cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Spin currents, relativistic effects and the Darwin interaction in the theory of hole superconductivity
Creators: name: Hirsch, J. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The existence of macroscopic spin currents in the ground state of superconductors is predicted within the theory of hole superconductivity. Here it is shown that the electromagnetic Darwin interaction is attractive for spin currents and repulsive for charge currents. It is also shown that the mere existence of spin currents implies that some electrons are moving at relativistic speeds in macroscopic superconductors, which in turn implies that the Darwin interaction plays a fundamental role in stabilizing the superconducting state.
Coordinating Multiple Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces without Channel Information
Creators: name: Xu, Fan
name: Yao, Jiawei
name: Lai, Wenhai
name: Shen, Kaiming
name: Li, Xin
name: Chen, Xin
name: Luo, Zhi-Quan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Conventional beamforming methods for intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRSs) or reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) typically entail the full channel state information (CSI). However, the computational cost of channel acquisition soars exponentially with the number of IRSs. To bypass this difficulty, we propose a novel strategy called blind beamforming that coordinates multiple IRSs by means of statistics without knowing CSI. Blind beamforming only requires measuring the received signal power at the user terminal for a sequence of randomly generated phase shifts across all IRSs. The main idea is to extract the key statistical quantity for beamforming by exploring only a small portion of the whole solution space of phase shifts. We show that blind beamforming guarantees a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) boost of Theta(N^{2L}) under certain conditions, where L is the number of IRSs and N is the number of reflecting elements per IRS. The proposed conditions for achieving the optimal SNR boost of Theta(N^{4}) in a double-IRS system are much easier to satisfy than the existing ones in the literature. Most importantly, the proposed conditions can be extended to a fully general L-IRS system. The above result significantly improves upon the state of the art in the area of multi-IRS-assisted communication. Moreover, blind beamforming is justified via field tests and simulations. In particular, as shown in our field tests at 2.6 GHz, our method yields up to 17 dB SNR boost; to the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that the use of multiple IRSs gets verified in the real world.
description: 16 pages
Class I Bituminous Mixtures
Creators: name: Florence, Robert L.
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 1966
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: The attached report reflects the degree of excellence sought in bituminous concrete pavements in Kentucky during the past several years. In the evolvement of the present state of the art, idealized concepts of mixture design have been dutifully tempered with practical considerations, experience factors, and performance features which may not be altogether apparent from this report alone. In substance, the study has been concerned with aggregate gradations, construction operations, and quality of the pavement surface. The achievement of gradation control in the dust of filler sizes has provided opportunities to further optimize mixture requirements. Permissive blending of sands has enabled the utilization of a broader array of materials. Surface appearance has improved; stability has been increased about four-fold; densities are higher; and enhanced durability already seems evident. From these standpoints, the objectives sought are now seemingly replete. Two factors remain sufficiently ominous and formidable to command further attention.
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ON-FARM AGRONOMIC DATA USING A MICROCOMPUTER: APPLICATIONS TO THE ADAPTIVE RESEARCH PROGRAM IN MALAWI
Creators: name: Phiri, Benson Samuel
name: Phiri, Benson Samuel
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries

description: The Department of Agricultural Research (DAR) in Malawi has made a modest contribution to small farmers in supplying them with recommendations they can adopt. This was largely due to the biological emphasis of the department. In order to introduce social scientists and following in recognition of the poor adoption of recommended technology, Farming System Research (FSR) was introduced in 1979. That has now changed to Adaptive Research. This also followed a major reorganization of the department into Commodity and Adaptive Research Teams. Biological scientists rely on analysis of variance in evaluating alternative technologies and while it is useful in determining the significant differences among treatment means, it is not sufficient for making recommendations to farmers. Building on statistical analysis, economic analysis evaluates alternatives in terms of their profitability attractiveness. Economic models that can be used are discussed and simple benefit cost and marginal benefit cost analyses have been demonstrated in this paper. The results indicate the necessity of economic analysis in making recommendations to farmers and how guidance to policy makers can be had from sensitivity analysis.
title: Audit: Communication of incidental CT and ultrasound findings in emergency radiology to general practitioners
Creators: name: Yeung, Chester
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Emergency
subject: Management
subject: Professional issues
subject: CT
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Audit and standards
subject: Education
subject: Education and training
subject: Patterns of Care
subject: Quality assurance

description: Purpose
Methods and materials
Results
Conclusion
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description: Purpose:
When the Emergency Department (ED) orders medical imaging, Radiology attempts to answer specific clinical questions. In many instances the scan may yield results unrelated to the patient’s symptoms. Some incidental findings may not be of immediate...
Parity of the neutron consistent with neutron-antineutron oscillations
Creators: name: Fujikawa, Kazuo
name: Tureanu, Anca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the analysis of neutron-antineutron oscillations, it has been recently argued in the literature that the use of the $iγ^{0}$ parity $n^{p}(t,-\vec{x})=iγ^{0}n(t,-\vec{x})$ which is consistent with the Majorana condition is mandatory and that the ordinary parity transformation of the neutron field $n^{p}(t,-\vec{x}) = γ^{0}n(t,-\vec{x})$ has a difficulty. We show that a careful treatment of the ordinary parity transformation of the neutron works in the analysis of neutron-antineutron oscillations. Technically, the CP symmetry in the mass diagonalization procedure is important and the two parity transformations, $iγ^{0}$ parity and $γ^{0}$ parity, are compensated for by the Pauli-Gürsey transformation. Our analysis shows that either choice of the parity gives the correct results of neutron-antineutron oscillations if carefully treated.
description: 19 pages. Some modifications in Appendix B were made. This version is going to be published in Phys. Rev. D
Stability Analyses of Earth Masses
Creators: name: Deen, Robert C.
name: Scott, Gordon D.
name: McGraw, W. W.
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 1966
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: During the past few months (January, 1966, to the present) the Division of Research has been called upon to make site investigations and analyses of foundation and slope stability at several locations in the State. These requests have emanated from various offices and divisions of the Department. Some of these investigations involved considerable effort and time to perform the subsurface exploration and to analyze the problem so that recommendations could be made. These investigations were of significant magnitude and are being summarized in this report.
Influence of SNP∗SNP interaction on BMI in European American adolescents: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health
Creators: name: Bradfield, J.P.
name: Young, K.L.
name: North, K.E.
name: Lange, L.A.
name: Lange, E.M.
name: Graff, M.
name: Grant, S.F.A.
name: Harris, K.M.
name: Gordon-Larsen, P.
name: Richardson, A.S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Background Adolescent obesity is predictive of future weight gain, obesity and adult onset severe obesity (body mass index [BMI] ≥40 kg m-2). Despite successful efforts to identify Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) influencing BMI, <5% of the 40-80% heritability of the phenotype has been explained. Identification of gene-gene (G-G) interactions between known variants can help explain this hidden heritability as well as identify potential biological mechanisms affecting weight gain during this critical developmental period. Objective We have recently shown distinct genetic effects on BMI across the life course, and thus it is important to examine the evidence for epistasis in adolescence. Methods In adolescent participants of European descent from wave II of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health, n = 5072, ages 12-21, 52.5% female), we tested 34 established BMI-related SNPs for G-G interaction effects on BMI z-score. We used mixed-effects regression, assuming multiplicative interaction models adjusting for age, sex and geographic region, with random effects for family and school. Results For 28 G-G interactions that were nominally significant (P < 0.05), we attempted to replicate our results in an adolescent sample from the Childhood European American Cohort from Philadelphia. In the replication study, one interaction (PRKD1-FTO) was significant after correction for multiple testing. Conclusions Our results are suggestive of epistatic effects on BMI during adolescence and point to potentially interactive effects between genes in biological pathways important in obesity.
The Nontradable Share Reform in the Chinese Stock Market
Creators: name: Beltratti, Andrea
name: Bortolotti, Bernardo
name: Beltratti, Andrea
name: Bortolotti, Bernardo
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Industrial Organization

description: Nontradable shares (NTS) are an unparalleled feature of the ownership structure of Chinese listed companies and represented a major hurdle to domestic financial market development. After some failed attempts, in 2005 the Chinese authorities have launched a structural reform program aiming at eliminating NTS. In this paper, we evaluate the stock price effects of the actual implementation of this reform in 368 firms. The NTS reform generated a statistically significant 8 percent positive abnormal return over the event window, adjusting prices for the compensation requested by tradable shareholders. Results are consistent with the expectation of improved economic fundamentals such as better corporate governance and enhanced liquidity.
LIT-Former: Linking In-plane and Through-plane Transformers for Simultaneous CT Image Denoising and Deblurring
Creators: name: Chen, Zhihao
name: Niu, Chuang
name: Gao, Qi
name: Wang, Ge
name: Shan, Hongming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper studies 3D low-dose computed tomography (CT) imaging. Although various deep learning methods were developed in this context, typically they focus on 2D images and perform denoising due to low-dose and deblurring for super-resolution separately. Up to date, little work was done for simultaneous in-plane denoising and through-plane deblurring, which is important to obtain high-quality 3D CT images with lower radiation and faster imaging speed. For this task, a straightforward method is to directly train an end-to-end 3D network. However, it demands much more training data and expensive computational costs. Here, we propose to link in-plane and through-plane transformers for simultaneous in-plane denoising and through-plane deblurring, termed as LIT-Former, which can efficiently synergize in-plane and through-plane sub-tasks for 3D CT imaging and enjoy the advantages of both convolution and transformer networks. LIT-Former has two novel designs: efficient multi-head self-attention modules (eMSM) and efficient convolutional feedforward networks (eCFN). First, eMSM integrates in-plane 2D self-attention and through-plane 1D self-attention to efficiently capture global interactions of 3D self-attention, the core unit of transformer networks. Second, eCFN integrates 2D convolution and 1D convolution to extract local information of 3D convolution in the same fashion. As a result, the proposed LIT-Former synergize these two subtasks, significantly reducing the computational complexity as compared to 3D counterparts and enabling rapid convergence. Extensive experimental results on simulated and clinical datasets demonstrate superior performance over state-of-the-art models. The source code is made available at https://github.com/hao1635/LIT-Former.
description: 15 pages, 12 figures
Maxwell's demon-like nonreciprocity by non-Hermitian gyrotropic metasurfaces
Creators: name: Wang, Wenyan
name: Yau, Wang Tat
name: Cui, Yanxia
name: Wang, Jin
name: Fung, Kin Hung
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that Maxwell's demon-like nonreciprocity can be supported in a class of non-Hermitian gyrotropic metasurfaces in the linear regime. The proposed metasurface functions as a transmission-only Maxwell's demon operating at a pair of photon energies. Based on multiple scattering theory, we construct a dual-dipole model to explain the underlying mechanism that leads to the antisymmetric nonreciprocal transmission. The results may inspire new designs of compact nonreciprocal devices for photonics.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures
title: Differentiating Todd’s paresis from acute ischaemic stroke with CT perfusion studies
Creators: name: Nedunchezhian, Vikram
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Anatomy
subject: CNS
subject: Head and neck
subject: CT
subject: Thrombolysis
subject: Ischaemia / Infarction
subject: Seizure disorders

description: Learning objectives
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Imaging findings OR Procedure details
Conclusion
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description: Learning objectives:
Understand the physiological basis of parameters captured in CT perfusion studies Review CT imaging findings of Todd’s paresis and distinguish it from an acute ischaemic stroke Recognise the importance of analysing all available sequences when...
title: MR and CT evaluation of recurrent penile fracture in a patient with Peyronie’s disease
Creators: name: Altman, Asher
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genital / Reproductive system male
subject: MR
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Trauma

description: Learning objectives
Background
Imaging findings OR Procedure details
Conclusion
Personal information
References
description: Learning objectives:
1. To describe a case report of penile fracture 2. To illustrate a MRI protocol and imaging findings of penile...
New nearby AGNs from all sky surveys of INTEGRAL and RXTE observatories
Creators: name: Bikmaev, I. F.
name: Sunyaev, R. A.
name: Revnivtsev, M. G.
name: Burenin, R. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present first results of a campaign of optical identifications of X-ray sources discovered by RXTE and INTEGRAL observatories during their sky surveys. In this work we study six newly discovered nearby active galactic nuclei at z<0.1. The optical spectrophotometric data were obtained with Russian-Turkish 1.5-m telescope (RTT150). We present their redshifts and main parameters of brightest emission lines.
description: 6 pages, Astronomy Letters, in press
Towards Collaborative Optimization of Cluster Configurations for Distributed Dataflow Jobs
Creators: name: Will, Jonathan
name: Bader, Jonathan
name: Thamsen, Lauritz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: C.2.4; I.2.8; I.2.6

description: Analyzing large datasets with distributed dataflow systems requires the use of clusters. Public cloud providers offer a large variety and quantity of resources that can be used for such clusters. However, picking the appropriate resources in both type and number can often be challenging, as the selected configuration needs to match a distributed dataflow job's resource demands and access patterns. A good cluster configuration avoids hardware bottlenecks and maximizes resource utilization, avoiding costly overprovisioning. We propose a collaborative approach for finding optimal cluster configurations based on sharing and learning from historical runtime data of distributed dataflow jobs. Collaboratively shared data can be utilized to predict runtimes of future job executions through the use of specialized regression models. However, training prediction models on historical runtime data that were produced by different users and in diverse contexts requires the models to take these contexts into account.
description: 6 pages, 7 figures, 1 table; Associated experiment results: https://github.com/dos-group/c3o-experiments ; Appearence in the Proceedings of the 2020 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data); Presentation at the 4th International Workshop on Benchmarking, Performance Tuning and Optimization for Big Data Applications (BPOD). IEEE. 2020
Dependent Controllers and Regulation Policies: Theory and Evidence
Creators: name: Guerriero, Carmine
name: Guerriero, Carmine
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy

description: This paper analyzes the effects of supervisors' (i.e., regulators and judges) selection rules on regulated prices. A checks and balances regulatory review process strengthens the role of the judicial power and election increases the populism of implicitly motivated supervisors. Election arises when the risk related to expropriation of sunk investments and the inter-party distance are lower. Employing U.S. electric power market's data, the empirical evidence strongly confirms these predictions. Indeed, when treated as endogenous, only the election of administrative law judges and not the one of regulators significantly lowers the level of electricity rates. Moreover a more effective supervision technology shows a marginal negative effect on regulated rates as well.
ПРАВОВОЕ ОБРАЗОВАНИЕ И ВОСПИТАНИЕ МОЛОДЕЖИ В УСЛОВИЯХ ВНЕДРЕНИЯ НОВЫХ ТЕХНОЛОГИЙ В ОБРАЗОВАТЕЛЬНЫЙ ПРОЦЕСС
Creators: name: Сенин И.Н.
name: Филина Н.В.
Publisher: name: Образование и право
Year: 2021
Subjects: государство
право
правовое регулирование
нормы права
правоотношение
правосознание
правовая культура
законодательство
правотворчество
правоприменение
реализация норм права
эффективность правового регулирования
образование
обучение
новые технологии
дистанционное обучение.

description: В статье рассматриваются вопросы, посвященные проблемам правового воздействия на общественные отношения. В частности, исследуются и анализируются категории правового сознания и правовой культуры, дается их обстоятельная характеристика, указывается назначение. Освещаются вопросы повышения эффективности правового регулирования, а также правового обучения и воспитания молодежи и студентов в современной России. В статье уделяется внимание традиционным подходам в обучении и инновационным технологиям в преподавании гуманитарных дисциплин. Обосновывается необходимость усиления роли гуманитарных знаний для будущих выпускников как гуманитарных, так и технических вузов.
title: An advanced case of placenta percreta and the role of magnetic resonance in surgical planning
Creators: name: Altman, Asher
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Obstetrics (Pregnancy / birth / postnatal period)
subject: MR
subject: Intrauterine diagnosis
subject: Obstetrics

description: Learning objectives
Background
Imaging findings OR Procedure details
Conclusion
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References
description: Learning objectives:
1. To describe a case report of an advanced case of placenta percreta. 2. To illustrate the MR sequence protocol and imaging findings of placenta...
Rashba spin-orbit coupling in infinite-layer nickelate films on SrTiO3(001) and KTaO3(001)
Creators: name: Geisler, Benjamin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The impact of spin-orbit interactions in NdNiO2/SrTiO3(001) and NdNiO2/KTaO3(001) is explored by performing density functional theory simulations including a Coulomb repulsion term. Polarity mismatch drives the emergence of an interfacial two-dimensional electron gas in NdNiO2/KTaO3(001) involving the occupation of Ta $5d$ conduction-band states, which is twice as pronounced as in NdNiO2/SrTiO3(001). We identify a significant anisotropic $k^3$ Rashba spin splitting of the respective $d_{xy}$ states in both systems that results from the broken inversion symmetry at the nickelate-substrate interface and exceeds the width of the superconducting gap. In NdNiO2/KTaO3(001), the splitting reaches 210 meV, which is comparable to Bi(111) surface states. At the surface, the Ni $3d_{x^2-y^2}$-derived states exhibit a linear Rashba effect with $α_\text{R} \sim$ 125 meV Å, exemplifying its orbital selectivity. The corresponding Fermi sheets present a reconstructed circular shape due to the electrostatic doping, but undergo a Lifshitz transition towards a cuprate-like topology deeper in the film that coincides with a realignment of their spin texture. These results promote surface and interface polarity as interesting design parameters to control spin-orbit physics in infinite-layer nickelate heterostructures.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures
ПРАВОВОЙ СТАТУС ПРИМЕНЕНИЯ ФИЗИЧЕСКИМИ И ЮРИДИЧЕСКИМИ ЛИЦАМИ ОТКРЫТЫХ СИСТЕМ АУДИОИ ВИДЕОЗАПИСИ
Creators: name: Курбанов Т.К.
name: Мирземагомедова М.М.
name: Мурадов М.М.
name: Гитинов Х.Х.
name: Алискеров М.Р.
Publisher: name: Образование и право
Year: 2021
Subjects: правовой статус
физические и юридические лица
открытые системы аудиои видеозаписи.

description: Показан правовой статус применения физическими и юридическими лицами открытых систем аудиои видеозаписи.
Holography and D3-branes in Melvin Universes
Creators: name: Cai, Rong-Gen
name: Ohta, Nobuyoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently,in a paper hep-th/0511197, it was found that non-commutative super Yang-Mills (NCSYM) theory with space-dependent noncommutativity can be formulated as a decoupling limit of open strings ending on D3-branes wrapping a Melvin universe supported by a flux of the NSNS B-field. Under S-duality, we show that this theory turns into a noncommutative open string (NCOS) theory with space-dependent space-time noncommutativity and effective space-dependent string scale. It is an NCOS theory with both space-dependent space-space and space-time noncommutativities under more general $SL(2,\mathbb{Z})$ transformation. These space-dependent noncommutative theories (NCSYM and NCOS) have completely the same thermodynamics as that of ordinary super YM theory, NCSYM and NCOS theories with constant noncommutativity in the dual supergravity description. Starting from black D3-brane solution in the Melvin universe and making a Lorentz boost along one of spatial directions on the worldvolume of D3-branes, we show that the decoupled theory is a light-like NCSYM theory with space-dependent noncommutativity in a static frame or in an infinite-momentum frame depending on whether there is a gravitational pp-wave on the worldvolume of the D3-branes.
description: Latex, 13 pages, v2: typos fixed, the version in PRD
ПРЕДУПРЕЖДЕНИЕ ПОБЕГОВ ИЗ КОЛОНИЙ-ПОСЕЛЕНИЙ: ОРГАНИЗАЦИОННО-ПРАВОВЫЕ АСПЕКТЫ
Creators: name: Майстренко Г.А.
Publisher: name: Образование и право
Year: 2021
Subjects: осужденный
колония-поселение
побег
предупреждение
профилактический учет
профилактическая работа.

description: В статье автор анализирует сложности в обеспечении осужденных оплачиваемым трудом, ухудшение пенитенциарно-криминологических характеристик спецконтингента, обусловливающее сокращение числа положительно характеризующихся лиц, а также нестыковки в правовом регулировании исполнения наказания в колониях-поселениях, которые качественно влияют на уровень поддержания правопорядка в этих исправительных учреждениях. Констатируется, что все это отчасти способствует совершению осужденными-поселенцами правонарушений, в том числе побегов. В статье рассматриваются особенности предупреждения побегов в колониях-поселениях, их причины и условия.
Analysis and Evaluation of Ecosystem Resilience: An Economic Perspective
Creators: name: Vergano, Lucia
name: Nunes, Paulo A.L.D.
name: Vergano, Lucia
name: Nunes, Paulo A.L.D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy

description: This paper focuses on the analyses and evaluation of resilience anchored in an economic perspective. Resilience, as well as most of the benefits provided by ecosystems, is not priced on current markets. However, this does not mean that resilience is of no value for humans. On the contrary, the interest of using an economic perspective, and the respective scientific methodology, will be put forward in terms of resilience relevance for ecosystems' life and functioning, and its impact on human welfare. The economic perspective is anchored in an anthropocentric analysis meaning that resilience is evaluated in terms of provision of natural capital benefits. These, in turn, are interpreted as an insurance against the risk of ecosystem malfunctioning and the consequent interruption of the provision of goods and services to humans. For this analysis, we make use of a conceptual framework so as to identify and describe the different value components of resilience. Finally, we present an illustration that tackles the economic analysis and discussion of resilience benefits in the context of the Venice Lagoon.
Hertz, A., Korff, W., Rendtorff, T., Ringeling, H.: Handbuch der christlichen Ethik
Creators: name: Lochman, Jan Milič
Publisher: name: Ökumenische Rundschau
Year: 2025

description: Ökumenische Rundschau, Bd. 28 Nr. 2 (1979): Ökumenische Rundschau, Band 28, Heft 2
Spatial Planning and Design for Resilience
Creators: name: Dai, Wei
Publisher: name: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment
Year: 2021

description: Faced with the highly overlapping factors of the external disturbances -- natural disasters caused by extreme climate change, and internal interactions -- the contradiction between natural conditions and rapid urbanization, traditional spatial planning and design used to pursue economic development could not be flexible enough to respond to the dynamic and uncertain future of the Pearl River Delta (PRD). Therefore, spatial planning and design should pay great attention to the fragile natural base layer and unexpected external disturbances that will negatively impact the PRD caused by increasing natural disasters, such as flooding and land subsidence situation. Based on the idea of spatial resilience, this doctoral dissertation aims to give an answer to the research question: What are the theories and methods of spatial planning and design for resilience? How is it possible to apply the theory and method of spatial planning and design for resilience to the PRD? Five major research contents are conducted. First of all, literatures on exploring the physical context, the crucial stages of spatial transformation, as well as spatial planning and design practices of the PRD are reviewed. Secondly, the theory of spatial planning and design for resilience is systematically researched. Thirdly, implementation method for spatial planning and design for resilience is provided. Fourthly, the empirical research of the theory and method of spatial planning and design for resilient PRD is conducted and possible new schemes are produced. Fifthly, the corresponding principles and strategies of resilient flood control and drainage on Hengli Island are proposed. The research outcomes obtained from this doctoral dissertation can be possibly applied to the further spatial planning and design practice for establishing a resilient PRD.
description: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment, No. 04 (2021): Spatial Planning and Design for Resilience
title: Proposed Remedial Design for Unstable Highway Embankment Foundation:
title: I-64-6(6) 117, Bath County
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Scott, Gordon D.
name: Deen, Robert C.
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 1966
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: Early in 1966, during the construction of a large embankment between Stations 1738+00 and 1745+00 on I 64 in Bath County (I 64-6(6)117, SP 6-404-5G1), a serious slide occurred involving large quantities of the embankment material. After a visit to the site and a review of the subsurface information available, it was assessed that the slide occurred as a result of a bearing-capacity failure of the foundation material.
title: Uncovering the mystery of numb chin syndrome through multimodality imaging
Creators: name: Altman, Asher
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Head and neck
subject: Oncology
subject: CT
subject: PET-CT
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Metastases
subject: Neoplasia

description: Learning objectives
Background
Imaging findings OR Procedure details
Conclusion
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References
description: Learning objectives:
To describe a case report of numb chin syndrome To illustrate multi-modality imaging leading to diagnosis of an underlying...
Towards a unification of HRT and SCOZA
Creators: name: Reiner, A.
name: Hoye, J. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Hierarchical Reference Theory (HRT) and the Self-Consistent Ornstein-Zernike Approximation (SCOZA) are two liquid state theories that both furnish a largely satisfactory description of the critical region as well as phase separation and the equation of state in general. Furthermore, there are a number of similarities that suggest the possibility of a unification of both theories. As a first step towards this goal we consider the problem of combining the lowest order gamma expansion result for the incorporation of a Fourier component of the interaction with the requirement of consistency between internal and free energies, leaving aside the compressibility relation. For simplicity we restrict ourselves to a simplified lattice gas that is expected to display the same qualitative behavior as more elaborate models. It turns out that the analytically tractable Mean Spherical Approximation is a solution to this problem, as are several of its generalizations. Analysis of the characteristic equations shows the potential for a practical scheme and yields necessary conditions any closure to the Ornstein Zernike relation must fulfill for the consistency problem to be well posed and to have a unique differentiable solution. These criteria are expected to remain valid for more general discrete and continuous systems, even if consistency with the compressibility route is also enforced where possible explicit solutions will require numerical evaluations.
description: Minor changes in accordance with referee comments
หลักสูตรสาขาวิชาภาษาไทย: ความเป็นไปในปัจจุบันและอนาคต
Creators: name: เยาวลักษณ์ อยู่เจริญสุข
Publisher: name: คณะศิลปศาสตร์ มหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์
Year: 2014
Subjects: -

description: วรรณวิทัศน์, 14, พฤศจิกายน, 1-33
Identification and partial characterization of a transposon insertion mutant of Burkohderia multivorans with reduced resistence to polymyxin B
Creators: name: Steen, Barbara R.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Burkholderia multivorans is an antibiotic resistant opportunistic pathogen that is being isolated with an increased frequency from immunocompromised patients. B. multivorans can cause serious lung infections in patients with cystic fibrosis but the mechanism of pathogenesis is not understood. As well, B. multivorans causes lung infections in chronic granulomatous disease patients. Neutrophils from these patients are unable to elicit an oxidative burst and are therefore dependent on nonoxidative killing mechanisms for destroying phagocytosed microbes. B. multivorans is resistant to in vitro killing by chronic granulomatous disease neutrophils and is resistant to killing by cationic peptides which are a major component of neutrophil nonoxidative killing. The purpose of these studies was to understand how B. multivorans resists killing by cationic peptides. A transposon insertion mutant of B. multivorans (26D7) was created that had increased susceptibility to polymyxin B, colistin and the cationic peptide CP26 (a cecropin-melittin hybrid). In order to determine the genetic nature of this mutation, a cosmid library o f B. multivorans strain ATCC 17616 was constructed and screened by Southern analysis using a probe specific for the DNA adjacent to the transposon insertion site. Sequence analysis of the DNA at the site of transposon insertion in mutant 26D7 showed four open reading frames (ORJFs). ORF2 showed protein sequence similarity to several glucosyltransferases. ORF3 had protein sequence similarity to methyltransferases and was the site of the transposon insertion in mutant 26D7. Phenotypic analysis of mutant 26D7 showed that the outer membrane of this mutant was more permeable to 1-N-phenylnaphthylamine in the presence of polymyxin than the parent strain; however, like the parent strain, the mutant remained incapable of binding dansylated polymyxin. No difference was seen in the lipopolysaccharide ladders. TLC analysis revealed one fewer glycolipid and a possible shift in one of the phosphatidyl ethanolamine spots in the mutant. The results presented here suggested that a group of genes were identified that encoded for proteins possibly involved in lipid modification, important for resistance to cationic peptides. Further studies may identify the role of lipid modification in this important phenotype of the Burkholderia cepacia complex.
Air Pollution Costs in Ukraine
Creators: name: Strukova, Elena
name: Golub, Alexander
name: Markandya, Anil
name: Strukova, Elena
name: Golub, Alexander
name: Markandya, Anil
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy

description: The paper presents estimation of the health losses from urban air pollution in Ukraine. The methodology developed by US EPA and adjusted in Russia for Eastern European transition countries was applied for health risk assessment. PM2.5 was identified as the major source of human health risk, based on experience from the Russian studies. In the absence of reliable computed concentrations of PM2.5, the study was based on monitoring data of total suspended particle (TSP) emissions in Ukraine. Additional cases of mortality and morbidity were calculated based on reporting data on TSP concentration that was recalculated into PM2.5. Then the concentration-response function was applied to estimate individual risk. Next, individual risk was applied to the population exposed to the concentration reported for each city included in the analysis (we selected most polluted cities). For each city we considered individual data on baseline mortality and morbidity and population structure. In total, air pollution related mortality represents about 6 percent of total mortality in Ukraine. In Russia the corresponding indicator totals about 4 percent. The relative mortality risk attributed to air pollution calculated per 100 000 population in both countries is about 55-59 cases. Since applied method is sensitive to the primary data uncertainties we conducted sensitivity analysis applying Monte-Carlo method. Economic damage related to mortality risk was estimated at about 4 percent of GDP. There was no relevant WTP study in Ukraine therefore we applied the benefit-transfer method in order to estimate VSL, since mortality attributed to air pollution is major component of health losses (about 94 percent). In order to compare and aggregate mortality and morbidity risks we recalculated them in DALY. Then morbidity represents about 30 percent of total air pollution health load. Data on baseline morbidity is less reliable than data on baseline mortality; therefore the morbidity risk estimates are more uncertain than mortality estimates. It is likely that morbidity risk is underestimated. Regardless of uncertainties mentioned above and some problems with reported data we can conclude that the mortality risk attributed to air pollution is significant. Therefore, costs of air pollution in Ukraine are sizable and in the nearest future may offset the economic growth. Recovery of the Ukrainian economy based on restoration of polluting industries may lead to stagnation since mortality and morbidity risks not only puts burden on the economy, but also reduce labor force.
Modelling and observation of nonlinear damping in dissipation-diluted nanomechanical resonators
Creators: name: Catalini, Letizia
name: Rossi, Massimiliano
name: Langman, Eric C.
name: Schliesser, Albert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dissipation dilution enables extremely low linear loss in stressed, high-aspect ratio nanomechanical resonators, such as strings or membranes. Here, we report on the observation and theoretical modelling of nonlinear dissipation in such structures. We introduce an analytical model based on von Kármán theory, which can be numerically evaluated using finite-element models for arbitrary geometries. We use this approach to predict nonlinear loss and (Duffing) frequency shift in ultracoherent phononic membrane resonators. A set of systematic measurements with silicon nitride membranes shows good agreement with the model for low-order soft-clamped modes. Our analysis also reveals quantitative connections between these nonlinearities and dissipation dilution. This is of interest for future device design, and can provide important insight when diagnosing the performance of dissipation dilution in an experimental setting.
Supersolid phases of bosonic particles in a bubble trap
Creators: name: Ciardi, Matteo
name: Cinti, Fabio
name: Pellicane, Giuseppe
name: Prestipino, Santi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Confinement can have a considerable effect on the behavior of particle systems, and is therefore an effective way to discover new phenomena. A notable example is a system of identical bosons at low temperature under an external field mimicking an isotropic bubble trap, which constrains the particles to a portion of space close to a spherical surface. Using Path Integral Monte Carlo simulations, we examine the spatial structure and superfluid fraction in two emblematic cases. First, we look at soft-core bosons, finding the existence of supersolid cluster arrangements with polyhedral symmetry; we show how different numbers of clusters are stabilized depending on the trap radius and the particle mass, and we characterize the temperature behavior of the cluster phases. A detailed comparison with the behavior of classical soft-core particles is provided too. Then, we examine the case, of more immediate experimental interest, of a dipolar condensate on the sphere, demonstrating how a quasi-one-dimensional supersolid of clusters is formed on a great circle for realistic values of density and interaction parameters. Crucially, this supersolid phase is only slightly disturbed by gravity. We argue that the predicted phases can be revealed in magnetic traps with spherical-shell geometry, possibly even in a lab on Earth. Our results pave the way for future simulation studies of correlated quantum systems in curved geometries.
description: 16 pages, 10 figures, videos available on request
On divisorial filtrations on sheaves
Creators: name: Gorsky, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: A notion of Poincaré series was introduced by A.Campillo et al. It was developed by Delgado and Gusein-Zade for a multi-index filtration corresponding to the sequence of blow-ups. The present paper suggests the way to generalize the notion of Poincaré series to the case of arbitrary locally free sheaf on the modification of complex plane $\mathbb{C}^2$. This series is expressed through the topological invariants of the sheaf. For the sheaf of holomorphic functions the answer coincides with the Poincaré series found before.
description: Latex,14 pages
Fishing Across the Centuries: What Prospects for the Venice Lagoon?
Creators: name: Silvestri, Silvia
name: Pellizzato, M.
name: Boatto, V.
name: Silvestri, Silvia
name: Pellizzato, M.
name: Boatto, V.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2006
Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Fishing has always been an important activity for those Venetians who live near the Lagoon, and it still enjoys an important economic and social role in the region. Over the last few years, however, the fishing industry has been subject to a profound transformation both in the reduction of the variety and the abundance of the species found in the lagoon, and in the change from a complex and well-structured type of activity to one which has become monospecialist, that is based principally on the fishing of the bivalve Tapes philippinarum (Adam & Reeve). The widespread diffusion of this bivalve and its considerable commercial value have resulted in an increased harvest, initially carried out by hand but now by more sophisticated methods which are capable of obtaining much higher yields. The social, economic and environmental problems resulting from this automated fishing have stimulated research into alternative strategies to manage the alieutic resources of the lagoon which will allow fishing to become a sustainable activity without inflicting long-term environmental damage. This present work will try and prepare the foundations for a system of eco-compatible management, based on an analysis of the functioning of the lagoon's eco-system, defined as a paralic model, the observation of the traditional forms of fishing practiced over the centuries, a technical analysis of the present typology of lagoon fishing (fishing with fyke nets, "vallicoltura" and fishing of fish fry for rearing, clam fishing (Tapes philippinarum), mussel culture) with particular reference to the species fished, the distribution of the activity throughout the year and the technology employed, to the productivity of the various fishing methods.
title: A rare case of profound primary orofacial tuberculosis in an adolescent Aboriginal patient
Creators: name: Altman, Asher
Publisher: name: The Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Head and neck
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Paediatric
subject: CT
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Abscess

description: Learning objectives
Background
Imaging findings OR Procedure details
Conclusion
Personal information
References
description: Learning objectives:
To describe a case report of a rare case of orofacial tuberculosis. To demonstrate the imaging findings of a severe case of orofacial tuberculosis. To raise awareness of higher prevalence of tuberculosis in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders...
Branching ratios of the decays of psi(3770) and Upsilon(10580) into light hadrons
Creators: name: Achasov, N. N.
name: Kozhevnikov, A. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Taking into account the new data on the full width of D^{\ast\pm}(2010) and the mass difference of the charged and neutral beauty mesons B^\pm, B^0,\bar B^0, the branching ratios of the decays psi(3770), Upsilon(10580) to pi^+pi^-, K bar K, rho(omega)pi, rho(omega)eta, rho(omega)eta^prime, K^ast bar K+ c.c, rho^+ rho^-, and K^ast bar K^ast are re-evaluated in the model in which the Okubo-Zweig-Iizuka rule is violated due to the real intermediate state D\bar D in case of psi(3770) and B\bar B in case of Upsilon(10580). The inclusive annihilation of psi(3770) and Upsilon(10580) into light hadrons is discussed.
description: 10 pages
Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for Cooperative Transportation and Manipulation of Cable Suspended Payloads with Multiple Quadrotors
Creators: name: Li, Guanrui
name: Loianno, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Autonomous Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) such as quadrotors equipped with manipulation mechanisms have the potential to assist humans in tasks such as construction and package delivery. Cables are a promising option for manipulation mechanisms due to their low weight, low cost, and simple design. However, designing control and planning strategies for cable mechanisms presents challenges due to indirect load actuation, nonlinear configuration space, and highly coupled system dynamics. In this paper, we propose a novel Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) method that enables a team of quadrotors to manipulate a rigid-body payload in all 6 degrees of freedom via suspended cables. Our approach can concurrently exploit, as part of the receding horizon optimization, the available mechanical system redundancies to perform additional tasks such as inter-robot separation and obstacle avoidance while respecting payload dynamics and actuator constraints. To address real-time computational requirements and scalability, we employ a lightweight state vector parametrization that includes only payload states in all six degrees of freedom. This also enables the planning of trajectories on the $SE(3)$ manifold load configuration space, thereby also reducing planning complexity. We validate the proposed approach through simulation and real-world experiments.
description: This paper has been presented in IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2023. Please cite the paper with the appropriate formats