cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Influence of glistening and calcium deposits in artificial intraocular lenses on retinal image quality – numerical model
Creators: name: Geniusz, Malwina
name: Zając, Marek
Publisher: name: The Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
Year: 2017
Subjects: intraocular lens (IOL), glistenings, modulation transfer function (MTF), calcium deposits

description: OPTICA APPLICATA; 03/2017; ISSN 1429-7507
The Superconductivity of Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ Under $c$-Axis Uniaxial Stress
Creators: name: Jerzembeck, Fabian
name: Røising, Henrik S.
name: Steppke, Alexander
name: Rosner, Helge
name: Sokolov, Dmitry A.
name: Kikugawa, Naoki
name: Scaffidi, Thomas
name: Simon, Steven H.
name: Mackenzie, Andrew P.
name: Hicks, Clifford W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Applying in-plane uniaxial pressure to strongly correlated low-dimensional systems has been shown to tune the electronic structure dramatically. For example, the unconventional superconductor Sr$_2$RuO$_4$ can be tuned through a single Van Hove singularity which results in a strong enhancement of both $T_\text{c}$ and $H_\text{c2}$. Out-of-plane ($c$ axis) uniaxial pressure is expected to tune the quasi-two-dimensional structure even more strongly, causing it to approach two Van Hove singularities simultaneously. Here we achieve a record value of $3.2$ GPa compression along the $c$ axis of Sr$_2$RuO$_4$. Although the rise in $H_\text{c2}$ shows that we are indeed approaching the van Hove points, $T_\text{c}$ is suppressed, a result that contradicts expectations based on simple two-dimensional models. As a first attempt to take the third dimension into account, we present three-dimensional calculations in the weak interaction limit, and discuss the extent to which they are consistent with observation. Our experimental results highlight the importance of out-of-plane effects in low-dimensional systems in general and provide new constraints on theories of the pairing interaction in Sr$_2$RuO$_4$.
Comparison of reading speed, phonological decoding, and comprehension in the group of children with anisometropic amblyopia and control group
Creators: name: Buczkowska, Hanna
name: Miśkowiak, Bogdan
Publisher: name: The Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
Year: 2017
Subjects: anisometropic amblyopia, reading speed, phonological decoding, comprehension, reading in amblyopia

description: OPTICA APPLICATA; 03/2017; ISSN 1429-7507
Modelling the persistent low-state $γ$-ray emission of the PKS 1510-089 blazar with electromagnetic cascades initiated in hadronuclear interactions
Creators: name: Dzhatdoev, T. A.
name: Khalikov, E. V.
name: Latypova, V. S.
name: Podlesnyi, E. I.
name: Vaiman, I. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Blazars may accelerate protons and/or nuclei as well as electrons. The hadronic component of accelerated particles in blazars may constitute the bulk of their high-energy budget; nevertheless, this component is elusive due to a high value of the energy threshold of proton interaction with photon fields inside the source. However, broad line regions (BLRs) of some flat spectrum radio quasars (FSRQs) may contain a sufficient amount of matter to render primary protons "visible" in $γ$ rays via hadronuclear interactions. In the present paper we study the persistent $γ$-ray emission of the FSRQ PKS 1510-089 in its low state utilizing the publicly-available Fermi-LAT data, as well as using the spectrum measured with the MAGIC imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes. We find an indication for an excess of $γ$ rays at the energy range $\gtrsim 20$ GeV with respect to a simple baseline log-parabolic intrinsic spectral model. This excess could be explained in a scenario invoking hadronuclear interactions of primary protons on the BLR material with the subsequent development of electromagnetic cascades in photon fields. We present a Monte Carlo calculation of the spectrum of this cascade component, taking as input the BLR photon field spectrum calculated with the Cloudy code. To our knowledge, this is the first calculation of electromagnetic cascade spectrum inside a blazar based on a direct calculation of the photon field spectrum with a spectral synthesis code.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures. A major mistake in data analysis was corrected; qualitative conclusions not changed. Otherwise, moderate changes. Accepted for publication in MNRAS. This is the author's version and not the final typeset
Enhanced visibility of graphene: the effect of the Brewster angle
Creators: name: Adamson, Peep
Publisher: name: The Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
Year: 2017
Subjects: optical characterization, two-dimensional materials, graphene, Brewster angle, differential reflectance

description: OPTICA APPLICATA; 03/2017; ISSN 1429-7507
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) pilosifrons
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Hoplitis
Hoplitis pilosifrons

description: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) pilosifrons (Cresson 1864) (producta group)
County records: Allegan, Arenac, Barry, Benzie, Berrien, Calhoun, Cass, Cheboygan, Clinton, Dickinson, Gratiot, Huron, Ingham, Ionia, Isabella, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Lake, Leelanau, Livingston, Manistee, Mason, Midland, Montcalm, Montmorency, Oakland, Oceana, Osceola, Ottawa, Saginaw, Sanilac, Shiawassee, St. Clair, St. Joseph, Tuscola, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wexford.
Notes. A stem-nesting leaf-cutter bee, based on nests from Kansas (Michener 1955)
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
Reduction of the impact of emissivity on high temperature measurements in non-contact thermometric devices
Creators: name: Lisiecka, Ewa
Publisher: name: The Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
Year: 2017
Subjects: emissivity impact, high temperature measurements, non-contact thermometer

description: OPTICA APPLICATA; 03/2017; ISSN 1429-7507
The braid groups $B_{n,m}(\mathbb{R}P^2)$ and the splitting problem of the generalised Fadell-Neuwirth short exact sequence
Creators: name: Makri, Stavroula
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Let $n,m\in \mathbb{N}$, and let $B_{n,m}(\mathbb{R}P^2)$ be the set of $(n + m)$-braids of the projective plane whose associated permutation lies in the subgroup $S_n\times S_m$ of the symmetric group $S_{n+m}$. We study the splitting problem of the following generalisation of the Fadell-Neuwirth short exact sequence: $$1\rightarrow B_m(\mathbb{R}P^2 \setminus \{x_1,\dots,x_n\})\rightarrow B_{n,m}(\mathbb{R}P^2)\xrightarrow{\bar{q}} B_n(\mathbb{R}P^2)\rightarrow 1,$$ where the map $\bar{q}$ can be considered geometrically as the epimorphism that forgets the last $m$ strands, as well as the existence of a section of the corresponding fibration $q:F_{n+m}(\mathbb{R}P^2)/S_n\times S_m\to F_{n}(\mathbb{R}P^2)/S_n$, where we denote by $F_n(\mathbb{R}P^2)$ the $n^{th}$ ordered configuration space of the projective plane $\mathbb{R}P^2$. Our main results are the following: if $n=1$ the homomorphism $\bar{q}$ and the corresponding fibration $q$ admits no section, while if $n=2$, then $\bar{q}$ and $q$ admit a section. For $n\geq 3$, we show that if $\bar{q}$ and $q$ admit a section then $m\equiv 0, (n-1)^2\ \textrm{mod}\ n(n-1)$. Moreover, using geometric constructions, we show that the homomorphism $\bar{q}$ and the fibration $q$ admit a section for $m=kn(2n-1)(2n-2)$, where $ k\geq1$, and for $m=2n(n-1)$. In addition, we show that for $m\geq3$, $B_m(\mathbb{R}P^2\setminus\{x_1,\dots,x_n\})$ is not residually nilpotent and for $m\geq 5$, it is not residually solvable.
description: 34 pages, 15 figures
Recycled-Glass Blends in Pavement Base/Subbase Applications: Laboratory and Field Evaluation
Creators: name: Arulrajah, Arul
name: Ali, M. M. Y.
name: Miri Disfani, Mahdi
name: Horpibulsuk, Suksun
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 400502
subject: Civil geotechnical engineering

description: This paper presents the findings of a field and laboratory evaluation on the use of recycled glass blends as unbound pavement base/subbase materials. The parent recycled aggregates studied in this research were Fine Recycled Glass (FRG), Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) and Waste Rock (WR). The geotechnical performance of the recycled aggregate blends of particular interest in this research were FRG blended with RCA (FRG/RCA) and FRG blended with WR (FRG/WR) in pavement base applications. The geotechnical performance of a trial road pavement was assessed by means of initial laboratory tests and subsequently field tests. The initial laboratory experimental programme included specialized geotechnical tests including Repeated Load Triaxial and triaxial tests to characterize the recycled materials. The subsequent trial road pavement constructed comprised of 7 different sections of FRG blends in the pavement base varying from 10 to 30% recycled glass content as well as 2 control sections with RCA and WR. Field tests were undertaken with nuclear density gauges and Clegg Impact Hammers to assess the performance of the various trial pavement sections. The recycled glass blend with 20% glass content was found to be the optimum level, where the blended material was workable, and also had sufficiently high strength. The field testing results indicated that FRG blends are suitable in pavement subbase applications and is a viable additive when used in limited proportions with other recycled aggregates in pavement subbases. FRG blends may however not fully meet specified requirements as a pavement base material.
The width of Herschel filaments varies with distance
Creators: name: Panopoulou, G. V.
name: Clark, S. E.
name: Hacar, A.
name: Heitsch, F.
name: Kainulainen, J.
name: Ntormousi, E.
name: Seifried, D.
name: Smith, R. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context: Filamentary structures in nearby molecular clouds have been found to exhibit a characteristic width of 0.1 pc, as observed in dust emission. Understanding the origin of this universal width has become a topic of central importance in the study of molecular cloud structure and the early stages of star formation. Aims: We investigate how the recovered widths of filaments depend on the distance from the observer, by using previously published results from the Herschel Gould Belt Survey. Methods: We obtained updated estimates on the distances to nearby molecular clouds observed with Herschel by using recent results based on 3D dust extinction mapping and Gaia. We examined the widths of filaments from individual clouds separately, as opposed to treating them as a single population. We used these per-cloud filament widths to search for signs of variation amongst the clouds of the previously published study. Results: We find a significant dependence of the mean per-cloud filament width with distance. The distribution of mean filament widths for nearby clouds is incompatible with that of farther away clouds. The mean per-cloud widths scale with distance approximately as 4--5 times the beam size. We examine the effects of resolution by performing a convergence study of a filament profile in the Herschel image of the Taurus Molecular Cloud. We find that resolution can severely affect the shapes of radial profiles over the observed range of distances. Conclusions: We conclude that the data are inconsistent with 0.1 pc being the universal characteristic width of filaments.
description: An erratum to this manuscript has been published here: https://www.aanda.org/articles/aa/full_html/2022/07/aa42281e-21/aa42281e-21.html
Enchodelus analatus (Ditlevsen, 1927) Thorne, 1939
Creators: name: Thorne, Gerald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1939
Subjects: Taxonomy
Nematoda
Dorylaimida

description: Published as part of Thorne G. (1939) - A monograph of the nematodes of the superfamily Dorylaimoidea. Capita Zoologica 8: 1‑261.
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) producta subsp. producta Cresson 1864
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Hoplitis
Hoplitis producta
Hoplitis (alcidamea) producta producta (cresson 1864)

description: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) producta producta (Cresson 1864) (producta group)
County records: Allegan, Antrim, Barry, Benzie, Berrien, Branch, Cass, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Chippewa, Clare, Clinton, Crawford, Delta, Dickinson, Eaton, Genesee, Gladwin, Gratiot, Hillsdale, Houghton, Ingham, Iron, Isabella, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kalkaska, Kent, Keweenaw, Lapeer, Leelanau, Lenawee, Livingston, Luce, Macomb, Manistee, Marquette, Mason, Mecosta, Menominee, Midland, Missaukee, Monroe, Montmorency, Newaygo, Oakland, Oceana, Osceola, Oscoda, Ottawa, Roscommon, Saginaw, Schoolcraft, Shiawassee, St. Clair, St. Joseph, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wayne, Wexford.
Notes. Nests decribed from Colorado (Hicks 1926), Missouri (Rau 1928), and Wisconsin (Graenicher 1905; Medler 1961; Medler & Lussenhop 1968).
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
Improved method for passive ranging based on surface estimation of an airborne object using an infrared image sensor
Creators: name: Mikluc, Davorin L.
name: Andrić, Milenko S.
name: Mitrović, Srdjan T.
name: Bondžulić, Boban P.
Publisher: name: The Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
Year: 2017
Subjects: infrared sensor, passive ranging, pixel filtration, distance estimation

description: OPTICA APPLICATA; 03/2017; ISSN 1429-7507
Search for a heavy resonance decaying into a top quark and a W boson in the lepton+jets final state at $\sqrt{s} = $13 TeV
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A search for a heavy resonance decaying into a top quark and a W boson in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} =$ 13 TeV is presented. The data analyzed were recorded with the CMS detector at the LHC and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 138 fb$^{-1}$. The top quark is reconstructed as a single jet and the W boson, from its decay into an electron or muon and the corresponding neutrino. A top quark tagging technique based on jet clustering with a variable distance parameter and simultaneous jet grooming is used to identify jets from the collimated top quark decay. The results are interpreted in the context of two benchmark models, where the heavy resonance is either an excited bottom quark b$^*$ or a vector-like quark B. A statistical combination with an earlier search by the CMS Collaboration in the all-hadronic final state is performed to place upper cross section limits on these two models. The new analysis extends the lower range of resonance mass probed from 1.4 down to 0.7 TeV. For left-handed, right-handed, and vector-like couplings, b$^*$ masses up to 3.0, 3.0, and 3.2 TeV are excluded at 95% confidence level, respectively. The observed upper limits represent the most stringent constraints on the b$^*$ model to date.
description: Replaced with the published version. Added the journal reference and the DOI. All the figures and tables, including additional supplementary figures, can be found at http://cms-results.web.cern.ch/cms-results/public-results/publications/B2G-20-010 (CMS Public Pages)
Survey of Control-Flow Integrity Techniques for Embedded and Real-Time Embedded Systems
Creators: name: Mishra, Tanmaya
name: Chantem, Thidapat
name: Gerdes, Ryan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Computing systems, including real-time embedded systems, are becoming increasingly connected to allow for more advanced and safer operation. Such embedded systems are resource-constrained, such as lower processing capabilities, as compared to general purpose computing systems like desktops or servers. However, allowing external interfaces to such embedded systems increases their exposure to attackers. With an increase in attacks against embedded systems ranging from home appliances to industrial control systems operating critical equipment that have hard real-time requirements, it is imperative that defense mechanisms be created that explicitly consider such resource and real-time constraints constraints. Control-flow integrity (CFI) is a family of defense mechanisms that prevent attackers from modifying the flow of execution. We survey CFI techniques, ranging from the basic to state-of-the-art, that are built for embedded systems and real-time embedded systems and find that there is a dearth, especially for real-time embedded systems, of CFI mechanisms. We then present open challenges to the community to help drive research in this domain.
Extensive Four-Dimensional Chaos in a Mesoscopic Model of the Electroencephalogram
Creators: name: Dafilis, Mathew
name: Frascoli, Federico
name: Cadusch, Peter
name: Liley, David
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 490105
subject: Dynamical systems in applications

description: Background: In a previous work (Dafilis et al. in Chaos 23(2):023111, 2013), evidence was presented for four-dimensional chaos in Liley's mesoscopic model of the electroencephalogram. The study was limited to one parameter set of the model equations. Findings: In this report we expand that result by presenting evidence for the extension of four-dimensional chaotic behavior to a large area of the biologically admissible parameter space. A two-parameter bifurcation analysis highlights the complexity of the dynamical landscape involved in the creation of such chaos. Conclusions: The extensive presence of high-order chaos in a well-established physiological model of electrorhythmogenesis further emphasizes the applicability and relevance of mean field mesoscopic models in the description of brain activity at theoretical, experimental, and clinical levels.
Multiscale modeling of brain network organization
Creators: name: Presigny, Charley
name: Fallani, Fabrizio De Vico
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A complete understanding of the brain requires an integrated description of the numerous scales of neural organization. It means studying the interplay of genes, synapses, and even whole brain regions which ultimately leads to different types of behavior, from perception to action, while asleep or awake. Yet, multiscale brain modeling is challenging, in part because of the difficulty to access simultaneously to information from multiple spatiotemporal scales. While some insights have been gained on the role of specific microcircuits (e.g., thalamocortical), a comprehensive characterization of how changes occurring at one scale can have an impact on other ones, remains poorly understood. Recent efforts to address this gap include the development of new analytical tools mostly adapted from network science and dynamical systems theory. These theoretical contributions provide a powerful framework to analyze and model interconnected complex systems exhibiting interactions within and between different scales, or layers. Here, we present recent advances for the characterization of the multiscale brain organization in terms of structure-function, oscillation frequencies and temporal evolution. Efforts are reviewed on the multilayer network properties underlying higher-order organization of neuronal assemblies, as well as on the identification of multimodal network-based biomarkers of brain pathologies, such as Alzheimer's disease. We conclude this Colloquium with a perspective discussion on how recent results from multilayer network theory, involving generative modeling, controllability and machine learning, could be adopted to address new questions in modern neuroscience.
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) spoliata
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Hoplitis
Hoplitis spoliata

description: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) spoliata (Provancher 1888) (tuberculata group)
County records: Alcona, Allegan, Alpena, Antrim, Barry, Bay, Berrien, Cass, Cheboygan, Dickinson, Eaton, Grand Traverse, Gratiot, Houghton, Huron, Iosco, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Kent, Keweenaw, Lake, Lapeer, Livingston, Marquette, Mecosta, Menominee, Osceola, Otsego, Roscommon, Saginaw, Van Buren, Washtenaw, Wexford.
Notes. Nests described from Colorado (Hicks 1926), Ontario (Fye 1965), Wisconsin (Medler 1967b; Medler & Lussenhop 1968), and Kansas (Baker et al. 1985).
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
The Mesyan Conjecture: a restatement and a correction
Creators: name: Fagundes, Pedro Souza
name: de Mello, Thiago Castilho
name: Santos, Pedro Henrique da Silva dos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 15A54, 16R10, 16S50

description: The well-known Lvov-Kaplansky conjecture states that the image of a multilinear polynomial $f$ evaluated on $n\times n$ matrices is a vector space. A weaker version of this conjecture, known as the Mesyan conjecture, states that if $m=deg( f)$ and $n\geq m-1$ then its image contains the set of trace zero matrices. Such conjecture has been proved for polynomials of degree $m \leq 4$. The proof of the case $m=4$ contains an error in one of the lemmas. In this paper, we correct the proof of such lemma and present some evidences which allow us to state the Mesyan conjecture for the new bound $n \geq \frac{m+1}{2}$, which cannot be improved.
description: Research article dedicated to Professor Vesselin Drensky on the occasion of his 70th birthday
Erratum: 'Supermassive black holes and their host spheroids II. The red and blue sequence in the MBH-M*,sph Diagram' (2016, ApJ, 817, 21)
Creators: name: Savorgnan, Giulia
name: Graham, Alister
name: Marconi, Alessandro
name: Sani, Eleonora
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Abstract not available.
Erbium-doped fiber ring laser dynamical analysis for chaos message masking scheme
Creators: name: Zafar Ali, S.
name: Khawar Islam, M.
Publisher: name: The Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
Year: 2017
Subjects: erbium-doped fiber ring laser chaos, optical chaos, chaos message masking, Lyapunov exponent, secure optical communication

description: OPTICA APPLICATA; 03/2017; ISSN 1429-7507
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) truncata subsp. truncata truncata (Cresson 1878
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Hoplitis
Hoplitis truncata
Hoplitis (alcidamea) truncata truncata (cresson 1878)

description: Hoplitis (Alcidamea) truncata truncata (Cresson 1878) (truncata group)
County records: Calhoun, Cass, Barry, Berrien, Cheboygan, Dickinson, Huron, Ingham, Jackson, Kalamazoo, Montmorency, Oscoda, Schoolcraft, Shiawassee, Washtenaw.
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 114, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
A bactericidal microfluidic device constructed using nano-textured black silicon
Creators: name: Wang, Xuewen
name: Bhadra, Chris M.
name: Yen Dang, Thi Hoang
name: Buividas, Richard
name: Wang, James
name: Crawford, Russell
name: Ivanova, Elena
name: Juodkazis, Saulius
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Nano-structured black silicon (bSi) was used as a substratum for the construction of a microfluidic device to test the bactericidal action of this nano-textured surface against Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria. A narrow 15 µm high and 1 cm wide flat flow channel was constructed that allowed the bacteria to come into contact with the bactericidal nano-spikes present on the surface of the bSi. The narrow channel within the device was designed such that a single layer of bacterial cells could reside at any given time above the bSi substratum during flow. The large 1 Ã— 2 cm2 surface area of the bSi was shown to be efficient in being able to kill the bacterial cells, achieving an approximate 99% killing efficiency. The flow rate required to fill the bSi chamber was found to be 0.1 µL sˆ’1, with a 10 min equilibration time being allowed for the bacterial cells to interact with the bSi surface. Complete rupturing of E. coli cells was achieved after 15 cycles, allowing the effective release of cellular proteins from within the bacterial cells (65.2 µg mLˆ’1 from 3 Ã— 108 cells per mL). The channel was then able to be re-used after washing of the cell with 10 successive cycles of sterile MilliQ water. Larger volumes of bacterial suspensions have the potential to be treated using a similar flow channel configuration if the dimensions of the flow channel are scaled accordingly. This bactericidal microfluidic device provides a novel platform for studies carried out under both static and dynamic (flow) conditions.
Osmia Panzer
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Osmia

description: Genus Osmia Panzer
Taxonomy: Sandhouse (1939); Mitchell (1962); Rust (1974).
Biology. Typically solitary cavity-nesters or ground-nesting. Reviewed by Cane et al. (2007) and Rust (1974). Cell partitions are typically made of leaf pulp, but mud may also be used.
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 115, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
Geometric Induction in Chiral Superfluids
Creators: name: Jiang, Qing-Dong
name: Balatsky, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the properties of chiral superfluid thin films coating a curved surface. Due to the vector nature of the order parameter, a geometric gauge field emerges and leads to a number of observable effects such as anomalous vortex-geometric interaction and curvature-induced mass/spin supercurrents. We apply our theory to several well-known phases of chiral superfluid $\rm ^3 He$ and derive experimentally observable signatures. We further discuss the cases of flexible geometries where a soft surface can adapt itself to compensate for the strain from the chiral superfluid. The proposed interplay between geometry and chiral superfluid order provides a fascinating avenue to control and manipulate quantum states with strain.
description: 6+11 pages, 4 figures
Imaging Findings in a Case of Chondroblastic Osteosarcoma of the Mandible
Creators: name: Ong, Scott Riley
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Head and neck
subject: Oncology
subject: CT
subject: Image manipulation / Reconstruction
subject: Plain radiographic studies
subject: Biopsy
subject: Computer Applications-3D
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Neoplasia

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: female, 40 years
description: Clinical History: A 40-year old female presented with a 15-month history of a gradually enlarging mass in her right jaw. On physical examination a hard, immobile mass was visible in the right buccal and mandibular regions. Intraorally, it occupied the right side of the ora... Final Diagnosis: Chondroblastic osteosarcoma of the mandible
Construction of Continuous Magnetic Cooling Apparatus with Zinc Soldered PrNi$_5$ Nuclear Stages
Creators: name: Takimoto, Shohei
name: Toda, Ryo
name: Murakawa, Satoshi
name: Fukuyama, Hiroshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report design details of the whole assembly of a compact and continuous nuclear demagnetization refrigerator (CNDR) with two PrNi$_5$ nuclear stages, which can keep temperature below 1 mK continuously, and test results of a new thermal contact method for the PrNi$_5$ stage using Zn soldering rather than Cd soldering. By measuring a residual electrical resistance of a short test piece, the thermal contact resistivity between the PrNi$_5$ rod and an Ag wires thermal link was estimated as $1.8\pm0.1 \times 10^{-4} T^{-1}~\rm{Km^2W^{-1}}$. Based on this value and 2D numerical and 1D analytical thermal simulations, the largest possible temperature gradient throughout the nuclear stage was calculated to be negligibly small ($\leq$ 2 %) at 1 mK under a 10 nW heat leak, the expected cooling power of the CNDR.
description: 6 pages
Motives for mixing alcohol with energy drinks and other nonalcoholic beverages, and consequences for overall alcohol consumption
Creators: name: Verster, Joris
name: Scholey, Andrew
name: Benson, Sarah
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 520201
subject: Behavioural genetics
classificationCode: 520202
subject: Behavioural neuroscience
classificationCode: 520203
subject: Cognitive neuroscience
classificationCode: 520205
subject: Psychopharmacology
classificationCode: 520206
subject: Psychophysiology
classificationCode: 520207
subject: Social and affective neuroscience
classificationCode: 520301
subject: Clinical neuropsychology
classificationCode: 520401
subject: Cognition
classificationCode: 520403
subject: Learning, motivation and emotion

description: Introduction: The aim of this survey was to assess the motives for energy drink consumption, both alone and mixed with alcohol, and to determine whether negative or neutral motives for consuming alcohol mixed with energy drinks (AMED) have a differential effect on overall alcohol consumption. Methods: Demographics, alcohol and energy drink consumption-related questions, and motives for the consumption of energy drinks (alone or mixed with alcohol) were assessed. The motives to mix alcohol with energy drinks were compared with those for mixing alcohol with other nonalcoholic beverages. Results: A total of 2,329 students who completed the study consumed energy drinks. The motives for consuming energy drinks (without alcohol) included “I like the taste” (58.6%), “To keep me awake” (54.3%), “It gives me energy” (44.3%), “It helps concentrating when studying” (33.9%), “It increases alertness” (28.8%), “It helps me concentrate better” (20.6%), and “It makes me less sleepy when driving” (14.2%). A total of 1,239 students reported occasionally consuming AMED (AMED group). The most frequent motives included “I like the taste” (81.1%), “I wanted to drink something else” (35.3%), and “To celebrate a special occasion” (14.6%). No relevant differences in motives were observed for using an energy drink or another nonalcoholic beverage as a mixer. A minority of students (21.6%) reported at least one negative motive to consume AMED. Despite these negative motives, students reported consuming significantly less alcohol on occasions when they consumed AMED compared to alcohol-only occasions. Conclusion: The majority of students who consume energy drinks (without alcohol) do so because they like the taste, or they consume these drinks to keep them awake and give them energy. AMED consumption is more frequently motivated by neutral as opposed to negative motives. No relevant differences in drinking motives and overall alcohol consumption were observed between the occasions when energy drinks or other nonalcoholic beverages were mixed with alcohol.
Learning Connectivity-Maximizing Network Configurations
Creators: name: Mox, Daniel
name: Kumar, Vijay
name: Ribeiro, Alejandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this letter we propose a data-driven approach to optimizing the algebraic connectivity of a team of robots. While a considerable amount of research has been devoted to this problem, we lack a method that scales in a manner suitable for online applications for more than a handful of agents. To that end, we propose a supervised learning approach with a convolutional neural network (CNN) that learns to place communication agents from an expert that uses an optimization-based strategy. We demonstrate the performance of our CNN on canonical line and ring topologies, 105k randomly generated test cases, and larger teams not seen during training. We also show how our system can be applied to dynamic robot teams through a Unity-based simulation. After training, our system produces connected configurations over an order of magnitude faster than the optimization-based scheme for teams of 10-20 agents.
description: 8 pages, 10 figures, final RA-L version
Компланарная встреча двух космических аппаратов на околокруговой орбите с применением двигателя малой тяги
Creators: name: Сообщество рецензентов Международного научно-исследовательского журнала
Publisher: name: ООО Цифра
Year: 2024
Subjects: space vehicle
near-circular orbit
velocity impulse
calculation of manoeuvre parameters
mathematical models of motion
low thrust
космический аппарат
околокруговая орбита
импульс скорости
расчет параметров маневров
математические модели движения
малая тяга

description: Международный научно-исследовательский журнал, Выпуск 4 (142) 2024
Osmia (Cephalosmia) subaustralis Cockerell 1900
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Osmia
Osmia subaustralis

description: Osmia (Cephalosmia) subaustralis Cockerell 1900
County records: Alger, Alpena, Cheboygan, Kalkaska, Montmorency, Newaygo, Oscoda, Otsego, Wexford.
Notes. A nest in a beetle burrow in an old log from Utah is described by Rust (1974).
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 115, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
Twist-resilient and robust ferroelectric quantum spin Hall insulators driven by van der Waals interactions
Creators: name: Marrazzo, Antimo
name: Gibertini, Marco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum spin Hall insulators (QSHI) have been proposed to power a number of applications, many of which rely on the possibility to switch on and off the non-trivial topology. Typically this control is achieved through strain or external electric fields, which require energy consumption to be maintained. On the contrary, a non-volatile mechanism would be highly beneficial and could be realized through ferroelectricity if opposite polarization states are associated with different topological phases. While this is not possible in a single ferroelectric material where the two polarization states are related by inversion, the necessary asymmetry could be introduced by combining a ferroelectric layer with another two-dimensional (2D) trivial insulator. Here, by means of first-principles simulations, not only we propose that this is a promising strategy to engineer non-volatile ferroelectric control of topological order in 2D heterostructures, but also that the effect is robust and can survive up to room temperature, irrespective of the weak van der Waals coupling between the layers. We illustrate the general idea by considering a heterostructure made of a well-known ferroelectric material, In$_2$Se$_3$, and a suitably chosen, easily exfoliable trivial insulator, CuI. In one polarization state the system is trivial, while it becomes a QSHI with a robust band gap upon polarization reversal. Remarkably, the topological band gap is mediated by the interlayer hybridization and allows to maximise the effect of intralayer spin-orbit coupling, promoting a robust ferroelectric topological phase that could not exist in monolayer materials and is resilient against relative orientation and lattice matching between the layers.
description: 13 pages, 8 figures + supplementary (6 pages, 3 figures)
Composed Physics- and Data-driven System Identification for Non-autonomous Systems in Control Engineering
Creators: name: Götte, Ricarda-Samantha
name: Timmermann, Julia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: In control design most control strategies are model-based and require accurate models to be applied successfully. Due to simplifications and the model-reality-gap physics-derived models frequently exhibit deviations from real-world-systems. Likewise, purely data-driven methods often do not generalise well enough and may violate physical laws. Recently Physics-Guided Neural Networks (PGNN) and physics-inspired loss functions separately have shown promising results to conquer these drawbacks. In this contribution we extend existing methods towards the identification of non-autonomous systems and propose a combined approach PGNN-L, which uses a PGNN and a physics-inspired loss term (-L) to successfully identify the system's dynamics, while maintaining the consistency with physical laws. The proposed method is demonstrated on two real-world nonlinear systems and outperforms existing techniques regarding complexity and reliability.
description: accepted for: 2022 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Control (AIRC 2022)
High performance quantum key distribution prototype system using a commercial off-the-shelf solution: experimental and emulation demonstrations
Creators: name: Leyva, Josue Aaron Lopez
name: Higuera, Jesus Ruiz
name: Mondragon, Arturo Arvizu
name: Aguilar, Joel Santos
name: Garcia, Raul Ramos
name: Camacho, Miguel Ponce
Publisher: name: The Faculty of Fundamental Problems of Technology, Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland
Year: 2017
Subjects: quantum cryptography, final secret key rate (FSecKR), coherent states

description: OPTICA APPLICATA; 03/2017; ISSN 1429-7507
A new method for detecting velocity shifts and distortions between optical spectra
Creators: name: Evans, Tyler M.
name: Murphy, Michael
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 5101
subject: Astronomical sciences
classificationCode: 5109
subject: Space sciences

description: Recent quasar spectroscopy from the Very Large Telescope (VLT) and Keck suggests that fundamental constants may not actually be constant. To better confirm or refute this result, systematic errors between telescopes must be minimized. We present a new method to directly compare spectra of the same object and measure any velocity shifts between them. This method allows for the discovery of wavelength-dependent velocity shifts between spectra, i.e., velocity distortions, that could produce spurious detections of cosmological variations in fundamental constants. This 'direct comparison' method has several advantages over alternative techniques: it is model-independent (cf. line-fitting approaches), blind, in that spectral features do not need to be identified beforehand, and it produces meaningful uncertainty estimates for the velocity shift measurements. In particular, we demonstrate that, when comparing echelle-resolution spectra with unresolved absorption features, the uncertainty estimates are reliable for signal-to-noise ratios ≳7 per pixel. We apply this method to spectra of quasar J2123-0050 observed with Keck and the VLT and find no significant distortions over long wavelength ranges (∼1050 Å) greater than ≈180 m s^-1. We also find no evidence for systematic velocity distortions within echelle orders greater than 500 m s-1. Moreover, previous constraints on cosmological variations in the proton-electron mass ratio should not have been affected by velocity distortions in these spectra by more than 4.0 ± 4.2 parts per million. This technique may also find application in measuring stellar radial velocities in search of extra-solar planets and attempts to directly observe the expansion history of the universe using quasar absorption spectra.
Diceratosmia Robertson
Creators: name: Gibbs, Jason
name: Ascher, John S.
name: Rightmyer, Molly G.
name: Isaacs, Rufus
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Megachilidae
Diceratosmia

description: Subgenus Diceratosmia Robertson
Revision: Michener (1949).
description: Published as part of Gibbs, Jason, Ascher, John S., Rightmyer, Molly G. & Isaacs, Rufus, 2017, The bees of Michigan (Hymenoptera: Apoidea: Anthophila), with notes on distribution, taxonomy, pollination, and natural history, pp. 1-160 in Zootaxa 4352 (1) on page 115, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4352.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1063854
Norms of Influence within Romantic Relationships: Study Series Amendment
Creators: name: Rothman, Alexander
name: Simpson, Jeffry
name: Jaeger, Margaret
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Health Psychology
subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: This document serves as an amendment to a series of pre-registered studies aimed at developing and validating a new measure called the Relationship Norms of Health Influence Scale (RNHIS). See attached PDF for complete details.
The Complete Search for the Supersymmetric Pati-Salam Models from Intersecting D6-Branes
Creators: name: He, Weikun
name: Li, Tianjun
name: Sun, Rui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct a systematic method to build all the possible three-family ${\cal N}=1$ supersymmetric Pati-Salam models from Type IIA orientifolds on $\mathbb{T}^6/(\mathbb{Z}_2\times \mathbb{Z}_2)$ with intersecting D6-branes, in which the $SU(4)_C\times SU(2)_L \times SU(2)_R $ gauge symmetry can be broken down to the $SU(3)_C \times SU(2)_L \times U(1)_Y$ Standard Model gauge symmetry by the D-brane splitting and supersymmetry preserving Higgs mechanism. This is essentially achieved by solving all the common solutions for the RR tadpole cancellation conditions, ${\cal N}=1$ supersymmetry conditions, and three generation conditions with deterministic algorithm. We find that there are $202752$ possible supersymmetric Pati-Salam models in total, and show that there are only $33$ independent models with different gauge coupling relations at string scale after modding out equivalent relations, such as T-dualities, etc. In particular, there is one and only one independent model which has gauge coupling unification. Furthermore, one can construct other types of intersecting D-brane models utilizing such deterministic algorithm, and therefore we suggest a brand new method for D-brane model building.
description: references added. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1910.04530, arXiv:1912.11633, arXiv:2112.09630
Quantum vs. noncontextual semi-device-independent randomness certification
Creators: name: Carceller, Carles Roch I
name: Flatt, Kieran
name: Lee, Hanwool
name: Bae, Joonwoo
name: Brask, Jonatan Bohr
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compare the power of quantum and classical physics in terms of randomness certification from devices which are only partially characterised. We study randomness certification based on state discrimination and take noncontextuality as the notion of classicality. A contextual advantage was recently shown to exist for state discrimination. Here, we develop quantum and noncontextual semi-device independent protocols for random-number generation based on maximum-confidence discrimination, which generalises unambiguous and minimum-error state discrimination. We show that, for quantum eavesdropppers, quantum devices can certify more randomness than noncontextual ones whenever none of the input states are unambiguously identified. That is, a quantum-over-classicaladvantage exists.
description: This work is done in parallel with the paper "Contextual advantages and certification for maximum confidence discrimination", by Flatt et al. 6 pages main text, 10 pages of supplemental material, 5 figures