cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Hereditary Automorphic Lie Algebras
Creators: name: Knibbeler, Vincent
name: Lombardo, Sara
name: Sanders, Jan A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Commutative Algebra (math.AC)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 13A50, 17B05, 17B65, 17B80

description: We show that Automorphic Lie Algebras which contain a Cartan subalgebra with a constant spectrum, called hereditary, are completely described by 2-cocycles on a classical root system taking only two different values. This observation suggests a novel approach to their classification. By determining the values of the cocycles on opposite roots, we obtain the Killing form and the abelianisation of the Automorphic Lie Algebra. The results are obtained by studying equivariant vectors on the projective line. As a byproduct, we describe a method to reduce the computation of the infinite dimensional space of said equivariant vectors to a finite dimensional linear computation and the determination of the ring of automorphic functions on the projective line.
description: 29 pages
Gesellschaftsethisches Gutachten zum Projekt „Multisensoriell gestützte Erfassung von Straftätern in Menschenmengen bei komplexen Einsatzlagen“
Creators: name: Krüger, Marco
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Sicherheit , Überwachung , Polizei , Ethik , Fußball
subject: 300
subject: 320
subject: Security
subject: Surveillance
subject: Football Policing

description: Das vorliegende Gutachten behandelt die gesellschaftsethischen Aspekte des Forschungspro-jekts Muskat. Es evaluiert die positiven und negativen zu erwartenden Folgen, die mit der Einführung von Videotracking in komplexen polizeilichen Einsatzlagen potentiell verbunden sind und will so die Debatte über die Vor- und Nachteile von Videotracking informieren. Gemäß der inhaltlichen Ausrichtung des Forschungsprojekts befasst sich dieses Gutachten in erster Linie mit den gesellschaftsethischen Implikationen von Videotracking bei polizeilichen Fußballeinsätzen.
Additional file 5 of Characterizing PFAS hazards and risks: a human population-based in vitro cardiotoxicity assessment strategy
Creators: name: Ford, Lucie C.
name: Lin, Hsing-Chieh
name: Zhou, Yi-Hui
name: Wright, Fred A.
name: Gombar, Vijay K.
name: Sedykh, Alexander
name: Shah, Ruchir R.
name: Chiu, Weihsueh A.
name: Rusyn, Ivan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Supplementary Material 5
Living on the edge: habitat selection of Hierophis viridiflavus
Creators: name: Scali, Stefano
name: Mangiacotti, Marco
name: Bonardi, Anna
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2008

description: We analysed habitat choices of H. viridiflavus in a continental area of northern Italy and compared our results with those reported from central Italy by other authors. We used two different field techniques, visual encounter surveys (VES) and radio tracking (RT), and both pointed out a clear preference for edges, while uniform habitats (like mature woods or meadow) were avoided. The same pattern of habitat use is documented for other whip snakes and can be related to the high thermal quality of edges, although other factors could not be ruled out (e.g., prey/shelters abundance). Nevertheless, other researches on Mediterranean populations do not show such a preference, suggesting that at lower latitude habitat thermal quality is not the main constraint and H. viridiflavus can behave as a habitat generalist. Finally, comparing the two field techniques, we find that VES partially overestimates the importance of edge use, suggesting that caution should be used about its utilization to obtain information in this kind of research.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 3 No 2 (2008)
Chronotype and mortality - a 37-year follow-up study in Finnish adults
Creators: name: Hublin, Christer
name: Kaprio, Jaakko
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: The UK Biobank study on chronotype and mortality suggested small increases of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a 6.5-year follow-up. Our aim was to constructively replicate findings from it in a longer follow-up. A questionnaire was administered to the population-based adult Finnish Twin Cohort in 1981 (response rate 84%). The study population included 23 854 participants who replied to the question: “Try to assess to what extent you are a morning person or an evening person,” with four response alternatives (anchored from “clearly a morning person” to “clearly an evening person”). Vital status and cause of death data were provided by nationwide registers up to the end of 2018. Hazard ratios for mortality were computed based on 8728 deaths. Adjustments were made for education, alcohol, smoking, BMI, and sleep duration. The covariate adjusted model showed a 9% increase of all-cause mortality for the evening-type group (HR = 1.09, 95% CI 1.01–1.18), with attenuation mainly due to smoking and alcohol. Their importance was highlighted by observing no increased mortality among non-smokers who were at most light drinkers. There was no increase in any cause-specific mortality. Our results suggest that there is little or no independent contribution of chronotype to mortality.
Road mortality threatens small northern populations of the European pond turtle, Emys orbicularis
Creators: name: Trakimas, Giedrius
name: Sidaravičius, Jonas
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2008

description: Little is known about road mortality and the effects to European pond turtle Emys orbicularis populations at the northern border of its range. Survival of the turtle populations in suboptimal conditions depends heavily on longevity, regular annual breeding and relatively large clutch sizes, but additional unnatural mortality could alter their survival rates. Loss of only single turtle in majority of northern populations could mean a loss of 3-20% of subpopulation. But due to comparative rarity of the road accidents the effects of individual road mortality to the turtle populations might not be recognized. We discuss possible effects of road–associated mortality, and suggest that precautionary measures as setting of the buffer zones with low road density and possibility of lowering of traffic volume must be considered during the planning of the species conservation actions.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 3 No 2 (2008)
First record of Vipera ursinii graeca in Albania (Reptilia: Serpentes, Viperidae)
Creators: name: Korsós, Zoltán
name: Barina, Zoltán
name: Pifkó, Dániel
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2008

description: In the framework of the botanical and zoological expeditions of the Hungarian Natural History Museum to the Balkans, a specimen of Vipera ursinii graeca was observed in the southern Nemerçke Mountains of Albania. It is the first record of the subspecies outside Greece, but zoogeographically it belongs to the northern Pindos Mountain range.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 3 No 2 (2008)
Émergence et développement des « lignes téléphoniques de prière » dans la communauté haïtienne adventiste du septième jour au Canada et aux États-Unis d’Amérique ; vers la proposition d’un cadre opérationnel
Creators: name: Saint-Fleur, Roger
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2018

description: La présente étude doctorale se déploie dans la foulée de l’émergence et le développement des lignes téléphoniques de prière dans la communauté haïtienne adventiste du septième jour au Canada et aux États-Unis d’Amérique. L’Église adventiste est surtout connue par sa marque distinctive de l’observation du sabbat et son régime sanitaire. Outre ceux-là, les adventistes du septième jour croient et prêchent le second avènement du Christ sur la terre et s’intéressent à l’interprétation prophétique relative aux signes des temps qui marqueraient cet événement. L’eschatologie développée par l’Église adventiste, que ce soit à travers la Bible ou à travers les écrits de ses pionniers, ne précise ni heure, ni jour, ni date relative au retour de Jésus, ce qui, en même temps, marquerait la fin du monde telle que connue à ce jour. Cependant, l’arrivée de l’an 2000 perçu par certains croyants comme le début de la fin des temps va générer une ferveur au sein de la communauté chrétienne adventiste d’origine haïtienne vivant en diaspora. Cette ferveur se transformera rapidement en peur. Une peur engendrée par une forme de prédication alarmiste et alarmante à travers des lignes que les responsables appellent, « lignes téléphoniques de prière » . Ces lignes se destinaient à mettre en place un moyen de rencontre qui faciliterait des rencontres virtuelles de prière au cas où les chrétiens venaient à faire face à la persécution. Or, le Christ n’est pas revenu, la persécution non plus. Cependant, au lieu de s’estomper, les lignes se sont multipliées dans la communauté. Le message évangélique prêché par l’Église adventiste du septième jour en lien à la prophétie et à l’eschatologie prend d’autres formes sur les lignes au point d’affermir la peur chez plusieurs adhérents accrochés aux lignes de prière. Une observation assidue des pratiques induites incluant un sondage en ligne auprès des adhérents et des entrevues semi structurées auprès de pasteurs adventistes s’alliera pour jeter un éclairage sur la signifiance de la multiplication des lignes. L’observation de la pratique menée sur les lignes de prière a permis de relever que l’intention de la prédication eschatologique des responsables sur les lignes de prière, malgré leur caractère émotif, semble imprégner d’une bonne volonté, mais démunie d’un certain savoir, d’une certaine connaissance de l’herméneutique adventiste. La thèse s’oriente donc vers la proposition d’un cadre opérationnel. Ceci faciliterait un rapprochement entre les responsables des lignes de prière et les dirigeants de l’Église locale par la proposition d’une formation souple et volontaire de la théologie adventiste auprès des responsables des lignes, pour une prise de parole effective. Ce qui serait une contribution théologique et pratique pour le bien-être, tant personnel que spirituel, de la communauté adventiste.
Diet of the asp viper Vipera aspis in woodland habitats of the Po plain (NW Italy)
Creators: name: Canova, Luca
name: Gentilli, Augusto
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2008

description: The diet of Asp viper Vipera aspis was studied in forested habitat of Northern Italy The species feeds on a low number of preys, possibly reflecting the reduction of small mammal richness in woodland habitats.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 3 No 2 (2008)
Exact quantization conditions for the relativistic Toda lattice
Creators: name: Hatsuda, Yasuyuki
name: Marino, Marcos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Inspired by recent connections between spectral theory and topological string theory, we propose exact quantization conditions for the relativistic Toda lattice of N particles. These conditions involve the Nekrasov-Shatashvili free energy, which resums the perturbative WKB expansion, but they require in addition a non-perturbative contribution, which is related to the perturbative result by an S-duality transformation of the Planck constant. We test the quantization conditions against explicit calculations of the spectrum for N=3. Our proposal can be generalized to arbitrary toric Calabi-Yau manifolds and might solve the corresponding quantum integrable system of Goncharov and Kenyon.
description: 31pages, v2: misprints corrected, references added, v3: published version, v4: typo in eq.(2.49) fixed
Is the association of chronotype with adolescent behavior problems mediated through social jetlag?
Creators: name: Zhu, Mia Q.
name: Oliveros, Henry
name: Marín, Constanza
name: Mora-Plazas, Mercedes
name: Villamor, Eduardo
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: We examined the associations of chronotype with behavior problems in a cross-sectional study of 957 Colombian adolescents (mean age, 14.6 years; 56% female), in addition to the mediating role of social jetlag. The midpoint of bedtime and waketime on free days, corrected for sleep debt accumulated during school week (MSFsc), was estimated from parent reports and used to assess chronotype. Behavior problems were evaluated through the Youth Self-Report (YSR) and the parent-completed Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) questionnaires. We estimated adjusted mean differences with 95% CI in externalizing, internalizing, attention, social, and thought problem scores per one hour difference in chronotype using linear regression. Later chronotype was related to internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. Eveningness was associated with higher adjusted mean YSR scores (unit difference per hour) in externalizing behavior (1.0; 95% CI: 0.6, 1.5), internalizing behavior (0.6; 95% CI: 0.2, 1.1), attention problems (0.2; 95% CI: 0.0, 0.3), social problems (0.4; 95% CI: 0.1, 0.8), and thought problems (0.3; 95% CI: 0.1, 0.6). Similar patterns were observed with the CBCL. The associations of chronotype with somatic complaints and social problems were stronger in boys than they were in girls. Later chronotype was related to social jetlag but social jetlag was only associated with somatic complaints and attention problems, and mediated 16% and 26% of their corresponding associations with chronotype. In conclusion, later chronotype is associated with behavior problems in adolescence. Social jetlag does not substantially mediate these associations.
Personality traits in bipolar disorder: A meta-analysis
Creators: name: Hanke, Natalie
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Psychiatry and Psychology
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: big five
subject: bipolar disorder
subject: neuroticism
subject: personality traits
subject: risk factor

description: We will perform a meta-analysis of difference in personality profile of people with bipolar disorder compared to healthy controls.
La création artistique au service de l’affirmation identitaire, du mana wahine et des revendications politiques : l’art contemporain des femmes māori de Nouvelle-Zélande
Creators: name: Pellini, Catherine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2018
Subjects: Art contemporain māori
Femmes artistes māori
Art et mythes
Art et revendications
Problématiques identitaires
Mana wahine
Intersectionnalité

description: Située au croisement de plusieurs disciplines – anthropologie, sociologie, histoire de l’art, études féministes et sur le genre – cette thèse s’intéresse aux oeuvres, aux pratiques, aux parcours et aux discours des femmes artistes māori néo-zélandaises s’inscrivant dans le champ de l’art contemporain et vivant en milieu urbain. Ces artistes sont à l’origine de revendications politiques et d’affirmations identitaires singulières du fait de leurs multiples appartenances : leurs productions recèlent des références simultanées à leurs histoires individuelles, à leur statut de membres d’une minorité autochtone et d’une tribu, à leur condition de femmes et de citoyennes au sein de la nation néo-zélandaise. L’analyse des données obtenues après avoir mené une enquête de terrain d’un an en Nouvelle-Zélande en 2012-2013, des recherches complémentaires sur Internet et des échanges avec les artistes au retour du terrain permet de montrer comment ces dernières s’inscrivent dans le mouvement actuel d’affirmation māori. En effet, suite à la colonisation britannique du XIXe siècle, les Māori luttent toujours pour affirmer leurs droits. Dans ce contexte, l’art est utilisé par certaines femmes comme un puissant moyen de contestation et de promotion d’un changement social visant à la reconnaissance du mana wahine (pouvoir, prestige féminin). Ce travail révèle également que la pratique artistique leur offre l’opportunité de réaffirmer les liens les unissant au monde māori tout en leur permettant d’accéder à une certaine autonomisation et émancipation. Elles développent des stratégies originales pour affirmer leur créativité sans transgresser des règles toujours importantes pour les Māori.
Unexpected phylogeographic affinities of Psammodromus algirus from Conigli islet (Lampedusa)
Creators: name: Carretero, Miguel A.
name: Perera, Anna
name: Lo Cascio, Pietro
name: Corti, Claudia
name: Harris, D. James
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2009

description: The only Italian population of the lacertid Psammodromus algirus is found in Conigli islet whereas the species is absent from the nearby island of Lampedusa. The phylogeographic relationships of this population were investigated. Mitochondrial DNA (12S rRNA and 16S rRNA) fragment sequences were analysed and compared with already published sequences from the whole species range. In all the analyses, the sample from Conigli grouped with those from Morocco and not with the closer Tunisian ones. Such surprising result poses serious doubts to the traditional interpretation of the enigmatic distribution pattern of this species in Italy suggesting a recent colonisation of the islet from NW Africa, probably human-mediated, rather than a land crossing from Tunisia during the Pleistocene.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 4 No 1 (2009)
Uncertainty propagation and sensitivity analysis: results from the Ocular Mathematical Virtual Simulator
Creators: name: Prud'Homme, Christophe
name: Sala, Lorenzo
name: Szopos, Marcela
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Tissues and Organs (q-bio.TO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: We propose an uncertainty propagation study and a sensitivity analysis with the Ocular Mathematical Virtual Simulator, a computational and mathematical model that predicts the hemodynamics and biomechanics within the human eye. In this contribution, we focus on the effect of intraocular pressure, retrolaminar tissue pressure and systemic blood pressure on the ocular posterior tissue vasculature. The combination of a physically-based model with experiments-based stochastic input allows us to gain a better understanding of the physiological system, accounting both for the driving mechanisms and the data variability.
The effect of shift work on different hematological parameters among healthcare workers
Creators: name: Sooriyaarachchi, Piumika
name: Jayawardena, Ranil
name: Pavey, Toby
name: King, Neil A.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Hematology

description: Shift workers frequently experience alterations in their circadian rhythms, which are correlated with variations in hematological parameters. Changes in blood cells may be related to an individual’s health status. Therefore, this study aimed to compare the relationship between shift work and changes in blood cells among a group of healthcare workers in Sri Lanka. A comparative cross-sectional study was conducted among healthcare workers, recruited by a stratified random sampling technique. Socio-demographic data were collected using a structured questionnaire. Venous blood samples were obtained and analyzed for the determination of total and differential blood cell counts. Descriptive statistics were used for the analysis of sociodemographic and hematological parameters. A sample of 37-day workers and 39 shift workers were included in the analysis. The mean ages (years) were not significantly different between the groups (36.8 ± 10.8 vs 39.1 ± 12.0; P = 0.371). Shift employees showed a significantly higher total mean white blood cell count (WBC) of 7548.75 mm−3 compared to day workers’ 6869.19 mm−3 (P = 0.027). They also had higher mean absolute counts for all different WBC types (Neutrophils: 3949.2 vs 3557.7 , Lymphocyte: 2756.5 vs 2614.2 , Eosinophil: 317.6 vs 233.4 , Monocytes: 491.63 vs 432.51 , Basophils: 31.68 vs 29.22 ). Shift employees exhibited higher WBC counts than day workers at the same level of work experience. The length of shift work exposure revealed a positive link with neutrophil (r = 0.225 ) and eosinophil counts (r = 0.262 ), whereas these correlations were negative for day workers. Shift workers were associated with higher WBC counts in healthcare workers compared to their day-working counterparts.
Non-minimal derivative coupling gravity in cosmology
Creators: name: Gumjudpai, Burin
name: Rangdee, Phongsaphat
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We give a brief review of the non-minimal derivative coupling (NMDC) scalar field theory in which there is non-minimal coupling between the scalar field derivative term and the Einstein tensor. We assume that the expansion is of power-law type or super-acceleration type for small redshift. The Lagrangian includes the NMDC term, a free kinetic term, a cosmological constant term and a barotropic matter term. For a value of the coupling constant that is compatible with inflation, we use the combined WMAP9 (WMAP9+eCMB+BAO+ $H_0$) dataset, the PLANCK+WP dataset, and the PLANCK $TT,TE,EE$+lowP+Lensing+ext datasets to find the value of the cosmological constant in the model. Modeling the expansion with power-law gives a negative cosmological constants while the phantom power-law (super-acceleration) expansion gives positive cosmological constant with large error bar. The value obtained is of the same order as in the $Λ$CDM model, since at late times the NMDC effect is tiny due to small curvature.
description: 11 pages, 2 figures with additional references and corrections
Predicting elusiveness: potential distribution model of the Southern smooth snake, Coronella girondica, in Italy
Creators: name: Bombi, Pierluigi
name: Luiselli, Luca
name: Capula, Massimo
name: Salvi, Daniele
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2009

description: Predictive models of species distribution may be very useful for understanding actual distribution of elusive species, including several snakes. The southern smooth snake (Coronella girondica) is likely the most elusive snake species of peninsular Italy, and is therefore well-suited for predicting potential distribution studies. In this paper we predict the potential distribution map of this species in Italy by using MAXENT algorithm, that finds the probability distribution of maximum entropy that is constrained by considered ecological parameters. Presence data for Coronella girondica were gotten from CKmap. The potential distribution model of Coronella girondica showed a very good overall performance (AUC = 0.959), and indicated that high suitability areas correspond mainly to Tyrrhenian north and central regions, including Liguria, western Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Umbria, and northern Latium. Southern Italian regions were clearly unsuitable for this snake species. Overall, our study revealed that previous distribution maps indicating the occurrence of Coronella girondica in southern Italy and Sicily were poorly reliable. The conservation and management implications of our study are also addressed.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 4 No 1 (2009)
On the Universal Transformation of Data-Driven Models to Control Systems
Creators: name: Peitz, Sebastian
name: Bieker, Katharina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The advances in data science and machine learning have resulted in significant improvements regarding the modeling and simulation of nonlinear dynamical systems. It is nowadays possible to make accurate predictions of complex systems such as the weather, disease models or the stock market. Predictive methods are often advertised to be useful for control, but the specifics are frequently left unanswered due to the higher system complexity, the requirement of larger data sets and an increased modeling effort. In other words, surrogate modeling for autonomous systems is much easier than for control systems. In this paper we present the framework QuaSiModO (Quantization-Simulation-Modeling-Optimization) to transform arbitrary predictive models into control systems and thus render the tremendous advances in data-driven surrogate modeling accessible for control. Our main contribution is that we trade control efficiency by autonomizing the dynamics - which yields mixed-integer control problems - to gain access to arbitrary, ready-to-use autonomous surrogate modeling techniques. We then recover the complexity of the original problem by leveraging recent results from mixed-integer optimization. The advantages of QuaSiModO are a linear increase in data requirements with respect to the control dimension, performance guarantees that rely exclusively on the accuracy of the predictive model in use, and little prior knowledge requirements in control theory to solve complex control problems.
Nutritional perfomance of Tupinambis merianae lizards fed with corn starch as source of energy
Creators: name: Parry, Harold Vega
name: Vintiñi, Elisa
name: Arce, Osvaldo E.A.
name: Manes, Mario E.
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2009

description: Efficiency in processing complex carbohydrates as a source of energy was studied in Tupinambis merianae lizards. Four isoproteic and isoenergetic diets in which different percentages of corn starch substituted fat (0, 10, 20 and 30 dry matter in the diet) were provided. Even though consumption was similar in all diets, growth and feeding conversion rates decreased significantly with corn starch supplies of 10% and more. At the end of the trial, pancreatic alpha-amylase activity showed correlated increases, yet these were insufficient to compensate corn starch supplies. Results suggest that Tupinambis merianae lizards have a restricted omnivorous capacity. Therefore, diet formulation for these lizards should exclude high molecular weight carbohydrates.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 4 No 1 (2009)
Additional file 1 of A Bayesian approach for estimating the uncertainty on the contribution of nitrogen fixation and calculation of nutrient balances in grain legumes
Creators: name: Palmero, Francisco
name: Hefley, Trevor J.
name: Lacasa, Josefina
name: Almeida, Luiz Felipe
name: Haro, Ricardo J.
name: Garcia, Fernando O.
name: Salvagiotti, Fernando
name: Ciampitti, Ignacio A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Additional file 1
The role of sulcal morphology in developmental prosopagnosia
Creators: name: Parker, Ben
name: Voorhies, Willa
name: Jiahui, Guo
name: Furl, Nicholas
name: Garrido, Lucia
name: Duchaine, Brad
name: weiner, kevin
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022

description: This project aims to examine the role of the morphology of sulci within ventral temporal cortex in developmental prosopagnosia.
Phenomenology of a massive quantum field in a cosmological quantum spacetime
Creators: name: Rastgoo, Saeed
name: Tavakoli, Yaser
name: Fabris, Julio C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We revisit the quantum theory of a massive, minimally coupled scalar field, propagating on the Planck-era isotropic cosmological quantum spacetime which transitions to a classical spacetime in later times. The quantum effects modify the isotropic spacetime such that effectively it exhibits anisotropies. Thus, the interplay between this quantum background and modes of the field, when disregarding the backreactions, gives rise to a theory of a quantum field on an anisotropic, dressed spacetime. Different solutions are found whose components depend on the quantum fluctuations of the background geometry. We construct a formal expression for the power spectrum of the scalar field fluctuations on such anisotropic background. It is shown that the anisotropy of this power spectrum is due to the modified frequency of the propagating quantum modes. This provides a quantitative estimate for the deviations from the isotropic power spectrum which can lead to the potential observational signatures on the cosmic microwave background. In addition, the problem of particle production when transitioning from such an effective spacetime to a classical one is reexamined. It is shown that particles are created, and the expectation value of their number operator depends on the quantum geometry fluctuations.
description: Major revision (This version: 34 pages); to appear in J. Annals of Phys
Release calls of female Bombina bombina (Anura: Bombinatoridae)
Creators: name: Gollmann, Günter
name: Benkö, Andreas
name: Hödl, Walter
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2009

description: Release calls of a female fire-bellied toad, Bombina bombina, were recorded in the field while handling the toad. Duration and structure of these calls are similar to release calls of male B. bombina.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 4 No 1 (2009)
Chronic exposure to dim artificial light disrupts the daily rhythm in mitochondrial respiration in mouse suprachiasmatic nucleus
Creators: name: Rajput, Prabha
name: Kumar, Dhanananajay
name: Krishnamurthy, Sairam
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Circadian rhythms of physiology, behavior, and metabolism have an endogenous 24 h period that synchronizes with environmental cycles of light/dark and food availability. Alterations in light cycles are stressful and disrupt such diurnal oscillations. Recently, we witnessed a sudden rise in studies describing the mechanisms behind the interaction between the key characteristics of mitochondrial functions, peripheral clocks, and stress responses. To our knowledge, there is no study in the suprachiasmatic nuclei (SCN) describing the dysregulated mitochondrial bioenergetics under abnormal lighting conditions, which is common in today’s modern world. Thus, we aimed to investigate the existence of daily changes in mitochondrial bioenergetics (respiratory control rate, RCR), mitochondrial abundance (mtDNA/nDNA), plasma corticosterone, and to test whether disturbances in the lighting conditions might influence such rhythms. To confirm this, mice were sacrificed, mitochondria were isolated from the suprachiasmatic nuclei in the brain and blood was collected, every 3 h at various time points zeitgeber time/circadian time, (0, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, 18, 21, and 24 h) under 12:12 h light-dark (LD, 150 lux L: 0 lux D) cycle and chronic artificial dim lighting (LL, 5 lux: 5lux) conditions, of a 24 h period, respectively. Our results demonstrate the existence of robust daily rhythmicity in RCR, mtDNA/nDNA and plasma CORT under a normal LD cycle. However, these rhythms were significantly disrupted and clock genes expressions were dysregulated under chronic dim LL. Furthermore, mitochondrial abundance was significantly reduced during LL compared to their numbers under LD cycle. Our data demonstrate that the circadian clock regulates mitochondrial functions (RCR, number), essential for accomplishing daily energy demands and supply by the SCN neurons. Abnormal light exposure dysregulates mitochondrial functions in the SCN and may alter metabolism, resulting in obesity, diabetes, and other metabolic disorders. Therefore, properly designing lighting conditions in workplaces is essential to mitigate the adverse consequences of light on humans.
Jordan algebras admitting derivations with invertible values
Creators: name: Kaygorodov, Ivan
name: Lopatin, Artem
name: Popov, Yury
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The notion of derivation with invertible values as a derivation of ring with unity that only takes multiplicatively invertible or zero values appeared in a paper of Bergen, Herstein and Lanski, in which they determined the structure of associative rings that admit derivations with invertible values. Later, the results of this paper were generalized in many cases, for example, for generalized derivations, associative super-algebras, alternative algebras and many others. The present work is dedicated to description of all Jordan algebras admitting derivations with invertible values.
Sound-symbolism effects in the absence of awareness. A replication study.
Creators: name: Heyman, Tom
name: Maerten, Anne-Sofie
name: Vankrunkelsven, Hendrik
name: Voorspoels, Wouter
name: Moors, Pieter
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022

description: In the present project, we re-examine the claim of Hung, Styles, and Hsieh (2017) that sound-shape mappings can occur before conscious awareness of the visual stimuli.
Flat Galactic Rotation Curves from Geometry in Weyl Gravity
Creators: name: Deliduman, Cemsinan
name: Kasikci, Oguzhan
name: Yapiskan, Baris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We searched for a resolution of the flat galactic rotation curve problem from geometry instead of assuming the existence of dark matter. We observed that the scale independence of the rotational velocity in the outer region of galaxies could point out to a possible existence of local scale symmetry and therefore the gravitational phenomena inside such regions should be described by the unique local scale symmetric theory, namely Weyl's theory of gravity. We solved field equations of Weyl gravity and determined the special geometry in the outer region of galaxies. In order to understand the effective description of gravitational phenomena, we compared individual terms of so called Einstein-Weyl theory and concluded that while the outer region of galaxies are described by the Weyl term, the inner region of galaxies are described by the Einstein-Hilbert term.
description: 8 pages, latex; v2: typos corrected, v3: discussion shortened, v4: new section added, v5: discussion extended, v6: published version
Additional file 2 of Clostridium autoethanogenum alters cofactor synthesis, redox metabolism, and lysine-acetylation in response to elevated H2:CO feedstock ratios for enhancing carbon capture efficiency
Creators: name: Davin, Megan E.
name: Thompson, R. Adam
name: Giannone, Richard J.
name: Mendelson, Lucas W.
name: Carper, Dana L.
name: Martin, Madhavi Z.
name: Martin, Michael E.
name: Engle, Nancy L.
name: Tschaplinski, Timothy J.
name: Brown, Steven D.
name: Hettich, Robert L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 2: Supplemental Figures 1–3. Figure S1. Separation of Proteomes by Condition. A PCA plot showing the groupings of replicates for each of the conditions. Figure S2. Total Lysine Acetylation Percentage. A bar chart depicting the percentage of acetylated peptides in proportion to total detected peptides. Figure S3. The Total Lysine and Arginine Methylation Percentage. A bar chart depicting the percentage of methylated peptides in proportion to total detected peptides. The red represents peptides methylated on the arginine residues, and the blue peptides methylated at lysine residues.
A new finding of Rhynchocalamus barani, Baran’s black-headed dwarf snake (Reptilia, Colubridae), in the Mediterranean region of Turkey widens its distribution range
Creators: name: Avcı, Aziz
name: Üzüm, Nazan
name: Ilgaz, Çetin
name: Olgun, Kurtuluş
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2009

description: Rhynchocalamus barani Olgun, Avcı, Ilgaz, Üzüm and Yılmaz, 2007 is a small colubrid snake previously known only from the type locality, 34 km east of Dört-yol, Hatay Province from Mediterranean Region of Turkey. A second new locality, Yayladağı, Hatay, Turkey, is reported here in the Mediterranean region of Turkey in this study. The new specimen corresponds fully in morphology, colouration and body scalation with specimens from the type locality.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 4 No 2 (2009)
Beat-to-Beat Fetal Heart Rate Analysis Using Portable Medical Device and Wavelet Transformation Technique
Creators: name: Farahi, Maria
name: Casals, Alicia
name: Sarrafzadeh, Omid
name: Zamani, Yasaman
name: Ahmadi, Hooran
name: Behbood, Naeimeh
name: Habibian, Hessam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 92C55

description: A beat-to-beat Tele-fetal Monitoring and comparison with clinical data are studied with a wavelet transformation approach. Tele-fetal monitoring is a big progress toward a wearable medical device for a pregnant woman capable of obtaining prenatal care at home. We apply a wavelet transformation algorithm for fetal cardiac monitoring using a portable fetal Doppler medical device. Choosing an appropriate mother wavelet, 85 different mother wavelets are investigated. The efficiency of the proposed method is evaluated using two data sets including public and clinical. From publicly available data on PhysioBank, and simultaneous clinical measurement, we prove that the comparison between obtained fetal heart rate by the algorithm and the baselines yields a promising accuracy beyond 95%. Finally, we conclude that the proposed algorithm would be a robust technique for any similar tele-fetal monitoring approach.
description: 12 pages, 12 figures
Anthropogenic impact or anthropogenic accommodation? Distribution range expansion of the common wall lizard (Podarcis muralis) by means of artificial habitats in the north-eastern limits of its distribution range
Creators: name: Gherghel, Iulian
name: Strugariu, Alexandru
name: Sahlean, Tiberiu C.
name: Zamfirescu, Oana
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2009

description: During 2005-2008, field observations were made on the distribution and habitat occupation by Podarcis muralis in the middle Bistrita river basin. Prior to our study, this lizard was known from only 5 localities in Romanian Moldavia (Bicaz, Cheile Bicazului, Lacu Roşu, Gherman and Dodeni). Through the present paper the authors acknowledge the existence of 28 sites populated by P. muralis in Moldavia and propose a new model for the range expansion of the species in the area using man-made structures such as road and railway fences and road beds, benefiting from the mild climate provided by the Izvorul Muntelui barrier lake and forming insular populations to further colonize suitable habitats.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 4 No 2 (2009)
Ultimate Limits to Computation: Anharmonic Oscillator
Creators: name: Khorasani, Fatemeh
name: Tanhayi, Mohammad Reza
name: Pirmoradian, Reza
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by studies of ultimate speed of computers, we examine the question of minimum time of orthogonalization in a simple anharmonic oscillator and find an upper bound on the rate of computations. Furthermore, we investigate the growth rate of complexity of operation when the system undergoes a definite perturbation. At the phase space of the parameters, by numerical analysis, we find the critical point where beyond that the rate of complexity changes its behavior.
description: published version
Optimised geometries in real conditions for the characterisation of photometric quantities for road surface materials
Creators: name: Muzet, Valerie
name: Paola, Iacomussi
name: Jouanin Anthony
name: Kubaserp Toomas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: Specification concerning road lighting and the photometry of road surface was established more than 40 years ago. Road lighting design and characterisation of marking visibility have been developed for car driving. The observation distance defined by standards corresponds to inter urban applications, where in Europe there is no or little use of road lighting.. The objective of the EMPIR Surface project is to propose new geometries for the photometric characterization of pavements, both adapted to different urban travel modes and new lighting technologies. The first part of this document is a review on available guidelines, standards and literature regarding geometries and road lighting applications. The second part presents the project EMPIR SURFACE analysis and proposal. Based on standards and bibliography, the Surface consortium proposed angles for different driving conditions and road users: for urban environment 2,29°, for extra-urban environment 1° (and for consistency with previous geometries). The angle of 5° corresponding to 17 m viewing distance could be an interesting compromise, suitable for urban driving at low speed, cycling and for scooters. Two different proposals (10° and 20°) are also under consideration for describing the boundary between the diffusing and specular behaviour.
A Study on Splay Trees
Creators: name: Russo, Luís M. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: E.1
subject: 68P05, 68P10, 05C05, 94A17, 68Q25, 68P20, 68W27, 68W40, 68Q25

description: We study the dynamic optimality conjecture, which predicts that splay trees are a form of universally efficient binary search tree, for any access sequence. We reduce this claim to a regular access bound, which seems plausible and might be easier to prove. This approach may be useful to establish dynamic optimality.
description: This research has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015 BIRDS GA No. 690941
Two new types of noose for capturing herps
Creators: name: García-Muñoz, Enrique
name: Sillero, Neftalí
Publisher: name: Acta Herpetologica
Year: 2010

description: We present two new types of noose for capturing herps, which allow adapting the size of the loop to the size of prey rapidly. We use a plastic ring to make the loop: the thread moves perfectly without any impediment or friction, and remains in good conditions for a longer time. The plastic ring can be made during fieldwork. Both new types of noose increase capture effectiveness, as it is possible to noose different types of preys with a simple and rapid adaptation of the loop. We have tested this methodology in different species of lacertids, some snakes under rocks, and also some amphibians.
description: Acta Herpetologica, Vol 5 No 2 (2010)
Music Interventions and Dementia: A Systematic Review
Creators: name: Fronzaglia, Michelle
name: Radack, Lily
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Purpose or Research Questions: The purpose of this project is to provide a systematic review on available research on how therapy techniques involving the use of music affect the cognitive or communication outcomes or symptoms of dementia in elderly patients with dementia. Background: There is limited research on non-pharmacological methods for treating patients with dementia. Alternative treatments to medicine can be financially beneficial and also have the potential to reduce negative side effects of drugs. One potential avenue for behavioral treatment is interventions that incorporate music. Methods/Proposed Methods: For this systematic review, the researchers searched CINAHL Plus with Full Text, PubMed, and Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition for any applicable research up to the end of January 2017 with the following search terms: (dementia OR Alzheimer’s OR memory loss OR cognitive impairment) AND (therapy OR treatment OR intervention OR strategies OR techniques) AND (music*) AND (cogniti* OR communicat* OR language). The inclusion/exclusion criteria were: exclude studies in which the studied population has coexisting neurological impairments (not dementia), only include studies published in English, and only include studies reporting original data. The cognitive and communication outcomes are defined as those involving memory, executive functioning, and language. The original search resulted in 265 articles. After the two researchers completed a title/abstract review independently, 74 articles remained. The inter-rater reliability was found to be 80% and any disparities were discussed and resolved. Then, the researchers independently completed full text reviews. The reliability was 92.5% and any disparities were discussed and resolved. Results/Anticipated Results: A total of 11 articles were reviewed for evidence appraisal after the full text review. Four articles were qualitative studies, five were randomized controlled trials, one was a clinical controlled trial, and one was a cohort-prospective/retrospective study. The researchers determined all to be good quality studies except for two, which were determined to be of lesser quality. The researchers’ inter-rater reliability for the quality appraisal was 85.7%, and all disagreements were discussed and resolved. Effects of therapy and interventions involving music on language and cognition aspects of dementia will be reported. Discussion Music therapies could be a cost effective, clinically significant way to aid behavioral or emotional outcomes. However, there is varying research on the effects of music on cognitive outcomes for dementia patients. Clinical implications and future directions for research will be discussed.
Descartes' rule of signs, canonical sign patterns and rigid orders of moduli
Creators: name: Kostov, Vladimir Petrov
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider real polynomials in one variable without vanishing coefficients and with all roots real and of distinct moduli. We show that the signs of the coefficients define the order of the moduli of the roots on the real positive half-line exactly when no four consecutive signs of coefficients equal $(+,+,-,-)$, $(-,-,+,+)$, $(+,-,-,+)$ or $(-,+,+,-)$.