cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Measuring Traffic
Creators: name: Bickel, Peter J.
name: Chen, Chao
name: Kwon, Jaimyoung
name: Rice, John
name: van Zwet, Erik
name: Varaiya, Pravin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A traffic performance measurement system, PeMS, currently functions as a statewide repository for traffic data gathered by thousands of automatic sensors. It has integrated data collection, processing and communications infrastructure with data storage and analytical tools. In this paper, we discuss statistical issues that have emerged as we attempt to process a data stream of 2 GB per day of wildly varying quality. In particular, we focus on detecting sensor malfunction, imputation of missing or bad data, estimation of velocity and forecasting of travel times on freeway networks.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/07-STS238 the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Housing demand and taxation
Creators: name: Heikkila, Eric John
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This dissertation has two primary objectives: (1) to develop and test empirically a model of housing demand complete with tenure choice and moving costs, and (2) to demonstrate how this model can be used to evaluate alternative housing-related tax changes. The proposal evaluated here is the introduction of mortage interest deductibility in Canada. Similar income tax deductions have long been in effect in the United States and Great Britain. However, this model rejects the proposal on both equity and efficiency grounds. The housing demand model was tested empirically using a sample of households from the Toronto metropolitan area. These results confirm that transactions costs and other barriers to residential mobility are a vital component of the households' decision-making process. This key empirical result is not only important in the context of the demand for housing. It also impinges on the equity and efficiency of proposed tax changes. It is shown in this thesis that the deadweight loss attributable to mortgage interest subsidies are not as severe as has sometimes been claimed, particularly in the short run. The reason is that subsidies are effectively transformed into lump sum grants when residential immobility is high. And there is no deadweight loss due to lump sum grants. The main findings of this thesis may therefore be summarized as follows: (1) the housing demand decision is best understood when barriers to residential mobility are modelled explicitly, and (2) the presence of these barriers must be taken into consideration when calculating the short run welfare implications of proposed housing-related tax changes.
title: Vocabulary list for Kim Thuong dialect of the Muong language [Tan Son, Phu Tho], Speaker F3, part 2 of 7
Creators: name: Nguyên, Minh-Châu
Publisher: name: Pangloss
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Linguistique
subject: Mường

description: Vocabulary list for Kim Thuong dialect of the Muong language [Tan Son, Phu Tho], Speaker F3, part 2 of 7
description: Liste de vocabulaire pour le dialecte Kim Thuong de la langue Muong [Tan Son, Phu Tho], locuteur F3, partie 2 de 7
description: Vốn từ thổ ngữ tiếng Mường ở Kim Thượng (Tân Sơn, Phú Thọ), người phát âm F3, phần 2/7
Non-exclusive particle production by $γγ$ interactions in $pp$ collisions at the LHC
Creators: name: da Silveira, G. Gil
name: Goncalves, V. P.
name: Veronez, G. G. Vargas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Particle production in two-photon interactions at hadronic collisions is becoming increasingly relevant in the LHC physics programme as a way to improve our understanding of the Standard Model and search for signals of New Physics. A key ingredient for the study of these interactions in $pp$ collisions is the description of the photon content of the proton, which allow us to derive predictions for the cross sections associated to events where occur the proton dissociation (non - exclusive processes) and for those where both incident protons remain intact (exclusive processes). In this paper, a detailed comparison of the different models for the elastic and inelastic photon distributions found in the literature is presented and the current theoretical uncertainty is estimated. The impact on the invariant mass distribution for the dimuon production is analyzed. Moreover, the relative contribution of non - exclusive events is estimated and its dependence on the invariant mass of the pair is presented. We demonstrate that the predictions for production of pairs with large invariant mass is strongly dependent on the model assumed to describe the elastic and inelastic photon distributions and that the ratio between non - exclusive and exclusive cross sections present a mild energy dependence. Finally, our results indicate that a future experimental analysis of the non - exclusive events will be useful to constrain the photon content of proton.
description: 14 pages, 6 figures
The WITCH experiment: Acquiring the first recoil ion spectrum
Creators: name: Kozlov, V. Yu.
name: Beck, M.
name: Coeck, S.
name: Delahaye, P.
name: Friedag, P.
name: Herbane, M.
name: Herlert, A.
name: Kraev, I. S.
name: Tandecki, M.
name: Van Gorp, S.
name: Wauters, F.
name: Weinheimer, Ch.
name: Wenander, F.
name: Zakoucky, D.
name: Severijns, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The standard model of the electroweak interaction describes beta-decay in the well-known V-A form. Nevertheless, the most general Hamiltonian of a beta-decay includes also other possible interaction types, e.g. scalar (S) and tensor (T) contributions, which are not fully ruled out yet experimentally. The WITCH experiment aims to study a possible admixture of these exotic interaction types in nuclear beta-decay by a precise measurement of the shape of the recoil ion energy spectrum. The experimental set-up couples a double Penning trap system and a retardation spectrometer. The set-up is installed in ISOLDE/CERN and was recently shown to be fully operational. The current status of the experiment is presented together with the data acquired during the 2006 campaign, showing the first recoil ion energy spectrum obtained. The data taking procedure and corresponding data acquisition system are described in more detail. Several further technical improvements are briefly reviewed.
description: 11 pages, 6 figures, conference proceedings EMIS 2007 (http://emis2007.ganil.fr), published also in NIM B: doi:10.1016/j.nimb.2008.05.150
Engaging Employee's at Hybrid Workplace
Creators: name: Bhadani, Rashmi
Publisher: name: The International journal of analytical and experimental modal analysis
Year: 2022
Subjects: hybrid model, employee engagement, remote employees

description: The unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world drastically. COVID-19pandemic has compelled individual as well as organization towards uncertainty. This hasforced organization to redesign their workplace to include both in-person and remoteemployees. Today, some employees wish to come back to office and on the other end someemployees enjoys flexibility and wanted to work from home. This has led to hybridworkplace model as „new normal". Additionally, it is challenging task to engage peopleworking from remote location in hybrid model. Thus, the paper focus on highlighting hybridworkspace model, its advantage and disadvantages, and strategies that can be implanted toeffectively engage employees operating remotely.
Optimal network topologies for information transmission in active networks
Creators: name: Baptista, M. S.
name: de Carvalho, J. X.
name: Hussein, M. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This work clarifies the relation between network circuit (topology) and behavior (information transmission and synchronization) in active networks, e.g. neural networks. As an application, we show how to determine a network topology that is optimal for information transmission. By optimal, we mean that the network is able to transmit a large amount of information, it possesses a large number of communication channels, and it is robust under large variations of the network coupling configuration. This theoretical approach is general and does not depend on the particular dynamic of the elements forming the network, since the network topology can be determined by finding a Laplacian matrix (the matrix that describes the connections and the coupling strengths among the elements) whose eigenvalues satisfy some special conditions. To illustrate our ideas and theoretical approaches, we use neural networks of electrically connected chaotic Hindmarsh-Rose neurons.
description: 20 pages, 12 figures
Two new streptovaricin derivatives from mutants of Streptomyces spectabilis CCTCC M2017417
Creators: name: Luo, Minghe
name: Dong, Yulu
name: Tang, Lingjie
name: Chen, Xu
name: Hu, Zhiwei
name: Xie, Wenxinyu
name: Deng, Zixin
name: Sun, Yuhui
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Virology

description: Two new ansamycin derivatives, damavaricin H (1) and protostreptovaricin VI (2) were isolated from the Streptomyces spectabilis CCTCC M2017417 derived mutants of ΔstvP5 and ΔstvA2, respectively. The structures of 1 and 2 were established by analysis of the HRESIMS as well as 1D and 2D NMR datasets. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) results showed that compounds 1 and 2 possessed the corresponding anti-MRSA bioactivities of 4 ∼ 8 μg/ml and 8 ∼ 16 μg/ml, which confirmed the structure-activity relationships of streptovaricins reported previously and also revealed that addition of the hydroxyl group at C-8 increased the anti-MRSA activity.
Graphisurus fasciatus
Creators: name: Webster, Reginald
name: McCoqrquodale, David
name: Majka, Christopher
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Graphisurus
Graphisurus fasciatus

description: Graphisurus fasciatus (DeGeer, 1775) New Brunswick: Madawaska Co., St. Leonard, 25.VI.1991, F. Parent (1, UMNB). Queens Co., Grand Lake near Scotchtown, 45.8762°N, 66.1816°W, 9.VII.2006, R. P. Webster, red oak and maple forest, collected from trunk of a large dead Quercus rubra at night (head lamp) (3, RWC). York Co., Charters Settlement, 45.8395°N, 66.7391°W, 14.VI.1999, R. P. Webster, mixed forest, at M. V. light (2, NBM, RWC); Fredericton, 19 (year not given), C.C. Smith, 60–99, 60C107 (1, AFC); Fredericton, 17.VII.1935, R. F. Morris, AFC. Bousquet (2008) clarified that Graphisurus Kirby, 1837 is the appropriate generic name, rather than Urographis Horn 1880.
description: Published as part of Webster, Reginald, McCoqrquodale, David & Majka, Christopher, 2009, New records of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, Canada, pp. 285-308 in ZooKeys 22 (22) on pages 300-301, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.22.122, http://zenodo.org/record/576540
description: {"references": ["Bousquet Y (2008) Nomenclatural and bibliographic notes on Cerambycidae (Coleoptera). Th e Coleopterists Bulletin 61 [2007]: 616 - 631."]}
Elastic properties and chemical bonding in ternary arsenide SrFe2As2 and quaternary oxyarsenide LaFeAsO - basic phases for new 38-55K superconductors
Creators: name: Shein, I. R.
name: Ivanovskii, A. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the first-principle FLAPW-GGA calculations of the elastic properties of two related layered phases, namely, the ternary arsenide SrFe2As2 and the quaternary oxyarsenide LaFeAsO - basic phases for the newly discovered "122" and "1111" 38-55K superconductors. The independent elastic constants (Cij), bulk moduli, compressibility, and shear moduli are evaluated and discussed. The numerical estimates of the elastic parameters of the polycrystalline SrFe2As2 and LaFeAsO ceramics are performed for the first time. Additionally, the peculiarities of chemical bonding in these phases are discussed.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures
New Approach To Augustine Of Hippo’s Sermons To The People And Its Impact On Augustinian Scholarship
Creators: name: Drobner, Hubertus R.
Publisher: name: University of Leicester
Year: 2021
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The great project of the first comprehensive bilingual edition of Augustine’s almost 600 authentic Sermons to the People, with introduction and commentary, was ultimately instigated by François DOLBEAU’S discovery of twenty-six new authentic sermons by Augustine of Hippo in the Municipal Library of Mainz, Germany, in 1990. 1 This fortunate discovery created, naturally, a public sensation, as Augustine is still one of the best-known and most influential thinkers in the Western hemisphere. However, no-one could possibly have imagined that it would start an avalanche of innovative research that fundamentally changed all Augustinian scholarship. The first effect on my own work was, in 1993, when I realized that the date which DOLBEAU suggested for the new sermons could not possibly be true. However, this doubt, in its turn, led to the general conviction that a complete revision of the chronology of all of Augustine’s sermons was needed. This new approach resulted in a fundamental re-consideration of chronological methodology in general and thus the perception of Augustine’s entire life and works. From there, it became clear that a general basis for a new appreciation of Augustine’s sermons could only be laid by a thorough and comprehensive reading and understanding of the texts, including a precise translation into the vernacular, accompanied by introduction and commentary providing in-depth and innovative analyses of the texts.
Treatment of Linear and Nonlinear Dielectric Property of Molecular Monolayer and Submonolayer with Microscopic Dipole Lattice Model: I. Second Harmonic Generation and Sum-Frequency Generation
Creators: name: Zheng, De-sheng
name: Wang, Yuan
name: Liu, An-an
name: Wang, Hong-fei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the currently accepted models of the nonlinear optics, the nonlinear radiation was treated as the result of an infinitesimally thin polarization sheet layer, and a three layer model was generally employed. The direct consequence of this approach is that an apriori dielectric constant, which still does not have a clear definition, has to be assigned to this polarization layer. Because the Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) and the Sum-Frequency Generation vibrational Spectroscopy (SFG-VS) have been proven as the sensitive probes for interfaces with the submonolayer coverage, the treatment based on the more realistic discrete induced dipole model needs to be developed. Here we show that following the molecular optics theory approach the SHG, as well as the SFG-VS, radiation from the monolayer or submonolayer at an interface can be rigorously treated as the radiation from an induced dipole lattice at the interface. In this approach, the introduction of the polarization sheet is no longer necessary. Therefore, the ambiguity of the unaccounted dielectric constant of the polarization layer is no longer an issue. Moreover, the anisotropic two dimensional microscopic local field factors can be explicitly expressed with the linear polarizability tensors of the interfacial molecules. Based on the planewise dipole sum rule in the molecular monolayer, crucial experimental tests of this microscopic treatment with SHG and SFG-VS are discussed. Many puzzles in the literature of surface SHG and SFG spectroscopy studies can also be understood or resolved in this framework. This new treatment may provide a solid basis for the quantitative analysis in the surface SHG and SFG studies.
description: 23 pages, 3 figures
ARBITRATION RULES AND PROCEDURES AT THE WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION (WIPO)
Creators: name: TOQA FAISAL AL-MAJALI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Arbitration, International Arbitration, WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization), Intellectual Propert, Moral Rights, International Organizations, Dispute Resolution.

description: Abstract

In the ever-changing and interconnected world, we live in, there are numerous legal avenues to resolve disputes arising from human interactions and the intertwining of economic, social, and financial interests. International arbitration is considered one of the most effective methods for resolving disputes between parties, ensuring flexibility and speed while avoiding recourse to litigation. International arbitration extends beyond financial rights to encompass moral rights, including those associated with intellectual property. This is particularly relevant in cases where disputes arise from contracts related to these rights. One prominent international organization working in the field of intellectual property protection is the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO). This study sheds light on the arbitration procedures within WIPO, aiming to understand the requirements set by the organization for arbitration. The significance of the study lies in outlining the broad procedures, providing clear insights for researchers and those considering arbitration, making the process of asserting rights more accessible. The study adopts a descriptive-analytical approach to reach its conclusions. Among the key findings is that WIPO places significant importance on party autonomy in arbitration procedures, while imposing certain limitations. Decisions rendered by WIPO are considered foreign judgments. The WIPO system grants substantial authority to the presiding arbitrator in issuing arbitration awards. The researcher recommends emphasizing the necessity of causing all arbitration decisions, whether interim or final, to be recorded for the sake of justice. Additionally, she suggests refraining from granting sole authority to the presiding arbitrator to issue judgments in any case. Encouraging disputants to resort to WIPO rules in arbitration, which provide them with considerable freedom not conflicting with the essence of justice and respecting the laws of nations and fundamental principles of litigation, is also emphasized.
The Effect of intended audience on language functions in written argument at two grade levels
Creators: name: Craig, Sydney G.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Despite the emphasis in current composition theory on the importance of the intended audience for written composition, there is little evidence of audience effects on written composition before students reach high-school. In contrast, there is considerable evidence of audience effects on children's oral language. The present study explores the possibility that the lack of evidence of audience effects on written composition is an artifact of the measures that have been used. Measures for this study were derived from studies of children's oral language in the hope that they might provide insight into the effects of audience on written composition. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of audience on the use of five language functions (Controlling, Relational, Informing and Interpreting, Theorizing and Projecting) in written arguments by students in grades 6 and 11. Students wrote four compositions, one on each of two topics for each of two audiences, with presentation of audiences and topics counterbalanced. Audiences were teacher and best friend which are differentiated in terms of relative status. One hundred nine complete sets of four compositions were subjected to functional analysis. Statistical analysis revealed audience effects for three functions. Students at both grades used more of the Controlling function and the Relational function for the audience of best friend, and more of the Theorizing function for the audience of teacher. Compositions intended for the high-status audience were more objective, more impersonal, and contained less diversity of function. In contrast, compositions intended for the same-status audience were more conversational, more personal, and contained more diversity of function. Analysis also revealed grade and topic effects. Results of this study suggest that audience effects can be discerned in compositions by students in elementary school if appropriate measures are used. This study thus provides empirical support for the emphasis on audience in current composition theory. It also signals the need for new meaasures in further studies of audience effects on written composition.
Phenomenology of the normal state in-plane transport properties of high-$T_c$ cuprates
Creators: name: Hussey, N. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this article, I review progress towards an understanding of the normal state (in-plane) transport properties of high-$T_c$ cuprates in the light of recent developments in both spectroscopic and transport measurement techniques. Against a backdrop of mounting evidence for anisotropic single-particle lifetimes in cuprate superconductors, new results have emerged that advocate similar momentum dependence in the transport decay rate $Γ$({\bf k}). In addition, enhancement of the energy scale (up to the bare bandwidth) over which spectroscopic information on the quasiparticle response can be obtained has led to the discovery of new, unforeseen features that surprisingly, may have a significant bearing on the transport properties at the dc limit. With these two key developments in mind, I consider here whether all the ingredients necessary for a complete phenomenological description of the anomalous normal state transport properties of high-$T_c$ cuprates are now in place.
description: 31 pages, 10 figures
Cargese Lectures on Brane Induced Gravity
Creators: name: Gabadadze, Gregory
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A brief introduction is given to the subject of brane induced gravity. The 5D example is discussed in detail. The 4D laws of gravity are obtained on a brane embedded in an infinite volume extra space, where the problem of stabilization of the volume modulus is absent. The theory has two classically disjoint branches of solutions -- the conventional and self-accelerated one. The conventional branch gives a perturbatively stable model of a metastable graviton, with potentially testable predictions within the Solar system. The self-accelerated branch, on the other hand, provides an existence proof for an idea that the accelerated expansion of the Universe could be due to modified gravity. The issue of perturbative stability of the self-accelerated branch is obscured by a breakdown of the conventional perturbative expansion. However, a certain exact non-perturbative solution found in hep-th/0612016 exhibits a net negative gravitational mass, while this mass is positive on the conventional branch. This suggest that the self-accelerated solution must be non-perturbatively unstable. A proposal to overcome this problem in an extension of the original model, that also allows for the quantum gravity scale to be unrestricted, is briefly discussed.
description: 17 pages; based on Carg\`ese lectures of 2006; to appear in proceedings
Assessment of a rotor blade extension retrofit as an alternative to the lifetime extension of wind turbines
Creators: name: Rosemeier, Malo
name: Saathoff, Matthias
name: Antoniou, Alexandros
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: AEP
fatigue budget
load simulation
structural analysis

description: Wind farm operators are motivated to reduce the levelized cost of energy (LCoE) of their wind turbines. Occasionally, the fatigue budget is not fully utilized during the design lifetime of a turbine. The LCoE can be decreased when the energy yield is increased. To achieve this, the lifetime of the turbine is extended until the fatigue budget is exhausted. Alternatively, a rotor blade extension (RBE) is an option to increase the energy yield of an operating wind turbine. An RBE extends the blade length and increases the rotor diameter and thus the swept area of the rotor. The loads on the turbine, however, are increased by the RBE as well. Higher loads reduce the fatigue budget of a turbine.

This study investigates whether the use of an RBE is advantageous compared with the lifetime extension. Loads can be part-wise decreased by the controller, i.e., by modification of the pitch or lowering the cut-out wind speed. The lead-lag loads on the existing blade, however, increase due to added tip mass of the RBE. Because lead-lag loads are the design-driving loads for blades, this study focuses on the fatigue life reduction of an extended 34 m blade of a 1.5 MW turbine. To this end, the blade length was increased parametrically.

As a case study, a commercial turbine sited in Iselersheim, Northern Germany, was chosen for the assessment of the life time extension (LTE). Aero-servo-elastic multi-body load simulations were conducted. Furthermore, a structural analysis of the most critical structural detail, i.e., the trailing edge bond line, was conducted. The increase in annual energy production is compared to the decrease in the fatigue budget for different lengths of the RBE.

The LTE assessment revealed that the life time of the turbine was dominated by a different component than the blade, i.e., the shaft. The possible LTE of the turbine equals 8.7 years. Hence, the blade fatigue loads may be increased until the fatigue budgets of the blade and the critical components are equalized without reducing the total life time of the turbine. Using this surplus fatigue budget in the blade, the 34 m blade can be extended by 0.8 m.  The increase in blade length leads to an increase in annual energy production (AEP) of 2.3 %. Hence, the RBE is especially viable when installed early in the turbine life.
description: We acknowledge the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) within the
SmartBlades2 project (grant agreement No. 0324032B) and the P. E. Concepts GmbH.
Genetic alterations in Type 2 Diabetes: regulation of PED/PEA-15 gene expression
Creators: name: Teperino, Raffaele
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Year: 2008

description: Background and Aims – PED/PEA-15 is a gene commonly overexpressed in tissues from type 2 diabetic individuals and healthy subjects at high risk of developing diabetes (such as  first degree relatives). Indeed, overexpression of the PED/PEA-15 gene in mice, impairs glucose tolerance and leads to diabetes in conjunction with high-fat diet treatment. The Hepatocyte Nuclear Factor 4 (HNF4 is a liver-enriched nuclear receptor involved in the control of glucose homeostasis. Point mutations in HNF4 impair liver and pancreatic regulation of glucose homeostasis and cause Maturity Onset Diabetes of the Young Type 1 (MODY 1) More recently, genetic and biochemical evidences indicate that HNF4 may also play a role in the development of Type 2 Diabetes.
Recent evidences in our lab, indicate  that HNF4 inhibits PED/PEA-15 expression in liver by binding its responsive element on PED/PEA-15 promoter. The aim of this work is to understand  the molecular mechanism by which HNF4 exerts its action on PED/PEA-15 expression and test the hypothesis that HNF4might induce a packaging of  chromatin in the region of PED/PEA-15 promoter.
Materials and Methods – Hela and HepG2 cells are used in this study. A bioinformatic analysis has been performed using the software RECON to map potential nucleosomes on the core-promoter of PED/PEA-15, and Micrococcal Nuclease (MNase) Protection Assay has been used to further confirm “in silico” data. Chromatin Immunoprecipitation (ChIP) and ReChIP Assays  have been performed to identify histone marks and histone-associated proteins.
Results – This work shows the fundamental role of HNF4 in directing nucleosome assembly and  histone deacetylation to maintain PED/PEA-15 gene repression in HepG2 cells. This data has been further confirmed both in Hela cells overexpressing HNF4 wild-type (Hela-HNF). Both in Hela-HNF and HepG2 cells HNF4 expression promotes the assembly of histone deacetylase (HDAC), complex on the PED/PEA-15 promoter and leads to the deacetylation of histone H3 and subsequent di-methylation of its Lysine9. Furthermore, HNF4interacts with and recruits SMRT (Silencing Mediator of Retinoic Acid and Thyroid Hormone Receptor) corepressor to PED/PEA-15 promoter leading the associated chromatin to condense. These modifications are barely undetectable in both Hela and in HepG2 cells transfected by an HNF4 specific shRNA (Hep-sh), where HNF4 is expressed at low levels.
Conclusions – These results suggest that HNF4 functions as a scaffold protein for both HDAC and HMT activities to inhibit PED/PEA-15 transcription, thus representing a new potential molecular tool to target PED/PEA-15 expression. Further in vivo studies should be done to determine whether HNF4 may act via chromatin remodelling even in vivo and whether alterations of this mechanism might play a role in the overexpression of PED/PEA-15 gene observed in type 2 diabetic patients and their healthy first degree relatives.
Operational Modal Analysis for Seismic Protection of Structures
Creators: name: Rainieri, Carlo
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Year: 2008

description: This thesis focuses on output-only modal identification tests and on the opportunities they provide in the field of seismic protection of structures.
The problem of a good measurement process, in order to obtain high quality data and reliable results, is investigated. Reliability of estimates is assessed above all towards the problem of damping estimation, due to the fundamental role it plays in determining the structural response to dynamic loads, such as earthquakes.
Specific attention is focused on the relationship between experimental tests and numerical modelling, and on the opportunities given by model updating procedures in the field of earthquake engineering.
Finally, an algorithm for fully automated modal parameter identification and tracking is described, pointing out the importance of Operational Modal Analysis in the field of Structural Health Monitoring.
Two-step Runge-Kutta Methods for Ordinary and Stochastic Differential Equations
Creators: name: Ferro, Maria
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Year: 2009

description: The aim of this thesis is the derivation and the analysis of high order efficient stable methods, both for Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) and Stochastic Differential Equations (SDEs), which are models of many important phenomena in life science. In chapter 1 we recall, just for completeness, some preliminary notions on Runge-Kutta methods, Two-step Runge-Kutta methods and General Linear Methods.
In the second chapter we introduce a new class of two-step collocation methods for first order ODEs. We derive continuous order conditions, proving that our new methods have uniform order 2m+1, where m is the number of stages. We carry out the linear stability analysis, but we did not found A-stable methods within this class. In order to improve the stability properties, we relax the collocation technique and we obtain A-stable and L-stable methods. At the end we give some numerical experiments, in order to confirm the theoretical properties of the new classes of methods.
In the third chapter we derive collocation hybrid methods, with constant coefficients, for special second order ordinary differential equations having periodic or oscillatory solutions. As we done for first order ODEs, we derive continuous order conditions and analyse the linear stability properties. Then we adapt the coefficients of the two-step hybrid method to an oscillatory behaviour, in such a way that it exactly integrates linear combinations of power and trigonometric functions depending on one and two frequencies, which we suppose can be estimated in advance. Frequency-dependent methods within this class have already been considered in, where the coefficients of methods were modified to produce phase-fitted and amplification-fitted methods. We show the constructive technique of methods based on trigonometric and mixed polynomial fitting and consider the linear stability analysis of such methods. Then we carry out some numerical experiments underlining the properties of the derived classes of methods.
The fourth chapter is dedicated to an introduction to stochastic ordinary differential equations. Since this is quite a new topic, we will recall the It\^o calculus and the properties of multiple stochastic integrals.

The chapter 5 is concerned to the derivation of order conditions for a new class of Stochastic Runge--Kutta methods, by an extension of Albrecht approach for SDEs. We rewrite our nonlinear Runge--Kutta method as a composition of linear multistep methods. We proceed as done in the linear case in order to derive order conditions also for the internal stages. We also show the advantages in the convergence framework.
Additional file 3: of Comparative genomics of 84 Pectobacterium genomes reveals the variations related to a pathogenic lifestyle
Creators: name: Li, Xiaoying
name: Ma, Yali
name: Liang, Shuqing
name: Tian, Yu
name: Yin, Sanjun
name: Xie, Sisi
name: Xie, Hua
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Figure S2. Phylogenetic tree based on the amino acid sequences of the srl operon in the 66 Enterobacterales strains. A total of 66 of the 203 Enterobacterales genomes were found to possess the srl operon in this study. The phylogenetic trees based on DNA and amino acid sequences were almost identical. The strains with red letters were the newly sequenced in this study. They were clustered into the clade containing the Ewinia strains. The tree was constructed using a maximum likelihood method and was generated with 1000 bootstrap replicates. (PDF 763 kb)
Biperiodic superlattices and the transparent state
Creators: name: Sprung, D. W. L.
name: Vanderspek, L. W. A.
name: Van Dijk, W.
name: Martorell, J.
name: Pacher, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Coquelin et al. studied biperiodic semiconductor superlattices, which consist of alternating cell types, one with wide wells and the other narrow wells, separated by equal strength barriers. If the wells were identical, it would be a simply periodic system of $N = 2n$ half-cells. When asymmetry is introduced, an allowed band splits at the Bragg point into two disjoint allowed bands. The Bragg resonance turns into a transparent state located close to the band edge of the lower(upper) band when the first(second) well is the wider. Analysis of this system gives insight into how band splitting occurs. Further we consider semi-periodic systems having $N= 2n+1$ half-cells. Surprisingly these have very different transmission properties, with an envelope of maximum transmission probability that crosses the envelope of minima at the transparent point.
description: 12 pages, 10 figures Version 2: improved figures using colour, and some small improvements in the text, in response to referee comments Version 3: incorporates changes which arose in proofs stage
Structural studies of nucleic acids and proteins involved in nucleic acid recognition
Creators: name: Russo Krauss, Irene
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Year: 2010

description: This PhD thesis focuses on the structural analysis of the protein-nucleic acid recognition. In particular the research work has been focalized on two different kinds of proteins and their nucleotide ligands. The first part concerns the structural characterization of complexes between human α-thrombin, a protein of physiological and pathological relevance, and two oligonucleotide aptamers (the so called thrombin binding aptamer and a modified version of it), which adopt a G-quadruplex fold. The high resolution crystal structures of these complexes open the door to the design of novel aptamers with improved antithrombotic activity, high stability and increased binding efficacy.
The second part of the thesis, subdivided into more issues, globally deals with the study of proteins belonging to the ribonucleases family (RNases), whose cellular target is RNA. This is a class of enzymes whose functions are very wide and fall outside the limits of simple destruction of RNA molecules. A particular attention is devoted to ribonucleases that, thanks to their peculiar structural features of domain swapping, can exert antitumor activity. The results obtained through a combination of crystallographic and docking analyses have allowed to identify the structural determinants of antitumor activity in dimeric RNases and successfully convert non-cytotoxic RNase A in a dimeric cytotoxic mutant. Another topic is the characterization of the whole ribonuclease system in zebrafish organism. This is an ideal model system for vertebrate phylogenetic and evolutionary analyses and for biomedical studies. Structural determination by X-ray crystallography and homology modelling of these ribonucleases, endowed with angiogenic activity, has allowed understanding the molecular bases for their different properties and represents a good starting point to study evolution of a protein scaffold from ancestral organisms to contemporary mammals. Finally, the attention of the thesis moves to an immuno-RNase, a chimeric molecule containing a RNase moiety, endowed with specific cell-type cytotoxicity. This fully human fusion protein is highly selective toward tumour cells that overexpress the receptor ErbB2 and does not present the side effects of humanized antibodies in use for cancer treatment, such as cardiotoxicity. Since immuno-RNase properties depend on the specific bound region of ErbB2, a computational approach was used to identify its epitope. This epitope is a small ErbB2 region, different with respect to that recognized by immunoagents approved for cancer therapy. This finding on one hand could justify the lack of cardiotoxic effects, on the other hand suggests that this protein could be used in combination with other drugs to obtain more efficient antitumoral therapies.
SUBVERTING STEREOTYPES: EMPOWERMENT AND AGENCY OF WOMEN IN MANJULA PADMANABHAN'S WORKS
Creators: name: ANMOLL KHANNA
name: Dr. REENA SINGH
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Manjula Padmanabhan, Feminism, Stereotypes, Empowerment, Agency, Indian Literature, Women's Representation

description: Abstract:

This paper explores the position and portrayal of women in the plays and writings of Indian playwright and author Manjula Padmanabhan, placing a strong emphasis on the themes of agency and empowerment. In South Asian literature, traditional gender stereotypes are frequently subverted by Padmanabhan's stories, which place women in the role as aggressive rather than subservient agents of their own fate. The study applies a feminist perspective to analyze several of her major works, including as "Escape," "Hidden Fires," and "Harvest," shedding light on how female characters move from the periphery to the center of the story. It also explores how Padmanabhan's artistic brilliance employs satire, science fiction, and theatrical absurdity to create strong female characters that defy conventions and hierarchies in society. The study makes the case that Padmanabhan's writing in the Indian literary canon serves as a catalyst for feminist debate, challenging patriarchal conventions and encouraging readers to reconsider the position of women in society. An incisive grasp of the dynamics of gender equality and women's empowerment in contemporary Indian literature may be gained from Padmanabhan's work, which is a compelling examination of the junction of gender, postudyr, and resistance.
Sternidius misellus
Creators: name: Webster, Reginald
name: McCoqrquodale, David
name: Majka, Christopher
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Cerambycidae
Sternidius
Sternidius misellus

description: Sternidius misellus (LeConte, 1852) ** New Brunswick:Sunbury Co., near Sunpoke Lake, 45.7658°N, 66.5546°W, 7.VII.2007, R.P. Webster, red oak forest with scattered red maple, M.V. light (1, RWC). The above specimen corresponds to Yanega’s (1996) concept of Sternidius misellus (LeConte), although it is not conspecific with the type specimen of Liopus misellus LeConte, according to S. Laplante (personal communication). This identification is therefore tentative until a taxonomic revision of the genus has been undertaken. Saperdini
description: Published as part of Webster, Reginald, McCoqrquodale, David & Majka, Christopher, 2009, New records of Cerambycidae (Coleoptera) for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island, Canada, pp. 285-308 in ZooKeys 22 (22) on page 301, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.22.122, http://zenodo.org/record/576540
description: {"references": ["Yanega D (1996) Field guide to northeastern long-horned beetles (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae), Illinois Natural History Survey Manual 6, Champaign, Illinois. 174 pp."]}
title: Vocabulary list for Kim Thuong dialect of the Muong language [Tan Son, Phu Tho], Speaker F3, part 3 of 7
Creators: name: Nguyên, Minh-Châu
Publisher: name: Pangloss
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Linguistique
subject: Mường

description: Vocabulary list for Kim Thuong dialect of the Muong language [Tan Son, Phu Tho], Speaker F3, part 3 of 7
description: Liste de vocabulaire pour le dialecte Kim Thuong de la langue Muong [Tan Son, Phu Tho], locuteur F3, partie 3 de 7
description: Vốn từ thổ ngữ tiếng Mường ở Kim Thượng (Tân Sơn, Phú Thọ), người phát âm F3, phần 3/7
VINCOLI NEGOZIALI ALLA CIRCOLAZIONE DEI BENI IMMOBILI. IL PROBLEMA DELLA PUBBLICITA’
Creators: name: Chiosi, Alberto
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Year: 2011

description: La trascrizione immobiliare è il più rilevante ed articolato sistema di pubblicità dichiarativa, vale a dire di una forma di pubblicità che, avendo come base il perseguimento dell’obiettivo di ogni forma di pubblicità si carica di una ulteriore e specifica funzione che generalmente consiste nel rendere opponibile a terzi, dal momento della sua attuazione, gli effetti dell’atto prodottosi immediatamente tra le parti
Il presente lavoro, pur partendo dalla letteratura tradizionale che qualifica la trascrizione come istituto di carattere eccezionale, analizza come essa si sia progressivamente venuta a collocare in un quadro normativo totalmente diverso, orientato alla tutela e alla sicurezza dei traffici. Quadro normativo che impedisce, tendenzialmente, di opporre ai terzi vincoli diritti o pesi occulti e non conoscibili.
La rilevanza delle modifiche normative intervenute e la prassi sono tali da legittimare un vero e proprio capovolgimento dei valori alla luce dei quali oggi ad essere eccezionali  e residuali non sono più le norme in materia di trascrizione bensì quelle che risolvono i conflitti tra diritti soggettivi basandosi su atti occulti e non conoscibili da terzi. Il sistema italiano è ormai orientato nella direzione della sicurezza dinamica dei traffici.
Tale ricerca quindi mira ad individuare le fattispecie trascrivibili e in che misura la volontà delle parti possa arrivare a rendere opponibili ai terzi vincoli negoziali dalle stesse prodotti, analizzando in quale misura il legislatore abbia inteso tutelare la sicurezza della circolazione dei beni immobili in rapporto alla tutela dei diritti soggettivi.
Nell’analisi delle fattispecie, tuttavia, non si è potuto prescindere dalla circostanza che la regola della circolazione immobiliare, salvo eccezioni, è quella della risoluzione per mezzo della trascrizione di conflitti circolatori e conseguentemente l’inopponibilità ai terzi delle situazioni giuridiche non meramente obbligatorie o personali quando difetti la conoscibilità per mezzo della pubblicità legale. Solo eccezionalmente, la natura “superiore” degli interessi in conflitto ne determina l’opponibilità pure in difetto di pubblicità.
Suppression of spin-state transition in epitaxially strained LaCoO_{3}
Creators: name: Pinta, C.
name: Fuchs, D.
name: Merz, M.
name: Wissinger, M.
name: Arac, E.
name: Samartsev, A.
name: Nagel, P.
name: Schuppler, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Epitaxial thin films of LaCoO_{3} (E-LCO) exhibit ferromagnetic order with a transition temperature T_c = 85 K, while polycrystalline thin LaCoO_{3} films (P-LCO) remain paramagnetic. The temperature-dependent spin-state structure for both E-LCO and P-LCO was studied by x-ray absorption spectroscopy at the Co L_{2,3} and O K edges. Considerable spectral redistributions over temperature are observed for P-LCO. The spectra for E-LCO, on the other hand, do not show any significant changes for temperatures between 30 K and 450 K at both edges, indicating that the spin state remains constant and that the epitaxial strain inhibits any population of the low-spin (S = 0) state with decreasing temperature. This observation identifies an important prerequisite for ferromagnetism in E-LCO thin films.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures, submitted to Physical Review B
Il ruolo dell'angioplastica infrapoplitea nel trattamento della patologia cronica occlusiva
Creators: name: Fico, Domenico Ivan
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II
Year: 2011

description: L'evolvere delle tecnologie mininvasive ha aperto nuovi campi ed applicazioni nel trattamento di pazienti con patologia cronica occlusiva finora sottoposti quasi esclusivamente a interventi di rivascolarizzazione mediante bypass e soggetti quindi ad alto tasso di complicanze. in questo studio si discuterà del ruolo dell'angioplastica infrapoplitea nei soggetti con lesioni occlusive più avanzate e nei pazienti con pluripatologie associate.