cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Patterns of Visual Attention to Faces and Objects in Autism Spectrum Disorder
Creators: name: Webb, Sara Jane
name: McPartland, James C.
name: Keehn, Brandon
name: Dawson, Geraldine
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2011

description: This study used eye-tracking to examine visual attention to faces and objects in adolescents with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and typical peers. Point of gaze was recorded during passive viewing of images of human faces, inverted human faces, monkey faces, three-dimensional curvilinear objects, and two-dimensional geometric patterns. Individuals with ASD obtained lower scores on measures of face recognition and social-emotional functioning but exhibited similar patterns of visual attention. In individuals with ASD, face recognition performance was associated with social adaptive function. Results highlight heterogeneity in manifestation of social deficits in ASD and suggest that naturalistic assessments are important for quantifying atypicalities in visual attention.
title: Play it Again Sam! or How I Learned to Love Large Language Models
Creators: name: Palat, Jay
Publisher: name: Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
valueUri: http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf

description: This post from Jay Palat, a senior engineer in the AI Division of the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI), explores what new advancements in AI and large language models mean for software development.
Multi-particle production in proton-nucleus collisions in the Color Glass Condensate
Creators: name: Agostini, Pedro
name: Altinoluk, Tolga
name: Armesto, Néstor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compute multi-gluon production in the Color Glass Condensate approach in dilute-dense collisions, p$A$, extending previous calculations up to four gluons. We include the contributions that are leading in the overlap area of the collision but keep all orders in the expansion in the number of colors. We develop a diagrammatic technique to write the numerous color contractions and exploit the symmetries to group the diagrams and simplify the expressions. To proceed further, we use the McLerran-Venugopalan and Golec-Biernat-Wüsthoff models for the projectile and target averages, respectively. We use a form of the Lipatov vertices that leads to the Wigner function approach for the projectile previously employed, that we generalise to take into account quantum correlations in the projectile wave function. We provide analytic expressions for integrated and differential two gluon cumulants and show a smooth dependence on the parameters defining the projectile and target Wigner function and dipole, respectively. For four gluon correlations we find that the second order four particle cumulant is negative, so a sensible second Fourier azimuthal coefficient can be defined. The effect of correlations in the projectile on this result results qualitatively and quantitatively large.
description: LaTeX, 39 pages, 10 figures
Profiling of Rosa hybrida cv. Mileva essential oil, evaluation of its bioactivity in vitro, chemometric analysis and comparison to other non-commercial roses
Creators: name: Acimovic, Milica G.
name: Raicevic, Vidak
name: Tanjga, Biljana Bozanic
name: Loncar, Biljana
name: Šuput, Danijela
name: Šovljanski, Olja
name: Tomic, Ana
name: Cvanic, Teodora
name: Radovanovic, Katarina
name: Kiprovski, Biljana
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Hematology

description: Rose essential oil is one of the most valuable and pivotal raw materials in the perfume industry. However, the limited yield of essential oil in rose flowers increased the interest of both breeders and scientists to create and discover species that have potential for multifaceted applications aiming to increase the economic viability of rose cultivation. Consequently, garden roses (Rosa hybrida) through ongoing development emerge as possibly profitable for cultivation and processing. This opens possibilities for numerous applications in both food and pharmaceutical industries. The main objective of this study was to identify the essential oil composition of R. hybrida cv. Mileva and compare it against essential oil chemical compositions of 32 accessions of other non-commercial (wild and hybrid) roses available literature. The dominant compound detected in R. hybrida cv. Mileva essential oil was geranyl acetate (47.9%), followed by nonadecane and heneicosane. It was shown that the essential oil possesses moderate antimicrobial activity, good antioxidant potential and strong anti-inflammatory activity.
Chemical composition and antimicrobial activity of essential oil obtained from the rhizomes of Kaempferia champasakensis: in vitro and molecular docking studies
Creators: name: Tran-Trung, Hieu
name: Thuy, Phan Thi
name: Thuan, Vi Thi
name: Ha, Nguyen Xuan
name: Van Hue, Nguyen
name: Nguyen-Ngoc, Hieu
name: Nguyen, Trang H.D.
name: Tuan, Nguyen Hoang
name: Van Chen, Tran
name: Hien, Nguyen Thi Thu
name: Giang, Le Duc
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Kaempferia champasakensis Picheans. & Koonterm (Zingiberaceae) is locally known as “Dia Lien hoa trang” in Vietnam. Despite a previous study on the essential oils (EO) of K. champasakensis leaves, no other studies have reported the chemical components and biological activities of K. champasakensis. Therefore, this study aims to identify the chemical constituents of the EO from the rhizomes of K. champasakensis and evaluate their antimicrobial activity, which has been re-confirmed through molecular docking studies. The gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) analysis revealed sixty-one constituents (95.4%) present in the EO of K. champasakensis rhizomes. Among them, camphene (40.7%), α-pinene (10.2%), and β-pinene (7.6%) were identified as the main compounds in the EO. Bioassays indicated its antimicrobial activity in the order of inhibitory effectiveness: Staphylococcus aureus > Enterococcus faecalis ≈ Candida albicans > Bacillus cereus ≈ Escherichia coli > Salmonella enterica > Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The molecular docking study of ligand-protein interactions involving the major constituents of EO was conducted against target proteins related to Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Candida albicans, Bacillus cereus, and Escherichia coli main activities. The results revealed that α-pinene exhibited strong binding affinity against E. coli, β-pinene demonstrated more effective inhibition against E. faecalis and B. cereus, and camphene primarily exhibited activity against C. albicans and S. aureus. Furthermore, the analysis of interactions between the main compounds and the selected proteins was elucidated in the current study. This is the first time that chemical components of the EO of K. champasakensis rhizomes and their antimicrobial activity have been reported. These findings contributed to the basis for further studies on the chemical compositions and biological effects of K. champasakensis.
Optimism and Pessimism in Strategic Interactions under Ignorance
Creators: name: Guarino, Pierfrancesco
name: Ziegler, Gabriel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Theoretical Economics (econ.TH)
subject: FOS: Economics and business

description: We study players interacting under the veil of ignorance, who have -- coarse -- beliefs represented as subsets of opponents' actions. We analyze when these players follow $\max \min$ or $\max\max$ decision criteria, which we identify with pessimistic or optimistic attitudes, respectively. Explicitly formalizing these attitudes and how players reason interactively under ignorance, we characterize the behavioral implications related to common belief in these events: while optimism is related to Point Rationalizability, a new algorithm -- Wald Rationalizability -- captures pessimism. Our characterizations allow us to uncover novel results: ($i$) regarding optimism, we relate it to wishful thinking á la Yildiz (2007) and we prove that dropping the (implicit) "belief-implies-truth" assumption reverses an existence failure described therein; ($ii$) we shed light on the notion of rationality in ordinal games; ($iii$) we clarify the conceptual underpinnings behind a discontinuity in Rationalizability hinted in the analysis of Weinstein (2016).
description: Previous titles: "Strategic Interactions under Ignorance: A Theory of Tropical Players" & "Tropical Attitudes in Strategic Interactions under Ignorance"
Behavioral and Physiological Responses to Child-Directed Speech of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders or Typical Development
Creators: name: Roberts, Jane E.
name: Dalton, Jennifer C.
name: Baranek, Grace T.
name: Mandulak, Kerry C.
name: Watson, Linda R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Young boys with autism were compared to typically developing boys on responses to nonsocial and child-directed speech (CDS) stimuli. Behavioral (looking) and physiological (heart rate and respiratory sinus arrhythmia) measures were collected. Boys with autism looked equally as much as chronological age-matched peers at nonsocial stimuli, but less at CDS stimuli. Boys with autism and language age-matched peers differed in patterns of looking at live versus videotaped CDS stimuli. Boys with autism demonstrated faster heart rates than chronological age-matched peers, but did not differ significantly on respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Reduced attention during CDS may restrict language-learning opportunities for children with autism. The heart rate findings suggest that young children with autism have a nonspecific elevated arousal level.
Silver environment and covalent network rearrangement in GeS3-Ag glasses
Creators: name: Rátkai, László
name: Kaban, Ivan
name: Wágner, Tomáš
name: Kolář, Jakub
name: Valková, Silviya
name: Voleská, Iva
name: Beuneu, Brigitte
name: Jóvári, Pál
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The structure of Ag-doped GeS3 glasses (0, 15, 20, 25 at.% Ag) was investigated by diffraction techniques and extended x-ray absorption fine structure measurements. Structural models were obtained by fitting the experimental datasets simultaneously by the reverse Monte Carlo simulation technique. It is observed that Ge has mostly S neighbours in GeS3, but Ge-Ge bonds appear already at 15% Ag content. Sulfur has ~2 S/Ge neighbours over the whole concentration range, while the S-Ag coordination number increases with increasing Ag content. Ag-Ag pairs can already be found at 15% Ag. The Ag-S mean coordination number changes from 2.17 +/- 0.2 to 2.86 +/- 0.2 between 15% and 25% Ag content. Unlike the As-S network in AsS2-25Ag glass, the Ge-S network is not fragmented upon Ag-doping of GeS3 glass.
Evidence-Based Behavioral Interventions for Repetitive Behaviors in Autism
Creators: name: Boyd, Brian A.
name: Bodfish, James W.
name: McDonough, Stephen G.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Restricted and repetitive behaviors (RRBs) are a core symptom of autism spectrum disorders (ASD). There has been an increased research emphasis on repetitive behaviors; however, this research primarily has focused on phenomenology and mechanisms. Thus, the knowledge base on interventions is lagging behind other areas of research. The literature suggests there are evidence-based practices to treat “lower order” RRBs in ASD (e.g., stereotypies); yet, there is a lack of a focused program of intervention research for “higher order” behaviors (e.g., insistence on sameness). This paper will (a) discuss barriers to intervention development for RRBs; (b) review evidence-based interventions to treat RRBs in ASD, with a focus on higher order behaviors; and (c) conclude with recommendations for practice and research.
Effect of xylanase addition and ultrasonic pretreatment on the yield and volatile profile of bay laurel and sage essential oil
Creators: name: Dent, Maja
name: Vujović, Tamara
name: Miljanović, Anđela
name: Jerković, Igor
name: Marijanović, Zvonimir
name: Grbin, Dorotea
name: Rezić, Tonči
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: In order to increase the yield of essential oils in hydrodistillation of bay laurel and sage, the effect of pretreatment with ultrasound and enzymes (under different conditions of xylanase pretreatment) was studied. The effects of the optimized conditions (concentration of xylanase 0.20 mg/mL in buffer pH=6.5 at 40°C for 4 h) during the enzymatic pretreatment showed that despite the optimization the activity of xylanase did not significantly affect the quantity and quality of essential oils of bay laurel and sage. Ultrasonic pretreatment prior to enzymatic pretreatment with the addition of optimized xylanase resulted in increased yields of dominant compounds (α-thujone 27.42%, β-thujone 12.15%, and camphor 20.94%) in sage essential oil, while in bay laurel the amount of dominant compounds (1,8-cineole 24.65% and α-terpenyl acetate 11.05%) was not significantly increased. Despite minor changes, ultrasonic and enzymatic pretreatment of the plant materials did not significantly affect the chemical composition of the essential oils of bay laurel and sage compared with the control without pretreatment, as confirmed by the Spearman rank test (p < 0.05). The main advantage of ultrasonic extraction is the reduction in pretreatment time. Ultrasonic pretreatment for only 10 min before enzymatic pretreatment resulted in a 50% increase in sage essential oil yield and a 40% increase in bay laurel essential oil yield.
Weak Fusion 2-Categories
Creators: name: Décoppet, Thibault D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: Category Theory (math.CT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 18M15, 18M20, 18N10, 18N25 (Primary), 18M05 (Secondary)

description: We introduce a weakening of the notion of fusion 2-category given in arXiv:1812.11933. Then, we establish a number of properties of (multi)fusion 2-categories. Finally, we describe the fusion rule of the fusion 2-categories associated to certain pointed braided fusion categories.
description: Minor corrections. previously part of arXiv:2012.15774v1
Сорокалетие отношений между Китаем и США: подтверждение тенденций
Creators: name: Тимофеев Олег Анатольевич
Publisher: name: Китай в мировой и региональной политике. История и современность
Year: 2013
Subjects: КИТАЙСКО-АМЕРИКАНСКИЕ ОТНОШЕНИЯ
СТРАТЕГИЧЕСКОЕ ПАРТНЕРСТВО
ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЙ ДИАЛОГ
«ЗАИНТЕРЕСОВАННЫЙ УЧАСТНИК»

description: Статья посвящена рассмотрению системных факторов в китайско-американских отношениях. За период, прошедший с 1972 г. времени нормализации двухсторонних связей, эти отношения пережили периоды недоверия, стабилизации, прорывов к более позитивной модели развития и к «экономизации» стратегической повестки. Автор анализирует тенденции, превращающие эти отношения в более зрелые и предсказуемые: прежде всего это повышение роли как многосторонних институтов, так и экономического сотрудничества.
The GAPS programme with HARPS-N@TNG IV: A planetary system around XO-2S
Creators: name: Desidera, S.
name: Bonomo, A. S.
name: Claudi, R. U.
name: Damasso, M.
name: Biazzo, K.
name: Sozzetti, A.
name: Marzari, F.
name: Benatti, S.
name: Gandolfi, D.
name: Gratton, R.
name: Lanza, A. F.
name: Nascimbeni, V.
name: Andreuzzi, G.
name: Affer, L.
name: Barbieri, M.
name: Bedin, L. R.
name: Bignamini, A.
name: Bonavita, M.
name: Borsa, F.
name: Calcidese, P.
name: Christille, J. M.
name: Cosentino, R.
name: Covino, E.
name: Esposito, M.
name: Giacobbe, P.
name: Harutyunyan, A.
name: Latham, D.
name: Lattanzi, M.
name: Leto, G.
name: Lodato, G.
name: Lovis, C.
name: Maggio, A.
name: Malavolta, L.
name: Mancini, L.
name: Fiorenzano, A. F. Martinez
name: Micela, G.
name: Molinari, E.
name: Mordasini, C.
name: Munari, U.
name: Pagano, I.
name: Pedani, M.
name: Pepe, F.
name: Piotto, G.
name: Poretti, E.
name: Rainer, M.
name: Ribas, I.
name: Santos, N. C.
name: Scandariato, G.
name: Silvotti, R.
name: Southworth, J.
name: Sanchez, R. Zanmar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We performed an intensive radial velocity monitoring of XO-2S, the wide companion of the transiting planet-host XO-2N, using HARPS-N at TNG in the framework of the GAPS programme. The radial velocity measurements indicate the presence of a new planetary system formed by a planet that is slightly more massive than Jupiter at 0.48 au and a Saturn-mass planet at 0.13 au. Both planetary orbits are moderately eccentric and were found to be dynamically stable. There are also indications of a long-term trend in the radial velocities. This is the first confirmed case of a wide binary whose components both host planets, one of which is transiting, which makes the XO-2 system a unique laboratory for understanding the diversity of planetary systems.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures, accepted on A&A Letter
High Prevalence of Varus Knee Malalignment in Adolescent Football Players—Clinical Lower Leg Axis Measurements of Male Junior Football Players Aged 7 to 18 Years
Creators: name: Memmel, Clemens
name: Sporrer, Dominik
name: Szymski, Dominik
name: Weber, Johannes
name: Hanke, Alexander
name: Denzinger, Markus
name: Kerschbaum, Maximilian
name: Alt, Volker
name: Krutsch, Werner
name: Koch, Matthias
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: varus knee; bowlegs; junior football; lower leg alignment; training load
subject: 610 Medizin

description: Background: Football, as the most popular sport worldwide, has long been under suspicion
of causing varus knee alignment as early as adolescence. However, no causal relationship has yet
been found. The first step to do so would be to determine the prevalence of lower leg malalignment
among male junior football players depending on age, performance level and the number of active
seasons played. Methods: Leg axis alignment in frontal plane was determined in male junior football
players of different age levels between 7 and 18 years by measuring the intercondylar/intermalleolar
distance (ICD/IMD) in an upright position. In addition to anthropometric data, multiple sportspecific
data such as the start of their football career or training time per week were collected by
means of questionnaires (clinical trial registration number: DRKS00020446). Results: 207 male junior
football players were included in this survey. The mean age was 12.8 years. Within the group of
15 to 18 year olds, the prevalence of varus knee malalignment was highest at just under a third
(32.1%). In the subpopulation that played actively for more than ten seasons, 28.9% showed varus
leg axis. Regarding performance level, the highest IMD/ICD values and highest prevalence of
varus alignment were found among football players who play on a semi-professional level (16.7%),
compared to amateur (11.4%) and high-performance levels (2.8%). Conclusions: Further research is
necessary to investigate if this high prevalence of varus knee in children of a higher age and higher
playing levels is due to the selection bias of football players with varus knee or a real development of
varus knee in individuals.
Representative endowments and uniform Gini orderings of multi-attribute welfare
Creators: name: Mosler, Karl
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: For the comparison of inequality and welfare in multiple attributes the use of generalized Gini indices is proposed. Individual endowment vectors are summarized by using attribute weights and aggregated in a spectral social evaluation function. Such functions are based on classes of spectral functions, ordered by their aversion to inequality. Given a spectrum and a set $P$ of attribute weights, a multivariate Gini dominance ordering, being uniform in weights, is defined. If the endowment vectors are comonotonic, the dominance is determined by their marginal distributions; if not, the dependence structure of the endowment distribution has to be taken into account. For this, a set-valued representative endowment is introduced that characterizes the welfare of a $d$-dimensioned distribution. It consists of all points above the lower border of a convex compact in $\R^d$, while the set ordering of representative endowments corresponds to uniform Gini dominance. An application is given to the welfare of 28 European countries. Properties of $P$-uniform Gini dominance are derived, including relations to other orderings of $d$-variate distributions such as convex and dependence orderings. The multi-dimensioned representative endowment can be efficiently calculated from data. In a sampling context, it consistently estimates its population version.
description: 20 pages. A previous version was titled "Representative endowments and uniform Gini orderings of multi-attribute inequality". To appear in Journal of Economic Inequality
NU-Wave: A Diffusion Probabilistic Model for Neural Audio Upsampling
Creators: name: Lee, Junhyeok
name: Han, Seungu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this work, we introduce NU-Wave, the first neural audio upsampling model to produce waveforms of sampling rate 48kHz from coarse 16kHz or 24kHz inputs, while prior works could generate only up to 16kHz. NU-Wave is the first diffusion probabilistic model for audio super-resolution which is engineered based on neural vocoders. NU-Wave generates high-quality audio that achieves high performance in terms of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), log-spectral distance (LSD), and accuracy of the ABX test. In all cases, NU-Wave outperforms the baseline models despite the substantially smaller model capacity (3.0M parameters) than baselines (5.4-21%). The audio samples of our model are available at https://mindslab-ai.github.io/nuwave, and the code will be made available soon.
description: Accepted to Interspeech 2021
Spin wave non-reciprocity and beating in permalloy by time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect
Creators: name: Rao, Siddharth
name: Yoon, Jungbum
name: Rhensius, Jan
name: Bhatia, Charanjit S.
name: Yang, Hyunsoo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have studied the propagation characteristics of spin wave modes in a permalloy stripe by time-resolved magneto-optical Kerr effect techniques. We observe a beating interference pattern in the time domain under the influence of an electrical square pulse excitation at the center of the stripe. We also probe the non-reciprocal behavior of propagating spin waves with a dependence on the external magnetic field. Spatial dependence studies show that localized edge mode spin waves have a lower frequency than spin waves in the center of the stripe, due to the varying magnetization vector across the width of the stripe.
Play and Joint Attention of Children with Autism in the Preschool Special Education Classroom
Creators: name: Kasari, Connie
name: Wong, Connie
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: The purpose of this study was to examine play and joint attention in children with autism (n=27) as compared to children with other developmental delays (n=28) in public preschool special education classrooms. The participants were observed in their classroom environment for 2 h over 3 separate days. Results show that children with autism spent more of their time unengaged and less time engaged in symbolic play and joint attention behaviors as compared to children with other developmental delays. Additionally, teachers seldom focused directly on symbolic play and joint attention in their teaching. These findings suggest the importance of educating teachers to target play and joint attention skills in their preschool special education classes, specifically for children with autism.
A New Fast Monte Carlo Code for Solving Radiative Transfer Equations based on Neumann Solution
Creators: name: Yang, Xiao-lin
name: Wang, Jian-cheng
name: Yang, Chu-yuan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we proposed a new Monte Carlo radiative transport (MCRT) scheme, which is based completely on the Neumann series solution of Fredholm integral equation. This scheme indicates that the essence of MCRT is the calculation of infinite terms of multiple integrals in Neumann solution simultaneously. Under this perspective we redescribed MCRT procedure systematically, in which the main work amounts to choose an associated probability distribution function (PDF) for a set of random variables and the corresponding unbiased estimation functions. We can select a relatively optimal estimation procedure that has a lower variance from an infinite possible choices, such as the term by term estimation. In this scheme, MCRT can be regarded as a pure problem of integral evaluation, rather than as the tracing of random walking photons. Keeping this in mind, one can avert some subtle intuitive mistakes. In addition the $δ$-functions in these integrals can be eliminated in advance by integrating them out directly. This fact together with the optimal chosen random variables can remarkably improve the Monte Carlo (MC) computational efficiency and accuracy, especially in systems with axial or spherical symmetry. An MCRT code, Lemon (Linear Integral Equations' Monte Carlo Solver Based on the Neumann solution), has been developed completely based on this scheme. Finally, we intend to verify the validation of Lemon, a suite of test problems mainly restricted to flat spacetime have been reproduced and the corresponding results are illustrated in detail.
description: 37 pages, 28 figures. The code can be download from: https://github.com/yangxiaolinyn/Lemon (or https://bitbucket.org/yangxiaolinsc/lemonsourcecode/src/main/) and https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4686355. Comments are welcome
Transgenerationale Traumata unter der Lupe der Resilienzforschung: Eine kritische Analyse zu vorhandenen Methoden der sozialpädagogischen Familienhilfe
Creators: name: Erni, Elisa
Publisher: name: Hochschule Luzern – Soziale Arbeit
Year: 2024

description: Die vorliegende Bachelorthesis befasst sich mit der transgenerationalen Weitergabe von Traumata und den daraus resultierenden Auswirkungen auf die kindliche Entwicklung. Die transgenerationale Weitergabe von Traumata erfolgt durch die Übertragung unverarbeiteter, traumatischer Erfahrungen der Eltern oder vorherigen Generationen auf ihre Kinder. Die Arbeit beleuchtet sowohl psychologische als auch biologische Mechanismen dieser Übertragung. In der Medizin und Psychologie ist die Weitergabe von Traumata fester Bestandteil der Forschung. In der Sozialen Arbeit gibt es bisher wenige Ansätze.

Die Thesis stellt eine Verbindung von transgenerationalen Traumata zur Resilienzforschung auf und analysiert diese im Feld der Sozialen Arbeit. Präventive Massnahmen sollen darauf abzielen, die Weitergabe von Traumata zu verhindern und die psychische Gesundheit von Kindern nachhaltig zu fördern.

Die Arbeit demonstriert, dass eine frühkindliche Förderung sowie die Stärkung der Resilienz von entscheidender Bedeutung sind, um die negativen Auswirkungen transgenerationaler Traumata zu minimieren. Dabei werden verschiedene Methoden der sozialpädagogischen Familienbegleitung vorgestellt und Handlungslücken herausgearbeitet. Die Arbeit leistet einen Beitrag dazu, ein umfassendes Verständnis für die Notwendigkeit präventiver Massnahmen und gezielter Unterstützung in der Sozialen Arbeit gegenüber der Weitergabe von Traumata in Familien zu entwickeln.
description: + Code Diss LU: hslusa basp be + Fussnote: Bachelor-Arbeit, Hochschule Luzern – Soziale Arbeit, Studienrichtung Sozialpädagogik, 2024 + NL-Code: NLLUHSA202409
A Kolmogorov theorem for nearly-integrable Poisson systems with asymptotically decaying time-dependent perturbation
Creators: name: Fortunati, Alessandro
name: Wiggins, Stephen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary: 70H08. Secondary: 37J40, 53D17

description: The aim of this paper is to prove the Kolmogorov theorem of persistence of Diophantine flows for nearly-integrable Poisson systems associated to a real analytic Hamiltonian with aperiodic time dependence, provided that the perturbation is asymptotically vanishing. The paper is an extension of an analogous result by the same authors for canonical Hamiltonian systems; the flexibility of the Lie series method developed by A. Giorgilli et al., is profitably used in the present generalisation.
description: 10 pages
Temperament and Sensory Features of Children with Autism
Creators: name: Brock, M. E.
name: Baranek, G. T.
name: Freuler, A.
name: Sabatino, A.
name: Poe, M. D.
name: Watson, L. R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: This study sought to characterize temperament traits in a sample of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), ages 3–7 years old, and to determine the potential association between temperament and sensory features in ASD. Individual differences in sensory processing may form the basis for aspects of temperament and personality, and aberrations in sensory processing may inform why some temperamental traits are characteristic of specific clinical populations.
Nitrogen isotopic fractionation during abiotic synthesis of organic solid particles
Creators: name: Kuga, Maïa
name: Carrasco, Nathalie
name: Marty, Bernard
name: Marrocchi, Yves
name: Bernard, Sylvain
name: Rigaudier, Thomas
name: Fleury, Benjamin
name: Tissandier, Laurent
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The formation of organic compounds is generally assumed to result from abiotic processes in the Solar System, with the exception of biogenic organics on Earth. Nitrogen-bearing organics are of particular interest, notably for prebiotic perspectives but also for overall comprehension of organic formation in the young solar system and in planetary atmospheres. We have investigated abiotic synthesis of organics upon plasma discharge, with special attention to N isotope fractionation. Organic aerosols were synthesized from N2-CH4 and N2-CO gaseous mixtures using low-pressure plasma discharge experiments, aimed at simulating chemistry occurring in Titan s atmosphere and in the protosolar nebula, respectively. Nitrogen is efficiently incorporated into the synthesized solids, independently of the oxidation degree, of the N2 content of the starting gas mixture, and of the nitrogen speciation in the aerosols. The aerosols are depleted in 15N by 15-25 permil relative to the initial N2 gas, whatever the experimental setup is. Such an isotopic fractionation is attributed to mass-dependent kinetic effect(s). Nitrogen isotope fractionation upon electric discharge cannot account for the large N isotope variations observed among solar system objects and reservoirs. Extreme N isotope signatures in the solar system are more likely the result of self-shielding during N2 photodissociation, exotic effect during photodissociation of N2 and/or low temperature ion-molecule isotope exchange. Kinetic N isotope fractionation may play a significant role in the Titan s atmosphere. We also suggest that the low delta15N values of Archaean organic matter are partly the result of abiotic synthesis of organics that occurred at that time.
Safe Exploration in Model-based Reinforcement Learning using Control Barrier Functions
Creators: name: Cohen, Max H.
name: Belta, Calin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: This paper develops a model-based reinforcement learning (MBRL) framework for learning online the value function of an infinite-horizon optimal control problem while obeying safety constraints expressed as control barrier functions (CBFs). Our approach is facilitated by the development of a novel class of CBFs, termed Lyapunov-like CBFs (LCBFs), that retain the beneficial properties of CBFs for developing minimally-invasive safe control policies while also possessing desirable Lyapunov-like qualities such as positive semi-definiteness. We show how these LCBFs can be used to augment a learning-based control policy to guarantee safety and then leverage this approach to develop a safe exploration framework in a MBRL setting. We demonstrate that our approach can handle more general safety constraints than comparative methods via numerical examples.
description: Accepted for publication in Automatica
Anti-Newtonian dynamics and self-induced Bloch oscillations of correlated particles
Creators: name: Longhi, Stefano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We predict that two correlated particles hopping on a one-dimensional Hubbard lattice can show transient self-acceleration and self-induced Bloch oscillations as a result of anti-Newtonian dynamics. Self-propulsion occurs for two particles with opposite effective mass on the lattice and requires long-range particle interaction. A photonic simulator of the two-particle Hubbard model with controllable long-range interaction, where self-propulsion can be observed, is discussed.
description: 11 pages, 3 figures, comments are welcome
The Study to Explore Early Development (SEED): A Multisite Epidemiologic Study of Autism by the Centers for Autism and Developmental Disabilities Research and Epidemiology (CADDRE) Network
Creators: name: DiGuiseppi, Carolyn
name: Collins, Jack
name: Grether, Judith
name: Lee, Li-Ching
name: Schieve, Laura A.
name: Croen, Lisa A.
name: Levenseller, Brooke
name: Levy, Susan E.
name: Bradley, Chyrise
name: Schendel, Diana E.
name: Kaparich, Kristina
name: Aylsworth, Arthur S.
name: Newschaffer, Craig
name: Miller, Lisa
name: Wiggins, Lisa D.
name: Ferretti, Casara J.
name: Bernal, Pilar
name: Farzadegan, Homayoon
name: Herr, Matthew
name: Daniels, Julie
name: Bonner, Joseph D.
name: Giarelli, Ellen
name: Windham, Gayle C.
name: Landa, Rebecca
name: Robinson, Cordelia
name: Alexander, Aimee
name: Hepburn, Susan
name: Fallin, M. Daniele
name: Blaskey, Lisa
name: Harvey, Marques
name: Pinto-Martin, Jennifer
name: Reed, Philip L.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: The Study to Explore Early Development (SEED), a multisite investigation addressing knowledge gaps in autism phenotype and etiology, aims to: (1) characterize the autism behavioral phenotype and associated developmental, medical, and behavioral conditions and (2) investigate genetic and environmental risks with emphasis on immunologic, hormonal, gastrointestinal, and sociodemographic characteristics. SEED uses a case–control design with population-based ascertainment of children aged 2–5 years with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and children in two control groups—one from the general population and one with non-ASD developmental problems. Data from parent-completed questionnaires, interviews, clinical evaluations, biospecimen sampling, and medical record abstraction focus on the prenatal and early postnatal periods. SEED is a valuable resource for testing hypotheses regarding ASD characteristics and causes.
To What Extent Do Joint Attention, Imitation, and Object Play Behaviors in Infancy Predict Later Communication and Intellectual Functioning in ASD?
Creators: name: Poe, Michele D.
name: Poon, Kenneth K.
name: Baranek, Grace T.
name: Watson, Linda R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: The extent to which early social communication behaviors predict later communication and intellectual outcomes was investigated via retrospective video analysis. Joint attention, imitation, and complex object play behaviors were coded from edited home videos featuring scenes of 29 children with ASD at 9–12 and/or 15–18 months. A quantitative interval recording of behavior and a qualitative rating of the developmental level were applied. Social communication behaviors increased between 9–12 and 15–18 months. Their mean level during infancy, but not the rate of change, predicted both Vineland Communication scores and intellectual functioning at 3–7 years. The two methods of measurement yielded similar results. Thus, early social communicative behaviors may play pivotal roles in the development of subsequent communication and intellectual functioning.
Principles and Algorithms for Forecasting Groups of Time Series: Locality and Globality
Creators: name: Montero-Manso, Pablo
name: Hyndman, Rob J
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Econometric and statistical methods
Econometrics not elsewhere classified

description: Forecasting of groups of time series (e.g. demand for multiple products offered by a retailer, server loads within a data center or the number of completed ride shares in zones within a city) can be approached locally, by considering each time series as a separate regression task and fitting a function to each, or globally, by fitting a single function to all time series in the set. While global methods can outperform local for groups composed of similar time series, recent empirical evidence shows surprisingly good performance on heterogeneous groups. This suggests a more general applicability of global methods, potentially leading to more accurate tools and new scenarios to study. However, the evidence has been of empirical nature and a more fundamental study is required. Formalizing the setting of forecasting a set of time series with local and global methods, we provide the following contributions: • We show that global methods are not more restrictive than local methods for time series forecasting, a result which does not apply to sets of regression problems in general. Global and local methods can produce the same forecasts without any assumptions about similarity of the series in the set, therefore global models can succeed in a wider range of problems than previously thought. • We derive basic generalization bounds for local and global algorithms, linking global models to pre-existing results in multi-task learning: We find that the complexity of local methods grows with the size of the set while it remains constant for global methods. Global algorithms can afford to be quite complex and still benefit from better generalization error than local methods for large datasets. These bounds serve to clarify and support recent experimental results in the area of time series forecasting, and guide the design of new algorithms. For the specific class of limited-memory autoregressive models, this bound leads to the design of global models with much larger memory than what is effective for local methods. • The findings are supported by an extensive empirical study. We show that purposely naïve algorithms derived from these principles, such as global linear models fit by least squares, deep networks or even high order polynomials, result in superior accuracy in benchmark datasets. In particular, global linear models show an unreasonable effectiveness, providing competitive forecasting accuracy with far fewer parameters than the simplest of local methods. Empirical evidence points towards global models being able to automatically learn long memory patterns and related effects that are only available to local models if introduced manually.
Visual Attention and Autistic Behavior in Infants with Fragile X Syndrome
Creators: name: Roberts, Jane E.
name: Anello, Vittoria
name: Hatton, Deborah D.
name: Colombo, John
name: Long, Anna C. J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: Fragile X syndrome (FXS) is the leading known inherited cause of intellectual disability and the most common known biological cause of autism. Approximately 25% to 50% of males with FXS meet full diagnostic criteria for autism. Despite the high comorbidity between FXS and autism and the ability to diagnose FXS prenatally or at birth, no studies have examined indicators of autism in infants with FXS. The current study focused on indices of visual attention, one of the earliest and most robust behavioral indicators of autism in idiopathic (non-FXS) autism. Analyses revealed lower HR variability, shallower HR decelerations, and prolonged look durations in 12-month old infants with FXS that were correlated with severity of autistic behavior but not mental age.
An Asymmetric Loss with Anomaly Detection LSTM Framework for Power Consumption Prediction
Creators: name: Ghanim, Jihan
name: Issa, Maha
name: Awad, Mariette
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Building an accurate load forecasting model with minimal underpredictions is vital to prevent any undesired power outages due to underproduction of electricity. However, the power consumption patterns of the residential sector contain fluctuations and anomalies making them challenging to predict. In this paper, we propose multiple Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) frameworks with different asymmetric loss functions to impose a higher penalty on underpredictions. We also apply a density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise (DBSCAN) anomaly detection approach, prior to the load forecasting task, to remove any present oultiers. Considering the effect of weather and social factors, seasonality splitting is performed on the three considered datasets from France, Germany, and Hungary containing hourly power consumption, weather, and calendar features. Root-mean-square error (RMSE) results show that removing the anomalies efficiently reduces the underestimation and overestimation errors in all the seasonal datasets. Additionally, asymmetric loss functions and seasonality splitting effectively minimize underestimations despite increasing the overestimation error to some degree. Reducing underpredictions of electricity consumption is essential to prevent power outages that can be damaging to the community.
description: This paper was published in 2022 IEEE 21st Mediterranean Electrotechnical Conference (MELECON)
Exploring the Manifestations of Anxiety in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Creators: name: Dukes, Kimberly
name: Bregman, Joel
name: Tierney, Elaine
name: Lecavalier, Luc
name: Vitiello, Benedetto
name: Sukhodolsky, Denis G.
name: Anagnostou, Evdokia
name: Hallett, Victoria
name: McCracken, James T.
name: Cipriano, Noreen
name: King, Bryan H.
name: McDougle, Christopher J.
name: Gadow, Kenneth
name: Hollander, Eric
name: Katsovich, Lily
name: Scahill, Lawrence
name: Donnelly, Craig
name: Sikich, Linmarie
name: Aman, Michael G.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: This study explores the manifestation and measurement of anxiety symptoms in 415 children with ASDs on a 20-item, parent-rated, DSM-IV referenced anxiety scale. In both high and low-functioning children (IQ above vs below 70), commonly endorsed items assessed restlessness, tension and sleep difficulties. Items requiring verbal expression of worry by the child were rarely endorsed. Higher anxiety was associated with functional language, IQ above 70 and higher scores on several other behavioral measures. Four underlying factors emerged: Generalized Anxiety, Separation Anxiety, Social Anxiety and Over-arousal. Our findings extend our understanding of anxiety across IQ in ASD and provide guidance for improving anxiety outcome measurement.
Optical characterization of active photon cages
Creators: name: Artinyan, Rémy
name: Benamrouche, Aziz
name: Belacel, Chérif
name: Kozubova, Marina
name: Berthelot, Alice
name: Jurdyc, Anne-Marie
name: Beaudin, Guillaume
name: Aimez, Vincent
name: Rojo-Romeo, Pedro
name: Leclercq, Jean-Louis
name: Peretti, Romain
name: Letartre, Xavier
name: Callard, Ségolène
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, we developed a new family of 3D photonic hollow resonators which theoretically allow tight confinement of light in a fluid (gaz or liquid): the photon cages. These new resonators could be ideal for sensing applications since they not only localize the electromagnetic energy in a small mode volume but also enforce maximal overlap between this localized field and the environment (i.e. a potential volume of nano-particles). In this work, we will present numerical and experimental studies of the interaction of a photon cage optical mode with nano-emitters. For this, PbS quantum dot emitters in a PDMS host matrix have been introduced in photon cages designed to have optimal confinement properties when containing a PDMS-based active medium. Photoluminescence measurements have been performed and the presence of quantum dot emitters in the photon cages has been demonstrated.