cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
General relativistic simulations of collapsing binary neutron star mergers with Monte-Carlo neutrino transport
Creators: name: Foucart, Francois
name: Duez, Matthew D.
name: Haas, Roland
name: Kidder, Lawrence E.
name: Pfeiffer, Harald P.
name: Scheel, Mark A.
name: Spira-Savett, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recent gravitational wave observations of neutron star-neutron star and neutron star-black hole binaries appear to indicate that massive neutron stars may not be too uncommon in merging systems. In this manuscript, we present a first set of evolution of massive neutron star binaries using Monte-Carlo radiation transport for the evolution of neutrinos. We study a range of systems, from nearly symmetric binaries that collapse to a black hole before forming a disk or ejecting material, to more asymmetric binaries in which tidal disruption of the lower mass star leads to the production of more interesting post-merger remnants. For the latter type of systems, we additionally study the impact of viscosity on the properties of the outflows, and compare our results to two recent simulations of identical binaries performed with the WhiskyTHC code. We find agreement on the black hole properties, disk mass, and mass and velocity of the outflows within expected numerical uncertainties, and some minor but noticeable differences in the evolution of the electron fraction when using a subgrid viscosity model, with viscosity playing a more minor role in our simulations. The method used to account for r-process heating in the determination of the outflow properties appears to have a larger impact on our result than those differences between numerical codes. We also use the simulation with the most ejected material to verify that our newly implemented Lagrangian tracers provide a reasonable sampling of the matter outflows as they leave the computational grid. We note that, given the lack of production of hot outflows in these mergers, the main role of neutrinos in these systems is to set the composition of the post-merger remnant. One of the main potential use of our simulations is thus as improved initial conditions for longer evolutions of such remnants.
description: 21p, 10 figures, under review by PRD
An Evidential Neural Network Model for Regression Based on Random Fuzzy Numbers
Creators: name: Denoeux, Thierry
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We introduce a distance-based neural network model for regression, in which prediction uncertainty is quantified by a belief function on the real line. The model interprets the distances of the input vector to prototypes as pieces of evidence represented by Gaussian random fuzzy numbers (GRFN's) and combined by the generalized product intersection rule, an operator that extends Dempster's rule to random fuzzy sets. The network output is a GRFN that can be summarized by three numbers characterizing the most plausible predicted value, variability around this value, and epistemic uncertainty. Experiments with real datasets demonstrate the very good performance of the method as compared to state-of-the-art evidential and statistical learning algorithms. \keywords{Evidence theory, Dempster-Shafer theory, belief functions, machine learning, random fuzzy sets.
description: 7th International Conference on Belief Functions (BELIEF 2022), Paris, France, October 26-28, 2022
Quivers with loops and perverse sheaves
Creators: name: Bozec, Tristan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this article we consider the general definition of Lustig sheaves for arbitrary quivers, possibly carrying loops. We answer a conjecture raised by Lusztig asking if the more "simple" Lusztig perverse sheaves are enough to span the whole Grothendieck group usually built with these sheaves. Our proof is based on induction, with the help of restriction and induction functors, but with non trivial first steps, consisting in the study of quivers with one vertex but possible loops. We also need to consider regularity conditions on the support of our perverse sheaves to perform efficient restrictions at imaginary vertices. From our proof emerges a new combinatorial structure on our generalized canonical basis, which is more general than the usual crystals, in that there are now more operators associated to a vertex with loops. In a second part, we construct and study a Hopf algebra which generalizes the usual quantum groups. The geometric study previously made leads to a natural definition, which includes countably infinite sets of generators at imaginary roots, with higher order Serre relations and commutativity conditions imposed by the Jordan quiver case. We finally prove that the positive part of this algebra is isomorphic to our Grothendieck group, thanks to the study of a nondegenerate Hopf pairing.
description: 22 pages
“Hidden gains”? Measuring the impact of mindfulness-based interventions for people with mild traumatic brain injury: a scoping review
Creators: name: Lovette, Brenda C.
name: Kanaya, Millan R.
name: Bannon, Sarah M.
name: Vranceanu, Ana-Maria
name: Greenberg, Jonathan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Mindfulness-based interventions can support recovery from mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). Although measurement is a key determinant of outcomes, there is no comprehensive assessment of measurement approaches used to capture outcomes of these programs. Here, we review the domains targeted, measurement techniques used, and domains and techniques most affected by mindfulness-based interventions for mTBI. We conducted a scoping review. After screening and full-text review, we included 29 articles and extracted data related to measurement domains, techniques, and results. We identified 8 outcome domains, each with multiple subdomains. The most common domains were cognitive symptoms and general health/quality of life. No quantitative studies directly assessed sleep, physical-function, or pain-catastrophizing. Self-report was the most common measurement technique, followed by performance-based methods. Coping, somatic symptoms, emotional symptoms, stress response, and domains of cognition (particularly attention) were the most frequently improved domains. Qualitative results described benefits across all domains and suggested novel areas of benefit. Biomarkers did not reflect significant change. Mindfulness-based interventions for mTBI impact a range of clinical domains and are best captured with a combination of measurement approaches. Using qualitative methods and expanding the breadth of outcomes may help capture underexplored effects of mindfulness-based interventions for mTBI.
WIMP and FIMP Dark Matter in Singlet-Triplet Fermionic Model
Creators: name: Bélanger, Geneviève
name: Choubey, Sandhya
name: Godbole, Rohini M.
name: Khan, Sarif
name: Mitra, Manimala
name: Roy, Abhishek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an extension of the SM involving three triplet fermions, one triplet scalar and one singlet fermion, which can explain both neutrino masses and dark matter. One triplet of fermions and the singlet are odd under a $Z_2$ symmetry, thus the model features two possible dark matter candidates. The two remaining $Z_2$-even triplet fermions can reproduce the neutrino masses and oscillation parameters consistent with observations. We consider the case where the singlet has feeble couplings while the triplet is weakly interacting and investigate the different possibilities for reproducing the observed dark matter relic density. This includes production of the triplet WIMP from freeze-out and from decay of the singlet as well as freeze-in production of the singlet from decay of particles that belong to the thermal bath or are thermally decoupled. While freeze-in production is usually dominated by decay processes, we also show cases where the annihilation of bath particles give substantial contribution to the final relic density. This occurs when the new scalars are below the TeV scale, thus in the reach of the LHC. The next-to-lightest odd particle can be long-lived and can alter the successful BBN predictions for the abundance of light elements, these constraints are relevant in both the scenarios where the singlet or the triplet are the long-lived particle. In the case where the triplet is the DM, the model is subject to constraints from ongoing direct, indirect and collider experiments. When the singlet is the DM, the triplet which is the next-to-lightest odd particle can be long-lived and can be probed at the proposed MATHUSLA detector. Finally we also address the detection prospects of triplet fermions and scalars at the LHC.
description: 52 pages, 26 figures, Published as JHEP11(2022)133
Vortex distribution in a confining potential
Creators: name: Levin, Yan
name: Girotto, Matheus
name: Santos, Alexandre Pereira dos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a model of interacting vortices in a type II superconductor. In the weak coupling limit, we constructed a mean-field theory which allows us to accurately calculate the vortex density distribution inside a confining potential. In the strong coupling limit, the correlations between the particles become important and the mean-field theory fails. Contrary to recent suggestions, this does not imply failure of the Boltzmann-Gibbs statistical mechanics, as we clearly demonstrate by comparing the results of Molecular Dynamics and Monte Carlo simulations.
From maximum force to physics in 9 lines and towards relativistic quantum gravity
Creators: name: Schiller, Christoph
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A compact summary of present fundamental physics is given and evaluated. Its 9 lines describe all observations exactly and contain both general relativity and the standard model of particle physics. Their precise agreement with experiments, in combination with their extreme simplicity and their internal consistency, suggest that there are no experimental effects beyond the two theories. The combined properties of the 9 lines also imply concrete suggestions for the microscopic constituents in a complete theory of relativistic quantum gravity. It is shown that the microscopic constituents cannot be described by a Lagrangian or by an equation of motion. Finally, the 9 lines specify the only decisive tests that allow checking any specific proposal for such a theory.
description: Published version, 13 pages, 1 table, with the ultimate data accessibility statement
Effects of a remotely supervised motor rehabilitation program for individuals with Rett syndrome at home
Creators: name: Romano, Alberto
name: Di Rosa, Gabriella
name: Tisano, Adriana
name: Fabio, Rosa Angela
name: Lotan, Meir
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: Plant Biology
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: In this study, the effect of a remotely supervised, home-based, family-centered individualized rehabilitation program of motor activities for individuals with Rett syndrome (RTT) was evaluated. Thirteen participants with classic genetically confirmed RTT followed by a three-month program of motor activities at home. A total of 47 rehabilitative goals were set. Goals achievement, motor function, and parental satisfaction were evaluated. Each program was carried out by the participant's parents and remotely supervised via Skype calls, twice by a therapist experienced in RTT rehabilitation. Thirty-seven (78.7%) rehabilitative goals were achieved or overachieved. Ten participants (76.9%) significantly increased their gross motor functional level with a medium size effect (0.604). Parental reports of the involved families suggest, on average, a high level of usefulness of the program (4.4/5), adherence to the program (4.4/5), and general satisfaction (4.5/5). Our findings strongly support the implementation of such programs for this population. As these programs were remotely supervised, they can be implemented when the children are away from referenced facilities for long durations, such as during long holidays or a Covid-19 type lockdown.Implications for rehabilitationA remote supervised motor activity program carried out by the primary caregiver supports motor functioning in RTT.Therapists should consider family members' motivation to carry out the activities and integrate them into the family's daily routine.The program should be flexible to adapt to any sudden change in medical and environmental conditions, functional ability, and family members' motivational levels. A remote supervised motor activity program carried out by the primary caregiver supports motor functioning in RTT. Therapists should consider family members' motivation to carry out the activities and integrate them into the family's daily routine. The program should be flexible to adapt to any sudden change in medical and environmental conditions, functional ability, and family members' motivational levels.
TV Can Afford Some Opinion
Creators: name: Konner, Joan
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1989
Subjects: Television broadcasting--Philosophy
Television broadcasting--Decision making
Television broadcasting--Moral and ethical aspects
Journalism
Mass media

description: To broadcast or not to broadcast? It is a serious question and someone accountable, a station or network executive, has to decide when standards of fairness, accuracy and balance are at issue. That was the case of "Days of Rage: The Young Palestinians," broadcast September 6th on WNET/13. one of dozens of difficult decisions public-television executives make every day in the uneasy collaboration between independent producers needing a broadcast outlet and the public broadcaster needing and obligated to air independent productions.
Spectral inequalities for Jacobi operators and related sharp Lieb-Thirring inequalities on the continuum
Creators: name: Schimmer, Lukas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper we approximate a Schrödinger operator on $L^2(\R)$ by Jacobi operators on $\ell^2(\Z)$ to provide new proofs of sharp Lieb-Thirring inequalities for the powers $γ=1/2$ and $γ=3/2$. To this end we first investigate spectral inequalities for Jacobi operators. Using the commutation method we present a new, direct proof of a sharp inequality corresponding to a Lieb-Thirring inequality for the power 3/2 on $\ell^2(\Z)$. We also introduce inequalities for higher powers of the eigenvalues as well as for matrix-valued potentials and compare our results to previously established bounds.
description: 28 pages, 1 figure
Born-Oppenheimer and the Geometry of Ray Space
Creators: name: Samuel, Joseph
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is known that, within the Born-Oppenheimer approximation, the slow modes of the nuclear motion are altered by three effects that emerge from integrating out the fast modes of the electronic motion. The first is an effective scalar potential $V_{\mathrm dyn}$ coming from the eigenvalue of the electronic state, the second is an effective magnetic field coming from the Berry phase vector potential $A$. The third term is an additional potential $V_{\mathrm geom}$ originating in the geometry of ray space and the Fubini-Study metric. In this article, we illustrate these effects and their geometric origin in the context of a simple toy model of a slow neutron interacting with a strong, spatially varying magnetic field. Regarding the neutron spin as a fast degree of freedom, we work out the slow dynamics of the motion of the neutron. Our treatment is geometrical and brings out the effects originating in the Kähler geometry of ray space and the Fubini-Study metric. We then give examples of magnetic field configurations which isolate these three separate effects. Finally we apply these ideas to the trapping of cold atoms. Our main result is that the geometric electric potential $V_{\mathrm geom}$ dominates for smaller traps and can be used to confine cold atoms in static traps. This observation could result in better and smaller atomic clocks. This paper is dedicated to Michael Berry on his 80th Birthday.
description: 23 pages, one figure, Earlier version missed important previous work and this was pointed out by a referee. This omission has been rectified and a new section added on application to cold atoms, which suggests using geometric electric potentials to develop smaller and better clocks. To appear in JPhys A in an issue honouring Michael Berry
Thin accretion disks around a black hole in Einstein-Aether-scalar theory
Creators: name: He, Tong-Yu
name: Cai, Ziqiang
name: Yang, Rong-Jia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the accretion process in the thin disk around a supermassive black hole in Einstein-aether-scalar theory. We probe the effects of the model parameter on the physical properties of the disk. The results show that with increasing value of the parameter, the energy flux, the radiation temperature, the spectra cut-off frequency, the spectra luminosity, and the conversion efficiency of the disk decrease. The disk is hotter and more luminous than that in general relativity for negative parameter, while it is cooler and less luminous for positive parameter. We also find some values of the parameter allowed by the theory are excluded by the physical properties of the disk.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures, 1 table, some errors are corrected
Innovative working community development through self-evaluation and democratic dialogue
Creators: name: LOPPELA, Kaija
Publisher: name: CPH Conference : 11th International Symposium on Human Factors in Organisational Design and Management
Year: 2014

description: The article describes development action and results achieved in specialized medical care with help of a model called "Towards better work and wellbeing by dialogue" (Loppela, 2004) The model is currently being applied to a large development project named Dinno (Syvänen et al., 2012).
Development of detection method for Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli, causal organism of ratoon stunting disease of sugarcane by quantitative polymerase chain reaction - high resolution melting analysis (qPCR-HRM)
Creators: name: Wuttitharuk  Boonsonti Jutatape  Watcharachaiyakup  Wichai Kositratana And Sujin  Patarapuwado
Publisher: name: Faculty of Agriculture
Year: 2020
Subjects: ratoon stunting disease, Leifsonia xyli subsp. xyli, qPCR-HRM

description: Khon Kaen Agriculture Journal, 48, 6, 1384-1395
Synthesis of Near-Field Arrays based on Electromagnetic Inner Products
Creators: name: Lisi, Francesco
name: Michel, Andrea
name: Nepa, Paolo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Near-field antennas have been successfully adopted in several wireless applications. To exploit the high reconfigurability of array antennas, multiple synthesis techniques for arrays operating in the near-field region have been proposed. Building upon previous works on eigenmode expansions of the radiated fields, two synthesis methods for the excitations of near-field arrays based on the definition of an inner product on the electromagnetic fields are investigated: the "maximum norm" and "minimum error field norm" methods. The "maximum norm" method computes the array excitations that maximize either the active power flow through a target surface or the electric/magnetic energy stored in an assigned volume, depending on the adopted inner product. The performance of the maximum active power flow method is compared with the one of the simpler conjugate phase method. Furthermore, the limit solution achieved when the target surface reaches the far-field region is compared against the "maximum Beam Collection Efficiency" method. The "minimum error field norm" method allows to synthesize a given target field. As an example, the latter method is used to find the optimal excitation of a Plane Wave Generator with a spherical quiet zone. The effectiveness and performance of the discussed synthesis methods are validated through numerical simulations.
Detecting and evaluating flicker from lighting systems during field assessments of lighting installations
Creators: name: OSTERHAUS, Werner
name: STOFFER, Sophie
name: ERHARDTSEN, Inger
Publisher: name: CPH Conference : 11th International Symposium on Human Factors in Organisational Design and Management
Year: 2014

description: This paper provides guidance to practitioners in visual ergonomics and lighting design, as well as lighting specifiers and installers, on how to detect flicker during field surveys of lighting systems and avoid flicker in lighting system upgrades or retrofits. Flicker has been identified as a problem in several lighting installations in different building types. A common perception is that LED lighting systems are flicker-free. Measurements indicate that LED sources can produce as much flicker as fluorescent lamps with magnetic ballasts. While flicker might be invisible to the human eye, it can easily be detected with very simple instruments available to most; namely mobile phones.
Baryon asymmetry and lower bound on right handed neutrino mass in fast expanding Universe: an analytical approach
Creators: name: Chakraborty, Mainak
name: Roy, Sourov
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The expansion rate of the Universe deviates from its standard value when the total energy density includes contribution from a new scalar field apart from the radiation energy density. The non-trivial modifications incurred in the Boltzmann equations render the well known analytical solutions unsuitable in non standard scenario. In the present study we derive analytical expressions for the efficiency factor (which is nothing but solution of set of Boltzmann equations) using certain legible approximations. A fair degree of accuracy of these formulas have been observed by juxtaposing the analytical results with that obtained through numerical solution of Boltzmann equations. Faster expansion of the Universe results in decrement of the effective decay parameter which brings down the amount of washout of asymmetry due to inverse decay. Thus in non-standard cosmology scenario, a larger fraction of the asymmetry (generated at early epoch) is expected to survive till present epoch. Alteration of the cosmology does not affect the underlying particle physics model responsible for the generation of the CP asymmetry. Therefore starting from an identical particle physics model we will end up with a larger final baryon asymmetry in the non-standard scenario. It hints towards the possible relaxation of the lower bound of the lightest right handed neutrino mass required to produce adequate asymmetry which is in agreement with current experimental data.
description: 39 pages, 7 figures, improved version, figures modified, new discussion added in the introduction, references updated, matches with the version published in JCAP
Implementation of participatory OL-OH intervention - focusing on the primary tasks
Creators: name: FRAMKE, Elisabeth
name: SØRENSEN, Ole Henning
Publisher: name: CPH Conference : 11th International Symposium on Human Factors in Organisational Design and Management
Year: 2014

description: Previous research has identified a need to combine and integrate organizational
level, occupational health (OL-OH) interventions with workplace strategies. This study employed a maximum variation strategy to select four units within a large-scale OL-OH study for in-depth qualitative analysis. This study shows how taking a primary task focus as the outset in a participatory OL-OH intervention resulted in several local workplace specific initiatives to improve organizational conditions that employees perceived to be important to resolve. They aimed to clear the way for improving performance of primary tasks thereby achieving the purpose and strategies of the workplace.
Developments in the application of Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Programs: an international survey of practice
Creators: name: Rose, Miranda L.
name: Pierce, John E.
name: Scharp, Victoria L.
name: Off, Catherine A.
name: Babbitt, Edna M.
name: Griffin-Musick, Jenna R.
name: Cherney, Leora R.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Intensive Comprehensive Aphasia Programs (ICAPs) were first described in 2013 with an international survey documenting 12 unique programs. ICAPs involve high dose intervention delivered in both group and individual settings, targeting communication across impairment, functioning, participation, and contextual domains. In this study, we aimed to investigate international growth in ICAPs. We developed a 43-item questionnaire expanding on the original 2013 version to investigate program modifications, activities, protocolised therapies, software and apps, and family involvement. The survey was disseminated to aphasia clinicians and researchers internationally (November 2019–February 2020). Thirty-nine unique respondents completed the survey from nine countries. Twenty-one met the criteria for an ICAP or modified ICAP (mICAP): 14 ICAPs; 7 mICAPs, and 13 of these were new programs. ICAPs differed from mICAPs with greater emphasis on group sessions, use of technology, total communication, advocacy, and art activities. A large range of protocolised therapies were used across programs. An increased focus on mood and psychosocial well-being was observed compared to the 2013 survey. The number and comprehensiveness of ICAPs has grown since 2013 with development of modified versions. Future research should focus on comparative efficacy of ICAPs/mICAPs and other forms of aphasia interventions and factors underpinning growth and sustainability.Implications for RehabilitationClinicians who coordinate or are considering commencing an ICAP in future can use these results to consider the design of their program.Coordinators should carefully consider the components of their ICAPs and advise consumers whether they meet the definition of an ICAP or a mICAP.With the increasing number of ICAPs across the globe, clinicians commencing an ICAP may wish to contact existing ICAPs within their country for advice.Program sustainability may be challenging and these results provide an indication of some of the key challenges coordinators may face. Clinicians who coordinate or are considering commencing an ICAP in future can use these results to consider the design of their program. Coordinators should carefully consider the components of their ICAPs and advise consumers whether they meet the definition of an ICAP or a mICAP. With the increasing number of ICAPs across the globe, clinicians commencing an ICAP may wish to contact existing ICAPs within their country for advice. Program sustainability may be challenging and these results provide an indication of some of the key challenges coordinators may face.
Quantum interference oscillations of the superparamagnetic blocking in an Fe8 molecular nanomagnet
Creators: name: Burzurí, E.
name: Luis, F.
name: Montero, O.
name: Barbara, B.
name: Ballou, R.
name: Maegawa, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that the dynamic magnetic susceptibility and the superparamagnetic blocking temperature of an Fe8 single molecule magnet oscillate as a function of the magnetic field Hx applied along its hard magnetic axis. These oscillations are associated with quantum interferences, tuned by Hx, between different spin tunneling paths linking two excited magnetic states. The oscillation period is determined by the quantum mixing between the ground S=10 and excited multiplets. These experiments enable us to quantify such mixing. We find that the weight of excited multiplets in the magnetic ground state of Fe8 amounts to approximately 11.6%.
description: Accepted in Phys. Rev. Lett
THE LEARNERS' STUDY HABITS AND ITS RELATION ON THEIR ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE
Creators: name: Jhoselle Tus
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 170103 Educational Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Study habits are at the core of a learner's academic success. It is an action like reading, taking notes, conducting study groups that students perform frequently, and regularly accomplishing the learning goals. It can be defined as effective or counterproductive based on whether it serves the students well. Thus, the study's primary purpose was to determine the relationship between study habits and the students' academic performance. The descriptive-correlation design was utilized to describe the respondents' profile regarding their study habits and academic performance. A total of one hundred twenty-six (126) Grade 11 senior high school learners participated in this study. Moreover, the main research instrument utilized in the study was the Palsane and Sharma Study Habit Inventory. Its eight sub-scales are budgeting time, physical condition, reading ability, note-taking, learning motivation, memory, taking examinations, and health. The findings showed that the respondents' study habits are at a relatively average level. The result revealed no significant relationship between study habits and academic performance. Also, the results showed that the study habits of the students are at a relatively average level. Additionally, enhancing students' study habits are relevant, especially in note-taking, reading ability, and health, thus improving their academic performance.
Clark model in general situation
Creators: name: Liaw, Constanze
name: Treil, Sergei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: For a unitary operator the family of its unitary perturbations by rank one operators with fixed range is parametrized by a complex parameter $γ, |γ|=1$. Namely all such unitary perturbations are $U_γ:=U+(γ-1) (., b_1)_{\mathcal H} b$, where $b\in\mathcal H, \|b\|=1, b_1=U^{-1} b, |γ|=1$. For $|γ|<1$ operators $U_γ$ are contractions with one-dimensional defects. Restricting our attention on the non-trivial part of perturbation we assume that $b$ is cyclic for $U$. Then the operator $U_γ$, $|γ|<1$ is a completely non-unitary contraction, and thus unitarily equivalent to its functional model $\mathcal M_γ$, which is the compression of the multiplication by the independent variable $z$ onto the model space $\mathcal K_{θ_γ}$, where $θ_γ$ is the characteristic function of the contraction $U_γ$. The Clark operator $Φ_γ$ is a unitary operator intertwining $U_γ, |γ|<1$ and its model $\mathcal M_γ$, $\mathcal M_γΦ_γ= Φ_γU_γ$. If spectral measure of $U$ is purely singular (equivalently, $θ_γ$ is inner), operator $Φ_γ$ was described from a slightly different point of view by D. Clark. When $θ_γ$ is extreme point of the unit ball in $H^\infty$ was treated by D. Sarason using the sub-Hardy spaces introduced by L. de Branges. We treat the general case and give a systematic presentation of the subject. We find a formula for the adjoint operator $Φ^*_γ$ which is represented by a singular integral operator, generalizing the normalized Cauchy transform studied by A. Poltoratskii. We present a "universal" representation that works for any transcription of the functional model. We then give the formulas adapted for the Sz.-Nagy--Foias and de Branges--Rovnyak transcriptions, and finally obtain the representation of $Φ_γ$.
description: 34 pages. 8/17/2013: changed the arXiv abstract, so the symbols display correctly; no changes in the text
How To Climb The Greasy Pole
Creators: name: Konner, Joan
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1990
Subjects: Mass media and race relations
Executives--Biography
African Americans--Biography
African Americans--Press coverage
Journalism
Mass media

description: If success is the guiding star in the murky firmament of this capitalist culture, never were the navigational lanes more visible than in two recent autobiographies of media moguls. "Confessions of an S.O.B." by Al Neuharth, founder of USA Today and builder of the Gannett media empire, and "Succeeding Against the Odds" by John Johnson, founder and publisher of Ebony and Jet magazines. recount the classic rags-to-riches, poverty-to-power story and, in the process, define the values struggle that is the issue of our time.
Simulation in full-scale mock-ups: an ergonomics evaluation method?
Creators: name: ANDERSEN, Simone Nyholm
name: BROBERG, Ole
Publisher: name: CPH Conference : 11th International Symposium on Human Factors in Organisational Design and Management
Year: 2014

description: This paper presents an exploratory study of four simulation sessions in full-scale
mock-ups of future hospital facilities. The aim was to explore full-scale mock-ups’
potential of not only being a method for testing and evaluating design concepts but also being an ergonomics evaluation method of specific work conditions at future hospital facilities. The results show that the simulation in the full-scale mock-ups revealed work conditions of Room Layout, Musculoskeletal Conditions, Organizational Interconnections, Indoor Climate, Safety and Psychosocial Conditions. However, the full-scale mock-ups were primarily supporting ergonomics evaluation of Room Layout and Musculoskeletal Conditions.
Listeners’ Bodies in Music Analysis: Gestures, Motor Intentionality, and Models
Creators: name: Kozak, Mariusz S.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Music--Psychological aspects
Gesture
Music

description: In this article I demonstrate how listeners understand musical processes with their bodies, and how their gestures can be used to build analytical models. Specifically, I draw on the phenomenology of Maurice Merleau-Ponty to argue that situated, active listeners project their motor intentional gestures inside music, where they reconstitute the very nature of musical space and its objects according to their own unique perspective. Rather than passively reflecting gestures of performers, these listeners use their own bodily states to create the structure and meaning of music. I illustrate how those states can be mobilized for analysis by taking quantifiable features of gestures—acceleration and temporal profiles—as models of musical structure, and by using those models as a basis for analytical narratives. I focus on three pieces—Olga Neuwirth’s Vampyrotheone, Elliott Carter’s ASKO Concerto, and Thomas Adès’s Living Toys—in which motion-capture studies revealed the different roles of listeners’ gestures in organizing musical experience.
Weaving, Bending, Patching, Mending the Fabric of Reality: A Cognitive Science Perspective on Worldview Inconsistency
Creators: name: Gabora, Liane
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In order to become aware of inconsistencies, one must first construe of the world in a way that reflects its consistencies. This paper begins with a tentative model for how a set of discrete memories transforms into an interconnected worldview wherein relationships between memories are forged by way of abstractions. Inconsistencies prompt the invention of new abstractions. In regions of the conceptual network where inconsistencies abound, a cognitive analog of simulated annealing is in order; there is a willingness to question previous assumptions--to 'loosen' conceptual relationships--so as to let new concepts thoroughly percolate through the worldview and exert the needed revolutionary effect. In so doing there is a risk of assimilating dangerous concepts. Repression arrests the process by which dangerous thoughts infiltrate the conceptual network, and deception blocks thoughts that have already been assimilated. These forms of self-initiated worldview inconsistency may evoke feelings of fragmentation at the level of the individual or the society.
description: 20 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:adap-org/9901002, arXiv:1309.6617
Social Interactions for Autonomous Driving: A Review and Perspectives
Creators: name: Wang, Wenshuo
name: Wang, Letian
name: Zhang, Chengyuan
name: Liu, Changliu
name: Sun, Lijun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: No human drives a car in a vacuum; she/he must negotiate with other road users to achieve their goals in social traffic scenes. A rational human driver can interact with other road users in a socially-compatible way through implicit communications to complete their driving tasks smoothly in interaction-intensive, safety-critical environments. This paper aims to review the existing approaches and theories to help understand and rethink the interactions among human drivers toward social autonomous driving. We take this survey to seek the answers to a series of fundamental questions: 1) What is social interaction in road traffic scenes? 2) How to measure and evaluate social interaction? 3) How to model and reveal the process of social interaction? 4) How do human drivers reach an implicit agreement and negotiate smoothly in social interaction? This paper reviews various approaches to modeling and learning the social interactions between human drivers, ranging from optimization theory and graphical models to social force theory and behavioral & cognitive science. We also highlight some new directions, critical challenges, and opening questions for future research.
description: 183 pages, 36 figures
An Evolutionary, Gradient-Free, Query-Efficient, Black-Box Algorithm for Generating Adversarial Instances in Deep Networks
Creators: name: Lapid, Raz
name: Haramaty, Zvika
name: Sipper, Moshe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Deep neural networks (DNNs) are sensitive to adversarial data in a variety of scenarios, including the black-box scenario, where the attacker is only allowed to query the trained model and receive an output. Existing black-box methods for creating adversarial instances are costly, often using gradient estimation or training a replacement network. This paper introduces \textbf{Qu}ery-Efficient \textbf{E}volutiona\textbf{ry} \textbf{Attack}, \textit{QuEry Attack}, an untargeted, score-based, black-box attack. QuEry Attack is based on a novel objective function that can be used in gradient-free optimization problems. The attack only requires access to the output logits of the classifier and is thus not affected by gradient masking. No additional information is needed, rendering our method more suitable to real-life situations. We test its performance with three different state-of-the-art models -- Inception-v3, ResNet-50, and VGG-16-BN -- against three benchmark datasets: MNIST, CIFAR10 and ImageNet. Furthermore, we evaluate QuEry Attack's performance on non-differential transformation defenses and state-of-the-art robust models. Our results demonstrate the superior performance of QuEry Attack, both in terms of accuracy score and query efficiency.
title: Weaving the Threads of a European Legal Order
Creators: name: Westerman, Pauline
Publisher: name: European Papers (www.europeanpapers.eu)
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: validity
subject: valency
subject: actants
subject: count as rules
subject: networks
subject: democratic criteria

description: European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2023 8(3), 1301-1315
description: I. Introduction. – II. Actants. – III. The absence of brute facts. – IV. Valency. – V. Law as proliferation of power. – VI. Increasing adjudicative power. – VII. Increasing regulatory power. – VIII. Conclusion: the importance of inclusion and empowerment.
description: Two assumptions dominate and frustrate the debate concerning the emergence and rapid expansion of the European legal order and its relation to national legal systems. The first is that the will and consent of sovereign powers should be seen as a (social) fact that is logically and practically unable to give rise to (legal) norms. The second is that legal orders are distinct systems demarcated by separate sets of criteria of validity. In this Article both assumptions are criticised. Facts are not mere facts. And legal orders are not “autonomous” buildings erected on separate foundations. In order to account for the ways in which the European order overlaps with international and domestic law normative orders a legal order may be more adequately pictured as a web. In such a web, rules are the threads that bind together things, persons and institutions. It is hypothesised that the density of such webs as well as their capacity to connect to other webs determine their weight and relevance as reasons for action and decision-making. This hypothesis is tested in the capacity of European adjudication and regulation to connect to and to include national actors and institutions.
Do You Always Need a Textbook to Teach Astro 101?
Creators: name: Rudolph, Alexander L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The increasing use of interactive learning strategies in Astro 101 classrooms has led some instructors to consider the usefulness of a textbook in such classes. These strategies provide students a learning modality very different from the traditional lecture supplemented by reading a textbook and homework, and raises the question of whether the learning that takes place during such interactive activities is enough by itself to teach students what we wish them to know about astronomy. To address this question, assessment data is presented from an interactive class, which was first taught with a required textbook, and then with the textbook being optional. Comparison of test scores before and after this change shows no statistical difference in student achievement whether a textbook is required or not. In addition, comparison of test scores of students who purchased the textbook to those who did not, after the textbook became optional, also show no statistical difference between the two groups. The Light and Spectroscopy Concept Inventory (LSCI), a research-validated assessment tool, was given pre- and post-instruction to three classes that had a required textbook, and one for which the textbook was optional, and the results demonstrate that the student learning gains on this central topic were statistically indistinguishable between the two groups. Finally, the Star Properties Concept Inventory (SPCI), another research-validated assessment tool, was administered to a class for which the textbook was optional, and the class performance was higher than that of a group of classes in a national study.
Efficient achievability for quantum protocols using decoupling theorems
Creators: name: Hirche, Christoph
name: Morgan, Ciara
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Proving achievability of protocols in quantum Shannon theory usually does not consider the efficiency at which the goal of the protocol can be achieved. Nevertheless it is known that protocols such as coherent state merging are efficiently achievable at optimal rate. We aim to investigate this fact further in a general one-shot setting, by considering certain classes of decoupling theorems and give exact rates for these classes. Moreover we compare results of general decoupling theorems using Haar distributed unitaries with those using smaller sets of operators, in particular $ε$-approximate 2-designs. We also observe the behavior of our rates in special cases such as $ε$ approaching zero and the asymptotic limit.
description: 5 pages, double column, v2: added reference
Multiplexing oscillatory biochemical signals
Creators: name: de Ronde, Wiet
name: Wolde, Pieter Rein ten
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Molecular Networks (q-bio.MN)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: In recent years it is increasingly being recognized that biochemical signals are not necessarily constant in time and that the temporal dynamics of a signal can be the information carrier. Moreover, it is now well established that components are often shared between signaling pathways. Here we show by mathematical modeling that living cells can multiplex a constant and an oscillatory signal: they can transmit these two signals through the same signaling pathway simultaneously, and yet respond to them specifically and reliably. We find that information transmission is reduced not only by noise arising from the intrinsic stochasticity of biochemical reactions, but also by crosstalk between the different channels. Yet, under biologically relevant conditions more than 2 bits of information can be transmitted per channel, even when the two signals are transmitted simultaneously. These observations suggest that oscillatory signals are ideal for multiplexing signals.
description: Includes SI