cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Assessing Appropriateness of Antibiotic Therapy in Urinary Tract Infections in Aged Care
Creators: name: Sandhu, Simrati K
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: antimicrobial stewardship
subject: antibiotic appropriateness
subject: urinary tract infection
subject: pharmacy

description: Antimicrobial Stewardship are methods to slow the progression of antimicrobial resistance which is a global threat. Previous research has discussed the possibility for the pharmacy profession to act as a workforce to support these efforts, but prior to this further education is needed to achieve a standard of consistency around appropriate antibiotic usage. This study aims to determine if a specified educational module intervention can achieve this. Based on a review of the literature, an online survey was distributed to potential participants on a pharmacist Facebook group and within the School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences at Griffith University. Participants (n=42) were randomly allocated into two groups (control and intervention) and asked to provide their judgement on the appropriateness of the actions taken in 10 hypothetical urinary tract infection cases of residents in aged care. Analysis of the responses demonstrated a poor level of agreement between participants, irrespective of their group allocation, and emphasised the significant lack in standardised guidelines/tools for determining appropriate antibiotic usage. The results revealed the potential issues with current educational styles, including perceived pre-existing knowledge and the factor of time in our ever increasingly busy lifestyles. This study has paved the way for further insight in this area of educational training-based research. It is suggested that the educational intervention utilised in further research be re-designed to suit the latest emerging style that is micro learning and tested with a larger sample size of final year pharmacy students where, if successful, could undertake free-of-cost AMS auditing in the form of university placement.
Measurement of the cosmic microwave background bispectrum on the COBE DMR sky maps
Creators: name: Komatsu, Eiichiro
name: Wandelt, Benjamin D.
name: Spergel, David N.
name: Banday, Anthony J.
name: Gorski, Krzysztof M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We measure the angular bispectrum of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation anisotropy from the COBE Differential Microwave Radiometer (DMR) four-year sky maps. The angular bispectrum is the harmonic transform of the three-point correlation function, analogous to the angular power spectrum, the harmonic transform of the two-point correlation function. First, we study statistical properties of the bispectrum and the normalized bispectrum. We find the latter more useful for statistical analysis; the distribution of the normalized bispectrum is very much Gaussian, while the bare bispectrum distribution is highly non-Gaussian. Then, we measure 466 modes of the normalized bispectrum, all independent combinations of three-point configurations up to a maximum multipole of 20, the mode corresponding to the DMR beam size. By measuring 10 times as many modes as the sum of previous work, we test Gaussianity of the DMR maps. We compare the data with the simulated Gaussian realizations, finding no significant detection of the normalized bispectrum on the mode-by-mode basis. We also find that the previously reported detection of the normalized bispectrum is consistent with a statistical fluctuation. By fitting a theoretical prediction to the data for the primary CMB bispectrum, which is motivated by slow-roll inflation, we put a weak constraint on a parameter characterizing non-linearity in inflation. Simultaneously fitting the foreground bispectra estimated from interstellar dust and synchrotron template maps shows that neither dust nor synchrotron emissions significantly contribute to the bispectrum at high Galactic latitude. We conclude that the DMR map is consistent with Gaussianity.
description: 26 pages, 8 figures. submitted to Astrophysical Journal
Thermalized Abrikosov lattices from decaying turbulence in rotating BECs
Creators: name: Estrada, Julian Amette
name: Brachet, Marc E.
name: Mininni, Pablo D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the long-time decay of rotating turbulence in Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs). We consider the Gross-Pitaevskii equation in a rotating frame of reference, and review different formulations for the Hamiltonian of a rotating BEC. We discuss how the energy can be decomposed, and present a method to generate out-of-equilibrium initial conditions. We also present a method to generate finite-temperature states of rotating BECs compatible with the Canonical or the Grand canonical ensembles. Finally, we integrate numerically rotating BECs in cigar-shaped traps. A transition is found in the system dynamics as the rotation rate is increased, with a final state of the decay of the turbulent flow compatible with an Abrikosov lattice in a finite-temperature thermalized state.
description: 10 figures, 12 pages
Demonstrative Evidence and the Use of Algorithms in Jury Trials
Creators: name: Rogers, Rachel
name: VanderPlas, Susan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We investigate how the use of bullet comparison algorithms and demonstrative evidence may affect juror perceptions of reliability, credibility, and understanding of expert witnesses and presented evidence. The use of statistical methods in forensic science is motivated by a lack of scientific validity and error rate issues present in many forensic analysis methods. We explore what our study says about how this type of forensic evidence is perceived in the courtroom where individuals unfamiliar with advanced statistical methods are asked to evaluate results in order to assess guilt. In the course of our initial study, we found that individuals overwhelmingly provided high Likert scale ratings in reliability, credibility, and scientificity regardless of experimental condition. This discovery of scale compression - where responses are limited to a few values on a larger scale, despite experimental manipulations - limits statistical modeling but provides opportunities for new experimental manipulations which may improve future studies in this area.
Dynamical Evolution of Gamma-Ray Burst Remnants with Evolving Radiative Efficiency
Creators: name: Feng, J. B.
name: Huang, Y. F.
name: Dai, Z. G.
name: Lu, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In previous works, a generic dynamical model has been suggested by Huang et al., which is shown to be correct for both adiabatic and radiative blastwaves, and in both ultra-relativistic and non-relativistic phases. In deriving their equations, Huang et al. have assumed that the radiative efficiency of the fireball is constant. They then applied their model directly to realistic cases where the radiative efficiency evolves with time. In this paper, we abandon the above assumption and re-derive a more accurate dynamical equation for gamma-ray burst remnants. Numerical results show that Huang et al.'s model is accurate enough in general cases.
description: 10 pages, 5 embedded eps figures, to appear in: Chin. J. Astron. Astrophys. (2002), Vol 2
Proteinus zanettii DAUPHIN 1999
Creators: name: Anlaş, S.
name: Tezcan, S.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Staphylinidae
Proteinus
Proteinus zanettii

description: Proteinus zanettii DAUPHIN 1999
M a t e r i a l e x a m i n e d: 2exs., Izmir,Bozdağlar, SE Turgutlu, 840 m, pine and decaying fungi litter, sifted, ca. 38˚22’N, 27˚56’E, 21.V.2006, leg. S. Anlaş, det. A. Zanetti (cAnl).
 C o m m e n t s: Proteinus zanettii was known only from Greece (DAUPHIN 1999; ASSING 2004). The species is reported from Turkey for the first time (Map 1).
description: Published as part of Anlaş, S. & Tezcan, S., 2008, New records of Proteininae (Staphylinidae) from Turkey, pp. 405-408 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (1) on page 406, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5427829
MOESM5 of Biallelic ERBB3 loss-of-function variants are associated with a novel multisystem syndrome without congenital contracture
Creators: name: Li, Niu
name: Xu, Yufei
name: Zhang, Yi
name: Li, Guoqiang
name: Yu, Tingting
name: Yao, Ruen
name: Zhou, YunFang
name: Shen, Yiping
name: Yin, Lei
name: Wang, Xiumin
name: Wang, Jian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 5: Table S4. Biological filtering by ‘recessive inheritance’ model.
Automation of MKID Simulations for Array Building with AEM (Automated Electromagnetic MKID Simulations)
Creators: name: McAleer, Cáthal
name: Creaner, Oisin
name: Bracken, Colm
name: Ulbricht, Gerhard
name: De Lucia, Mario
name: Piercy, Jack
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Microwave Kinetic Inductance Detectors (MKIDs) are photon detectors comprised of superconducting LC resonators with unique resonant frequencies corresponding to their geometrical structure. As each pixel has its own geometry, electromagnetic simulations by hand of every pixel in a kilo-pixel array are impractical. Simulating fewer pixels and interpolating in between risks reduced pixel yield in arrays due to overlapping resonant frequencies. We introduce a new software called AEM (Automated Electromagnetic MKID simulations) that automates the constructions and simulations of every simulated MKID pixel in an array according to specified resonant frequencies and a Qc range. We show automated designs to have an increased pixel yield (avoiding loses due to interpolation completely), increased accuracy in resonance frequency and Qc values when compared to interpolated structures. We also demonstrate a simulated trial of AEM for 100 MKIDs between 4 & 8 GHz to produce MKIDs with accuracies of +-0.2 MHz with a runtime of 10 hrs 45 mins.
description: 10 pages, 5 figures, LTD Proceedings Paper 2023
Delomeristini Hellen 1915
Creators: name: Çoruh, S.
name: Özbek, H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae

description: Key to Genera of Delomeristini   1 Abdominal tergites II-IV dull, sometimes with indistinct superficial punctation, usually without white apical stripe; frons completely black, genae in females white, face in males with light markings................................................................ Delomerista FOERSTER
- Abdominal tergites II-IV shining, distinctly punctate, with white apical stripe; frons completely yellow, genae in females different....................................................................2
 2 First abdominal tergite with basolateral angular ledges, (fig. 4b); spiracles not touching the lateral tergal carinae; ovipositor longer than body, with sinuate apex.................................................................................................................................. Hybomischos BALTAZAR
 - First abdominal tergite without basolateral angular ledges with spiracles touching the lateral tergal carinae; ovipositor not longer than body, with straight apex....................................................................................................................................... Perithous HOLMGREN
description: Published as part of Çoruh, S. & Özbek, H., 2008, A faunistic and systematic study on Pimplinae (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae) in Eastern and Northeastern parts of Turkey, pp. 419-462 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (1) on page 421, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5427877
title: Program Kemitraan - Fostering Micro Small Enterprises in Makassar Indonesia: An Exploration of the State-Owned Enterprise Partnership Program
Creators: name: Amrullah, Amiruddin
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Program Kemitraan dan Bina Lingkungan
subject: State owned enterprises, Indonesia
subject: Micro small enterprises in Makassar, Indonesia
subject: State-Owned Enterprise Partnership Program, Makassar, Indonesia

description: This study investigates the Program Kemitraan dan Bina Lingkungan, the Indonesian Government’s state-owned enterprise (SOE) partnership program (PP) and its social and economic impacts for its beneficiaries and their communities. The SOEs consider the PP as part of their SOE corporate social responsibility and its practices have evolved over time. The PP is grounded in the Indonesian cultural principle of “gotong royong” (helping one another). The program supervisors see its objective as supporting MiSEs to become strong, skilful and bankable. The study was conducted in Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia and the primary subjects of the study were program beneficiaries using qualitative case study research methodology. The research had elements of a program evaluation therefore functional analysis and realistic evaluation was used. The study went beyond program evaluation to explore the changes to beneficiaries’ social and economic wellbeing, their acquisition of entrepreneurial skills and the impact of the PP in the community. The study found that the PP has an impact on beneficiaries’ business operations, increasing sales, turnover and profit. The ability to help their communities was another indicator of success for some beneficiaries. The partnership program is significantly informed by word of mouth. This creates an immediate level of trust that focuses not only on financial collateral but also on building up trust at the personal level. At the cultural level, the program is supported by what the ethnic groups in Makassar refer to as “siri” (the concept of shame and dignity) whereby the trust shown in you by someone else must be fulfilled.
Heralded dissipative preparation of nonclassical states in a Kerr oscillator
Creators: name: Koppenhöfer, Martin
name: Bruder, Christoph
name: Lörch, Niels
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a heralded state preparation scheme for driven nonlinear open quantum systems. The protocol is based on a continuous photon counting measurement of the system's decay channel. When no photons are detected for a period of time, the system has relaxed to a measurement-induced pseudo-steady state. We illustrate the protocol by the creation of states with a negative Wigner function in a Kerr oscillator, a system whose unconditional steady state is strictly positive.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures, corresponds to published version
title: Dendritic polyglycerol sulfate as a novel platform for paclitaxel delivery
title: pitfalls of ester linkage
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Sousa-Herves, Ana
name: Würfel, Patrick
name: Wegner, Nicole
name: Khandare, Jayant
name: Licha, Kai
name: Haag, Rainer
name: Welker, Pia
name: Calderón, Marcelo
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie

description: In this study, dendritic polyglycerol sulfate (dPGS) is evaluated as a delivery platform for the anticancer, tubulin-binding drug paclitaxel (PTX). The conjugation of PTX to dPGS is conducted via a labile ester linkage. A non- sulfated dendritic polyglycerol (dPG) is used as a control, and the labeling with an indocarbocyanine dye (ICC) renders multifunctional conjugates that can be monitored by fluorescence microscopy. The conjugates are characterized by 1H NMR, UV-vis measurements, and RP-HPLC. In vitro cytotoxicity of PTX and dendritic conjugates is evaluated using A549 and A431 cell lines, showing a reduced cytotoxic efficacy of the conjugates compared to PTX. The study of uptake kinetics reveals a linear, non saturable uptake in tumor cells for dPGS-PTX-ICC, while dPG-PTX-ICC is hardly taken up. Despite the marginal uptake of dPG-PTX-ICC, it prompts tubulin polymerization to a comparable extent as PTX. These observations suggest a fast ester hydrolysis and premature drug release, as confirmed by HPLC measurements in the presence of plasma enzymes
Massive Star Formation in Luminous Infrared Galaxies: Giant HII Regions and their relation to Super Star Clusters
Creators: name: Alonso-Herrero, Almudena
name: Rieke, George H.
name: Rieke, Marcia J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have used HST/NICMOS H-band narrow-band Pa-alpha (at rest 1.87micron) images to identify star clusters and HII regions respectively in a sample of 8 luminous infrared galaxies (LIRGs). These observations have revealed the presence of a large population of super star clusters (SSC) and bright HII regions. A significant fraction of the HII regions shows H-alpha luminosities above that of 30 Doradus, the prototypical giant HII region. The excess of extremely luminous HII regions in LIRGs has been confirmed by comparison with normal galaxies observed at similar spatial resolutions. Despite the large numbers of identified star clusters and HII regions in LIRGs, we only find a small fraction of coincidences, between 4% and 30%. Using synthesis models we have reproduced the relative fractions of young HII regions, intermediate and old star clusters observed in Arp299 and the central region NGC3256 using a Salpeter IMF and instantaneous star formation. HII regions with no detected near-infrared cluster counterpart (25-39%) represent the youngest sites of star formation, with ages of up to approximately 5Myr and mostly intermediate mass (~10^5Msun) ionizing clusters. For these two galaxies, and within the present detection threshold we can only detect coincidences (4-10%) between an HII region and a near-infrared star cluster for the most massive star clusters (~10^6Msun) during the first 7Myr of their evolution. The identified near-infrared SSCs with no detectable Pa-alpha emission represent the ``old'' population (53-66% of the detected sources), with ages of between 7 and 20-40Myr. Older clusters possibly created in this or previous episodes of star formation are likely to exist in these systems but cannot be identified with the present detection threshold. (Abridged)
description: Accepted for publication in AJ (July issue). Figure 2 not included. Go to: http://nicmos2.as.arizona.edu/~aalonso/work/papers/lirghii_v2.ps for a complete version of paper
Sustainability perspectives: a new methodological approach for quantitative assessment
Creators: name: Carraro, C.
name: Campagnolo, L.
name: Eboli, F.
name: Lanzi, E.
name: Parrado, R.
name: Portale, E.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Sustainable Development
subject: Sustainable Indicators
subject: Computable General Equilibrium
subject: Millennium Development Goals
subject: Climate Change
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::330 Wirtschaft::333 Boden- und Energiewirtschaft

description: This paper proposes a new tool to assess sustainability and make the concept of sustainable development operational. It considers its multi-dimensional structure combining the information deriving from a selection of relevant sustainability indicators belonging to economic, social and environmental pillars. The main novelties of this approach are the modelling framework, a recursive-dynamic computable general equilibrium used to calculate the trend of all indicators over time throughout the world, and the aggregation methodology to reconcile them in one aggregate index to measure overall sustainability. The former allows capturing the sector and regional interactions and higher-order effects driven by background assumptions on relevant variables to depict future scenarios. The latter makes it possible to compare sustainability performances, under alternative scenarios, across countries and over time. Main results show that the current sustainability at world level differs from what the traditional measure of well-being, the GDP, depicts, highlighting the trade-offs among different components of sustainability. Moreover, in the next decade a slight decrease in world sustainability may occur, in spite of an expected increase in world domestic product. Finally, dedicated policies increase overall sustainability, showing that social and environmental benefits may be greater than the correlated economic costs.
On-device Online Learning and Semantic Management of TinyML Systems
Creators: name: Ren, Haoyu
name: Li, Xue
name: Anicic, Darko
name: Runkler, Thomas A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Databases (cs.DB)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Recent advances in Tiny Machine Learning (TinyML) empower low-footprint embedded devices for real-time on-device Machine Learning. While many acknowledge the potential benefits of TinyML, its practical implementation presents unique challenges. This study aims to bridge the gap between prototyping single TinyML models and developing reliable TinyML systems in production: (1) Embedded devices operate in dynamically changing conditions. Existing TinyML solutions primarily focus on inference, with models trained offline on powerful machines and deployed as static objects. However, static models may underperform in the real world due to evolving input data distributions. We propose online learning to enable training on constrained devices, adapting local models towards the latest field conditions. (2) Nevertheless, current on-device learning methods struggle with heterogeneous deployment conditions and the scarcity of labeled data when applied across numerous devices. We introduce federated meta-learning incorporating online learning to enhance model generalization, facilitating rapid learning. This approach ensures optimal performance among distributed devices by knowledge sharing. (3) Moreover, TinyML's pivotal advantage is widespread adoption. Embedded devices and TinyML models prioritize extreme efficiency, leading to diverse characteristics ranging from memory and sensors to model architectures. Given their diversity and non-standardized representations, managing these resources becomes challenging as TinyML systems scale up. We present semantic management for the joint management of models and devices at scale. We demonstrate our methods through a basic regression example and then assess them in three real-world TinyML applications: handwritten character image classification, keyword audio classification, and smart building presence detection, confirming our approaches' effectiveness.
description: Accepted by Journal Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS)
An analytical MHD wind model with latitudinal dependences obtained using separation of the variables
Creators: name: Lima, J. J. G.
name: Priest, E. R.
name: Tsinganos, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A new class of analytical 2-D solutions of the full set of the steady magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) equations, describing an axisymmetric helicoidal magnetized outflow originating from a rotating central object, is presented. The solutions are systematically obtained via a nonlinear separation of the variables in the momentum equation. The analysis yields three parameters which measure the anisotropy in the latitudinal distribution of various flow quantities. Topologically, the wind speed is controlled by an X-type critical point that acts to filter out a single wind-type branch and the Alfven singularity. The solutions can be regarded as an extension outside the equatorial plane of the Weber & Davis (1967) model of magnetized winds but with a variable polytropic index.
description: 10 pages, 8 figures, Astron. & Astroph. accepted for publication (Febr. 2001)
Curculio hsifanus
Creators: name: Pelsue, Frank W.
name: Zhang, Runzhi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Curculio
Curculio hsifanus

description: Curculio hsifanus (Heller)
(Figs. 1–2)
description: Published as part of Pelsue, Frank W. & Zhang, Runzhi, 2003, A Review of the Genus Curculio from China with Descriptions of Fourteen New Species. Part IV. The Curculio sikkimensis (Heller) Group (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Curculionini), pp. 311-333 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 57 (3) on page 313, DOI: 10.1649/570, http://zenodo.org/record/10103725
Utilizing the Janus MoSSe surface polarization in designing complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors
Creators: name: Chiu, Yun-Pin
name: Huang, Hsin-Wen
name: Wu, Yuh-Renn
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Janus transition metal dichalcogenides (JTMDs) have attracted much attention because of their outstanding electronic and optical properties. The additional out-of-plane dipole in JTMDs can form n- and p-like Ohmic contacts, and this may be used in device applications such as pin diodes and photovoltaic cells. In this study, we exploit this property to design n- and p-type metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs). First, we use density-functional theory calculations to study the inherent dipole field strength in the trilayer JTMD MoSSe. The intrinsic dipole of MoSSe causes band bending at both the metal/MoSSe and MoSSe/metal interfaces, resulting in electron and hole accumulation to form n- and p-type Ohmic contact regions. We incorporate this property into a 2D finite-element-based Poisson-drift-diffusion solver to perform simulations, on the basis of which we design complementary MOSFETs. Our results demonstrate that JTMDs can be used to make n- and p-MOSFETs in the same layer without the need for any extra doping.
Genetics of brain network hubs
Creators: name: AURINA ARNATKEVICIUTE
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience

description: This thesis examines genetic markers of brain network organisation in neural networks. Integrating a range of data modalities including diffusion weighted imaging, gene expression measures and genotyping, this work shows that the genetic influences on brain connectivity converge on topologically central and functionally important brain network hubs. These findings shed light on key evolutionary principles for brain networks, the molecular basis of higher-order, integrative brain function, and genetic liability for brain disease. The methodological findings on integrating brain-wide gene expression and neuroimaging data highlight the importance of ensuring reproducibility in atlas-based imaging genetics research.
The Higgs Profile in the Standard Model and Beyond
Creators: name: Diaz-Cruz, J. Lorenzo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a review of Higgs physics in the SM and beyond, including the tests of the Higgs boson properties that have been performed at LHC and have permitted to delineate its profile. After presenting the essential features of the BEH mechanism, and its implementation in the SM, we discuss how the Higgs mass limits developed over the years. These constraints in turn helped to classify the Higgs phenomenology (decays and production mechanisms), which provided the right direction to search for the Higgs particle, an enterprise that culminated with its discovery at LHC. So far, the constraints on the couplings of the Higgs particle, point towards a SM interpretation. However, the SM has open ends that suggest the need to look for extensions of the model. We discuss in general the connection of the Higgs sector with some new physics (e.g. supersymmetry, flavor and Dark matter), with special focus on a more flavored Higgs sector. Thus is realized in the most general 2HDM, and its textured version, which we study in general, and for its various limits, which contain distinctive flavor-violating signals that could be searched at current and future colliders.
description: 34 pages, 13 figures, 5 tables, updated references, version to match published version
Delomerista mandibularis GRAVENHORST 1829
Creators: name: Çoruh, S.
name: Özbek, H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Delomerista
Delomerista mandibularis

description: Delomerista mandibularis GRAVENHORST 1829
Body black; areolet rectangle, intercubitus II. interrupted (fig. 3a); abdominal tergites III.-IV. designed (fig. 3b); ovipositor sheat as long as 0.6 of fore wing length, upper and lower valve equal (fig. 3c).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Central Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, former Yugoslavia, Nearctic region (ANONYMOUS 2007).
 M a t e r i a l: Bingöl: Soğukçeşme, 1650 m, 3.VI.2003,. Kars: Sarıkamış, Karakurt, TCK Çeşmesi, 1500 m, 12.VII.2003,. New for the Turkish fauna.
description: Published as part of Çoruh, S. & Özbek, H., 2008, A faunistic and systematic study on Pimplinae (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae) in Eastern and Northeastern parts of Turkey, pp. 419-462 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (1) on page 421, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5427877
[C II] emission and star formation in late-type galaxies. II A model
Creators: name: Pierini, D.
name: Leech, K. J.
name: Voelk, H. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the relationship between gas cooling via the [C II] (158 micron) line emission and dust cooling via the far-IR continuum emission on the global scale of a galaxy in normal (i.e. non-AGN dominated and non-starburst) late-type systems. It is known that the luminosity ratio of total gas and dust cooling, L(C II)/L(FIR), shows a non-linear behaviour with the equivalent width of the Halpha line emission, the ratio decreasing in galaxies of lower massive star-formation activity. This result holds despite the fact that known individual Galactic and extragalactic sources of the [C II] line emission show different [C II] line-to-far-IR continuum emission ratios. This non-linear behaviour is reproduced by a simple quantitative model of gas and dust heating from different stellar populations, assuming that the photoelectric effect on dust, induced by far-UV photons, is the dominant mechanism of gas heating in the general diffuse interstellar medium of the galaxies under investigation. According to the model, the global L(C II)/L(FIR) provides a direct measure of the fractional amount of non-ionizing UV light in the interstellar radiation field and not of the efficiency of the photoelectric heating. The model also defines a method to constrain the stellar initial mass function from measurements of L(C II) and L(FIR). A sample of 20 Virgo cluster galaxies observed in the [C II] line with the LWS on board ISO is used to illustrate the model. The limited statistics and the necessary assumptions behind the determination of the global [C II] luminosities from the spatially limited data do not allow us to establish definitive conclusions but data-sets available in the future will allow tests of both the reliability of the assumptions of our model and the statistical significance of our results.
description: 13 pages, 5 figures (included), accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics
How Important is Precautionary Labor Supply?
Creators: name: Jessen, Robin
name: Rostam-Afschar, Davud
name: Schmitz, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Wage Risk
subject: Labor Supply
subject: Precautionary Saving
subject: Life Cycle
subject: Dynamic Panel Data
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::330 Wirtschaft::331 Arbeitsökonomie
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::330 Wirtschaft::339 Makroökonomie und verwandte Themen

description: We quantify the importance of precautionary labor supply using data from the German Socio- Economic Panel (SOEP) for 2001-2012. We estimate dynamic labor supply equations augmented with a measure of wage risk. Our results show that married men choose about 2.5% of their hours of work or one week per year on average to shield against unpredictable wage shocks. This implies that about 26% of precautionary savings are due to precautionary labor supply. If self- employed faced the same wage risk as the median civil servant, their hours of work would reduce by 4%.
title: Porins of Neisseria Meningitidis
Creators: name: Jennings, Courtney Donaugh
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Neisseria meningitidis
subject: Gram-negative diplococcal bacterium
subject: Meningitidis

description: Neisseria meningitidis is a Gram-negative diplococcal bacterium responsible for causing septicaemia and meningococcal disease. It is carried commensally in the nasopharyngeal region by ~10% of the general population. It is unknown why the organism turns virulent and often meningococcal disease strikes those in the < 5 years and 15 - 20 years age groups, although infection can occur at any stage of life. Treatment of infection is with cephalosporins or penicillin, while prophylactic treatment of close contacts is with rifampin. The closest relative of Neisseria meningitidis is Neisseria gonorrhoeae, the organism responsible for causing gonorrhoea. N. meningitidis expresses two major porins in its outer membrane – PorA and PorB, while N. gonorrhoeae expresses one major porin in its outer membrane – PIA or PIB. These porins are 16-stranded beta-barrel monomeric proteins that are assembled into trimers and positioned within the outer membrane. To date there have been few studies which have examined the porin functions of PorA or PorB and determined their importance to the viability of the organism. In this study we were able to show that PorA plays no role in the viability of N. meningitidis and that it plays no role in the entry of antibiotics. A previously generated ¢9∆PorA (Peak, unpublished) strain and ¢9 wild type strain (Virji, et al., 1995) were used to conduct growth curves. Growth curve results showed that there was no significant difference in growth (when the strains were cultured in BHI broth supplemented with Levinthals (p >0.005), however when cultured in unsupplemented BHI broth, some timepoints were significantly different between the ¢9 and ¢9∆PorA strains. This could indicate that a nutrient (possibly iron) in the Levinthals supplement improved the growth of the ¢9∆PorA strain. MIC studies with these two strains showed that there was no difference between the two in terms of antibiotic entry and that PorA was not prone to phase variation under antibiotic selection.
Electron Densities and Nitrogen Abundances in Ionized Gas Derived Using [NII] Fine-structure and Hydrogen Recombination lines
Creators: name: Pineda, Jorge L.
name: Horiuchi, Shinji
name: Anderson, L. D.
name: Luisi, Matteo
name: Goldsmith, Paul F.
name: Langer, William D.
name: Kuiper, Thomas B. H.
name: Bryden, Geoff
name: Soriano, Melissa
name: Lazio, Joseph W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a method for deriving the electron density of ionized gas using the ratio of the intensity of the [NII] 205um line to that of Hydrogen radio recombination lines (RRL). We use this method to derive electron densities of 21 velocity components in 11 lines of sight through the Galaxy, including the Galactic center. We observed, at high--spectral resolution, the [NII] 205um line with the Herschel/HIFI and SOFIA/GREAT instruments and the radio recombination lines with the Green Bank Telescope and the NASA Deep Space Network Deep Space Station 43 (DSS--43) telescope. We find typical electron densities between 6 to 170 cm^-3, which are consistent with those derived at low spectral resolution using the [NII] 205um/122um line ratio with Herschel/PACS on a larger sample of sight lines in the Galactic plane. By matching the electron densities derived from the [NII] 205um/RRL intensity ratio and the [NII] 122um/205um intensity ratio, we derive the nitrogen fractional abundance for most of the velocity components. We investigate the dependence of the N/H ratio with Galactocentric distance in the inner Galaxy (R_gal<6 kpc, which is inaccessible in optical studies due to dust extinction. We find that the distribution of nitrogen abundances in the inner galaxy derived from our data has a slope that is consistent to that found in the outer Galaxy in optical studies. This result is inconsistent with some suggestions of a flatter distribution of the nitrogen abundance in the inner galaxy.
description: 20 pages, 9 figures, ApJ in press
Geometry of the spectral parameter and renormalisation of integrable $σ$-models
Creators: name: Lacroix, Sylvain
name: Wallberg, Anders
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the past few years, the unifying frameworks of 4-dimensional Chern-Simons theory and affine Gaudin models have allowed for the systematic construction of a large family of integrable $σ$-models. These models depend on the data of a Riemann surface $C$ (here of genus 0 or 1) and of a meromorphic 1-form $ω$ on $C$, which encodes the geometry of their spectral parameter and the analytic structure of their Lax connection. The main subject of this paper is the renormalisation of these theories and in particular two conjectures describing their 1-loop RG-flow in terms of the 1-form $ω$. These conjectures were put forward in [2010.07879] and [2106.09781] and were proven in a variety of cases. After extending the proposal of [2010.07879] to the elliptic setup (with $C$ of genus 1), we establish the equivalence of these two conjectures and discuss some of their applications. Moreover, we check their veracity on an explicit example, namely an integrable elliptic deformation of the Principal Chiral Model on $\text{SL}_N(\mathbb{R})$.
description: 38+23 pages. v2: published version; typos corrected
The removal of Pb (II) and Cd (II) with hydrous manganese dioxide: mechanism on zeta potential and adsorption behavior
Creators: name: Wu, Shanshan
name: Xie, Fencun
name: Chen, Sijie
name: Fu, Binbin
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: In this study, the removal of Pb (II) and Cd (II) in aqueous solution by employing hydrous manganese dioxide (HMO) is investigated. The HMO synthesized was characterized by SEM, XRD, BET, FT-IR, and XPS. Simultaneously, the effect of Zeta potential (ZP), solution pH and contact time were discussed. The results reveal that at pH 5.0, 1-HMO (−51.7 mV) with the highest |ZP| value can reach equilibrium and reach 95.7% removal rate within 30 mins. The isotherm and kinetic data fitted Langmuir and pseudo-second-order models well. The maximum adsorption capacities calculated by Langmuir equation are 475.4 mg/g for Pb (II) and 140.3 mg/g for Cd (II) at 303.15 K, respectively. The binary experiment indicates the HMO showed a better affinity for Pb (II) than Cd (II). Thermodynamic studies (ΔG < 0, ΔH > 0, ΔS > 0) implies the both adsorptions are endothermic and spontaneous process. The intraparticle model analysis indicates that the film discussion controls the metal ions adsorption at the earlier stage and the intraparticle diffusion at the middle stage, while a chemical bonding process at the equilibrium stage. The FTIR and XPS analysis further proves Pb (II) and Cd (II) being adsorbed onto the surface of HMO as Pb-O and Cd-O, resulting from ion exchange and complexation. The reacted HMO could be recycled and reused for several times in a high efficiency above 90% by adding HCl or new HMO adsorbent. Simple preparation, low cost and remarkable removal efficiency make HMO a promising material in the treatment of heavy metal-contaminated water.
POTENTIALS IN RURAL AREAS FOR ENHANCING BROADBAND ACCESS IN GRANVILLE AND VANCE COUNTIES
Creators: name: Hester, Ashley
name: Pack Aponte, Heather
name: Zahedrozegar, Samira
name: Quigley, Katherine
name: Shekete, Olayemi
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2025

description:
A Capstone Project submitted to the faculty at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Public Health in the Department of Public Health Leadership and Practice in the Gillings School of Global Public Health. The project explores internet access as a super determinant of health. 
Curculio hippophes Zhang
Creators: name: Pelsue, Frank W.
name: Zhang, Runzhi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2003
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Curculionidae
Curculio
Curculio hippophes

description: Curculio hippophes Zhang
(Figs. 7–8)
 Type. China: Shaanxi Province, Holotype male (IZAS).
 Diagnosis. Small in size; 2.67–2.83 mm in length, 1.21–1.5 mm in width; derm rubiginose; rostrum of male and female shorter than body, cylindrical, evenly arced; antennal club as long as funicular segments 1–4; disc of pronotum clothed with narrow, elongate, white scales; scutellum large, longer than broad, scutate, clothed with white scales; elytra clothed with narrow, elongate, white scales, with few piceous scales mixed; femora armed with small, acute teeth, hind tooth larger than pro-and mesoteeth; hind femur not reaching apex of abdomen; sternite 1 as long as 2 behind coxal cavity; metauncus small. Genitalia. Illustrated in Zhang (1992).
 Plant Associations. Hippophae rhamnoides Linnaeus, seeds.
 Distribution. China: Shaanxi Province, Long County.
 Remarks. This species resembles C. pylzovi and Curculio hilgendorfi (Harold) in coloration but smaller than either species, much smaller than C. hilgendorfi (6.0–9.0 mm) and rostrum longer than that of C. pylzovi.
description: Published as part of Pelsue, Frank W. & Zhang, Runzhi, 2003, A Review of the Genus Curculio from China with Descriptions of Fourteen New Species. Part IV. The Curculio sikkimensis (Heller) Group (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Curculioninae: Curculionini), pp. 311-333 in The Coleopterists Bulletin 57 (3) on page 316, DOI: 10.1649/570, http://zenodo.org/record/10103725
Hybomischos septemcinctorius
Creators: name: Çoruh, S.
name: Özbek, H.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2008
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Ichneumonidae
Hybomischos
Hybomischos septemcinctorius

description: Hybomischos septemcinctorius (THUNBERG 1822)
Body yellowish-brown; areolet rectangle, intercubitus II. interrupted (fig 4a); first abdominal tergite with basolateral angular ledges (fig. 4b); spiracles not touching the lateral tergal carinae; ovipositor longer than body, with sinuate apex, upper valve longer than lower valve (fig. 4c).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Caucasus, Europea, Southwest of Kasakhistan (KOLAROV 1997).
M a t e r i a l: Bingöl: Yenibaşlar, 1400 m, 3.VI.2003,. Erzurum: Şenkaya, Turnalı, 1750 m, 10.VIII.1997,; Oltu, Çamlıbel, 1700 m, 9.VIII.2000,.
description: Published as part of Çoruh, S. & Özbek, H., 2008, A faunistic and systematic study on Pimplinae (Hymenoptera Ichneumonidae) in Eastern and Northeastern parts of Turkey, pp. 419-462 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 40 (1) on page 421, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5427877
Are there MACHOs in the Milky Way halo?
Creators: name: Green, Anne M
name: Jedamzik, Karsten
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Microlensing searches aim to detect compact halo dark matter via its gravitational lensing effect on stars within the Large Magellanic Cloud. The most recent results have led to the claim that roughly one fifth of the galactic halo dark matter may be in the form of compact, solar-mass objects. We analyze this hypothesis by considering the goodness-of-fit of the best-fit halo dark matter solutions to the observational data. We show that the distribution of the durations of the observed microlensing events is narrower than that expected to result from a standard halo lens population at 90 to 95% confidence. Only when the fraction of expected background (non-halo) events is significantly increased does the discrepancy between the observed and theoretical event duration distributions disappear. This indicates that it is possible that most of the lenses responsible for the observed microlensing events are not located within the Milky Way halo.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures, minor changes to discussion and additional references, version to appear in Astronomy and Astrophysics
title: Effectiveness of Soil/Spoil Amendments in Minimising Adverse Impacts of Runoff and Erosion at Coal Mine Rehabilitation Sites in the Bowen Basin Region, Central Queensland
Creators: name: Mahardhika, Hapsara
Publisher: name: Griffith University
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Mine rehabilitation sites
subject: Soil amendments
subject: Soil improvement
subject: Soil erosion
subject: Griffith University Tilting Flume Simulation Rainfall (GUTSR)
subject: Abandoned mined lands reclamation
subject: Soil composition

description: Effects of vegetation cover on runoff and soil loss reduction at mine rehabilitation sites are well documented. However, the knowledge of soil amendment applications, namely polyacrylamide (PAM) and gypsum, prior to the establishment of vegetation is still very limited. These soil amendment methods have proven to have the ability to improve soil surface stability in agriculture, however, the application of soil amendments to improve the spoil surface at mine rehabilitation sites is still un–trialled and their effectiveness largely unknown. This study covers 4 topics namely; (1) to analyse the effectiveness of soil amendments towards improving the hydraulic conductivity of the soil and spoil; (2) to determine the effect of soil amendments application on sediment concentration in the runoff and total soil loss generated from the laboratory based soil erosion experiments; (3) to assess WinSEADS model (Soil Erosion and Deposition Simulation – Windows) to predict sediment concentration and total soil loss under a variety of scenarios; (4) to carry out cost assessment of possible field application of soil amendments under several scenarios. In the small–scale experiments, the application of soil amendments to the soil and spoil was found to be beneficial in increasing the hydraulic conductivity. The results indicate that gypsum is more effective in maintaining a high hydraulic conductivity when compared with PAM. The percentage increase of hydraulic conductivity was found to depend on the soil amendment application rates; and the physical and chemical characteristics of the soil and spoil.