaum, Lars
name: Kaaja Baaske
name: Simon, Marcel
name: Oqueka, Tim
name: Sinning, Christoph
name: Glatzel, Antonia
name: LĂźneburg, Nicole
name: Sydow, Karsten
name: Bokemeyer, Carsten
name: Klose, Hans
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Correlation of differential blood count parameters with functional and hemodynamic parameters of patients with PAH. (DOCX 13Â kb)
The Pristine survey. XXVI. Chemical abundances of subgiant stars of the extremelymetal-poor stream C-19
Creators: name: Bonifacio, P.
name: Caffau, E.
name: François, P.
name: Martin, N.
name: Ibata, R.
name: Yuan, Z.
name: Kordopatis, G.
name: Hernández, J. I. González
name: Aguado, D. S.
name: Thomas, G. F.
name: Viswanathan, A.
name: Dodd, E.
name: Gran, F.
name: Starkenburg, E.
name: Lardo, C.
name: Errani, R.
name: Fouesneau, M.
name: Navarro, J. F.
name: Venn, K. A.
name: Malhan, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context: The C-19 stellar stream is the most metal-poor stream known to date. While its width and velocity dispersion indicate a dwarf galaxy origin, its metallicity spread and abundance patterns are more similar to those of globular clusters (GCs). If it is indeed of GC origin, its extremely low metallicity ([Fe/H]=-3.4, estimated from giant stars) implies that these stellar systems can form out of gas that is as extremely poor in metals as this. Previously, only giant stream stars were observed spectroscopically, although the majority of stream stars are unevolved stars. Aims: We pushed the spectroscopic observations to the subgiant branch stars ($G\approx 20$) in order to consolidate the chemical and dynamical properties of C-19. Methods: We used the high-efficiency spectrograph X-shooter fed by the ESO 8.2 m VLT telescope to observe 15 candidate subgiant C-19 members. The spectra were used to measure radial velocities and to determine chemical abundances using the \mygi\ code. Results; We developed a likelihood model that takes metallicity and radial velocities into account. We conclude that 12 stars are likely members of C-19, while 3 stars (S05, S12, and S13) are likely contaminants. When these 3 stars are excluded, our model implies a mean metallicity $\rm \langle [Fe/H]\rangle = -3.1\pm 0.1$, the mean radial velocity is $\langle v_r\rangle = -192\pm3$ kms$^{-1}$, and the velocity dispersion is $σ_{vr} = 5.9^{+3.6}_{-5.9}$ kms$^{-1}$. This all agrees within errors with previous studies. The A(Mg) of a sample of 15 C-19 members, including 6 giant stars, shows a standard deviation of 0.44 dex, and the mean uncertainty on Mg is 0.25 dex. Conclusions: Our preferred interpretation of the current data is that C-19 is a disrupted GC. We cannot completely rule out the possibility that the GC could have belonged to a dwarf galaxy that contained more metal-rich stars, however. This scenario would explain the radial velocity members at higher metallicity, as well as the width and velocity dispersion of the stream. In either case, a GC formed out of gas as poor in metals as these stars seems necessary to explain the existence of C-19. The possibility that no GC was associated with C-19 cannot be ruled out either.
description: Astronomy & Astrophysics - A&A, In press
Ecpyrrhorrhoe rubiginalis
Creators: name: Sinev, Sergey Yu.
name: Korb, Stanislav K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Ecpyrrhorrhoe
Ecpyrrhorrhoe rubiginalis

description: * 214. Ecpyrrhorrhoe rubiginalis (Hübner, 1796)
Ala-Too, 12.V.2015, 2 males; Kok-Jar, 29.VII.2016, 6 males.
Remark. The species was previously recorded from “Central Asia” (Slamka 2013: 27).
description: Published as part of Sinev, Sergey Yu. & Korb, Stanislav K., 2022, A preliminary list of the Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) of Kyrgyzstan, pp. 101-136 in Zootaxa 5138 (2) on page 124, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6556841
Sicista caucasico Vinogradov 1925
Creators: name: Mary Ellen Holden
Publisher: name: Smithsonian Institution Press
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Dipodidae
Sicista
Sicista caucasico

description: Sicista caucasico Vinogradov, 1925. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1925:584.
TYPE LOCALITY: Russia, N Caucasus, Krasnodarskiy Kray (Kuban Prov.), Maykop (Maikop) District, 7000-9000 feet.
DISTRIBUTION: NW Caucasus; distribution figured by Sokolov et al. (1987a).
COMMENTS: Sokolov et al. (1981 b, 1987b) gave karyological and phallic characters that distinguished this species from S. kluchorica and S. concolor, S. armenica (Sokolov and Baskevich, 1988), and S. kazbegica (Sokolov et al., 1986b). See also comment under Sicista, and in Corbet (1984:25).
description: Published as part of Mary Ellen Holden, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Dipodidae, pp. 487-499 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 496, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353072
Additional file 3: of Doctorsâ   preferences in de-escalating DMARDs in rheumatoid arthritis: a discrete choice experiment
Creators: name: T. Kuijper
name: RiĂŤtte Folmer
name: Stolk, Elly
name: Hazes, Johanna
name: Luime, Jolanda
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Choice set example. Example of a choice set as presented in the questionnaire. (DOCX 23 kb)
Transformation Consistency Regularization – A Semi-supervised Paradigm for Image-to-Image Translation
Creators: name: Mustafa, A
name: Mantiuk, RK
Publisher: name: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2020
Subjects: cs.CV

description: Scarcity of labeled data has motivated the development of semi-supervised learning methods, which learn from large portions of unlabeled data alongside a few labeled samples. Consistency Regularization between model's predictions under different input perturbations, particularly has shown to provide state-of-the art results in a semi-supervised framework. However, most of these method have been limited to classification and segmentation applications. We propose Transformation Consistency Regularization, which delves into a more challenging setting of image-to-image translation, which remains unexplored by semi-supervised algorithms. The method introduces a diverse set of geometric transformations and enforces the model's predictions for unlabeled data to be invariant to those transformations. We evaluate the efficacy of our algorithm on three different applications: image colorization, denoising and super-resolution. Our method is significantly data efficient, requiring only around 10 - 20% of labeled samples to achieve similar image reconstructions to its fully-supervised counterpart. Furthermore, we show the effectiveness of our method in video processing applications, where knowledge from a few frames can be leveraged to enhance the quality of the rest of the movie.
Sicista caudata Thomas 1907
Creators: name: Mary Ellen Holden
Publisher: name: Smithsonian Institution Press
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Dipodidae
Sicista
Sicista caudata

description: Sicista caudata Thomas, 1907. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1907:413.
TYPE LOCALITY: Russia, Sakhalin Oblast, Sakhalin Isl, 17 miles NW Korsakov.
DISTRIBUTION: Ussuri region of NE China and Primorski Kray, Sikhote-Alin range, and Sakhalin Isl, Russia.
COMMENTS: Sokolov et al. (1982,1987b) and Sokolov and Kovalskaya (1990) gave karyological and spermatozoal characters that distinguished this species from S. tianshanica, and from S. concolor (Sokolov et al., 1980). See also comment under Sicista and S. concolor.
description: Published as part of Mary Ellen Holden, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Dipodidae, pp. 487-499 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 496, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353072
Additional file 14: Table S3. of Genome-wide analysis of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters in the sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci
Creators: name: Lixia Tian
name: Tianxue Song
name: Rongjun He
name: Zeng, Yang
name: Xie, Wen
name: Qingjun Wu
name: Shaoli Wang
name: Xuguo Zhou
name: Youjun Zhang
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Primers used for the RT-qPCR analysis (DOCX 89Â kb)
Additional file 2: Figure S1. of Oral immune priming with Bacillus thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression of Tribolium castaneum larvae
Creators: name: Greenwood, Jenny
name: Milutinović, Barbara
name: Peuß, Robert
name: Behrens, Sarah
name: Esser, Daniela
name: Rosenstiel, Philip
name: Schulenburg, Hinrich
name: Kurtz, Joachim
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Number of differentially expressed genes 6 h after exposure to Btt-contaminated or naïve diet. Venn diagrams representing the number of differentially expressed genes in each treatment group compared to fully naïve control (Control-Naïve). Larvae for the expression analysis were sampled 6 h after challenge with Btt or without challenge. A. Sets of significantly upregulated genes in all treatments, B. Significantly downregulated genes in all treatments. (PDF 1.12 kb)
Paracorsia repandalis
Creators: name: Sinev, Sergey Yu.
name: Korb, Stanislav K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Paracorsia
Paracorsia repandalis

description: * 215. Paracorsia repandalis ([Denis et Schiffermüller], 1775)
Sarban, 21.VII.2014, 1 male, 1 female; Kok-Jar, 8.VIII.2014, 1 female; Katta-Karakol, 14.VII.2015, 1 male; Ala- Too, 20.IV.2016, 1 male.
Remark. The species was previously recorded from “Central Asia” (Slamka 2013: 28).
description: Published as part of Sinev, Sergey Yu. & Korb, Stanislav K., 2022, A preliminary list of the Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) of Kyrgyzstan, pp. 101-136 in Zootaxa 5138 (2) on page 124, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6556841
Sicista concolor
Creators: name: Mary Ellen Holden
Publisher: name: Smithsonian Institution Press
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Dipodidae
Sicista
Sicista concolor

description: Sicista concolor (Büchner, 1892). Bull. Sci. Acad. Imp. Sci. St. Petersbourg, 35(3):107.
TYPE LOCALITY: China, Gansu, N slope of the mountains of Xining, Guiduisha.
DISTRIBUTION: China: Xinjiang, Qinghai, Gansu, Shaanxi, and W Sichuan (Ma et al., 1987; Wang, 1990; and Zheng and Zhang, 1990); India; Kashmir; and N Pakistan.
SYNONYMS: flavus, leathemi, weigoldi (see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951).
COMMENTS: S. concolor has been reported from the Chinese provinces of Heilongjinag and Jilin (Yang et al., 1991); the relationship of these populations to S. caudata needs further study. Does not include S. armenica, S. caucasico, S. caudata, S. kazbegica, S. kluchorica, or S. tianshanica; see comments under respective species and under Sicista. See also comment in Corbet (1978c: 149, 1984:25).
description: Published as part of Mary Ellen Holden, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Dipodidae, pp. 487-499 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on pages 496-497, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353072
Additional file 14: Table S3. of Genome-wide analysis of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters in the sweetpotato whitefly, Bemisia tabaci
Creators: name: Lixia Tian
name: Tianxue Song
name: Rongjun He
name: Zeng, Yang
name: Xie, Wen
name: Qingjun Wu
name: Shaoli Wang
name: Xuguo Zhou
name: Youjun Zhang
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology
subject: Virology

description: Primers used for the RT-qPCR analysis (DOCX 89Â kb)
Sicista kazbegica Sokolov, Baskevich, and Kovalskaya 1986
Creators: name: Mary Ellen Holden
Publisher: name: Smithsonian Institution Press
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Dipodidae
Sicista
Sicista kazbegica

description: Sicista kazbegica Sokolov, Baskevich, and Kovalskaya, 1986. Zool. Zh., 65(6):949.
TYPE LOCALITY: Georgia, Kazbegi District, 14 km NW Kobi, Suatisi Gap, upper reaches Terek River, subalpine zone, 2200 meters.
DISTRIBUTION: Georgia, Kazbegi District (Sokolov et al., 1986 b, 1987a).
COMMENTS: Sokolov et al. (1986b) gave karyological and spermatozoal characters that distinguished this species from S. caucasico and S. kluchorica, and S. armenica (Sokolov and Baskevich, 1988). See also comment under Sicista.
description: Published as part of Mary Ellen Holden, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Dipodidae, pp. 487-499 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 497, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353072
Additional file 2: Table S2. of Exploratory analysis of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension
Creators: name: Harbaum, Lars
name: Kaaja Baaske
name: Simon, Marcel
name: Oqueka, Tim
name: Sinning, Christoph
name: Glatzel, Antonia
name: LĂźneburg, Nicole
name: Sydow, Karsten
name: Bokemeyer, Carsten
name: Klose, Hans
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Association of eosinophils with demographic, functional and hemodynamic as well as with differential blood count parameters in patients with PAH. (DOCX 13Â kb)
Additional file 3: of Doctorsâ   preferences in de-escalating DMARDs in rheumatoid arthritis: a discrete choice experiment
Creators: name: T. Kuijper
name: RiĂŤtte Folmer
name: Stolk, Elly
name: Hazes, Johanna
name: Luime, Jolanda
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Choice set example. Example of a choice set as presented in the questionnaire. (DOCX 23 kb)
title: Multi-agent active information gathering in discrete and continuous-state decentralized POMDPs by policy graph improvement
Creators: name: Lauri, Mikko
name: Pajarinen, Joni
name: Peters, Jan
Publisher: name: Springer Science
Year: 2024

description: Decentralized policies for information gathering are required when multiple autonomous agents are deployed to collect data about a phenomenon of interest when constant communication cannot be assumed. This is common in tasks involving information gathering with multiple independently operating sensor devices that may operate over large physical distances, such as unmanned aerial vehicles, or in communication limited environments such as in the case of autonomous underwater vehicles. In this paper, we frame the information gathering task as a general decentralized partially observable Markov decision process (Dec-POMDP). The Dec-POMDP is a principled model for co-operative decentralized multi-agent decision-making. An optimal solution of a Dec-POMDP is a set of local policies, one for each agent, which maximizes the expected sum of rewards over time. In contrast to most prior work on Dec-POMDPs, we set the reward as a non-linear function of the agents’ state information, for example the negative Shannon entropy. We argue that such reward functions are well-suited for decentralized information gathering problems. We prove that if the reward function is convex, then the finite-horizon value function of the Dec-POMDP is also convex. We propose the first heuristic anytime algorithm for information gathering Dec-POMDPs, and empirically prove its effectiveness by solving discrete problems an order of magnitude larger than previous state-of-the-art. We also propose an extension to continuous-state problems with finite action and observation spaces by employing particle filtering. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithms is verified in domains such as decentralized target tracking, scientific survey planning, and signal source localization.
title: Encantos y peligros de la noche moderna en la ciudad de Zacatecas, siglos XVIII – XX
Creators: name: Aguilera Arellano, Carlos Ernesto
Publisher: name: Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: HUMANIDADES Y CIENCIAS DE LA CONDUCTA [4]
subject: Filosofía
subject: Revisión Histórica
subject: Modernidad

description: This dissertation offers an interdisciplinary perspective that, through a historical review and philosophical reflections, addresses the idea of “the night” in modernity, being Zacatecas city the space where the limits and scope of this phenomenon will be analyzed. The manifestation of the concept of the modern night, representing a transformation between archaic fears alongside renewed charms and recreations, is more notable in large Western cities. However, for peripheral and provincial regions, such as Zacatecas, nocturnal activities that were established during Modernity, which, for this study, spans from the late 18th century to the early 20th century are vastly ignored. That is why through an exhaustive analysis of primary sources—among sermons, regulations, travelers’ diaries, and municipal documents— this text analyses the fears that the citizens of Zacatecas overcame steadily in order to inhabit nighttime in a more recreational and social sense, without completely letting go of the pernicious stigmatization that the night itself represents.
description: Este trabajo es una visión interdisciplinaria que desde una revisión histórica y reflexiones filosóficas aborda la idea de noche en la modernidad, siendo la ciudad de Zacatecas el espacio donde se analizarán los límites y alcances de este fenómeno. La manifestación del concepto de noche moderna, que representa una transformación entre los miedos arcaicos junto a los renovados encantos y recreaciones es más notable en grandes ciudades occidentales, mientras que para regiones periféricas y provincianas, como la de Zacatecas, se ignora cuáles eran las actividades nocturnas, que se cimentaron durante la Modernidad, que para este estudio toma una temporalidad que va entre finales del siglo XVIII y principios del XX. A través de un exhaustivo análisis de fuentes de primera mano – entre sermones, reglamentos, diarios de viajeros y documentos del ayuntamiento - se analizaron los temores que los ciudadanos zacatecanos fueron superando para habitar cada vez más los tiempos de la noche en un sentido más recreativo y social, sin soltar del todo lo pernicioso que la estigmatización de la misma noche ofrece.
Now you see me (CME): Concept-based model extraction
Creators: name: Kazhdan, D
name: Dimanov, B
name: Jamnik, M
name: Liò, P
name: Weller, A
Publisher: name: CEUR-WS.org
Year: 2020
Subjects: cs.LG

description: Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) have achieved remarkable performance on a range of tasks. A key step to further empowering DNN-based approaches is improving their explainability. In this work we present CME: a concept-based model extraction framework, used for analysing DNN models via concept-based extracted models. Using two case studies (dSprites, and Caltech UCSD Birds), we demonstrate how CME can be used to (i) analyse the concept information learned by a DNN model (ii) analyse how a DNN uses this concept information when predicting output labels (iii) identify key concept information that can further improve DNN predictive performance (for one of the case studies, we showed how model accuracy can be improved by over 14%, using only 30% of the available concepts).
Additional file 2: Figure S1. of Oral immune priming with Bacillus thuringiensis induces a shift in the gene expression of Tribolium castaneum larvae
Creators: name: Greenwood, Jenny
name: Milutinović, Barbara
name: Peuß, Robert
name: Behrens, Sarah
name: Esser, Daniela
name: Rosenstiel, Philip
name: Schulenburg, Hinrich
name: Kurtz, Joachim
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Number of differentially expressed genes 6 h after exposure to Btt-contaminated or naïve diet. Venn diagrams representing the number of differentially expressed genes in each treatment group compared to fully naïve control (Control-Naïve). Larvae for the expression analysis were sampled 6 h after challenge with Btt or without challenge. A. Sets of significantly upregulated genes in all treatments, B. Significantly downregulated genes in all treatments. (PDF 1.12 kb)
title: Design Optimization of Magnetic Bearings and Magnetic Suspension Systems
Creators: name: Bloodgood Jr., V. Dale
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04zjtrb98
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1998

description: Magnetic suspension systems were first demonstrated as practical by Holmes and Beams in the 1930's. Since then, numerous academic researchers have worked with various types of these systems. Commercial applications have largely been limited to magnetic bearings for rotating machinery. Other applications that have held considerable promise include wind tunnel model suspensions, space payload pointing and vibration isolation systems, satellite momentum storage and control devices and electromagnetic launch systems. However, none of these have progressed significantly beyond the prototype stage. Maglev trains have not reached serious commercial service but are being aggressively developed in Germany and Japan.

Design methods for magnetic suspension systems have traditionally relied heavily on simple magnetic circuit analysis, empirical data, and experience gained by trial-and-error. Recently, considerable interest has been evident in a more rigorous approach, partly due to the development of sophisticated computer codes capable of accurate analysis of magnetostatic (zero frequency) and magnetodynamic (time-varying) problems. It is the goal of this research to develop systematic design procedures for magnetic suspension systems. This research focuses on the development of design approaches based on optimization studies of maximum force per unit power. Design approaches for both small-gap and large-gap magnetic suspension systems are examined.

Magnetic circuit theory is used to model an axial thrust magnetic bearing and a homopolar radial magnetic bearing. MATLAB's Constrained Optimization Toolbox is used to minimize the power over a range of air-gap distances and forces for five different sized coils. The optimization results are analyzed to determine efficient design trends. These trends are used to develop specific design procedures for both the axial and radial magnetic bearings.

The use of magnetic dipoles is studied as a design tool for the implementation of large-gap magnetic suspension systems. A mathematical model is developed from fundamental principles and is studied with MATLAB's Constrained Optimization Toolbox. Several cases involving the design of a wind tunnel Magnetic Suspension and Balance System are studied. The results of the optimization cases are discussed along with the potential for the combined use of an optimization package and magnetic dipole formulations as large-gap design tools.
Sicista kluchorica Sokolov, Kovalskaya, and Baskevich 1980
Creators: name: Mary Ellen Holden
Publisher: name: Smithsonian Institution Press
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Dipodidae
Sicista
Sicista kluchorica

description: Sicista kluchorica Sokolov, Kovalskaya, and Baskevich, 1980. Gryzuny Severnovo Kavkaza., p.38.
TYPE LOCALITY: Russia, N Caucasus, Karachayevo-Cherkess Autonomous Region, upper North Klukhor River at Klukhor Pass, 2100 meters.
DISTRIBUTION: NW Caucasus; see Sokolov et al. (1987a).
COMMENTS: Sokolov et al. (1981 b, 1987b) gave karyological and phallic characters that distinguished this species from S. caucasico and S. concolor, S. armenica (Sokolov and Baskevich, 1988), and S. kazbegica (Sokolov et al., 1986b). See also comment under Sicista and in Corbet (1984:25).
description: Published as part of Mary Ellen Holden, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Dipodidae, pp. 487-499 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 497, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353072
Pyrausta aerealis
Creators: name: Sinev, Sergey Yu.
name: Korb, Stanislav K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Pyrausta
Pyrausta aerealis

description: 216. Pyrausta aerealis (Hübner, 1793) (Figs 54, 54, 56, 57)
Hampson 1899: 261 (Central Asia); Zerny 1914: 334, ssp. cinnamomalis ([Kyrgyzstan] Alai Mts.); Caradja 1916: 38 ([Kyrgyzstan] Alai); Speidel 1989: 176; Slamka 2013: 50 ([Kyrgyzstan] Tian Shan, Alai Mts.).
Naryn 2.VIII.1981, leg. Sinev, 1 female (ZIN); Karakol, 22–25.VI.2009, 11.VII.2016, 25.VII.2016, 19.VII.2017, 9 males; Koro-Goo, 10.VII.2014, 26.VII.2017, 28.VII.2017, 5 males; Ala-Too, 23.VII.2014, 1 male; Ala-Archa, 24.VII.2014, 26.VII.2015, 24–26.VII.2018, 21 males, 8 females; Kichi-Karakol, 15.VII.2015, 22.VII.2017, 2 males; Taldyk, 15.VII.2015, 1 male.
description: Published as part of Sinev, Sergey Yu. & Korb, Stanislav K., 2022, A preliminary list of the Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) of Kyrgyzstan, pp. 101-136 in Zootaxa 5138 (2) on page 124, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6556841
Operational and economic implications of warehouse automation
Creators: name: Παππάς, Δημήτριος Νικολάου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2024
Subjects: Αυτόματη αποθήκη
Έξυπνη αποθήκη
Ρομπότ
Δείκτες αποδοτικότητας
Οφέλη
Εμπόδια
Automated warehouse
Intelligent warehouse
Robots
Performance measures
Benefits
Barriers

description: Nowadays in a world of globalization and heightened customer demands, warehouses play a vital role in supply chains. To meet the customer needs, warehouses must embrace technological advancements, transitioning towards automated systems to enhance productivity, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. Through a systematic literature review, this study synthesizes information to develop a comprehensive understanding of automated warehouses. It examines the application of cutting-edge technologies such as autonomous robots (AGVs, AS/RS) and intelligent systems like the Internet of Things (IoT), while at the same time exploring various algorithms aiming to organize the ecosystem of warehouses effectively, offering managers a holistic perspective on these technologies' potential. Furthermore, the study evaluates the benefits and barriers associated with automated warehouses, extending over various dimensions. Also, it outlines tailored performance measures designed for automated warehouses, enabling companies to conduct thorough analyses and addresses strategic challenges to make easier the decision-making processes. In conclusion, a comprehensive analysis has been conducted, gathering and synthesizing information about implementation of automated warehouses.
description: Στη σύγχρονη εποχή της παγκοσμιοποίησης και της αυξημένης ζήτησης από τους καταναλωτές, οι αποθήκες διαδραματίζουν ζωτικό ρόλο στις εφοδιαστικές αλυσίδες. Για να καλύψουν τις ανάγκες των πελατών, οι αποθήκες πρέπει να υιοθετήσουν τεχνολογικές εξελίξεις και να μεταβούν σε αυτοματοποιημένα συστήματα προκειμένου να ενισχύσουν την παραγωγικότητα, την αποδοτικότητα και την οικονομική αποτελεσματικότητα. Μέσω μιας συστηματικής ανασκόπησης της βιβλιογραφίας, η μελέτη αυτή συνθέτει πληροφορίες για να αναπτύξει μια ολοκληρωμένη κατανόηση των αυτοματοποιημένων αποθηκών. Εξετάζοντας την εφαρμογή προηγμένων τεχνολογιών όπως τα αυτόνομα ρομπότ (AGVs, AS/RS) και έξυπνα συστήματα όπως το Δίκτυο των Πραγμάτων (IoT), ενώ ταυτόχρονα διερευνώνται διάφοροι αλγόριθμοι που στοχεύουν στην οργανωτική διαχείριση του οικοσυστήματος των αποθηκών, προσφέροντας στους διευθυντές μια ολιστική εικόνα για τις δυνατότητες αυτών των τεχνολογιών. Επιπλέον, η μελέτη αξιολογεί τα οφέλη και τα εμπόδια που σχετίζονται με τις αυτοματοποιημένες αποθήκες, καλύπτοντας διάφορες διαστάσεις. Επίσης, παραθέτει ειδικά μέτρα απόδοσης για τις αυτοματοποιημένες αποθήκες, επιτρέποντας στις εταιρείες να διεξάγουν εις βάθος αναλύσεις και αντιμετωπίζοντας στρατηγικές προκλήσεις για να διευκολύνουν τις διαδικασίες λήψης αποφάσεων. Συμπερασματικά, έχει πραγματοποιηθεί μια ολοκληρωμένη ανάλυση, συλλέγοντας και συνθέτοντας πληροφορίες σχετικά με την εφαρμογή των αυτοματοποιημένων αποθηκών.
Sinoerasipteron Nel & Huang 2024, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Nel, André
name: Ji, Gaozhe
name: Gao, Jian
name: Huang, Diying
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Erasipteridae
Sinoerasipteron

description: Genus Sinoerasipteron Nel & Huang gen. nov.
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Type species
Sinoerasipteron xiaheyanensis Nel & Huang gen. et sp. nov.
Diagnosis
ScP shortened, only reaching 30% of wing length; RA distally fused with C into a strong costal vein distad level of RP2; base of IR2 quite distant from that of RP3/4 (situated seven cells distally); MA with seven long posterior branches; seven posterior branches of CuA; CuP with a long stem, seven-eight branches, and three rows of cells between it and posterior margin of wing; anal area with two rows of cells.
Etymology
Named after ‘ Sinica ’, Latin name for China and the genus name Erasipteron. Gender neutral.
description: Published as part of Nel, André, Ji, Gaozhe, Gao, Jian & Huang, Diying, 2024, A new griffenfly genus and species from the Early Pennsylvanian of the Xiaheyan locality (Ningxia, China) (Insecta: Odonatoptera), pp. 67-75 in European Journal of Taxonomy 925 on page 69, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.925.2451, http://zenodo.org/record/10804914
Additional file 4: of Doctorsâ   preferences in de-escalating DMARDs in rheumatoid arthritis: a discrete choice experiment
Creators: name: T. Kuijper
name: RiĂŤtte Folmer
name: Stolk, Elly
name: Hazes, Johanna
name: Luime, Jolanda
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: English translation of DCE questionnaire (questionnaire was taken in Dutch). English translation of a complete DCE questionnaire. The original questionnaire was taken in Dutch. (DOCX 89 kb)
Sinoerasipteron xiaheyanensis Nel & Huang 2024, gen. et sp. nov.
Creators: name: Nel, André
name: Ji, Gaozhe
name: Gao, Jian
name: Huang, Diying
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Erasipteridae
Sinoerasipteron
Sinoerasipteron xiaheyanensis

description: Sinoerasipteron xiaheyanensis Nel & Huang gen. et sp. nov.
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Figs 2–3
Diagnosis
As for the genus, by monotypy.
Etymology
Named after the Xiaheyan locality (Ningxia, China).
Material examined
Only one specimen collected from the black shale of the Tupo Formation at Xiaheyan locality, without counterpart.
Holotype CHINA • imprint of a forewing, with extreme base missing and apex folded; Xiaheyan, Muscovian Tupo Formation; stored at Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology; NIGP202927; CAS.
Description
Imprint of moderately well preserved forewing (for justification see below), nearly complete, with extreme base missing; wing elongate not triangular-shaped; preserved length 68.1 mm, maximum width 10.8 mm; anterior wing margin and ScP straight; ScP reaching anterior wing margin opposite fork between RP1/2 and RP3/4 (i.e., at 30% of wing length); RA distally fused with C into strong costal vein; area between RA and RP1 with strong oblique crossvein at point of fusion of RA with C, basad origin of IR1; arculus at ca 8.0 mm from wing base; RP+MA 2.5 mm long; stem of of RP 10.0 mm long basad fork between RP1/2 and RP3/4; three longitudinal veins in area between IR1 and RP2; RP1/RP2 fork 27.5 mm distal of fork between RP1/2 and RP3/4; IR2 with two-three posterior branches; RP3/4 simple; MA with seven posterior branches; MP simple, undulated; CuA regularly posteriorly pectinate, with seven posterior branches; CuP- and CuA-crossings difficult to identify; CuP with long stem, seven-eight branches, and three-four rows of cells between it and posterior margin of wing; two rows of cells between AA and posterior margin of wing with four-five poorly defined posterior branches.
Age and outcrop
Tupo Formation at Xiaheyan locality, Zhongwei County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, NW China; Moscovian, Pennsylvanian.
description: Published as part of Nel, André, Ji, Gaozhe, Gao, Jian & Huang, Diying, 2024, A new griffenfly genus and species from the Early Pennsylvanian of the Xiaheyan locality (Ningxia, China) (Insecta: Odonatoptera), pp. 67-75 in European Journal of Taxonomy 925 on pages 69-71, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.925.2451, http://zenodo.org/record/10804914
Additional file 1: of Assessing the complexity of interventions within systematic reviews: development, content and use of a new tool (iCAT_SR)
Creators: name: Lewin, Simon
name: Hendry, Maggie
name: Chandler, Jackie
name: Oxman, Andrew
name: Michie, Susan
name: Shepperd, Sasha
name: Reeves, Barnaby
name: Tugwell, Peter
name: Hannes, Karin
name: Rehfuess, Eva
name: Welch, Vivien
name: Mckenzie, Joanne
name: Burford, Belinda
name: Petkovic, Jennifer
name: Anderson, Laurie
name: Harris, Janet
name: Noyes, Jane
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Development of a tool to describe and assess the complexity of interventions in randomised trials (PDF 338Â kb)
Sicista napaea Hollister 1912
Creators: name: Mary Ellen Holden
Publisher: name: Smithsonian Institution Press
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Dipodidae
Sicista
Sicista napaea

description: Sicista napaea Hollister, 1912. Smithson. Mise. Coll., 60(14):2.
TYPE LOCALITY: Russia, Altai Krai, Altai Mtns, Seminsk Ridge, Tapuchii (Tapucha).
DISTRIBUTION: E Kazakhskaya and Russia, Altai Krai, NW Altai Mtns; see Kuznetsov (1965) and Sludskii (1977).
COMMENTS: Sokolov et al. (1982, 1987b) gave karyological and spermatozoal characters that distinguished this species from S. pseudonapaea and S. betulina.
description: Published as part of Mary Ellen Holden, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Dipodidae, pp. 487-499 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 497, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353072
Pyrausta aurata
Creators: name: Sinev, Sergey Yu.
name: Korb, Stanislav K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Pyrausta
Pyrausta aurata

description: * 217. Pyrausta aurata (Scopoli, 1763)
Sosnovka, 12–13.VIII.1987, leg. Lvovsky, Nikiforova, 1 male, 2 females (ZIN); Arashan, 25. V.2014, 1 male; Ala- Too, 18.VII.2014, 1 male; Sarban, 21.VII.2014, 3 males; Kok-Jar, 26.VII.2014, 8.VIII.2014, 14.V.2017, 3 males, 2 females; Tortkol, 13.VII.2016, 3 males; Urumbash, 20.VII.2017, 1 male; Koro-Goo, 28.VII.2017, 1 female; Kara-Suu, 24.VII.2019, 3 males.
Remark. The species was previously recorded from “Central Asia” (Slamka 2013: 40).
description: Published as part of Sinev, Sergey Yu. & Korb, Stanislav K., 2022, A preliminary list of the Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) of Kyrgyzstan, pp. 101-136 in Zootaxa 5138 (2) on page 124, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6556841
FastFabric: Scaling Hyperledger Fabric to 20,000 Transactions per Second
Creators: name: Gorenflo, C
name: Lee, S
name: Golab, L
name: Keshav, S
Publisher: name: IEEE
Year: 2019
Subjects: 46 Information and Computing Sciences
3301 Architecture
33 Built Environment and Design

description: © 2019 IEEE. Blockchain technologies are expected to make a significant impact on a variety of industries. However, one issue holding them back is their limited transaction throughput, especially compared to established solutions such as distributed database systems. In this paper, we re-Architect a modern permissioned blockchain system, Hyperledger Fabric, to increase transaction throughput from 3,000 to 20,000 transactions per second. We focus on performance bottlenecks beyond the consensus mechanism, and we propose architectural changes that reduce computation and I/O overhead during transaction ordering and validation to greatly improve throughput. Notably, our optimizations are fully plug-And-play and do not require any interface changes to Hyperledger Fabric.
Additional file 3: of Assessing the complexity of interventions within systematic reviews: development, content and use of a new tool (iCAT_SR)
Creators: name: Lewin, Simon
name: Hendry, Maggie
name: Chandler, Jackie
name: Oxman, Andrew
name: Michie, Susan
name: Shepperd, Sasha
name: Reeves, Barnaby
name: Tugwell, Peter
name: Hannes, Karin
name: Rehfuess, Eva
name: Welch, Vivien
name: Mckenzie, Joanne
name: Burford, Belinda
name: Petkovic, Jennifer
name: Anderson, Laurie
name: Harris, Janet
name: Noyes, Jane
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Dimensions considered and excluded from the iCAT for assessing the complexity of interventions in the context of randomised trials (PDF 241Â kb)
Sicista pseudonapaea Strautman 1949
Creators: name: Mary Ellen Holden
Publisher: name: Smithsonian Institution Press
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Dipodidae
Sicista
Sicista pseudonapaea

description: Sicista pseudonapaea Strautman, 1949. Vestn. Akad. Nauk Kazakh. SSR, 5:109.
TYPE LOCALITY: E Kazakhstan, Altai Mtns, N slope of Narymskiy Range, Katon-Karagay.
DISTRIBUTION: E Kazakhstan, Taiga of S Altai Mtns; see Kuznetsov (1965) and Sludskii (1977).
COMMENTS: Sokolov et al. (1982, 1987b) gave karyological, spermatozoal, and phallic characters that distinguished this species from S. napaea and S. betulina. S. pseudonapaea is provisionally recognized here, but requires further documentation, and the inclusion of other data sets, to establish its specific status.
description: Published as part of Mary Ellen Holden, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Dipodidae, pp. 487-499 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 497, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353072
Additional file 4: Table S3. of Exploratory analysis of the neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension
Creators: name: Harbaum, Lars
name: Kaaja Baaske
name: Simon, Marcel
name: Oqueka, Tim
name: Sinning, Christoph
name: Glatzel, Antonia
name: LĂźneburg, Nicole
name: Sydow, Karsten
name: Bokemeyer, Carsten
name: Klose, Hans
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Hematology

description: Association of the neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio with demographic, functional and hemodynamic parameters, as well as co-morbidities. (DOCX 16Â kb)
Pyrausta despicata
Creators: name: Sinev, Sergey Yu.
name: Korb, Stanislav K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Crambidae
Pyrausta
Pyrausta despicata

description: 218. Pyrausta despicata (Scopoli, 1763)
Caradja 1916: 38, as Pyrausta cespitalis ([Kyrgyzstan] Alai); Slamka 2013: 36 (Central Asia).
Przhevalsk, 1908–1909, leg. Pedashenko, 2 males (ZIN); Belogorka, 24–25.VII.1987, leg. Lvovsky, 3 males (ZIN); Cholpon-Ata, 6.VIII.1987, leg. Lvovsky, 1 male (ZIN); Sosnovka, 11–14.VIII.1987, leg. Lvovsky, Nikiforova, 9 males, 4 females (ZIN); Kok-Jar, 30.IV.2014, 18.VII.2014, 26.VII.2014, 8.VIII.2014, 10.VII.2015, 10.IX.2015, 7.III.2016, 15.VI.2016, 4.VIII.2016, 20.IV.2017, 42 males, 14 females;Ala-Too, 5.V.2014, 6.V.2014, 19.VII.2014, 8 males, 2 females; Ak-Kiya, 11.VII.2014, 1 male; Sarban, 21.VII.2014, 4 males; Katta-Karakol, 14.VII.2015, 2 males, 1 female; Kichi-Karakol, 15.VII.2015, 22.VII.2017, 5 males; Tortkol, 13.VII.2016, 1 male; Urumbash, 17.VII.2016, 5 males, 1 female; Arashan, 30.VII.2016, 2 males; Tyup, 5.VIII.2016, 7 males, 2 females; Koro-Goo, 26.VII.2017, 1 male; Burgondu, 15.VII.2019, 1 male.
description: Published as part of Sinev, Sergey Yu. & Korb, Stanislav K., 2022, A preliminary list of the Pyraloid moths (Lepidoptera: Pyraloidea) of Kyrgyzstan, pp. 101-136 in Zootaxa 5138 (2) on page 124, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5138.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/6556841
MOESM1 of Characterisation of the natural environment: quantitative indicators across Europe
Creators: name: Smith, Graham
name: Cirach, Marta
name: Swart, Wim
name: Dėdelė, Audrius
name: Gidlow, Christopher
name: Kempen, Elise
name: Kruize, Hanneke
name: Gražulevičienė, Regina
name: Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1.  Supplementary table and figures.
Safe Object Manipulation Strategies Using Tactile Sensors
Creators: name: Lach, Luca Michael
Publisher: name: Universität Bielefeld
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 004

description: Tactile feedback is essential for object manipulation tasks for humans and robots, facilitating reactive control even without vision.
This dissertation introduces several tactile-based methodologies to enhance the manipulation performance and safety of robotic systems.
Before presenting these methods, the dissertation offers a high-level overview of tactile feedback in human manipulation tasks.
Research indicates that humans divide manipulation tasks into distinct action phases, each defined by specific subgoals and guided by tactile cues.
This concept is further refined in this thesis through the introduction of three manipulation task stages: grasping, manipulation, and placing.
These stages provide a structured framework for categorizing the proposed methods and organization of the thesis.

The first approach introduced in this thesis is a novel grasp force controller that is split into control phases, similar to human grasping, and implements several object safety features:
It prevents undesired object motions during the grasp by halting finger movements based on tactile cues.
Additionally, it maintains a given target force even under external disturbances while holding the object.
Subsequently, a reinforcement learning scheme is introduced that enables zero-shot sim-to-real transfer of continuous grasp force control policies.
A novel simulation environment is proposed to facilitate this, modeling a grasping scenario with realistically varied objects in size and stiffness.
A comparison of these two methods facilitates a broader discussion on the advantages of learning-based methods while also highlighting the beneficial properties of classical controllers.
For the manipulation stage, a simulation-based study is detailed, proposing and comparing different tactile sensor configurations for an anthropomorphic robot hand.
The performance of each sensor configuration is evaluated by integrating its data into a policy trained on various in-hand manipulation tasks.
This comparison of experimental results leads to the formulation of recommendations for developing future end-effector sensorizations.
In the fourth and final approach, a supervised learning method for object placing is proposed.
Given the challenges of occlusions in vision-based methods in placing scenarios, tactile data proves particularly valuable.
The thesis concludes with a comparative analysis of the models, tasks, and sensors employed across the presented approaches.