cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Realistic collisional water transport during terrestrial planet formation: Self-consistent modeling by an N-body--SPH hybrid code
Creators: name: Burger, C.
name: Bazsó, Á.
name: Schäfer, C. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: According to current evidence the water inventory of Earth (and perhaps similar exoplanets) was transported inwards via (giant) collisions during the chaotic final phase of planet formation. In dynamical simulations water delivery is still studied almost exclusively by assuming oversimplified perfect merging (PM), even though it is particularly prone to collisional transfer and loss. To close this gap we have developed a framework to model collisional water transport by direct combination of long-term N-body computations with dedicated 3D SPH simulations for each collision. Post-collision water inventories are self-consistently traced further, in accretionary or erosive as well as hit-and-run encounters. The latter are frequent outcomes among protoplanets, where besides collisional losses, water transfer between the encountering bodies has to be considered. This hybrid approach enables us for the first time to trace the full dynamical and collisional evolution of ~200 bodies throughout the whole late-stage accretion phase (several 100 Myrs). As a first application we choose a Solar System-like architecture, with already formed giant planets on either circular or eccentric orbits and a debris disk spanning from 0.5 - 4 au. Realistic collision treatment leads to considerably different results than PM, with lower mass planets and water inventories reduced by a factor of two or more. Due to a combination of collisional losses and considerably lengthened accretion, final water contents especially with giant planets on circular orbits are strongly reduced to more Earth-like values. Water delivery to potentially habitable planets is dominated by few decisive collisions, mostly with embryo-sized or larger bodies. The high frequency of hit-and-run, with generally low water (and mass) transfer efficiencies, are a crucial part of this process, and of system-wide evolution in general.
description: A&A in press, 32 pages, 23 figures
Human-Knowledge Integrated Methods for Learning with Small-Data Challenges
Creators: name: Wang, Yifei
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2025
Subjects: AI4Science
Deep learning
Knowledge integration
Learning on small data
Multimodal learning

description: The recent success of artificial intelligence can partly be attributed to advancements in data-driven learning approaches, increased data availability, and enhanced computational power. However, in scenarios where data are hard to collect and the learning task demands complex domain-specific knowledge---for example, in biomedical applications---purely data-driven approaches may yield inappropriate and uninterpretable results. These outcomes sometimes contradict natural or human rules and may even raise ethical concerns. Incorporating human or expert knowledge, such as extra annotations, human-defined rules, and domain-specific engineering, can significantly enhance representation learning on small datasets. A major challenge in this context is that much of human knowledge cannot be directly represented as numerical values, making it difficult for models to effectively utilize this information. In light of these issues, this dissertation contributes to interdisciplinary research through iterative development and collaboration with domain experts. It explores methods for improving learning on small datasets by integrating nonquantitative human knowledge from three perspectives: (1) integrating human logic to learn general relational knowledge, (2) leveraging domain-specific knowledge to enhance molecular representation learning, and (3) incorporating clinical and ethical considerations to refine assessment in medical predictions.
Evaluation of a Training Program (STRAP) Designed to Decrease Young Drivers Secondary Task Engagement in High Risk Scenarios
Creators: name: Krishnan, Akhilesh
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2015

description: Distracted driving involving secondary tasks is known to lead to an increased likelihood of being involved in motor vehicle crashes. Some secondary tasks are unnecessary and should never be performed. But other secondary tasks, e.g., operating the defroster, are critical to safe driving. Ideally, the driver should schedule when to perform the critical tasks such that the likelihood of a hazard materializing is relatively small during the performance of the secondary task. The current study evaluates a training program -- STRAP (Secondary Task Regulatory & Anticipatory Program) -- which is designed to make drivers aware of latent hazards in the hope that they regulate engagement in secondary tasks which they are performing at the time the latent hazard appears. The secondary tasks include both tasks that require drivers to take their eyes off the road (e.g., operating the defroster) and those which do not (e.g., cell phone use). Participants were assigned either to STRAP or placebo training. After training, the groups navigated eight different scenarios on a driving simulator and were instructed to engage during the drive in as many secondary tasks as possible as long as they felt safe to do so. Secondary task engagement was fully user paced. It is important to note that drivers receiving STRAP training were never instructed directly to either disengage from or not engage in secondary tasks when encountering latent hazards. The results show that STRAP trained drivers were more likely to detect latent hazards and associated clues than placebo trained drivers. With regards to secondary task engagement, STRAP trained drivers chose to limit their in-vehicle and cell phone task engagement by focusing on the forward roadway rather than the task at hand. STRAP training holds out the promise of providing individuals with the necessary skills and proactive awareness to make safe decisions regarding the non-performance or interruption of a secondary task in the presence of a potential latent hazard.
Neutrino spin evolution in presence of general external fields
Creators: name: Dvornikov, M.
name: Studenikin, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The derivation of the quasiclassical Lorentz invariant neutrino spin evolution equation taking into account general types of neutrino non-derivative interactions with external fields is presented. We discuss the constraints on the characteristics of matter and neutrino under which this quasiclassical approach is valid. The application of the obtained equation for the case of the Standard Model neutrino interactions with moving and polarized background matter is considered.
description: The form of the article has been sufficiently improved
Additional file 4 of Bayonet-shaped language development in autism with regression: a retrospective study
Creators: name: Gagnon, David
name: Abderrahim Zeribi
name: Élise Douard
name: Courchesne, Valérie
name: Rodríguez-Herreros, Borja
name: Huguet, Guillaume
name: Jacquemont, Sébastien
name: Loum, Mor Absa
name: Mottron, Laurent
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 4. Table S2. Effect of intellectual disability and age on the prediction of being a fluent speaker.
Multiple bursts of star formation in young star clusters: The case of the Orion Nebula Cluster
Creators: name: Jerabkova, Tereza
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Young star clusters (YSCs) with resolved stellar populations are well suited for studying star-cluster formation. In most cases, the (pre-main-sequence) stellar populations found in the YSCs are coeval with an intrinsic age spread of up to 1Myr. Such observations can be understood as the YSCs having formed in one burst, which star formation was truncated by stellar feedback. The recent discovery that the colour-magnitude diagram of the Orion Nebula Clusters (ONC) contains three well defined age-separated populations appears to shatter this model. The implication is that the ONC formed in three bursts, with star formation still on-going in the last burst. We present new observational results focusing on the three populations in the ONC using OmegaCAM photometry and Gaia DR2 measurements. We also describe a theoretical model which may explain these observations by an interplay between stellar feedback and cluster dynamics.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures. To appear in Proceedings IAU Symposium No. 351 "Star Clusters: From the Milky Way to the Early Universe", 2019
Additional file 5 of Bayonet-shaped language development in autism with regression: a retrospective study
Creators: name: Gagnon, David
name: Abderrahim Zeribi
name: Élise Douard
name: Courchesne, Valérie
name: Rodríguez-Herreros, Borja
name: Huguet, Guillaume
name: Jacquemont, Sébastien
name: Loum, Mor Absa
name: Mottron, Laurent
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 5. Table S3. Effects of ELR, NVIQ, age, and sex on standardized socio-communicative and language levels in fluent speakers.
Currimundria delicata Rentz, Su & Ueshima 2008
Creators: name: Rentz, Dcf
name: Su, You Ning
name: Ueshima, Norhiro
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Currimundria
Currimundria delicata

description: Currimundria delicata (Fig. 20)
2n=19 (18t +Xt)
 Specimens examined: R81-127, 88-54, -72, 2007-2
The karyotype of this species shows one pair of large, 8 pairs of medium to small telocentric autosomes and the largest telocentric X chromosomes (Fig. 20a). The spermatogonial metaphase also presents 2n=19 (18 autosomes and X) (Fig. 20b). There are 9 autosomal bivalents and the X at first metaphase (Fig. 20c). As a result of the first division, there are two types of second metaphases: 9 autosomes with X and 9 autosomes (Figs. 20d, e).
description: Published as part of Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning & Ueshima, Norhiro, 2008, Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae), pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 1964 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5241847
The Effect of Symbolic Distancing on Delay Tolerance across the Preschool Period
Creators: name: Pecora, Giulia
name: Bellagamba, Francesca
name: Chiarotti, Flavia
name: Paoletti, Melania
name: Castano, Maria Letizia
name: Addessi, Elsa
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: We aimed to longitudinally examine how symbolic distancing affects preschool children’s delay tolerance in a delay choice task. We presented children with choices between a smaller immediate reward and a larger delayed reward in conditions with either symbolic stimuli or edible rewards. Overall, symbolic distancing modulated children’s delay tolerance. In particular, whereas in the first phase (T1: 3- and 4-year-olds) children presented with edible rewards chose the larger option more often than children presented with symbolic stimuli, in the second phase (T2: 5- and 6-year-olds), there was no significant difference between children presented with symbolic stimuli and those presented with edible rewards. These results are discussed by examining how children’s delay tolerance changes during the development and comparing children to adult humans in a similar task.
Comparison of citrate dialysate in pre- and post-dilution online hemodiafiltration: effect on clot formation and adequacy of dialysis in hemodialysis patients
Creators: name: Nakornchai, Pasu
name: Jitraree, Arisara
name: Homjan, Monpinya Charttong
name: Laykhram, Thanachit
name: Trakarnvanich, Thananda
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Citrate dialysate (CD) has been successfully used in conventional hemodialysis and continuous renal replacement therapy; however, no study has compared pre- and post-dilution online hemodiafiltration (oL-HDF). Therefore, we aimed to investigate the efficacy of citrate anticoagulation for oL-HDF and the metabolic changes and quality of life of patients on hemodialysis treated using both modes Eight dialysis patients were treated with CD containing 0.8 mmol of citric acid for 4 weeks in each phase. Visual clotting scores were investigated as the primary endpoints. Adequacy of dialysis, laboratory parameters, and quality of life were measured as secondary objectives. The mean clotting scores in the pre-dilution mode were significantly lower than those in the post-dilution mode and in all phases except the heparin-free phase (p < 0.001 in the baseline phase, p = 0.001 in phase 1, and p = 0.023 in phase 2). The values of Kt/V in both modalities were comparable except during the baseline phase, in which the values of pre-dilution were significantly greater than post-dilution (2.36 ± 0.52/week vs. 1.87 ± 0.33/week;95% CI −0.81 to −0.19, p = 0.002). The patient’s quality of life regarding their physical activity level was significantly higher in the post-dilution mode than in the pre-dilution mode at baseline and in phase 1 (p = 0.014 and 0.004 at baseline and in phase 1, respectively). Metabolic changes did not differ between the two modes. Citrate dialysate decreased or prevented anticoagulation in both pre- and post-dilution modes of oL-HDF without significant side effects and had comparable adequacy of dialysis.
Fast Calculations in Nonlinear Collective Models of Beam/Plasma Physics
Creators: name: Fedorova, Antonina N.
name: Zeitlin, Michael G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider an application of variational-wavelet approach to nonlinear collective models of beam/plasma physics: Vlasov/Boltzmann-like reduction from general BBGKY hierachy. We obtain fast convergent multiresolution representations for solutions which allow to consider polynomial and rational type of nonlinearities. The solutions are represented via the multiscale decomposition in nonlinear high-localized eigenmodes (waveletons).
description: 3 pages, 2 figures, espcrc2.sty, Presented at VIII International Workshop on Advanced Computing and Analysis Techniques in Physics Research, Section III "Simulations and Computations in Theoretical Physics and Phenomenology", ACAT'2002, June 24-28, 2002, Moscow
Stress & Health study questionnaires - baseline & daily
Creators: name: Tung, Yan
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 170110 Psychological Methodology, Design and Analysis
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 170106 Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology

description: Questionnaires at Basline and Daily.
Dirac Neutrino Anapole Moment
Creators: name: Cabral-Rosetti, L. G.
name: Moreno, M.
name: Rosado, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the Dirac neutrino anapole moment (a_{ν_l}) in the context of the Standard Model (SM) making use of the Dirac form factor F_D(q^2) introduced recently by J. Bernabeu, L. G. Cabral-Rosetti, J. Papavassiliou y J. Vidal by using the Pinch Technique (PT) formalism, working in two different gauge-fixing schemes (R_ξguage and the electroweak BFM), at the one loop level. We show that the neutrino anapole form factor F_A(q^2) and Dirac form factor F_D(q^2) are related as follows: F_A(q^2) = \frac{1}{q^2} F_D(q^2). Hence, the Dirac neutrino charge radius < r^2_{ν_l} > and the anapole moment satisfy the simple relation a_{ν_l} = {1/6} < r^2_{ν_l} >. Therefore, we show that the anapole moment (as the charge radius) of the neutrino is a physical quantity, which only gets contribution from the proper neutrino electromagnetic vertex (in electroweak BFM), and that a_{ν_l} is of the order 10^{-34} cm^2.
description: LaTex AIP style, 5 pages including 1 figure. Final version to appear in Proceedings of the VIII Mexican Workshop on Particles and Fields of the Division de Particulas y Campos de la Sociedad Mexicana de Fisica (DPyC-SMF), Cd. de Zacatecas, Zacatecas, Mexico November 14-20, 2001
title: 01_1591
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
Explaining GRB prompt emission with sub-photospheric dissipation and Comptonization
Creators: name: Bhattacharya, Mukul
name: Kumar, Pawan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Even though the observed spectra for GRB prompt emission is well constrained, no single radiation mechanism can robustly explain its distinct non-thermal nature. Here we explore the radiation mechanism with the photospheric emission model using our Monte Carlo Radiative Transfer (MCRaT) code. We study the sub-photospheric Comptonization of fast cooled synchrotron photons while the Maxwellian electrons and mono-energetic protons are accelerated to relativistic energies by repeated dissipation events. Unlike previous simulations, we implement a realistic photon to electron number ratio $N_γ/N_{e} \sim 10^5$ consistent with the observed radiative efficiency of a few percent. We show that it is necessary to have a critical number of episodic energy injection events $N_{rh,cr} \sim {\rm few}\ 10{\rm s}-100$ in the jet in addition to the electron-proton Coulomb coupling in order to inject sufficient energy $E_{inj,cr} \sim 2500-4000\ m_e c^2$ per electron and produce an output photon spectrum consistent with observations. The observed GRB spectrum can be generated when the electrons are repeatedly accelerated to highly relativistic energies $γ_{e,in} \sim {\rm few}\ 10{\rm s}-100$ in a jet with bulk Lorentz factor $Γ\sim 30-100$, starting out from moderate optical depths $τ_{in} \sim 20-40$. The shape of the photon spectrum is independent of the initial photon energy distribution and baryonic energy content of the jet and hence independent of the emission mechanism, as expected for photospheric emission.
description: 17 pages, 7 figures, 1 table; under review in MNRAS; comments welcome
A Finslerian Cosmological Metric and its Riemannian Kaluza-Klein Extension
Creators: name: Arik, Metin
name: Ciftci, Dilek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this study a rotationally and translationally invariant metric in Finsler space is investigated. We choose to rewrite the metric in Riemanian space by increasing the dimension of space-time and introducing additional coordinates such that for specific values of these coordinates, the geodesics of the four dimensional Finslerian space-time and six dimensional Riemanian space-time are identical. Cosmological solutions described by this metric give rise to an equation of state corresponding to a space dominated by domain walls and an internal space dominated by strings.
description: 5 pages
Additional file 1 of Treatment with direct oral anticoagulants or warfarin and the risk for incident diabetes among patients with atrial fibrillation: a population‐based cohort study
Creators: name: Cheung, Ching-Lung
name: Sing, Chor-Wing
name: Lau, Wallis C. Y.
name: Li, Gloria H. Y.
name: Lip, Gregory Y. H.
name: Tan, Kathryn C. B.
name: Cheung, Bernard M. Y.
name: Chan, Esther W. Y.
name: Wong, Ian C. K.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) codes used in the study. Table S2. Subgroup analysis by age group. Table S3. Sensitivity analysis excluding patients with chronic kidney diseases. Table S4. Sensitivity analysis by excluding patients diagnosed with diabetes during the first 30 days of the follow-up period. Fig. S1. Cumulative incidence of diabetes in patients receiving anticoagulants (warfarin, apixaban, dabigatran, and rivaroxaban) after atrial fibrillation. Fig. S2. Cumulative incidence of diabetes in patients receiving anticoagulants (warfarin, apixaban/rivaroxaban, and dabigatran) after atrial fibrillation.
Parallel In-Memory Evaluation of Spatial Joins
Creators: name: Tsitsigkos, Dimitrios
name: Bouros, Panagiotis
name: Mamoulis, Nikos
name: Terrovitis, Manolis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Databases (cs.DB)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The spatial join is a popular operation in spatial database systems and its evaluation is a well-studied problem. As main memories become bigger and faster and commodity hardware supports parallel processing, there is a need to revamp classic join algorithms which have been designed for I/O-bound processing. In view of this, we study the in-memory and parallel evaluation of spatial joins, by re-designing a classic partitioning-based algorithm to consider alternative approaches for space partitioning. Our study shows that, compared to a straightforward implementation of the algorithm, our tuning can improve performance significantly. We also show how to select appropriate partitioning parameters based on data statistics, in order to tune the algorithm for the given join inputs. Our parallel implementation scales gracefully with the number of threads reducing the cost of the join to at most one second even for join inputs with tens of millions of rectangles.
description: Extended version of the SIGSPATIAL'19 paper under the same title
The association between systemic inflammatory response index and contrast-associated acute kidney injury in patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention
Creators: name: Chen, Jun-Han
name: Zhang, Li-Wei
name: Liang, Wen-Jia
name: Lin, Wei-ze
name: Chen, Xiao-Fang
name: Lin, Zhi-Jie
name: Wang, Chang-Xi
name: Lin, Kai-Yang
name: Guo, Yan-Song
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: The systemic inflammatory response index (SIRI), served as a novel inflammatory biomarker, is the synthesis of neutrophils, monocytes and lymphocytes. We hypothesized that SIRI has predictive value for contrast-associated acute kidney injury (CA-AKI) and long-term mortality in patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We retrospectively observed 5685 patients undergoing elective PCI from January 2012 to December 2018. Venous blood samples were collected to obtain the experimental data on the day of admission or the morning of the next day. SIRI = neutrophil count × monocyte count/lymphocyte count. CA-AKI was defined as an increase of 50% or 0.3 mg/dl in SCr from baseline within 48 h after contrast exposure. The incidence of CA-AKI was 6.1% (n = 352). The best cutoff value of SIRI for predicting CA-AKI was 1.39, with a sensitivity of 52.3% and a specificity of 67.3%. [AUC: 0.620, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.590–0.651, p < 0.001]. After adjusting for potential confounders, multivariate analysis showed that the high SIRI group (SIRI > 1.39) was a strong independent predictor of CA-AKI in patients undergoing elective PCI compared with the low SIRI group (SIRI ≤ 1.39) (odds ratio = 1.642, 95% CI: 1.274–2.116, p < 0.001). Additionally, COX regression analysis showed that SIRI > 1.39 was significantly associated with long-term mortality at a median follow-up of 2.8 years. [Hazard ratio (HR)=1.448, 95%CI: 1.188–1.765; p < 0.001]. Besides, Kaplan–Meier survival curve also indicated that the cumulative rate of mortality was considerably higher in the high SIRI group. High levels of SIRI are independent predictors of CA-AKI and long-term mortality in patients undergoing elective PCI.
ADACORE: Achieving Energy Efficiency via  Adaptive Core Morphing at Runtime
Creators: name: Kurella, Nithesh
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2015

description: Heterogeneous multicore processors offer an energy-efficient alternative to homogeneous multicores. Typically, heterogeneous multi-core refers to a system with more than one core where all the cores use a single ISA but differ in one or more micro-architectural configurations. A carefully designed multicore system consists of cores of diverse power and performance profiles. During execution, an application is run on a core that offers the best trade-off between performance and energy-efficiency. Since the resource needs of an application may vary with time, so does the optimal core choice. Moving a thread from one core to another involves transferring the entire processor state and cache warm-up. Frequent migration leads to large performance overhead, negating any benefits of migration. Infrequent migration on the other hand leads to missed opportunities. Thus, reducing overhead of migration is integral to harnessing benefits of heterogeneous multicores. \par This work proposes \textit{AdaCore}, a novel core architecture which pushes the heterogeneity exploited in the heterogeneous multicore into a single core. \textit{AdaCore} primarily addresses the resource bottlenecks in workloads. The design attempts to adaptively match the resource demands by reconfiguring on-chip resources at a fine-grain granularity. The adaptive core morphing allows core configurations with diverse power and performance profiles within a single core by adaptive voltage, frequency and resource reconfiguration. Towards this end, the proposed novel architecture while providing energy savings, improves performance with a low overhead in-core reconfiguration. This thesis further compares \textit{AdaCore} with a standard Out-of-Order core with capability to perform Dynamic Voltage and Frequency Scaling (DVFS) designed to achieve energy efficiency.
The results presented in this thesis indicate that the proposed scheme can improve the performance/Watt of application, on average, by 32\% over a static out-of-order core and by 14\% over DVFS. The proposed scheme improves $IPS^{2}/Watt$ by 38\% over static out-of-order core.
Application of Bacteriophage Cocktail in Leafy Green Wash Water to Control Salmonella Enterica
Creators: name: Lo, Andrea W
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 2015

description: Produce is responsible for 46% of all foodborne illnesses in the USA. Salmonella enterica causes 19,000 hospitalizations each year, and has been associated with produce. Presently, chlorine based sanitizers are most often used, however organic matter reduces its antimicrobial activity. Bacteriophage treatments are an all-natural, alternative method for pathogen inactivation. The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of a five-strain bacteriophage treatment against a S. enterica cocktail in simulated wash waters at different temperatures. Bacteriophage and S. enterica were enumerated in simulated wash water solutions. One set of experiments studied bacteriophage and S. enterica growth in TSB+vegetable solutions. Bacteriophage behavior was not statistically different (p < 0.05) in spinach, romaine, or iceberg lettuce across different concentrations of organic matter. S. enterica reduction was approximately 2 log over 135 minutes for vegetable solutions and for the TSB control. S. enterica reduction was only 0.5 log in water solutions. The next set of experiments studied bacteriophage and S. enterica growth in vegetable solutions. Spinach wash water and tryptone soy broth solutions (TSB) at 20 °C and 37 °C. S. enterica was not reduced in spinach solution studies at 20 °C and 37 °C or at broth solutions at 20 °C. However, S. enterica was effectively reduced 4 log in broth solutions at 37 °C up to 7.5 hours, but grew to high levels after 24 hours. These results indicate that bacteriophage could not effectively control bacteria levels in produce wash water, and may need to be optimized.
Additional file 1 of The formation of a hatching line in the serosal cuticle confers multifaceted adaptive functions on the eggshell of a cicada
Creators: name: Moriyama, Minoru
name: Yasuyama, Kouji
name: Hideharu Numata
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 1: Fig. S1. A schematic illustration of the system to measure hatching linebreaking forces.
Measurement of the Sigma^- Charge Radius by Sigma^- Electron Elastic Scattering
Creators: name: SELEX Collaboration
name: Eschrich, I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Sigma^- mean squared charge radius has been measured in the space-like Q^2 range 0.035-0.105 GeV^2/c^2 by elastic scattering of a Sigma^- beam off atomic electrons. The measurement was performed with the SELEX (E781) spectrometer using the Fermilab hyperon beam at a mean energy of 610 GeV/c. We obtain = (0.61 +/- 0.12 (stat.) +/- 0.09 (syst.)) fm^2. The proton and pi^- charge radii were measured as well and are consistent with results of other experiments. Our result agrees with the recently measured strong interaction radius of the Sigma^-.
description: 12 pages, 4 figures, LaTeX, submitted to Phys Lett B. Revised: minor changes in text and references
Gendered analysis of the demand for poultry feed in Kenya
Creators: name: Macharia, John
name: Diiro, Gracious
name: Busienei, John R.
name: Munei, Kimpei
name: Affognon, Hippolyte
name: Ekesi, Sunday
name: Kassie, Menale
name: Muriithi, Beatrice
name: Nakimbugwe, Dorothy
name: Fiaboe, Komi
name: Macharia, John
name: Diiro, Gracious
name: Busienei, John R.
name: Munei, Kimpei
name: Affognon, Hippolyte
name: Ekesi, Sunday
name: Kassie, Menale
name: Muriithi, Beatrice
name: Nakimbugwe, Dorothy
name: Fiaboe, Komi
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Demand and Price Analysis
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: poultry feed
subject: mixed feed demand
subject: translog cost function

description: The objective of this paper was to estimate the demand for poultry feed among smallholder farmers in Kenya disaggregated by gender. Most poultry enterprises are owned and managed by women even in male headed households. The study utilizes cross-section data collected in July 2015 from a sample 386 poultry farmers randomly selected from three counties including Nakuru, Kisii and Kirinyaga Counties. The feed demand for poultry enterprise was analyzed by estimating a translog cost function and a system of cost share functions for the major feed types used for poultry feeding in Kenya. These include grains, vegetables, and mixed feed. From the study the mean demand of feed per farmer were 55.47 kilograms for grains, 48.37 kilograms for vegetables and 71 kilograms for mixed feed. The variations between male and female farmers were significant at 10% for vegetables. Also the mean costs of feed per farmer were Kshs. 2108.00 for grains, Kshs.1248.00 for vegetables and Kshs 16,214.00 for mixed feed. In addition the results show that feeds are generally price inelastic and price elasticities tend to decrease with rising expenditure level. The study found out that most of the feeds have complementary relationships. For instance grain and mixed feed pair, and vegetable and mixed feed pair all exhibit a complementary relationship. It is therefore recommended that policy makers should develop policies that aim at reducing the prices of manufactured feed through the adoption of alternative ingredients such as insect as a source of protein in feed manufacture.
Caedicia webberi Rentz, Su & Ueshima 2008
Creators: name: Rentz, Dcf
name: Su, You Ning
name: Ueshima, Norhiro
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Caedicia
Caedicia webberi

description: Caedicia webberi (Fig. 18)
2n=21 (20t +Xt)
 Specimens examined: R86-85, -102, -109, 88-214, 2004-26, -27, -31, -43, -2005-3, 2006-6, -7
The karyotype of this species consists of one pair of large and 9 pairs of medium to small telocentrics and the largest X telocentric (Fig. 18a). Thus, 2n= 21 in the male. At first metaphase there are 10 bivalents and the X (Fig. 18b). At first anaphase, the X moves to one pole with 10 autosomal entities and the other with 10 autosomes (Fig. 18c). As a result of the first division, two types of second metaphases are formed. One has 10 autosomes with X (Fig. 18d); the other is with 10 autosomes (Fig. 18e).
description: Published as part of Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning & Ueshima, Norhiro, 2008, Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae), pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 1964 (1) on page 34, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5241847
Thick domain walls around a black hole
Creators: name: Morisawa, Yoshiyuki
name: Ida, Daisuke
name: Ishibashi, Akihiro
name: Nakao, Ken-ichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the gravitationally interacting system of a thick domain wall and a black hole. We numerically solve the scalar field equation in the Schwarzschild spacetime and obtain a sequence of static axi-symmetric solutions representing thick domain walls. We find that, for the walls near the horizon, the Nambu--Goto approximation is no longer valid.
description: 18 pages, 11 figures, one reference added
Setmelanotide optimization through fragment-growing, molecular docking in-silico method targeting MC4 receptor
Creators: name: Jia, Xiaopu
name: Fan, Shuai
name: Dong, Weili
name: Li, Shaoyong
name: Zhang, Yan
name: Ma, Ying
name: Wang, Shuqing
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biophysics
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Pharmacology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Obesity has emerged as a global issue, but with the complex structures of multiple related important targets and their agonists or antagonists determined, the mechanism of ligand-protein interaction may offer new chances for developing new generation agonists anti-obesity. Based on the molecule surface of the cryo-EM protein structure 7AUE, we tried to replace D-Ala3 with D-Met in setmelanotide as the linker site for fragment-growing with De novo evolution. The simulation results indicate that the derivatives could improve the binding abilities with the melanocortin 4 receptor and the selectivity over the melanocortin 1 receptor. The improved selectivity of the newly designed derivatives is mainly due to the shape difference of the molecular surface at the orthosteric peptide-binding pocket between melanocortin 4 receptor and melanocortin 1 receptor. The new extended fragments could not only enhance the binding affinities but also function as a gripper to seize the pore, making it easier to balance and stabilize the other component of the new derivatives. Although it is challenging to synthesize the compounds designed in silico, this study may perhaps serve as a trigger for additional anti-obesity research. Communicated by Ramaswamy H. Sarma
Neutrino Large Mixing in Universal Yukawa Coupling Model with Small Violation
Creators: name: Teshima, T.
name: Asai, T.
name: Abe, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have analyzed the possibility that the universal Yukawa coupling (democratic mass matrix) with small violations of Dirac and Majorana neutrinos can induce the large mixing of neutrinos through the seesaw mechanism. The possibility can be achieved by the condition that the violation parameters of Majorana neutrinos are sufficiently smaller than the violation parameters of Dirac neutrinos. Allowed regions of the violation parameters producing the observed neutrino mass hierarchy and large neutrino mixing are not so restricted at present in contrast to the violation parameters for quark sector.
description: 14 pages, 4figures
Artificial time travel in the past is not impossible
Creators: name: mosinyan, Isaac
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 510304
subject: Thermodynamics and statistical physics
classificationCode: 510103
subject: Cosmology and extragalactic astronomy
classificationCode: 510703
subject: Particle physics
classificationCode: 460299
subject: Artificial intelligence not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 460201
subject: Artificial life and complex adaptive systems
classificationCode: 510501
subject: Biological physics
classificationCode: 510104
subject: Galactic astronomy

description: Warning : for those that want to review the pdf file and not download it, there were issues in the figshare review system. Thats why we redirected our pdf files in a google drive public link, the viewers now can read it there, that way is not mandatory to download it. Overlooked discovery proves a form of time travel of the past is not impossible. Yes thats right, not only time travel is possible, but also complete control of time is not impossible. Throughout history, time travel has captured the imagination of both scientists and dreamers alike. From the pages of science fiction to the depths of theoretical physics, the idea of moving across time has seemed impossible, blocked by paradoxes, and constrained by the immutable laws of physics. But what if the answer lies not in bending the physical laws of the universe but in reinterpreting the nature of time itself?.
Effectiveness of UNFCCC in addressing climate change
Creators: name: Harmsen, Henk
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 40104 Climate Change Processes
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Climate Science
subject: 50205 Environmental Management

description: The UNFCCC co-ordinates policy development that aims to reduce the emissions of greenhouse gases. To what extent has this been successful?
Ephippithyta kuranda Rentz, Su & Ueshima 2008
Creators: name: Rentz, Dcf
name: Su, You Ning
name: Ueshima, Norhiro
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Orthoptera
Tettigoniidae
Ephippithyta
Ephippithyta kuranda

description: Ephippithyta kuranda (Fig. 21)
2n=21 (20t +Xt)
 Specimens examined: 2004-16, 2007-4, and -12
The dipoloid chromosome number of the species presents one pair of large, 9 pairs of medium to small telocentrics and the largest X telocentric (Fig. 21a, b). Thus, the chromosome system of the species is 2n=21 (20t +Xt). At first metaphase there are 10 autosomes with the X (Fig. 21c). At second metaphase, 10 autosomes with the X (Fig. 21d) and 10 autosomes (Fig. 21e).
description: Published as part of Rentz, Dcf, Su, You Ning & Ueshima, Norhiro, 2008, Studies in Australian Tettigoniidae: new Phaneropterine Katydids from Queensland Rainforests (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae; Phaneropterinae), pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 1964 (1) on page 36, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1964.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5241847
New contributions to heavy quark sum rules
Creators: name: Portoles, J.
name: Ruiz-Femenia, P. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse new contributions to the theoretical input in heavy quark sum rules and we show that the general theory of singularities of perturbation theory amplitudes yields the method to handle these specific features. In particular we study the inclusion of heavy quark radiation by light quarks at O(alpha_s^2) and non-symmetric correlators at O(alpha_s^3). Closely related, we also propose a solution to the construction of moments of the spectral densities at O(alpha_s^3) where the presence of massless contributions invalidates the standard approach. We circumvent this problem through a new definition of the moments, providing an infrared safe and consistent procedure.
description: 15 pages, 3 figures. Version accepted for publication in The European Journal of Physics C; several new comments and references added, conclusions unchanged
Transforming smallholder agriculture in Africa through irrigation: an assessment of irrigation impact pathways in Ghana
Creators: name: Akudugu, Mamudu Abunga
name: Nyamadi, Ben Vas
name: Dittoh, Saa
name: Akudugu, Mamudu Abunga
name: Nyamadi, Ben Vas
name: Dittoh, Saa
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Production Economics
subject: Africa
subject: Agriculture Transformation
subject: Ghana
subject: Irrigation
subject: Livelihoods

description: Agriculture in Africa is dominated by smallholder farmers who mostly undertake rain-fed agriculture. Unfortunately, the current trends of unpredictable rainfall patterns is putting the livelihoods of these smallholder farmers under threat. To overcome this threat, governments across Africa relentlessly invest in water harvesting strategies for irrigation purposes. Thus, the provision of irrigation facilities in strategic locations across Africa is deemed an important component of the agricultural transformation agenda being pursued in the continent. This paper therefore examines the role of irrigation in transforming smallholder agriculture in Africa by assessing the different impact pathways of irrigation, using Ghana as the case. The paper employs mixed methods that provide the opportunity for triangulation and cross validation. Qualitative and quantitative data were collected using focus group discussions, key informant interviews and household survey questionnaires. The impacts of irrigation were analysed using propensity score matching (PSM) and narrations. The results indicate that irrigation has significant and positive impacts on farm output, income, employment, consumption, food security and non-farm businesses. The impacts of irrigation on health and environmental sustainability are mixed - the positive being the ability of irrigators to pay for improved healthcare for themselves and their families and the negatives include the outbreak of waterborne diseases associated with irrigation water. Construction of irrigation facilities causes destruction to the environment but improves provisioning ecosystem services. It is generally concluded that access to irrigation is associated with higher farm outputs, income levels, employment, consumption, food security, and engagement in non-farm business activities.
Milton's Great Illusions
Creators: name: Pourmikail, Reza
Publisher: name: Brandeis University
Year: 2027
Subjects: English Language or Literature

description: This dissertation argues that in our experience of reading Milton’s poetry, we are confronted with two seemingly opposed ideas: the world is undeniably fallen, and human beings are capable of achieving nearly anything in it. This opposition of fallenness and affirmation manifests in Milton’s art, at crucial moments, as the idealization of the necessarily imperfect, namely the human. Following the example of Northrop Frye, the dissertation examines Milton’s poetry and aesthetics in conjunction with his humanist and political concerns. The first chapter of the dissertation examines a series of moments of excessive and potentially dangerous “idealization” in Milton’s poetry, moments in which Milton tempts his greatest enemy, idolatry, for the purpose of aesthetic and humanistic achievement. The second chapter begins by charting Milton’s debt to Edmund Spenser through an examination of the significance of the genres of romance and epic for both poets, and continues as a mythopoeic interpretation of Milton’s use of the Prosperina/Ceres myth and the Orpheus myth as a way of examining his own poetic vocation. The third chapter imposes a Miltonic reading on Shelley’s final poem, The Triumph of Life.