Academic Articles & Research Papers

Transient measurement of phononic states with covariance-based stochastic spectroscopy

Deuteron photodisintegration by polarized photons in the region of the d⁎(2380)

We report the first large-acceptance measurement of the beam–spin asymmetry for deuteron photodisintegration (γ→d→pn) in the photon energy range 420...

Natural Earth Pigments as Geological Polymineral Systems: A Structured Approach to Provenance and Degradation Assessment in Heritage Science

Natural earth pigments are polymineral materials whose present composition may differ from the source because of selection, grinding, heating, mixing, binder incorporation, and later alteration. This study develops a structured method for s...

Weirs in the Waterworks of the Tsarev Settlement

The location and design of weirs as part of water supply system on the Tsarev settlement and its neighborhood are considered in the article. The descriptions of the 19th – early 20th cc. and archaeological data made it possible to establish...

Antropología narrativa y educación

RESUMEN: Tomando como telón de fondo la noción de «excentricidad» de Helmuth Plessner se presentan en este artículo las líneas generales de una antropología narrativa. Según ésta, los seres humanos, además de naturaleza biológica y cultural...

Sensitivity Analysis and Uncertainty Quantification of Nanoparticle Deposition from Tongue Morphological Variations

The human tongue has highly variable morphology. Its role in regulating respiratory flows and deposition of inhaled aerosols remains unclear. The objective of this study was to quantify the uncertainty of nanoparticle deposition from the va...

An Adaptive JPEG Double Compression Steganographic Scheme Based on Irregular DCT Coefficients Distribution

Steganography is to embed secret information into digital media and minimize the distortion caused by data embedding. The JPEG is a widely used image compression format, and many JPEG images transmitted on the network are double compressed....

Concept of Sporadic E Monitoring Using Space-Based Low Power Multiple Beacon-Systems

Current monitoring systems to detect sporadic E use ground-based setups, ionosondes, and the network of GNSS satellites in order to assess the phenomenon of sporadic E. This paper aims to monitor sporadic E using a miniature space-based pla...

Two-dimensional metallic tantalum ditelluride with an intrinsic basal-plane activity for oxygen reduction: A microkinetic modeling study

Two-dimensional (2D) materials have exhibited great potential for replacing costly Pt for oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) because of their distinctive structural features and high pre-site activity. However, their performance is generally h...

Intense laser interaction with micro-bars

Abstract Intense laser fields interact very differently with micrometric rough surfaces than with flat objects. The interaction features high laser energy absorption and increased emission of MeV electrons, ions, and of hard x-rays. In this...

Assessment of polygenic architecture and risk prediction based on common variants across fourteen cancers

In cancer many gene variants may contribute to disease etiology, but the impact of a given gene variant may have varied effect size. Here, the authors analyse summary statistics of genome-wide association studies from fourteen cancers, and ...

BUGSnet: an R package to facilitate the conduct and reporting of Bayesian network Meta-analyses

Abstract Background Several reviews have noted shortcomings regarding the quality and reporting of network meta-analyses (NMAs). We suspect that this issue may be partially attributable to limitations in current NMA software which do not re...

An Overview of Earthworm Biodiversity in Afghanistan with New Records for the Country (Clitellata: Megadrili)

In this paper a batch of earthworms from Afghanistan was studied and previous reports on the earthworm fauna of the country were evaluated. In the present study, earthworms were collected by digging and hand sorting, and fixed in 80% ethano...

mtDNA variation of humpback whales in their wintering grounds of Guerrero, southern Mexican Pacific

Here, we describe variation in mtDNA haplotypes among 22 individual humpback whales off the Guerrero coast in southern Mexico and compare this to other wintering regions in the eastern North Pacific Ocean using published data. After correct...

Un caso potencial de depredación de puercoespín (Coendou sp.) por Ocelote (Leopardus pardalis) en La Reserva Natural La Mesenia-Paramillo, Jardín, Antioquia

Aquí documentamos evidencia del posible consumo de un puercoespín (Coendou sp.) por un Ocelote en un bosque montano al suroeste de Antioquia, Colombia. Esto representa un registro notable en cuanto a un nuevo ítem alimentario (Coendou sp.) ...

Risks of snow drought and impacts on streamflow in Tajikistan

Tajikistan, a mountainous country and a vital water tower for Central Asia, is becoming increasingly vulnerable to snow drought under climate change, threatening its snow- and glacier-fed streamflow. Yet, the impacts of snow drought on the ...

Modelos de la imagen. El Mago del Tarot Visconti

El siguiente artículo presenta un análisis iconológico de una carta del mazo siglo XV actualmente conocido como el tarot Visconti. La carta adquirió el nombre El Mago, debido al reiterativo uso del motivo iconográfico en mazos de tarot post...

Dissenting Design

As part of the discipline and practice of design (understood in its broadest sense of «strategic problem-solving process that drives innovation, builds business success, and leads to a better quality of life through innovative products, sys...

O som do documentário: uma análise da narrativa biográfica de Coração Vagabundo

Este artigo pretende realizar a escuta do documentário Coração Vagabundo (2008) dirigido por Fernando Grostein de Andrade. A produção é um registro da turnê do álbum “A Foreign Sound” (2004), com um repertório variado de músicas norte-ameri...

A praça invisível: colaborações de artistas e debate na mídia da maior cidade fronteiriça norte-americana

Robert L. Pincus é Doutor em História da Arte pela University of Southern California, com tese sobre a obra de Edward and Nancy Reddin Kienholz, e Professor Visitante da University of San Diego. Por mais de 25 anos assinou a crítica de arte...