cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Southwestern Atlantic Crangonidae (Caridea, Decapoda) including first records of two species
Creators: name: CARDOSO, Irene Azevedo
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 2013

description: The family Crangonidae comprises 22 genera and 219 species. Only three species are recorded in the Southwestern Atlantic: Aegaeon boschii (Christoffersen, 1988), Parapontophilus longirostris (Komai, 2008) and Philocheras gorei (Dardeau, 1980). The samples analysed herein were collected during two projects: the REVIZEE Central (Fishery) (from 11 to 22°S) and the project of Evaluation of Environmental Heterogeneity in the Campos Basin (21°38´- 22°48´S). Two Crangonidae species are recorded for the first time in the Southwestern Atlantic: Parapontocaris caribbaea (Boone, 1927) and Parapontophilus gracilis (Smith, 1882). Besides, the second record of A. boschii is done 23 years after its original description, and P. longirostris is also presented.
SOME "SAND FAUNA" POLYZOA (BRYOZOA) FROM EASTERN AFRICA AND THE NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN
Creators: name: L, Patricia Cook
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 1966

description: Nine species of Polyzoa, all with the conical zoaria typical of forms associated with sandy or muddy sea-bottoms, are described from the Red Sea, and the Arabian and East African coasts. Although several comprehensive collections have already been made from these areas and their results reported, it is interesting
that a high proportion of the present species do not appear to have been described before. Included are new species of the genera Anoteropora, Cleidochasma and Cones charellina, and the first recent record of a species of Batopora. A new genus, Lacrimula, which is represented by two species, is also described.
Annual reproduction and growth of adult crabs Chasmagnathus granulata (Crustacea, Brachyura, Grapsidae)
Creators: name: LÓPEZ GRECO, Laura S.
name: RODRÍGUEZ, Enrique M.
Publisher: name: Station Biologique de Roscoff (SBR)
Year: 1999

description: Somatic growth and gonadal maturation of Chasmagnathus granulata (Grapsidae, Sesarminae) were studied
 throughout one year. Spawning and moulting were recorded under controlled laboratory conditions, while gonadosomatic
 (GI) and hepatosomatic (HI) indexes were estimated from crabs monthly sampled at field (Samborombón Bay, Argentina).
 Adult females may have at the most four broods during the reproductive season (September to March i.e. Spring-Summer),
 with one month of incubation period.  Brooding and larval eclosion are correlated with the lunar cycle, a fact which favour
 the larval dispersion to the sea. Females can moult during the reproductive period, with a higher percentage than males. The
 highest percentage of moulting was observed for both sexes after the reproductive season during April and May (autumn).
 The seasonal change of the gonadosomatic index indicates that the gonads begin to develop in winter (June to August) after
 the moulting period.
OLINDO GUERRINI E LA STORIA DI DUE  CONCORSI POETICI DEL TOURING CLUB
Creators: name: Galatà, Francesco
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Messina.
Year: 2018

description: Tra la fine dell’Ottocento e i primi anni del Novecento intorno alla bicicletta fiorisce una cospicua messe di versi italiani e latini. Il contributo tenta di ricostruire con precisione i contorni storici di due testi poetici estravaganti di Olindo Guerrini di argomento ciclistico, legati a due concorsi poetici del Touring Club Italiano (1899 e 1900). Vengono inoltre fornite nuove notizie sulle prime sconosciute o poco note poesie in lingua latina dedicate alla bicicletta da Gian Battista Giorgini, da Mauro Ricci e da Luigi Graziani.


Between the late 19th and the early 20th century around the bicycle blooms a large number of Italian and Latin verses. The contribution aims to define with precision the historical contours of two poetic lyrics by Olindo Guerrini on cycling subject, linked to two poetic competitions of the Italian Touring Club (1899 and 1900). New information is also provided on the first overlooked or little-known poems in Latin dedicated to the bicycle by Gian Battista Giorgini, Mauro Ricci, and Luigi Graziani.
description: PELORO, Vol 2, N° 2 (2017)
XI KAL. MAIAS: NEL LABORATORIO DEL BILINGUISMO PASCOLIANO
Creators: name: Castorina, Claudia
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Messina.
Year: 2018

description: Il contributo porta alla luce alcune testimonianze, a oggi inedite, del lavorio di Giovanni Pascoli intorno a un sonetto sul giorno natale di Roma, L’aratro è fermo: il toro, d’arar sazio, e alla sua traduzione in esametri latini, XI Kal. Maias (Poematia et epigrammata, IX). I materiali autografi, di cui si fornisce il testo critico e un primo inquadramento storico-culturale, ci consentono di entrare all’interno del laboratorio bilingue del poeta, aprendo nuove prospettive di ricerca nel panorama della produzione pascoliana dei primi anni Novanta.


The paper brings to light some evidence, to date unpublished, of Giovanni Pascoli’s work on a sonnet on the birthday of Rome, L’aratro è fermo: il toro, d’arar sazio, and on his translation into latin hexameters, XI Kal. Maias (Poematia et epigrammata, IX). The autograph materials, of which we provide the critical text and a first historical and cultural framework, allows us to open new research prospects in Pascoli’s production of the early Nineties.
description: PELORO, Vol 2, N° 2 (2017)
LA CONVOCAZIONE DELLE SEDI PATRIARCALI D’ORIENTE ALL’VIII CONCILIO ECUMENICO (869-70): ANTIOCHIA E GERUSALEMME
Creators: name: Mormino, Mauro
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Messina.
Year: 2018

description: L’ottavo concilio ecumenico, tenutosi nell’869-870, rappresentò un momento di svolta (seppur temporanea) nel decennale confronto tra le Chiese di Roma e Costantinopoli. Al contempo esso fu una occasione unica per il nuovo imperatore Basilio I di rivedere i rapporti tra l’impero ed il papato e ricostituire l’unità perduta dalla Chiesa bizantina. Parte integrante di questo suo progetto furono anche i restanti troni patriarcali d’Oriente, sottoposti al califfato abbaside. Essi furono direttamente coinvolti dall’imperatore nel proprio progetto di pacificazione ecclesiastica. Questo contributo ha analizzato le reazioni delle due Sedi che, per prime, inviarono i propri rappresentati al concilio: Antiochia e Gerusalemme.


The eighth ecumenical council, held in 869-870, represented a turning point (even though temporary) in the decade-long confrontation between the Churches of Rome and Constantinople. At the same time the council was a unique opportunity for the new emperor Basil I to revise the relationship between the empire and the papacy and to reestablish the unity lost by the byzantine Church. A completing part of his project was also the remaining patriarchal thrones of the East, subjected to abbasid caliphate. They were directly involved by the emperor in his church-pacification project. This contribution analyzed the reactions of the two Seats that first sent their representatives to the council: Antioch and Jerusalem.
description: PELORO, Vol 2, N° 2 (2017)
IRENISMO ED EUROPEISMO IN ERASMO: PREGHIERE DI PACE E LAMPI DI GUERRA DAL PANEGYRICUS ALL’UTILISSIMA CONSULTATIO
Creators: name: Tigani, Francesco
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Messina.
Year: 2018

description: L’articolo prende spunto dallo studio che Vittorio de Caprariis ha dedicato al Panegyricus ad Philippum Austriae Ducem di Erasmo, per mostrare come l’ideale irenico dell’umanista olandese si sia evoluto, a partire da questo testo, fino a contemplare l’eventualità di una ‘guerra giusta’ se combattuta in difesa dell’Europa e dei suoi valori cristiani.


This article starts from the study of Vittorio de Caprariis about the Panegyricus ad Philippum Austriae Ducem, written by Erasmus. So the aim of this work is to show as the humanistic ideal of Peace, typical of Erasmus, developed in the idea of bellum iustum, a ‘right war’, if She is fought in defence of Europe and her Christian values.
description: PELORO, Vol 2, N° 2 (2017)
Geoarchaeological studies on Roman time harbour sediments in Cologne — comparison of different OSL dating techniques
Creators: name: Lauer, Tobias
name: Bonn, Rainer
name: Frechen, Manfred
name: Fuchs, Magret
name: Trier, Marcus
name: Tsukamoto, Sumiko
Publisher: name: Warsaw : De Gruyter
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Feldspar impurities
subject: Geoarchaeology
subject: OSL
subject: Romans
subject: Statistical models
subject: 620
subject: 690

description: Due to the construction of a new North-South subway in Cologne, Roman time harbour sediments were exposed and were sampled for luminescence dating. A very good independent age control was given by the precise knowledge of the chronology of Roman activity and by radiocarbon ages of charcoal samples. Hence, different methodological approaches within luminescence dating were applied for Holocene heterogeneously bleached fluvial samples and were compared to the known ages. For one sample, optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating was applied to coarse-grained quartz using a single aliquot regenerative-dose (SAR) protocol. After De-measurements, dif-ferent statistical approaches were tested (i.e. arithmetic mean, median, minimum age model, finite mixture model, leading edge method and the Fuchs and Lang approach). It is demonstrated that the Fuchs and Lang approach along with the leading edge method yielded the best matching OSL ages with respect to the known ages. For the other sample which showed feldspar contamination within the quartz signal, the post-IR blue stimulated luminescence (double SAR protocol) was measured in three different ways to calculate the De-value: with continuous wave (CW) stimulation with an IR-bleach at 50°C and at 225°C for 100 s prior to the OSL, and pulsed OSL (POSL). It was demonstrated that the IR-stimulation at 225°C has very good potential to remove the feldspar signal contribution as well as pulsed OSL, but the former might deplete parts of the quartz OSL signal. © 2011 Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice, Poland. All rights reserved.
EMARGINAZIONE E RITORNO GLORIOSO FILOTTETE ED EFESTO
Creators: name: Cannatà Fera, Maria
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Messina.
Year: 2018

description: Il personaggio di Filottete è noto come emblema di sofferenza; è abbandonato infatti dai Greci in viaggio verso Troia sull’isola di Lemno a causa di una ferita, ma sarà ripreso dai suoi commilitoni, che senza di lui non possono espugnare la città. Questa fase di reintegrazione ci è nota da pochi testi tardi e ancor più scarse testimonianze figurative. La situazione appare rovesciata a proposito di Efesto, che pur essendo un dio subisce una analoga vicenda di emarginazione; in questo caso, è proprio il momento del ritorno glorioso sull’Olimpo a essere rappresentato nelle arti figurative.

The character of Philoctetes is a renowned emblem of grief; indeed, he is abandoned on the island of Lemnos by the Greeks travelling towards Troy, due to a wound. However, he is subsequently collected by his comrades in arms, who cannot take the city by storm without him. Only a few, late texts and even more limited iconographic evidence convey the character’s reinstatement. A reverse dynamic occurs with regard to Hephaestus, who undergoes a similar case of segregation, despite being a god; in this case, iconography focuses precisely on Hephaestus’s glorious return.
description: PELORO, Vol 2, N° 2 (2017)
Research: Preserve, Share & Gain
Creators: name: , Chakravarty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Zenodo, Open Access

description: Accessing Online Databases & e-Resources: Skills & Technique
	Effective Research Management: Tools and Techniques
	Plagiarism: Tools & Techniques
	Practical Solution to effective e-learning through Cloud-based ERP
	Building Digital Repository on the fly
description: The scholarly communication landscape is undergoing change, there are debates about the ideal services, the ideal business models, the ideal custodians, amidst which Zenodo aims to offer a viable and concrete alternative to commercial services from a memory institution for particle physics, CERN!
Astroplan: Observation Planning For Astronomers
Creators: name: Morris, Brett M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: python
astronomy
astropy
astroplan
observation planning

description: Astroplan is an observation planning package for astronomers. It is an astropy-affiliated package which began as a Google Summer of Code project. Astroplan facilitates convenient calculation of common observational quantities, like target altitudes and azimuths, airmasses, and rise/set times. Astroplan also computes when targets are observable given various extensible observing constraints, for example: within a range of airmasses or altitudes, or at a given separation from the Moon. Astroplan is taught in the undergraduate programming for astronomy class, and enables observational Pre-MAP projects at the University of Washington. In the near future, we plan to implement scheduling capabilities in astroplan on top of the constraints framework.
Synthesis and Characterization of Methyl Cellulose/Keratin Hydrolysate Composite Membranes
Creators: name: Liebeck, Bernd M.
name: Hidalgo, Natalia
name: Roth, Georg
name: Popescu, Crisan
name: Böker, Alexander
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Bio-based
subject: Composite materials
subject: Keratin
subject: Methyl cellulose
subject: Superheated water
subject: 540

description: It is known that aqueous keratin hydrolysate solutions can be produced from feathers using superheated water as solvent. This method is optimized in this study by varying the time and temperature of the heat treatment in order to obtain a high solute content in the solution. With the dissolved polypeptides, films are produced using methyl cellulose as supporting material. Thereby, novel composite membranes are produced from bio-waste. It is expected that these materials exhibit both protein and polysaccharide properties. The influence of the embedded keratin hydrolysates on the methyl cellulose structure is investigated using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and wide angle X-ray diffraction (WAXD). Adsorption peaks of both components are present in the spectra of the membranes, while the X-ray analysis shows that the polypeptides are incorporated into the semi-crystalline methyl cellulose structure. This behavior significantly influences the mechanical properties of the composite films as is shown by tensile tests. Since further processing steps, e.g., crosslinking, may involve a heat treatment, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) is applied to obtain information on the thermal stability of the composite materials.
Gradient and GENERIC Systems in the Space of Fluxes, Applied to Reacting Particle Systems
Creators: name: Renger, D. R. Michiel
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Chemical reaction networks
subject: Fluxes
subject: GENERIC
subject: Gradient structures
subject: Large deviations
subject: Macroscopic fluctuation theory
subject: Onsager-Machlup
subject: 510

description: In a previous work we devised a framework to derive generalised gradient systems for an evolution equation from the large deviations of an underlying microscopic system, in the spirit of the Onsager–Machlup relations. Of particular interest is the case where the microscopic system consists of random particles, and the macroscopic quantity is the empirical measure or concentration. In this work we take the particle flux as the macroscopic quantity, which is related to the concentration via a continuity equation. By a similar argument the large deviations can induce a generalised gradient or GENERIC system in the space of fluxes. In a general setting we study how flux gradient or GENERIC systems are related to gradient systems of concentrations. This shows that many gradient or GENERIC systems arise from an underlying gradient or GENERIC system where fluxes rather than densities are being driven by (free) energies. The arguments are explained by the example of reacting particle systems, which is later expanded to include spatial diffusion as well.
Driving plasmonic nanoantennas at perfect impedance matching using generalized coherent perfect absorption
Creators: name: Grimm, Philipp
name: Razinskas, Gary
name: Huang, Jer-Shing
name: Hecht, Bert
Publisher: name: Berlin : de Gruyter
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Coherent perfect absorption
subject: Impedance matching
subject: Nanoantenna
subject: Plasmonics
subject: 530

description: Coherent perfect absorption (CPA) describes the absence of all outgoing modes from a lossy resonator, driven by lossless incoming modes. Here, we show that for nanoresonators that also exhibit radiative losses, e.g., plasmonic nanoantennas, a generalized version of CPA (gCPA) can be applied. In gCPA outgoing modes are suppressed only for a subset of (guided plasmonic) modes while other (radiative) modes are treated as additional loss channels - a situation typically referred to as perfect impedance matching. Here we make use of gCPA to show how to achieve perfect impedance matching between a single nanowire plasmonic waveguide and a plasmonic nanoantenna. Antennas with both radiant and subradiant characteristics are considered. We further demonstrate potential applications in background-free sensing.
title: Law embodied
title: re-imagining a material legal normativity
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Zhu, Sally Shinan
Publisher: name: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: K Law (General)

description: In this thesis I critique the modern tendency to construct the legal subject upon a sharp distinction between Reason and body and to ground the normative force of law on an ideal conception of Reason. The legal subject is thereby presented as a disembodied cogitans to the neglect of his corporeality. This disregards both the necessarily material aspect of the legal subject and the necessarily embodied aspect of legal action, and results in an inadequate account of how legal normativity is manifested in material reality. This thesis aims to construct a theory of material legal normativity by re-incorporating the body of the subject into legal action and presenting that as the proper locus of law’s normative force. Although I focus on the material body in favour of Reason or rationality as the locus of action, I do not dismiss the possibility of meaningful normative action which is free from determination by material forces. I aim to construct a theory of action which is both material and normative by navigating the opposition between ideal Reason and material determinism. I do this by proposing an alternative conception of normative action which draws together the mechanism of habit and the manner of interaction with the material world. This theory of normative action will then form the basis for an account of normative legal action which gives due weight to the embodied nature of the legal subject as the proper locus for the material manifestation of the normative force of law.
Convergence analysis of Tikhonov regularization for non-linear statistical inverse problems
Creators: name: Rastogi, Abhishake
name: Blanchard, Gilles
name: Mathé, Peter
Publisher: name: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Library
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General source condition
subject: Mini-max convergence rates
subject: Reproducing kernel Hilbert space
subject: Statistical inverse problem
subject: Tikhonov regular-ization
subject: 310

description: We study a non-linear statistical inverse problem, where we observe the noisy image of a quantity through a non-linear operator at some random design points. We consider the widely used Tikhonov regularization (or method of regularization) approach to estimate the quantity for the non-linear ill-posed inverse problem. The estimator is defined as the minimizer of a Tikhonov functional, which is the sum of a data misfit term and a quadratic penalty term. We develop a theoretical analysis for the minimizer of the Tikhonov regularization scheme using the concept of reproducing kernel Hilbert spaces. We discuss optimal rates of convergence for the proposed scheme, uniformly over classes of admissible solutions, defined through appropriate source conditions.
Precise Navigation of Small Agricultural Robots in Sensitive Areas with a Smart Plant Camera
Creators: name: Dworak, Volker
name: Huebner, Michael
name: Selbeck, Joern
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Infield navigation
subject: Plant camera
subject: Steering control
subject: Vision-based navigation
subject: 004

description: Most of the relevant technology related to precision agriculture is currently controlled by Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and uploaded map data; however, in sensitive areas with young or expensive plants, small robots are becoming more widely used in exclusive work. These robots must follow the plant lines with centimeter precision to protect plant growth. For cases in which GPS fails, a camera-based solution is often used for navigation because of the system cost and simplicity. The low-cost plant camera presented here generates images in which plants are contrasted against the soil, thus enabling the use of simple cross-correlation functions to establish high-resolution navigation control in the centimeter range. Based on the foresight provided by images from in front of the vehicle, robust vehicle control can be established without any dead time; as a result, off-loading the main robot control and overshooting can be avoided.
Estradiol Removal by Adsorptive Coating of a Microfiltration Membrane
Creators: name: Niavarani, Zahra
name: Breite, Daniel
name: Prager, Andrea
name: Abel, Bernd
name: Schulze, Agnes
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: adsorptive membrane
subject: surface functionalization
subject: interfacial reaction
subject: estradiol adsorption
subject: 570

description: This work demonstrates the enhancement of the adsorption properties of polyethersulfone (PES) microfiltration membranes for 17β-estradiol (E2) from water. This compound represents a highly potent endocrine-disrupting chemical (EDC). The PES membranes were modified with a hydrophilic coating functionalized by amide groups. The modification was performed by the interfacial reaction between hexamethylenediamine (HMD) or piperazine (PIP) as the amine monomer and trimesoyl chloride (TMC) or adipoyl chloride (ADC) as the acid monomer on the surface of the membrane using electron beam irradiation. The modified membranes and the untreated PES membrane were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), water permeance measurements, water contact angle measurements, and adsorption experiments. Furthermore, the effects of simultaneous changes in four modification parameters: amine monomer types (HMD or PIP), acid monomer types (TMC or ADC), irradiation dosage (150 or 200 kGy), and the addition of toluene as a swelling agent, on the E2 adsorption capacity were investigated. The results showed that the adsorption capacities of modified PES membranes toward E2 are >60%, while the unmodified PES membrane had an adsorption capacity up to 30% for E2 under similar experimental conditions, i.e., an enhancement of a factor of 2. Next to the superior adsorption properties, the modified PES membranes maintain high water permeability and no pore blockage was observed. The highlighted results pave the way to develop efficient low-cost, stable, and high-performance adsorber membranes.
Temperature- and Time-Dependent Dielectric Measurements and Modelling on Curing of Polymer Composites
Creators: name: Prastiyanto, Dhidik
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2015
Subjects: dielectric measurement
polymer composites curing
curing model
microwave characterization
online monitoring of curing

description: In this work a test set for dielectric measurements at 2.45 GHz during curing of polymer composites is developed. Fast reconstruction of dielectric properties is solved using a neural network algorithm. Modelling of the curing process at 2.45 GHz using both dielectric constant and dielectric loss factor results in a more accurate model compared to low frequency modeling that only uses the loss factor. Effects of various harderners and different amount of filler are investigated.
Optical pumping and readout of bismuth hyperfine states in silicon for atomic clock applications
Creators: name: Saeedi, K.
name: Szech, M.
name: Dluhy, P.
name: Salvail, J.Z.
name: Morse, K.J.
name: Riemann, H.
name: Abrosimov, N.V.
name: Nötzel, N.
name: Litvinenko, K.L.
name: Murdin, B.N.
name: Thewalt, M.L.W.
Publisher: name: [London] : Macmillan Publishers Limited, part of Springer Nature
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 500
subject: 600

description: The push for a semiconductor-based quantum information technology has renewed interest in the spin states and optical transitions of shallow donors in silicon, including the donor bound exciton transitions in the near-infrared and the Rydberg, or hydrogenic, transitions in the mid-infrared. The deepest group V donor in silicon, bismuth, has a large zero-field ground state hyperfine splitting, comparable to that of rubidium, upon which the now-ubiquitous rubidium atomic clock time standard is based. Here we show that the ground state hyperfine populations of bismuth can be read out using the mid-infrared Rydberg transitions, analogous to the optical readout of the rubidium ground state populations upon which rubidium clock technology is based. We further use these transitions to demonstrate strong population pumping by resonant excitation of the bound exciton transitions, suggesting several possible approaches to a solid-state atomic clock using bismuth in silicon, or eventually in enriched 28Si.
Generation of high-quality GeV-class electron beams utilizing attosecond ionization injection
Creators: name: Lécz, Zsolt
name: Andreev, Alexander
name: Kamperidis, Christos
name: Hafz, Nasr
Publisher: name: [London] : IOP
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: ionization injection
subject: laser wakefield acceleration
subject: laser wave-guide
subject: low emittance
subject: mono-energetic electron beam
subject: relativisitc electron beam
subject: 530

description: Acceleration of electrons in laser-driven plasma wakefields has been extended up to the 10 GeV energy within a distance of 10s of centimeters. However, in applications, requiring small energy spread within the electron bunch, only a small portion of the bunch can be used and often the low-energy electrons represent undesired background in the spectrum. We present a compact and tunable scheme providing clean and mono-energetic electron bunches with less than one percent energy spread and with central energy on the GeV level. It is a two-step process consisting of ionization injection with attosecond pulses and acceleration in a capillary plasma wave-guide. Semi-analytical theory and particle-in-cell simulations are used to accurately model the injection and acceleration steps.
Optical dating of alluvial deposits at the orogenic front of the andean precordillera (Mendoza, Argentina)
Creators: name: Schmidt, Silke
name: Tsukamoto, Sumiko
name: Salomon, Eric
name: Frechen, Manfred
name: Hetzel, Ralf
Publisher: name: Warsaw : De Gruyter
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Alluvial fan sediments
subject: Andean Precordillera
subject: Incomplete bleaching
subject: Minimum age model
subject: OSL dating
subject: 620
subject: 690

description: Well constrained numerical ages of alluvial fan sediments are key to understanding the chronology of alluvial episodes and tectonic activity at the front of the Andean Precordillera. We test-ed the application of radiocarbon and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) dating in the distal part of an alluvial fan five kilometers north of Mendoza. For OSL dating a large number of aliquots (n > 70)-each composed of ̃50 quartz grains-were measured in order to obtain reliable burial ages despite scattered dose distributions. Owing to a feldspar contamination in all samples, an infrared stimulation was inserted before each OSL measurement, which reduced the feldspar OSL signal suc-cessfully. By using the minimum age model we obtained stratigraphically consistent burial ages of al-luvial deposits in a depth profile. The uppermost ̃1 m of sediment is composed of debris flow depos-its buried 770±76 years ago. Three plant remnants used for radiocarbon dating from the same layer, however, yielded ages younger than 350 years, which are interpreted to underestimate the deposition-al age. Underneath the debris flow, a major unconformity cuts a series of distal alluvial fan sediments with interstratified floodplain deposits, which are composed of sandy and calcite-rich silt layers, re-spectively. Three samples from this unit which were distributed over one meter of sediment thickness yielded statistically concordant OSL ages of 12.3±1.2 ka, 12.3±1.2 ka, and 11.7±1.1 ka. The deposi-tion of these sediments during the latest Pleistocene coincides with a phase of cool and humid cli-mate, which occurred before the alluvial fan propagated farther into the foreland. The overlying de-bris flow sediments are associated with alluvial fan incision during the arid Late Holocene. © 2011 Silesian University of Technology.
Orisaltata azurea (Jacoby) New, New
Creators: name: Prathapan, K. D.
name: Konstantinov, A. S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2006
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Chrysomelidae
Orisaltata
Orisaltata azurea

description: Orisaltata azurea (Jacoby) New combination
Aphthona azurea Jacoby 1896: 256 (type locality: Myanmar [Burma]. Lectotype (MCZC), examined). Maulik 1926: 367, 372 (key, redescription, taxonomic notes, distribution, deposition of type specimens). Heikertinger 1944: 114 /200, 116/202 (key catalog, taxonomic notes). Scherer 1969: 69, 75 (key, distribution, synonymical bibliography). Konstantinov & Lingafelter, 2002: 215, 216 (lectotype designation, placed under incertae sedis, synonymical bibliography, taxonomical notes).
Aphthona babai Kimoto, 2000: 37 (type locality: Thailand. Holotype (KMHJ), examined). Konstantinov & Lingafelter, 2002: 216 (placed under incertae sedis, taxonomical notes). NEW SYNONYM.
Type material examined. Aphthona azurea: Lectotype ɗ. Labels: 1) azurea Jac.; 2) Prome; 3) Jacoby 2nd Coll.; 4) Type 18937; 5) Lectotype Aphthona azurea Jacoby des. A. Konstantinov, 1998 (MCZC).
Aphthona babai: Holotype Ψ. Labels: 1) Slika Fall. Thailand 24.I.1968 Coll. K. Baba; 2) Holotype; 3) Aphthona babai Kimoto, n. sp. det. S. Kimoto, 19; 4) 20009251R37 (KMHJ).
Material examined: India: Karnataka: Bangalore – 65, University of Agricultural Sciences campus, 1ɗ, 4. vi.1998, Aristolochia indica, Prathapan Coll. (PKDC); 2Ψ, same data except the date 5.vi.1998 (UASB) Kerala: 4ɗ, 2Ψ, Ponmudi, 1.v.2005, Prathapan Coll.; Tamil Nadu: 3Ψ, Burliar Hills, 25.x.2003, Prathapan Coll. (PKDC). Thailand: Lang Song U. P. April 1991, leg. Kral (2ɗ, 2Ψ) (USNM).
Host plant. Aristolochia indica L. (Aristolochiaceae) (Fig. 9)
Distribution. Myanmar (Prome), India (Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu), Thailand (Slika Fall).
Discussion: Comparative study of the male lectotype of A. azurea with males from Thailand identified as A. babai, and the female holotype of A. babai with females of A. azurea from India, revealed no characters to separate them. Therefore, we here synonymize A. babai Kimoto with O. azurea (Jacoby).
description: Published as part of Prathapan, K. D. & Konstantinov, A. S., 2006, Orisaltata, a new genus of flea beetles from the Oriental Region (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), pp. 39-47 in Zootaxa 1109 on pages 45-46, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.171505
Membrane Functionalization in Pilot Scale: Roll‐to‐Roll Electron Beam System with Inline Contact Angle Determination
Creators: name: Schulze, Agnes
name: Drößler, Lutz
name: Weiß, Steffen
name: Went, Marco
name: Abdul Latif, Amira
name: Breite, Daniel
name: Fischer, Kristina
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Electron beam irradiation
subject: Hydrophilization
subject: Inline analysis
subject: Polymer membrane
subject: Roll-to-roll modification
subject: 540
subject: 660

description: To increase the permeation performance and antifouling properties of polymer membranes, a one-step reaction using electron irradiation was developed. This process combines the surface activation of the membrane polymer and the simultaneous permanent immobilization of hydrophilic molecules. This technology can be applied to various polymers, flat sheet/hollow fiber membranes and all pore ranges. The roll-to-roll system developed for this enables all process steps including inline analysis for quality control of the membrane surface in a continuously operated system. © 2021 The Authors. Chemie Ingenieur Technik published by Wiley-VCH GmbH
Traveling Fronts in a Reaction–Diffusion Equation with a Memory Term
Creators: name: Mielke, Alexander
name: Reichelt, Sina
Publisher: name: New York, NY [u.a.] : Springer Science + Business Media B.V.
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Estimates for wave speed
subject: Exponentially decaying memory kernels
subject: FitzHugh-Nagumo equation
subject: Strong comparison principle
subject: Two-scale homogenization
subject: 510

description: Based on a recent work on traveling waves in spatially nonlocal reaction–diffusion equations, we investigate the existence of traveling fronts in reaction–diffusion equations with a memory term. We will explain how such memory terms can arise from reduction of reaction–diffusion systems if the diffusion constants of the other species can be neglected. In particular, we show that two-scale homogenization of spatially periodic systems can induce spatially homogeneous systems with temporal memory. The existence of fronts is proved using comparison principles as well as a reformulation trick involving an auxiliary speed that allows us to transform memory terms into spatially nonlocal terms. Deriving explicit bounds and monotonicity properties of the wave speed of the arising traveling front, we are able to establish the existence of true traveling fronts for the original problem with memory. Our results are supplemented by numerical simulations.
Evolution of DFT studies in view of a scientometric perspective
Creators: name: Haunschild, Robin
name: Barth, Andreas
name: Marx, Werner
Publisher: name: London : BioMed Central
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Chemical bibliometrics
subject: Compound bibliometrics
subject: DFT
subject: Publication analysis
subject: RPYS
subject: 540

description: Background: This bibliometric study aims to analyze the publications in which density functional theory (DFT) plays a major role. The bibliometric analysis is performed on the full publication volume of 114,138 publications as well as sub-sets defined in terms of six different types of compounds and nine different research topics. Also, a compound analysis is presented that shows how many compounds with specific elements are known to be calculated with DFT. This analysis is done for each element from hydrogen to nobelium. Results: We find that hydrogen, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen occur most often in compounds calculated with DFT in terms of absolute numbers, but a relative perspective shows that DFT calculations were performed rather often in comparison with experiments for rare gas elements, many actinides, some transition metals, and polonium. Conclusions: The annual publication volume of DFT literature continues to grow steadily. The number of publications doubles approximately every 5-6 years while a doubling of publication volume every 11 years is observed for the CAplus database (14 years if patents are excluded). Calculations of the structure and energy of compounds dominate the DFT literature. © 2016 The Author(s).
Zenodo: The Global Repository Of Open Knowledge
Creators: name: , Chakravarty
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Zenodo, Open Access

description: The scholarly communication landscape is undergoing change, there are debates about the ideal services, the ideal business models, the ideal custodians, amidst which Zenodo aims to offer a viable and concrete alternative to commercial services from a memory institution for particle physics, CERN! 
Nanoscale Faceting and Ligand Shell Structure Dominate the Self-Assembly of Nonpolar Nanoparticles into Superlattices
Creators: name: Bo, Arixin
name: Liu, Yawei
name: Kuttich, Björn
name: Kraus, Tobias
name: Widmer-Cooper, Asaph
name: De Jonge, Niels
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: gold nanoparticles
subject: liquid–solid interfaces
subject: nanoparticle faceting
subject: self-assembly
subject: superlattices
subject: surface modification
subject: 540
subject: 660

description: Self-assembly of nanoscale structures at liquid–solid interfaces occurs in a broad range of industrial processes and is found in various phenomena in nature. Conventional theory assumes spherical particles and homogeneous surfaces, but that model is oversimplified, and nanoscale in situ observations are needed for a more complete understanding. Liquid-phase scanning transmission electron microscopy (LP-STEM) is used to examine the interactions that direct the self-assembly of superlattices formed by gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in nonpolar liquids. Varying the molecular coating of the substrate modulates short-range attraction and leads to switching between a range of different geometric structures, including hexagonal close-packed (hcp), simple hexagonal (sh), dodecahedral quasi-crystal (dqc), and body-centered cubic (bcc) lattices, as well as random distributions. Langevin dynamics simulations explain the experimental results in terms of the interplay between nanoparticle faceting, ligand shell structure, and substrate–NP interactions.
Low Mass Young Stars At Metre Wavelengths
Creators: name: Ainsworth, Rachael
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Astronomy
Astrophysics
Star Formation
Astrophysical Jets

description: Presentation slides for a seminar I was invited to give at the National University of Ireland Maynooth on February 2nd, 2018 (https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/news-events/low-mass-young-stars-metre-wavelengths).

Speaker: Dr. Rachael Ainsworth, Research Associate and Open Science Champion at the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, University of Manchester

Title: Low Mass Young Stars at Metre Wavelengths

Abstract: In this seminar, I will talk about newly forming stars like our Sun, which drive supersonic jets/outflows whilst they accrete material from their circumstellar disks. I will present our pathfinding observations of the very long wavelength radio emission from these jets using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) at 50 and 90 cm and the Low Frequency Array (LOFAR) at 2 m - the first successful detections of jets from young stars at such long wavelengths. Although radio emission from such objects typically arises from thermal free-free radiation, I will show a few cases where synchrotron emission has been detected and believed to arise from shocks in the outflows - suggesting the possibility of low energy cosmic rays being generated by young Sun-like stars.
Re-exploring the Penney-Ante Game
Creators: name: Singh, Sushil Kumar
name: Rawat, Neelkanth
name: Singh, Sargun
name: Kaur, Savinder
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: We propose a single loop diagram and use it to devise a single loop matrix method to computationally solve the Penney-Ante game. This method avoids the nuances of repeated use of conditional probability and Markov chain representations. We remove the limitations of Conway’s trick as applied to a fair coin and generalize the method where the coin is allowed to be biased. A uniform random number generator is used to simulate the game and formulate implicit mathematical relations to explore nontransitivity.
Effective CO2 lifetime and future CO2 levels based on fit function
Creators: name: Sonnemann, G.R.
name: Grygalashvyly, M.
Publisher: name: Göttingen : Copernicus
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: atmospheric chemistry
subject: carbon dioxide
subject: carbon emission
subject: concentration (composition)
subject: global warming
subject: 550

description: The estimated global CO2 emission rates and the measured atmospheric CO2 concentrations show that only a certain share of the emitted CO2 accumulates in the atmosphere. For given atmospheric emissions of CO2, the effective lifetime determines its accumulation in the atmosphere and, consequently, its impact on the future global warming. We found that on average the inferred effective lifetime of CO2 decreases as its atmospheric concentration increases, reducing the rate of its accumulation in the atmosphere. We derived a power function that fits the varying lifetimes. Based on this fitting function, we calculated the increase of CO2 for different scenarios of future global emission rates.
Leugnen, lügen, ignorieren: Die rhetorischen Taktiken rechtsradikaler Parteien in der Klimadebatte
Creators: name: Gruber, Mirjam
Publisher: name: Eurac Research
Year: 2024

description: Sprache ist ein mächtiges Instrument und kann zur politischen Waffe werden. Über den gezielten Einsatz rhetorischer Strategien zur Verbreitung von Fehlinformationen über den Klimawandel - und wie sich diese durchschauen lassen.
Bang the Can Slowly: An Investigation into the 2017 Houston Astros
Creators: name: Elmore, Ryan
name: Matthews, Gregory J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: This article is a statistical investigation into the 2017 Major League Baseball scandal involving the Houston Astros, the World Series championship winner that the same year. The Astros were alleged to have stolen their opponents’ pitching signs in order to provide their batters with a potentially unfair advantage. This work finds compelling evidence that the Astros on-field performance was significantly affected by their sign-stealing ploy and quantifies the effects. The three main findings in the article are (i) the Astros’ odds of swinging at a pitch were reduced by approximately 27% (OR: 0.725, 95% CI: (0.618, 0.850)) when the sign was stolen, (ii) when an Astros player swung, the odds of making contact with the ball increased roughly 80% (OR: 1.805, 95% CI: (1.342, 2.675)) on non-fastball pitches, and (iii) when the Astros made contact with a ball on a pitch in which the sign was known, the ball’s exit velocity (launch speed) increased on average by 2.386 (95% CI: (0.334, 4.451)) miles per hour.
Oteseconazole: First Approval
Creators: name: Hoy, Sheridan M.
Publisher: name: Adis Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 110304 Dermatology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Declarations Funding The preparation of this review was not supported by any external funding. Authorship and Conflict of interest During the peer review process the manufacturer of the agent under review was offered an opportunity to comment on the article. Changes resulting from any comments received were made by the authors on the basis of scientific completeness and accuracy. S. M. Hoy is a salaried employee of Adis International Ltd/Springer Nature, and declares no relevant conflicts of interest. All authors contributed to the review and are responsible for the article content. Ethics approval, Consent to participate, Consent to publish, Availability of data and material, Code availability Not applicable. Additional information about this Adis Drug Review can be found here. Abstract Oteseconazole (VIVJOA™) is an orally administered azole antifungal agent developed by Mycovia Pharmaceuticals for the treatment of fungal infections. It inhibits cytochrome P450 (CYP) 51, thereby affecting the formation and integrity of the fungal cell membrane, but has a low affinity for human CYP enzymes due to its tetrazole metal-binding group. Oteseconazole is the first agent to be approved (in April 2022) for recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis (RVVC) in the USA, where it is indicated to reduce the incidence of RVVC in females with a history of RVVC who are NOT of reproductive potential. Clinical development for the treatment of onychomycosis, and invasive and opportunistic infections is ongoing. This article summarizes the milestones in the development of oteseconazole leading to this first approval for reducing the incidence of RVVC in females with a history of RVVC who are NOT of reproductive potential. © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022
Synthesis of β-Hydroxysulfides from Thiophenols and Disulfides with tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide as the Oxidant and Reactant
Creators: name: Feng, Jian-Bo
name: Wu, Xiao-Feng
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: C−H activation
subject: cascade process
subject: green chemistry
subject: oxidation
subject: β-hydroxysulfides
subject: 540

description: A procedure for the oxidative synthesis of β-hydroxysulfides is reported, in which thiophenols or diaryl disulfides are reacted with tert-butyl hydroperoxide (TBHP). In the presence of zinc iodide or potassium iodide, with TBHP as the oxidant and pre-reactant, thiophenols and diaryl disulfides react with the methyl group of tBuOH smoothly and selectivity to give the corresponding 2-methyl-1-(arylthio)propan-2-ols as the terminal products in moderate to good yields.
A Survey of Bias in Machine Learning Through the Prism of Statistical Parity
Creators: name: Besse, Philippe
name: del Barrio, Eustasio
name: Gordaliza, Paula
name: Loubes, Jean-Michel
name: Risser, Laurent
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Applications based on machine learning models have now become an indispensable part of the everyday life and the professional world. As a consequence, a critical question has recently arose among the population: Do algorithmic decisions convey any type of discrimination against specific groups of population or minorities? In this article, we show the importance of understanding how bias can be introduced into automatic decisions. We first present a mathematical framework for the fair learning problem, specifically in the binary classification setting. We then propose to quantify the presence of bias by using the standard disparate impact index on the real and well-known adult income dataset. Finally, we check the performance of different approaches aiming to reduce the bias in binary classification outcomes. Importantly, we show that some intuitive methods are ineffective with respect to the statistical parity criterion. This sheds light on the fact that trying to make fair machine learning models may be a particularly challenging task, in particular when the training observations contain some bias.