cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Maximum likelihood inverse reinforcement learning
Creators: name: Vroman, Monica C.
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Learning desirable behavior from a limited number of demonstrations, also known as inverse reinforcement learning, is a challenging task in machine learning. I apply maximum likelihood estimation to the problem of inverse reinforcement learning, and show that it quickly and successfully identifies the unknown reward function from traces of optimal or near-optimal behavior, under the assumption that the reward function is a linear function of a known set of features. I extend this approach to cover reward functions that are a generalized function of the features, and show that the generalized inverse reinforcement learning approach is a competitive alternative to existing approaches covering the same class of functions, while at the same time, being able to learn the right rewards in cases that have not been covered before.     I then apply these tools to the problem of learning from (unlabeled) demonstration trajectories of behavior generated by varying ``intentions'' or objectives. I derive an EM approach that clusters observed trajectories by inferring the objectives for each cluster using any of several possible IRL methods, and then uses the constructed clusters to quickly identify the intent of a trajectory.     I present an application of maximum likelihood inverse reinforcement learning to the problem of training an artificial agent to follow  verbal instructions representing high-level tasks using a set  of instructions paired with demonstration traces of appropriate behavior.
Stenoptilodes Zimmerman 1958
Creators: name: Pathania, Prakash C.
name: Das, Apurva
name: Chandra, Kailash
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pterophoridae
Stenoptilodes

description: Genus Stenoptilodes Zimmerman, 1958
Type species: Platyptilus littoralis Butler, 1882; Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1882, 44.
description: Published as part of Pathania, Prakash C., Das, Apurva & Chandra, Kailash, 2021, Catalogue of superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov (Lepidoptera) of India, pp. 201-236 in Zootaxa 4915 (2) on page 221, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4454312
Modeling and analysis of utilizing food waste and manure in New Jersey
Creators: name: Wang, Shisi
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Waste-to-energy (WTE) facilities demonstrate great potential in making maximal use of the increasing amount of waste in modern society. While current researches focus on a certain technology or specific aspects of the technology (e.g.(Bernstad and la Cour Jansen 2011) on life cycle analysis for household food waste; DEFRA (2007) for modern waste incineration in Europe; Whyte et al. (2001) for cost analysis using anaerobic digestion technology; among many more), this study has developed an broader framework to compare the electricity generation capacity, as well as economic benefits and costs of alternative WTE technologies. In the end, we use food waste and manure generation data from New Jersey and apply this integrated program to analyze four theoretical scenarios: Direct Combustion, Landfill-to-Gas, Composting and Anaerobic Digestion.   When calculating productivity, we estimated methane yields and corresponding green electricity generation using a simulation program in Matlab. The results indicate that anaerobic digester with gas collection facilities can generate the largest amount of methane and green electricity generation per unit of waste. In total, WTE facilities can supply hundreds to thousands of local households with green electricity. In the economic analysis, landfill-to-gas method is proven as the least costly method to consume a unit of waste and has the highest net revenue income stream. In comparison, direct combustion is by far the most costly method.   In summary, composting and landfill-to-gas are the two favorable methods of treating food waste and manure on a large scale. From the aspect of land scarcity and carbon footprint reduction, anaerobic digestion still has great potential to benefit New Jersey municipalities. While discussing the limitations of the simulation analysis, we lay a foundation for further study. Regulatory recommendations are also provided to decision makers in waste management facilities.
Thesis
Creators: name: yaqoob, hira
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 320602
subject: Medical biotechnology diagnostics (incl. biosensors)
classificationCode: 320603
subject: Medical molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins
classificationCode: 310503
subject: Developmental genetics (incl. sex determination)

description: Background: Congenital heart disease (CHD) is a defect that can persist since birth. Multiple studies have shown that mutations in genes involved in heart development could cause congenital heart disease. The CITED2 gene works as a transcription factor in the hypoxic pathway for the development of the heart. Therefore, five CHD types, ventricular septal defect, atrial septal defect, atrioventricular septal defect, tetralogy of Fallot, and patent ductus arteriosus, were evaluated by conducting a targeted single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) analysis of the CITED2 gene variant rs375393125 (T>C). This study aimed to identify the presence of CITED2 gene mutations in congenital heart disease patients.Methods: A total of 350 samples were collected 250 from patients and 100 from controls for genetic analysis. Allele-specific PCR and gel electrophoresis were used to identify the target missense mutations. The genotypic results of the CHDs were further validated through Sanger sequencing.Results: The frequency of the homozygous mutant CC genotype was 48.4%, and that of the heterozygous mutant TC genotype was 11.4%; these percentages are greater in CHD patients than in controls (1%). The control samples had only one heterozygous TC and no homozygous CC genotype. The chi-square value was obtained at 103.9 with a probability of 0.05, which is greater than the significance value of 21.03. The odds ratio was 43.7, which is >1. The calculated value of ANOVA was 11.6, which was more significant than the F critical value of 3.7. The mutant sample of each selected CHD type was found to be heterozygous or homozygous as a result of sequencing, and the results were similar to those obtained through PCR.Conclusion: Most CHD samples exhibited mutations, so the CITED2 gene SNP might be associated with CHD.
Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius 1801
Creators: name: Sergeeva, E. V.
name: Stolbov, V. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Melolontha
Melolontha hippocastani

description: Melolontha hippocastani Fabricius, 1801
Melolontha hippocastani: Csiki 1901, 88 (ТобоΛьск); КоΛосов 1914, 22 (ЯΛуторовск, с. ПаΑун); КоΛтунов и Αр. 2009, 65 (ПП «Самаровский чугас»); БухкаΛо и Αр. 2011, 174 (ТобоΛьск); КаΛинин 2012, 217 (ПП «КонΑинские озёра»); Герасимов и Αр. 2015, 63 (с. Батово).
МатериаA. АЮ: Тобольский р-н (с. Верхние Аремзяны, окр. с. АбаΛак, Α. МасΛова), Вагайский р-н (окр. НПС «Новопетрово», пос. КомсомоΛьский, Α. Юрмы), Ярковский р-н (окр. с. Δубровное), Нижнетавдинский р-н (окр. оз. Кучак), Тюмень, Тюменский р-н (окр. с. Онохино, окр. оз. АнΑреевское, окр. Α. КривоΑанова), Аромашевский р-н (с. Новопетрово), Ишимский р-н (с. ПΛешково).
Распространение. Европа, Казахстан, Китай. Россия: европейская часть страны, Сибирь.
description: Published as part of Sergeeva, E. V. & Stolbov, V. A., 2021, The fauna of lamellicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) of the Tyumen Region, pp. 124-145 in Amurian Zoological Journal XIII (1) on page 134, DOI: 10.33910/2686-9519-2021-13-1-124-145, http://zenodo.org/record/11362092
Exome sequencing to identify the genetic bases for lysosomal storage diseases of unknown etiology
Creators: name: Wang, Nan
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Lysosomes are membrane-bound, acidic eukaryotic cellular organelles. As an enzyme container, they play important roles in the degradation of macromolecules. Monogenic mutations resulting in the loss of enzyme activities in the lysosome may lead to severe health problems, such as neurodegeneration and early death. These conditions are categorized as Lysosomal Storage Diseases (LSDs). The diagnosis of LSDs is typically straightforward. However, in some cases the underlying genetic defects remain unknown. Here, we performed whole exome sequencing on 14 suspected LSD cases, with the goal of finding the causal mutations. From the raw sequence data, we first identified DNA variants in each individual using three variant discovery pipelines: the Genome Analysis Toolkit, LifeScopeTM Genomic Analysis Software and CLC Genomics Workbench. For each variant calling dataset, we then used the Variant Annotation Analysis Search Tool (VAAST) to prioritize disease- causing mutations in 848 candidate LSD genes. As a probabilistic disease gene finder, VAAST integrates allele frequency, amino acid substitution severity and conservation information into a composite likelihood framework. Different from hard filtering  ii  methods, VAAST preserves all the candidates by listing them according to their disease-causing potential. To obtain the detailed information of each mutation and add one more layer of mutational prediction, we performed SIFT analysis for each dataset. Afterward, tier study was conducted to accommodate the discrepancies between different pipelines and further reprioritize the candidate variants. Finally, based on the mutational validation and functional analysis, we identified nine mutations in six genes to be candidate LSDs causal variants in five individuals, including both known and novel mutations. In summary, our project utilized various bioinformatics analyses tools to decode the extensive exome sequencing data and identify candidate variants for downstream functional studies. The study results provide valuable insights into the genetic basis of LSDs.
Amphimallon altaicum
Creators: name: Sergeeva, E. V.
name: Stolbov, V. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Amphimallon
Amphimallon altaicum

description: * Amphimallon altaicum (Mannerheim, 1825)
МатериаA. АЮ: Казанский р-н, окр. с. Δубынка, Λуг в 100–200 м от северо-за-
паΑного берега оз. Сиверга, 15– 18.06.2020, Е. Сергеева — 9♂♂, 1♀ (КЕС, КТС).
Распространение. Европа, ПереΑняя Азия, Казахстан. Россия: европейская часть страны, Северный Кавказ, Сибирь.
Замечание. Впервые обнаружен на юге обΛасти, в Λесостепной зоне, гΑе быΛ отмечен массовый Λёт самцов.
description: Published as part of Sergeeva, E. V. & Stolbov, V. A., 2021, The fauna of lamellicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) of the Tyumen Region, pp. 124-145 in Amurian Zoological Journal XIII (1) on pages 134-135, DOI: 10.33910/2686-9519-2021-13-1-124-145, http://zenodo.org/record/11362092
Additional file 1: of Improving volcanic ash fragility functions through laboratory studies: example of surface transportation networks
Creators: name: Blake, Daniel
name: Deligne, Natalia
name: Wilson, Thomas
name: Wilson, Grant
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
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: Developmental Biology

description: Summary of key findings from recent laboratory experiments to investigate impacts of volcanic ash on surface transportation. (DOCX 19 kb)
Imagining pre-modern imperialism
Creators: name: Weller, AnnaLinden
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: This dissertation examines the letter collections of Byzantine agents in order to consider how Byzantine epistolary literature was used to project Byzantine imperial power in non-Byzantine or disputed zones. It is comparative and focuses on two loci of Byzantine imperial interests outside of Byzantium proper: the Eastern frontier and Bulgaria. Letters and other literary texts in both Greek and Classical Armenian are used to investigate Byzantine/non-Byzantine relations. The dissertation describes acculturation and normative images of Byzantines and non-Byzantines, as well as the maintenance of those images via epistolary constructions, placing this form of literary production in the context of both political history and the use of literature as a communicative act of cultural maintenance. Three case studies are presented in geographic and cultural comparison.  The first case study examines the letter collection of an early-10th century envoy, the magistros Leo Choirosphaktes and the Bulgarian tsar Symeon the Great, and discusses the use of epistolary as an attempt to maintain cultural superiority. The second case study examines the correspondence network of an eleventh-century Byzantine general on the Eastern frontier, Nikephoros Ouranos, and discusses epistolary as a method of bringing Constantinopolitan values and culture outside of Constantinople. The final case study the correspondence in Classical Armenian of Grigor Magistros Pahvaluni, whose letter collection can be used to consider the mentality of a non-Byzantine person embedded in local, non-Byzantine power structures who acquired a place within Byzantine imperial authority when it became politically impossible to not interact with such authority.
Vertical oviposition preferences of the Asian Tiger Mosquito, Aedes Albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae), in temperate North America
Creators: name: Williges, Eric Jason
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: As a hyper-aggressive mosquito that is also a public health threat Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae), the Asian tiger mosquito, is a major priority for control efforts. We examine one aspect of Ae. albopictus biology: oviposition height. Field-based research in an urban habitat was conducted to determine if a height preference exists for this species. Larval and egg counts showed a significant preference for oviposition at ground level (0 m) heights compared to heights of 1, 2, 3, or 4 m (P < 0.01). An experiment conducted under semi-field conditions further supported our conclusion of oviposition preference at ground level (P < 0.001), and further defines the search image needed by mosquito control personnel when dealing with this invasive species.
Additional file 1: of Efficacy of a multi-component exercise programme and nutritional supplementation on musculoskeletal health in men treated with androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer (IMPACT): study protocol of a randomised controlled trial
Creators: name: Owen, Patrick
name: Daly, Robin
name: Livingston, Patricia
name: Mundell, Niamh
name: Via, Jack Dalla
name: Millar, Jeremy
name: Fraser, Steve
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Trial registration data. (DOCX 15 kb)
Additional file 2: of Efficacy of a multi-component exercise programme and nutritional supplementation on musculoskeletal health in men treated with androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer (IMPACT): study protocol of a randomised controlled trial
Creators: name: Owen, Patrick
name: Daly, Robin
name: Livingston, Patricia
name: Mundell, Niamh
name: Via, Jack Dalla
name: Millar, Jeremy
name: Fraser, Steve
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: SPIRIT checklist. (DOC 120 kb)
Formation of motile cell clusters in heterogeneous model tumors: the role of cell-cell alignment
Creators: name: Braat, Quirine J. S.
name: Storm, Cornelis
name: Janssen, Liesbeth M. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Circulating tumor cell clusters play an important role in the metastatic cascade. These clusters can acquire a migratory and more invasive phenotype, and coordinate their motion to migrate as a collective. Before such clusters can form by collectively detaching from a primary tumor, however, the cluster must first aggregate in the tumor interior. The mechanism of this cluster formation process is still poorly understood. One of the possible ways for cells to cluster is by aligning their direction of motion with their neighboring cells. This work aims to investigate the role of this cell-cell alignment interaction on the formation of motile cell clusters inside the bulk of a tumor using computer simulations. We employ a Cellular Potts model in which we model a two-dimensional heterogeneous confluent layer containing both motile and non-motile cells. Our results indicate that the degree of clustering is governed by two distinct processes: the formation of clusters due to the presence of cell-cell alignment interactions among motile cells, and the suppression of clustering due to the presence of the dynamic cellular environment (comprised of the non-motile cells). We find that the largest motile clusters are formed for intermediate alignment strengths, contrary to what is observed for motile cells in free space (that is, unimpeded by a dense cellular environment), in which case stronger cell-cell alignment always leads to larger clustering. Our findings suggest that the presence of a densely-packed cellular environment and strong cell-cell alignment inhibits the formation of large migratory clusters within the primary tumor, providing physical insight into potential factors at play during the early stages of metastasis.
description: 12 pages, 6 figures
Kovalevskiella Klein 1963
Creators: name: Meisch, Claude
name: Smith, Robin J.
name: Martens, Koen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Limnocytheridae
Kovalevskiella

description: Kovalevskiella Klein, 1963
Syn.: Kovalenskiella sensu Karavanovic 2003 (misspelling)
Type species: Kovalevskiella turianensis Klein, 1963: PA (fossil species)
Kovalevskiella bulgarica (Danielopol, 1970) Danielopol 1981: PA
Cordocythere bulgarica Danielopol, 1970
Kovalevskiella cvetkovi (Danielopol, 1969) Danielopol 1971b: PA
Cordocythere cvetkovi Danielopol, 1969
Kovalevskiella dani Karanovic, 2003: PA
Kovalevskiella elisabethae Gaviria, 2022: PA
Kovalevskiella phreaticola (Danielopol, 1965) Danielopol 1971b: PA
Cordocythere phreaticola Danielopol, 1965
Kovalevskiella rudjakovi (Danielopol, 1969) Danielopol 1971b: PA
Cordocythere rudjakovi Danielopol, 1969
description: Published as part of Meisch, Claude, Smith, Robin J. & Martens, Koen, 2024, An updated subjective global checklist of the extant non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea), pp. 1-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 974 on page 72, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.974.2767, http://zenodo.org/record/14500383
Exploratory factor analysis of the stereotype scale scores
Creators: name: Wesley, Kiara Chanel Caryl
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: This study examines the psychometric properties of the Stereotype Scale, a 52-item measure designed to capture the endorsement of stereotypical in-group beliefs of African Americans, using appropriate exploratory factor analysis methods in two distinct samples of African American men and women from Lansing, Michigan (N = 329) and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (N = 142). Scale items reflect adjectives describing positive or negative stereotypes of Blacks in general, Black men, and Black women. Viable seven- and one-factors solutions were cross-validated, with significant overlap in factors across samples. Overlapping factors for the seven-factor solution were labeled Coon, Individual Ability, Welfare Mother, Jezebel Buck, and Community Oriented, with the seven-factor model accounting for 48% of the variance in the Lansing sample and 45% of the variance in the Philadelphia sample. The one-factor model, comprised primarily of item content promoting negative beliefs, accounted for 30% of the variance in both samples.  Evidence for convergent validity was found for factors within the Lansing sample, such that factors and overall scale scores were related to racial identity, psychological distress, Afrocentricity, and relationship satisfaction scores in expected directions, although not for all factors. Implications for the use of the Stereotype Scale and recommendations for future research are discussed.
Design and Control of a Low-cost Non-backdrivable End-effector Upper Limb Rehabilitation Device
Creators: name: Li, Fulan
name: Guo, Yunfei
name: Xu, Wenda
name: Zhang, Weide
name: Zhao, Fangyun
name: Wang, Baiyu
name: Du, Huaguang
name: Zhang, Chengkun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: This paper presents GARD, an upper limb end-effector rehabilitation device developed for stroke patients. GARD offers assistance force along or towards a 2D trajectory during physical therapy sessions. GARD employs a non-backdrivable mechanism with novel motor velocity-control-based algorithms, which offers superior control precision and stability. To our knowledge, this innovative technical route has not been previously explored in rehabilitation robotics. In alignment with the new design, GARD features two novel control algorithms: Implicit Euler Velocity Control (IEVC) algorithm and a generalized impedance control algorithm. These algorithms achieve O(n) runtime complexity for any arbitrary trajectory. The system has demonstrated a mean absolute error of 0.023mm in trajectory-following tasks and 0.14mm in trajectory-restricted free moving tasks. The proposed upper limb rehabilitation device offers all the functionalities of existing commercial devices with superior performance. Additionally, GARD provides unique functionalities such as area-restricted free moving and dynamic Motion Restriction Map interaction. This device holds strong potential for widespread clinical use, potentially improving rehabilitation outcomes for stroke patients.
description: 15 pages, 11 figures, Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
Training-the-trainer for long-term sustainability
Creators: name: West, Julia Anne
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Research investigating feasible, evidence-based strategies for transferring empirically-validated treatments into routine clinical settings is needed to bridge the implementation gap. This study evaluated the implementation of cognitive behavioral guided self-help (CBTgsh) for recurrent binge eating in a university counseling center, using a train-the-trainer (TTT) model situated within the Core Implementation Components framework (Fixsen, Blase, Naoom, & Wallace, 2009). An organizational stakeholder served as “trainer” and staff therapists as “trainees.” This study also served to 1) test the bounds of effectiveness of both CBTgsh and the second cascade of the TTT model and 2) respond to a service request by university community partners for assistance in instituting a sustainable program of CBTgsh within a counseling center after the Zandberg and Wilson (2012) trial. After receiving expert-led training in CBTgsh, the designated trainer subsequently trained and supervised interested staff therapists (n = 7) to implement the treatment. Consultation was provided to the trainer throughout the two years of study implementation. Clients were 12 students (83.3% female) presenting with recurrent binge eating at a university counseling center; diagnoses included binge eating disorder (50%), eating disorder not otherwise specified, and one case of bulimia nervosa.  Given study limitations, results should be considered pilot data. Consistent with hypotheses, study therapists implemented treatment with a high level of fidelity to the protocol by the end of Year 2; additionally, study therapists expressed positive attitudes toward manualized treatments, which were unchanged from pre- to post-training. Last observation carried forward intent-to-treat (ITT) analyses indicated statistically significant reductions in recurrent binge eating and depressive symptoms from baseline to post-treatment using weekly-administered assessments of binge eating frequency and depression. Indicators of program sustainability and implementation success evident by study conclusion included embedded twice-yearly CBTgsh trainings at the counseling center as well as the creation of a CBTgsh minor rotation within the predoctoral internship program at the center. Limitations were considerable, and notably included low recruitment and small sample size, low retention (41.7% completers), and low post-treatment assessment completion. Suggestions for guiding future implementation of CBTgsh within similar settings are discussed.
Hansen solubility parameters as a quantifiable tool to study 12HSA self-assembly
Creators: name: Wu, Songwei
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Organogels are thermal reversible semisolid materials that show great potential for use in foods to replace saturated fats and trans fats in processed foods. They are comprised of an organic liquid and low concentration (~ 2 wt%) of low molecular-mass organogelators (LMOGs) that spontaneously undergo formation of three-dimensional (3-D) self-assembled fibrillar networks (SAFiNs) capable of entrapping the solvent among the entangled nanofibers.     SAFiNs formation requires the meticulous balance between contrasting solvent-gelator interactions. To elucidate the role of solvent properties on molecular gels formation, Hansen solubility parameters (HSPs) are used to correlate the nature of solvents to the gelation behavior of 12-hydroxystearic acid (12HSA). The hydrogen-bonding HSP (h) is found to be particularly useful in studying and predicting the solvent effect on 12HSA self-assembly and ultimately on gelation ability. Transparent 12HSA organogels only form in the solvents studied with hydrogen-bonding HSP less than 4.7 MPa1/2 while solution remains when h > 5.1MPa1/2. A strong linear correlation has also been established between h and critical gelator concentration (CGC).     The macroscopic properties, microstructure and nanostructure of 12HSA molecular gels illustrate the importance of the nature of solvents that greatly affect SAFiN properties including: crystallinity, thermal properties, polymorphic forms, carboxylic dimer structure, domain size, fiber morphology and microstructure.  Each of the aforementioned properties is influenced by h and to a lesser extent the polar component of the HSPs (p). 12HSA in solvents with a h < 4.4 MPa1/2 form transparent organogels that contain fibrillar crystal aggregates with the hexagonal polymorpic form. As the h of the solvent increases, the polymorph of 12HSA organogels undergoes transition from the hexagonal form to triclinic parallel form, which corresponds to the transitions observed in dimer structure, crystal morphology and the decrease in crystallinity.
Learning human contexts through unobtrusive methods
Creators: name: Xu, Chenren
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Learning human contexts is critical to the development of many applications, ranging from healthcare, business, to social sciences. Most existing work, however, acquires contextual information in an obtrusive manner – they may require subjects to carry mobile devices, or rely on self or peer report to report data. In this dissertation, we present two unobtrusive techniques that can help us learn important human contextual information including count, location, trajectory, and speech characteristics. We first present SCPL, a radio frequency-based device-free localization technique. SCPL is able to count how many people are in an indoor setting and track their locations by observing how they disturb the wireless radio links in the environment. Second, we present Crowd++, a smartphone-based speech sensing technique, which records a conversation and automatically counts the number of people in the conversation without prior knowledge of their speech characteristics. Both techniques are unobtrusive, low-cost, and private, which can thus enable a large array of important applications that rely upon the knowledge of human contextual information.
Stenoptilodes taprobanes
Creators: name: Pathania, Prakash C.
name: Das, Apurva
name: Chandra, Kailash
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Pterophoridae
Stenoptilodes
Stenoptilodes taprobanes

description: 96. Stenoptilodes taprobanes (C. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875) (Plate 6, Fig. 8)
Amblyptila taprobanes C. Felder & Rogenhofer, 1875; Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857–1859. Zoology 2 (2), pl. 140, fig. 54.
Platyptilia brachymorpha Meyrick, 1888; Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, 1888: 240.
Platyptilia seeboldi Hofmann, 1898; Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris, 11: 33.
Platyptilia terlizzii Turati, 1926; Atti del Societa italiana di Scienze naturali, 65: 67.
Platyptilia monotrigona Diakonoff, 1952; Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Verhandelingen Afdeling Natuurkunde, 44 (2): 15.
Amblyptilia zavatterii Hartig, 1953; Bollettino della Società entomologica italiana, 83: 67.
Platyptilia legrandi Bigot, 1962; Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France, 67: 86.
Stenoptilodes vittata Service, 1966; Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London, 35(B): 139.
TL: Sri Lanka.
Distribution: India (Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka), Australia, Bhutan, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canary Islands, Cape Verde Islands, Chad, China, Congo, Ivory Coast, Crete, Cyprus, Ethiopia, Finland, France, French Guiana, Greece, Hawaii Islands, Indonesia, Italy, Java, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malta, Mauritius, Myanmar, Namibia, New Guinea, Nigeria, Paraguay, Portugal, Sao Tome, Seychelles, Sicily, Rep. South Africa, Reunion Island, Spain, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, U.S.A., Vietnam, Zimbabwe.
Host: Celsia coromacdeliana, Limnophila heterophylla, Pentstemon, Veronica anagallis (Fletcher 1931). Larvae also feed on flowers of Barleria strigosa (Acanthaceae), Scutellaria discolor (Lamiaceae), leaves and flower buds of Sopubia sp., Striga hermonthica, Verbascum chinense (Scrophulariaceae), and Lantana camara (Verbenaceae) (Robinson et al. 2001). Other recorded host plants are Spergularia media (= S. marginata), S. maritima, S. salina (Caryophyllaceae), Antirrhinum majus, Mecardonia acuminata, Limnophila sessiliflora, Russelia equistiformis, Campylanthus salsoloides (Plantaginaceae), Plectranthus sp., Ocimum sp., Clinopodium vulgare (Lamiaceae), Vaccinium sp. (Ericaceae), Centipeda minima (Asteraceae), Phyla lanceolate (Verbenaceae), Hypoestes betsiliensis (Acanthaceae), Samolus sp. (Primulaceae), Striga asiatica, S. densiflora (Orobanchaceae), Sabatia sp. (Gentianiacaea), and Hydrolea sp. (Hydroleaceae).
Parasitoids: Pristomerus hawaiiensis.
Illustrations: Male and female genitalia (Gielis 1996: figs 50, 187).
description: Published as part of Pathania, Prakash C., Das, Apurva & Chandra, Kailash, 2021, Catalogue of superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov (Lepidoptera) of India, pp. 201-236 in Zootaxa 4915 (2) on pages 221-222, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4915.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/4454312
Additional file 2: of Efficacy of a multi-component exercise programme and nutritional supplementation on musculoskeletal health in men treated with androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer (IMPACT): study protocol of a randomised controlled trial
Creators: name: Owen, Patrick
name: Daly, Robin
name: Livingston, Patricia
name: Mundell, Niamh
name: Via, Jack Dalla
name: Millar, Jeremy
name: Fraser, Steve
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: SPIRIT checklist. (DOC 120 kb)
Amphimallon solstitiale subsp. sibiricum Reitter 1902
Creators: name: Sergeeva, E. V.
name: Stolbov, V. A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Scarabaeidae
Amphimallon
Amphimallon solstitiale
Amphimallon solstitiale sibiricum reitter, 1902

description: Amphimallon solstitiale sibiricum Reitter, 1902
Rhizotrogus solstitialis: Csiki 1901, 88 (ТобоΛьск, гороΑище Искер); КоΛосов 1914, 22 (ЯΛуторовск).
Amphimallon solstitialis: Коршунов 1973, 143 (Октябрьское); Зиновьев 2008, 192; КоΛтунов и Αр. 2009, 65 (Ханты-Мансийск).
Rhizotrogus solstitialis sibiricum: БухкаΛо и Αр. 2011, 174 (ТобоΛьск, окр. с. АбаΛак).
МатериаA. АЮ: Вагайский р-н (окр. НПС «Новопетрово»), Ярковский р-н (окр. с. Δубровное), Нижнетавдинский р-н (окр. оз. Кучак), Тюмень, Тюменский р-н (окр. Α. КривоΑанова), Ишимский р-н (окр. с. ПΛешково).
Распространение. Казахстан, МонгоΛия, Китай. Россия: Сибирь, ΔаΛьний Восток.
description: Published as part of Sergeeva, E. V. & Stolbov, V. A., 2021, The fauna of lamellicorn beetles (Coleoptera, Scarabaeoidea) of the Tyumen Region, pp. 124-145 in Amurian Zoological Journal XIII (1) on page 135, DOI: 10.33910/2686-9519-2021-13-1-124-145, http://zenodo.org/record/11362092
Tunneling dynamics of the relativistic Schrodinger/Salpeter equation
Creators: name: Daem, F.
name: Matzkin, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate potential scattering and tunneling dynamics of a particle wavepacket evolving according to the relativistic Schrödinger equation (also known as the Salpeter equation). The tunneling properties of the Salpeter equation differ from those of the standard relativistic wave equations (such as the Klein-Gordon or Dirac equations). In particular, the tunneling solutions must be found by working in momentum space, given that the equation in configuration space contains a pseudo-differential operator. The resulting integral equations are derived and solved numerically for wavepackets scattering on model potential barriers. The solutions are characterized by the absence of Klein tunneling and an effect of the potential on the fraction of the transmitted wavepacket that propagates outside the light cone, a feature that has in the past been well-studied only for free propagation.
description: Slightly extended, including additional figures
Laccocythere Hart & Hart 1971
Creators: name: Meisch, Claude
name: Smith, Robin J.
name: Martens, Koen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Entocytheridae
Laccocythere

description: Laccocythere Hart & Hart, 1971
* Laccocythere aotearoa Hart & Hart, 1971: AU
description: Published as part of Meisch, Claude, Smith, Robin J. & Martens, Koen, 2024, An updated subjective global checklist of the extant non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea), pp. 1-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 974 on page 72, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.974.2767, http://zenodo.org/record/14500383
Evidence of directional structural superlubricity and Lévy flights in a van der Waals heterostructure
Creators: name: Ster, Maxime Le
name: Krukowski, Paweł
name: Rogala, Maciej
name: Dabrowski, Paweł
name: Lutsyk, Iaroslav
name: Toczek, Klaudia
name: Podlaski, Krzysztof
name: Mendeş, Tefvik O.
name: Genuzio, Francesca
name: Locatelli, Andrea
name: Bian, Guan
name: Chiang, Tai-Chang
name: Brown, Simon A.
name: Kowalczyk, Paweł J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Structural superlubricity is a special frictionless contact in which two crystals are in incommensurate arrangement such that relative in-plane translation is associated with vanishing energy barrier crossing. So far, it has been realized in multilayer graphene and other van der Waals two-dimensional crystals with hexagonal or triangular crystalline symmetries, leading to isotropic frictionless contacts. Directional structural superlubricity, to date unrealized in two-dimensional systems, is possible when the reciprocal lattices of the two crystals coincide in one direction only. Here, we evidence directional structural superlubricity a $α$-bismuthene/graphite van der Waals system, manifested by spontaneous hopping of the islands over hundreds of nanometres at room temperature, resolved by low-energy electron microscopy and supported by registry simulations. Statistical analysis of individual and collective $α$-bismuthene islands populations reveal a heavy-tailed distribution of the hopping lengths and sticking times indicative of L{é}vy flight dynamics, largely unobserved in condensed-matter systems.
description: 14 pages, 10 figures (including Supplementary Information and Supplementary Figures)
Extended bootlier procedure for detection of outliers in univariate samples and linear regression analysis
Creators: name: Xia, Yi
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Determining if a dataset has one or more outliers is a fundamental and challenging problem in statistical analysis. This dissertation introduces a statistical framework that addresses two well-known problems in the outlier analysis.  The first problem (Problem 1) is to detect outliers in independent and identically distributed univariate samples, which is the basic setting of outlier problem. The second problem (Problem 2) is to detect outliers and influential observations in the linear regression analysis, which is a major topic in linear regression model diagnostics and represents a more complete setting.     The proposed framework is motivated by a graphic outlier detection method proposed recently for Problem 1.  It is observed in bootstrapping that some bootstrap samples contain outliers while others do not, when outliers are present in a sample.  Based on this observation, the method discovers that a bootstrap sample statistic (termed “mean – trimmed mean”) is sensitive to outliers, and particularly its histogram is multimodal in the presence of outliers.  Consequently outliers are detected by plotting and visually checking the histogram.  Considering that method captures the essence of outliers that the researches often call, the proposed framework further develops it to a complete inference procedure by constructing a formal statistical test based on a quantitative index that measures the degree of outliers effect.  The proposed framework is first developed to address Problem 1.  A procedure with a formal test is detailed and the large sample theory is developed to support the proposed procedure.  Then, the procedure is extended to linear regression to address Problem 2.  The measures for outliers and influential observations, including several residuals and a square-root version of Cook’s distance, are discussed, and large sample theory is developed for such non-independent case.  In addressing both problems, the simulation studies are conducted and real data examples are explored to show the wide-range application of the proposed framework.  In particular, the comparison with other commonly used methods in the simulation studies demonstrates the overall advantage of the proposed framework.
title: Three Doctoral Programs in Art Education and the 1965 Penn State Seminar
Creators: name: Chang, Eunjung
name: Song, Borim
name: Bae, Jaehan
Publisher: name: The Pennsylvania State University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Published in Transdisciplinary Inquiry, Practice, and Possibilities in Art Education: Proceedings from The Penn State Seminar @50; https://doi.org/10.26209/arted50
A Certifiable Algorithm for Simultaneous Shape Estimation and Object Tracking
Creators: name: Shaikewitz, Lorenzo
name: Ubellacker, Samuel
name: Carlone, Luca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Applications from manipulation to autonomous vehicles rely on robust and general object tracking to safely perform tasks in dynamic environments. We propose the first certifiably optimal category-level approach for simultaneous shape estimation and pose tracking of an object of known category (e.g. a car). Our approach uses 3D semantic keypoint measurements extracted from an RGB-D image sequence, and phrases the estimation as a fixed-lag smoothing problem. Temporal constraints enforce the object's rigidity (fixed shape) and smooth motion according to a constant-twist motion model. The solutions to this problem are the estimates of the object's state (poses, velocities) and shape (paramaterized according to the active shape model) over the smoothing horizon. Our key contribution is to show that despite the non-convexity of the fixed-lag smoothing problem, we can solve it to certifiable optimality using a small-size semidefinite relaxation. We also present a fast outlier rejection scheme that filters out incorrect keypoint detections with shape and time compatibility tests, and wrap our certifiable solver in a graduated non-convexity scheme. We evaluate the proposed approach on synthetic and real data, showcasing its performance in a table-top manipulation scenario and a drone-based vehicle tracking application.
description: Accepted to IEEE RA-L. 11 pages, 6 figures (with appendix). Code released at https://github.com/MIT-SPARK/certifiable_tracking. Video available at https://youtu.be/eTIlVD9pDtc
Additional file 1: Table S1A. of Externalizing behavior is prospectively associated with intake of added sugar and sodium among low socioeconomic status preschoolers in a sex-specific manner
Creators: name: Jansen, Erica
name: Miller, Alison
name: Lumeng, Julie
name: Kaciroti, Niko
name: Herb, Holly Brophy
name: Horodynski, Mildred
name: Contreras, Dawn
name: Peterson, Karen
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Top 10 food groups contributing to sodium intake, Table S1B. Top 10 food groups contributing to added sugar intake. (DOCX 14Â kb)
Spirodiepoxide-based cascade strategies to the upper hemisphere of pectenotoxin-4
Creators: name: Xu, Da
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Disclosed are studies on allene oxidations and functionally diverse motif. The utilization of spirodiepoxide based methodologies in the synthesis of highly functionalized α-tetrahydrofuranyl-α'-hydroxy ketones led to a cascade strategy to the upper hemisphere of pectenotoxin-4. Remarkably, an advanced allene intermediate with six stereo centers and one epoxide was converted to a C1-C19 sector of pectenotoxin-4 with 9 stereo centers including 3 rings in one pot and 26% yield. It is also shown that electrophile capture with osmium enolates resulted in anti-α-halo-α’-hydroxyketone products. This method complements our spirodiepoxide chemistry in stereroselective conversion of chiral allenes. Finally, we envisioned that a cyclodecatrienone, prepared via C-C fragmentation of a cis-decalin derivative, could be built up to Vernonia allenes and other structurally related germacranes by taking advantage of our allene chemistry.
Structure and chemistry of defect passivation at the interface between silicon dioxide and silicon carbide
Creators: name: Xu, Yi
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2014

description: Silicon carbide (SiC) is a wide bandgap semiconductor which has material properties well-suited for high-power, high-temperature electronics applications. The performance of SiC transistors is limited by electrical defects formed at the SiO2/SiC interface under high temperature oxidation. A central goal of this work is to improve our atomic level understanding of electrical defects in SiC devices, and to further develop methods to minimize defects. Introduction of interfacial nitrogen (N) or phosphorus (P) reduces the interface (charge) trap density, increases the SiC charge mobility (in the semiconductor channel), and thus device performance.  This dissertation is focused on the chemistry of the SiO2/SiC interface, the critical interface in future SiC-based devices. We address issues of composition, structure, chemical bonding, and reaction behavior of N and P that we have used to improve device performance.  We report photoemission and ion scattering studies to determine the concentrations of N and P passivating agents at the SiO2/SiC interface, and develop a more complete understanding of the mechanism and kinetics for the passivation processes on different crystallographic surfaces. The study shows that N (and P) passivated SiO2/SiC structures have a thin oxy-nitride (oxy-phosphide) interface dielectric layer that cannot be removed by a buffered HF etchant. The same dielectric structures are completely etched when formed on Si. Atomic scale modeling, combined with our experimental observations, results in the suggestion of likely bonding structures of N and P at the SiO2/SiC interface. The depth profile of N and P at SiO2/SiC interface has also been established and provides further insights into the nature of N and P as surface passivating additives.
Lacrimacandona Kulkoyluoglu 2017
Creators: name: Meisch, Claude
name: Smith, Robin J.
name: Martens, Koen
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Cyprididae
Lacrimacandona

description: Lacrimacandona Külköylüoğlu et al., 2017
* Lacrimacandona wisei Külköylüoğlu et al., 2017: NA
description: Published as part of Meisch, Claude, Smith, Robin J. & Martens, Koen, 2024, An updated subjective global checklist of the extant non-marine Ostracoda (Crustacea), pp. 1-144 in European Journal of Taxonomy 974 on page 72, DOI: 10.5852/ejt.2024.974.2767, http://zenodo.org/record/14500383
BEL VA DUMG'AZA CHIGALLARI;HOSIL BO'LISHI, TOPOGIRAFIYASI,TARMOQLARI VA INNERVATSIYA SOHALARI
Creators: name: Ilmiy ish rahbari: Xalilov Sanjar Abdivohid oʻgʻli Asistent:110-A BS Tilovov Husan Jumanazarova Asila Kurbanova Fariza
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

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