cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Το αστικό κενό ως προϊόν της ανασκαφικής δραστηριότητας: Η ενεργοποίηση του αρχαιολογικού χώρου πέριξ του Αγίου Πέτρου στο Ηράκλειο με τη δημιουργία Δημοτικής Πινακοθήκης.
title: The urban void as a product of excavation activity: The activation of the archaeological sites around Saint Peter in Heraklion with the formation of a Municipal Art Gallery.
Creators: name: Καρυδα Ναταλια
name: Σημαντηρακης Ιωαννης
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2024

description: Πεδίο μελέτης της παρούσας διπλωματικής εργασίας επιλέχθηκε ένα τμήμα από το παραθαλάσσιο μέτωπο του Ηρακλείου, από την πλατεία Ξενία έως τις παρυφές του ενετικού λιμένα δίδοντας ιδιαίτερη έμφαση στην περιοχή πέριξ του αποκατεστημένου ιερού ναού του Αγίου Πέτρου της Μονής των Δομινικανών. Η συνάντηση με τη σημερινή εικόνα της περιοχής ομοιάζει ωσάν βομβαρδισμένο τοπίο, μια απέραντη έκταση από αρχαιολογικά κατάλοιπα σε ένα ασφυκτικά αστικοποιημένο περιβάλλον, με μοναδικά ακέραια κτίσματα να προβάλλουν: ο ναός του Αγίου Πέτρου και το σε υποβαθμισμένη κατάσταση νεοκλασικό Καληωράκη. Οι διάσπαρτες αυτές αρχαιολογικές σκαπάνες λειτουργούν αυτή τη στιγμή μόνο ως ανοικτές πληγές για τη συνεκτικότητα της περιοχής όσο δεν υπάρχει ουσιαστική διαχείριση. Η παρούσα μελέτη, λοιπόν, παίρνει αυτό ως έναυσμα και θέτει στο προσκήνιο το ζήτημα του αστικού κενού ως προϊόν της ανασκαφικής δραστηριότητας, έτσι ώστε να ενταχθεί δυναμικά ως μέρος του αρχιτεκτονικού σχεδιασμού, προκειμένου να αρθρώσει τις ασυνέχειες που έχει δημιουργήσει στον αστικό ιστό. Τέλος, με αφορμή τη σημερινή ανεπάρκεια του υφιστάμενου χώρου στέγασης της Δημοτικής Πινακοθήκης προτείνεται η ανέγερση νέου κτηρίου, με σκοπό την ενσωμάτωση, την ενεργοποίηση και την ενίσχυση του πολυδιάστατου αυτού παλίμψηστου στην κατεύθυνση της πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς ως μοχλός ανάπτυξης της περιοχής.
Chemlambda strings
Creators: name: Buliga, Marius
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 80102 Artificial Life
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 80110 Simulation and Modelling
subject: Cheminformatics
subject: Computational Chemistry

description: Chemlambda is an asynchronous graph rewrite automaton which uses a carefully selected family of graph rewrites of the kind encountered in Interaction Nets (IN). In this article is given a version of the graphs and rewrites which is more chemistry friendly. It is argued that real chemistry has enough place for accomodating chemlambda. The use of IN rewrite patterns in real chemistry, as templates of concrete chemical reactions, is an unexplored direction towards molecular computers. The simulations which validate chemlambda as a toy chemistry show that there is a big potential in this direction.
Roadmap of Concept Drift Adaptation in Data Stream Mining, Years Later
Creators: name: Mahdi, Osamah
name: Ali, Nawfal
name: Pardede, Eric
name: Alazab, Ammar
name: Al-Quraishi, Tahsien
name: Das, Bhagwan
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 40
subject: Engineering
classificationCode: 460502
subject: Data mining and knowledge discovery
classificationCode: 46
subject: Information and computing sciences

description: As machine learning models are increasingly applied to real-world scenarios, it is essential to consider the possibility of changes in the data distribution over time. Concept drift detection and adaptation refers to the process of identifying and tracking these changes and updating the model accordingly. Researchers have devoted significant efforts to develop various techniques and tools for concept drift detection and adaptation, as this paper provides a generic roadmap and review of the field. In this paper, we begin by reviewing the background of data stream classification and its assumptions and requirements. Then, we explore the historical development of concept drift detection and adaptation and highlight the key points of approaches that have emerged over time. Next, we summarize the major findings, challenges, and limitations of past research, and provide insights into potential future directions of the field. The paper can benefit researchers and practitioners who seek to navigate the challenges and opportunities in concept drift detection and adaptation.
Confinement of the solar tachocline by a cyclic dynamo magnetic field
Creators: name: Barnabé, R.
name: Strugarek, A.
name: Charbonneau, P.
name: Brun, A. S.
name: Zahn, J. -P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The surprising thinness of the solar tachocline is still not understood with certainty today. Among the numerous possible scenarios suggested to explain its radial confinement, one hypothesis is based on Maxwell stresses that are exerted by the cyclic dynamo magnetic field of the Sun penetrating over a skin depth below the turbulent convection zone. Our goal is to assess under which conditions (turbulence level in the tachocline, strength of the dynamo-generated field, spreading mechanism) this scenario can be realized in the solar tachocline. We develop a simplified 1D model of the upper tachocline under the influence of an oscillating magnetic field imposed from above. The turbulent transport is parametrized with enhanced turbulent diffusion (or anti-diffusion) coefficients. Two main processes that thicken the tachocline are considered; either turbulent viscous spreading or radiative spreading. An extensive parameter study is carried out to establish the physical parameter regimes under which magnetic confinement of the tachocline that is due to a surface dynamo field can be realized. We have explored a large range of magnetic field amplitudes, viscosities, ohmic diffusivities and thermal diffusivities. We find that, for large but still realistic magnetic field strengths, the differential rotation can be suppressed in the upper radiative zone (and hence the tachocline confined) if weak turbulence is present (with an enhanced ohmic diffusivity of $η> 10^{7-8} \, cm^2/s$), even in the presence of radiative spreading. Our results show that a dynamo magnetic field can, in the presence of weak turbulence, prevent the inward burrowing of a tachocline subject to viscous diffusion or radiative spreading.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures, accepted in A&A
Quantisation of the Auxiliary Gravitational Field in Astronomical Systems
Creators: name: RICHARD WAYTE
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 20104 Galactic Astronomy
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A quantisation-field model has been developed to explain the general dependence of angular momentum on mass squared of astronomical bodies. The gravito-cordic field is proposed as a real controlling force acting azimuthally, in harmony with normal gravity acting radially, to encourage long-term stability of astronomical systems. The quantisation of the field involves a gravitational de Broglie wavelength and associated force, which organises material into stable orbits. Optimum coupling between the field and orbiting material occurs for a specific velocity and spatial dimensions, as derived by way of electromagnetic theory. For every system, the atomic fine structure constant has appeared as the major factor.
Zone-selection effect of photoelectron intensity distributions in a nonsymmorphic system RAlSi (R : Ce and Nd)
Creators: name: Morita, Yusei
name: Nakanishi, K.
name: Iwata, T.
name: Ohwada, K.
name: Nishioka, Y.
name: Kousa, T.
name: Nurmamat, M.
name: Yamagami, K.
name: Kimura, A.
name: Yamada, T.
name: Tanida, H.
name: Kuroda, Kenta
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the electronic structures of noncentrosymmetric Weyl semimetals RAlSi (R: Ce and Nd) using soft x-ray angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy. We find that the photoelectron intensity distribution observed in the momentum-resolved electronic bands is highly sensitive to the covered Brillouin zone (BZ) due to the zone-selection effect arising from the nonsymmorphic crystal structure of RAlSi. Our data reconstruct the photoelectron distributions varied according to the zone-selection effect, and reveal comprehensive information about the electronic band structures reproduced by band calculations. This detailed information enables us to experimentally trace the Weyl-cone dispersion throughout three-dimensional momentum space, providing valuable insights into the unique properties of RAlSi.
On the periodic redshifts of galaxies and associated QSOs
Creators: name: RICHARD WAYTE
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 20104 Galactic Astronomy
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The observed periodicity of intrinsic-redshift in galaxies and associated QSOs has been explained by using the previous theory of a gravito-cordic field for galaxies. The quantisation period is a function of the atomic fine structure constant and it depends upon an action principle operating around galactic orbits and QSOs, or between field galaxies. The calculated separations of many QSO-galaxy pairs have been found to fit a diffusion law distribution, which suggests that associated QSOs were ejected from parent galaxies.
On gravitational collapse
Creators: name: RICHARD WAYTE
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: General Relativity

description: Gravitational collapse of diffuse material has been investigated using a new solution of Einstein’s equations of general relativity. This replaces the theory of black-hole formation developed for the standard vacuum solution of Schwarzschild. The bodies which now form have reasonable physical properties, such as nuclear hard core density in collapsed stars, or 104kg/l in galactic centres, and only 1kg/l in quasars. Accreting material converts to kinetic energy and radiation, so that a singularity cannot be produced. 
Spin circuit representation of spin pumping
Creators: name: Roy, Kuntal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Circuit theory has been tremendously successful in translating physical equations into circuit elements in organized form for further analysis and proposing creative designs for applications. With the advent of new materials and phenomena in the field of spintronics and nanomagnetics, it is imperative to construct the spin circuit representations for different materials and phenomena. Spin pumping is a phenomenon by which a pure spin current can be injected into the adjacent layers. If the adjacent layer is a material with a high spin orbit coupling, a considerable amount of charge voltage can be generated via inverse spin Hall effect, allowing spin detection. Here we develop the spin circuit representation of spin pumping. We then combine it with the spin circuit representation for the materials having spin Hall effect to show that it reproduces the standard results in literature. We further show how complex multilayers can be analyzed by simply writing a netlist.
Effects of task and material on hemispheric lateralisation of nonverbal memory
Creators: name: Bentvelzen, Adam
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: The role of the right temporal lobe in memory function is unresolved. The material specificity model has successfully guided the detection of left temporal lobe pathology using verbal memory tests, but the detection of right temporal lobe pathology using nonverbal memory tests has been unreliable. Considering factors beyond material type per se could improve prediction of right hemispheric pathology. This thesis investigated the factors associated with right-lateralisation of memory function including i) the type of nonverbal stimulus used (i.e., abstract designs, faces, spatial arrays), ii) differences in task-related processing (e.g., encoding versus retrieval), and iii) potential lower-level stimulus confounds (i.e., memory versus perceptual processing). In a comprehensive meta-analysis of studies employing nonverbal memory testing of temporal lobe epilepsy patients (k = 152), memory for faces or spatial stimuli had superior detection of right-sided pathology than memory for abstract designs. By comparison, task demands including learning type (single versus repeated stimulus presentation) and the delay before testing memory (short versus long) had negligible effect. Following the meta-analysis two empirical papers compared the effects of material (verbal, spatial) and processing (encoding, retrieval) on lateralisation using event-related potentials (ERPs) and changes in electroencephalographic power (EEG). ERP measures showed right-lateralisation for spatial learning while processing type affected lateralisation only in the anterior region of the brain (encoding: left; retrieval: right). In the next two empirical papers using the same measures, the ERP results revealed that spatial memory contributed to right-lateralised brain activity over and above spatial perceptual processing. In both experiments EEG measures were less sensitive to the effects than were ERPs. The main findings of this thesis were that right-lateralisation of nonverbal memory is most reliably affected by the type of material, but with important contributions of task-related processing (encoding, retrieval) in the anterior brain regions, and that spatial memory affects right-lateralisation over and above the lateralising influences of perceptual processing. The findings stand to enhance understanding of right hemispheric memory functions.
Tangent bundles, monoidal theories, and Weil algebras
Creators: name: Leung, Poon
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: The construction of the tangent bundle of a manifold lies at the very foundations of differential geometry. There are various approaches to characterise the tangent bundle, and two such approaches are through Synthetic Differential Geometry (SDG) and Tangent Structures (in the sense of Cockett-Cruttwell). Here, we shall give a different perspective, that Tangent Structure can be viewed as a model of an appropriate theory. This theory arises as a certain full subcategory Weil1 of the category Weil of all Weil algebras. The connection between Weil algebras and SDG is well established, but their connection to Tangent Structure is not evident. In this thesis, we shall exhibit Weil1 as the universal tangent structure and in fact the axioms of tangent structure actually form a presentation for Weil1. We shall then continue by describing how this perspective allows us to extend this theory in a canonical manner.
Transition Rate and the Photoelectric Effect in the Presence of a Minimal Length
Creators: name: Khosropour, Behrooz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, according to the generalized uncertainty principle (GUP) and time- dependent perturbation theory, the transition rate in the present of a minimal length based on the Kempf algebra is studied. Also, we find the absorption cross section in the framework of GUP. The modified photoelectric effect is investigated and we show that the differential cross section of photoelectric effect in the frame work of GUP is related to the isotropic minimal length scale. The upper bound on the isotropic minimal length is estimated.
On the universality of MOG weak field approximation at galaxy cluster scale
Creators: name: De Martino, Ivan
name: De Laurentis, Mariafelicia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In its weak field limit, Scalar-tensor-vector gravity theory introduces a Yukawa-correction to the gravitational potential. Such a correction depends on the two parameters, $α$ which accounts for the modification of the gravitational constant, and $μ^{*-1}$ which represents the scale length on which the scalar field propagates. These parameters were found to be universal when the modified gravitational potential was used to fit the galaxy rotation curves and the mass profiles of galaxy clusters, both without Dark Matter. We test the universality of these parameters using the the temperature anisotropies due to the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich effect. In our model the intra-cluster gas is in hydrostatic equilibrium within the modified gravitational potential well and it is described by a polytropic equation of state. We predict the thermal Sunyaev-Zeldovich temperature anisotropies produced by Coma cluster, and we compare them with those obtained using the Planck 2013 Nominal maps. In our analysis, we find $α$ and the scale length, respectively, to be consistent and to depart from their universal values. Our analysis points out that the assumption of the universality of the Yukawa-correction to the gravitational potential is ruled out at more than $3.5σ$ at galaxy clusters scale, while demonstrating that such a theory of gravity is capable to fit the cluster profile if the scale dependence of the gravitational potential is restored.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures, 2 Tables. Accepted for publication on Physical Letter B
POSTER PRESENTATION
Creators: name: Dutta, Sudipta
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Plant Biology

description: This particular abstract focuses on genome comparison, annotation and plant growth promoting gene prediction of three Bacillus strains which were similar to B. subtilis (BTL04), B. amyloliquefaciens (BTL05) and B. cereus (BTL04). Genetic diversity and evolutionary relationships were studied with commonly found gene and protein sequences among those strains, respectively as well.
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Creators: name: Dutta, Sudipta
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Plant Biology

description: This particular abstract focuses on genome comparison, annotation and plant growth promoting gene prediction of three Bacillus strains which were similar to B. subtilis (BTL04), B. amyloliquefaciens (BTL05) and B. cereus (BTL04). Genetic diversity and evolutionary relationships were studied with commonly found gene and protein sequences among those strains, respectively as well.
Theory of Newton's Gravitational Constant
Creators: name: RICHARD WAYTE
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 20203 Particle Physics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The numerical value of G has been derived in terms of electron sub-structure and the Coulombic field, by using action principles. Theoretical values are within experimental error.
An auxiliary gravitational field operating in galaxies
Creators: name: RICHARD WAYTE
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 20104 Galactic Astronomy
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A theory has been developed of an auxiliary relativistic gravitational field, which operates in conjunction with General Relativity gravity and accounts for the empirical success of Milgrom’s modified Newtonian dynamics theory. Remarkable links between this astronomical theory and atomic physics have been discovered. Resonant, standing-wave properties of the field encourage the formation of flat rotation curves, bar or spiral structures and quantised galactic rings. Gravitational lensing due to this field is also significant. The angular momentum proportional to mass-squared relationship observed in galaxies is attributed to this field selecting a preferred galactic rotation velocity.
Experimental measurement-device-independent quantum digital signatures over a metropolitan network
Creators: name: Yin, Hua-Lei
name: Wang, Wei-Long
name: Tang, Yan-Lin
name: Zhao, Qi
name: Liu, Hui
name: Sun, Xiang-Xiang
name: Zhang, Wei-Jun
name: Li, Hao
name: Puthoor, Ittoop Vergheese
name: You, Li-Xing
name: Andersson, Erika
name: Wang, Zhen
name: Liu, Yang
name: Jiang, Xiao
name: Ma, Xiongfeng
name: Zhang, Qiang
name: Curty, Marcos
name: Chen, Teng-Yun
name: Pan, Jian-Wei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum digital signatures (QDS) provide a means for signing electronic communications with informationtheoretic security. However, all previous demonstrations of quantum digital signatures assume trusted measurement devices. This renders them vulnerable against detector side-channel attacks, just like quantum key distribution. Here, we exploit a measurement-device-independent (MDI) quantum network, over a 200-square-kilometer metropolitan area, to perform a field test of a three-party measurement-device-independent quantum digital signature (MDI-QDS) scheme that is secure against any detector side-channel attack. In so doing, we are able to successfully sign a binary message with a security level of about 1E-7. Remarkably, our work demonstrates the feasibility of MDI-QDS for practical applications.
description: 5 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables, supplemental materials included as ancillary file
Origin and Evolution of Angular Momentum of Class II Disks
Creators: name: Pelkonen, Veli-Matti
name: Padoan, Paolo
name: Juvela, Mika
name: Haugbølle, Troels
name: Nordlund, Åke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context: While class II pre-main-sequence (PMS) stars have already accreted most of their mass, the continued inflow of fresh material via Bondi-Hoyle accretion acts as an additional mass reservoir for their circumstellar disks. This may explain the observed accretion rates of PMS stars, as well as observational inconsistencies in the mass and angular momentum balance of their disks. Aims: Using a new simulation that reproduces the stellar initial mass function (IMF), we want to quantify the role of Bondi-Hoyle accretion in the formation of class II disks, as well as address the prospect of its observational detection with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). Methods: We studied the mass and angular momentum of the accreting gas using passively advected tracer particles in the simulation, and we carried out radiative transfer calculations of near-infrared scattering to generate synthetic JWST observations of Bondi-Hoyle trails of PMS stars. Results: Gas accreting on class II PMS stars approximately 1 Myr after their formation has enough mass and angular momentum to strongly affect the evolution of the preexisting disks. The accreted angular momentum is large enough to also explain the observed size of class II disks. The orientation of the angular momentum vector can differ significantly from that of the previously accreted gas, which may result in a significant disk warping or misalignment. We also predict that JWST observations of class II stars will be able to detect Bondi-Hoyle trails with a 80%-100% success rate with only a 2 min exposure time, depending on the filter, if stars with both an accretion rate \dot{M} > 5e-10 Msol/yr and a luminosity L > 0.5 Lsol are selected.
description: 13 pages, 16 figures
Impact of Tone-Aware Explanations in Recommender Systems
Creators: name: Okoso, Ayano
name: Otaki, Keisuke
name: Koide, Satoshi
name: Baba, Yukino
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In recommender systems, the presentation of explanations plays a crucial role in supporting users' decision-making processes. Although numerous existing studies have focused on the effects (transparency or persuasiveness) of explanation content, explanation expression is largely overlooked. Tone, such as formal and humorous, is directly linked to expressiveness and is an important element in human communication. However, studies on the impact of tone on explanations within the context of recommender systems are insufficient. Therefore, this study investigates the effect of explanation tones through an online user study from three aspects: perceived effects, domain differences, and user attributes. We create a dataset using a large language model to generate fictional items and explanations with various tones in the domain of movies, hotels, and home products. Collected data analysis reveals different perceived effects of tones depending on the domains. Moreover, user attributes such as age and personality traits are found to influence the impact of tone. This research underscores the critical role of tones in explanations within recommender systems, suggesting that attention to tone can enhance user experience.
Coping with chronicity: exploring women's experiences living with autoimmune diseases that fluctuate and flare
Creators: name: Ryder, Tayhla
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This thesis examines the illness experience for Australian women with autoimmune diseases with a relapse / remitting or fluctuating disease course. Drawing on ethnographic interviews, I explore the impact of chronicity and the shifting between sickness and wellness on their lives. I address how participants responded to the disruptive force of disease onset and diagnosis, and their tactics to manage and seek control of their illness. In sum, I seek to demonstrate that the women's approaches to living with chronic illness are not static, but reflect the shifting grounds of their disease experience, changing sense of self, and support received from others.
Scientific opinion about polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in food
Creators: name: Croatian Agency For Agriculture And Food
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
food
cancerogenic
genotoxic effect
BMDL 10
MOE
risk assessment
Croatia

description: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are organic compounds formed by combustion of organic matter during various industrial processes and during the food preparation in household, and they are composed of two or more aromatic rings. PAHs are mostly lipophilic and poorly soluble in water, unstable, sensitive to light, and resistant to heat and corrosion. They are also present in the environment (air, water, soil) and in food, where they come from environmental pollution or occur during processing. Smoking, drying, roasting and frying are also some of the food processing methods during which significant amounts of PAHs are produced. In the past decade, PAHs were studied and evaluated by the World Health Organization (International Programme on Chemical Safety, IPCS), European Commision Scientific Committee on Food (SCF) and by the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives (JECFA) and proven to be toxic, cancerous and mutagenic. The aim of this scientific opinion was the exposure assessment of the adult population of the Republic of Croatia to the PAH4 group, comprise of benzo(a)pyrene, benzo(a)anthracene, benzo(b)fluoranthene and chrysene for which EFSA (2008) has recommended monitoring because they are most suitable marker for the occurrence of PAHs in food. For exposure assessment the results of analyzed samples were used, sampled in scope of monitoring in the Republic of Croatia (2014-2017) in cured meat products, bacon, sausages, animal and vegetable fats, and oils and shellfish. The most important sources of PAH exposure were sausages with 47,89%, followed by cured meat products, bacon,whilevegetable fats and oils having similar contributions (18,66%; 17,93%; 15,29%).Food groups with lowest contribution were animal fats with 0,78% and shellfishwith 0,07%. Due to fact that PAHs are carcinogenic and genotoxic, the risk characterization has been made according to the Margin of Exposure (MOE) methodology according to the EFSA approach (EFSA, 2012). Considering a small number of samples above the ML and the results obtained for MOE (which were over 10 000; BMDL10 0,34 mg/kg bw per day) in both scenarios, it can be concluded that there are no concerns for health for adult population in Croatia regarding intake of PAHs in particular food groups.
description: Scientific opinion was done by Croatian Food Agency which ceases its work on 31 December 2018 and continues its activities from 1 January 2019 in new institution Croatian Agency for Agriculture and Food as Center for Food Safety.
Kinetic orbital moments and nonlocal transport in disordered metals with nontrivial geometry
Creators: name: Rou, J.
name: Şahin, C.
name: Ma, J.
name: Pesin, D. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the effects of spatial dispersion in disordered noncentrosymmetric metals. These include the kinetic magnetoelectric effect, natural optical activity of metals, as well as the so-called dynamic chiral magnetic effect as a particular case of the latter. These effects are determined by the linear in the wave vector of an electromagnetic perturbation contribution to the conductivity tensor of a material, and stem from the magnetic moments of quasiparticles near the Fermi surface. We identify new disorder-induced contributions to these magnetic moments that come from the skew scattering and side jump processes, familiar from the theory of anomalous Hall effect. We show that at low frequencies the spatial dispersion of the conductivity tensor comes mainly either from the skew scattering or intrinsic contribution, and there is always a region of frequencies in which the intrinsic mechanism dominates. Our results imply that in clean three-dimensional metals, current-induced magnetization is in general determined by impurity skew scattering, rather than intrinsic contributions. Intrinsic effects are expected to dominate in cubic enantiomorphic crystals with point groups $T$ and $O$, and in polycrystalline samples, regardless of their mobility.
description: 14 pages, 1 figure
On broad emission-line profiles from active galactic nuclei
Creators: name: RICHARD WAYTE
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Astrophysics

description: A broad-line region disc model is derived and fitted to 121 published broad emission-line profiles from QSOs and Seyfert I galaxies. Keplerian rotation of material in calm circular orbits, plus stimulated, non-isotropic emission is best suited to explain the observed profiles. BLR discs in QSOs are, within the frame of the model, found to be tapered and extensive, whereas Seyfert I discs are usually fanned-out but equally extensive. Material density in each disc appears to be constant with radius. In QSO emission-line profiles, the peak relative to adjacent continuum intensity increases with logarithm of disc mass or maximum radius, on average.
Evidence for quantisation in planetary ring systems
Creators: name: RICHARD WAYTE
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Planetary Science

description: Absolute radial positions of the main features in Saturn’s ring system have been calculated by adapting the quantum theory of atomic spectra. Fine rings superimposed upon broad rings are found to be covered by a harmonic series of the form N α A(r)1/2, where N and A are integers. Fourier analysis of the ring system shows that the spectral amplitude fits a response profile which is characteristic of a resonant system. Rings of Jupiter, Uranus and Neptune also obey the same rules. Involvement of the atomic fine structure constant throughout implies the existence of a real quantisation force linking gravitation and atomic theories.
Vacuum-ultraviolet frequency-modulation spectroscopy
Creators: name: Hollenstein, Urs
name: Schmutz, Hansjürg
name: Agner, Josef Anton
name: Sommavilla, Marcel
name: Merkt, Frédéric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Frequency-modulation (FM) spectroscopy has been extended to the vacuum-ultraviolet (VUV) range of the electromagnetic spectrum. Coherent VUV laser radiation is produced by resonance-enhanced sum-frequency mixing ($ν_{\mathrm{VUV}}=2ν_{\mathrm{UV}}+ν_2$) in Kr and Xe using two near-Fourier-transform-limited laser pulses of frequencies $ν_{\mathrm{UV}}$ and $ν_2$. Sidebands generated in the output of the second laser ($ν_2$) using an electro-optical modulator operating at the frequency $ν_{\mathrm{mod}}$ are directly transfered to the VUV and used to record FM spectra. Demodulation is demonstrated both at $ν_{\mathrm{mod}}$ and $2ν_{\mathrm{mod}}$. The main advantages of the method are that its sensitivity is not reduced by pulse-to-pulse fluctuations of the VUV laser intensity, compared to VUV absorption spectroscopy is its background-free nature, the fact that its implementation using table-top laser equipment is straightforward and that it can be used to record VUV absorption spectra of cold samples in skimmed supersonic beams simultaneously with laser-induced-fluorescence and photoionization spectra. To illustrate these advantages we present VUV FM spectra of Ar, Kr, and N$_2$ in selected regions between 105000cm$^{-1}$ and 122000cm$^{-1}$.
description: 23 pages, 10 figures
The phenomenon of weight-reduction of a spinning wheel
Creators: name: RICHARD WAYTE
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2018
Subjects: Mechanics

description: An investigation has been conducted into the controversial phenomenon of weight-reduction of spinning wheels. When subjected to forced precession and controlled lifting, a spinning wheel does indeed lose 8% of its weight, as measured by a load-cell. That is, some of the gravitational potential energy acquired during lifting is supplied by the horizontal input force causing the enhanced precession. Consequently, the averaged vertical lifting force is less than Mg. The explanation for this phenomenon follows directly from the requirement of energy conservation throughout the process.
Broadside Dual-channel Orthogonal-Polarization Radiation using a Double-Asymmetric Periodic Leaky-Wave Antenna
Creators: name: Al-Bassam, Amar
name: Otto, Simon
name: Heberling, Dirk
name: Caloz, Christophe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The paper demonstrates that double unit-cell asymmetry in periodic leaky-wave antennas (P-LWAs), i.e. asymmetry with respect to both the longitudinal and transversal axes of the structure -- or longitudinal asymmetry (LA) and transversal asymmetry (TA) -- allows for the simultaneous broadside radiation of two orthogonal modes excited at the two ports of the antenna. This means that the antenna may simultaneously support two orthogonal channels, which represents an interesting polarization diversity characteristics for wireless communications. The double asymmetric (DA) unit cell combines a circularly polarized LA unit cell and a coupled mode TA unit cell, where the former provides equal radiation in the series and shunt modes while the latter separates these two modes in terms of their excitation ports. It is also shown that the degree of TA in the DA unit cell controls the cross-polarization discrimination level. The DA P-LWA concept is illustrated by two examples, a series-fed line-connected patch (SF-LCP) P-LWA and a series-fed capacitively-coupled patch (SF-CCP) P-LWA, via full-wave simulation and also experiment for the SF-LCP P-LWA case.
On traces of operators, associated with actions of compact Lie groups
Creators: name: Savin, A. Yu.
name: Sternin, B. Yu.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 58J40, 58J32, 35S05

description: Given a pair $(M,X)$, where $X$ is a smooth submanifold in a closed smooth manifold $M$, we study the operation, which takes each operator $D$ on the ambient manifold to a certain operator on the submanifold. The latter operator is called the trace of $D$. More precisely, we study traces of operators, associated with actions of compact Lie groups on $M$. We show that traces of such operators are localized at special submanifolds in $X$ and study the structure of the traces on these submanifolds.
description: 17 pages, 5 figures
title: ADCO, Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Cîteaux dit Cartulare Antiquum t.3 (2e moitié XIIIe siècle), Cart. 168 (11 H 66), f. 0008v
Creators: name: de la Côte d'Or, Archives départementales
name: Archives Départementales De La Côte-D'Or
name: Petot, Frédérique
name: Projet CBMA
name: CG21/F.PETOT/2010
name: Petot, Frédéric
Publisher: name: NAKALA - https://nakala.fr (Huma-Num - CNRS)
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04ces3204
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: cartulaire
subject: Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi
subject: Chartes de la Bourgogne du Moyen Âge
subject: LaMOP
subject: Laboratoire de Médiévistique Occidentale de Paris

description: Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Cîteaux dit Cartulare Antiquum t.3 (2e moitié XIIIe siècle), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 168 (11 H 66), f. 0008v, Numérisation en mode image.
description: Relation: http://www.cbma-project.eu/
description: Bibliographic citation: Cartulaire de l'abbaye de Cîteaux dit Cartulare Antiquum t.3 (2e moitié XIIIe siècle), Archives départementales de la Côte-d'Or, Cart. 168 (11 H 66), f. 0008v, in Projet CBMA - Corpus Burgundiae Medii Aevi [Ressource en ligne], https:// manuscrits.cbma-project.eu/
description: Provenance: https://www.geonames.org/3024876
description: Provenance: http://www.idref.fr/030974844/id
description: Provenance: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb12228351v
description: Provenance: abbaye de Cîteaux
description: Provenance: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q843261
Gender, gentry, petticoats, and propriety: Addison and Steele’s construction of the implied female reader in The Spectator
Creators: name: Carrigy, Daniel
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: This thesis examines the construction of the implied female reader in Joseph Addison and Richard Steele’s eighteenth-century periodical The Spectator. It is informed by Wolfgang Iser’s theory of the implied reader as well as Jurgen Habermas’s examination of the development of a bourgeois public sphere in eighteenth-century England. Breaking the distinction between educating their readers and entertaining them, Addison and Steele sought to promote the idea of the polite society, in which the English public was defined by civility and propriety. The Spectator is recognised as one of the most prominent pieces of English periodical literature due to its profound transformative effect on its readership and emerging English middle class, especially women. An examination of Addison and Steele’s paradigm of the implied female reader has not only been unaddressed, but is an important addition to academic knowledge concerning both the periodical itself, and the nature of female readership in early eighteenth-century England. This thesis argues that Addison and Steele’s construction of the implied female reader is achieved through creating and subsequently manipulating taxonomies of femininity. In so doing, their modelling of ideal behaviour and critique of feminine vices subsequently allows Addison and Steele to influence their female readers’ readership practices, fashion choices, and position in the public sphere.
Alpha particle clusters and their condensation in nuclear systems
Creators: name: Schuck, Peter
name: Funaki, Yasuro
name: Horiuchi, Hisashi
name: Roepke, Gerd
name: Tohsaki, Akihiro
name: Yamada, Taiichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this article we review the present status of alpha clustering in nuclear systems. First of all, an important aspect is condensation in nuclear matter. Second, the alpha container model, recently been proposed by Tohsaki-Horiuchi-Schuck-Roepke (THSR), will be outlined and the ensuing condensate aspect of the Hoyle state at 7.65 MeV in 12C will be investigated in some detail. After 15 years since the proposal of the alpha condensation concept a critical assessment of this idea will be given. Alpha gas states in other nuclei like 16O and 13C will be considered. The THSR wave function can also describe configurations of one alpha particle on top of a doubly magic core. The cases of 20Ne and 212Po will be investigated.
description: review article
Beyond brain decoding: methodological and empirical contributions to brain decoding methods and their link to behaviour
Creators: name: Grootswagers, Tijl
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Brain decoding methods have transformed the field of Cognitive Neuroscience in the last two decades. As this field has matured, researchers are now asking challenging questions about the interpretation of decoding methods, such as whether the information decoded from neuroimaging data is used by the brain for behaviour. The focus of this thesis is to address the challenge of linking information measured with decoding methods to human behaviour. In the first empirical chapter, using magneto-encephalography (MEG), I describe a broad set of options for conducting time series decoding studies and test the effects that different options in the decoding analysis pipeline can have on the experimental results. The results show that decisions made at all stages of the analysis can significantly affect the results and interpretation of decoding studies. In the second empirical chapter, I explore the distance to bound model as a method for linking brain decoding with behaviour. Using MEG decoding, I tested whether this model can account for behavioural changes in reaction time for categorising degraded objects by animacy. I found that the distance to bound model successfully predicted reaction time, accuracy, and decision time parameters derived from a prominent model of decision making. These findings provide evidence for a systematic relationship between decoded brain representations and perceptual decision-making behaviour. In the third empirical chapter, I examine the distinction between decodable information, and information that can be used in behaviour. Using a searchlight approach on functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) data, I first investigated where decodable information existed in the brain. Secondly, I assessed where in the brain the decoded information was suitable for "read out" by the brain for behaviour. I found that behaviour can only be predicted from a subset of the locations that had decodable information. These results highlight the distinction between decodable information, and information that is relevant for behaviour in the brain. In conclusion, this thesis advances current knowledge on brain decoding methods and on approaches to relating brain representations to behaviour, which is a fundamental challenge in cognitive neuroscience. The results show that decodable information has to be interpreted with caution, and emphasize that continuing to develop methods for linking neuroimaging to behaviour is critical for advancing our understanding of the brain.
Die deutsche Parteienlandschaft im Jahr 2023
Creators: name: Angenendt, Michael
name: Poguntke, Thomas
Publisher: name: PRUF Working Papers
Year: 2024

description: Im Jahr 2023 lag der Schwerpunkt der politischen Landschaft in Deutschland auf den Themen Energie, Klima und Migration, wobei sich die öffentliche Agenda im Vergleich zu den Vorjahren deutlich verschoben hat. Wichtige parteiinterne Ereignisse, bedeutende Gerichtsurteile mit Auswirkungen auf den öffentlichen Haushalt und Debatten über wichtige Gesetze wie das Heizungsgesetz und die Kindergrundsicherung prägten das Jahr. Die Landtagswahlen in Bayern, Hessen, Bremen und Berlin verdeutlichten die regionalpolitischen Verschiebungen und Herausforderungen. Im Gegensatz zum Jahr 2022, in dem außenpolitische Krisen im Vordergrund standen, zeigte das Jahr die Komplexität des Regierens in der Koalition und die unterschiedlichen finanzpolitischen Vorstellungen innerhalb der Ampelkoalition, die zu internen Spannungen führten. Diese Entwicklungen unterstreichen die sich wandelnden Prioritäten und Herausforderungen, denen sich die politischen Parteien in Deutschland gegenübersehen, sowie den sich verändernden Fokus der Wählerschaft, der breitere gesellschaftspolitische und wirtschaftliche Trends innerhalb des Landes widerspiegelt.


The 2023 political landscape in Germany saw a focus on energy, climate, and migration, with a notable shift of the public agenda compared to previous years. Major internal events within parties, significant legal rulings impacting on the public budget, and debates on important legislation including the Heating Act and Child Basic Security marked the year. Land elections in Bavaria, Hesse, Bremen, and Berlin highlighted regional political shifts and challenges. The year contrasted sharply with 2022's emphasis on external political crises, showcasing the complexities of coalition governance and the diverging fiscal philosophies within the Traffic-Light Coalition, leading to internal tensions. These developments underscore the evolving priorities and challenges facing Germany's political parties and the electorate's shifting focus, reflecting broader socio-political and economic trends within the country.
description: PRUF Working Papers, PRUF Working Papers
InaGVAD : a Challenging French TV and Radio Corpus Annotated for Speech Activity Detection and Speaker Gender Segmentation
Creators: name: Doukhan, David
name: Maertens, Christine
name: Personnic, William Le
name: Speroni, Ludovic
name: Dehak, Reda
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: Digital Libraries (cs.DL)
subject: Multimedia (cs.MM)
subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: InaGVAD is an audio corpus collected from 10 French radio and 18 TV channels categorized into 4 groups: generalist radio, music radio, news TV, and generalist TV. It contains 277 1-minute-long annotated recordings aimed at representing the acoustic diversity of French audiovisual programs and was primarily designed to build systems able to monitor men's and women's speaking time in media. inaGVAD is provided with Voice Activity Detection (VAD) and Speaker Gender Segmentation (SGS) annotations extended with overlap, speaker traits (gender, age, voice quality), and 10 non-speech event categories. Annotation distributions are detailed for each channel category. This dataset is partitioned into a 1h development and a 3h37 test subset, allowing fair and reproducible system evaluation. A benchmark of 6 freely available VAD software is presented, showing diverse abilities based on channel and non-speech event categories. Two existing SGS systems are evaluated on the corpus and compared against a baseline X-vector transfer learning strategy, trained on the development subset. Results demonstrate that our proposal, trained on a single - but diverse - hour of data, achieved competitive SGS results. The entire inaGVAD package; including corpus, annotations, evaluation scripts, and baseline training code; is made freely accessible, fostering future advancement in the domain.
description: Voice Activity Detection (VAD), Speaker Gender Segmentation, Audiovisual Speech Resource, Speaker Traits, Speech Overlap, Benchmark, X-vector, Gender Representation in the Media, Dataset