cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
AGN triggering in the infall regions of distant X-ray luminous galaxy clusters at 0.9 < z
Creators: name: Fassbender, R.
name: Suhada, R.
name: Nastasi, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Observational constraints on the average radial distribution profile of AGN in distant galaxy clusters can provide important clues on the triggering mechanisms of AGN activity in dense environments and are essential for a completeness evaluation of cluster selection techniques in the X-ray and mm-wavebands. The aim of this work is a statistical study with XMM-Newton of the presence and distribution of X-ray AGN in the large-scale structure environments of 22 X-ray luminous galaxy clusters in the redshift range 0.9 < z \lesssim 1.6 compiled by the XMM-Newton Distant Cluster Project (XDCP). To this end, the X-ray point source lists from detections in the soft-band (0.35-2.4 keV) and full-band (0.3-7.5 keV) were stacked in cluster-centric coordinates and compared to average background number counts extracted from three independent control fields in the same observations. A significant full-band (soft-band) excess of \sim78 (67) X-ray point sources is found in the cluster fields within an angular distance of 8' (4Mpc) at a statistical confidence level of 4.0 sigma (4.2 sigma), corresponding to an average number of detected excess AGN per cluster environment of 3.5\pm0.9 (3.0\pm0.7). The data point towards a rising radial profile in the cluster region (r<1Mpc) of predominantly low-luminosity AGN with an average detected excess of about one point source per system, with a tentative preferred occurrence along the main cluster elongation axis. A second statistically significant overdensity of brighter soft-band detected AGN is found at cluster-centric distances of 4'-6' (2-3Mpc), corresponding to about three times the average cluster radius R200 of the systems. If confirmed, these results would support the idea of two different physical triggering mechanisms of X-ray AGN activity in dependence of the radially changing large-scale structure environment of the distant clusters.
description: 18 pages, 7 color figures, accepted for publication in Advances in Astronomy for the special issue 'Seeking for the Leading Actor on the Cosmic Stage: Galaxies versus Supermassive Black Holes'
Inhalt / Impressum
Creators: name: Redaktion, Die
Publisher: name: Unser Münster / Die Informationsschrift des Münsterbauvereins Breisach e.V.
Year: 2020

description: Unser Münster / Die Informationsschrift des Münsterbauvereins Breisach e.V., Nr. 57 (2020): Unser Münster: 30 Jahre Unser Münster
Neck Mobility of the Plesiosaur Nichollsaura borealis
Creators: name: Nagesan, Ramon
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biology
subject: Palaeontology
subject: Biomechanics

description: For 135 million years during the Mesozoic the elongate-necked plesiosaurs lived in the oceans around the globe. Using 3D modeling, comparative anatomy, and soft tissue reconstruction I estimated the neck mobility of the plesiosaur, Nichollssaura borealis. I produced a series of 3D models of the cervical vertebral column from computed tomography scans of N. borealis. To quantify the range of motion, the intervertebral mobility was measured along the cervical vertebral column by manipulating the 3D models in the dorso-ventral and medio-lateral planes. The neck moves most in the lateral plane up to a maximum mean intervertebral mobility of 13.51˚ (+/-1.113˚). Extant phylogenetic bracketting was used to reconstruct and map the hypothetical musculature onto the preserved morphology of N. borealis. The hypothesized soft tissues show that musculature used for medio-lateral movements may have dominated in N. borealis. Studying N. borealis’s neck mobility allows us to understand plesiosaur prey captures abilities, hydrodynamics.
Spectra, vacua and the unitarity of Lovelock gravity in D-dimensional AdS spacetimes
Creators: name: Sisman, Tahsin Cagri
name: Gullu, Ibrahim
name: Tekin, Bayram
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explicitly confirm the expectation that generic Lovelock gravity in D dimensions has a unitary massless spin-2 excitation around any one of its constant curvature vacua just like the cosmological Einstein gravity. The propagator of the theory reduces to that of Einstein's gravity, but scattering amplitudes must be computed with an effective Newton's constant which we provide. Tree-level unitarity imposes a single constraint on the parameters of the theory yielding a wide range of unitary region. As an example, we explicitly work out the details of the cubic Lovelock theory.
description: 9 pages, 2 references added
Nucleon Generalized Parton Distributions and Holographic Models
Creators: name: Vega, Alfredo
name: Schmidt, Ivan
name: Gutsche, Thomas
name: Lyubovitskij, Valery E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using ideas from Light Front Holography, we discuss the calculation of the nucleon helicity-independent generalized parton distributions of quarks in the zero skewness case.
description: Prepared for LIGHTCONE 2011, 23 - 27 May, 2011, Dallas
Effect of light polarization on plasma distribution and filament formation
Creators: name: Arissian, L.
name: Mirell, D.
name: Yeak, J.
name: Rostami, S.
name: Diels, J. -C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that, for 200 fs light pulses at 790 nm, the formation of filaments is strongly affected by the laser light polarization . Filamentation does not exist for a pure circularly polarized light, propagating in vacuum before focusing in air, while there is no difference for focusing the light in air or vacuum for linearly polarized light.
description: 4pages 2 figures
Perceptions of success and support by refugee adolescent students and school staff
Creators: name: Sellick, Angelika
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This ethnography was conducted in a sheltered literacy class for adolescent refugee students with interrupted schooling at a high school in Vancouver, B.C. A review of the literature identified a shortage of studies in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) dealing specifically with this population of students, particularly within a Canadian context. The review also identified that literature dealing more generally with refugee students and their schooling experiences did so from a deficiency-based perspective. Finally, it was noted that scholarly publications in TESL over the past several decades have operationalized success predominantly as academic achievement; arguably, this has potentially led to overlooking other forms of accomplishments. In response to the gaps identified in the literature, the present study sought to focus specifically on the perceived successes and support systems by one class of refugee students with interrupted schooling and school staff in a Canadian context. It also aimed to explore alternative ways of understanding success in school which goes beyond academics. Data was collected from twelve students and eight school staff members through semi-structured interviews and observation notes collected by the researcher over a period of ten months. The findings of the study were interpreted through the lens of Urie Bronfenbrenner’s (1979, 2005) ecological theory which situates positive human development within context, as well as the construct of resiliency and poststructuralist view of identity. The first main finding was that most participants did not speak about success as academic achievement, but rather as integration in school life, feeling competent, and forming relationships. A second finding was that while the staff members perceived the students as experiencing success in school, the student participants were hesitant to describe themselves as ‘good’ students. A third finding was that at this particular school, there existed a network of multiple and interconnected support systems which bolstered the students’ perceived successes and were bi-directional in impact.
Subaru weak-lensing study of A2163: bimodal mass structure
Creators: name: Okabe, Nobuhiro
name: Bourdin, Herve
name: Mazzotta, Pasquale
name: Maurogordato, Sophie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a weak-lensing analysis of the merging cluster A2163 using Subaru/Suprime-Cam and CFHT/Mega-Cam data and discuss the dynamics of this cluster merger, based on complementary weak-lensing, X-ray, and optical spectroscopic datasets. From two dimensional multi-component weak-lensing analysis, we reveal that the cluster mass distribution is well described by three main components, including a two component main cluster A2163-A with mass ratio 1:8, and its cluster satellite A2163-B. The bimodal mass distribution in A2163-A is similar to the galaxy density distribution, but appears as spatially segregated from the brightest X-ray emitting gas region. We discuss the possible origins of this gas-dark matter offset and suggest the gas core of the A2163-A subcluster has been stripped away by ram pressure from its dark matter component. The survival of this gas core to the tidal forces exerted by the main cluster let us infer a subcluster accretion with a non-zero impact parameter. Dominated by the most massive component of A2163-A, the mass distribution of A2163 is well described by a universal Navarro-Frenk-White profile as shown by a one-dimensional tangential shear analysis, while the singular-isothermal sphere profile is strongly ruled out. Comparing this cluster mass profile with profiles derived assuming intracluster medium hydrostatic equilibrium (H.E.) in two opposite regions of the cluster atmosphere has allowed us to confirm the prediction of a departure from H.E. in the eastern cluster side, presumably due to shock heating. Yielding a cluster mass estimate of M_{500}=11.18_{-1.46}^{+1.64}\times10^{14}h^{-1}Msun, our mass profile confirm the exceptionally high mass of A2163, consistent with previous analyses relying on the cluster dynamical analysis and Yx mass proxy.
description: 17 pages, 11 figures, ApJ, in press. Full resolution version is available at http://www.asiaa.sinica.edu.tw/~okabe/files/a2163_WL_astroph.pdf
Archäologische Aufschlüsse zum Graben der Friesentorbastion in Köln
Creators: name: Bernhardt, Harald
name: Schäfer, Alfred
name: Tegtmeier, Ursula
name: Zerl, Tanja
Publisher: name: Archäologie im Rheinland
Year: 2020

description: Archäologie im Rheinland, 2017(2018)
Clinical Decision Support System with Adaptive Software Framework for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia Cell Classification
Creators: name: Mohammed, Emad
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Biomedical
subject: Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS)
subject: Machine Learning
subject: Adaptive Software Framework
subject: Classifier Fusion
subject: Dempster-Shafer Theory
subject: Tailored Wrapper Design Pattern
subject: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL)
subject: Bioinformatics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: White Blood Cells
subject: Data Mining

description: This thesis presents a new clinical decision support system (CDSS), which operates within an adaptive software framework and a tailored wrapper design pattern for chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) cell classification. The system goes through a sequence of steps while working with the lymphocyte images: it segments the lymphocyte with average segmentation accuracy of (97% ±0.5 for lymphocyte nucleus and 92.08% ±9.24 for lymphocyte cytoplasm); it extracts features; it selects from those features the relevant ones; and, it then classifies the selected features. The proposed system composite classifier model has a trust factor of 84.16%, accuracy of 87.0%, 84.95% true positive rate, and 10.96% false positive rate. The framework along with the wrapper pattern became a generic interface for any new algorithm. The framework built on top of the data-centric architecture which provides a great flexibility to the system design. The wrapper verifies the new algorithm interface against built-in test procedures.
Narendra Modi And The Transformation Of India’s Pakistan Policy
Creators: name: John Joseph Vater, Yogesh Joshi
Publisher: name: Institute of South Asian Studies
Year: 2020

description: This publication argues that the Modi government has revised India’s Pakistan policy from one of strategic restraint to realist strategic assertiveness. India’s assertive upgrading of its foreign policy can thus be explained by a combination of external and internal factors.
description: Narendra Modi And The Transformation Of India’s Pakistan Policy
Geometry Reconstruction and Finite Element Modelling of Porcine Knee Joint
Creators: name: Zheng, Xiaoyue
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Mechanical
subject: porcine knee joint
subject: geometry reconstruction
subject: CT images
subject: automated indentation mapping
subject: finite element analysis

description: Arthritis is a leading cause of disability in North America. It is believed to be associated with the abnormal contact mechanics of articular cartilage. Contact analyses are widely used to determine the mechanical interplays among the different tissues in the joint. Animal joints are often used to validate a computational model and understand human joint mechanics. The objectives of this research are to construct the geometry of the porcine stifle joint using a combined CT and automated indentation mapping method, and build a finite element model in ABAQUS to determine the joint mechanics. The porcine knee joint model were reconstructed using MATLAB and Rhinoceros. A knee compression was simulated with ABAQUS, which considered fluid pressure and flow in articular cartilages and menisci. The reaction predicted by the model generally agrees with the measurements from laboratory tests, which partially validates the modelling methodology.
Acute Impaired Glucoregulation and Disrupted Gastrointestinal Hormone Secretion in Adolescents in Response to Caffeine-Containing and Nutritionally Fortified “Energy Shots”
Creators: name: Virtanen, Heidi
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Nutrition
subject: Public Health
subject: diabetes
subject: energy drinks
subject: Obesity
subject: pediatrics
subject: insulin resistance

description: Caffeine-containing energy drinks (CCED) are beverages containing simple sugars, caffeine and mixtures of vitamin, mineral and/or herbal preparations which are aggressively marketed to adolescents and young adults. This study analyzed the metabolic impact of acute, non-nutritive sweetener-containing CCED consumption on glucoregulation and gut peptide response in adolescents, and how it is affected by genetic variance. CCED consumption induced acute insulin resistance following an oral glucose tolerance test when compared with placebo, with glucose and insulin concentrations rising by 15.8% and 73.0%, respectively. Glucagon-like peptide-1, gastric inhibitory peptide, C-peptide, and pancreatic peptide YY concentrations rose following caffeine and decaffeinated treatments when compared with placebo. Genetically fast caffeine metabolizers had exaggerated glucose and insulin curves following caffeine trials, while slow metabolizers were relatively unchanged. This response to CCED consumption could be detrimental to individuals predisposed to metabolic deficits. Results provoke further exploration into the mechanisms involved in this transient insulin resistance.
Second-harmonic generation induced by electric currents in GaAs
Creators: name: Ruzicka, Brian A.
name: Werake, Lalani K.
name: Xu, Guowei
name: Khurgin, Jacob B.
name: Sherman, E. Ya.
name: Wu, Judy Z.
name: Zhao, Hui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate a new, nonlinear optical effect of electric currents. First, a steady current is generated by applying a voltage on a doped GaAs crystal. We demonstrate that this current induces second-harmonic generation of a probe laser pulse. Second, we optically inject a transient current in an undoped GaAs crystal by using a pair of ultrafast laser pulses, and demonstrate that it induces the same second-harmonic generation. In both cases, the induced second-order nonlinear susceptibility is proportional to the current density. This effect can be used for nondestructive, noninvasive, and ultrafast imaging of currents. These advantages are illustrated by the real-time observations of a coherent plasma oscillation and spatial resolution of current distribution in a device. This new effect also provides a mechanism for electrical control of the optical response of materials.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures
Novel microporous material-induced high selective membrane for acetic acid dehydration: experiments and molecular modelling
Creators: name: Nagar, Harsha
name: Aniya, Vineet
name: Kesari, Aman
name: Rao, V. V. Basava
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Zeolite Y-doped sulphonated polyethersulphone (SPES) membrane is investigated for acetic acid dehydration by pervaporation. The membrane exhibits desired functional group, semicrystalline nature and high thermal stability with a uniform dispersion of filler. A 15 wt% zeolite Y loading was found to be the most appropriate with a low degree of swelling (30%) and mechanical stability (37 MPa). Molecular dynamic simulation estimates the water and acetic acid which reveals higher diffusivity of water molecules than acetic acid. The RDF analysis shows the high interaction of water molecules towards the zeolite Y and sulphonic group. The simulated diffusivity of acetic acid and water was validated with experimental diffusivity and it was to be in good agreement with an error below ±5%. The effect of different feed water concentrations (3–70 wt %), permeate pressures (1–11 mm Hg) and membrane thicknesses (30–180 μm) was investigated. The synthesised membrane exhibits high selectivity (1261) and optimum flux at a 97:3 ratio of acetic acid:water. The interaction of zeolite Y with SPES induces the hydrophilic nature in the membrane which preferentially improves the diffusion and permeation of water and restricts the acetic acid which causes the optimum water flux with high selectivity.
Lumbopelvic Stability in Non-specific Low Back Pain: Exploring the Relationships between Hip Strengthening, Lumbopelvic Mechanics, and Pain
Creators: name: Kendall, Karen Dawn
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Rehabilitation and Therapy
subject: Low Back Pain
subject: Exercise Rehabilitation
subject: Clinical Biomechanics

description: Low back pain (LBP) is among the most common chronic conditions in Canada and upwards of 85% of low back pain cases become classified as non-specific low back pain (NSLBP) meaning that a definitive diagnosis cannot be found. This represents a significant problem for clinical practitioners treating these individuals. The objective of this research is to address in part two major challenges facing clinical researchers, understanding the mechanisms that contribute to NSLBP and identifying treatment strategies that yield optimal clinical outcomes for individuals with chronic NSLBP. With this research we aimed to contribute new knowledge in two areas for which gaps in the literature exist; the clinical assessment of lumbopelvic stability and the value of specific hip strengthening exercise within exercise therapy programs designed to treat NSLBP. Three studies involving cross-sectional, experimental, and quasi-experimental designs were used to investigate the validity of the Trendelenburg test (TT) as a functional measure of hip abductor muscle (HABD) strength and lumbopelvic stability. A fourth study, a randomized controlled trial was used to compare the efficacy of two exercise therapy programs for the reduction of pain and disability in individuals with NSLBP. The first study revealed non-significant negative correlations between HABD strength and contralateral pelvic drop (cPD) measured during the TT. The second study demonstrated that significant reductions in HABD strength did not result in the compensatory frontal plane motion at the hip pelvis and trunk described by the Trendelenburg’s theory. The third study showed that despite an average reduction in pain of 48%, and significant increases in HABD strength, no changes in cPD were measured during the TT following a specific HABD strengthening program. The randomized controlled trial determined that the addition of hip strengthening to a motor control-focused lumbopelvic exercise program did not result in changes in lumbopelvic mechanics or greater reductions in pain and disability in individuals with NSLBP. In conclusion, the validity of the TT as measure of HABD strength is not supported and suggests that it has limited use as a measure of lumbopelvic stability. Further research to develop optimal exercise therapies for the treatment of NSLBP is needed.
Avenços en el tractament de nens i adolescents amb Síndrome Alcohòlic Fetal: un estudi control de teràpia assistida amb gossos.
Creators: name: Vidal, Laura
name: Vidal, Raquel
name: Ristol, Francesc
name: Domènec, Eva
name: Gómez-Barros, Núria
name: Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 11 (2019): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
Applications of Power Electronics for Renewable Energy
Creators: name: Mohamadiniaye Roodsari, Babak
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
subject: Microhydro Systems
subject: Distributed Electronic Load Controller
subject: Space Vector Modulation
subject: Photovoltaic Systems
subject: Fault Tolerant Space Vector Modulation

description: The use of renewable energy sources is growing in popularity despite the world’s present dependence on fossil fuel energy. This growth is driven in part by technological improvements. One form of renewable energy, hydro power, in recent decades has found a role in small scale systems for rural villages, especially in the developing world. For such microhydro systems, it is possible to control the loading on the generator by electronic means. However, the switching nature of the power electronics introduces undesired harmonics and causes stress in the generator. Hence, a new electronic load controller topology is proposed to reduce the level of the injected harmonic content in the generator stator windings. Another issue in microhydro systems is the lack of effective generator utilization where the generator is off for much of the day or power is wasted in a dump load. Hence a novel controller is proposed, the distributed electronic load controller, installed in each household to reduce the wasted energy in the powerhouse. In a different context, solar photovoltaic power usually requires an inverter to produce AC electrical power. However, there are several challenges in the design of inverter control for photovoltaic and other applications. Modern space vector control methods while providing more flexibility as compared to carrier based methods, have become complex in their implementation. A computationally efficient, universal fast Space Vector Modulation (SVM) algorithm is proposed for the multilevel inverter. The multilevel inverter topology is becoming increasingly popular for many industry applications, but has great appeal in photovoltaic systems since multiple DC sources can be taken advantage of. However, one drawback of multilevel inverter topologies is the large number of switching devices. This increases the probability of failure and decreases system reliability. The high execution speed and simplicity of the proposed fast SVM method is refined and extended in the case of fault tolerant systems and in the case of imbalanced input voltage and power. Simulation and experimental verifications indicate that the proposed electronic load control concepts and SVM concepts are valuable for further investigations.
Exposición temprana a paracetamol y síntomas de déficit de atención e hiperactividad en la infancia: metaanálisis en seis cohortes de nacimento europeas
Creators: name: Alemany, Silvia
name: García-Esteban, Raquel
name: Casas, Maribel
name: Júlvez, Jordi
name: Avella-Garcia, Claudia
name: López-Vicente, Mònica
name: Riaño Galán, Isolina
name: Tardón, Adonina
name: Andiarena, Ainara
name: Santa-Marina, Loreto
name: González, Llúcia
name: Rodríguez-Bernal, Clara L
name: Íñiguez, Carmen
name: Inoue, Kosuke
name: Liew, Zeyan
name: Strandberg- Larsen, Katrine
name: Taylor, Michelle
name: Cadman, Tim
name: Lawlor, Deborah
name: Porta, Daniela
name: Tiemeier, Hening
name: El-Marroun, Hannan
name: Margetaki, Aikaterini
name: Roumeliotaki, Theano
name: Chatzi, Leda
name: Sunyer, Jordi
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 11 (2019): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
Study of Bc-> D_s^* \ell^+ \ell^- in Single Universal Extra Dimension
Creators: name: Yilmaz, U. O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The rare semileptonic Bc-> D_s^* \ell^+ \ell^- decay is studied in the scenario of the universal extra dimension model with a single extra dimension in which inverse of the compactification radius R is the only new parameter. The sensitivity of differential branching ratio, total branching ratio, polarization and forward-backward asymmetries of final state leptons, both for muon and tau, to the compactification parameter is presented. For some physical observables uncertainty on the form factors and resonance contributions have been considered in the calculations. Obtained results, compared with the available data, show that there appear new contributions due to the extra dimension.
description: 19 pages, 36 figures
Exploring Unknown Shores: China’s Small State Diplomacy in the Indian Ocean Region
Creators: name: Ren Yuanzhe,
Publisher: name: Institute of South Asian Studies
Year: 2020

description: In recent years, China’s interest in and strategic engagement with the small island states in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) have increased and reinforced by a number of developments. It is, therefore, crucial to understand its small state diplomacy, not just from the regional perspective, but also globally. Since the inauguration of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013, China has strengthened and enhanced its engagement with these countries. The ‘China factor’ has become indispensable and crucial in the foreign and domestic affairs of the region. The author argues that China’s presence in the IOR and its growing engagements with these states should be interpreted more from a defensive rather than an offensive angle.
description: Exploring Unknown Shores: China’s Small State Diplomacy in the Indian Ocean Region
La prostitucion y el deseo masculino en El ano que trafique con mujeres de Antonio Salas
Creators: name: Georgescu, Florentina
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Language and Literature
subject: Literature--Modern
subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: mediated desire
subject: prostitution
subject: Narrative
subject: journalistic text

description: In my thesis, I study the journalistic work, El año que trafiqué con mujeres by Antonio Salas, published in Madrid by Ediciones Temas de Hoy in 2004, from a literary point of view. I argue that, by presenting himself as the main character of the story, Salas lends his own perspective to describing an infernal world which would remain otherwise mysterious, that of prostitution and particularly of human trafficking. I analyze the prostitute’s characteristic as being “out of the norm” of the female prostitute by means of the theory of abjection. Applying the psychoanalytical approach of the study of the oedipal complex in relation to male behaviour in love, particularly as regards heterosexual desire, allows me to demonstrate that this is the cause of prostitute’s marginalization. The analysis of mediated desire illuminates further the source of male addiction to sexual relations with the prostitute, thus leading to her victimization.
Evidence of Two-Dimensional Quantum Critical Behavior in the Superfluid Density of Deeply Underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x
Creators: name: Yong, Jie
name: Hinton, M. J.
name: McCray, A.
name: Randeria, M.
name: Naamneh, M.
name: Kanigel, A.
name: Lemberger, T. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Evidence of two-dimensional (2D) quantum critical fluctuations is observed in the superfluid density ns(T) \propto $λ$ -2(T) of deeply underdoped Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+x (Bi-2212) films, indicating that quantum fluctuations play a dominant role in underdoped cuprates in general. 2D fluctuations are expressed by the linear scaling, Tc \propto ns(0). 2D scaling in Bi-2212 contrasts with 3D scaling seen in the much less anisotropic YBa2Cu3O7-x. Quantum critical fluctuations could also account for the absence of thermal critical behavior in λ^{-2}(T) of strongly underdoped Bi-2212 samples, Tc < 48 K.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1109.4549
Correlatos entre tipos de personalidad y subtipos moleculares de cáncer de mama
Creators: name: Palazón Llecha, Alba
name: González Cao, María
name: Farré-Sender, Borja
name: Viteri, Santiago
name: Farré Martí, J.M.
name: Lasheras Pérez, Gracia
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 11 (2019): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
In Vitro Friction of Contact Lenses & Model Contact Lens Biomaterials: Effect of Proteoglycan 4
Creators: name: Samsom, Michael
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Engineering
subject: Engineering--Biomedical
subject: Contact lens
subject: Friction
subject: Hydrogel
subject: Proteoglycan 4
subject: Hyaluronan

description: Contact lenses are associated with discomfort and dry eye in many users. Friction is currently the only variable known to correlate with contact lens discomfort. Therefore, one approach to improve the performance of contact lenses could be to reduce their friction. Proteoglycan 4 (PRG4) is a mucin-like glycoprotein that is naturally produced at, and lubricates, the ocular surface. Hyaluronan (HA) is a repeating disaccharide produced in the body that has also been shown to function as a boundary lubricant at biological interfaces. It is possible that PRG4 and HA could be used as boundary lubricants for contact lenses. The interaction between these molecules and contact lens materials have not been thoroughly characterized. The motivation of this thesis was to contribute to the development and use of PRG4 and HA for contact lens hydrogels using physiologically relevant in vitro friction testing techniques. Novel and previously characterized methods were used to synthesize model contact lens hydrogels. In vitro friction testing was used to evaluate the boundary lubrication of PRG4 and HA for model contact lens materials (conventional: pHEMA; silicone hydrogel: pHEMA/TRIS, DMAA/TRIS), and commercially available contact lenses. PRG4 solutions were effective lubricants for model and commercial silicone hydrogels. PRG4, immobilized on the surface, was an effective lubricant for pHEMA/TRIS, but not pHEMA. HA incorporated into bulk materials was only effective for pHEMA/TRIS. HA immobilized on the surface of hydrogels did not effect friction. PRG4+HA combinations were effective for DMAA/TRIS and pHEMA/TRIS. There was evidence for PRG4+HA synergistic lubrication for pHEMA/TRIS, both when HA was incorporated and when PRG4+HA were in solution. A novel lid wiper - commercial contact lens in vitro friction test was developed and could resolve differences between lenses tested in saline, ATS, and worn vs. fresh lenses. These results demonstrate that PRG4 and HA lubrication of contact lens materials is dependent on the composition of surfaces, and is effective for certain hydrogels. Additionally, a physiologically relevant lid wiper - contact lens test was developed and characterized. This work provides a foundation and framework for use of these natural lubricants for current and future contact lens materials.
La influencia de la violencia en el sujeto femenino abyecto en Delirio de Laura Restrepo
Creators: name: Hemstock, Caroline
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: History--Latin American
subject: Anthropology--Cultural
subject: Literature--Latin American
subject: Women's Studies
subject: Female subject
subject: Violence
subject: Restrepo, Laura
subject: Colombian literature

description: Characterized by multifaceted social, political, gender, and familial violence, Colombia has long been considered a country at war with itself. With prolific representations of male-dominated discourse in this environment of violence, which typifies Colombian literature, the representation of the female subject is often infrequent and problematic. This thesis explores the representations of the female body in the novel, Delirio, by Colombian author Laura Restrepo, with the intention of understanding it as an excluded subject, or social abject, created by violence and hegemonic norms. Drawing on an interdisciplinary theoretical approach, from psychoanalysis and cultural theory to feminist studies, this analysis proves that representations of violence fuelled by conservative cultural practices can effectively silence both female-centered literature, and female agency within Restrepo’s novel.
The 2019 Indian General Election and its Implications
Creators: name: Diego Maiorano And Ronojoy Sen,
Publisher: name: Institute of South Asian Studies
Year: 2020

description: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won a landslide victory in the 2019 Indian general election. Though the margin of the BJP’s victory in 2019, where it won 37.4 per cent of the vote share, was nearly six per cent higher than in 2014, the fundamentals of the victory were similar to that in 2014. In this publication, we look at six factors that were crucial to the BJP’s victory in 2019 and assess some of the implications for future policy and goverce. These factors are Modi’s popularity and vote catching abilities; the BJP’s geographical expansion; the caste composition of the BJP’s support base and marginalisation of minorities; the emergence of nationalism and national security as electoral campaign issues; the ruralisation of the BJP; and the importance of welfare schemes.
description: The 2019 Indian General Election and its Implications
Additional file 1 of Transcriptional and biochemical analyses of Planomicrobium strain AX6 from Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, China, reveal hydrogen peroxide scavenging potential
Creators: name: Bahadur, Ali
name: Li, Ting
name: Sajjad, Wasim
name: Nasir, Fahad
name: Zia, Muhammad Amir
name: Wu, Minghui
name: Zhang, Gaosen
name: Liu, Guangxiu
name: Chen, Tuo
name: Zhang, Wei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. The ability of anti-oxidantstrains to remove various oxidants: differentconcentrations of hydrogen peroxide (0, 1.5, and 3 mM of H2O2).Planomicrobium-AX6 is an antioxidantstrain isolated from the Qaidam Basin; the model strain Escherichia coli was used as a negative control; Deinococcus radiodurans was used as apositive control. Table S2. Summary of the sequencing data of strain Planomicrobium-AX6. Table S3 Selected significantly differentially expressed genes (DEGs) for strainPlanomicrobium-AX6 when exposed for 4hr to H2O2 concentration (1.5 mM). Fig. S1. Response of Planomicrobium-AX6to H2O2 treatments. A:Survival rate. On the survival response of exponentially growing Planomicrobium-AX6 exposed to H2O2treatment. B: Challenge time. Atspecific time intervals, samples were diluted and plated on agar medium tomonitor cell viability. The data are means of triplicate points. Fig. S2. Clusters of Orthologous Groups (COG)classification of the Planomicrobium-AX6were annotated and grouped into 21 specific categories.
On Exchange of Orbital Angular Momentum Between Twisted Photons and Atomic Electrons
Creators: name: Davis, Basil S.
name: Kaplan, L.
name: McGuire, J. H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We obtain an expression for the matrix element for a twisted (Laguerre-Gaussian profile) photon scattering from a hydrogen atom. We consider photons incoming with an orbital angular momentum (OAM) of $\ell \hbar$, carried by a factor of $e^{i \ell ϕ}$ not present in a plane-wave or pure Gaussian profile beam. The nature of the transfer of $+2\ell$ units of OAM from the photon to the azimuthal atomic quantum number of the atom is investigated. We obtain simple formulae for these OAM flip transitions for elastic forward scattering of twisted photons when the photon wavelength $λ$ is large compared with the atomic target size $a$, and small compared the Rayleigh range $z_R$, which characterizes the collimation length of the twisted photon beam.
description: 16 pages
Hierarchical Clustering and Similarity Statistics for Solving and Investigating Cell Formation Problems
Creators: name: Zhu, Yingyu
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Mechanical
subject: Cell formation problems
subject: Clustering algorithm
subject: Statistical analysis
subject: Similarity value

description: In cellular manufacturing, cell formation (CF) is to group similar machines into manufacturing cells and parts to product families. This research focuses on advancing hierarchical clustering to solve CF problems and analyzing similarity statistics to investigate CF problems. In the first aspect, the purpose is to find high-quality solutions for CF problems considering production information. Two-mode similarity coefficient is applied to simultaneously form machine groups and part families based on the classical framework of hierarchical clustering. The proposed simultaneous clustering algorithm has been tested through some literature examples. The results demonstrate that the proposed method can at least yield solutions comparable to the solutions obtained by metaheuristics. In the second aspect, the purpose is to distinguish whether a CF problem is difficult or not so that the users can decide whether using economical heuristics or relatively demanding metaheuristics for problem solving. Histograms are used to report the distribution of similarity values. The histogram of a not-difficult problem often presents a U-shape. To further quantify this observation, proxy measure from the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test is used to examine how well the distribution of similarity values fits the normal distribution which the similarity values of a difficult CF problem tend to show. By judging whether the proxy measure is high or low, the difficulty of a given CF problem can be determined. Sixty random matrices are used to examine the statistical approach, and the analysis results are verified by using simultaneous clustering method and genetic algorithm to solve these matrices. The results indicate that the proposed method can discern the difficulty of CF problems so that the users can select proper solutions approaches.
Psicología Clínica y Psiquiatría de Enlace en el traspalnte pediátrico de órgano sólido
Creators: name: Forner Puntonet, Mireia
name: Lara Y Castillo, Benjamín
name: Gisbert Gustemps, Laura
name: Parramon Puig, Gemma
name: Ramos-Quiroga, Josep Antoni
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 11 (2019): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
Additional file 3: of Phylogeography of Bellamya (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Viviparidae) snails on different continents: contrasting patterns of diversification in China and East Africa
Creators: name: Gu, Qian
name: Husemann, Martin
name: Wu, Hui
name: Dong, Jing
name: Zhou, Chuan
name: Wang, Xian
name: Gao, Yun
name: Zhang, Man
name: Zhu, Guo
name: Nie, Guo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Figure S3. Phylogenetic tree of Bellamya generated from COI sequences constructed by RAxML 8.0. Numbers above the branches represent bootlstrap values (> 50%) for maximum likelihood estimations and the posterior probability (Bayesian inference, BI > 0.50) calculated by Mrbayes. (PDF 606 kb)
India and the World in Modi’s Second Term
Creators: name: Yogesh Joshi, Nishant Rajeev, Wini Fred Gurung
Publisher: name: Institute of South Asian Studies
Year: 2020

description: The Institute of South Asian Studies held a virtual roundtable on 4 August 2020 to examine Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s most significant foreign policy challenge: how to accommodate and further India’s interests in a world increasingly fraught with great power friction, the decaying legitimacy of international norms and institutions, retreating globalisation and an unstable neighbourhood.
description: India and the World in Modi’s Second Term
Identification of Prolactin-Regulated Factors Contributing to Breast Cancer-Mediated Osteoclastogenesis
Creators: name: Forsyth, Amanda Nicole
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biology--Cell
Biology--Molecular
Oncology

description: High serum levels of prolactin increase risk of breast cancer as well as increase metastasis in breast cancer patients. Bone is a preferential site of breast cancer metastasis and breast tumors are known to secrete soluble factors that enhance bone breakdown by stimulating differentiation and maturation of osteoclasts. This project conducted gene and cytokine arrays to elucidate the mechanism by which prolactin contributes to breast cancer-mediated osteoclastogenesis. Here we demonstrate that sonic hedgehog is a prolactin-regulated cytokine in breast cancer cells and is part of the mechanism that induces osteoclast differentiation. Furthermore, sonic hedgehog is expressed more frequently in breast invasive carcinoma tissue than normal tissue, supporting its role in tumor progression and metastasis. This mechanism can lead to the development of novel therapies to help alleviate osteolysis experienced by breast cancer patients.
Two-channel Kondo physics in two-impurity Kondo models
Creators: name: Mitchell, Andrew K.
name: Sela, Eran
name: Logan, David E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the non-Fermi liquid quantum critical state of the spin-S two-impurity Kondo model, and its potential realization in a quantum dot device. Using conformal field theory (CFT) and the numerical renormalization group (NRG), we show the critical point to be identical to that of the two-channel Kondo model with additional potential scattering, for any spin-S. Distinct conductance signatures are shown to arise as a function of device asymmetry; with the `smoking gun' square-root behavior, commonly believed to arise at low-energies, dominant only in certain regimes.
description: 4.5 pages (with 3 figures) + 9 pages (with 4 figures) supplementary material
Is There a ‘BJP System’ in Indian Politics?
Creators: name: Diego Maiorano, Ronojoy Sen, John Joseph Vater
Publisher: name: Institute of South Asian Studies
Year: 2020

description: This Special Report draws from the discussions to analyse characteristics of the party system, as it currently stands, to extrapolate medium-term trends. The report sets out to examine whether the ‘BJP System’ is in fact a domit party system; how its domice differs from that of the Congress; and to assess the system’s aims, tools and context by looking at the BJP’s electoral and cultural domice, including its ramifications for democratic institutions.
description: Is There a ‘BJP System’ in Indian Politics?
The COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact on South Asia
Creators: name: Archana Atmakuri, Chulanee Attanayake, Keshav Bashyal, Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury, Mohammad Tarikul Islam, Muhammad Bin Khalid, Shivshankar Menon, Deeparghya Mukherjee, Karthik Nachiappan, Amitendu Palit, MMd Mustafizur Rahman, Vinod Rai, Dipinder S Randhawa, Amit Ranjan, Ronojoy Sen, Iqbal Singh Sevea, S Narayan and Bilesha Weeraratne
Publisher: name: Institute of South Asian Studies
Year: 2020

description: The Institute of South Asian Studies has collated papers on the COVID-19 outbreak in South Asia prepared by its researchers and invited scholars into a Special Report. It offers a comprehensive coverage of the pandemic and its impact on the South Asian countries. Among other, it discusses issues relating to the economy, migration and remittances, tourism, public health and online battles.
description: The COVID-19 Pandemic: Impact on South Asia