cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Design of structural geometries for large telescope enclosures
Creators: name: Wong, Vanessa
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: With the rapid advancements in telescope technology, the next generation telescopes will be on the order of 20 - 50 [m] in diameter. Since traditional telescopes have been substantially smaller, this huge increase in telescope size necessitates a study into new solutions for telescope enclosure geometry. In an attempt to come up with new geometries for large telescope enclosures, a study was carried out on Platonic and Archimedean spheres. After careful consideration, the Platonic icosahedral sphere (a type of geodesic dome) and the Archimedean rhombicosidodecahedral sphere was selected for further analysis. Sensitivity analysis was performed on the two selected configurations by varying the enclosure radius (R), and the member cross-section size (CSS), thickness (T), and type (CT). A 3-dimensional model of each case was generated in a finite element analysis program and the corresponding nodal deflections and member forces were obtained. After plotting the results, it was discovered that for both the rhombicosidodecahedron and icosahedron configuration, the optimal R is 25 [m]. The optimal CSS for the rhombicosidodecahedron configuration is 0.35 [m] while the optimal CSS for the icosahedron configuration is 0.3 [m]. The optimal T for both configurations is 0.02 [m]. In addition, the optimal CT for the rhombicosidodecahedron configuration is circular while the optimal CT for the icosahedron configuration is square. The two configurations were also compared against one another and it was discovered that the icosahedron configuration generally performs better than the rhombicosidodecahedron configuration. In addition to exploring new structural geometries for telescope enclosures, one must not forget all the expertise which has been put in older telescope enclosures. PhotoModeler is a photogrammetry software which allows its user to take pictures of an existing structure then generate 3-dimenional models using various functions in the software. Using this program, one can combine structural attributes from older telescope enclosures with new geometries to create a hybrid enclosure suitable for next generation telescopes. Finally, as a supplementary to the structural geometries suggested in this report, several composite materials which may be suitable for use as cladding are also presented. These composite panels include: metal composites, polymer composites, and honeycomb core composites.
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora Poinar 1976
Creators: name: Rana, Aasha
name: Bhat, Aashaq Hussain
name: Chaubey, Ashok Kumar
name: Shokoohi, Ebrahim
name: Machado, Ricardo A. R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Nematoda
Secernentea
Rhabditida
Heterorhabditidae
Heterorhabditis
Heterorhabditis bacteriophora

description: Diagnosis of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora
 The nematode isolates DH7, DH8 and CH 21 obtained in this study are morphologically very similar to the original nematode population that was used to describe H. bacteriophora (Poinar 1971) (Tables 1–3). Some minor morphological differences were observed. The anal swelling of present specimens was very prominent in both hermaphroditic and amphimictic females, while this structure was more prominent in hermaphrodites than in amphimictic females of the type nematodes used to describe the species. The rest of the morphological features were very similar to the specimens described by Poinar (1971). Isolate CH 21 was molecularly characterized. The isolate was unfortunately lost and therefore this isolate could not be included in other experiments.
description: Published as part of Rana, Aasha, Bhat, Aashaq Hussain, Chaubey, Ashok Kumar, Shokoohi, Ebrahim & Machado, Ricardo A. R., 2020, Morphological and molecular characterization of Heterorhabditis bacteriophora isolated from Indian soils and their biocontrol potential, pp. 77-102 in Zootaxa 4878 (1) on page 83, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4878.1.3, http://zenodo.org/record/4424716
Galaxy Evolution and Cosmology with the Square Kilometre Array
Creators: name: Rawlings, S.
name: Abdalla, F. B.
name: Bridle, S. L.
name: Blake, C. A.
name: Baugh, C. M.
name: Greenhill, L. J.
name: van der Hulst, J. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The present-day Universe is seemingly dominated by dark energy and dark matter, but mapping the normal (baryonic) content remains vital for both astrophysics - understanding how galaxies form - and astro-particle physics - inferring properties of the dark components. The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) will provide the only means of studying the cosmic evolution of neutral Hydrogen (HI) which, alongside information on star formation from the radio continuum, is needed to understand how stars formed from gas within dark-matter over-densities and the roles of gas accretion and galaxy merging. `All hemisphere' HI redshift surveys to redshift 1.5 are feasible with wide-field-of-view realizations of the SKA and, by measuring the galaxy power spectrum in exquisite detail, will allow the first precise studies of the equation-of-state of dark energy. The SKA will be capable of other uniquely powerful cosmological studies including the measurement of the dark-matter power spectrum using weak gravitational lensing, and the precise measurement of H0 using extragalactic water masers. The SKA is likely to become the premier dark-energy-measuring machine, bringing breakthroughs in cosmology beyond those likely to be made possible by combining CMB (e.g. Planck), optical (e.g. LSST, SNAP) and other early-21st-century datasets.
description: 15 pages, 7 figures, to appear in "Science with the Square Kilometer Array", eds.C. Carilli and S. Rawlings, New Astronomy Reviews (Elsevier: Amsterdam)
Le politiche di austerità sono sbagliate.(Austerity policies are wrong)
Creators: name: Roncaglia, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: austerità, Europa, Italia
subject: E12, E62, H63

description: The article introduces to the new issue of the journal by putting into context the various articles contained therein. It specifically deals with the recent changes of opinion and approach on the side of the IMF and several economists concerning fiscal policy and the appropriate response to the European crisis.
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 66, N. 262 (2013)
Minutes-delayed jets from a neutron star companion in core collapse supernovae
Creators: name: Soker, Noam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I study cases where a neutron star (NS; or a black hole) companion to a type Ib or type Ic (stripped-envelope) core collapse supernova (CCSN) accretes mass from the explosion ejecta and launches jets minutes to hours after explosion. The NS orbits at a pre-explosion radius of a=1-5Ro. I find that when the ejecta velocity drops to be <1000-1500km/s the ejecta gas that the NS accretes possesses sufficient specific angular momentum to form an accretion disk around the NS. The NS accretes a fraction of 3e-5 to 3e-4 of the ejecta mass through an accretion disk over a time period of 10min to few hours. If the jets carry about ten per cent of the accretion energy, then their total energy is a fraction of about 0.003-0.03 of the kinetic energy of the ejecta. The implications of these jets from a NS (or a black hole) companion to a CCSN are the shaping the inner ejecta to have a bipolar morphology, energising the light curve of the CCSN, and in some cases the possible enrichment of the inner ejecta with r-process elements.
description: Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
La crisi e i moltiplicatori fiscali.(The crisis and fiscal multipliers)
Creators: name: Cozzi, Terenzio
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: expansionary fiscal contraction, fiscal consolidation, fiscal multiplier, growth-friendly fiscal policy
subject: E12, E62, H63

description: The expansionary fiscal contraction thesis, that implies negative values for the fiscal multipliers, is criticised both from a theoretical and an empirical point of view. The most recent researches find multipliers of rather high positive values, in contrast with the rather low ones of the DSGE models and of the previous IMF empirical estimates. Especially in downturns and when interest rates are already near zero, the expenditure multipliers, in particular those of investments and those of the transfers targeted to low income households, are significantly larger than the tax multipliers. Hence, expenditure reductions have greater recessionary effects than tax increases, contrary to what is thought in many quarters of both the EU and the ECB. Thus, in order not to depress too much the prospects of growth or not to worsen the recessionary conditions, it seems that the process of fiscal consolidation should be slowed down. Also, to foster the recovery without worsening the budget deficits, it seems useful: a) to increase the expenditure for investments and for targeted transfers and to scale down those for general transfers; b) to reduce the taxes on labour income and to increase those on the high levels of income and property.
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 66, N. 262 (2013)
title: A novel model system for the study of anti-tumour T-cell memory
Creators: name: Mahnke, Yolanda Dagmar
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2001

description: An adoptive immunotherapy (ADI) protocol was developed where the fate and requirements of longterm persisting memory T-cells can be monitored. Anti-tumour immune peritoneal exudate cells (iPEC) were produced by injecting a subtumorigenic dose of the highly metastatic, ß-gal+ T-Iymphoma into the ear pinna of syngeneic DBN2 mice, followed by an intraperitoneal challenge with irradiation-inactivated tumour cells. 33.9 % of CD8+ iPEC were shown to be recognising the immunodominant peptide of ß-gal (aa 876-884), and, consistently, the iPEC exerted specific lysis of ß-gal+ cells. Upon adoptive transfer into sublethally irradiated, ESbL-Gal tumour-bearing, athymic Balb/c nu/nu mice, they conferred protective and long-lasting anti-tumour immunity. ADI-treated animals were able to reject subsequent high dose tumour challenges, and memory T-cells appeared to be only partially affected by y-irradiation. ß-gaI876-884 peptide/MHC class I tetramer stainings identified the bone marrow as the major compartment for the long-term persistence of memory T-cells, as ß-gaI876-884 specific T -cells occurred at elevated frequencies in this microenvironment as compared to the spleen and lymph nodes. In a "parking experiment", Agremoval led to a decrease of tetramer-binding cells below background levels. Tumour-reactive memory T-cells could be reisolated from AD I-treated animals by recruitment to the peritoneal cavity via Ag-specific challenge at this anatomical site. Reisolated memory PEC (mPEC) retained their reactivity and conferred tumour protection even after multiple transfers to subsequent tumour bearing nude mice.

The present model proved to be a valuable tool for the evaluation of the factors and mechanisms involved in the long-term maintenance of T-cell memory, and promises to yield further invaluable data in this field of research.
Keynes, Hobson, Marx. (Keynes, Hobson, Marx)
Creators: name: Skidelsky, Robert
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: economic crisis, uncertainty, institutional economics, under-consumption
subject: H12, B25, B52

description: The work compares the relative strenghts, in understanding the current crisis, of the Keynesian tradition with those of two non-Keynesian traditions: those which emphasise income inequality and those which emphasise power. In other words, Hobson and Marx. Text of a speech given at the Post-Keynesian conference ‘Reclaiming the Keynesian Revolution’ in Kansas City.
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 66, N. 262 (2013)
Dynamic, stage-course protein interaction network using high power CpG sites in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Creators: name: Riaz, Arsalan
name: Shah, Maryam
name: Khan, Faisal
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Head and neck cancer is the sixth leading cause of cancer across the globe and is more prevalent in the developing countries of South Asia, including Pakistan [1]. DNA methylation is an important contributor to the pathophysiology of the various stages of cancer making it important to understand the role of specific methylation events in each stage of a particular cancer [2]. Previous studies have classified early and late stages of liver carcinoma using two class. machine learning models based on differentially methylated CpG sites [3]. No studies have been conducted to classify pathological stages (I-IV) of HNSCC using four class machine learning models using mutated gene associated CpG sites in HNSCC, partly due to high computational expense and small sample size

Objective; Retrieve and process primary tumor DNA methylation profiles of HNSCC with known pathologic stages then identifying the key CpG sites and building machine learning models based on identified CpG sites
Scattered Light Imaging: Resolving the substructure of nerve fiber crossings in whole brain sections with micrometer resolution
Creators: name: Menzel, Miriam
name: Reuter, Jan André
name: Gräßel, David
name: Huwer, Mike
name: Schlömer, Philipp
name: Amunts, Katrin
name: Axer, Markus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For developing a detailed network model of the brain based on image reconstructions, it is necessary to spatially resolve crossing nerve fibers. The accuracy hereby depends on many factors, including the spatial resolution of the imaging technique. 3D Polarized Light Imaging (3D-PLI) allows the three-dimensional reconstruction of nerve fiber tracts in whole brain sections with micrometer in-plane resolution, but leaves uncertainties in pixels containing crossing fibers. Here we introduce Scattered Light Imaging (SLI) to resolve the substructure of nerve fiber crossings. The measurement is performed on the same unstained histological brain sections as in 3D-PLI. By illuminating the brain sections from different angles and measuring the transmitted (scattered) light under normal incidence, SLI provides information about the underlying nerve fiber structure. A fully automated evaluation of the resulting light intensity profiles has been developed, allowing the user to extract various characteristics, like the individual directions of in-plane crossing nerve fibers, for each image pixel at once. We validate the reconstructed nerve fiber directions against results from previous simulation studies, scatterometry measurements, and fiber directions obtained from 3D-PLI. We demonstrate in different brain samples (human optic tracts, vervet monkey brain, rat brain) that the 2D fiber directions can be reliably reconstructed for up to three crossing nerve fiber bundles in each image pixel with an in-plane resolution of up to 6.5 $μ$m. We show that SLI also yields reliable fiber directions in brain regions with low 3D-PLI signals coming from regions with a low density of myelinated nerve fibers or out-of-plane fibers. In combination with 3D-PLI, the technique can be used for a full reconstruction of the three-dimensional nerve fiber architecture in the brain.
description: 30 pages, 16 figures
Irreversibility and entropy production of a thermally driven micromachine
Creators: name: Sou, Isamu
name: Hosaka, Yuto
name: Yasuda, Kento
name: Komura, Shigeyuki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the non-equilibrium properties of a thermally driven micromachine consisting of three spheres which are in equilibrium with independent heat baths characterized by different temperatures. Within the framework of a linear stochastic Langevin description, we calculate the time-dependent average irreversibility that takes a maximum value for a finite time. This time scale is roughly set by the spring relaxation time. The steady-state average entropy production rate is obtained in terms of the temperatures and the friction coefficients of the spheres. The average entropy production rate depends on thermal and/or mechanical asymmetry of a three-sphere micromachine. We also obtain the center of mass diffusion coefficient of a thermally driven three-sphere micromachine as a function of different temperatures and friction coefficients. With the results of the total entropy production rate and the diffusion coefficient, we finally discuss the efficiency of a thermally driven micromachine.
description: 11pages , 6 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1905.06796
title: The Trials, Tribulations, and Celebrations of Younger LGB Couples in Long-term Relationships
Creators: name: Pearson, Danielle Kristina
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2015

description: This thesis explores the long-term relationship experiences of younger LGB couples. It builds upon existing knowledge and understandings of LGB couple relationships and the lives of younger adults. The study utilised multiple qualitative methods informed by social science research on intimate relationships whilst appraising the biographical, socio-cultural, and temporal contexts within which LGB couple relationship experiences are situated. The research highlights the importance of attending to how couples ‘do’ their relationships as well as the ‘practices’ which sustain them. Findings emphasise the interconnected dimensions of time, space, and intimacy as resources for sustaining couple relationships, with analysis underlining the role of the ‘relational present’ as a lens for understanding everyday relationship experiences. It provides insight into how couples negotiate their everyday lives through relationship work, to facilitate connection, and to maintain and cultivate personal autonomy alongside their couple identity. The temporal horizons of the past and the future inform relationship experiences in different ways, increasing understanding of relating behaviours and signifying a commitment to a shared future. Such futures included marriage/civil partnership, children, and buying homes. Experiences were embedded in the context of participant biography, the wider relationships and communities of the couple, and the current zeitgeist of increased acceptance and civil rights for LGB individuals in the UK. The thesis concludes by discussing the findings in terms of age, reciprocity, relationship resources, and gender.
Quando gli investimenti rappresentano un vincolo. Contributo alla discussione sulla crisi italiana nella crisi internazionale.(When investments represent a constraint. A note on the discussion on Italy’s crisis within the international crisis)
Creators: name: Lucarelli, Stefano
name: Palma, Daniela
name: Romano, Roberto
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: innovation, balance of payments, Italy, investments
subject: O31, O33, O41

description: The article continues the debate on the "crisis within the crisis" that characterises Italy's economy. The authors argue that while the international and specifically the European crisis greatly contributed to the deterioration of Italy's economic prospects, the country is affected by longer term issues of its own. To analyse such problems, the article focuses on the growing inability of the Italian private sector to innovate. It does so by analysing in a comparative perspective private sector expenditure for fixed investments and for research and development. The policy conclusions are surprising in so far as a surge of investments would seriously risk to negatively contribute to Italy's current account, thus further aggravating.
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 66, N. 262 (2013)
Quark Propagation in the Presence of a A_μ^aA_a^μ> Condensate
Creators: name: Li, Xiangdong
name: Shakin, C. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: There is a good deal of current interest in the condensate g^2A_μ^aA_a^μ> which has recently be shown to be the Landau gauge version of a more general gauge-invariant expression. In the present work we consider quark propagation in the presence of such a condensate which we assume to be present in the vacuum. We describe the vacuum as a random medium of gluon fields. We discuss quark propagation in that medium and show that the quark propagator has no on-mass-shell pole indicating that a quark cannot propagate over extended distances. That is, the quark is a nonpropagating mode in the gluon condensate.
description: 18 Pages and 14 Figures
title: The traditional utility business model versus solar energy : the transformation of the electricity system
Creators: name: Ottlakán, Éva
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: electricity
subject: solar energy
subject: utility
subject: strategy

description: In this thesis, we will have a detailed look at how solar energy has impacted the dynamics of the traditional utility business model. Through looking at how solar energy grew in capacity and expanded to scale, we will see how it slowly moves into the utilities' radar. We will have a look at government incentives that supported the initial boost of solar energy, both on the industrial and the residential sides of generators and consumers. As residential solar begins to be paired with energy storage, more and more people have the potential to go off-grid, therefore becoming a major threat to utilities and their revenues. Utilities can react in a number of ways to this potential threat. They could either do nothing about it, or decide that it's a long-term threat only. They can also go out and legally fight back the spill over of solar energy through proposing subsidy cuts on the governmental level. Or utilities can decide to see solar energy and especially residential solar as a business opportunity and invest in it, or alternatively move into providing more consumer services - even as the provider of rooftop solar panel systems. As we see the dynamic between electricity consumer and the utility change, we slowly shift into a new world for electricity - one where the traditional rigid grid transforms into a community grid. We pose the question: is grid defection a short-term possibility? Or do the economics and policy changes point to a different conclusion? What is the future of the traditional utility business model and what role does solar energy play in it?
Risques sanitaires globaux et politiques nationales : la gestion de la grippe aviaire au Vietnam
Creators: name: Figuié, Muriel
name: Fournier, Tristan
name: Figuié, Muriel
name: Fournier, Tristan
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2010
Subjects: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety

description: Our societies are facing risks for which international organizations such as the WHO, OIE, FAO call for a new international health governance. This paper aims at analyzing the confrontation between this international governance and national specificities. Our analysis is based on empirical research conducted in Vietnam in 2008, on avian influenza (H5N1). It focuses on the period beginning with the first outbreaks in 2003 and ending in 2008. We highlight two phases in H5N1 management by the Vietnamese authorities: a first phase based on past experiences (i.e. SARS) and related to national issues such as the consolidation of the central power in relation to provincial authorities; a second phase more in line with international governance principles and devoted to diplomatic issues such as WTO membership. This analysis concludes that international health governance should not underestimate the complexity of local situations, that taking into account national cultures of risk should not ignore local dynamics, and that focusing on constraints should not mask opportunities associated to risks.
Purely Triplet Seesaw and Leptogenesis within Cosmological Bound, Dark Matter and Vacuum Stability
Creators: name: Parida, Mina Ketan
name: Chakraborty, Mainak
name: Nanda, Swaraj Kumar
name: Samantaray, Riyanka
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a novel standard model extension it has been suggested that, even in the absence of right-handed neutrinos and type-I seesaw, purely triplet leptogenesis leading to baryon asymmetry of the universe can be realised by two heavy Higgs triplets which also provide type-II seesaw ansatz for neutrino masses. In this work we discuss this model for hierarchical neutrino masses in concordance with recently determined cosmologocal bounds and oscillation data including $θ_{23}$ in the second octant and large Dirac CP phases. We also address the issues on dark matter and vacuum stability of the scalar potential in a minimal extension of this model. We find that for both normal and inverted orderings the model fits the oscillation data with the sum of the three neutrino masses consistent with cosmological bounds determined from Planck satellite data. In addition using this model ansatz for CP-asymmetry and solutions of Boltzmann equations, we also show how successful prediction of baryon asymmetry emerges in the cases of both unflavoured and two-flavoured leptogeneses. With additional $Z_2$ discrete symmetry, a minimal extension of this model is shown to be capable of predicting a scalar singlet WIMP dark matter in agreement with direct and indirect observations. Whereas in the original model, the renormalization group running of the scalar potential renders it negatve leading to vacuum instability, the presence of the dark matter in the minimally extended model ensures stability. Although the combined constraints due to relic density and direct detection cross section allow this scalar singlet dark matter mass to be $m_ξ=750$ GeV, the additional vacuum stability constraint pushes this limiting value to $m_ξ=1.3$ TeV which is verifiable by ongoing experiments. We also dicuss constraint on the model parameters for the radiative stability of the standard Higgs mass.
description: 39 pages, 20 figures; typo and refs. corrected, a co-author (M.C.) is added, major changes in leptogenesis and naturalness constraint, related areas hep-ex, astro-ph.CO
Web-assisted tunneling in the kicked harmonic oscillator
Creators: name: Carvalho, André R. R.
name: Buchleitner, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that heating of harmonically trapped ions by periodic delta kicks is dramatically enhanced at isolated values of the Lamb-Dicke parameter. At these values, quasienergy eigenstates localized on island structures undergo avoided crossings with extended web-states.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures. Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. Lett
Regulation of calcium phosphate formation by native amelogenins in vitro
Creators: name: Seo-Young Kwak
name: Kim, Sonia
name: Yamakoshi, Yasuo
name: Simmer, James P.
name: Beniash, Elia
name: Margolis, Henry C.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Our previous in vitro studies have shown that recombinant full-length porcine amelogenin rP172 can transiently stabilize amorphous calcium phosphate (ACP) and uniquely guide the formation of well-aligned bundles of hydroxyapatite (HA) crystals, as seen in the secretory stage of amelogenesis. This functional capacity is dependent on the hydrophilic C-terminal domain of full-length amelogenin. However, we have also found that native phosphorylated (single S-16 site) forms of full-length (P173) and C-terminal cleaved (P148) amelogenins can stabilize ACP for > 2 d and prevent HA formation. The present study was carried out to test the hypothesis that, at reduced concentrations, native full-length P173 also has the capacity to guide ordered HA formation. The effect of P148 and P173 concentrations (0.2–2.0 mg/ml) on the rate of spontaneous calcium phosphate precipitation was monitored via changes in solution pH, while mineral phases formed were assessed using TEM. At higher P173 concentrations (1.0–2.0 mg/ml), limited mineral formation occurred and only ACP nanoparticles were observed during a 48 h period. However, at 0.4 mg/ml P173, a predominance of organized bundles of linear, needle-like HA crystals were observed. At 0.2 mg/ml of P173, limited quantities of less organized HA crystals were found. Although P148 similarly stabilized ACP, it did not guide ordered HA formation, like P173. Hence, the establishment of the hierarchical enamel structure during secretory stage amelogenesis may be regulated by the partial removal of full-length amelogenin via MMP20 proteolysis, while predominant amelogenin degradation products, like P148, serve to prevent uncontrolled mineral formation.
Luigi Spaventa
Creators: name: Roncaglia, Alessandro
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Luigi Spaventa, Sraffa, theory of capital, theory of distribution
subject: B32, B24, E12

description: The paper introduces to the special issue of the journal, devoted to Luigi Spaventa, former board member and frequent contributor to the journal, Italian MP and minister of the Budget. While most obituaries and recollections of Spaventa focus on his academic or political activities, the author focuses here on Spaventa's contributions to economic theory, in particular the theory of capital and distribution, growth and dualism in development, international finance and the European Monetary System.
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 66, N. 263 (2013)
title: Managing loyalty in the automotive industry : the impact of social media on the purchase cycle
Creators: name: Bin Mahfooz, Lugeen
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Sale Cycle
subject: Social Media
subject: Loyalty
subject: customer Loyalty

description: This study examines the impact of social networks on brand loyalty when consumers are considering purchasing a new road vehicle, and how social networks influence the processes of purchase and consumers- attitudes and perceptions towards the brand. The process of purchasing a new car has changed with the widespread use of social media, which has begun to influence purchase intentions, so that the sale cycle of the automotive industry is evolving. The findings of this study suggest that the perceptions of friends and families discussed on social media networks have become more influential for potential consumers when compared to traditional forms of commercial marketing, so that person-to-person marketing has become an important new phenomenon that needs to be recognised by vehicle manufacturers and dealers. Dean (2013) argues that the purchase intentions of potential consumers can influence what type of car and where they would purchase this from, so that marketing needs to be a mix of strategies where social media is a central element. This thesis intends to investigate how the automotive industry manages the concept of customer loyalty, which should fill a gap in knowledge for this industry and present better understanding. The research will also focus on the market in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to reveal the influence of loyalty and advocacy and how these could be maximised, as well as analyse social media strategies that have been successful. The expected results of this study should demonstrate the importance of social media for vehicle manufacturers and dealers and its influence on the process of consumers-purchasing intentions. The researcher believes that the findings of this thesis should provide valuable guidance for car dealers in Saudi Arabia to adopt a better model for the sale cycle that will be more effective in achieving improved sales of vehicles. Key Words: Sale Cycle-Social Media-Loyalty-customer Loyalty
Il cammino di Luigi Spaventa alla Sapienza: da studente a professore emerito (Luigi Spaventa at Sapienza University of Rome)
Creators: name: Guarini, Renato
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Luigi Spaventa, Sapienza University, Statistical sciences
subject: B32, A11

description: The article recounts Luigi Spaventa's academic career, regularly alternated with periods in which he served as "technical" civil servant, in several ministerial committees and as a member of the Italian Parliament. Spaventa contributed to the development of the Department of Economics of Sapienza University of Rome, in which several notable Italian economists studied or worked.
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 66, N. 263 (2013)
Nuisible ou gibier ? Une analyse économique de la chasse des grands animaux en France
Creators: name: Ropars-Collet, Carole
name: Le Goffe, Philippe
name: Ropars-Collet, Carole
name: Le Goffe, Philippe
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: modelling
subject: bio-economic
subject: management
subject: game
subject: hunting

description: Big game is seen as both a resource and a pest. They are valued by hunters and responsible for collective economic damage. The article aims at characterizing the collective optimum using natural resource economics. We analyze the optimal game management using a bio-economic model using the optimal control theory. We take into account all the costs and benefits related both to hunting and the game presence. The optimum targeted population is then compared with the hunter optimum that does not include damage caused by big game and, to open access equilibrium reflecting the selfish behaviour of hunters and externalities. This analytical framework provides an economic interpretation of the change in the context both of hunting and big game populations in France. In addition, it offers a target for the game management policies that could be implemented and recommendations on economic tools for these policies.
Two measurement settings can suffice to verify multipartite entanglement
Creators: name: Toth, Geza
name: Guehne, Otfried
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present entanglement witnesses for detecting genuine multi-qubit entanglement. Our constructions are robust against noise and require only two local measurement settings, independent of the number of qubits. Thus they allow to verify entanglement of many qubits in experiments while requiring only a small effort. In contrast, usual methods need an effort which increases exponentially with the number of qubits. The witnesses detect states close to GHZ states and cluster states.
description: 4 pages including a figure, LaTeX; to appear in the conference proceedings of QCMC04
Infiltration of forest fire and residential wood smoke : an intervention study to asssess [sic] air cleaner effectiveness
Creators: name: Barn, Prabjit
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Forest fires and residential wood-burning are significant sources of fine particle (PM2.5) air pollution. As PM2.5 exposure is associated with adverse health effects, populations need to be provided with exposure reduction strategies during smoke episodes that are practical, effective, and evidence-based. Public health recommendations typically include remaining indoors and use of air cleaners, yet little information is available on the effectiveness of these measures. Specific objectives of this study were to measure indoor infiltration of outdoor P M2.5 from forest fires/residential wood smoke, to determine effectiveness of High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filter air cleaners in reducing indoor PM2.5 and to investigate determinants of infiltration and air cleaner effectiveness in homes. Winter sampling at 21 homes was conducted in 2004 in a northern Canadian community affected by residential wood-burning. Summer (2004-5) sampling at 17 homes was conducted in southern British Columbian communities impacted by vegetation fire smoke. Indoor and outdoor 1-minute PM2.5 averages and a 48-hour outdoor PM2.5 filter sample were collected at each home. A portable HEPA filter air cleaner was operated indoors with the filter removed for one of two sampling days. Infiltration (Finf) was calculated for each home using a recursive model (Switzer & Ott, 1992; Allen et al., 2003). Housing characteristics data were used in multivariable modeling of infiltration and air cleaner efficiency (ACE). Valid samples were obtained from 19 homes in winter and 13 homes in summer. Mean Finf ± SD values of 0.27 ±0.18 and 0.61 ± 0.27 were found for winter and summer respectively, for days when the filter was removed, with lower values of 0.10 ± 0.08 and 0.19 ± 0.20 on corresponding days with filters in place. Mean ± SD ACE, calculated as [Finf without filter - Finf with filter]/ Finf without filter, in winter and summer were 55 ± 38% and 65 ± 35% respectively. Infiltration was predicted by the number of windows in a home and the season (p<0.001) while no significant predictors of ACE were identified. Remaining indoors combined with air cleaner use was concluded to effectively reduce PM2.5 exposure during forest fire and residential wood burning episodes.
TRICE: A Channel Estimation Framework for RIS-Aided Millimeter-Wave MIMO Systems
Creators: name: Ardah, Khaled
name: Gherekhloo, Sepideh
name: de Almeida, André L. F.
name: Haardt, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: We consider the channel estimation problem in point-to-point reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-aided millimeter-wave (mmWave) MIMO systems. By exploiting the low-rank nature of mmWave channels in the angular domains, we propose a non-iterative Two-stage RIS-aided Channel Estimation (TRICE) framework, where every stage is formulated as a multidimensional direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation problem. As a result, our TRICE framework is very general in the sense that any efficient multidimensional DOA estimation solution can be readily used in every stage to estimate the associated channel parameters. Numerical results show that the TRICE framework has a lower training overhead and a lower computational complexity, as compared to benchmark solutions.
title: Lean product development 4.0 process determining factors
Creators: name: Jursitzky, Christian
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: industrie 4.0
subject: development 4.0
subject: lean product development
subject: automotive
subject: process

description: The current automotive market introduces year in and year out an increasing number of model variants tailored to customer needs. Beside an increasing number of vehicle body types, the technological level is steep rising. Technologically highly affected areas are drive train, chassis and electronic assistance systems. The target of development departments is to fulfill new technological requirements with the best possible quality and suitable technical solutions meeting customer expectations. The more products are customized the more flexibility in developing and producing these systems is necessary. Contrariwise the R&D capacities increase only slowly or are limited due to different reasons. That is why efficient methods to deal with the high amount of vehicle types and technologies have to be implemented. The state of the art in developing vehicles today is characterized by keywords like lean product development, modularization, platform strategies, supplier integration, etc. The question is if current development processes will be able to deal with the high complexity arising out of the number of variants and the dependencies between modules, platforms and subsystems? Which process factors are crucial for development departments to engineer products suitable to industrie 4.0 production possibilities? Interestingly the production concept industrie 4.0 could provide some potential answers. Industrie 4.0 encompasses methods for flexible, efficient production systems in extreme down to lot size one. This will be enabled e.g. by to the use of self-organizing cyber-physical systems, cluster intelligence and the availability to utilize other for production flexibility relevant data. Cyber-physical systems are characterized by the autonomous acquisition of data, networked machine to machine communication and machine learning. Currently development processes can´t offer cars engineered as one individual item. But the production possibilities of industrie 4.0 especially the manufacturing of lot size one - would as a consequence necessitate to have an idea about a development process which could develop one specific product for one customer as well. This new high flexible development process will be called in this master thesis "development 4.0". The aim of this thesis is to analyze today`s vehicle development process structures and to identify critical process factors, having in mind the highest possible flexibility regarding product features. Furthermore it shall be checked if industrie 4.0 methods could be used in development to expand the possible range of complexity by using given capacities and minimizing development cost for vehicle variants in parallel. The development processes of lean product development will then be advanced to development 4.0.
Luigi Spaventa e il controllo dell’economia nel breve periodo (Luigi Spaventa and short-run economic policy)
Creators: name: Pedone, Antonio
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Luigi Spaventa, Italy, economic policy
subject: E62, B32, E12

description: The article reconstructs Luigi Spaventa's approach to economic policy. Spaventa contributed both to the theoretical and political debate on economic policy and as a member of Italy's Parliament and Government. The author focuses in particular on the implications for today's debate and practice in the fields of short-term fiscal policy, international trade and monetary policy. JEL Codes: E62, B32, E12
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 66, N. 263 (2013)
Existence of triangular Lie bialgebra structures II
Creators: name: Feldvoss, Joerg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 17B62; 81R05; 81R50

description: We characterize finite-dimensional Lie algebras over an arbitrary field of characteristic zero which admit a non-trivial (quasi-) triangular Lie bialgebra structure.
description: 12 pages
Comment appliquer la directive nitrates et à quel coût ? Une modélisation spatiale du marché de l’épandage
Creators: name: Djaout, Fabien
name: Le Goffe, Philippe
name: Tauber, Mélanie
name: Djaout, Fabien
name: Le Goffe, Philippe
name: Tauber, Mélanie
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: manure
subject: nitrate directive
subject: market
subject: linear model

description: In Brittany, animal concentration is responsible for water pollution. French water policy does not stick to Water Framework Directive, though in northern countries polluter-pay principle stimulated manure markets. We tried to calculate the cost of the Nitrate Directive and simulate the manure markets in Brittany. A linear model minimizes the cost of manure management constrained by the Nitrate Directive. Farms process or export their manure in the short-run and reduce their livestock in the long-run, by 20 to 40 % according to types. Market leads to significant savings compared to no trade or to a regional plan aiming at maintaining livestock production.
Test-beam performance of a proton-irradiated, large-scale depleted monolithic active pixel sensors (DMAPS) in 150 nm CMOS technology
Creators: name: Schall, Lars
name: Barbero, Marlon
name: Barrilon, Pierre
name: Bespin, Christian
name: Breugnon, Patrick
name: Caicedo, Ivan
name: Degerli, Yavuz
name: Dingfelder, Jochen
name: Hemperek, Tomasz
name: Hirono, Toko
name: Hügging, Fabian
name: Krüger, Hans
name: Pangaud, Patrick
name: Rymaszewski, Piotr
name: Schwemling, Philippe
name: Wang, Tianyang
name: Wermes, Norbert
name: Zhang, Sinuo
Publisher: name: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Year: 2024

description: The increasing availability of high-resistivity substrates and large biasing voltage capabilities in commercial CMOS processes encourage the use of depleted monolithic activate pixel sensors (DMAPS) in high-energy physics experiments. LF-Monopix2 is the latest iteration of a DMAPS development line designed in 150nm LFoundry technology, which features a large scale (1×2)cm$^2$ chip size divided into (56×340) pixels with a pitch of (150×50)µm$^2$. Implementation of the full pixel electronic circuitry within a large charge collection node compromises the sensor's noise and power budget while assuring short drift distances and a homogeneous electric field in the sensing part of the detector that increase the radiation hardness. Laboratory characterization and beam test performance of 100µm thick LF-Monopix2 sensors with backside processing and irradiated to 1×10$^{15}$n$_{eq}$cm$^{-2}$ of NIEL fluence are presented.
Per ricordare Luigi Spaventa (In memory of Luigi Spaventa)
Creators: name: Sarcinelli, Mario
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Luigi Spaventa, Italy, economic policy
subject: B32, B24, E12

description: L'autore analizza l'eredità di Luigi Spaventa per la politica economica italiana.Ricostruisce il ruolo di Spaventa in diversi comitati ministeriali e nel dibattito accademico.L'autore attinge a reminiscenze personali presso la Banca d'Italia e il Ministero del tesoro e si concentra in particolare sulla politica fiscale, la politica monetaria e la gestione del debito pubblico. The author analyses the legacy of Luigi Spaventa for Italy's economic policy. It reconstructs Spaventa's role in several ministerials committees as well as in the academic debate. The author draws on personal reminiscences at the Bank of Italy and the Ministry of Treasury, and focuses in particular on fiscal policy, monetary policy and the management of public debt. JEL Codes: B32, B24, E12
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 66, N. 263 (2013)