cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Search for scalar leptoquarks and T-odd quarks in the acoplanar jet topology using 2.5 fb-1 of ppbar collision data at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV
Creators: name: D0 Collaboration
name: Abazov, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A search for new physics in the acoplanar jet topology has been performed in 2.5 fb-1 of data from ppbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV, recorded by the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. The numbers of events with exactly two acoplanar jets and missing transverse energy are in good agreement with the standard model expectations. The result of this search has been used to set a lower mass limit of 205 GeV at the 95% C.L. on the mass of a scalar leptoquark when this particle decays exclusively into a quark and a neutrino. In the framework of the Little Higgs model with T-parity, limits have also been obtained on the T-odd quark mass as a function of the T-odd photon mass.
พระจุฑาธุชราชฐาน: การเปลี่ยนแปลงของภูมิทัศน์ในรอบปี
Creators: name: ปารณ ชาตกุล
Publisher: name: โรงพิมพ์แห่งจุฬาลงกรณ์มหาวิทยาลัย
Year: 2012
Subjects: พืชพรรณ,การเปลี่ยนแปลงตามฤดูกาล,เกาะสีชัง,พระจุฑาธุชราชฐาน

description: 61, Academic Journal of Architecture
Short-time dynamics in the 1D long-range Potts model
Creators: name: Uzelac, Katarina
name: Glumac, Zvonko
name: Barisic, Osor S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present numerical investigations of the short-time dynamics at criticality in the 1D Potts model with power-law decaying interactions of the form 1/r^{1+sigma}. The scaling properties of the magnetization, autocorrelation function and time correlations of the magnetization are studied. The dynamical critical exponents theta' and z are derived in the cases q=2 and q=3 for several values of the parameter $σ$ belonging to the nontrivial critical regime.
description: 8 pages, 8 figures, minor changes - several typos fixed, one reference changed
Alsophilini
Creators: name: Pohl, Greg
name: Anweiler, Gary
name: Schmidt, Christian
name: Kondla, Norbert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae

description: Alsophilini 1404 * R Alsophila pometaria (Harris, 1841) L Sep – L Oct – B g Fall Cankerworm T: McGuffin (1988) L: Bowman (1951), Prentice (1963), McGuffin (1988), Hiratsuka et al. (1995) C: CNC, NFRC, UASM
description: Published as part of Pohl, Greg, Anweiler, Gary, Schmidt, Christian & Kondla, Norbert, 2010, An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada, pp. 1-549 in ZooKeys 38 (38) on page 211, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.38.383, http://zenodo.org/record/576629
description: {"references": ["McGuffin WC (1988) Guide to the Geometridae of Canada (Lepidoptera) III, IV, and V. Subfamilies Archiearinae, Oenochrominae, and Geometrinae. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 145: 1 - 56.", "Bowman K (1951) An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta. Canadian Journal of Zoology 29: 121 - 165.", "Prentice RM (1963) Forest Lepidoptera of Canada reported by the Forest Insect Survey, Vol. 3: Lasiocampidae, Drepanidae, Th yatiridae, Geometridae. Canada Dept. of Forestry, Forest Entomology and Pathology Branch, Bulletin No. 128, pp. 282 - 543.", "Hiratsuka Y, Langor DW, Crane PE (1995) A field guide to forest insects and diseases of the Prairie provinces. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton, AB, Special Report No. 3, 297 pp."]}
Cassymini Holloway 1994
Creators: name: Pohl, Greg
name: Anweiler, Gary
name: Schmidt, Christian
name: Kondla, Norbert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae

description: Cassymini 1405 * R Nematocampa resistaria (Herrich-Schäffer, [1855]) E – L Aug m B g T: McGuffin (1987), Ferguson (1993, 2008) L: Bowman (1951), Prentice (1963), McGuffin (1987), Pohl et al. (2004b), Ferguson (2008) C: CNC, NFRC, OLDS, PMAE, UASM 1406 * R Protitame virginalis (Hulst, 1900) E – L Jun m B g T: McGuffin (1972), Ferguson (2008) L: Bowman (1951), Prentice (1963), McGuffin (1972), Ives and Wong (1988), Pohl et al. (2004b), Ferguson (2008) C: CNC, NFRC, UASM 1407 * R Protitame subalbaria (Packard, 1873) Jun M – g T: McGuffin (1972), Ferguson (2008) L: Bowman (1951), McGuffin (1972), Ferguson (2008) C: CNC, UASM
description: Published as part of Pohl, Greg, Anweiler, Gary, Schmidt, Christian & Kondla, Norbert, 2010, An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada, pp. 1-549 in ZooKeys 38 (38) on pages 211-212, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.38.383, http://zenodo.org/record/576629
description: {"references": ["McGuffin WC (1987) Guide to the Geometridae of Canada (Lepidoptera) II. Subfamily Ennominae. 4. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 138: 1 - 181.", "Ferguson DC (1993) A revision of the species of Nematocampa (Geometridae: Ennominae) occurring in the United States and Canada. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 47: 60 - 77.", "Ferguson DC (2008) Geometroidea: Geometridae (part): Ennominae (part) - Abraxini, Cassymini, Macariini. Fasc. 17.2. In: Dominick RB, Ferguson DC, Franclemont JG, Hodges RW, Munroe EG (Eds) Th e moths of America north of Mexico. Wedge Entomological Research Foundation, Washington, D. C., 576 pp. + plates, index.", "Bowman K (1951) An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta. Canadian Journal of Zoology 29: 121 - 165.", "Prentice RM (1963) Forest Lepidoptera of Canada reported by the Forest Insect Survey, Vol. 3: Lasiocampidae, Drepanidae, Th yatiridae, Geometridae. Canada Dept. of Forestry, Forest Entomology and Pathology Branch, Bulletin No. 128, pp. 282 - 543.", "Pohl GR, Langor DW, Landry J-F, Spence JR (2004 b) Lepidoptera of the Boreal Mixedwood Forest near Lac La Biche, Alberta, including new provincial records. Canadian Field-Naturalist 118: 530 - 549.", "McGuffin WC (1972) Guide to the Geometridae of Canada (Lepidoptera) II. Subfamily Ennominae. 1. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 86: 1 - 159.", "Ives WGH, Wong HR (1988) Tree and shrub insects of the Prairie provinces. Natural Resources Canada, Canadian Forest Service, Northern Forestry Centre, Edmonton, AB, Information Report NOR-X- 292, 327 pp."]}
Sensing Shallow Seafloor and Sediment Properties, Recent History
Creators: name: Harris, Michael M.
name: Avera, William E.
name: Abelev, Andrei
name: Bentrem, Frank W.
name: Bibee, L. Dale
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Near surface seafloor properties are needed for recreational, commercial, and military applications. Construction projects on the ocean seafloors often require extensive knowledge about strength, deformability, hydraulic, thermal, acoustic, and seismic characteristics for locating stable environments and ensuring proper functioning of structures, pipelines, and other installations on the surface of and buried into the marine sediments. The military is also interested in a variety of seafloor properties as they impact sound propagation, mine impact burial, trafficability, bearing capacity, time-dependent settlement, and stability of objects on the seafloor. Point measurements of sediment properties are done using core samplers and sediment grab devices (with subsequent lab analysis) and in-situ probes. These techniques are expensive in terms of ship time and provide limited area coverage. Sub-bottom acoustic and electromagnetic sensors can provide profiles of near surface sediment information with improved coverage rates. Fusion techniques are being developed to provide areal extent of sediment information from multiple sensors. This paper examines the recent history of techniques used to measure sediment properties in the upper portions of the seafloor and in shallow (<100m) water.
description: Oceans '08 MTS/IEEE Quebec, (Oceans, Poles and Climate: Technological Challenges) 15-18 September, 2008
A black-box, general purpose quadratic self-consistent field code with and without Cholesky Decomposition of the two-electron integrals
Creators: name: Nottoli, Tommaso
name: Gauss, Jürgen
name: Lipparini, Filippo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the implementation of a quadratically convergent Self-consistent field (QCSCF) algorithm based on an adaptive trust-radius optimization scheme for restricted open-shell Hartree-Fock (ROHF), restricted Hartree-Fock (RHF), and unrestricted Hartree-Fock (UHF) references. The algorithm can exploit Cholesky decomposition (CD) of the two-electron integrals to allow calculations on larger systems. The most important feature of the QCSCF code lies in its black-box nature -- probably the most important quality desired by a generic user. As shown for pilot applications, it does not require one to tune the self-consistent field (SCF) parameters (damping, Pulay's DIIS, and other similar techniques) in difficult-to-converge molecules. Also, it can be used to obtain a very thigh convergence with extended basis set - a situation often needed when computing high-order molecular properties - where the standard SCF algorithm starts to oscillate. Nevertheless, trouble may appear even with a QCSCF solver. In this respect, we discuss what can go wrong, focusing on the multiple UHF solutions of ortho-benzyne
Constants of Motion for Non-Differentiable Quantum Variational Problems
Creators: name: Cresson, Jacky
name: Frederico, Gastao S. F.
name: Torres, Delfim F. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 49K05; 49S05; 26B05; 81Q05

description: We extend the DuBois-Reymond necessary optimality condition and Noether's symmetry theorem to the scale relativity theory setting. Both Lagrangian and Hamiltonian versions of Noether's theorem are proved, covering problems of the calculus of variations with functionals defined on sets of non-differentiable functions, as well as more general non-differentiable problems of optimal control. As an application we obtain constants of motion for some linear and nonlinear variants of the Schrodinger equation.
description: Partially presented at the "Fifth Symposium on Nonlinear Analysis" (SNA 2007), Torun, Poland, September 10-14, 2007. Accepted for publication (19/March/2008), "Topological Methods in Nonlinear Analysis", Lecture Notes of the Juliusz Schauder Center for Nonlinear Studies
A necessary condition for dynamic equivalence
Creators: name: Pomet, Jean-Baptiste
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: If two control systems on manifolds of the same dimension are dynamic equivalent, we prove that either they are static equivalent --i.e. equivalent via a classical diffeomorphism-- or they are both ruled; for systems of different dimensions, the one of higher dimension must ruled. A ruled system is one whose equations define at each point in the state manifold, a ruled submanifold of the tangent space. Dynamic equivalence is also known as equivalence by endogenous dynamic feedback, or by a Lie-Bäcklund transformation when control systems are viewed as underdetermined systems of ordinary differential equations; it is very close to absolute equivalence for Pfaffian systems. It was already known that a differentially flat system must be ruled; this is a particular case of the present result, in which one of the systems is assumed to be "trivial" (or linear controllable).
description: SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization To appear (2008)
Ion induced segregation in gold nanostructured thin films on silicon
Creators: name: Ghatak, J.
name: Satyam, P. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report a direct observation of segregation of gold atoms to the near surface regime due to 1.5 MeV Au2+ ion impact on isolated gold nanostructures deposited on silicon. Irradiation at fluences of 6x10^13, 1x10^14 and 5x10^14 ions cm-2 at a high beam flux of 6.3x1012 ions cm-2 s-1 show a maximum transported distance of gold atoms into the silicon substrate to be 60, 45 and 23 nm, respectively. At a lower fluence (6x1013 ions cm-2) transport has been found to be associated with the formation of gold silicide (Au5Si2). At a high fluence value of 5x10^14 ions cm-2, disassociation of gold silicide and out-diffusion lead to segregation of gold to defect - rich surface and interface region.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures
Existence of a smooth Hamiltonian circle action near parabolic orbits
Creators: name: Kudryavtseva, Elena
name: Martynchuk, Nikolay
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 37J35, 53D12, 53D20, 70H06

description: We show that every parabolic orbit of a two-degree of freedom integrable system admits a $C^\infty$-smooth Hamiltonian circle action, which is persistent under small integrable $C^\infty$ perturbations. We deduce from this result the structural stability of parabolic orbits and show that they are all smoothly equivalent (in the non-symplectic sense) to a standard model. Our proof is based on showing that every symplectomorphism of a neighbourhood of a parabolic point preserving the integrals of motion is Hamiltonian whose generating function is smooth and constant on the connected components of the common level sets.
Coherence-incoherence crossover in the normal state of iron-oxypnictides and importance of the Hund's rule coupling
Creators: name: Haule, K.
name: Kotliar, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A new class of high temperature superconductors based on iron and arsenic was recently discovered, with superconducting transition temperature as high as 55 K. Here we show, using microscopic theory, that the normal state of the iron pnictides at high temperatures is highly anomalous, displaying a Curie Weiss susceptibility and a linear temperature dependence of the resistivity. Below a coherence scale T*, the resistivity sharply drops and susceptibility crosses over to Pauli-like temperature dependence. Remarkably, the coherence-incoherence crossover temperature is a very strong function of the strength of the Hund's rule coupling J_Hund. On the basis of the normal state properties, we estimate J_Hund to be 0.35-0.4 eV. In the atomic limit, this value of J_Hund leads to the critical ratio of the exchange constants J_1/J_2~2. While normal state incoherence is in common to all strongly correlated superconductors, the mechanism for emergence of the incoherent state in iron-oxypnictides, is unique due to its multiorbital electronic structure.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Entropy, Information, and the Updating of Probabilities
Creators: name: Caticha, Ariel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper is a review of a particular approach to the method of maximum entropy as a general framework for inference. The discussion emphasizes the pragmatic elements in the derivation. An epistemic notion of information is defined in terms of its relation to the Bayesian beliefs of ideally rational agents. The method of updating from a prior to a posterior probability distribution is designed through an eliminative induction process. The logarithmic relative entropy is singled out as the unique tool for updating that (a) is of universal applicability; (b) that recognizes the value of prior information; and (c) that recognizes the privileged role played by the notion of independence in science. The resulting framework -- the ME method -- can handle arbitrary priors and arbitrary constraints. It includes MaxEnt and Bayes' rule as special cases and, therefore, it unifies entropic and Bayesian methods into a single general inference scheme. The ME method goes beyond the mere selection of a single posterior, but also addresses the question of how much less probable other distributions might be, which provides a direct bridge to the theories of fluctuations and large deviations.
description: 28 pages. Invited paper to appear in Entropy in the special volume "Statistical Foundations of Entropy", ed. by P. Jizba and J. Korbel. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1412.5644
Traditional Culinary Herbs and Spices for Obesity and Weight Management among Indian Migrants in Australia
Creators: name: Deekshith, Chandana
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 3210
subject: Nutrition and dietetics
classificationCode: 470211
subject: Migrant cultural studies

description: A thesis submitted in total fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy to the School of Agriculture, Biomedicine and Environment, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.
Free subalgebras of Lie algebras close to nilpotent
Creators: name: Belov, Alexey
name: Mikhailov, Roman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We prove that for every automata algebra of exponential growth, the associated Lie algebra contains a free subalgebra. For n\geq 1, let L_{n+2} be a Lie algebra with generator set x_1,..., x_{n+2} and the following relations: for k\leq n, any commutator of length $k$ which consists of fewer than k different symbols from {x_1,...,x_{n+2}} is zero. As an application of this result about automata algebras, we prove that for every n\geq 1, L_{n+2} contains a free subalgebra. We also prove the similar result about groups defined by commutator relations.
An experimental investigation of the effects of hypnotically induced suggestions on self concept and reading performance
Creators: name: Koe, George Gerald
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which post-hypnotic suggestions could be used to improve self concept rand to influence reading performance without instruction in reading. Self concept and achievement suggestions were compared to determine which would have the greater effect on subjective reports of improvement on the Debriefing Questionnaire and in scores on the Tennessee Self Concept Scale (TSCS) and Nelson-Denny Reading Test (N-D). Self-esteem and other-esteem suggestions were compared to determine which would have the greater effect on self concept. Fifty-two volunteer subjects from the University of British Columbia student population were assigned randomly to the cells of the design. A Latin-square design was used to administer four sets of tape-recorded post-hypnotic suggestions designed to improve either self concept or reading performance. Adaptations of Hartland's Ego Strengthening Technique were used. Hypnotic depth was measured during each session. Differences among groups were compared using a regression analysis with pre-test performance, IQ, susceptibility, hypnotic depth, and sex as covariates. Main effects were found for susceptibility on the Debriefing Questionnaire, N-D, and TSCS. On each measure, susceptible subjects scored higher than unsusceptible subjects. Main effects for tranceability were found on two subtests of the Debriefing Questionnaire and one subtest of the TSCS. On each measure, tranceable subjects scored higher than untranceable subjects. Post-hypnotic suggestion was found to be effective in improving some aspects of reading achievement and self concept. However, subjects were unable to relate subjective reports of the benefits of hypnosis with their actual test performance. Inability to identify correctly areas of improvement, when actual improvement was made, casts doubt on the usefulness of subjective reports of the efficacy of treatment in studies using hypnosis. Post-hypnotic suggestions directed towards altering the subject's perception of the opinion of others were found to be more effective than self-esteem suggestions in altering self concept. However, the high initial level of self-satisfaction may have confounded this result. A change in attitude may have also reduced the effectiveness of self-esteem suggestions. The study also suggested that post-hypnotic suggestions may be a negative and frustrating experience for highly susceptible subjects when the post-hypnotic suggestions do not meet subject expectations. The majority of subjects apparently expected suggestions in the area of self concept. This expectation may have decreased the effectiveness of achievement suggestions.
Evaluation of efficiency index of friction energy dissipation devices using endurance time method
Creators: name: Shirkhani, A.
name: Azar, B. Farahmand
name: Basim, M. Charkhtab
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Various methods have been presented to improve the performance of buildings against earthquakes. Friction damper device is one of the energy dissipation devices that appropriately absorbs and dissipates the input energy and decreases displacements. In this paper, the possibility of using endurance time method to determine the efficiency index and optimum slip load for these dampers was investigated by comparing the results of endurance time and nonlinear time history analyses. The efficiency indexes acquired from the average of results for nonlinear time history and endurance time analyses were close to each other. In this research, by assuming identical optimum slip load for the dampers in all stories, the normalized damper strength was increased in a number of equal steps ranging from zero to one to determine the efficiency index of dampers in each step. Then, the optimum slip load of dampers in the steel frames was calculated according to the minimum efficiency index of dampers. As a result, employing the endurance time method instead of a high number of nonlinear time history analyses is also possible, and using the endurance time method diminishes 57% of computational endeavors. Lastly, a relation for acquiring the optimum slip load of the friction damper devices in steel structures was proposed in terms of the weight of the structures. After adding optimal FDDs to the structures and investigating the effectiveness of the dampers, it was concluded that by using endurance time excitation function with better energy consistency, the endurance time results could be improved.
Notebook 02
Creators: name: Graham, W. S. (William Sydney), 1918-1986
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Figure drawing
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/924077
subject: Poets
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1067778
subject: Art
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/815177
subject: Poets, Scottish
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1068037
subject: Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/882393
subject: Artists' books
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/817660

description: A book about artificial limbs with drawings by Graham covering much of the book's text and images. The drawings are of abstract human figures, geometric designs, among other designs. There are titles for many of the sketches along with Graham's initials and marginalia consisting of notes and inscriptions.
Rosner tests of auditory & visual analysis skills : their relationship to children’s word recognition ability in grades 1 & 2
Creators: name: Cook, Anne
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: A wide variety of screening instruments are currently available for identifying students who are 'at risk' in learning to read. Many involve considerable administration time and many do not provide information on developing specific programs for children with special needs. Priorities in devising such screening instruments must include ease and speed of administration, together with the development of valid instruments that will lead to specific programming information. The Rosner Test of Visual Analysis Skills and the Rosner Test of Auditory Analysis Skills are immediately appealing as screening instruments because of their simplicity and the availability of specific programming materials that can be used within the regular classroom. This study examines the relationship of the T.A.A.S. and T.V.A.S. to word recognition (as measured by the W.R.A.T. reading subtest) at the grade 1 and grade 2 levels. The P.P.V.T. was given to the subjects as a measure of verbal intelligence. A sample of 60 students was drawn randomly from grade 1 and grade 2 classes in 5 city elementary schools in Dawson Creek, B. C. These subjects had no known sensory defects and all had English as their first language. Intelligence and achievement were found to be reasonably representative of the general school population (from examination of school records.) Tests were administered using standard procedures. Some modification of scoring procedures was used on the W.R.A.T., but standard procedures were otherwise used. Using raw scores, Pearson Product Moment correlations were calculated and their significances were estimated, using the two-tailed 't' test. The pairs of variables correlated were: P.P.V.T. and W.R.A.T.; T.A.A.S. and W.R.A.T.; T.V.A.S. and W.R.A.T.; T.A.A.S. and P.P.V.T.; T.V.A.S. and P.P.V.T. The results revealed that scores were approximately normally distributed, although there was an indication of negative skew on the T.A.A.S. The correlations of the T.A.A.S. with the W.R.A.T. (reading subtest) were positive and were significant at the 1% level. Correlations of the T.V.A.S. with the W.R.A.T. (reading subtest) were positive but were not significant at the grade 1 level or the grade 2 level. When grade 1 and 2 scores were combined, however, there was a positive significant relationship at the 5% level. This study has revealed a strong, positive relationship at the grade 1 and grade 2 levels, between the T.A.A.S. and word recognition as measured by the W.R.A.T. reading subtest. The initiation of a pilot project to develop the Rosner Auditory Training Program would therefore seem appropriate. This could be developed with the intention of providing data on the transfer of training of auditory analysis skills to word recognition skills at the grade 1 and grade 2 levels. Further studies of the T.V.A.S. are recommended before initiating training sessions in the development of Visual Analysis Skills.
Analytic Torsion of a Bounded Generalized Cone
Creators: name: Vertman, Boris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 58J52 (Primary) 35P05 (Secondary)

description: Torsion invariants for manifolds which are not simply connected were introduced by K. Reidemeister and generalized to higher dimensions by W. Franz. The Reidemeister torsion, was the first invariant of manifolds which was not a homotopy invariant. The analytic counterpart of the combinatorial Reidemeister torsion was introduced by D. B. Ray and I. M. Singer in form of a weighted product of zeta-regularized determinants of Laplace operators on differential forms. The celebrated Cheeger-Mueller Theorem, established independently by J. Cheeger and W. Mueller, proved equality between the analytic Ray-Singer torsion and the combinatorial Reidemeister torsion for any smooth closed manifold with an orthogonal representation of its fundamental group. Motivated by the vision of a Cheeger-Mueller type result on manifolds with conical singularities, we compute the analytic torsion of a bounded generalized cone by generalizing the computational methods of M. Spreafico and using the symmetry of the de Rham complex, as established by M. Lesch.
description: Some references were corrected. 41 pages, 2 figures
Nonequilibrium interactions between two quantum circuits
Creators: name: Khrapai, V. S.
name: Ludwig, S.
name: Kotthaus, J. P.
name: Tranitz, H. P.
name: Wegscheider, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We briefly overview our recent results on nonequilibrium interactions between neighboring electrically isolated nanostructures. One of the nanostructures is represented by an externally biased quantum point contact (drive-QPC), which is used to supply energy quanta to the second nanostructure (detector). Absorption of these nonequilibrium quanta of energy generates a dc-current in the detector, or changes its differential conductance. We present results for a double quantum dot, a single quantum dot or a second QPC placed in the detector circuit. In all three cases a detection of quanta with energies up to ~1 meV is possible for bias voltages across the drive-QPC in the mV range. The results are qualitatively consistent with an energy transfer mechanism based on nonequilibrium acoustic phonons.
description: Mauterndorf Winterschool-2008 proceedings; as published
Effective Perrin theory for the anisotropic diffusion of a strongly hindered rod
Creators: name: Munk, Tobias
name: Höfling, Felix
name: Frey, Erwin
name: Franosch, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Slender rods in concentrated suspensions constitute strongly interacting systems with rich dynamics: transport slows down drastically and the anisotropy of the motion becomes arbitrarily large. We develop a mesoscopic description of the dynamics down to the length scale of the interparticle distance. Our theory is based on the exact solution of the Smoluchowski-Perrin equation; it is in quantitative agreement with extensive Brownian dynamics simulations in the dense regime. In particular, we show that the tube confinement is characterised by a power law decay of the intermediate scattering function with exponent 1/2.
description: to appear in EPL
Refined Analytic Torsion on Manifolds with Boundary
Creators: name: Vertman, Boris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 58J52

description: The refined analytic torsion, defined by M. Braverman and T. Kappeler on closed manifolds, can be viewed as a refinement of the Ray-Singer torsion, since it is a canonical choice of an element with Ray-Singer norm one, in case of unitary representations. The complex phase of the refinement is given by the rho-invariant of the odd-signature operator. Unfortunately there seems to be no canonical way to extend the construction of Braverman and Kappeler to compact manifolds with boundary. In particular a gluing formula seems to be out of reach. We propose a different refinement of analytic torsion, similar to Braverman and Kappeler, which does apply to compact manifolds with and without boundary. In a subsequent publication we establish a gluing formula for our construction, which in fact can also be viewed as a gluing law for the original definition of refined analytic torsion by Braverman and Kappeler.
description: Some references were corrected. 30 pages
Observations of an Electron-cold Ion Component Reconnection at the Edge of an Ion-scale Antiparallel Reconnection at the Dayside Magnetopause
Creators: name: Zhao, S. Q.
name: Zhang, H.
name: Liu, Terry Z.
name: Yan, Huirong
name: Xiao, C. J.
name: Liu, Mingzhe
name: Zong, Q. -G.
name: Wang, Xiaogang
name: Shi, Mijie
name: Teng, Shangchun
name: Wang, Huizi
name: Rankin, R.
name: Pollock, C.
name: Le, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Solar wind parameters play a dominant role in reconnection rate, which controls the solar wind-magnetosphere coupling efficiency at Earth's magnetopause. Besides, low-energy ions from the ionosphere, frequently detected on the magnetospheric side of the magnetopause, also affect magnetic reconnection. However, the specific role of low-energy ions in reconnection is still an open question under active discussion. In the present work, we report in situ observations of a multiscale, multi-type magnetopause reconnection in the presence of low-energy ions using NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale data on 11 September 2015. This study divides ions into cold and hot populations. The observations can be interpreted as a secondary reconnection dominated by electrons and cold ions located at the edge of an ion-scale reconnection. This analysis demonstrates a dominant role of cold ions in the secondary reconnection without hot ions' response. Cold ions and electrons are accelerated and heated by the secondary process. The case study provides observational evidence for the simultaneous operation of antiparallel and component reconnection. Our results imply that the pre-accelerated and heated cold ions and electrons in the secondary reconnection may participate in the primary ion-scale reconnection affecting the solar wind-magnetopause coupling and the complicated magnetic field topology affect the reconnection rate.
Similarity-Projection structures: the logical geometry of Quantum Physics
Creators: name: Lehmann, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Similarity-Projection structures abstract the numerical properties of real scalar product of rays and projections in Hilbert spaces to provide a more general framework for Quantum Physics. They are characterized by properties that possess direct physical meaning. They provide a formal framework that subsumes both classical boolean logic concerned with sets and subsets and quantum logic concerned with Hilbert space, closed subspaces and projections. They shed light on the role of the phase factors that are central to Quantum Physics. The generalization of the notion of a self-adjoint operator to SP-structures provides a novel notion that is free of linear algebra.
description: 29 pages
Nonequilibrium phenomena in adjacent electrically isolated nanostructures
Creators: name: Khrapai, V. S.
name: Ludwig, S.
name: Kotthaus, J. P.
name: Tranitz, H. P.
name: Wegscheider, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on nonequilibrium interaction phenomena between adjacent but electrostatically separated nanostructures in GaAs. A current flowing in one externally biased nanostructure causes an excitation of electrons in a circuit of a second nanostructure. As a result we observe a dc current generated in the unbiased second nanostructure. The results can be qualitatively explained in terms of acoustic phonon based energy transfer between the two mutually isolated circuits.
description: EP2DS-2007 proceedings; as published
Seiberg Duality in Chern-Simons Theory
Creators: name: Giveon, Amit
name: Kutasov, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We argue that N=2 supersymmetric Chern-Simons theories exhibit a strong-weak coupling Seiberg-type duality. We also discuss supersymmetry breaking in these theories.
description: 13 pages, 4 figures, harvmac
Behavior Self-Organization Supports Task Inference for Continual Robot Learning
Creators: name: Hafez, Muhammad Burhan
name: Wermter, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Recent advances in robot learning have enabled robots to become increasingly better at mastering a predefined set of tasks. On the other hand, as humans, we have the ability to learn a growing set of tasks over our lifetime. Continual robot learning is an emerging research direction with the goal of endowing robots with this ability. In order to learn new tasks over time, the robot first needs to infer the task at hand. Task inference, however, has received little attention in the multi-task learning literature. In this paper, we propose a novel approach to continual learning of robotic control tasks. Our approach performs unsupervised learning of behavior embeddings by incrementally self-organizing demonstrated behaviors. Task inference is made by finding the nearest behavior embedding to a demonstrated behavior, which is used together with the environment state as input to a multi-task policy trained with reinforcement learning to optimize performance over tasks. Unlike previous approaches, our approach makes no assumptions about task distribution and requires no task exploration to infer tasks. We evaluate our approach in experiments with concurrently and sequentially presented tasks and show that it outperforms other multi-task learning approaches in terms of generalization performance and convergence speed, particularly in the continual learning setting.
description: Accepted at IROS 2021
Random walk weakly attracted to a wall
Creators: name: De Coninck, Joël
name: Dunlop, François
name: Huillet, Thierry
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 60J10, 82B41, 42C05

description: We consider a random walk X_n in Z_+, starting at X_0=x>= 0, with transition probabilities P(X_{n+1}=X_n+1|X_n=y>=1)=1/2-δ/(4y+2δ) P(X_{n+1}=X_n+1|X_n=y>=1)=1/2+δ/(4y+2δ) and X_{n+1}=1 whenever X_n=0. We prove that the expectation value of X_n behaves like n^{1-(δ/2)} as n goes to infinity when δis in the range (1,2). The proof is based upon the Karlin-McGregor spectral representation, which is made explicit for this random walk.
description: Replacement with minor changes and additions in bibliography. Same abstract, in plain text rather than TeX
J/$ψ$ absorption in a multicomponent hadron gas
Creators: name: Prorok, Dariusz
name: Turko, Ludwik
name: Blaschke, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A model for anomalous $J/Ψ$ suppression in high energy heavy ion collisions is presented. As the additional suppression mechanism beyond standard nuclear absorption inelastic $J/Ψ$ scattering with hadronic matter is considered. Hadronic matter is modeled as an evolving multi-component gas of point-like non-interacting particles (MCHG). Estimates for the sound velocity of the MCHG are given and the equation of state is compared with Lattice QCD data in the vicinity of the deconfinement phase transition. The approximate cooling pattern caused by longitudinal expansion is presented. It is shown that under these conditions the resulting $J/Ψ$ suppression pattern agrees well with NA38 and NA50 data.
description: Presented at Joint Meeting Heidelberg-Liege-Paris-Wroclaw: Three Days of Strong Interactions and Astrophysics (HLPW08), Spa, Liege, Belgium, 6-8 Mar 2008
Intellectual aspects of regular school integration for physically disabled children
Creators: name: Copeland, Elizabeth M. J.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: In recent years there has been a trend towards integration, or mainstreaming, for educating the handicapped child. The aim of this study was to explore some effects of integrating physically disabled children into regular school from a special school and thus obtain data to aid in making further integration decisions. Specifically in this study two groups of physically disabled children who had attended a special rehabilitation hospital school were compared in intellectual abilities, after one group had integrated into the regular school It was hypothesized that, as several verbal subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children appear to be influenced by environmental stimuli, those integrated into the regular school will have increased scaled scores over those who remained in the special school. To discuss result within a broader framework it was also hypothesized that gains would be correlated with higher motivation levels, a lesser degree of severity of disability, and better social adjustment. An analysis of covariance indicated a significant improvement in verbal intelligence by the experimental group in comparison to the control group, with the most gains being made by the youngest age group (6-8 years). Results showed that not only did those in the experimental group improve but that those who stayed in the special school declined in comparison to their own previous scores. This decline was particularly evident for those children with the highest verbal intelligence scores in the control group, which were in the average range for the test normative sample. Pearson correlation coefficients indicated that gains in verbal intelligence did not appear to be related to either school or non-school interest level, the severity of the disability, sex or social adjustment.
Quasiperiodic and Lyndon episturmian words
Creators: name: Glen, Amy
name: Levé, Florence
name: Richomme, Gwénaël
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 68R15

description: Recently the second two authors characterized quasiperiodic Sturmian words, proving that a Sturmian word is non-quasiperiodic if and only if it is an infinite Lyndon word. Here we extend this study to episturmian words (a natural generalization of Sturmian words) by describing all the quasiperiods of an episturmian word, which yields a characterization of quasiperiodic episturmian words in terms of their "directive words". Even further, we establish a complete characterization of all episturmian words that are Lyndon words. Our main results show that, unlike the Sturmian case, there is a much wider class of episturmian words that are non-quasiperiodic, besides those that are infinite Lyndon words. Our key tools are morphisms and directive words, in particular "normalized" directive words, which we introduced in an earlier paper. Also of importance is the use of "return words" to characterize quasiperiodic episturmian words, since such a method could be useful in other contexts.
description: 33 pages; minor changes
The Crab Nebula as a Calibrator for wide-beam Cosmic Microwave Background polarization surveys
Creators: name: Masi, Silvia
name: de Bernardis, Paolo
name: Columbro, Fabio
name: Coppolecchia, Alessandro
name: D'Alessandro, Giuseppe
name: Mele, Lorenzo
name: Paiella, Alessandro
name: Piacentini, Francesco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the effect of polarized diffuse emission in the calibration of wide-beam mm-wave polarimeters, when using the Crab Nebula as a reference source for both polarized brightness and polarization angle. We show that, for CMB polarization experiments aiming at detecting B-mode in a scenario with a tensor to scalar ratio $r \sim 0.001$, wide (a few degrees in diameter), precise ($σ_Q$ , $σ_U$ $\sim$ 20 $μ$$K_{CMB}$ arcmin), high angular resolution ($< \mathrm{FWHM}$) reference maps are needed to properly take into account the effects of diffuse polarized emission and avoid significant bias in the calibration.
Melanolophiini Forbes 1948
Creators: name: Pohl, Greg
name: Anweiler, Gary
name: Schmidt, Christian
name: Kondla, Norbert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2010
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Geometridae

description: Melanolophiini 1457 R Melanolophia imitata (Walker, 1860) May M – – T: Rindge (1964), McGuffin (1977) L: Bowman (1951), Prentice (1963), McGuffin (1977) C: CNC 1457.1 * P Melanolophia signataria (Walker, 1860) Jun? – B – T: Rindge (1964), McGuffin (1977) 1458 * R Eufidonia convergaria (Walker, 1860) Jun m B – T: McGuffin (1977) L: [Bowman (1951)], [Prentice (1963)], McGuffin (1977) C: CNC, NFRC, OLDS, UASM 1459 R Eufidonia discospilata (Walker, 1862) Jun m B – T: McGuffin (1977) L: Bowman (1951), Prentice (1963), McGuffin (1977) C: CNC, NFRC, UASM
description: Published as part of Pohl, Greg, Anweiler, Gary, Schmidt, Christian & Kondla, Norbert, 2010, An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada, pp. 1-549 in ZooKeys 38 (38) on page 217, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.38.383, http://zenodo.org/record/576629
description: {"references": ["Rindge FH (1964) A revision of the genera Melanolophia, Pherotesia, and Melanotesia (Lepidoptera: Geometridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 126: 241 - 434.", "McGuffin WC (1977) Guide to the Geometridae of Canada (Lepidoptera) II. Subfamily Ennominae. 2. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 101: 1 - 191.", "Bowman K (1951) An annotated list of the Lepidoptera of Alberta. Canadian Journal of Zoology 29: 121 - 165.", "Prentice RM (1963) Forest Lepidoptera of Canada reported by the Forest Insect Survey, Vol. 3: Lasiocampidae, Drepanidae, Th yatiridae, Geometridae. Canada Dept. of Forestry, Forest Entomology and Pathology Branch, Bulletin No. 128, pp. 282 - 543."]}
Andreas Fulda: Germany and China. How Entanglement Undermines Freedom, Prosperity and Security. London u. a.: Bloomsbury Academic 2024, 256 Seiten
Creators: name: Messingschlager, Stefan
Publisher: name: De Gruyter
Year: 2024
Subjects: Volksrepublik China
China-Strategie
Entanglement
Security
Prosperity

description: Zweitveröffentlichung - DOI der Erstveröffentlichung: 10.1515/sirius-2024-3016 - Der Originalartikel steht unter der CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 Lizenz (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.). Näheres unter: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
WMAP5 constraints on the unified model of dark energy and dark matter
Creators: name: Barreiro, T.
name: Bertolami, O.
name: Torres, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive constraints on the parameter space of the unified model of dark energy and dark matter, the Generalized Chaplygin Gas (GCG), from the amplitudes and positions of the first few peaks and first trough of the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) power spectrum, using the latest WMAP five year data.
description: 5 pages, 6 figures
Z0 Boson Measurement with the ALICE Central Barrel in pp collisions at 14 TeV
Creators: name: Bailhache, R.
name: Andronic, A.
name: Braun-Munzinger, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The possibility to detect the Z0 in the ALICE central barrel is studied via the electronic decay channel Z0->e+e-. The signal and the background are simulated with the leading order event generator PYTHIA 6. The total cross-sections are taken from NLO calculations. Based on test beam data, the electron identification performance of the Transition Radiation Detector is extrapolated to high momenta. The expected yields for minimum-bias pp collisions at 14 TeV are presented. An isolation cut on the single electron, together with a minimum transverse momentum cut, allows to obtain a clear signal. The expected background is of the order of 1 % with the main contribution coming from misidentified pions from jets.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures, QM2008 proceedings