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Optimal Reliability for Components under Thermomechanical Cyclic Loading
We consider the existence of optimal shapes in the context of the
thermomechanical system of partial differential equations (PDE) using the
recent approach based on elliptic regularity theory. We give an extended and
improved definition of the set of admissible shapes based on a class of
sufficiently differentiable deformation maps applied to a baseline shape. The
obtained set of admissible shapes again allows one to prove a uniform Schauder
estimate for the elasticity PDE. In order to deal with thermal stress, a
related uniform Schauder estimate is also given for the heat equation. Special
emphasis is put on Robin boundary conditions, which are motivated from
convective heat transfer. It is shown that these thermal Schauder estimates can
serve as an input to the Schauder estimates for the elasticity equation. This
is needed to prove the compactness of the (suitably extended) solutions of the
entire PDE system in some state space that carries a c2-H\"older topology for
the temperature field and a C3-H\"older topology for the displacement. From
this one obtains he property of graph compactness, which is the essential tool
in an proof of the existence of optimal shapes. Due to the topologies employed,
the method works for objective functionals that depend on the displacement and
its derivatives up to third order and on the temperature field and its
derivatives up to second order. This general result in shape optimization is
then applied to the problem of optimal reliability, i.e. the problem of finding
shapes that have minimal failure probability under cyclic thermomechanical
loading.Comment: 32 pages 1 figur
Temporal Performance Prediction for Deep Convolutional Long Short-Term Memory Networks
Quantifying predictive uncertainty of deep semantic segmentation networks is
essential in safety-critical tasks. In applications like autonomous driving,
where video data is available, convolutional long short-term memory networks
are capable of not only providing semantic segmentations but also predicting
the segmentations of the next timesteps. These models use cell states to
broadcast information from previous data by taking a time series of inputs to
predict one or even further steps into the future. We present a temporal
postprocessing method which estimates the prediction performance of
convolutional long short-term memory networks by either predicting the
intersection over union of predicted and ground truth segments or classifying
between intersection over union being equal to zero or greater than zero. To
this end, we create temporal cell state-based input metrics per segment and
investigate different models for the estimation of the predictive quality based
on these metrics. We further study the influence of the number of considered
cell states for the proposed metrics.Comment: 14 pages, 4 figures, this work is related to arXiv:1811.00648 and
arXiv:1911.0507
The Perilipin Homologue, Lipid Storage Droplet 2, Regulates Sleep Homeostasis and Prevents Learning Impairments Following Sleep Loss
Starvation, which is common in the wild, appears to initiate a genetic program that allows fruitflies to remain awake without the sleepiness and cognitive impairments that typically follow sleep deprivation
Environmental Communication Pedagogy for Sustainability: Developing Core Capacities to Engage with Complex Problems
Pedagogy informed by environmental communication can enhance collaboration within and outside the classroom. Through our collaborative, sustainability-focused work within the United States and internationally, we identified core capacities that prepare people to work together to form inclusive organizations and identify and respond to pressing socioecological problems.We describe six activities we have used in adult learner classrooms, on interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research teams, and with organizational, governmental, and business partners to improve collaborations for sustainability-related problem solving. We conclude with a reflection on opportunities for situated assessment practices
Estudos traducionais de neuropsiquiatria e esquizofrenia: modelos animais genéticos e de neurodesenvolvimento
Sintomas psiquiátricos são subjetivos por natureza e tendem a se sobrepor entre diferentes desordens. Sendo assim, a criação de modelos de uma desordem neuropsiquiátrica encontra desafios pela falta de conhecimento dos fundamentos da fisiopatologia e diagnósticos precisos. Modelos animais são usados para testar hipóteses de etiologia e para representar a condição humana tão próximo quanto possível para aumentar nosso entendimento da doença e avaliar novos alvos para a descoberta de drogas. Nesta revisão, modelos animais genéticos e de neurodesenvolvimento de esquizofrenia são discutidos com respeito a achados comportamentais e neurofisiológicos e sua associação com a condição clínica. Somente modelos animais específicos de esquizofrenia podem, em último caso, levar a novas abordagens diagnósticas e descoberta de drogas. Argumentamos que biomarcadores moleculares são importantes para aumentar a tradução de animais a humanos, já que faltam a especificidade e a fidelidade necessárias às leituras comportamentais para avaliar sintomas psiquiátricos humanos.Psychiatric symptoms are subjective by nature and tend to overlap between different disorders. The modelling of a neuropsychiatric disorder therefore faces challenges because of missing knowledge of the fundamental pathophysiology and a lack of accurate diagnostics. Animal models are used to test hypotheses of aetiology and to represent the human condition as close as possible to increase our understanding of the disease and to evaluate new targets for drug discovery. In this review, genetic and neurodevelopmental animal models of schizophrenia are discussed with respect to behavioural and neurophysiological findings and their association with the clinical condition. Only specific animal models of schizophrenia may ultimately lead to novel diagnostic approaches and drug discovery. We argue that molecular biomarkers are important to improve animal to human translation since behavioural readouts lack the necessary specificity and reliability to assess human psychiatric symptoms
Agricultural Production and Externalities Simulator (APES) prototype to be used in Prototype 1 of SEAMLESS-IF
Production Economics,
Library of model components for process simulation relevant to production activities, Prototype 1 versions
Production Economics,
Elimination of Metastatic Melanoma Using Gold Nanoshell-Enabled Photothermal Therapy and Adoptive T Cell Transfer
Ablative treatments such as photothermal therapy (PTT) are attractive anticancer strategies because they debulk accessible
tumor sites while simultaneously priming antitumor immune responses. However, the immune response following thermal
ablation is often insufficient to treat metastatic disease. Here we demonstrate that PTT induces the expression of
proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines and promotes the maturation of dendritic cells within tumor-draining lymph
nodes, thereby priming antitumor T cell responses. Unexpectedly, however, these immunomodulatory effects were not
beneficial to overall antitumor immunity. We found that PTT promoted the infiltration of secondary tumor sites by
CD11b+Ly-6G/C+ myeloid-derived suppressor cells, consequently failing to slow the growth of poorly immunogenic B16-F10
tumors and enhancing the growth of distant lung metastases. To exploit the beneficial effects of PTT activity against local
tumors and on antitumor immunity whilst avoiding the adverse consequences, we adoptively transferred gp100-specific
pmel T cells following PTT. The combination of local control by PTT and systemic antitumor immune reactivity provided by
adoptively transferred T cells prevented primary tumor recurrence post-ablation, inhibited tumor growth at distant sites,
and abrogated the outgrowth of lung metastases. Hence, the combination of PTT and systemic immunotherapy prevented
the adverse effects of PTT on metastatic tumor growth and optimized overall tumor control
Volume 11
Table of Contents:
Introduction, Dr. Roger A. Byrne, Dean
From the Editor, Dr. Larissa Kat Tracy
From the Designers, Rachel English, Rachel Hanson
Synthesis of 3,5-substituted Parabens and their Antimicrobial Properties, Jacob Coarney, Ryan White
Chernobyl: Putting Perestroika and Glasnot to the Test, Joseph Hyman
Art by Jenny Raven
Watering Down Accessibility: The Issue with Public Access to Alaska\u27s Federal Waterways, Meagan Garrett
Why Has the Democratic Republic of the Congo outsourced its Responsibility to Educate its Citizens? Ibrahim Kante
Art by Summer Meinhard
A Computational Study of Single Molecule Diodes, Lauren Johnson
Satire of the State through Discourse: Applying Althusser and Bakhtin, William Dean Howells Editha , Glen Spencer
Design by Laura Gottschalk
Why did the United Kingdom Vote to Leave the European Union?, Christopher Siefke
Art by Pink Powell
Art by Natasha Woodmany
Method of Detection of PFOA in Water Samples, Katharine Colley
Art by Abbey Mays
The Rhetorical Construction of eSports\u27 Legitimacy, Charlotte Pott
Developing the next generation of renewable energy technologies:an overview of low-TRL EU-funded research projects
A cluster of eleven research and innovation projects, funded under the same call of the EU’s H2020 programme, are developing breakthrough and game-changing renewable energy technologies that will form the backbone of the energy system by 2030 and 2050 are, at present, at an early stage of development. These projects have joined forces at a collaborative workshop, entitled ‘ Low-TRL Renewable Energy Technologies’, at the 10th Sustainable Places Conference (SP2022), to share their insights, present their projects’ progress and achievements to date, and expose their approach for exploitation and market uptake of their solutions.</p
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