cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Toward Open-Closed String Theoretical Description of Rolling Tachyon
Creators: name: Ohmori, Kazuki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider how the time-dependent decay process of an unstable D-brane should be described in the full (quantum) open-closed string theory. It is argued that the system, starting from the unstable D-brane configuration, will evolve in time into the time-independent open string tachyon vacuum configuration which we assume to be finite, with the total energy conserved. As a concrete realization of this idea, we construct a toy model describing the open and closed string tachyons which admits such a time-dependent solution. The structure of our model has some resemblance to that of open-closed string field theory.
description: 1+10 pages, 6 figures. v2: a reference added
The Quest for Primordial Stellar Populations and the James Webb Space Telescope
Creators: name: Panagia, Nino
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will be the successor to the Hubble Space Telescope and may be launched as early as mid-2011. The key scientific goals for JWST are discovering and understanding the formation of the first stars and galaxies, the evolution of galaxies and the production of elements by stars, and the process of star and planet formation. Within this context, we discuss the expected properties of the first stellar generations in the Universe. We find that it is possible to discern truly primordial populations from the next generation of stars by measuring the metallicity of high-z star forming objects. The very low background of JWST will enable it to image and study first-light sources at very high redshifts, whereas its relatively small collecting area limits its capability in obtaining spectra of z~10--15 first-light sources to either the bright end of their luminosity function or to strongly lensed sources. With a suitable investment of observing time JWST will be able to detect individual Population III supernovae, thus identifying the very first stars that formed in the Universe.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures (uses a number of CJAA style files to compile). Invited talk given at the Frascati Workshop 2003 "Multifrequency Behaviour of High Energy Cosmic Sources", eds. F. Giovannelli and Lola Sabau-Graziati; to appear in a special issue of the Chinese Journal of Astronomy & Astrophysics
Why a Single-Star Model Cannot Explain the Bipolar Nebula of Eta Carinae
Creators: name: Soker, Noam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I examine the angular momentum evolution during the 1837-1856 Great Eruption of the massive star Eta Carinae. I find that the new estimate of the mass blown during that eruption implies that the envelope of Eta Car substantially spun-down during the 20 years eruption. Single-star models, most of which require the envelope to rotate close to the break-up velocity, cannot account for the bipolar nebula (the Homunculus) formed from matter expelled in that eruption. The kinetic energy and momentum of the Homunculus further constrains single-star models. I discuss how Eta Car can fit into a unified model for the formation of bipolar lobes where two oppositely ejected jets inflate two lobes (or bubbles). These jets are blown by an accretion disk, which requires stellar companions in the case of bipolar nebulae around stellar objects.
description: ApJ, in press. New references and segments were added
Multiple reflection assisted Laser Doppler Vibrometer setup for high resolution displacement measurement
Creators: name: Pachisia, Nikhil Kumar
name: Tiwari, Kajal
name: Das, Ritwick
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Non-intrusive displacement measurement technique has a distinct edge over displacement sensors working in contact mode. Laser Doppler Vibrometry based schemes (LDV) offer such an advantage. However, the measurements are limited up to $λ/4$, where $λ$ is the wavelength of optical source. An experimental design of high resolution non-intrusive displacement sensor working on the principle of basic LDV is being presented here. Resolution enhancement has been achieved through phase multiplication using multiple reflections within a high-Q cavity created by a vibrating surface and a high reflection mirror kept parallel to each other. Displacement of 72 $nm$ has been measured with an error range of $\pm 14$ $nm$ through direct counting of characteristic peaks in "half cycle" of the interferogram. The experimental design offers a straightforward route to measure displacement and the measurement resolution is mainly limited by the reflectivity and physical dimension of moving source.
description: 10 pages, 15 figures, 2 tables, Nikhil Kumar Pachisia and Kajal tiwari Contributed equally to this work
Finite-Size effects in "Single Chain Magnets": an experimental and theoretical study
Creators: name: Bogani, L.
name: Caneschi, A.
name: Fedi, M.
name: Gatteschi, D.
name: Massi, M.
name: Novak, M. A.
name: Pini, M. G.
name: Rettori, A.
name: Sessoli, R.
name: Vindigni, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The problem of finite size effects in s=1/2 Ising systems showing slow dynamics of the magnetization is investigated introducing diamagnetic impurities in a Co$^{2+}$-radical chain. The static magnetic properties have been measured and analyzed considering the peculiarities induced by the ferrimagnetic character of the compound. The dynamic susceptibility shows that an Arrhenius law is observed with the same energy barrier for the pure and the doped compounds while the prefactor decreases, as theoretically predicted. Multiple spins reversal has also been investigated.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures. Physical Review Letters, accepted for publication
Asymptotic structure of Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet theory in lower dimensions
Creators: name: Lu, H.
name: Mao, Pujian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, an action principle for the $D\rightarrow4$ limit of the Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity has been proposed. It is a special scalar-tensor theory that belongs to the family of Horndeski gravity. It also has a well defined $D\rightarrow3$ and $D\rightarrow2$ limit. In this work, we examine this theory in three and four dimensions in Bondi-Sachs framework. In both three and four dimensions, we find that there is no news function associated to the scalar field, which means that there is no scalar propagating degree of freedom in the theory. In four dimensions, the mass-loss formula is not affected by the Gauss-Bonnet term. This is consistent with the fact that there is no scalar radiation. However, the effects of the Gauss-Bonnet term are quite significant in the sense that they arise just one order after the integration constants and also arise in the quadrupole of the gravitational source.
Algorithms as Data: A Case Study for Turning Algorithmic User Experiences into Research Data Objects
Creators: name: Clark, Jason A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: algorithms python dataset AlgorithmicAwareness

description: What if algorithms weren’t the Ghost in the Machine? Can/Should algorithms be understood as part of the open data continuum? Montana State University Library, with grant funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, has conducted research in order to develop software and a curriculum to support the teaching of "Algorithmic Awareness": an understanding around the rules that govern our software and shape our digital experiences. Taking our inspiration from investigative data journalists, like The Markup, we are looking to introduce our research module for algorithm auditing practices using code, web scraping methods, and structured data formats to uncover proprietary algorithms and turn them into research data objects for analysis.
Supersymmetric Solutions with Fluxes from Algebraic Killing Spinors
Creators: name: Gowdigere, Chethan N.
name: Nemeschansky, Dennis
name: Warner, Nicholas P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We give a general framework for constructing supersymmetric solutions in the presence of non-trivial fluxes of tensor gauge fields. This technique involves making a general Ansatz for the metric and then defining the Killing spinors in terms of very simple projectors on the spinor fields. These projectors and, through them, the spinors, are determined algebraically in terms of the metric Ansatz. The Killing spinor equations then fix the tensor gauge fields algebraically, and, with the Bianchi identities, provide a system of equations for all the metric functions. We illustrate this by constructing an infinite family of massive flows that preserve eight supersymmetries in M-theory. This family constitutes all the radially symmetric Coulomb branch flows of the softly broken, large N scalar-fermion theory on M2-branes. We reduce the problem to the solution of a single, non-linear partial differential equation in two variables. This equation governs the flow of the fermion mass, and the function that solves it then generates the entire M-theory solution algebraically in terms of the function and its first derivatives. While the governing equation is non-linear, it has a very simple perturbation theory from which one can see how the Coulomb branch is encoded.
description: 20 pages; harvmac. Versions 2 and 3 only have minor changes in the referencing
Spacecraft design optimisation for demise and survivability
Creators: name: Trisolini, Mirko
name: Lewis, Hugh G.
name: Colombo, Camilla
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Among the mitigation measures introduced to cope with the space debris issue there is the de-orbiting of decommissioned satellites. Guidelines for re-entering objects call for a ground casualty risk no higher than 0.0001. To comply with this requirement, satellites can be designed through a design-for-demise philosophy. Still, a spacecraft designed to demise has to survive the debris-populated space environment for many years. The demisability and the survivability of a satellite can both be influenced by a set of common design choices such as the material selection, the geometry definition, and the position of the components. Within this context, two models have been developed to analyse the demise and the survivability of satellites. Given the competing nature of the demisability and the survivability, a multi-objective optimisation framework was developed, with the aim to identify trade-off solutions for the preliminary design of satellites. As the problem is nonlinear and involves the combination of continuous and discrete variables, classical derivative based approaches are unsuited and a genetic algorithm was selected instead. The genetic algorithm uses the developed demisability and survivability criteria as the fitness functions of the multi-objective algorithm. The paper presents a test case, which considers the preliminary optimisation of tanks in terms of material, geometry, location, and number of tanks for a representative Earth observation mission. The configuration of the external structure of the spacecraft is fixed. Tanks were selected because they are sensitive to both design requirements: they represent critical components in the demise process and impact damage can cause the loss of the mission because of leaking and ruptures. The results present the possible trade off solutions, constituting the Pareto front obtained from the multi-objective optimisation.
description: Paper accepted for publication in Aerospace Science and Technology
Aristadromips Chant & McMurtry
Creators: name: De Moraes, Gilberto J.
name: Zannou, Ignace D.
name: Ueckermann, Eddie A.
name: Oliveira, Anibal R.
name: Hanna, Rachid
name: Yaninek, John S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Aristadromips

description: Aristadromips Chant & McMurtry
 Aristadromips Chant & McMurtry 2005b: 319.
Stable characters mentioned by Chant & McMurtry (2005b) for species of this genus are: sum of the ratios “length of dorsal shield/ length of S4” and “length of dorsal shield/ length of S5” smaller than 25.0; idiosomal setal pattern 10A:9B/JV-3:ZV; setae J1 and z6 absent; setae z2 and z4 longer than distances between their bases and the bases of setae next behind; R1 inserted on lateral membrane, genua II and III with macrosetae. Males with 3, 4 or 6 pairs of preanal setae.
Two species of this genus were found in sub-Saharan Africa.
description: Published as part of De Moraes, Gilberto J., Zannou, Ignace D., Ueckermann, Eddie A., Oliveira, Anibal R., Hanna, Rachid & Yaninek, John S., 2007, Species of the subtribes Arrenoseiina and Proprioseiopsina (Tribe Amblyseiini) and the tribe Typhlodromipsini (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 1448 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1448.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5077273
A Constructive Approach to Gene Expression Dynamics
Creators: name: Ochiai, T.
name: Nacher, J. C.
name: Akutsu, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The advent of new experimental genomic technologies and the massive increase of DNA sequence information is helping researchers better understand how our genes work. Recently, experiments on mRNA abundance (gene expression) have revealed that gene expression shows a stationary organization described by a power-law distribution (scale-free organization) (i.e., gene expression $k$ decays as $k^{-γ}$), which is highly conserved in all the major five kingdoms of life, from Bacteria to Human. An underlying gene expression dynamics "rich-travel-more" was suggested to recover that evolutional conservation of transcriptional organization. Here we propose a constructive approach to gene expression dynamics with larger scope. Our gene expression construction restores the stationary state, predicts the power-law exponent for different organisms with natural explanation for small correction at high and low expression levels, describes the intermediate state dynamics (time finite) and elucidates the gene expression stability. This approach requires only one assumption: Markov property.
description: 14 pages, 4 figures
Optical coherence tomography imaging of evoked neural activity in sciatic nerve of rat
Creators: name: Hope, James
name: Goodwin, Matthew
name: Vanholsbeeck, Frederique
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 78A70, 92C55

description: Significance: Imaging neural activity in myelinated tissue using optical coherence tomography (OCT) creates new possibilities for functional imaging in the peripheral and central nervous systems. Aim: To investigate changes in OCT images in response to evoked neural activity in sciatic nerve of rat in vitro. Approach: M-scans were obtained on peripheral nerves of rat using a swept source polarisation sensitive OCT system, while a nerve cuff acquired electrical neural recordings. From a total of 10 subjects: 3 had no stimulation (controls), 3 had paw stimulation, and 4 had nerve stimulation. Changes in the OCT signal intensity, phase retardation, phase, and frequency spectra were calculated for each subject and reference samples of a mirror and microspheres in solution. Results: Observed changes in intensity in 3 paw stimulation and 2 nerve stimulation subjects and changes in frequency spectra amplitude in 2 paw stimulation subjects were above the reference noise level and were temporally consistent with osmotic swelling from ion currents during neural activity. Conclusion: Light scattering changes produced by osmotic swelling, which have previously been characterised in squid and crab nerve, are also thought to occur in myelinated fibres on a scale which is detectable using OCT
description: 24 pages, 21 figures, journal article submission
Preoperative NT-proBNP independently predicts outcome in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing CABG*
Creators: name: Holm, Jonas
name: Vidlund, Mårten
name: Farkas Vanky
name: Friberg, Örjan
name: Håkanson, Erik
name: Svedjeholm, Rolf
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Objectives. The predictive value of preoperative N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) was evaluated in patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Design. As a substudy to a clinical trial 383 patients with acute coronary syndrome undergoing CABG were studied. 17 patients had a concomitant procedure. NT-proBNP was measured immediately preoperatively and evaluated with regard to in-hospital mortality, and severe circulatory failure postoperatively according to prespecified criteria. Follow-up was 3.2 ± 0.9 years. Results. In patients with isolated CABG, receiver operating characteristics (ROC) analysis showed an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.82 for in-hospital mortality and 0.87 for severe circulatory failure respectively with a best cut-off for preoperative NT-proBNP of 1028 ng/L. This cut-off level independently predicted severe circulatory failure. Patients with NT-proBNP < 1028 ng/L had significantly better long-term survival (p = 0.004). Preoperative NT-proBNP was higher in patients with concomitant procedure than isolated CABG (2146 ± 1858 v 887 ± 1635 ng/L; p = 0.0005). In patients with concomitant procedure ROC analysis showed an AUC of 0.93 for severe circulatory failure with a best cut-off for preoperative NT-proBNP of 3145 ng/L. Conclusions. Preoperative NT-proBNP predicted in-hospital mortality, severe circulatory failure postoperatively and long-term survival in patients undergoing surgery for acute coronary syndrome but a higher threshold was found in patients having concomitant procedures. Trial registration:ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00489827.
Gregson_et_al_HIV_young_women_social_norms_2024_extended_data
Creators: name: Manicaland Centre for Public Health Research
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This file contains tables showing the detailed data illustrated in the figures in the main manuscript ("Gender Norms and Structural Barriers to Use of HIV Prevention in Unmarried and Married Young Women in Manicaland, Zimbabwe: An HIV Prevention Cascade Analysis"). It also includes the survey questions used to: 1) identify individuals in the priority population for HIV prevention; 2) measure the condom HIV prevention cascade; and 3) measure gender norms and other structural barriers to condom use.
CHANDRA Observations of V407 Vul: Confirmation of the Spin-up
Creators: name: Strohmayer, Tod E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: V407 Vul is a candidate double-degenerate binary with a putative 1.756 mHz (9.5 min) orbital frequency. In a previous timing study using archival ROSAT and ASCA data we reported evidence for an increase of this frequency at a rate consistent with expectations for gravitational radiation from a detached ultracompact binary system. Here we report the results of new CHANDRA timing observations which confirm the previous indications of spin-up of the X-ray frequency, and provide much tighter constraints on the frequency derivative. We obtained with CHANDRA a total of 90 ksec of exposure in two epochs separated in time by 11.5 months. The total time span of the archival ROSAT, ASCA and new CHANDRA data is now 10.5 years. This more than doubles the interval spanned by the ROSAT and ASCA data alone, providing much greater sensitivity to a frequency derivative. With the addition of the CHANDRA data an increasing frequency is unavoidable, with a value df/dt = 7.0 x 10-18 Hz/s. Although a long-term spin-up trend is confirmed, there is excess variance in the phase timing residuals, perhaps indicative of shorter timescale torque fluctuations or phase instability associated with the source of the X-ray flux. Power spectral searches for periods longward of the 9.5 minute period do not find any significant modulations, however, the sensitivity of searches in this frequency range are somewhat compromised by the dithering of the Chandra attitude. The observed spin-up is of a magnitude consistent with that expected from gravitational radiation decay, however, the factor of 3 variations in flux combined with the timing noise could conceivably result from accretion-induced spin-up of a white dwarf. Continued monitoring to explore correlations of torque with X-ray flux could provide a further test of this hypothesis.
description: AASTeX, 21 pages, 10 figures. Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
Bayesian Consensus: Consensus Estimates from Miscalibrated Instruments under Heteroscedastic Noise
Creators: name: Nagpal, Chirag
name: Tillman, Robert E.
name: Reddy, Prashant
name: Veloso, Manuela
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistical Finance (q-fin.ST)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We consider the problem of aggregating predictions or measurements from a set of human forecasters, models, sensors or other instruments which may be subject to bias or miscalibration and random heteroscedastic noise. We propose a Bayesian consensus estimator that adjusts for miscalibration and noise and show that this estimator is unbiased and asymptotically more efficient than naive alternatives. We further propose a Hierarchical Bayesian Model that leverages our proposed estimator and apply it to two real world forecasting challenges that require consensus estimates from error prone individual estimates: forecasting influenza like illness (ILI) weekly percentages and forecasting annual earnings of public companies. We demonstrate that our approach is effective at mitigating bias and error and results in more accurate forecasts than existing consensus models.
The energy spectrum of ultra-high energy cosmic rays measured at the Pierre Auger Observatory and at the Telescope Array
Creators: name: Deligny, O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The energy spectrum of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECRs) provides essential information on the most energetic phenomena in the Universe. Beyond EeV energies, the Telescope Array and Pierre Auger Observatory have the largest exposures to UHECRs ever accumulated in the Northern and Southern hemispheres, respectively. The results show independently a steepening of the energy spectrum above a few tens of EeV. However, the comparison of the spectra shows differences that are not explainable in terms of an overall uncertainty on the energy scale used to reconstruct the extensive air showers. The differences are also observed in the region of the sky covered by both instruments, where the spectra should be in agreement within uncertainties when directional-exposure effects are accounted for. For this contribution, a working group from both collaborations examined these differences considering the energy-dependent systematic uncertainties. A special focus is given to the characterization of the spectral features, which provide an accurate tool to enhance our understanding of the comparisons.
description: Proceedings of 36th International Cosmic Ray Conference
Healing Garden : Humanising Space for Living and Dying Well
Creators: name: Zhao, Ziqian
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2024

description: In Asian culture, death is a taboo but inevitable. Dying carries shame due to the emphasis on traits like independence and incessant productivity. Hospice care challenges fast-paced ideals. Fear of death leads to social exclusion and hidden hospice architecture. My goal is to envision a design approach that aligns with the hospice philosophy, aiming to ease the pain of death for both individuals and their loved ones. I seek to create an alternative to shame and isolation, reimagining the dying process to promote support, empathy, and significance. This project seeks to create a healing space filled with belonging and support across three levels: urban context, nature engagement, and hospice environment.
Peak-structure in self-energy of cuprate superconductors
Creators: name: Liu, Yiqun
name: Lan, Yu
name: Feng, Shiping
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recently deduced normal and anomalous self-energies from photoemission spectra of cuprate superconductors via the machine learning technique are calling for an explanation. Here the normal and anomalous self-energies in cuprate superconductors are analyzed within the framework of the kinetic-energy-driven superconductivity. It is shown that the exchanged spin excitations give rise to the well-pronounced low-energy peak-structures in both the normal and anomalous self-energies, however, they do not cancel in the total self-energy. In particular, the peak-structure in the normal self-energy is mainly responsible for the peak-dip-hump structure in the single-particle excitation spectrum, and can persist into the normal-state, while the sharp peak in the anomalous self-energy gives rise to a crucial contribution to the superconducting gap, and vanishes in the normal-state. Moreover, the evolution of the peak-structure with doping and momentum are also analyzed.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures, added references and discussions; accepted for publication in Physical Review B. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2001.01054
Circulating chemokines in relation to coronary plaque characteristics on radiofrequency intravascular ultrasound and cardiovascular outcome
Creators: name: Cheng, Jin M.
name: Rohit M. Oemrawsingh
name: K. Martijn Akkerhuis
name: Garcia-Garcia, Hector M.
name: Boer, Sanneke P. M. De
name: Battes, Linda C.
name: Buljubasic, Nermina
name: Lenzen, Mattie J.
name: Jaegere, Peter P. T. De
name: Robert-Jan Van Geuns
name: Serruys, Patrick W.
name: Kardys, Isabella
name: Boersma, Eric
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Objective: To investigate relations of several circulating chemokines with extent and phenotype of coronary atherosclerosis and with 1-year clinical outcome. Methods: Intravascular ultrasound virtual histology (IVUS-VH) imaging of a coronary artery was performed in 581 patients. Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), macrophage inflammatory protein-1α (MIP-1α), MIP-1β and regulated upon activation normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES) were measured in plasma. Results: Higher MCP-1, MIP-1α and lower RANTES were associated with coronary plaque burden. Higher MCP-1, MIP-1α and lower RANTES were associated with the presence of IVUS-VH-derived thin-cap fibroatheroma lesions. RANTES was associated with major adverse cardiac events. Conclusions: RANTES is a promising biomarker that is inversely associated with coronary plaque burden and vulnerability, as well as with death and acute coronary syndrome. Trial registration:ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01789411.
Aristadromips cydonus
Creators: name: De Moraes, Gilberto J.
name: Zannou, Ignace D.
name: Ueckermann, Eddie A.
name: Oliveira, Anibal R.
name: Hanna, Rachid
name: Yaninek, John S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Aristadromips
Aristadromips cydonus

description: Aristadromips cydonus (Ueckermann & Loots)
 Amblyseius (Amblyseius) cydonus Ueckermann & Loots, 1988: 135.
 Amblyseius cydonus Moraes et al. 2004: 22.
 Remarks. This species was described from specimens collected in Golden Gate Highland National Park, Orange Free State, South Africa, on Cydonia oblonga. No additional specimens were collected in the present study.
 Chant and McMurtry did not list this species in any genus in their revision of the subfamily Amblyseiinae. However, it fits the description of Aristadromips (tribe Typhlodromipsini).
World distribution. South Africa.
description: Published as part of De Moraes, Gilberto J., Zannou, Ignace D., Ueckermann, Eddie A., Oliveira, Anibal R., Hanna, Rachid & Yaninek, John S., 2007, Species of the subtribes Arrenoseiina and Proprioseiopsina (Tribe Amblyseiini) and the tribe Typhlodromipsini (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 1448 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1448.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5077273
Towards effect estimation of COVID-19 Non-pharmaceutical Interventions
Creators: name: Barros, Vesna
name: Akinwande, Victor
name: Manes, Itay
name: Bar-Shira, Osnat
name: Cintas, Celia
name: Shimoni, Yishai
name: Rosen-Zvi, Michal
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: In response to the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, governments worldwide have introduced multiple restriction policies, known as non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs). However, there still remains uncertainty about the relative impact of such policies. In this work, we quantitatively assess the eectiveness of NPIs using a causal inference approach. We gather geospatial data to study the eect size of dierent NPIs as measured by change of the reproduction number and mobility trends. Our analysis includes the most frequent NPIs that were applied by 121 countries throughout 2020 until February 2021 as well as country-level information such as mobility and economic, demographic, environmental, social and health indicators. We present findings about the causal impact of five restriction policies - mask wearing, entertainment closure, freedom of movement (border closures), domestic flight restrictions and school closure - and discuss challenges in drawing causal inferences when aggregating multiple countries.
Association of plasma neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) with sepsis and acute kidney dysfunction
Creators: name: Mårtensson, Johan
name: Bell, Max
name: Shengyuan Xu
name: Bottai, Matteo
name: Ravn, Bo
name: Venge, Per
name: Claes-Roland Martling
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Hematology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Objective: Neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin (NGAL) is secreted by injured kidney cells as well as by activated neutrophils in response to bacterial infections. We assessed the influence of acute renal dysfunction on the association between plasma NGAL and sepsis. Methods: NGAL was measured daily in 138 critically ill patients. Simultaneous recordings of sepsis status and fluctuations in renal function were made. Results: Elevated NGAL was associated with sepsis independent of level of acute renal dysfunction. A cut-off value of 98 ng/mL distinguished sepsis from systemic inflammation with high sensitivity (0.77) and specificity (0.79). Conclusions: Plasma NGAL can help clinicians to identify bacterial infections in critically ill patients.
title: 01_0286
Creators: name: Wesley Baldwin, John
name: Baldwin, John W.
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: L'ensemble de ces notes ont été crée par John Baldwin lors d'une de ses premières périodes de résidence à Paris. Ces documents comprennent tous les magistri qu’il avait pu rencontrer dans ses sources. Aux XIIème et XIIIème siècles, les universités n'existant pas encore, le titre de magister s'il évoque certainement une compétence n'est pas rattaché de façon systématique au passage par les écoles. De surcroît, les magistris sont le plus souvent désignés par leur seul prénom. La lecture de ces données est donc difficile et suppose un long travail pour tenter d'identifier un individu auquel on pourrait rattacher plusieurs mentions. John Baldwin avait donc renoncé à utiliser ces données pour donner un prolongement à sa magnifique étude sur les gradués d'université et leur emploi par les Capétiens et les Plantagenêts. Néanmoins, il a conservé ces données et elles sont potentiellement très utile dans le cadre de Studium, comme le sont toutes les mentions dans les volumes des Fasti Ecclesiae Gallicanae de chanoines portant ce titre de magister sans autres précisions. L'ampleur des dépouillements rend ces données très utiles et nous devons une grande reconnaissance à John Baldwin pour avoir pris la peine de faire photocopier ses fiches et de nous les avoir transmises amicalement.
Les données ainsi que les images des fiches sont accessibles sur le site Internet à l'adresse suivante : http://studium-baldwin.lamop.fr/.
Les transcriptions des fiches ont été effectuées par des étudiants de Paris 1 Panthéon - Sorbonne mais elles n'ont pas été corrigées par la suite.
description: Relation: https://lamop.hypotheses.org/
The Longitudinal Associations Between Parenting Practices and Child Externalizing Behaviour Within the School Year
Creators: name: Montazeralsedgh, Pooneh
Publisher: name: Université Saint-Paul / Saint Paul University
Year: 2021
Subjects: Parenting practices
Externalizing Behaviours
Longitudinal

description: Objective. Studies have examined the associations between parenting practices and child externalizing outcomes. However, there is a need for further research to more causally determine the longitudinal connections between specific parenting practices and child externalizing behaviour during the school year. This study examined the three parenting practices of parental involvement, positive parenting, and inconsistent discipline in relation to child externalizing behaviour. Methods. Thirty-six parents of 6–11-year-old children participated in this study by completing questionnaires measuring parenting practices and child behaviour across three time-points during the 2019-2020 academic year. Multiple regressions examined the associations between parenting at Time 1 in predicting child externalizing behaviour at Time 2, while controlling for Time 1 externalizing behaviour. Parenting at Time 2 in predicting child externalizing behaviour at Time 3 was examined, while controlling for child externalizing behaviour at Time 2. Results. There were no significant results found in these analyses. Future research should examine these associations among a larger sample and independent from potential impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on findings.
Generalizing the N=2 supersymmetric RG flow solution of IIB supergravity
Creators: name: Pilch, Krzysztof
name: Warner, Nicholas P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explicitly construct the supersymmetry transformations for the N=2 supersymmetric RG flow solution of chiral IIB supergravity. We show that the metric, dilaton/axion, five-index tensor and half of the three index tensor are determined algebraically in terms of the Killing spinor of the unbroken supersymmetry. The algebraic nature of the solution allows us to generalize this construction to a new class of N=2 supersymmetric solutions of IIB supergravity. Each solution in this class is algebraically determined by supersymmetry and is parametrized by a single function of two variables that satisfies a non-linear equation akin to the Laplace equation on the space transverse to the brane.
description: 27 pages; harvmac; tex twice
Scapulaseius asiaticus
Creators: name: De Moraes, Gilberto J.
name: Zannou, Ignace D.
name: Ueckermann, Eddie A.
name: Oliveira, Anibal R.
name: Hanna, Rachid
name: Yaninek, John S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Mesostigmata
Phytoseiidae
Scapulaseius
Scapulaseius asiaticus

description: Scapulaseius asiaticus (Evans)
 Typhlodromus asiaticus Evans, 1953: 461.
 Typhlodromus (Amblyseius) asiaticus, Chant, 1959: 80.
 Amblyseius (Typhlodromopsis) asiaticus, Muma, 1961: 287.
 Scapulaseius asiaticus, Chant & McMurtry, 2005b: 335.
 Amblyseius linearis Corpuz-Raros & Rimando, 1966: 125 (synonymy according to Schicha & Corpuz-Raros, 1992). Amblyseius (Amblyseius) siaki Ehara & Lee, 1971: 64 (synonymy according to Ehara & Bhandhufalck, 1977).
Remarks. This species was described from specimens collected in Bogor, Java, Indonesia, from an unspecified substrate. It was also collected in Angola (Carmona 1968). No additional specimens were collected in this study.
World distribution. Angola, China, Hong-Kong, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand.
description: Published as part of De Moraes, Gilberto J., Zannou, Ignace D., Ueckermann, Eddie A., Oliveira, Anibal R., Hanna, Rachid & Yaninek, John S., 2007, Species of the subtribes Arrenoseiina and Proprioseiopsina (Tribe Amblyseiini) and the tribe Typhlodromipsini (Acari: Phytoseiidae) from sub-Saharan Africa, pp. 1-39 in Zootaxa 1448 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1448.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5077273
Lots of Potential
Creators: name: Proust, Sophia
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2024

description: The project begins by researching lanes' historical, cultural, and functional evolution and their integration into urban plans across various cultures, which led to the orthogonal grid system. By examining the origin of lanes and their eventual influence on North American urban layouts, the research seeks to display the potential for improved utilization of lanes within single-family neighbourhoods in Vancouver. Further, the research investigates how reimagining lanes as active residential fronts can contribute to gentle densification and offer more affordable housing options by subtly disrupting the urban fabric. This project aims to propose actionable regulatory and spatial changes to lanes and lots based on a nuanced understanding of the history and current utilization of laneways. In doing so, this project presents a strategy for redefining traditionally overlooked back sides of single-family lots while advocating for strategic incremental development along Long-Edge Lane conditions. This thesis seeks to foster a scalable transformation in residential areas by envisioning lanes as primary access points and designing lane-fronting homes.
Imperfect bifurcations in opinion dynamics under external fields
Creators: name: Freitas, Francisco
name: Vieira, Allan R.
name: Anteneodo, Celia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We investigate, through a kinetic-exchange model, the impact that an external field, like advertising and propaganda, has on opinion dynamics. We address the situations where two opposite alternatives can be selected but the possibility of indecision also exists. In this model, individuals influence each other through pairwise interactions, which can be of agreement or disagreement, and there are also external fields that can skew decision making. Two parameters are used to model the interactions with the field: one measures the sensitivity of the individuals to be influenced, another quantifies in which direction. We study this model in a fully connected social network scenario, by means of numerical simulations of the kinetic exchange dynamics and analytical results derived from the mean-field rate equations. We show how the external bias gives rise to imperfect bifurcations, and cusp catastrophes, allowing abrupt changes and hysteresis depending on the level of disagreement in interpersonal interactions and on the strength of the external influence.
Sternal elements of early dinosaurs fill a critical gap in the evolution of the sternum in Avemetatarsalia (Reptilia: Archosauria)
Creators: name: Bradley, Alexander B.
name: Burch, Sara H.
name: Turner, Alan H.
name: Smith, Nathan D.
name: Irmis, Randall B.
name: Nesbitt, Sterling J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The sternum is a functionally important but poorly understood component of the pectoral girdle in both living and extinct dinosaurs. When ossified, the dinosaur sternum consists of paired plates situated just posterior to the clavicles and scapulocoracoid. In Avialae, the sternal plates are fused at the midline to form a single element, aiding in powered flight. Our understanding of the early evolutionary history of the theropod sternum is complicated by a lack of fossil material, especially outside Maniraptoriformes, both because of taphonomic biases and incomplete ossification. Here, we report the oldest-known dinosaur sternal plates from the Late Triassic taxon Tawa hallae recovered from the Hayden Quarry at Ghost Ranch, New Mexico, as well as an isolated sternal plate from just south of Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. These specimens expand the fossil record and allow for reconstruction of early theropod sternal musculature. They bear morphological features that are surprisingly similar to sternal traits in avialans, including a sternocoracoidal process, costal processes, and possible homologs to the ‘coracoid facet’ and pila coracoidea. The presence of these features in T. hallae pushes their appearance back to the Late Triassic, well before the development of the modern avian sternum. The variable distribution of sternal character states across avemetatarsalians was previously recognized in later Cretaceous avialans and can now be shown to also characterize the early evolution of the theropod sternum.
Influence of magnetic impurities on charge transport in diffusive-normal-metal / superconductor junctions
Creators: name: Yokoyama, T.
name: Tanaka, Y.
name: Golubov, A. A.
name: Inoue, J.
name: Asano, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Charge transport in the diffusive normal metal (DN) / insulator / $s$- and $% d $-wave superconductor junctions is studied in the presence of magnetic impurities in DN in the framework of the quasiclassical Usadel equations with the generalized boundary conditions. The cases of $s$- and d-wave superconducting electrodes are considered. The junction conductance is calculated as a function of a bias voltage for various parameters of the DN metal: resistivity, Thouless energy, the magnetic impurity scattering rate and the transparency of the insulating barrier between DN and a superconductor. It is shown that the proximity effect is suppressed by magnetic impurity scattering in DN for any value of the barrier transparency. In low-transparent s-wave junctions this leads to the suppression of the normalized zero-bias conductance. In contrast to that, in high transparent junctions zero-bias conductance is enhanced by magnetic impurity scattering. The physical origin of this effect is discussed. For the d-wave junctions, the dependence on the misorientation angle $α$ between the interface normal and the crystal axis of a superconductor is studied. The zero-bias conductance peak is suppressed by the magnetic impurity scattering only for low transparent junctions with $α\sim 0$. In other cases the conductance of the d-wave junctions does not depend on the magnetic impurity scattering due to strong suppression of the proximity effect by the midgap Andreev resonant states.
description: 11 pages, 13 figures;d-wave case added
Rapid adjustment and post-processing of temperature forecast trajectories
Creators: name: Schuhen, Nina
name: Thorarinsdottir, Thordis
name: Lenkoski, Alex
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Modern weather forecasts are commonly issued as consistent multi-day forecast trajectories with a time resolution of 1-3 hours. Prior to issuing, statistical post-processing is routinely used to correct systematic errors and misrepresentations of the forecast uncertainty. However, once the forecast has been issued, it is rarely updated before it is replaced in the next forecast cycle of the numerical weather prediction (NWP) model. This paper shows that the error correlation structure within the forecast trajectory can be utilized to substantially improve the forecast between the NWP forecast cycles by applying additional post-processing steps each time new observations become available. The proposed rapid adjustment is applied to temperature forecast trajectories from the UK Met Office's convective-scale ensemble MOGREPS-UK. MOGREPS-UK is run four times daily and produces hourly forecasts for up to 36 hours ahead. Our results indicate that the rapidly adjusted forecast from the previous NWP forecast cycle outperforms the new forecast for the first few hours of the next cycle, or until the new forecast itself can be rapidly adjusted, suggesting a new strategy for updating the forecast cycle.