cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Self-accelerating universe in scalar-tensor theories after GW170817
Creators: name: Crisostomi, Marco
name: Koyama, Kazuya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recent simultaneous detection of gravitational waves and a gamma ray burst from a neutron star merger significantly shrank the space of viable scalar-tensor theories by demanding that the speed of gravity is equal to that of light. The survived theories belong to the class of degenerate higher order scalar-tensor theories. We study whether these theories are suitable as dark energy candidates. We find scaling solutions in the matter dominated universe that lead to de Sitter solutions at late times without the cosmological constant, realising self-acceleration. We evaluate quasi-static perturbations around self-accelerating solutions and show that the stringent constraints coming from astrophysical objects and gravitational waves can be satisfied, leaving interesting possibilities to test these theories by cosmological observations.
description: 15 pages, 4 figures, references added, typos corrected, published version
The CERT Function Extraction Experiment: Quantifying FX Impact on Software Comprehension and Verification
Creators: name: Collins, Roseann W.
name: Walton, Gwendolyn H.
name: Hevner, Alan R.
name: Linger, Richard C.
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Function Extraction (FX) is a new, theory-based technology for automated calculation of the functional behavior of software. The CERT Function Extraction experiment was conducted so as to better understand the impact of FX on human comprehension and verification of soft-ware and to rigorously quantify the business case for FX technology. This report describes the results of the controlled experiment that was performed to compare traditional manual methods of comprehension with automated behavior computation using an FX prototype. The results of the experiment show a substantial increase in human capabilities for software comprehension and verification using FX technology.
A unified approach to the derivation of work theorems for equilibrium and steady-state, classical and quantum Hamiltonian systems
Creators: name: Gelin, M. F.
name: Kosov, D. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a unified and simple method for deriving work theorems for classical and quantum Hamiltonian systems, both under equilibrium conditions and in a steady state. Throughout the paper, we adopt the partitioning of the total Hamiltonian into the system part, the bath part, and their coupling. We rederive many equalities which are available in the literature and obtain a number of new equalities for nonequilibrium classical and quantum systems. Our results can be useful for determining partition functions and (generalized) free energies through simulations and/or measurements performed on nonequilibrium systems.
Veux-tu jouer avec moi : Le clown social en contextes autochtones
Creators: name: Manseau-Lafond, Chloé
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022

description: Jouer et rire ensemble peuvent-ils créer des liens entre autochtones et allochtones? C’est ce que propose l’approche du clown humanitaire, ici nommée clown social, définie dans ce mémoire. Interprétée comme étant une forme d’intervention informelle et d’activisme, le clown social utilise le spectacle, le clown thérapeutique, le jeu interactif et le clown social comme outils pour favoriser le mieux-être et créer des relations avec les populations visitées. Les entrevues semi-dirigées réalisées auprès de deux clowns professionnels et de deux personnes participantes aux activités ont permis de comparer les interventions en contextes autochtones et l’approche générale ainsi que d’identifier des suggestions pour l’amélioration des pratiques sur l’Île de la Tortue (Amérique du Nord). Les concepts de jeu, d’humour et de décolonisation, de même que les méthodologies autochtones guident ce processus de recherche et la rédaction de cet écrit. Mots clés : Clown humanitaire, Clown social, Communautés autochtones, Intervention informelle, Intervention auprès des jeunes autochtones, Humour, Premières Nations, Art social, Cirque social, Clown thérapeutique
QUALITY MANAGEMENT OF SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION
Creators: name: Latifova, Mavjuda
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ushbu maqolada umumiy o'rta ta'lim muassasalarida ta'lim sifatini boshqarish masalalari, zamonaviy yondashuvlar va samarali mexanizmlar tahlil qilingan. Ta'lim sifatini oshirish uchun zarur bo'lgan asosiy omillar, xalqaro tajribalar va innovatsion usullar o'rganilgan. Maqolada ta'lim sifatini boshqarishning zamonaviy tendensiyalari va istiqbollari yoritilgan.
THE IMPACT OF MICROFINANCE ON FINANCIAL INCLUSION IN THE WAEMU’S COUNTRIES AND ITS IMPLICATIONS
Creators: name: Salami, Anira
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2021

description: This study aims to evaluate the impact of microfinance institutions on financial inclusion in developing countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa in the West African Economic Monetary Union. The objective is attained through time-fixed effects, clustered by countries. The estimation results revealed that microfinances have a positive impact on financial inclusion, which is statistically significant when using fixed-effects modelling with clustering by countries. When adding more controls, the interest rate is a determinant of inclusion but has a negative effect on it. The gross domestic product growth rate per year and the proportion of individuals living in rural areas also play a role. Investment in the development of microfinance is necessary to achieve inclusion. However, other driving forces should be used as well such as urbanisation, economic growth, to ensure everyone is included and benefit from it.
La cláusula de exclusión probatoria en las audiencias preliminares
Creators: name: Quinayas Escobar, Gustavo
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Victimas
subject: Función judicial
subject: Derechos humanos
subject: Cláusula de exclusión probatoria
subject: Audiencias preliminares
subject: Elementos materiales probatorios
subject: Prueba ilegal
subject: Prueba ilícita

description: La Constitución Política, en su artículo 29, inciso final, incorpora la regla de exclusión probatoria al establecer que “es nula de pleno derecho la prueba obtenida con violación al debido proceso”, lo cual significa que en todo proceso judicial la prueba debe ser sometida a una validación constitucional. Este examen es relevante en materia penal dado que en este tipo de procesos está en tensión el derecho fundamental a la libertad, que se puede restringir desde el inicio del proceso por medio de una detención preventiva. Aunque se trate de una etapa incipiente, no está ajena a los efectos de la cláusula de exclusión, pues no puede haber investigación o proceso desprovisto del debido proceso. Sin embargo, la jurisprudencia de la Sala Penal de la Corte Suprema de Justicia indica lo contrario, al establecer que el Juez de control de garantías solo puede aplicar dicha garantía solo en los eventos delos artículos 232 al 235 del CPP, otros análisis quedan relegados a una etapa posterior (audiencia preparatoria) y a otro juez (de conocimiento), mientras tanto un procesado podría ser privado de la libertad con prueba irregular, lo que resulta inconstitucional, como se demuestra en este trabajo.
description: The Political Constitution, in its article 29, final paragraph, incorporates the rule of exclusion of evidence by establishing that "evidence obtained in violation of due process is null and void", which means that in all judicial proceedings the evidence must be submitted to constitutional validation. This examination is relevant in criminal matters since in this type of process the fundamental right to liberty is in tension, which can be restricted from the beginning of the process by means of preventive detention. Although it is an incipient stage, it is not exempt from the effects of the exclusion clause, since there can be no investigation or process devoid of due process. However, the jurisprudence of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice indicates the opposite, by establishing that the guarantee control Judge can only apply said guarantee only in the events of articles 232 to 235 of the CPP, other analyzes are relegated to a later stage (preparatory hearing) and another judge (knowing), meanwhile a defendant could be deprived of liberty with irregular evidence, which is unconstitutional as demonstrated in this work.
Towards an M5-Brane Model I: A 6d Superconformal Field Theory
Creators: name: Saemann, Christian
name: Schmidt, Lennart
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an action for a six-dimensional superconformal field theory containing a non-abelian tensor multiplet. All of the ingredients of this action have been available in the literature. We bring these pieces together by choosing the string Lie 2-algebra as a gauge structure, which we motivated in previous work. The kinematical data contains a connection on a categorified principal bundle, which is the appropriate mathematical description of the parallel transport of self-dual strings. Our action can be written down for each of the simply laced Dynkin diagrams, and each case reduces to a four-dimensional supersymmetric Yang--Mills theory with corresponding gauge Lie algebra. Our action also reduces nicely to an M2-brane model which is a deformation of the ABJM model. While this action is certainly not the desired M5-brane model, we regard it as a key stepping stone towards a potential construction of the (2,0)-theory.
description: 1+39 pages, v3: minor improvements, published version
The Business Case for Systems Engineering: Comparison of Defense-Domain and Non-Defense Projects
Creators: name: Elm, Joseph P.
name: Goldenson, Dennis
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This report summarizes analysis of data collected from the 2011 Systems Engineering (SE) Effectiveness Survey performed by the National Defense Industrial Association Systems Engineering Division, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society, and the Software Engineering Institute. This analysis examined the differences in the deployment and impact of SE activities between defense-domain projects and non-defense projects. The analysis found significant differences in both the deployment of SE in the two domains and the effectiveness of the SE. The report identifies specific process areas where effectiveness in one domain is noticeably higher than in the other. Further research to understand these differences will benefit both domains by enabling them to share best practices.
The Business Case for Systems Engineering Study: Results of the Systems Engineering Effectiveness Survey
Creators: name: Elm, Joseph P.
name: Goldenson, Dennis
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This report summarizes the results of a survey that had the goal of quantifying the connection between the application of systems engineering (SE) best practices to projects and programs and the performance of those projects and programs. The survey population consisted of projects and programs executed by system developers reached through the National Defense Industrial Association Systems Engineering Division (NDIA-SED), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society (IEEE-AESS), and the International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE). Analysis of survey responses revealed strong statistical relationships between project performance and several categories of specific SE best practices. The survey results show notable differences in the relationship between SE best practices and performance between more challenging and less challenging projects. The statistical relationship with project performance is quite strong for survey data of this kind when both SE capability and project challenge are considered together.
Rare top quark decays at a 100 TeV proton-proton collider: $t \rightarrow bWZ$ and $t\rightarrow hc$
Creators: name: Papaefstathiou, Andreas
name: Tetlalmatzi-Xolocotzi, Gilberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate extremely rare top quark decays at a future proton-proton collider with centre-of-mass energy of 100 TeV. We focus on two decay modes: radiative decay with a $Z$ boson, $t \rightarrow b WZ$, and flavour-changing neutral decay with a Higgs boson, $t \rightarrow h c$, the former being kinematically suppressed with a branching ratio of $\mathcal{O}(10^{-6})$, and the latter highly loop-suppresed, with a branching ratio of $\mathcal{O}(10^{-15})$. We find that $t \rightarrow b WZ$ will be very challenging to observe in top quark pair production, even within well-motivated beyond-the-Standard Model scenarios. For the mode $t\rightarrow h c$ we find a stronger sensitivity than that obtained by any future LHC measurement by at least one order of magnitude.
description: Matches published version, two column, 8 pages, 4 figures
title: ADCO, Neuvième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661 - 1684), Cart. 32 (G 136), 745 folios, f. 0962
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2012
name: Petot, Frédéric
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: cartulaire
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: Neuvième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661 - 1684), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 32 (G 136), 745 folios, f. 0962, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Neuvième cartulaire de Saint-Étienne de Dijon (1661 - 1684), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 32 (G 136), 745 folios, f. 0962, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https:// manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: abbaye Saint-Étienne de Dijon
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q15945019
Inhibition of the Gerozyme 15-PGDH Promotes Recovery from Disuse Atrophy and Muscle Weakness
Creators: name: Arias, Ari
name: Blau, Helen
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2026
Subjects: subject: Aging
subject: Sarcopenia
subject: Neuromuscular junction
subject: Hindlimb Unloading
subject: 15-PGDH
subject: Gerozyme

description: Aging causes a decline in muscle mass and function, which in extreme cases results in sarcopenia. Sarcopenia is associated with a higher risk of falls, hospitalizations, and surgeries that lead to periods of bed rest and muscle disuse. Periods of disuse exacerbate muscle atrophy and weakness from which elderly patients are often unable to fully recover, triggering a vicious cycle that increases frailty and loss of independence. The neuromuscular junction (NMJ) is the interface by which the nervous system signals contraction to muscles. Both aging and disuse alter muscle composition, performance, and NMJ structural and functional stability. The Blau lab recently reported that the gerozyme 15-prostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH) is upregulated in aged muscle tissue, and its inhibition rejuvenates skeletal muscle by improving muscle mass, strength, and NMJ innervation lost in aging. We aimed to test whether 15-PGDH is further upregulated in old mice undergoing muscle disuse, hypothesizing that 15-PGDH inhibition promotes recovery post-disuse. To model disuse, we relied on a hindlimb unloading protocol that prevented mice from using their hindlimbs. We utilized force measurements to assess muscle strength and immunofluorescence to assess innervation, NMJ morphology, and muscle atrophy after 3, 7, and 14 days of unloading. Unloading reduced NMJ endplate area and decreased force generated by nerve stimulation vs muscle stimulation, indicating inhibition of neuromuscular transmission. We also observed a reduction in muscle force and mass. To determine if 15-PGDH could improve recovery after unloading, unloaded mice were treated with a 15-PGDH inhibitor throughout a 14-day re-loading (recovery) period. Relative to vehicle-treated controls, the muscles of old treated mice were able to exert more force and force per muscle unit. More investigation is needed to determine the effect of treatment on the NMJ. Together, these data indicate that 15-PGDH inhibition is a potential therapy to recover muscle function following disuse.
The Business Case for Systems Engineering Study: Assessing Project Performance from Sparse Data
Creators: name: Elm, Joseph P.
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This report describes the data collection and analysis process used to support the assessment of project performance for the systems engineering (SE) effectiveness study being conducted by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI), the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) Systems Engineering Division, and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society. This study seeks to identify relationships between the application of specific systems engineering practices on development projects, and the performance of those projects, as measured by their satisfaction of budget, schedule, and technical requirements.
高山の公式.pdf
Creators: name: Takayama, Ryo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 490499
subject: Pure mathematics not elsewhere classified

description: 四角形の面積公式はブレットシュナイダーの公式が一般的であるが、一組の向かい合う辺と四つの角による四角形の面積公式が発見された。これを高山の公式と呼ぶ。また、その公式の証明。
MOESM7 of High-throughput sequencing of CD4+ T cell repertoire reveals disease-specific signatures in IgG4-related disease
Creators: name: Wang, Liwen
name: Zhang, Panpan
name: Li, Jieqiong
name: Lu, Hui
name: Peng, Linyi
name: Ling, Jing
name: Zhang, Xuan
name: Zeng, Xiaofeng
name: Zhao, Yan
name: Zhang, Wen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Additional file 7. : Bootstrap resampling for the frequency of sequences associated with each immune function. Bootstrap resampling was applied to the following parameters: the frequency of TCR sequences associated with pathogens, autoimmune, cancer, and allergy. Left panel: The distribution of bootstrap means of each variable in healthy controls and IgG4-RD patients. Estimated means and 95% confidence intervals of each variable were also displayed on the plot. Middle panel: Bootlier plot of each variable in healthy controls and IgG4-RD patients. Results of Bootlier test were also displayed on the plot. Right panel: Group comparison by nonparametric bootstrap t-test with pooled resampling method. Bootstrap t values were calculated according to Dwivedi et al. [30]. The distribution of bootstrap t values and observed t values were shown.
Interventions for Indigenous Peoples Making Health Decisions: A Systematic Review
Creators: name: Jull, Janet
name: Crispo, James
name: Welch, Vivian
name: MacDonald, Heather
name: Brascoupe, Simon
name: Boyer, Yvonne
name: Stacey, Dawn
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Indigenous peoples
Aboriginal peoples
children and youth
First Nations
Inuit
Métis
decision making
intervention studies
equity
systematic review

description: Background: In general populations, shared decision making (SDM) facilitates care provider and consumer collaboration for informed health decisions. This study identifies SDM interventions to support Indigenous peoples making health decisions. Methods: A systematic review developed in dialogue with stakeholders using the Cochrane Handbook. A comprehensive search was conducted of electronic databases including all dates to present. Two independent researchers screened and quality appraised included studies. Findings were analyzed descriptively and reported using guidelines for equity focused systematic reviews. Results: Of 1,769 citations screened, 1 study was eligible for inclusion. This study was a randomized control trial rated as low quality for randomization and unclear for the other risk of bias criteria (allocation concealment, performance, detection, attrition, reporting bias). The study was conducted in the US with 44 students ages 11–13, and representative of Pueblo, Navajo, Hopi, and Jicarilla Apache Indian Nations. A culturally relevant tool assessed student decision-making skills before and after intervention. Students demonstrated increased decision making knowledge and were able to apply a four-step decision-making process to health situations. Conclusions: There is a lack of studies evaluating SDM among Indigenous peoples. One study demonstrated that a culturally relevant approach improved knowledge and application of decision-making skills. Further studies are needed.
Generation of polarization entanglement from spatially-correlated photons in spontaneous parametric down-conversion
Creators: name: Shimizu, Ryosuke
name: Yamaguchi, Takashi
name: Mitsumori, Yasuyoshi
name: Kosaka, Hideo
name: Edamatsu, Keiichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a novel scheme to generate polarization entanglement from spatially-correlated photon pairs. We experimentally realized a scheme by means of a spatial correlation effect in a spontaneous parametric down-conversion and a modified Michelson interferometer. The scheme we propose in this paper can be interpreted as a conversion process from spatial correlation to polarization entanglement.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures
Influencia de las universidades locales en el desarrollo económico de la ciudad de Medellín – Antioquia, 2010 – 2020
Creators: name: Valbuena Pineda, Luis Sebastián
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Desarrollo económico
subject: Innovaciones educativas
subject: Universidades
subject: Sistemas regionales de innovación
subject: Medellín – Antioquia
subject: G6
subject: Relación U-E
subject: Spin Off

description: Estudio de caso de carácter cualitativo descriptivo tomando como base la información plasmada en los documentos y textos institucionales en donde la investigación se centró en el contexto del desarrollo de los aspectos de CTeI en las universidades del G6 de la ciudad de Medellín – Antioquia en el periodo comprendido del año 2010 al 2020. Determinando los roles e influencias de estas instituciones de educación superior en el desarrollo económico de la capital antioqueña. Iniciando con un repaso de las diversas teorías y menciones de autores que han hecho a lo largo de la historia sobre la innovación y su relación con el progreso de las naciones y en este caso particular en el de las regiones, logrando de esta manera identificar los actores que forman parte de los sistemas de innovación y los elementos en común que permitieron responder a mi pregunta de investigación.
description: Case study of a descriptive qualitative based on the information in the institutional documents and texts where the research focused on the context of the development of the aspects of CTeI in the G6 universities of the city of Medellín - Antioquia in the period from 2010 to 2020. Determining the roles and influences of these higher education institutions in the economic development of the capital of Antioquia. Starting with a review of the various theories and mentions of authors who have made throughout history about innovation and its relationship with the progress of nations and in this particular case in that of the regions, thus achieving to identify the actors that are part of the innovation systems and the common elements that allowed answering my research question.
Additional file 7 of Epidemiological trends of maternal hypertensive disorders of pregnancy at the global, regional, and national levels: a population‐based study
Creators: name: Wang, Wei
name: Xie, Xin
name: Yuan, Ting
name: Wang, Yanyan
name: Zhao, Fei
name: Zhou, Zhangjian
name: Zhang, Hao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Supplementary Table 5.The EACP of the ASIR of HDP in different countries and regions from 1990 to 2019.
Incoherent transport for phases that spontaneously break translations
Creators: name: Donos, Aristomenis
name: Gauntlett, Jerome P.
name: Griffin, Tom
name: Ziogas, Vaios
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider phases of matter at finite charge density which spontaneously break spatial translations. Without taking a hydrodynamic limit we identify a boost invariant incoherent current operator. We also derive expressions for the small frequency behaviour of the thermoelectric conductivities generalising those that have been derived in a translationally invariant context. Within holographic constructions we show that the DC conductivity for the incoherent current can be obtained from a solution to a Stokes flow for an auxiliary fluid on the black hole horizon combined with specific thermodynamic quantities associated with the equilibrium black hole solutions.
description: 16 pages. Small typo in C.10 fixed. Published version
The Architecture Analysis & Design Language (AADL): An Introduction
Creators: name: Feiler, Peter H.
name: Gluch, David
name: Hudak, John J.
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In November 2004, the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) released the aerospace standard AS5506, named the Architecture Analysis & Design Language (AADL). The AADL is a modeling language that supports early and repeated analyses of a system's architecture with respect to performance-critical properties through an extendable notation, a tool framework, and precisely defined semantics. The language employs formal modeling concepts for the description and analysis of application system architectures in terms of distinct components and their interactions. It includes abstractions of software, computational hardware, and system components for (a) specifying and analyzing real-time embedded and high dependability systems, complex systems of systems, and specialized performance capability systems and (b) mapping of software onto computational hardware elements. The AADL is especially effective for model-based analysis and specification of complex real-time embedded systems. This technical note is an introduction to the concepts, language structure, and application of the AADL.
Computational modeling of beam-customization devices for heavy-charged-particle radiotherapy
Creators: name: Kanematsu, Nobuyuki
name: Yonai, Shunsuke
name: Ishizaki, Azusa
name: Torikoshi, Masami
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A model for beam customization with collimators and a range-compensating filter based on the phase-space theory for beam transport is presented for dose distribution calculation in treatment planning of radiotherapy with protons and heavier ions. Independent handling of pencil beams in conventional pencil-beam algorithms causes unphysical collimator-height dependence in the middle of large fields, which is resolved by the framework comprised of generation, transport, collimation, regeneration, range-compensation, and edge-sharpening processes with a matrix of pencil beams. The model was verified to be consistent with measurement and analytic estimation at a submillimeter level in penumbra of individual collimators with a combinational-collimated carbon-ion beam. The model computation is fast, accurate, and readily applicable to pencil-beam algorithms in treatment planning with capability of combinational collimation to make best use of the beam-customization devices.
description: 16 pages, 5 figures
Soft modes and strain redistribution in continuous models of amorphous plasticity: the Eshelby paradigm, and beyond?
Creators: name: Cao, Xiangyu
name: Nicolas, Alexandre
name: Trimcev, Denny
name: Rosso, Alberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The deformation of disordered solids relies on swift and localised rearrangements of particles. The inspection of soft vibrational modes can help predict the locations of these rearrangements, while the strain that they actually redistribute mediates collective effects. Here, we study soft modes and strain redistribution in a two-dimensional continuous mesoscopic model based on a Ginzburg-Landau free energy for perfect solids, supplemented with a plastic disorder potential that accounts for shear softening and rearrangements. Regardless of the disorder strength, our numerical simulations show soft modes that are always sharply peaked at the softest point of the material (unlike what happens for the depinning of an elastic interface). Contrary to widespread views, the deformation halo around this peak does not always have a quadrupolar (Eshelby-like) shape. Instead, for finite and narrowly-distributed disorder, it looks like a fracture, with a strain field that concentrates along some easy directions. These findings are rationalised with analytical calculations in the case where the plastic disorder is confined to a point-like `impurity'. In this case, we unveil a continuous family of elastic propagators, which are identical for the soft modes and for the equilibrium configurations. This family interpolates between the standard quadrupolar propagator and the fracture-like one as the anisotropy of the elastic medium is increased. Therefore, we expect to see a fracture-like propagator when extended regions on the brink of failure have already softened along the shear direction and thus rendered the material anisotropic, but not failed yet. We speculate that this might be the case in carefully aged glasses just before macroscopic failure.
description: 13 pages, 6 figures + references, minor corrections
La acción de tutela en contra de particulares
Creators: name: Julio Estrada, Alexei
name: Upegui Mejia, Juan Carlos
Publisher: name: Universidad Externado de Colombia. Departamento de Derecho Constitucional
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Acción de tutela - Colombia
subject: Igualdad ante la ley – Colombia
subject: Tribunales laborales - Colombia

description: La eficacia de los derechos fundamentales entre particulares (Drittwirkung) ha sido objeto de múltiples debates teóricos, sobre todo en Alemania luego de la entrada en vigor de la Ley Fundamental de Bonn. Este debate no solo tenía un componente teórico, sino que desde sus inicios comportó una dimensión práctica, sobre todo a raíz de casos, como el de la igualdad salarial entre hombres y mujeres, resueltos por los tribunales laborales alemanes en los años cincuenta del siglo pasado. Surgen entonces dos teorías sobre la eficacia de los derechos fundamentales en las relaciones entre particulares: la de la eficacia directa –los derechos fundamentales son directamente aplicables en el tráfico jurídico entre particulares– y la de la eficacia indirecta –aplicación de los derechos fundamentales en las relaciones entre particulares, a través de las cláusulas y conceptos generales del Derecho privado.
Real-time fMRI neurofeedback training of the amygdala activity with simultaneous EEG in veterans with combat-related PTSD
Creators: name: Zotev, Vadim
name: Phillips, Raquel
name: Misaki, Masaya
name: Wong, Chung Ki
name: Wurfel, Brent E.
name: Krueger, Frank
name: Feldner, Matthew
name: Bodurka, Jerzy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a chronic and disabling neuropsychiatric disorder characterized by insufficient top-down modulation of the amygdala activity by the prefrontal cortex. Real-time fMRI neurofeedback (rtfMRI-nf) is an emerging method with potential for modifying the amygdala-prefrontal interactions. We report the first controlled emotion self-regulation study in veterans with combat-related PTSD utilizing rtfMRI-nf of the amygdala activity. PTSD patients in the experimental group (EG, n=20) learned to upregulate BOLD activity of the left amygdala (LA) using rtfMRI-nf during a happy emotion induction task. PTSD patients in the control group (CG, n=11) were provided with a sham rtfMRI-nf. The study included three rtfMRI-nf training sessions, and EEG recordings were performed simultaneously with fMRI. PTSD severity was assessed using the Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS). The EG participants showed a significant reduction in total CAPS ratings, including significant reductions in avoidance and hyperarousal symptoms. Overall, 80% of the EG participants demonstrated clinically meaningful reductions in CAPS ratings, compared to 38% in the CG. During the first session, fMRI connectivity of the LA with the orbitofrontal cortex and the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC) was progressively enhanced, and this enhancement significantly and positively correlated with initial CAPS ratings. Left-lateralized enhancement in upper alpha EEG coherence also exhibited a significant positive correlation with the initial CAPS. Reduction in PTSD severity between the first and last rtfMRI-nf sessions significantly correlated with enhancement in functional connectivity between the LA and the left DLPFC. Our results demonstrate that the rtfMRI-nf of the amygdala activity has the potential to correct the amygdala-prefrontal functional connectivity deficiencies specific to PTSD.
description: 26 pages, 16 figures, to appear in NeuroImage: Clinical
What Works? Identifying and scaling up successful innovations in Canadian energy regulatory decision making (survey results)
Creators: name: Larkin, Patricia
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2020
Subjects: Energy policy
Energy regulation
Positive Energy
regulatory innovation
Public engagement
Surveys
Canada
Energy Transition
Climate Change
Regulatory Independence

description: This survey reveals broad agreement that innovation in regulatory decision-making is needed, both in interactions between regulators and policymakers and in regulators’ public engagement. While most survey participants see the need for these types of innovations, fewer participants reported experiencing them in their work. According to survey participants from across Canada and those representing different stakeholders in energy regulation: • Evolving social and environmental goals are seen as a very important driver for innovation in energy regulatory decision-making in recent years. • The lack of shared understanding for respective roles and responsibilities of policymakers and regulators is seen as an important driver for innovation in the relationship between regulators and policymakers. • The need to address public trust and understanding in energy decision-making is seen as a key driver for innovation in regulators’ public engagement.
Evaluation of the potential ASR of ferronickel slag aggregate and its mitigation by fly ash
Creators: name: Saha, ashish Kumer
name: Sarkar, Prabir Kumar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 90503 Construction Materials
subject: FOS: Civil engineering

description: This paper presents a study on the sustainable use of ferronickel slag (FNS) as a partial replacement of natural sand in concrete. About 12 to 14 tonnes of FNS is generated as by-product in the production of 1 tonne of ferronickel alloy. The physical properties of FNS are suitable for use as fine aggregate. However, it contains amorphous silica that may potentially cause alkali-silica reaction (ASR). Thus, the potential ASR of FNS aggregate and its mitigation by using fly ash as a partial replacement of cement was studied by using accelerated mortar bar tests (AMBT). Cement was replaced by 0%, 10%, 20% and 30% fly ash. After 21 days of AMBT, the expansions were 0.664%, 0.392%, 0.167% and 0.036% for 0%, 10%, 20% and 30% fly ash, respectively. Thus, according to the 10-day and 21-day expansion limits of AS 1141.60.1, FNS was classified as reactive for 0% and 10% fly ash, slowly reactive for 20% fly ash and non-reactive for 30% fly ash. Therefore, 20% to 30% class F fly ash was found as an adequate ASR mitigating measure for FNS fine aggregate.
Extreme Gravity Tests with Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Coalescences: (II) Ringdown
Creators: name: Berti, Emanuele
name: Yagi, Kent
name: Yang, Huan
name: Yunes, Nicolás
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The LIGO/Virgo detections of binary black hole mergers marked a watershed moment in astronomy, ushering in the era of precision tests of Kerr dynamics. We review theoretical and experimental challenges that must be overcome to carry out black hole spectroscopy with present and future gravitational wave detectors. Among other topics, we discuss quasinormal mode excitation in binary mergers, astrophysical event rates, tests of black hole dynamics in modified theories of gravity, parameterized "post-Kerr" ringdown tests, exotic compact objects, and proposed data analysis methods to improve spectroscopic tests of Kerr dynamics by stacking multiple events.
description: 40 pages, 10 figures, 1 table. Matches version published in the General Relativity and Gravitation (GRG) Topical Collection "Testing the Kerr spacetime with gravitational-wave and electromagnetic observations" (Guest Editor: Emanuele Berti)
The Analysis of the Technical Order Production Process at Ogden Air Logistics Center and Recommendations for the Improvement of the Process
Creators: name: Hansen, Greg
name: Kellner, Mark I.
name: Over, James W.
name: Przybylinski, Stan
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 1988
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This report details the process used by Ogden Air Logistics Center to maintain Operational Flight Program Technical Orders for the F-16 airplane. It is of general interest because it makes recommendations for the improvement of the process and also recommendations for technology insertion. Since the Technical Order modification process is not entirely different from documentation maintenance activities in industry, this report is widely applicable.
Modeling-based determination of physiological parameters of systemic VOCs by breath gas analysis, part 2
Creators: name: Ager, Clemens
name: Unterkofler, Karl
name: Mochalski, Pawel
name: Teschl, Susanne
name: Teschl, Gerald
name: Mayhew, Chris A.
name: King, Julian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: In a recent paper we presented a simple two compartment model which describes the influence of inhaled concentrations on exhaled breath concentrations for volatile organic compounds (VOCs) with small Henry constants. In this paper we extend this investigation concerning the influence of inhaled concentrations on exhaled breath concentrations for VOCs with higher Henry constants. To this end we extend our model with an additional compartment which takes into account the influence of the upper airways on exhaled breath VOC concentrations.
Quantum phase transitions in spin-1 XXZ chains with rhombic single-ion anisotropy
Creators: name: Ren, Jie
name: Wang, Yimin
name: You, Wen-Long
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the fidelity susceptibility and the quantum coherence along with the entanglement entropy in the ground-state of one-dimensional spin-1 XXZ chains with the rhombic single-ion anisotropy. By using the techniques of density matrix renormalization group, effects of the rhombic single-ion anisotropy on a few information theoretical measures are investigated, such as the fidelity susceptibility, the quantum coherence and the entanglement entropy. Their relations with the quantum phase transitions are also analyzed. The phase transitions from the Y-Néel phase to the Large-$E_x$ or the Haldane phase can be well characterized by the fidelity susceptibility. The second-order derivative of the ground-state energy indicates all the transitions are of second order. We also find that the quantum coherence, the entanglement entropy, the Schmidt gap can be used to detect the critical points of quantum phase transitions. Conclusions drawn from these quantum information observables agree well with each other. Finally we provide a ground-state phase diagram as functions of the exchange anisotropy $Δ$ and the rhombic single-ion anisotropy $E$.
description: 8 pages,10 figures
Exploration of the spatial patterns and determinants of asthma prevalence and health services use in Ontario using a Bayesian approach
Creators: name: Ouédraogo, Alexandra M.
name: Crighton, Eric J.
name: Sawada, Michael
name: To, Teresa
name: Brand, Kevin
name: Lavigne, Eric
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2018

description: The purpose of this study was to examine the spatial variability of asthma outcomes in Ontario, Canada and broad environmental factors that contribute to this variability. Age-/sex-standardized asthma prevalence and health services use rates (2003-2013) were obtained from a provincial cohort of asthma patients. Employing an ecological-level study design, descriptive and Bayesian spatial regression analyses were used to examine patterns of asthma outcomes and their relationship to physical environment, socioeconomic environment and healthcare factors. Significant spatial variation in asthma outcomes was found between southern urban/suburban areas and northern/rural areas. Rurality was found to have a substantial effect on all asthma outcomes, except hospitalizations. For example, the most rural areas were associated with lower asthma prevalence and physician visits [RR = 0.708, 95% credible interval (CI): 0.636-0.795 and RR = 0.630, 95% CI: 0.504-0.758, respectively], and with higher ED visits (RR = 1.818, 95% CI: 1.194-2.858), when compared to urban areas. Strong associations were also found between material deprivation and ED visits (RR = 1.559, 95% CI: 1.358-1.737) and hospitalizations (RR = 1.259, 95% CI: 1.143-1.374). Associations between asthma outcomes and environmental variables such as air pollution and temperature were also found. Findings can be expected to inform the development of improved public health strategies, which take into account local environmental, socioeconomic and healthcare characteristics.
The 2001 High Maturity Workshop
Creators: name: Paulk, Mark C.
name: Chrissis, Mary Beth C.
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: 80309 Software Engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In March of 2001, the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) in Pittsburgh, PA, hosted a workshop for high maturity organizations to better understand practices that characterize Capability Maturity Model for Software (Software CMM) Level 4 and 5organizations. Topics of discussion included practices described in the Software CMM as well as other practices that have a significant impact in mature organizations. Important themes included statistical process control for software, the reliability of Level 4 and 5 assessments, and the impact of the CMM Integration) effort. Additional topics solicited from the participants included measurement, Six Sigma, Internet speed and process agility, and people and cultural issues. This report contains overviews of more than 30 high maturity organizations and the various working group reports from the workshop.
Evaluation of the potential ASR of ferronickel slag aggregate and its mitigation by fly ash
Creators: name: Saha, ashish Kumer
name: Sarkar, Prabir Kumar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 90503 Construction Materials
subject: FOS: Civil engineering

description: This paper presents a study on the sustainable use of ferronickel slag (FNS) as a partial replacement of natural sand in concrete. About 12 to 14 tonnes of FNS is generated as by-product in the production of 1 tonne of ferronickel alloy. The physical properties of FNS are suitable for use as fine aggregate. However, it contains amorphous silica that may potentially cause alkali-silica reaction (ASR). Thus, thepotential ASR of FNS aggregate and its mitigation by using fly ash as a partial replacement of cement was studied by using accelerated mortar bar tests (AMBT). Cement was replaced by 0%, 10%, 20% and 30% fly ash. After 21 days of AMBT, the expansions were 0.664%, 0.392%, 0.167% and 0.036% for 0%, 10%, 20% and 30% fly ash, respectively. Thus, according to the 10-day and 21-day expansion limits of AS 1141.60.1, FNS was classified as reactive for 0% and 10% fly ash, slowly reactive for 20% fly ash and non-reactive for 30% fly ash. Therefore, 20% to 30% class F fly ash was found as an adequate ASR mitigating measure for FNS fine aggregate.