cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
"SignalShapes_XPhiToMuMu.root" of "Search for a scalar or pseudoscalar dilepton resonance produced in association with a massive vector boson or top quark-antiquark pair in multilepton events at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV"
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: HEPData
Year: 2024

description: Signal shapes in arbitrary units for $\phi \rightarrow \mu\mu$ decay channel in each signal region as a function of dilepton mass.
description: A search for beyond the standard model spin-0 bosons, $\phi$, that decay into pairs of electrons, muons, or tau leptons is presented. The search targets the associated production of such bosons with a $\mathrm{W}$ or $\mathrm{Z}$ gauge boson, or a top quark-antiquark pair, and uses events with three or four charged leptons, including hadronically decaying tau leptons. The proton-proton collision data set used in the analysis was collected at the LHC from 2016 to 2018 at a center-of-mass energy of $13\TeV$, and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of $138\fbinv$. The observations are consistent with the predictions from standard model processes. Upper limits are placed on the product of cross sections and branching fractions of such new particles over the mass range of 15 to $350\GeV$ with scalar, pseudoscalar, or Higgs-boson-like couplings, as well as on the product of coupling parameters and branching fractions. Several model-dependent exclusion limits are also presented. For a Higgs-boson-like $\phi$ model, limits are set on the mixing angle of the Higgs boson with the $\phi$ boson. For the associated production of a $\phi$ boson with a top quark-antiquark pair, limits are set on the coupling to top quarks. Finally, limits are set for the first time on a fermiophilic dilaton-like model with scalar couplings and a fermiophilic axion-like model with pseudoscalar couplings.
Designing substrates for silicene and germanene: First-principles calculations
Creators: name: Chen, M. X.
name: Zhong, Z.
name: Weinert, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a guideline for exploring substrates that stabilize the monolayer honeycomb structure of silicene and germanene while simultaneously preserve the Dirac states: in addition to have a strong binding energy to the monolayer, a suitable substrate should be a large-gap semiconductor with a proper workfunction such that the Dirac point lies in the gap and far from the substrate states when their bands align. We illustrate our idea by performing first-principles calculations for silicene and germanene on the Al-terminated (0001) surface of Al2O3 . The overlaid monolayers on Al-terminated Al2O3(0001) retain the main structural profile of the low-buckled honeycomb structure via a binding energy comparable to the one between silicene and Ag(111). Unfolded band structure derived from the k-projection method reveals that gapped Dirac cone is formed at the K point due to the structural distortion and the interaction with the substrate. The gaps of 0.4 eV and 0.3 eV respectively for the supported silicene and germanene suggest that they may have potential applications in nanoelectronics.
Supplemental Data from "Contribution of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and Machine Learning Including Deep Learning Techniques for the Detection of Virulence Factors of Clostridioides difficile Strains"
Creators: name: Godmer, Alexandre
name: Gianetto, Quentin Giai
name: Neindre, Killian Le
name: Latapy, Valentine
name: Bastide, Mathilda
name: Ehmig, Muriel
name: Lalande, Valérie
name: Veziris, Nicolas
name: Aubrya, Alexandra
name: Barbut, Frédéric
name: Eckert, Catherine
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Supplemental Data from "Contribution of MALDI-TOF Mass Spectrometry and Machine Learning Including Deep Learning Techniques for the Detection of Virulence Factors of Clostridioides difficile Strains" This includes : Table S1: Caracteristics of the Clostridioides difficile strains used in this study according to PCR-ribotypes (PR) Table S2: Performances of the Machine Learning(ML)-based pipelines (each pipline has been evaluatd 10 times) Table S3: statistical comparison of the Kappa coefficient metrics according to the Machine Learning algorithms used in this studyby using the unilateral Wilcoxon signed rank test, with Benjamini-Hochberg correction Table S4: Performances of the Machine-Learning based classifiers on the “Test dataset” for the detection ToxA-B-, ToxA+B+CDT, ToxA+B+CDT+ and ToxA+B+CDT+Hv strains Table S5: statistical comparison of the Kappa coefficient metric according to the resampling methods used in this study by using the unilateral Wilcoxon signed rank test, with Benjamini-Hochberg correction
"signalShapeGenerator.py" of "Search for a scalar or pseudoscalar dilepton resonance produced in association with a massive vector boson or top quark-antiquark pair in multilepton events at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV"
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: HEPData
Year: 2024

description: Python macro for signal shape generation with corresponding README file, README__signalShapeGenerator.txt.
description: A search for beyond the standard model spin-0 bosons, $\phi$, that decay into pairs of electrons, muons, or tau leptons is presented. The search targets the associated production of such bosons with a $\mathrm{W}$ or $\mathrm{Z}$ gauge boson, or a top quark-antiquark pair, and uses events with three or four charged leptons, including hadronically decaying tau leptons. The proton-proton collision data set used in the analysis was collected at the LHC from 2016 to 2018 at a center-of-mass energy of $13\TeV$, and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of $138\fbinv$. The observations are consistent with the predictions from standard model processes. Upper limits are placed on the product of cross sections and branching fractions of such new particles over the mass range of 15 to $350\GeV$ with scalar, pseudoscalar, or Higgs-boson-like couplings, as well as on the product of coupling parameters and branching fractions. Several model-dependent exclusion limits are also presented. For a Higgs-boson-like $\phi$ model, limits are set on the mixing angle of the Higgs boson with the $\phi$ boson. For the associated production of a $\phi$ boson with a top quark-antiquark pair, limits are set on the coupling to top quarks. Finally, limits are set for the first time on a fermiophilic dilaton-like model with scalar couplings and a fermiophilic axion-like model with pseudoscalar couplings.
"README__XPhi_MC_information.txt" of "Search for a scalar or pseudoscalar dilepton resonance produced in association with a massive vector boson or top quark-antiquark pair in multilepton events at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV"
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: HEPData
Year: 2024

description: README for XPhi MC sample information.
description: A search for beyond the standard model spin-0 bosons, $\phi$, that decay into pairs of electrons, muons, or tau leptons is presented. The search targets the associated production of such bosons with a $\mathrm{W}$ or $\mathrm{Z}$ gauge boson, or a top quark-antiquark pair, and uses events with three or four charged leptons, including hadronically decaying tau leptons. The proton-proton collision data set used in the analysis was collected at the LHC from 2016 to 2018 at a center-of-mass energy of $13\TeV$, and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of $138\fbinv$. The observations are consistent with the predictions from standard model processes. Upper limits are placed on the product of cross sections and branching fractions of such new particles over the mass range of 15 to $350\GeV$ with scalar, pseudoscalar, or Higgs-boson-like couplings, as well as on the product of coupling parameters and branching fractions. Several model-dependent exclusion limits are also presented. For a Higgs-boson-like $\phi$ model, limits are set on the mixing angle of the Higgs boson with the $\phi$ boson. For the associated production of a $\phi$ boson with a top quark-antiquark pair, limits are set on the coupling to top quarks. Finally, limits are set for the first time on a fermiophilic dilaton-like model with scalar couplings and a fermiophilic axion-like model with pseudoscalar couplings.
The Impact of Social Norms on Users’ Smartphone Notifications Management Strategies
Creators: name: Goray, Cami
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: There are paradoxical stories about the role of notifications for smartphone users. On the one hand, notifications can empower us to remain "in the loop" and can help us connect with others through digital platforms. On the other hand, they are criticized for contributing to phone addiction as they pull us away from our immediate surroundings and real life human interaction. This study investigates the tension users feel between these trade-offs. Using Erving Goffman’s model of impression management as a theoretical lens, this study explores how two groups of users, Chinese international students and native U.S. students, manage their smartphone notifications. Additionally, it examines how they negotiate boundaries with technology. Data was collected from semi-structured interviews and participant diary study observations. 14 UNC-Chapel Hill undergraduate and graduate students participated. The findings illuminate what expectations and pressures users consider when reacting to their notifications as well as how they perceive their control in a world of constant connectivity. The findings may contribute suggestions for future smartphone notification design.
Security Concerns in Minimum Storage Cooperative Regenerating Codes
Creators: name: Huang, Kun
name: Parampalli, Udaya
name: Xian, Ming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Here, we revisit the problem of exploring the secrecy capacity of minimum storage cooperative regenerating (MSCR) codes under the $\{l_1,l_2\}$-eavesdropper model, where the eavesdropper can observe the data stored on $l_1$ nodes and the repair downloads of an additional $l_2$ nodes. Compared to minimum storage regenerating (MSR) codes which support only single node repairs, MSCR codes allow efficient simultaneous repairs of multiple failed nodes, referred to as a \emph{repair group}. However, the repair data sent from a helper node to another failed node may vary with different repair groups or the sets of helper nodes, which would inevitably leak more data information to the eavesdropper and even render the storage system unable to maintain any data secrecy. In this paper, we introduce and study a special category of MSCR codes, termed "\emph{stable}" MSCR codes, where the repair data from any one helper node to any one failed node is required to be independent of the repair group or the set of helper nodes. Our main contributions include: 1. Demonstrating that two existing MSCR codes inherently are not stable and thus have poor secrecy capacity, 2. Converting one existing MSCR code to a stable one, which offers better secrecy capacity when compared to the original one, 3. Employing information theoretic analysis to characterize the secrecy capacity of stable MSCR codes in certain situations.
A coalgebraic semantics for causality in Petri nets
Creators: name: Bruni, Roberto
name: Montanari, Ugo
name: Sammartino, Matteo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper we revisit some pioneering efforts to equip Petri nets with compact operational models for expressing causality. The models we propose have a bisimilarity relation and a minimal representative for each equivalence class, and they can be fully explained as coalgebras on a presheaf category on an index category of partial orders. First, we provide a set-theoretic model in the form of a a causal case graph, that is a labeled transition system where states and transitions represent markings and firings of the net, respectively, and are equipped with causal information. Most importantly, each state has a poset representing causal dependencies among past events. Our first result shows the correspondence with behavior structure semantics as proposed by Trakhtenbrot and Rabinovich. Causal case graphs may be infinitely-branching and have infinitely many states, but we show how they can be refined to get an equivalent finitely-branching model. In it, states are equipped with symmetries, which are essential for the existence of a minimal, often finite-state, model. The next step is constructing a coalgebraic model. We exploit the fact that events can be represented as names, and event generation as name generation. Thus we can apply the Fiore-Turi framework: we model causal relations as a suitable category of posets with action labels, and generation of new events with causal dependencies as an endofunctor on this category. Then we define a well-behaved category of coalgebras. Our coalgebraic model is still infinite-state, but we exploit the equivalence between coalgebras over a class of presheaves and History Dependent automata to derive a compact representation, which is equivalent to our set-theoretical compact model. Remarkably, state reduction is automatically performed along the equivalence.
description: Accepted by Journal of Logical and Algebraic Methods in Programming
Mutual Friends’ Social Support and Self-Disclosure in Face-to-Face and Instant Messenger Communication
Creators: name: Trepte, Sabine
name: Masur, Philipp
name: Scharkow, Michael
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022

description: This project contains the materials associated with the paper "Mutual Friends’ Social Support and Self-Disclosure in Face-to-Face and Instant Messenger Communication". The study is part of a special issue in "The Journal of Social Psychology" entitled "Interpersonal Relationships in the Digital Age" edited by Dr. Brad Okdie and Dr. David Ewoldsen.
Observation of double star by long-baseline interferometry
Creators: name: Bonneau, Daniel
name: Millour, Florentin
name: Meilland, Anthony
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper serves as a reference on how to estimate the parameters of binary stars and how to combine multiple techniques, namely astrometry, interferometry and radial velocities.
description: F. Millour, A. Chiavassa, L. Bigot, O. Chesneau, A. Meilland \& P. Stee. What can the highest angular resolution bring to stellar astrophysics?, 69-70, EDP sciences, 2015, EAS publication series, 978-2-7598-1833-4. \<10.1051/eas/1569020\>. \
"SignalShapes_XPhiToTauTau.root" of "Search for a scalar or pseudoscalar dilepton resonance produced in association with a massive vector boson or top quark-antiquark pair in multilepton events at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV"
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: HEPData
Year: 2024

description: Signal shapes in arbitrary units for $\phi \rightarrow \tau\tau$ decay channel in each signal region as a function of dilepton mass.
description: A search for beyond the standard model spin-0 bosons, $\phi$, that decay into pairs of electrons, muons, or tau leptons is presented. The search targets the associated production of such bosons with a $\mathrm{W}$ or $\mathrm{Z}$ gauge boson, or a top quark-antiquark pair, and uses events with three or four charged leptons, including hadronically decaying tau leptons. The proton-proton collision data set used in the analysis was collected at the LHC from 2016 to 2018 at a center-of-mass energy of $13\TeV$, and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of $138\fbinv$. The observations are consistent with the predictions from standard model processes. Upper limits are placed on the product of cross sections and branching fractions of such new particles over the mass range of 15 to $350\GeV$ with scalar, pseudoscalar, or Higgs-boson-like couplings, as well as on the product of coupling parameters and branching fractions. Several model-dependent exclusion limits are also presented. For a Higgs-boson-like $\phi$ model, limits are set on the mixing angle of the Higgs boson with the $\phi$ boson. For the associated production of a $\phi$ boson with a top quark-antiquark pair, limits are set on the coupling to top quarks. Finally, limits are set for the first time on a fermiophilic dilaton-like model with scalar couplings and a fermiophilic axion-like model with pseudoscalar couplings.
Natural disasters and regional industrial production efficiency: evidence from pre-war Japan
Creators: name: Mohan, Preeya
name: Okubo, Toshihiro
name: Strobl, Eric
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: In this paper we investigate whether destruction due to natural disasters induces industries to increase their regional production efficiency using the case of pre-war Japan, a setting of frequent disasters and technological upgrading. To this end we compile a regional sectoral dataset of natural disaster destruction and production for machinery and textiles. We then employ a stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) approach to estimate the role of disaster events on changes in production efficiency. Our results show that earthquakes led to increases in efficiency for both machinery and textiles, although they were substantially greater for textiles due to the recovery persisting longer. Overall earthquakes contributed 6.8% of efficiency gains in textiles and 3.1% in machinery. However, allowing events to compound in their impact showed that such gains were dampened when there were damaging earthquakes in subsequent years. In contrast, for climate-related natural disaster events there is only weak, if any, evidence that these played a significant role in determining productive efficiency.
Evaluation of the Performance and Cost of Cloud-Based Robot Motion Planning
Creators: name: Lynn, Jonathan
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: We evaluate and analyze the empirical performance and financial costs of
using cloud computing to accelerate robot motion planning. In prior work,
Ichnowski et al. proposed a method that splits the computation of a robot’s motion
plan between the robot’s own low-powered processor and a cloud-based high-powered
compute-optimized server [1]. We implement this method using the
compute service offered by Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) on a
Fetch robot [2] using 8 degrees of freedom to complete a task in a dynamic
environment, as would be required for a consumer-based home-assistance robot.
Computing across different data centers around the world, we investigate the
network time elapsed during the plan-transmission process, the time taken to
complete a task with the robot, and measures of planner performance including
the number of vertices and edges generated for each roadmap created during the
planning process. Finally, we use these results to estimate the cost model of such
pay-per-use cloud services used in this new planning method to evaluate its
economic feasibility and desirability compared to a traditional capital expense
model.
"README__signalShapeGenerator.txt" of "Search for a scalar or pseudoscalar dilepton resonance produced in association with a massive vector boson or top quark-antiquark pair in multilepton events at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV"
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: HEPData
Year: 2024

description: README for signal shape generation.
description: A search for beyond the standard model spin-0 bosons, $\phi$, that decay into pairs of electrons, muons, or tau leptons is presented. The search targets the associated production of such bosons with a $\mathrm{W}$ or $\mathrm{Z}$ gauge boson, or a top quark-antiquark pair, and uses events with three or four charged leptons, including hadronically decaying tau leptons. The proton-proton collision data set used in the analysis was collected at the LHC from 2016 to 2018 at a center-of-mass energy of $13\TeV$, and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of $138\fbinv$. The observations are consistent with the predictions from standard model processes. Upper limits are placed on the product of cross sections and branching fractions of such new particles over the mass range of 15 to $350\GeV$ with scalar, pseudoscalar, or Higgs-boson-like couplings, as well as on the product of coupling parameters and branching fractions. Several model-dependent exclusion limits are also presented. For a Higgs-boson-like $\phi$ model, limits are set on the mixing angle of the Higgs boson with the $\phi$ boson. For the associated production of a $\phi$ boson with a top quark-antiquark pair, limits are set on the coupling to top quarks. Finally, limits are set for the first time on a fermiophilic dilaton-like model with scalar couplings and a fermiophilic axion-like model with pseudoscalar couplings.
Usefulness of farm women training programmes in livelihood security
Creators: name: Al-Asif, Abdulla-
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Agricultural land management
Agricultural land planning
Agricultural production systems simulation
Agricultural systems analysis and modelling
Agriculture, land and farm management not elsewhere classified
Farm management, rural management and agribusiness
Sustainable agricultural development

description: The study was conducted at sadar upazila of Patuakhali district to determine the extent of usefulness of farm women training program in livelihood security and explore relationships with their 11 selected characteristics namely Age, Education, Family size, Family education, Training experience, Agricultural knowledge, Family co-operation, Annual family income, Decision making ability, Communication and Fatalism. Data were collected from 106 rural farm women (housewives) using pre-tested interview schedule during 10 July, 2014 to 20 August, 2014. Findings of the study indicated that the usefulness scores of women ranged from 25 to 62 with a mean 38.45 and standard deviation 11.21 against the possible range of 0 to 75. and 45.28 percent of the women had medium, 34.91 percent of them had low and 19.81 percent of the women had high usefulness of training programmes. The coefficient of correlation showed that out of 11 selected characteristics of the farm women, age had negative significant relationship, and rest of ten characteristics had positive significant relationships with usefulness of training programmes in livelihood security. Medium problem faced by the majority farm women in participating training programmes.
MPEC 2023-F181 : 2023 FT5
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 FT5

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Investigating a potential role for Nectin-2 and -4 in palate closure
Creators: name: Spitzer, Danielle
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: The nectins are a family of four (Nectin-1-4) transmembrane molecules that localize to adherens junctions and form homo- and heterotypic intercellular adhesions. Nectins likely play an important role in the development of the secondary palate which forms the roof of the mouth, as some nectin mutations are linked to cleft palate (CP) in humans. Additionally, mice with epithelial-specific loss of afadin, the obligate binding partner of nectins, also present with CP. To better understand the functional role of nectins during palatogenesis, nectin-4 expression was analyzed by immunohistochemistry and confocal microscopy immediately after palate fusion. Nectin-4 was found in the medial epithelial seam (MES, the transient epithelium remaining in the mesenchyme after palate fusion), in isolated cells in the mesenchyme outside the MES, and in clusters of cells that appear to be recently extruded into the nasal sinus. Nectin-4 expression was also observed in the apical domain of oral epithelial cells at the site of contact with other epithelial cells. These results suggest a possible cell sensing/sorting function for nectin-4 during palatogenesis that merits additional investigation. Furthermore, we hypothesize that loss of nectin expression will phenocopy afadin loss. Interestingly, while single knockouts of Nectin-1, -2 or -3 do not present with CP and double knockouts are embryonic lethal, no knockout model has been investigated for Nectin-4. To circumvent these limitations, we generated short hairpin RNA (shRNA) lentiviruses to target two understudied nectins, nectin-2 and -4. Eight shRNA lentiviruses – four per target nectin – have been made, and several clones for each gene show robust knockdown at the mRNA level as assessed by quantitative PCR in keratinocytes. These shRNAs can be adopted for in vivo applications, whereby we use a technique termed LUGGIGE (Lentiviral, Ultrasound-Guided Gene Inactivation and Gene Expression) to knockdown Nectin-2/4 expression specifically in surface epithelia, including oral epithelia, in the developing murine embryo. The ability to target multiple nectins simultaneously makes this a valuable molecular tool for future investigations on the role of nectins in development and disease.
Chromatic and High-frequency cVEP-based BCI Paradigm
Creators: name: Aminaka, Daiki
name: Makino, Shoji
name: Rutkowski, Tomasz M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We present results of an approach to a code-modulated visual evoked potential (cVEP) based brain-computer interface (BCI) paradigm using four high-frequency flashing stimuli. To generate higher frequency stimulation compared to the state-of-the-art cVEP-based BCIs, we propose to use the light-emitting diodes (LEDs) driven from a small micro-controller board hardware generator designed by our team. The high-frequency and green-blue chromatic flashing stimuli are used in the study in order to minimize a danger of a photosensitive epilepsy (PSE). We compare the the green-blue chromatic cVEP-based BCI accuracies with the conventional white-black flicker based interface.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, accepted for EMBC 2015, IEEE copyright
Home Environment, Teacher Language, and Literacy Development Across the First Grade Year
Creators: name: Buchanan, Kelly
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Existing research has established both parent behavior and teacher language to be
important mechanisms in memory development during the early elementary years. Preliminary
research on math achievement during this time has suggested that these relationships extend into
achievement domains. The purpose of this investigation was to test if these patterns extend into
literacy development. Literacy outcomes at the beginning of the first grade year and growth
across the year were explored as a function of home literacy environment and teacher mnemonic
style. Children who scored higher on the Family Literacy Environment subscale performed
better on literacy tasks at both the beginning and end of the first grade. However, children in
classrooms with high mnemonic teachers did not show different levels of growth in literacy
outcomes when compared to children with low mnemonic teachers. These patterns suggest that
a richer home literacy environment does predict better literacy performance at the beginning and
throughout the first grade, while teacher memory talk does not appear to be related to literacy
outcomes across the year. The results of this study suggest that home environment is important
in fostering literacy development in early childhood, though further research is needed to
understand the specific mechanisms that should be employed to facilitate literacy development in
the classroom.
Military Geography in Afghanistan: A Compartive Geospatial Analysis of the Soviet War and Operation Enduring Freedom
Creators: name: Farley, Matthew Lee
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: According to Colonel and Professor of Military Geography, Eugene Palka’s, Modern Military Geography “Military Geography is the application of geographic information, tools, and techniques to military problems.” Historically, military geography has been applied primarily to decisive battles or wars, limiting the scope of its effectiveness. Recently, geographers have extended geographic analysis and principles to unconventional military scenarios. Many geography scholars advocate analysis of geography to support peacetime and support operations. This paper will push this proposition even farther to suggest retroactive geographic analysis of conflict zones.
Geography and military geography can be divided into the subfields of Physical and Human Geography. Physical Geography examines the physical make up of an area including its climate, topography, land forms, soil content, location, and borders. Human Geography focuses on groupings of different cultural characteristics within an area. Geography is a constant in the world, it may change over time, but its impact is always present. What is called into question is whether or not that impact is as consistent as the geography it derives from; especially its impact on conflict. Afghanistan provides an opportunity to test this question.
Afghanistan has been in almost a constant state of conflict since the Soviet Invasion of 1979. The conflict in Afghanistan, while continuous, has varied in participation, combatants, casualties, intensities, and destructiveness. The Soviet Invasion and Occupation was followed by the Afghan Civil War, which was in turn, followed by the Coalition invasion of Afghanistan as a part of Operation Enduring Freedom. While the three conflicts vary considerably, the Soviet Invasion and Operation Enduring Freedom share common themes that make them the most comparable. This paper will use the geography of Afghanistan to identify the commonalities of these two conflicts, but the complex geography of Afghanistan makes this task difficult.
Beer sales in grocery and convenience stores: a glass half-full for craft brewers?
Creators: name: Palardy, Nathan
name: Costanigro, Marco
name: Cannon, Joseph
name: Thilmany, Dawn
name: Berning, Joshua
name: Bayham, Jude
name: Callaway, Jeff
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: We study how regulatory changes influence the market dynamics underlying business location decisions by investigating how a 2019 law introducing full-strength beer into grocery and convenience stores in the US state of Colorado impacted craft brewers a year after implementation. A state-wide survey reveals that the new channels brought limited change to how craft breweries sell beer. Access to grocery stores advantages larger craft breweries, while smaller breweries face significant logistical barriers. Analysis of mobile phone geolocation data reveals a modest reduction in visitation to liquor stores. Results suggest that the policy change will not impair Colorado’s ability to draw craft beer investment.
"XPhi_MC_information.tar.gz" of "Search for a scalar or pseudoscalar dilepton resonance produced in association with a massive vector boson or top quark-antiquark pair in multilepton events at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV"
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: HEPData
Year: 2024

description: XPhi MC sample information with corresponding README file, README__XPhi_MC_information.txt.
description: A search for beyond the standard model spin-0 bosons, $\phi$, that decay into pairs of electrons, muons, or tau leptons is presented. The search targets the associated production of such bosons with a $\mathrm{W}$ or $\mathrm{Z}$ gauge boson, or a top quark-antiquark pair, and uses events with three or four charged leptons, including hadronically decaying tau leptons. The proton-proton collision data set used in the analysis was collected at the LHC from 2016 to 2018 at a center-of-mass energy of $13\TeV$, and corresponds to an integrated luminosity of $138\fbinv$. The observations are consistent with the predictions from standard model processes. Upper limits are placed on the product of cross sections and branching fractions of such new particles over the mass range of 15 to $350\GeV$ with scalar, pseudoscalar, or Higgs-boson-like couplings, as well as on the product of coupling parameters and branching fractions. Several model-dependent exclusion limits are also presented. For a Higgs-boson-like $\phi$ model, limits are set on the mixing angle of the Higgs boson with the $\phi$ boson. For the associated production of a $\phi$ boson with a top quark-antiquark pair, limits are set on the coupling to top quarks. Finally, limits are set for the first time on a fermiophilic dilaton-like model with scalar couplings and a fermiophilic axion-like model with pseudoscalar couplings.
Constraints on the structure of 16 Cyg A and 16 Cyg B using inversion techniques
Creators: name: Buldgen, G.
name: Reese, D. R.
name: Dupret, M. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Constraining mixing processes and chemical composition is a central problem in stellar physics as their impact on stellar age determinations leads to biases in our studies of stellar evolution, galactic history and exoplanetary systems. In two previous papers, we showed how seismic inversion techniques could offer strong constraints on such processes by pointing out weaknesses in theoretical models. We now apply our technique to the solar analogues 16CygA and 16CygB, being amongst the best targets in the Kepler field to test the diagnostic potential of seismic inversions. The combination of various seismic indicators helps to provide more constrained and accurate fundamendal parameters for these stars. We use the latest seismic, spectroscopic and interferometric observational constraints in the litterature for this system to determine reference models independently for both stars. We carry out seismic inversions of the acoustic radius, the mean density and a core conditions indicator. We note that a degeneracy exists for the reference models. Namely, changing the diffusion coefficient or the chemical composition within the observational values leads to 5% changes in mass, 3% changes in radius and up to 8% changes in age. We use acoustic radius and mean density inversions to improve our reference models then carry out inversions for a core conditions indicator. Thanks to its sensitivity to microscopic diffusion and chemical composition mismatches, we are able to reduce the mass dispersion to 2%, namely [0.96, 1.0] M_sun, the radius dispersion to 1%, namely [1.188, 1.200] R_sun and the age dispersion to 3%, namely [7.0, 7.4] Gy, for 16CygA. For 16CygB, we can check the consistency of the models but not reduce independently the age dispersion. Nonetheless, assuming consistency with the age of 16CygA helps to further constrain its mass and radius.
description: Submitted to Astronomy and Astrophysics
LiDAR Analysis of Paleo-Shorelines in the Carolinas
Creators: name: Rosenthal, Emma
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Paleo-shorelines are steps in the landscape that represent regressionary standstills, or in other words, paleo sea-levels. At the time of deposition, these scarps would have been horizontal so any elevation change seen along the base of these scarps today suggests warping of the crust beneath them. In this way, paleo-shorelines can be used to study uplift along passive margins, such as the east coast of North America. It has been shown that the mid-Pliocene Orangeburg Scarp, which is present throughout North and South Carolina, has a maximum variation in elevation of 60 meters. This dynamic topography has been attributed to warping of the crustal surface due to a combination of uplift by mantle convection and glacial isostatic adjustment. We hypothesize that younger scarps in the same regressionary sequence as the Orangeburg, should show a corresponding dynamic topography. This paper provides an analysis of the Quaternary-aged Suffolk Scarp in North Carolina using high-resolution LiDAR data to model the variation in elevation of the scarp’s longitudinal profile. The Orangeburg Scarp was also analyzed in the same way to compare the elevation change along its longitudinal profile to that found by previous studies. For the purposes of this study the Suffolk Scarp was assumed to be originally horizontal and the results of the model imply that it has not experienced warping in recent geologic history. Therefore, we conclude that the younger Suffolk Scarp does not show dynamic topography in correspondence to the older Orangeburg Scarp.
Spatial transmission of price promotion for German beer retailers
Creators: name: Ren, Yanjun
name: Li, Xiaofei
name: Loy, Jens-Peter
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: The existing literature has extensively discussed the role of retail promotions, while the spatial effects of promotions are poorly understood. Using panel data of weekly promotional prices from German beer retailers during the period 2000–12, we examine the spatial effects of promotions based on spatial panel estimations. Results show significantly positive spatial effects of beer price promotions, indicating that neighbouring retailers’ promotions boost each other. We further find significant heterogeneity of spatial effects of price promotions across market power, peak demand and consumer loyalty. In addition, the positive spatial effects of price promotions are largely from retailers’ retaliation to competitors’ promotions.
The Hengduan Mountains' Subsidiary ranges impacted the geographic distribution patterns of bats
Creators: name: liu, Wei
name: Jing, Li
name: Jingying, He
name: Guanbing, Xu
name: Yanmei, Wang
name: Yaping, Yang
name: Yiwen, Song
name: Liming, Zhao
name: Yanzhen, Bu
name: Hongxing, Niu
Publisher: name: Brill Online
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310499
subject: Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified

description: The role of the Hengduan Mountains in biodiversity distribution is well-documented, but the impact of its subsidiary ranges on species distribution and evolution remains unclear. This study examined the Stoliczka's Asian Trident Bat (Aselliscus stoliczkanus) to assess how Pleistocene climatic changes and the uplift of these ranges influenced its distribution and evolution. Using species distribution models, morphometric data, and molecular genetic analysis, we identified shifts in the bat's distribution under different climatic scenarios and evaluated its morphological and genetic differentiation. We found a significant correlation between the bat's distribution and warmest quarter precipitation, with habitat suitability fluctuating in response to climatic changes. The subsidiary ranges facilitated morphological and genetic differentiation among bat populations and acted as barriers to dispersal. These findings underscore the critical role of the Hengduan Mountains' subsidiary ranges in shaping bat distribution and evolution, providing new insights into the effects of geological changes on small mammals in the region.
Ethnic minorities, income inequalities and the COVID-19 pandemic: evidence from English local councils
Creators: name: Gaia, Silvia
name: Baboukardos, Diogenis
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: This study examines the effects of ethnic minority populations and income inequalities on COVID-19 excess mortality within English local councils. We demonstrate empirically that councils with large ethnic minority populations and high-income inequalities exhibit higher excess mortality during the first wave of the pandemic. We further show that the association between a large ethnic minority population and high excess mortality is manifested significantly more in councils with larger income inequalities. Our findings call for immediate actions and long-term policies to address social and income inequalities as these inequalities affect population health conditions.
Critical measures for vector energy: global structure of trajectories of quadratic differentials
Creators: name: Martinez-Finkelshtein, Andrei
name: Silva, Guilherme
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 31A15 (Primary), 14H05, 30C70, 30E10, 30F10, 30F30 (Secondary)

description: Saddle points of a vector logarithmic energy with a vector polynomial external field on the plane constitute the vector critical measures, a notion that finds a natural motivation in several branches of analysis. We study in depth the case of measures $\vec μ=(μ_1, μ_2,μ_3)$ when the mutual interaction comprises both attracting and repelling forces. For arbitrary vector polynomial external fields we establish general structural results about critical measures, such as their characterization in terms of an algebraic equation solved by an appropriate combination of their Cauchy transforms, and the symmetry properties (or the S-properties) exhibited by such measures. In consequence, we conclude that vector critical measures are supported on a finite number of analytic arcs, that are trajectories of a quadratic differential globally defined on a three-sheeted Riemann surface. The complete description of the so-called critical graph for such a differential is the key to the construction of the critical measures. We illustrate these connections studying in depth for a one-parameter family of critical measures under the action of a cubic external field. This choice is motivated by the asymptotic analysis of a family of (non-hermitian) multiple orthogonal polynomials, that is subject of a forthcoming paper. Here we compute explicitly the Riemann surface and the corresponding quadratic differential, and analyze the dynamics of its critical graph as a function of the parameter, giving a detailed description of the occurring phase transitions. When projected back to the complex plane, this construction gives us the complete family of vector critical measures, that in this context turn out to be vector equilibrium measures.
description: 82 pages, 27 figures. Minor modifications compared to the previous version. To appear in Advances in Mathematics
Women and Jesus
Creators: name: Allen Jr., David
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Within this study, I find that Jesus’ women followers ministered with him, provided for him, and learned from him. Their roles are often lost and mistranslated due to an androcentric translation of the text, but their presence at the tomb showcases the trust in their witness that Jesus had in them. I contend that Jesus met with women throughout his ministry who he endorsed as messengers of his gospel, daughters in his kingdom, and understanding agents. In the three instances I address specifically, the women characters are presented as comprehending Jesus at a deeper level that the disciples do not yet understand. And finally I argue Jesus preached a message that called for a renewed social order uplifting the lowly (including women) in preparation for the kingdom that would come soon after his death. His apocalyptic discourses in general – and specifically his stance on divorce – would have been particularly evocative to the women listening.
Using seismic inversions to obtain an internal mixing processes indicator for main-sequence solar-like stars
Creators: name: Buldgen, G.
name: Reese, D. R.
name: Dupret, M. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Determining accurate and precise stellar ages is a major problem in astrophysics. These determinations are either obtained through empirical relations or model-dependent approaches. Currently, seismic modelling is one of the best ways of providing accurate ages. However, current methods are affected by simplifying assumptions concerning mixing processes. In this context, providing new structural indicators which are less model-dependent and more sensitive to such processes is crucial. We build a new indicator for core conditions on the main sequence, which should be more sensitive to structural differences and applicable to older stars than the indicator t presented in a previous paper. We also wish to analyse the importance of the number and type of modes for the inversion, as well as the impact of various constraints and levels of accuracy in the forward modelling process that is used to obtain reference models for the inversion. First, we present a method to obtain new structural kernels and use them to build an indicator of central conditions in stars and test it for various effects including atomic diffusion, various initial helium abundances and metallicities, following the seismic inversion method presented in our previous paper. We then study its accuracy for 7 different pulsation spectra including those of 16CygA and 16CygB and analyse its dependence on the reference model by using different constraints and levels of accuracy for its selection We observe that the inversion of the new indicator using the SOLA method provides a good diagnostic for additional mixing processes in central regions of stars. Its sensitivity allows us to test for diffusive processes and chemical composition mismatch. We also observe that octupole modes can improve the accuracy of the results, as well as modes of low radial order.
description: Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics