RESEARCH POSTER PRESENTATION DESIGN © 2015 www.PosterPresentations.com RAN2 Summary & Remaining Work 1. NOAA STAR, 2. GST Inc. Olafur Jonasson1,2, Alexander Ignatov1 ACSPO VIIRS SST Reanalysis 2 (RAN2) GHRSST XX Science Team Meeting, Frascati, Italy, June 3-7, 2019 olafur.jonasson@noaa.gov Acknowledgement. This work is supported by the NOAA JPSS program. Thank to M. Goldberg, L. Gumley, S. Dutcher, J. Stroup for setting up and conducting SNPP ACSPO RAN1. We thank our SST colleagues Y. Kihai, B. Petrenko, M. Pennybacker, I. Gladkova for help. We thank Edward Armstrong and Wen-Hao Li for assistance with archival at PO.DAAC. The views, opinions, and findings in this report are those of the authors and should not be construed as an official NOAA or U.S. government position or policy. Background & Objectives of VIIRS SST Reanalyses (RANs) • Suomi NPP launched 28 Oct 2011; Cryoradiator door opened 18 Jan 2012. • N20 (aka “J1”) launched 18 Nov 2017; Cryoradiator door opened 3 Jan 2018. • VIIRS SST produced 1-2 days after opening the cryoradiator doors using NOAA Advanced Clear Sky Processor for Ocean (ACSPO) enterprise system. • This poster summarizes SST Reanalysis 2 (RAN2), from NPP & N20. • L2P (swath) & L3U (0.02º; gridded) data reported in 10-min granules (144/day). • Regression (‘sub-skin’) SST & SSES (used to derive ‘depth’ SST) are reported. • Cal/Val is performed using match-ups with in situ data from NOAA in situ SST Quality Monitor (iQuam; www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/sod/sst/iquam) • Quality Control and Cal/Val statistics are published in the NOAA SST Quality Analysis Monitor (SQUAM; www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/sod/sst/squam) • ACSPO Regional Monitor for SST (www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/sod/sst/arms/; ARMS) monitors regional performance of VIIRS SST imagery, and compares it with other polar AVHRR/MODIS and geostationary ABI/AHI SST products. • Monitoring IR Clear-sky Radiances (www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/sod/sst/micros/; MICROS) compares measured brightness temperatures (BTs) in VIIRS SST bands to simulations using the Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) • Data in GDS2 format archived in NASA PO.DAAC & NOAA CoastWatch/NCEI. VIIRS SST Reanalysis 1 (RAN1; NPP only) • RAN1 was performed in 2015 in conjunction with U. Wisconsin CSPP Team, using ACSPO v2.40, and covered a period from Mar’2012-Dec’2015. Period from Dec’2015-on was supplemented from NRT processing (ACSPO v2.41/2.60/2.61). • Results of NPP RAN1 are available on the NOAA CW website. Its monitoring was included in SQUAM and MICROS. • Fig. 1 show results of validation of RAN1 ‘sub-skin’ and ‘depth’ L2P SSTs vs. iQuam in situ SSTs (drifters + tropical moorings). Each point represents 24hr global statistics. Statistics for the full period are summarized in Table 1. • Global mean biases ‘Sub-skin minus in situ SST’ and ‘Depth minus in situ SST’ in Figs. 1a-b are fairly stable in time, with residual seasonal variations up to ~0.1 K (more during the daytime, likely due to increased skin-depth SST difference). • The standard deviations are larger for ‘sub-skin’ SST (Fig. 1c), especially during the daytime, due to increased skin-depth differences. The standard deviations and day-night differences, are reduced for ‘depth’ SST (shown in Fig. 1d). Figure 1. Daily statistics of global (a-b) mean biases and (c-d) standard deviations (SDs) of ACSPO L2P minus iQuam SSTs. From mid-Dec’2015 – Apr’2019, NPP RAN1 (Mar’2012 – mid-Dec’2015) is supplemented by operational data. (Left) Global Regression (GR; proxy for ‘sub-skin’ SST); (right) Piece-Wise Regression (PWR; proxy for ‘depth’ SST). RAN1 (NPP) L2P (‘sub-skin’) L3U (‘sub-skin’) L2P (‘depth’) L3U (‘depth’) Bias (night) [K] +0.029 +0.045 +0.012 +0.017 Bias (day) [K] +0.014 +0.009 +0.032 +0.027 SD (night) [K] 0.32 0.32 0.27 0.27 SD (day) [K] 0.39 0.39 0.30 0.30 Table 1: NPP VIIRS RAN1 SST biases and standard deviations (SD) from 1 Mar 2012 – 30 Apr 2019. “L2P ‘sub-skin’ minus in situ” statistics are from Fig. 1a,c and “L2P ‘depth’ minus


Bringing the Grey Literature Out of the Shadows: The Demise of a Technical Report Database Silo Willow Dressel, Engineering and Plasma Physics Librarian, Princeton University Introduction The Library at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) started in the 1950s in the early years of the lab. In the beginning, the collection primarily consisted of theoretical papers in the form of either technical reports or journal articles. In the 1960s the first librarian, Elizabeth “Betty” Graydon, was hired. Betty, assisted by summer students, built a card catalog of the holdings of the library. * The card catalog was not just a record of the library’s holdings, but a local index of the literature in plasma physics and controlled fusion. Being one of the only Department of Energy laboratories solely devoted to research in Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, the library has always attempted to maintain as complete a collection of relevant literature as possible. Materials collected by the library were largely in the form of technical reports and journal articles. Incoming journals were thoroughly examined and card catalog records created for individual articles as well as technical reports and other materials. The Plasma Physics Library Catalog (PPLCat) was started on July 1, 1986 to continue to provide bibliographic citations to the library’s technical reports, journal articles, and conference proceedings. The back catalog of technical reports produced by PPPL was added to PPLCat. Although the library had access to the Energy Citations Database through Dialog, librarians felt it was important to maintain the tradition of having a local index of the literature. Monographs, journal holdings, and similar materials were now a part of Princeton University Library’s online GEAC catalog.* Around 2000, PPLCat was moved to a Microsoft Access database and a web interface was created bringing the collection online and making it more visible. A sample record from PPLCat. An aging database. By 2005 the only materials being added to PPLCat were the technical reports received in print at the library. Proprietary and public databases had become more reliable, timely, and comprehensive gateways in to the literature and individual journal articles had reached a critical mass where maintaining a local database was too cumbersome. At the same time many laboratories in the field stopped the expensive process of mailing print copies of reports and began posting digital copies online, including PPPL itself. As of 2005, all new PPPL technical reports were made available on the lab’s website. *“History of the Plasma Physics Library: Growth by Decade (1960-current)”, n.d. http://www.pppl.gov/library/History/history.html. Abstract At the Furth Library in the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), staff have been using a Microsoft Access database called PPLCat to keep track of a variety of materials held in the library including technical reports and journal articles since 1985. The database has grown outdated, is slow to use, and has limited functionality compared to newer publicly available databases. Working with librarians from the Library Systems and Cataloging departments, a project was developed to identify and transfer relevant records from PPLCat into Princeton’s main library catalog. In 2009 the Access database was starting to show its age. Little new material was being added and many of the advanced search features of the web interface no longer worked. It went from being a valued local bibliographic database, to a separate inventory of technical reports holdings. As the library started to look at new discovery systems, these types of local inventories began to be seen as unnecessary silos of information. In addition, the programmer who designed PPLCat was retiring and his replacement would not be expected to support the database after he was gone. Transferring records to the Main Catalog: XML to the rescue Thanks to XML, PPLCat records cou


THE YEDOMA CLIFF OF SOBO‑SISE ISLAND ‑ INSIGHTS INTO PAST AND MODERN PERMAFROST DYNAMICS AND RELATED ORGANIC MATTER STOCK AND RELEASE Afiliations * Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre of Polar and Marine Research, Potsdam, Germany ** Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia *** Polar Geography, Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia References Fuchs et al. Rapid )luvio‐thermal erosion of a yedoma permafrost cliﬀ in the Lena River Delta, Front. Earth Sci., 2020, 8, 336. Margold et al. Repeated mega)loods from glacial Lake Vitim, Siberia, to the Arctic Ocean over the past 60,000 years, Quaternary Sci. Rev., 2018, 187, 41‐61. Wetterich et al. The cryostratigraphy of the Yedoma cliﬀ of Sobo‐Sise Island (Lena Delta) reveals permafrost dynamics in the Central Laptev Sea coastal region during the last about 52 ka. TCD, under review, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc‐2020‐179. Figure 1. Profile positions of sediment profiles SOB18‐01, SOB18‐03 and SOB18‐06 as well as ice‐wedge profiles in 2014 and 2018. Lena Delta inset from ESA‐BELSPO 2015, produced by VITO (ESA Earth online). Yedoma (MIS3) 1 The Sobo‑Sise Yedoma Cliﬀ Syngenetic late Pleistocene Ice Complex of the Yedoma type is widespread in East Siberian lowlands and intentively studied in the Lena Delta and the Laptev Sea coastal in recent decades by joint Russian‑German eﬀorts (LENA Expedition). Diagnostic for Yedoma Ice Complex are the presence of syngenetic ice wedges, the oversaturation of the sediment with pore ice and segregated ice (excess ice) forming lenticular and reticulate cryostructures within mainly )ine‐grained deposits. During a )ield campaign in 2018, the entire permafrost sequence of the Sobo‑Sise Yedoma cliﬀ has been sampled in 0.5‐m vertical intervals via rope decending in three overlapping pro)iles (Wetterich et al., 2020; Figure 1). The studied Yedoma cliﬀ on Sobo‐Sise Island is remarkable for its rapid shoreline erosion of up to 22.3 m yr⁻¹ (1965‐2018; Fuchs et al., 2020) over about 1.9 km length with a mean annual retreat rate of 9.1 m yr⁻¹. The present study of the permafrost exposed the Sobo‐Sise Yedoma cliﬀ provides a comprehensive cryostratigraphic and organic matter inventory, insights into permafrost aggradation and degradation over the last about 52 thousand years and their climatic and morphodynamic controls on regional scale of the Central Laptev Sea coastal region in NE Siberia. Sebastian Wetterich*, Matthias Fuchs*, Alexander Kizyakov**, Jens Strauss*, Ingmar Nitze*, Michael Fritz*, Juliane Wolter*, Thomas Opel*, Hanno Meyer*, Aleksei Aksenov***, Lutz Schirrmeister*, Guido Grosse* 2 Geochronology and cryostratigraphy The geochronological record of the Sobo Sise Yedoma spans the last 52 ka cal BP based on radiocarbon dating and age‐height modelling (Figures 2, 3). The sequence diﬀerentiates into three cryostratigraphic units that are MIS 3 Yedoma IC (52–28 ka cal BP), MIS 2 Yedoma IC (28–15 ka cal BP) and MIS 1 Holocene cover (7–0 ka cal BP). The cryostratigraphic sequence is not continuous, but has chronological gaps at 36–29 ka cal BP, at 20–17 ka cal BP and at 15–7 cal ka BP (Figure 2). These gaps represent traces of past changes in climatic conditions as well as in permafrost deposition and/or erosion regimes. Similar observations have been made on adjacent Yedoma IC sites on Bykovsky Peninsula and Kurungnakh‐Sise Island (Figure 4) and are likely related to repeated outburst )loods of glacial Lake Vitim along the Lena Valley into the Arctic Ocean during MIS 3 and MIS 2 as proposed by Margold et al. (2018). The cryostratigraphic units of the Yedoma cliﬀ are built of poorly sorted sandy silt but diﬀer in prevalent grain‐size fractions ranging from )ine silt to middle sand. The organic matter content is highest in the thin MIS 1 (unit C) Holocene cover (TOC of 11.3±9.9 wt%, TN of 0.6±0.3 wt%), but still substantial in MIS 3 (unit A) Yedoma IC (TOC of 4.5±2.5 wt%, TN of 0.3±0.1 wt%) and in MI


Label-free quantification is an important mass spectrometry method that requires no specific sample labeling. Instead, it utilized MS/MS generated signals of specific peptides for comparison to define protein expression modifications between samples. Two alternative label-free quantification strategies are frequently used, Spectra Count (SC) and peptide ion intensities measurements (a.k.a., XIC, extracted ion chromatography), with the latter being more accurate and widely used. Label-free quantification requires highly stable and reproducible liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS-MS) and has no requirement for expensive isotopes for labeling. Label-free based quantitative proteomic analysis can be applied to analyze almost all regular biological samples (cells, tissues, biofluids, feces, plant samples, etc.), especially for large quantity sample comparison. Tel: 1-631-275-3058 (USA) Fax: 1-631-614-7828 Email: info@creative-proteomics.com Label-Free Quantification Disease biomarker research Drug efficacy evaluation Plant growth and development research Plant disease resistance and insect resistance research Microbial stress and adversity physiology research Food component and quality identification Environmental risk assessment Special behavior mechanism and food/medicinal value research Application Areas


Contact: Confidential This work is supported by: AN INTERFACE WITH COMPUTER-GENERATED FACIAL EXPRESSIONS AS AN ALTERNATIVE FOR MOOD SELF-REPORTS IN AN EMA CONTEXT Hristo Valev[a,b], Tim Leufkens[a], Joyce Westerink[a,c], Corina Sas[b] Philips Research [a] Lancaster University [b] Technical University Eindhoven [c] hristo.valev@philips.com h.valev@lancaster.ac.uk Abstract Traditionally numerical scales, colors, abstract representations or animated characters have been for reporting one’s own mood. While working in practice, they do not provide a universal stable representation between participants. Abstract representations or colors rely on subjective interpretation, while numerical or animated characters require mapping the subjective feeling of mood onto a scale, which is also differentially interpretable. The described approach relies on computer-generated facial expressions to span a scale, which can be used for mood self-reports. Generating facial expressions [1] O. Langner, R. Dotsch, G. Bijlstra, D. H. J. Wigboldus, S. T. Hawk, and A. van Knippenberg, “Presentation and validation of the radboud faces database,” Cogn. Emot., vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 1377–1388, 2010. Participants 37 healthy participants in the Netherlands (20 male and 17 female) with an mean age of 30 years old were recruited. All participants provided an informed consent form prior to their recruitment. Relationship between type of assessment, oscillations and assessment duration On the left hand side you see all participants (N=37) that took part in the study. The amount of assessments is represented by the thickness of the lines. Each provided assessment with the facial expression interface and the slider is depicted in the first band. For each assessment we captured the ‘oscillations’ or turning points in the pattern of their selection, represented in the second band. The final band depicts the time it took to provide an assessment, where the label describes the higher bound of the duration except for the highest value. Graph has been generated with raw-graphs ("How to make an alluvial diagram", by RAWGraphs Team. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Accessed: May 12, 2020, from https://rawgraphs.io/learning/how-to-make-an-alluvial-diagram/) Results This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska- Curie grant agreement No 722022. Discussion • We have recruited healthy participants, which is why as expected the distribution is heavily represented in the happiness dimension. This may have unforeseen implications for sadness. • The high correlation between both assessments gives us the insight that both assessment methods can be used interchangeably with high certainty that they will yield comparative results. • Albeit not conclusive, the significantly higher variance captured by the facial expression interface could mean that it describes better the modality of mood. Furthermore, two-thirds of the assessments provided with the facial expression interface featured more than one turning points in their trace. This is indicative of the desire of the participants to be more particular in their input. • The quality of the generated facial expressions was good as they were easily understood, even though the only real facial expressions used to train the model were the expressions for extreme happiness (i.e. 200), extreme sadness (i.e. 0) and the neutral expression. Considerations • The happiest or saddest facial expressions might not necessarily be representative of their respective extremes, which could explain the offset between the distributions for the facial expression and slider assessments. • Timestamps were only recorded during the interaction with the assessment elements. This might have reduced the time required to provide an assessment with the slider as a single tap would have a 0 seconds duration. AffecTech: Personal Technologies for Affective Health Distribution plot of a


Faraday Rotation Spectroscopy (FRS): What is it? Hybrid-FRS: high-sensitivity detection of O2 for environmental sensing Eric J. Zhang, Brian E. Brumfield, Gerard Wysocki* Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Princeton University, Princeton N.J. 08544 *email: gwysocki@princeton.edu Summary We present a hybrid-FRS technique combining laser-noise cancellation with signal-to-noise optimization for near- shot noise limited performance. Highly- sensitive O2 detection is demonstrated using < 5 W power for low-power field deployable operation. • Present chemical O2 sensing systems do not combine high- sensitivity, robustness and low-power usage compared to optical sensing methods • Monitor changes in O2 with < 1 ppmv/√Hz for biotic respiration and combustion monitoring • Low-power Faraday rotation spectroscopy (FRS) based gas sensors for paramagnetic molecule detection (e.g. O2, NO, OH, NO2, etc.). • Magnetic field Circular birefringence Polarization rotation • Analyzer converts polarization rotation into intensity change • ~ 100ൈimprovement over direct absorption spectroscopy w/ dynamic range > 105. Absorption Spectrum Dispersion Spectrum Experiment • O2 detection in near-infrared (762 nm); techniques developed are applicable to other paramagnetic species. • DC-magnetic field for zero-power field generation • Variable attenuator allows simultaneous use of 45° and 90° methods • Attenuate reference beam without reducing FRS signal • Operating point: α ≈8°, 50:1 ref:sig split ratio. 90° method vs. 45° method • Two implementations of FRS: (i) 90° method / angle optimization, (ii) 45° method / balanced detection O2 Detection Limits Benefits of Hybrid-FRS Future Directions Conclusions Acknowledgements The authors would like to acknowledge the NSF-ERC MIRTHE Center and Lynn and Thomas Ou for their generous contribution. Professor Mark Zondlo and Kang Sun assisted with the multi-pass cell construction. • Hybrid-FRS is a superset of 90°-method + 45°-method • O2 detection limit: 0.6 ppmv @ 1-sec., 1.4x shot-noise limit • Power consumption: < 5 W using permanent magnets • Laser power optimization can provide up to 3x sensitivity enhancement. • When P0,min < 1.1 mW, the 45° method provides greatest sensitivity • When P0,max > 1 W, SNR degrades due to ‘leaky’ polarizers • Hybrid-FRS utilizes both noise cancellation and SNR optimization. • Detector saturation limit is removed due to constant signal beam power (excess power not contributing to the FRS signal is dumped using attenuator). Motivation • Line of constant Psig does not intersect with detector saturation curve • Three methods of SNR enhancement: (i) line of constant α (balanced detection) (ii) line of constant P0 (angle optimization) (iii) line of constant Psig (hybrid-FRS) • For increasing power, (i) balanced detection and (iii) hybrid- FRS give the same SNR ~ ܲ଴enhancement. • Balanced detection limited by detector saturation, hybrid- FRS limited by laser power!


Sam Pepler/STFC NCAS conference demo, 2008, Bristol Overlay Journals Sam Pepler Science and Technology Facilities Council STFC The OJIMS project is investigating the idea of data publication in the atmospheric sciences. It is creating the required mechanics for overlay journals and examine their long term sustainability. The project will also set up a document repository for the atmospheric sciences. This would preserve a range of documents relevant to atmospheric science including journal papers, technical reports, and images. Overlay Journal Infrastructure for Meteorological Sciences (OJIMS) The project partners are the Royal Meteorological Society and The National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS). The OJIMS project is funded by NERC and JISC http://proj.badc.rl.ac.uk/ojims A Journal (Any online journal system) PDF PDF PDF PDFPDF Word with journal template 1) Author prepares the paper using word processing software. 3) Reviewer reviews the PDF file against the journal’s acceptance criteria. 2) Author submits the paper as a PDF file. Traditional online journal model BADC Data Data BODC Data Data Pangaea Data MetData (Using Open Journal System) xml xml xml xml xml Overlay editor with journal configuration 1) Author prepares the overlay XML document using the web editor.. 2) Author submits the dataset as an XML file. 3) Reviewer reviews the XML file and the dataset it points to against the journal’s acceptance criteria. Overlay journal model for publishing data Potential benefits of a Data Journal to the UK met community: •Extend the value of peer-review from papers to data, to provide assurance that data documentation meets the necessary scientific standards. •Provide an overview of the quality and applications of data, enabling it to be used more easily and appropriately in research and applications. •Provide recognition for the work of collecting and describing data. •Raise awareness of the meteorological datasets available to UK and international community.


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The recruitment and retention of high quality teachers is one of central tenets of many education systems around the world. Some of the strategies used by many countries to maintain their stock of high-quality teachers include better monetary compensation, continuing professional development, leadership training, and also performance based increases in pay. However, many countries – especially those in the developing world – continue to face shortages of high quality secondary education teachers in several critical areas including science and mathematics (1). An additional approach that developing countries must use to attract the most talented science students into the teaching profession is to employ more media campaigns across TV, radio, and also the web. Such campaigns must show how important science teachers are for the future, and the important place they occupy next to other respected professions in society. Overtime, such active exposure will help (a) inspire more young students to start thinking early about a career in science education and (b) highlight the importance of science teachers in society which will in turn help slowly elevate the status of science teachers across all education levels. The success of the media campaigns will require coordination between schools, academic institutions, non-governmental agencies, foundations, and also the federal government to ensure the message is consistent. Of course, no single strategy is sufficient by itself as a number of factors govern the sufficient recruitment and retention of high quality science teachers. Media campaigns should be used as one part of a wider strategy in tackling science teacher shortage. Education: Using media to promote K-12 science teachers 1. UNESCO, Wanted: Trained teachers to ensure every child’s right to primary education. POLICY Pap. 15 / FACT SHEET 30 (2014), (available at http://www.uis.unesco.org/Library/Documents/fs30- trained-teachers-to-ensure-right-to-primary-education-en.pdf). References G|M Advocacy Group Fanuel Muindi, PhD GM Advocacy Group, Boston MA Abstract


Il contributo offre una panoramica degli strumenti informatici e della loro applicazione nella realizzazione di materiale didattico semplificato e facilitato. Grazie all’aumentata interattività, che permette allo studente di apprendere in un ambiente dinamico, sono numerose le potenzialità che le varie figure educative possono sfruttare padroneggiando le tecnologie. Di seguito viene proposta una classificazione delle tecnologie in base al loro utilizzo in tale ambito. Le tre casistiche proposte sono corredate da altrettanti esempi applicativi, con l’obiettivo di fornire al docente spunti metodologici per pianificare una didattica inclusiva attraverso l’utilizzo delle tecnologie. CASO B 1 Liceo Scientifico “P.Levi” 2 Saint Camillus International University Maria Chiara Mattacchione1, Luca Del Greco2 Tecnologie digitali per la realizzazione e adattamento di contenuti scolastici facilitati e semplificati CASO A CLASSIFICAZIONE • Caso a Il docente si avvale degli strumenti digitali per realizzare contenuti da presentare all'allievo, prevedendo la realizzazione di materiale semplificato e facilitato o di strumenti facilitanti. In questo caso lo strumento digitale è funzionale al lavoro di predisposizione del materiale didattico adattato e pertanto non è direttamente proposto allo studente; • Caso b L’alunno utilizza, in autonomia o supportato da una figura adulta, gli strumenti digitali. Tali strumenti possono essere utilizzati dallo studente per costruire supporti didattici attraverso i quali focalizzare meglio un argomento studiato in classe o supportare l’esposizione orale nel momento della verifica. In questo caso lo strumento digitale è di ausilio allo studio individuale dell’alunno. La tecnologia è funzionale alla predisposizione del materiale ed è utilizzata direttamente dell’alunno; • Caso c Il docente propone all’allievo attività su piattaforme digitali, quali, ad esempio, quiz per la verifica degli apprendimenti, piattaforme di condivisione dei contenuti e ulteriori stimoli interattivi. In questo caso non viene realizzato alcun prodotto, ma è lo stesso strumento digitale a fungere da ausilio allo studio individuale dell’alunno. CONCLUSIONI • Con il presente contributo si è voluto proporre una tassonomia in grado di classificare i diversi utilizzi delle tecnologie in ambito didattico, distinguendo tre categorie specifiche, corredate da altrettanti esempi esplicativi. • I contenuti mostrati negli esempi non sono comprensivi dell’intero panorama disponibile, ma consentono di evidenziare le differenze tra le categorie proposte. • Tale classificazione può essere d’aiuto per i docenti, al fine di renderli maggiormente consapevoli circa la possibilità di applicazione dei vari strumenti all’interno del contesto scolastico, sia per gli sviluppatori che possono in tal modo orientare lo sviluppo dei software anche in funzione delle esigenze della comunità scolastica. Docente Materiale adattato Alunno Materiale adattato Alunno Docente Attività in digitale Docente Alunno CASO C ESEMPI STORYBOARD THAT CANVA KAHOOT FUMETTO FLASH-CARD QUIZ INTRODUZIONE


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OPEN REPOSITORIES AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS: BRIDGING THE INFORMATION GAP MPUNDU CHILONGA KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY - ZAMBIA 1. Introduction SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS 5. Notable Open Repositories  This is an exploratory study of the important role which Open Repositories in Zambia can play to support The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), established by the United Nations in 2015 as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.  The aim of the SDGs to address the most pressing global challenges, including poverty, inequality, climate change, environmental degradation, education, health, and peace and justice.  They require a collaborative and collective action from governments, civil society, private sector, academia, and individuals worldwide.to ensure that no one is left behind in the pursuit of development.  By aligning policies, investments, and actions with the SDGs, we can strive towards a more sustainable and resilient future for present and future generations. 2  In Zambia, Open Repositories are relatively a new phenomenon, and only a limited number of them are found, particularly in Public Universities. ORs Specifically designed to support the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):  Climate Data Store (CDS): https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/  Data.gov: Website: https://www.data.gov/  Global Open Data for Agriculture and Nutrition (GODAN): https://www.godan.info/  OpenSDG: https://open-sdg.org/  SDG Knowledge Hub: https://sdg.iisd.org/  SDG Tracker: https://sdg-tracker.org/  UN Data: http://data.un.org/ 6. Benefits of Open Repositories for SDGs The benefits of open repositories in supporting global efforts towards sustainable development: • Accessibility and Open Access, • Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration, • Data Sharing and Transparency, • Reproducibility and Rigor, • Capacity Building and Learning, • Innovation and Collaboration Beyond Boundaries, • Global Knowledge Exchange, • Monitoring and evaluation 3. Open Repositories and Achieving the SDGs Contributions of open repositories to the achievement of the SDGs:  Accessible Knowledge: Making relevant knowledge easily accessible to stakeholders.  Knowledge Sharing and Collaboration: Fostering a culture of collaboration and cross-sectoral sharing.  Capacity Building and Learning: Providing resources for acquiring skills and knowledge.  Evidence-Based Decision-Making: Supporting policy-makers with reliable and up-to-date information.  Innovation and Technology Transfer: Promoting the sharing of innovative solutions.  Monitoring and Evaluation: Providing a transparent platform for tracking progress. 2. Importance of Open Repositories 7. Challenges and Future Directions The key aspects of open repositories in supporting the SDGs:  Collaboration: Bringing diverse stakeholders together to foster interdisciplinary collaboration.  Data Sharing: Facilitating the sharing of research data, reports, and relevant datasets.  Open Access to Information: Providing free and open access to SDG-related resources.  Knowledge Dissemination: Acting as a centralised hub for collecting, organizing, and disseminating knowledge.  Capacity Building: Offering learning resources and training materials for SDG- related skills development.  Monitoring and Evaluation: Supporting progress tracking and data-informed decision-making. The challenges faced by Zambian ORs that may hinder future directions for their development include:  Data Quality and Standardisation,  Data Privacy and Ethics  Capacity Building and Awareness  Interoperability and Integration with Existing Systems,  User Engagement and Collaboration,  Sustainability and Long-term Support. 4. Key Features of Open Repositories for SDGs The essential features that open repositories should possess to effectively support the SDGs:  Open Licensing, Metadata Standards, Version Control, Search Functionalities, Interoperability, User Engagement, Data Management Tools, Accessibility and Usabil


Non-Cognitive Predictors of Student Success: A Predictive Validity Comparison Between Domestic and International Students Focusing on the future impacts of current scientific research may increase students’ self-efficacy in science. Non-Cognitive Predictors of Student Success: A Predictive Validity Comparison Between Domestic and International Students TEACHING & LEARNING ISSUE: MOTIVATION Student attitudes, particularly the motivation to learn, play a significant role in student achievement in science courses. 1,2 Positively influencing student motivation to learn science, thus, is a route to improving student outcomes in science courses. Studies based in Social Cognitive Theory suggest that the temporal focus of a situation—its relation to the past, present or future—can affect motivation 3, yet no investigations of temporal focus within science classrooms have been reported. RESEARCH QUESTION Does the temporal focus of a classroom discussion impact students’ motivation to learn science? Hypothesis: Focusing discussion problems on the future impacts of scientific research will increase student motivation to learn science. METHODS 50 high school students over 2 years self-sorted into 4 sections of a 50-minute discussion course during a voluntary enrichment program. Questions from the Science Motivation Questionnaire II 4, a previously validated measure of student motivation to learn science, assessed outcomes. KEY RESULTS • Statistically significant (p < .0005) increase in self-efficacy for individuals in the future- focused discussion sections. • Students prefer to learn about current scientific research. REFLECTION Quick one-time interventions are valuable and can yield statistically significant improvements to student outcomes. Further investigation of temporal focus within the science classroom is encouraged. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Motivation to learn science: “an internal state that arouses, directs, and sustains science- learning behavior.”4 SMQII Question Examples: Lecture Information: Students were introduced to historic examples of the impacts of research on society through machine learning as it relates to Netflix recommendations. The areas of scientific impact were then presented. This introduced students to the real-world consequences of scientific research and demonstrated a framework for evaluating the broader impacts of research. Insignificant Results: There were no significant changes measured for 4 factors of motivation (intrinsic motivation, career motivation, self- determination, and grade motivation). Students indicate that they prefer to learn about current scientific research PRESENTER: James Schwabacher The temporal focus of a discussion question may impact students’ motivation to learn science James C. Schwabacher @jschwabacher 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 -2 -1 0 1 2 Number of students Change in self-efficacy measure Intervention A Intervention B 0 4 8 12 16 20 1 2 3 4 5 Number of responses Self-efficacy measure Student responses to a measure of self-efficacy for pre- and post-interventions pre-A post-A pre-B post-B Pre-class survey Brief lecture Intervention A Intervention B Post-class survey Intervention A: Past-focused Intervention B: Future-focused 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 Strongly Prefer Past Slightly Prefer Past No Preference Slightly Prefer Current Strongly Prefer Current Number of responses Intervention A Intervention B REFERENCES (1) Reardon, R. F. et al. Discovering the Determinants of Chemistry Course Perceptions in Undergraduate Students. J. Chem. Educ. 2010. (2) Smist, J. M. General Chemistry and Self-Efficacy. Natl. Meet. Am. Chem. Soc. 1993 . (3) Karniol, R.; Ross, M. THE MOTIVATIONAL IMPACT OF TEMPORAL FOCUS: Thinking About the Future and the Past. Annu. Rev. Psychol. 1996. (4) Glynn, S. M. et al. Science Motivation Questionnaire II: Validation with Science Majors and Nonscience Majors. J. Res. Sci. Teach. 2011. Wilcoxon signed-rank test between pre- and post-intervention B scores for individuals i


Luminosity measurements at the Large Hadron electron Collider (and FCC-eh) K. Piotrzkowski and M. Przybycień AGH University of Science and Technology – Kraków The beam-size effect (BSE) was discovered at the VEPP-2 collider and later observed at HERA but remained ever since an elusive and poorly studied phenomenon, despite its impact on the electron and positron beam lifetimes at LEP and KEKB, for example. At the LHeC and FCC-eh, due to very small beam-sizes, this effect will be much stronger than at HERA and its understanding is essential for a precise determination of the luminosity at these electron-hadron colliders, using bremsstrahlung. Rate = L s ? Ee E′ e Eγ Q2 Ep E′ p e + p →e’ + g + p’ unique signatures it is kinematically allowed that qg = qe’ = qp’ = 0 hence there is no transfer of transverse momentum, which results in (for LAB variables): |q|min = me2 mp Eg /(4 Ep Ee E’e), where Q2 = -q2 ≈-q2min + qT2 For example, at the LHeC, for Ee = 50 GeV, Ep = 7000 GeV and Eg = 1 GeV, one gets the minimal longitudinal momentum transfer, in the proton rest-frame, Dpz = |qmin|/c = 0.00001 eV/c. The corresponding (kinetic) energy transfer = (Dp)2/2M ≈6.10-20 eV! From the uncertainty principle Dpz corresponds to the longitudinal distance ≈ℏ/Dpz of 21 mm whereas in the transverse plane the impact parameters is often even larger, as qT is often smaller than |q|min: d4s/dEg dqedqg df ∝Q-4 Higher beam energies/lower photon energy ⇒more extreme it becomes! Beam-Size Effect – effective bremsstrahlung suppression at high energies due to small lateral beam-sizes of both colliding beams: Event rate = Luminosity × cross section where colliding particles are represented by PLANE waves – and this assumption breaks down if the lateral beam sizes are comparable to typical impact parameters of a process. Using Van der Meer scans: Longitudinal view Transverse view We proposed a novel powerful test of the BSE by measuring the bremsstrahlung spectrum while displacing transversally a hadron beam. This will be at the same time a unique direct study/demonstration of long-range nature of bremsstrahlung process – for such lateral beam displacements we predict a strong effective increase of its cross-section! BSE calculations were made following Kotkin, Serbo & Schiller, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 7, 4707 (1992) ⇐ 3 - 10 2 - 10 1 - 10 1 y 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 /dy) BH s /dy) / (d corr s (d EIC 1 EIC 2 = 10 GeV e E 18 GeV = 275 GeV p E 275 GeV m µ = 93 x s m µ 50 m µ = 7.8 y s m µ 5 HERA = 30 GeV e E = 820 GeV p E m µ = 290 x s m µ = 77 p y s m µ = 65 e y s LHeC = 50 GeV e E = 7000 GeV p E m µ = 5 x s m µ = 5 y s At the LHeC and FCC-eh the bremsstrahlung spectrum will be strongly suppressed over the entire range of photon energies! Both the beam sizes as well as beam alignment will have to be very well controlled. https://journals.aps.org/prd/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevD.103.L051901 LHeC IR layout’22 luminometer ➝ ⤳ 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 1 y 0 0.05 0.1 0.15 0.2 0.25 0.3 0.35 0.4 0.45 /dy) BH s /dy) / (d corr s (d FCC-eh = 60 GeV e E = 50 TeV p E m µ = 2 x s m µ = 2 y s LHeC = 50 GeV e E = 7 TeV p E m µ = 5 x s m µ = 5 y s From paper in preparation y = Eg/Ee


Erik Crosman and John Horel Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; erik.crosman@utah.edu Lake SST Algorithms • Generally use a single satellite platform • Historically used split-window algorithms --Tuned to buoy if data available • Recent more sophisticated algorithms using radiative transfer models using ECMWF or NCEP reanalyses to estimate atmospheric profiles over various lakes to estimate the atmospheric variability observed in different lake locations (Hulley et al. 2011; McCallum and Merchant 2012) Motivation for Study •Lake surface temperature critical for ecology, climate change, and numerical weather prediction •The quality and availability of satellite- derived lake SST for cloudy seasons and smaller lakes in many regions is poor •No consensus on appropriate algorithms •Cloud contamination and sampling errors not well-documented •What is the path forward for obtaining improved lake SST? Satellite-derived Lake Surface Temperature: Review of Current State and Future Needs Key Sources of Error •Cloud contamination (insufficent cloud mask) •Sampling and representativeness, processing, limited QC flags •Geolocation and land contamination •Retrieval algorithm •Air-water interactions and diurnal effects . We gratefully acknowledge discussions with all members of the the GHRSST Near Shore Water Working Group (NSWWG), and helpful discussions with Jorge Vazquez, Ed Armstrong, Mike Chin, Simon Hook, Chris Merchant, Robert Grumbine and John D. Lenters and discussions with the Global Lake Temperature Collaboration (http://www.laketemperature.org/). Funding for this work is through NASA grant #NNH13CH09C entitled “Multi-sensor Improved Sea Surface Temperature (MISST) for IOOS.” We also are grateful to Chelle L. Gentemann and Remote Sensing Systems for the opportunity to collaborate with this work Chin, T.M., Milliff, R.F., and Large, W.G., (1998). Basin-scale, high- wavenumber sea surface wind fields from a multiresolution analysis of scatterometer data. Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, 15: 741-763 Crosman, E., and J. Horel, 2009: MODIS-derived surface temperature of the Great Salt Lake, Remote Sensing of Environment., 113, 73-81 Fiedler, E., Martin, M. and Roberts-Jones, J. 2014. An operational analysis of lake surface water temperature. Tellus A. 66, 21247. DOI: 10.3402/tellusa.v66.21247 Grim, J.A., J.C. Knievel, and E. Crosman, 2013: Techniques for Using MODIS Data to Remotely Sense Lake Water Surface Temperatures. J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol., 30, 2434–2451 Hulley, G.C., S.J. Hook & P. Schneider, 2011, Optimized split-window coefficients for deriving surface temperatures from inland water bodies, Remote Sensing of Environment, 115, 3758-3769 Layden, A., Merchant, C., and MacCallum, S. 2015. Global climatology of surface water temperatures of large lakes by remote sensing. International Journal of Climatology, 35 (15). pp. 4464-4479. ISSN 0899-8418 MacCallum, S.N., and C.J. Merchant, 2012.:Surface Water Temperature Observations of Large Lakes by Optimal Estimation. MacCallum. Can J Remote Sensing, 38(1), 25 – 45 O’Reilly, C. M., et al. , 2015: Rapid and highly variable warming of lake surface waters around the globe, Geophys. Res. Lett., 42, 10,773– 10,781, doi:10.1002/ 2015GL066235 Riffler et al., 2015: Lake surface water temperatures of European alpine lakes (1989–2013) based on the advanced very high resolution radiometer (AVHRR) 1 km data set Earth System Science Datas, 7 (2015), pp. 1–17 Sharma, S., et al., 2015: A global database of lake surface temperatures collected by in situ and satellite methods from 1985–2009, Sci. Data, 2 Liu, G. et al. ,2015: Validating and Mapping Surface Water Temperatures in Lake Taihu: Results From MODIS Land Surface Temperature Products." Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, IEEE Journal of 8.3: 1230-1244 Cloud Contamination and Temporal Averaging Errors • Crosman and Horel (2009) required visual inspection of all


Towards prediction of low dimensional QoIs with data-driven LES closures in 2D turbulence Rik Hoekstra (rik@cwi.nl) , Wouter Edeling & Daan Crommelin Problem description Goal: ▶Predict low dimensional quantities of interest for a multiscale system. More specific: their statistical distribution. Learn a data-driven LES closure: 1 ”CNN” approach: ▶Unclosed component is a field, same size as solution. 2 ”Tau orthogonal” approach: ▶Unclosed components are time series. Why: ▶Learning time series is low dimensional and leads to explainable SGS terms. Large eddy simulation The coarse grained vorticity stream formulation of Navier-Stokes: ∂¯ω ∂t + ¯ J ( ¯ψ, ¯ω) = ν∇2¯ω + µ(¯F −¯ω) + r, (1) ∇2 ¯ψ = ¯ω, J (ψ, ω) := ∂ψ ∂x ∂ω ∂y −∂ψ ∂y ∂ω ∂x . (2) Subgrid scale (SGS) contributions are captured in: r = ¯ J ( ¯ψ, ¯ω) −J (ψ, ω). (3) For accurate LES we need a closure term: ˜r  ¯ψ, ¯ω  ≈r (ψ, ω). (4) ▶We apply: ▶a slow high fidelity solver, ▶a faster low fidelity solver which needs a closure term. ▶Parameter values for Earth sized aqua planet: ▶ν ≈4.4 · 10−6, µ ≈1.8 · 10−3. 1⃝Convolutional neural network as closure We use a CNN architecture inspired by Guan et al. [2]. The network consists of 11 2D-conv layers, with 5 × 5 kernels and periodic padding. The hidden layers have 64 channels. CNN ¯ω ¯ ψ ¯f ˜r ▶Trained on 1800 snapshots. ▶Correlation of 0.95 on test set. 2⃝Tau orthogonal method [1] Goal: track d low dimensional QoIs Qi(t) = ZZ qi(¯ω, ¯ψ)dxdy, i = 1, .., d. (5) Assume ˜r = d X i=1 τi(t)Pi(x, y, t), (6) and orthogonality ∂qi ∂¯ω, Pj = 0, if i ̸= j. (7) Now the i-th term of ˜r only influences Qi: dQi dt = resolved contributions + τi ∂qi ∂¯ω, Pi . (8) Track all Qi in the training domain using τi = dQi D ∂qi ∂¯ω, Pi E, dQi = Qref i −QLF i . (9) ▶It is possible to apply the Tau orthogonal method and the CNN simultaneously. [1] W. Edeling and D. Crommelin. Reducing data-driven dynamical subgrid scale models by physical constraints. Computers & Fluids, 201:104470, 2020. [2] Y. Guan, A. Subel, A. Chattopadhyay, and P. Hassanzadeh. Learning physics-constrained subgrid-scale closures in the small-data regime for stable and accurate LES. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, 443:133568, 2023. Overview modeling approach ω(t = 0) HF ω(t) comp. expensive ¯ω(t = 0) LF ¯ω(t) r coarse graining eq. (1) + (2) integrate QoI: RR φ(¯ω, ¯ψ)dxdy 0 250 500 750 1000 days 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.4 Energy 1e 4 Results QoIs of the form Ei,j or Zi,j, which denote the energy/enstrophy in wave numbers i ≤∥k∥≤j. With 4 QoIs: E0,15, Z0,15, E16,21 and Z16,21. Training (500 days): 0 50 100 150 200 250 0 5 1e 8 dE0, 15 0 50 100 150 200 250 days 1 0 1e 8 dE16, 21 3.2 3.4 3.6 3.8 4.0 4.2 4.4 4.6 E0, 15 1e 4 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 Density 1e4 ref LF + TO CNN + TO LF Probability density functions ▶Adding the CNN centers the time series around zero. ▶Given the time series the tracking of the QoIs is exact. Extrapolation (5000 days): ▶Using mean of dQi series for TO method 3.25 3.50 3.75 4.00 4.25 4.50 4.75 5.00 E0, 15 1e 4 0 1 2 Density 1e4 ref LF LF + TO CNN CNN + TO 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 Z0, 15 1e 2 0 2 4 Density 1e2 ref LF LF + TO CNN CNN + TO 1 2 3 4 5 E16, 21 1e 6 0 1 Density 1e6 ref LF LF + TO CNN CNN + TO 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 1.4 1.6 Z16, 21 1e 3 0 2 4 Density 1e3 ref LF LF + TO CNN CNN + TO ▶The low fidelity simulation gives biased QoIs. Adding the TO method improves the distributions of E and Z in the higher wave numbers. ▶The CNN based closure works remarkably well. Adding the TO method with constant dQi does not improve it. Outlook Need better prediction for time series: ▶Fit a stochastic process to the time series. ▶Use (recurrent) neural network to predict the time series. ▶Use GAN to predict the time series. This research is funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) through the ENW-M1 project ”Learning small closure models for large multiscale problems” CWI is the national research institute for mathematics and computer science in the Netherlands. ht


across subjects? Draw on knowledge from Will the session(s) be co-taught? Taught separately What methods would this discipline use to investigate the question? How does this discipline interpret the question? Is this building on existing knowledge? 1 Building on Current Practice 5 minute lesson plan – bridging subject boundaries Before they investigate, what Can Nuclear Power save the Planet? r Learning Objectives: 1. The generation of electricity using nuclear fission and fusion. 2. An appreciation of the environmental demands and challenges of doing so. Do they already need to know? A basic knowledge of the nuclear fission and fusion processes to investigate the technological requirements for the process. Challenging misperceptions? Acting as extension? areas of the school curriculum? In addition to science, students will explore draw on geography, religion, economics, history, mathematics and politics whilst investigating broader matters of things like global cultures and international relations.* 2 Developing Epistemic *Note from the Research team - this section can be used to link to specific Insight: How can the students be supported to answer these three questions? curriculum objectives especially if the big question goes beyond the requirements of the curriculum ? How would (someone in) this discipline know they had a good answer? Helping Hands… What expertise/ methods/norms of thought can you draw on from other disciplines to support or contrast? 3 Building Permeable Classroom Walls: Forming links across the curriculum other subjects Ideally, yes. Specialist knowledge needs to be gathered from different disciplines and brought together provide a complete picture. the need to draw on wider disciplines to answers these aspects of the question could be noted "within" the science lesson or could be embedded through coordinated delivery on related topics in Geography, politics, religious studies etc. What is the misperception/ boundary/ epistemology you are trying to address? Highlighting that science answers whether we can create nuclear power, but not if/how we should implement it. What it requires and what the consequences might be. What are the (global) risks and benefits? Can this be checked in another classroom? Evaluation and judging costs. Statistics on nuclear power contribution to carbon neutral targets (% of the overall energy portfolio?). Where the fuel comes from, the materials and resources needed to build stations. Where they need (or are likely) to be built, the geopolitical ramifications, infrastructure demands and costs. The influences of historical events (Chernobyl, Fukushima etc)**. **Note from the Research Team - students' understanding of How does this map on to other Science: How is nuclear power produced and how efficient it is, particularly the level of greenhouse emissions in relation to other sources of energy. Stewardship: Considers the ethical consequences, encouraging a global perspective – sharing responsibility. Science: Observation and experiment, repeat tests, analysing data about efficiencies. It is quantifiable. Stewardship: Considers the value/impact of nuclear power and its implications for our planet globally and for individual societies. More qualitative. Science: Objective and quantifiable data which can be repeated and tested by multiple sources. Stewardship: Draws on the ethical and values driven argument, referred to and justified by religious belief or worldviews. Mathematics: calculation of efficiencies Mathematics: analysis and calculation of data Mathematics: reliance on quantifiable data


Prof. Luke Clancy TobaccoFree Research Institute Ireland (TFRI) TU Dublin Email: lclancy@tri.ie Website: www.tri.ie Prevalence of smoking in 16-year olds in Ireland in 2019 has increased for the first time since 1995. E-cigarette ever-use and current use associated with increased teen smoking. Tobacco Free Ireland’s endgame strategy is under threat. TobaccoFree Ireland endgame threatened by increase in Smoking and E-cigarette use among Adolescents Salome Sunday MPH, Joan Hanafin PhD, Luke Clancy, MD, PhD TobaccoFree Research Institute Ireland, TU Dublin, www.tri.ie 21st SRNT-Europe Annual Conference, September 15-17 2021 | Virtual Current smoking increased significantly in 2019 compared to 2015 with an adjusted odds ratio (AOR of 1.64 (CI 1.13,2.39)) for boys. This was accompanied by an increase in ever-used e- cigarettes AOR of 2.06 (CI 1.50,2.83) overall with a greater increase in AOR for girls. Mother’s education at college /university level was also associated with an increased AOR of 2.30 (CI 1.14,4.65) for boys but not for girls and father’s education was not significant. Truancy was also significantly linked with current smoking AOR 5.31 (CI 3.21,8.78) and the highest association was with easy access to cigarettes AOR 6.40 (CI 4.16,9.86) Ever-smoking slightly reduced overall but ever e-cigarette use was positively linked with ever smoking In boys and girls. Mother’s higher education was also linked positively with ever-smoking but only in boys. Access to cigarettes was also the highest association with ever-smoking AOR 4.39 (CI 3.43,5.6) This trend analysis showed an association between adolescent cigarette smoking and perceived risk, truancy, and peer smoking, factors which did not deteriorate between 2015 and 2019. While access to cigarettes was the strongest association the negative impact which observed increased youth e-cigarette use had on teenage cigarette smoking is worrying. In Ireland, as in many European countries, teenage smoking has declined from the very high prevalence of the 1990s. Prevalence of current smoking decreased significantly between 1995 and 2019 from 32% to 20% (1,2) in ESPAD countries and from 41% in 1995 to 13% in 2015 in Ireland (3), accounted for by tobacco control measures (4). But in 2019 Irish teenage boys’ smoking increased (2). We attempt to explain this unexpected finding by looking at two comparable (ESPAD) samples from 2015 and 2019. INTRODUCTION METHODS AND MATERIALS CONCLUSIONS RESULTS REFERENCES WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS CONTACT 1. Hanafin J, Sunday S, Keogan S, Clancy L. Gender difference results in increase in adolescent smoking in 2019 in Ireland- European trend analysis of current smoking prevalence 1995-2019. Irish Journal of Medical Science. 2021 Jan 7;190:3.11. 2. Sunday S, Keogan S, Hanafin J, Clancy L. ESPAD 2019: European Schools Project on Alcohol and Other Drugs in Ireland. Dublin: TFRI; 2020. 3. Li S, Keogan S, Taylor K, Clancy L. Decline of adolescent smoking in Ireland 1995-2015: trend analysis and associated factors. BMJ Open. 2018 Apr 27;8(4):e020708–e020708. 4. Li S, Keogan S, Clancy L. Does smoke-free legislation work for teens too? A logistic regression analysis of smoking prevalence and gender among 16 years old in Ireland, using the 1995–2015 ESPAD school surveys. BMJ Open. 2020 Aug 1;10(8):e032630. TFRI for the Department of Health, Ireland.; 2016. • The ESPAD (European School Survey Project on Alcohol and other Drugs survey is a cross-sectional survey conducted every four years in 35 European countries with the aim of collecting comparable data on substance use among students aged 15–16 years in Europe. Data • We used data from two waves (2015 and 2019) of the Irish arm of the ESPAD survey. Our sample for this study comprised 1,493 students in 2015 and 1,949 students in 2019. Sample • A multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed to examine the prevalence of smoking, and to understand the factors associated with the change in adolescent smoking. A


Initial Results from SAR-Based Validation of Sea Ice Drift Forecast Models Introduction • Optimal shipping routes through drifting sea ice increasingly important for navigation in polar regions • Sea ice drift information obtained from Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) [5] • Evaluation of usability of sea ice drift forecast models for multi-day sea ice analysis • Improvements for high-resolution forecast Predictive Ice Image application (PRIIMA) [2] • Forecast model trajectories derived with Lagrangian Tracking • Sea ice drift vector fields obtained from successive SAR-scene pairs • Comparison of forecast model trajectories and SAR-based drift vector fields Initial Results Martin Bathmann*1, Stefan Wiehle1, Anja Frost1, Lasse Rabenstein2, Gunnar Spreen3 1German Aerospace Center (DLR), Maritime Safety and Security Lab Bremen, Germany; 2Drift+Noise Polar Services, Bremen, Germany, 3University of Bremen, Institute of Environmental Physics, Germany *martin.bathmann@dlr.de Further Research • How is the measured sea ice deformation represented in the forecast models? • How can the influence of the sea ice rheology be derived by evaluating the forecast model input data (e.g. winds and ocean currents)? • Which other solutions for sea ice analysis can be put into practice with the available OOP approach? • Divergence maps derived with Sobel kernels [1] Data and Methodology • Historical TOPAZ4 [4] and neXtSIM [3] forecasts from December 2021 • 7 Sentinel-1 SAR-scene pairs from 2 regions of interest (ROIs) in the Lincoln Sea • Vector model for data processing • high flexibility • floating-point number resolution • Object-oriented-programming (OOP), topology, hashing and spatial indexing • Trajectories and measurements both calculated starting from a regular grid • Forecast model sea ice drift interpolated in every grid point with cubic splines • Runge-Kutta 4th-order (RK4) [6] combined with Inverse Distance Weighting (IDW) to a refined approach (RK4-IDW) Lagrangian Tracking Performing Lagrangian Tracking with RK4-IDW RK4: 𝑋𝐼𝐷𝑊𝑘+1 = 𝑋𝐼𝐷𝑊𝑘+ 𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊𝑘+1∆𝑡 𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊𝑘+1 = 1 6 𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊1 + 2𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊2 + 2𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊3 + 𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊4 𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊1 = 𝑓𝑋𝐼𝐷𝑊𝑘, 𝑡𝑘 𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊2 = 𝑓𝑋𝐼𝐷𝑊𝑘+ 𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊1 Τ ∆𝑡2 , 𝑡𝑘+ Τ ∆𝑡2 𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊3 = 𝑓𝑋𝐼𝐷𝑊𝑘+ 𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊2 Τ ∆𝑡2 , 𝑡𝑘+ Τ ∆𝑡2 𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊4 = 𝑓𝑋𝐼𝐷𝑊𝑘+ 𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊3∆𝑡, 𝑡𝑘+ ∆𝑡 IDW: 𝑑𝑝,𝑡𝑗= 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛𝑔𝑟𝑖𝑑𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑢𝑠,𝑡𝑗= 𝑠𝑒𝑎𝑖𝑐𝑒𝑑𝑟𝑖𝑓𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑡𝑗 𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊𝑖= σ𝑖=1 3 𝑢𝑖,𝑡𝑗 𝑑𝑖,𝑡𝑗 σ𝑖=1 3 1 𝑑𝑖,𝑡𝑗 forecast model grid point one hour drift vector 𝑠𝑖= 𝑠𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑠𝑖 𝑅𝑀𝑆𝑠𝑒𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒= σ𝑖=1 𝑛 𝑠𝑖2 𝑛 forecast model trajectorySAR-based measurement 𝑑1,𝑡𝑗 𝑑4,𝑡𝑗 𝑑3,𝑡𝑗 𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊𝑖 𝑢1,𝑡𝑗 𝑢4,𝑡𝑗 𝑢3,𝑡𝑗 𝑑2,𝑡𝑗 𝑢2,𝑡𝑗 𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊4 𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊3 𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊2 𝑓𝐼𝐷𝑊1 0 5 10 15 20 one two three RMS separation distance [km] timeframe [days] RMS separation distance measured values vs quality information (QI) TOPAZ4 IDW TOPAZ4 RK4 TOPAZ QI neXtSIM IDW neXtSIM RK4 neXtSIM QI neXtSIM 6th – 8th December 2021 48h TOPAZ4 6th – 8th December 2021 48h ROIs Conclusions • Trajectories • RK4-IDW yields smoother trajectories • Small difference (ca. 200 m) between IDW and RK4-IDW • TOPAZ4: viscous-plastic rheology • Rheology without brittleness of sea ice, but good overall drift • Difficult to derive deformation fields • neXtSIM: brittle rheology • Problems of low drift near land • Divergence field is promising • Only small case study so far • Overall RMS separation distance of TOPAZ4 and neXtSIM between 3 and 5 ൗ 𝑘𝑚𝑑𝑎𝑦 References [1] Albedyll, L. von: Sea ice deformation and sea ice thickness change, Dissertation, Universität Bremen, 2022. [2] Drift+Noise: PRIIMA - Predictive Ice Image, https://business.esa.int/projects /priima, last access: 31 January 2023, 2019. [3] European Union - Copernicus Marine Service: neXtSIM: Arctic Ocean Sea Ice Analysis and Forecast, https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00004, 2020. [4] European Union - Copernicus Marine Service: TOPAZ4: Arctic Ocean Physics Analysis and Forecast, https://doi.org/10.48670/moi-00001, 2015. [5] Frost, A., Wiehle, S., Singha, S., and Krause, D.: Sea Ice Motion Tracking from Near Real Time Sar Data


Exploring variation in ED attendances and acute hospital admissions for Ambulatory Care Sensitive Conditions: A federated data analysis Richard Jacques1, Rebecca Simpson1, Madina Hasan2, Simone Croft2, Richard Campbell1, Peter Bath1, Susan Croft1, Suzanne Mason1 and the HDR UK Regional Linked Data Consortium 1SCHARR, Division of Population Health, 2Data Connect Email: r.jacques@sheffield.ac.uk 7 regions and 23 ED and 26 APC sites Internal Analysis: - 1 region and 5 sites External Analysis: - 6 regions and 21 sites Inpatient Data (APC) 01/11/2021 to 31/10/2022 Adults (18+) Completed acute emergency admission ED Data (ECDS) 01/11/2021 to 31/10/2022 Adults (18+) Unplanned first emergency care attendances Type 1 ED Aim Methods Federated multi-regional analysis Pre-specified aggregate-level tables (split by ACSC and non-ACSC): • patient demographics • attendance/admission characteristics • attendance/admission outcomes. The aggregate-level data were combined by the lead site to produce overall summary statistics and make comparisons between hospitals. ACSCs are conditions where effective community care and case management can help prevent the need for hospital admission. Identify potentially avoidable acute admissions focussing on ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSCs). Understand variation across the country in acute hospital admissions and Emergency Department (ED) attendances. ED Data Inpatient Data ED data • High proportion ED attendances are with ACSC, significant variation in attendance rates. • More patients admitted from ED with ACSC than non-ACSC. Inpatient Data • High proportion of admissions are for ACSC, significant variation in admission rates. • A higher proportion of long stays were for ACSC. Overall • Results could indicate a failure of care in pre-hospital settings (i.e., primary and community care). • Further research is needed to establish clearer criteria for potentially avoidable admissions and same day emergency care-eligible patients. Number of first attendances: 32,880 to 114,190. Median number of attendances: 70,963. Overall percentage of ACSC attendances: 30% range 14% to 54% 32% of ACSC attendances result in admission, range 4% to 48%. 23% of non-ACSC attendances result in admission, range 7% to 41%. Number of admissions: 3,960 to 51,905. Median number of admissions: 27,388. Overall percentage of ACSC admissions: 41% range 21% to 61% The most common conditions were: 1. Low risk chest pain (13.5%) 2. Lower respiratory tract infection or community acquired pneumonia (10.6%) 3. Falls including syncope and collapse (7.8%) 4. Abnormal liver function (5.9%) 5. Urinary tract infection (5.8%). Higher proportion of short stays (<2 days) admissions for non-ACSC (51% vs 47%) Higher proportion of longer stays (2 days or over) for ACSC conditions (53% vs 49%). Median length of stay range: 0 - 5 days for ACSC 0 - 5 days for non - ACSC. The most common conditions were: 1. Condition unspecified (24.8%) 2. Low risk chest pain (9.7%) 3. Lower respiratory tract infection or community acquired pneumonia (9.1%) 4. Upper GI haemorrhage (6.9%) 5. Supraventricular tachycardias (4.3%). This research is part of, and funded by the Data and Connectivity National Core Study, led by Health Data Research UK in partnership with the Office for National Statistics and funded by UK Research and Innovation (grant ref MC_PC_20058)


Output: 1. Risk Log Entry 2. Policy Recommendations 3. Audit Recommendations 4. Risk Acceptance Statement Input: 1. Standards & Norms 2. Legislation 3. Ethics & Values Output: 1. Measures 2. Training Content 3. Design Recommendations Input: 1. Standards & Norms 2. Legislation 3. Ethics & Values Output: 1. DPIA, TIA, Security Assessment Report 2. Communication to Data Subjects (Transparency) 3. List of vulnerabilities Input: 1. Standards & Norms 2. Legislation 3. Ethics & Values Output: 1. Risk Log Entry 2. Start Risk Management 3. Risk Acceptance Statement Input: 1. Standards & Norms 2. Legislation 3. Ethics & Values Privacy in Context - Operationalizing The Risk Based Approach Erasmus University Rotterdam marlon.domingus@eur.nl January 2022 1. Categorizing Risk 2. Prioritizing Risk 3. Risk Assessment: Likelihood & Impact 4. Selection of Controls 5. Evaluation 1. Strategic Risk 2. External Risk 3. Operational Risk Risks related to: 1. Data Subjects 2. Data Processing & Data Transfer 3. Tooling & Platforms Used 4. Third Parties and Subcontrollers 5. Controller’s Reputation 6. Society & Environment Action: 1. Short Term 2. Medium Term 3. Do Nothing 1. Organizational 2. Technical 3. Legal 4. Design 5. Training Risk: 1. Fully Mitigated 2. Unchanged Risk 3. Residual Risk Input: 1. Policy & Governance 2. Policy Guidelines 3. Policy Review Cycle Input: 1. Standards & Norms 2. Legislation 3. Ethics & Values Data Processing in Academia analysis data collection publication deletion masking and / or de-identification personal data storage archiving anonimization


Liver elastography scores in a large population cohort in rural Uganda: Uganda Liver Disease Study (ULiDS) Sheila F Lumley1,2*, Beatrice Kimono3*, Joseph Mugisha3, Brian Ssengendo3, Elizabeth Waddilove4, Richard Ndungutse3, Moses Kwizera Mbonye3, Ponsiano Ocama5, Philippa C Matthews4,6,7 ^, Robert Newton3^ * joint first, ^ joint senior 1 Peter Medawar Building for Pathogen Research, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3SY, UK, 2 Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, 3 MRC/UVRI/LSHTM Uganda Research Unit, 4 The Francis Crick Institute, 1 Midland Road, London NW1 1AT, UK, 5 Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Kampala, Uganda, 6 Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT, UK, 7 Department of Infection, University College London Hospitals, 235 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BU, UK Contact: sheila.lumley@gtc.ox.ac.uk, philippa.matthews@crick.ac.uk INTRODUCTION - Chronic liver disease (CLD) represents an increasing healthcare burden in many global settings. - In many populations in the WHO Africa region, the prevalence, aetiology and outcomes of CLD represent a neglected challenge. - Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) are associated with liver fibrosis. - Non-invasive tests (NITs) such as liver elastography act as a surrogate measure of fibrosis. Aims: (1) estimate the prevalence of liver disease in a large population cohort in rural Southern Uganda using elastography (2) define the distribution of elastography scores in a subset of HBV or HIV infected individuals. METHODS - Between April - June 2023, we performed a cross-sectional study (Uganda Liver Disease Study - ULiDs) nested within the Kyamulibwa Uganda MRC General Population cohort (GPC), a well established rural cohort of ~22,000 individuals in Kalungu District. - 517 adults including a subgroup with known HBV infection were selected from the GPC. Pregnant women were not eligible to participate in the study. - We performed a questionnaire to identify exposure to known CLD risk factors, anthropometric measures, bloods for HIV, HBV, HCV and malaria infection status and liver elastography (Fibroscan, Echosens, Paris). - Elastography score was expressed in kilopascal (kPa) as a median of 10 successful acquisitions, scores with interquartile range/median >0.30 were excluded. - We applied the following thresholds to interpret elastography score: - Analysis was performed using R v 4.2.2 (https://www.R-project.org/Licenses) RESULTS (1) Demographics We reviewed 517 adults, the median age of participants was 53 years (IQR 44-63, range 23-96) there were 216 males and 301 females. Current alcohol consumption was reported by 221/517 individuals (42.7%). Median BMI was 21.01 (IQR 18.77 – 23.57). 23 had HBV infection and 64 HIV infection (one individual had HBV/HIV co-infection). (Table 1) Table 1: Demographics for ULiDS cohort Elastography scores In the absence of chronic BBV infection, median elastography score was 5.3 (IQR 4.4 - 6.2), scores were >7kPa in 59/431 (13.7%) and >12kPa in 4/431 (0.9%), compared to (5/23 (21.7%) vs. 1/23 (4.3%) in HBV and 11/64 (17.1%) vs. 2/64 (3.1%) in HIV respectively. Figure 1: Distribution of liver elastography scores across subpopulations with differing BBV infection status In a univariate analysis, elastography scores were higher in males (p=0.003) and chronic HBV infection (median 6.4, IQR 5.7-6.7, p = 0.042). DISCUSSION 112 Elastography score (kPa) Interpretation <7 CLD excluded 7-12 Indeterminate >12 CLD likely - In this rural East African population, elastography data suggest potential associations between liver fibrosis and HBV, male sex and low BMI. - Male sex has been previously identified as a clinical predictor of elevated liver stiffness in HBV infected individuals. - Low BMI may be associated with high levels of liver steatosis in metabolic liver diseas


The Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory (HartRAO) participates in global astronomic and geodetic research activities. Astronomy activities focus largely on the use of the 26-m radio telescope to conduct astronomical observations- single-dish observations and astronomical Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), whilst geodetic activities focus on using the HartRAO 15-m and 26-m radio telescopes for geodetic VLBI, Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) positional reference stations, weather data, seismic systems, satellite laser ranging (SLR) and Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning (DORIS) systems. Added to the existing instruments and techniques are gravimetric instruments, a Lunar Laser Ranger (LLR) and, in the near future, a VLBI Global Observing System (VGOS) telescope. HartRAO is also participating in the African VLBI Network (AVN), a network of radio telescopes in Africa. Data and data products produced by HartRAO's expanded range of on-site and off-site instruments must be archived and stored at HartRAO and made accessible to the scientific community. The data management and storage systems currently being used have certain drawbacks, such as being distributed and outdated as well as Progress with the new research data management system at HartRAO Poster presentation at the Library & Information Services (LISA) VIII Conference "Astronomy Librarianship in the era of Big Data and Open Science", 6 - 9 June 2017, European Doctoral College, Strasbourg, France having a limited capacity to manage additional large data volumes, types and user requirements. This necessitated the design and implementation of a new, next- generation Geodetic Research Data Management System (GRDMS), which will comply with internationally accepted standards. Main objectives of the system are to organise, structure and store geodesy and geodynamics related data and data products in a central data bank, maintain information about the archival of the data and disseminate data, data products and information in a timely manner to the global research community. Components of our data management system will be similar to and incorporate the same software as that of the Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS) and University NAVSTAR Consortium (UNAVCO). Data structures and file-naming conventions of the CDDIS and UNAVCO will be used for all geodetic data. Each dataset will receive persistent interoperable identifiers, Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs). A web-based graphic user interface (GUI) for the dissemination of data and data products will be provided to users. We present progress to date on various sub-systems as well as a top-level conceptual model of the GRDMS. Internal Steps [SI] data flow cycle: Ÿ [SI1]: The data collection (Vector) and storage of raw data from the various stations on the Archive Ÿ [SI2]: Raw data is streamed to the Data Processing Unit for processing towards data products Ÿ [SI3]: Processed data are sent and stored in specified formats and structures in the Archive External Steps [SE] data flow cycle: Ÿ [SE1]: The scientific community can interact with and request data via a website (HTTP) and/or FTP Ÿ [SE2]: The Data Access System obtains the requested data from the Archive Ÿ [SE3]: Requested data are packaged into a single compressed file and made available Custom Steps [SC] data flow cycles (for simple requests via the online interface): Ÿ [SC1]: Requests are submitted on the website via a special interface Ÿ [SC2]: Requests are translated to a script and sent to the Data Processing Unit Ÿ [SC3]: The Data Processing Unit obtains the required raw data and processes it Ÿ [SC4]: Processed data is sent to the Archive for storage Ÿ [SC5]: The Data Access System retrieves processed data Ÿ [SC6]: Results are sent to the requesting user Acknowledgements The authors would like to acknowledge funding awarded by the National Equipment Programme (NEP) of the National Research Foundation (NRF) for the development o


ANÁLISIS DEL USO DE DOBLE PROTECCIÓN (ANTICONCEPCIÓN E ITS) EN PACIENTES QUE INGRESAN AL SERVICIO DE PATOLOGÍA OBSTÉTRICA EN ENERO DE 2021 DEL HOSPITAL GINECO-OBSTÉTRICO ISIDRO AYORA DE QUITO-ECUADOR Morales Carrasco María Fernanda*, López Sosa Carlos Alberto** * Ginecóloga-obstetra, Máster en VIH, Hospital Gineco-Obstétrico “Isidro Ayora” ** Ginecólogo-obstetra, Máster en VIH, CODESER. PRIMERA JORNADA MÉDICA ACADÉMICA DE BIENESTAR MATERNO-NEONATAL Y GINECOLÓGICO “HGOIA” Objetivo: Analizar el uso de la doble protección en pacientes que ingresan al Servicio de Patología Obstétrica del Hospital Gineco-Obstétrico “Isidro Ayora”. Metodología: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo-transversal mediante la aplicación de encuestas a pacientes que ingresaron en Patología Obstétrica en enero de 2021, para analizar los datos se utilizó el paquete estadístico SPSS, versión 22.0. Palabras clave: doble protección, ITS, VIH, métodos anticonceptivos Resultados: El 55.8% de mujeres encuestadas no tiene conocimiento sobre la temática de la doble protección y el 62.2% no utiliza la misma. El nivel de conocimiento de la doble protección se relaciona de forma estadísticamente significativa con la edad, nivel de instrucción y número de gestas. El uso de la doble protección es estadísticamente significativo con el nivel de conocimiento sobre los métodos anticonceptivos. La preferencia anticonceptiva de las pacientes al alta es por métodos hormonales (53.7%). De las pacientes que conocen sobre doble protección al terminar la gestación solamente el 1.81% van a utilizarla. Conclusión: El conocimiento y el uso de doble protección son bajos, es necesario enfatizar en la educación sexual y reproductiva su importancia en la prevención de embarazos no deseados e ITS-VIH. Referencias 1. The GFOR, Of M, Sexually S, Infections T. Guidelines for the management of symptomatic sexually transmitted infections. 2021. 2. ONU SIDA. Hoja informativa — Últimas estadísticas sobre el estado de la epidemia de sida [Internet]. 2022. Available from: https://www.unaids.org/es/resources/fact- sheet 3. Prevención , diagnóstico y tratamiento de la infección por el virus de inmunodeficiencia humana ( VIH ) en adolescentes y adultos. 2019; 4. 2018 EDITION What ’ s New in This Edition ? 2018. 5. ONU SIDA. Disminuye el uso de preservativos [Internet]. 2020. Available from: https://www.unaids.org/es/resources/presscentre/featurest ories/2020/november/ 20201123_condom-use-declining 6. PRIMICIAS. El uso de preservativos en Ecuador cayó 68% por el confinamiento [Internet]. 2020. Available from: https://www.primicias.ec/noticias/sociedad/usopreservativo s-ecuador-crisis-sanitaria/ 7. DOUBLE CONTRACEPTIVE PROTECTION IN USER OF HORMONAL METHOD AND INTRAUTERINE. 2021;6:9994. 8. Díaz R. Especialización En Medicina Familiar Y Comunitaria. 2013 Grafico 1. Método anticonceptivo de preferencia al fianalizar la gestación Tabla 1. Relación entre el nivel de conocimiento de los anticonceptivos con el uso de doble protección


Conference on Nonlinear Systems & Dynamics IISER Pune, 15-18 December 2022 Fractional Maps of complex fractional order with poles Divya D. Joshi * November 2022 The existence of chaos in nonlinear maps of complex orders has been recently in [1]. Various maps have been studied in this paper. Smooth maps like logistic, Gauss, Dufﬁng, and H´enon maps do not show chaos. While discontinuous maps such as Bernoulli, and circle and non-differentiable map like The tent and Lozi map show chaos. These systems are not differentiable or discontin- uous at some point and we argued that it is necessary that the function is not analytic. The following work can be seen as an extension of this work. In this work, I study a function which has simple poles at some point and shows that these functions show chaos as well. In this context, I study the q-deformed logistic map and ﬁnd that they show chaos for certain deformations. The logistic map is deﬁned as : xn+1 = λxn(1 −xn), where λ is the parameter that lies within the interval [0,4]. As per [1], the logistic map being a smooth map deﬁned by an analytic function, chaos is absent for complex or- der fractional logistic map. I introduce q-deformation in the complex order fractional logistic map. Earlier, q-deformation in nonlinear maps have been studied by Jaganathan and Sinha in [2] where the q-deformation is given as : xdef = x 1−ϵ(x−1), where ϵ is the deformation parameter. The fractional order logistic system with q-deformation can be formulated as : x(t) = x(0) + 1 Γ(α) t X j=1 Γ(t −j + α) Γ(t −j + 1) ×[λxdef(j −1)(1 −xdef(j −1)) −x(j −1)]. (1) Here, α is the complex fractional order, and x(0) is the initial condition. For the purpose of simplicity I set α = α0eirπ/2 with 0 < α0 < 1 and 0 ≤r < 1. In our previous work, we observed that maps that were discontinuous or non-differentiable showed chaos. Here I have a q-deformed fractional logistic map of complex or- der, which has second-order poles which is non-analytic. The existence of chaos, in this case, strengthens our hy- pothesis. Figure(1(a) and 1(b)) shows bifurcation diagram for ϵ = 0 and ϵ = −1.5 respectively. No chaos is seen in the case of ϵ = 0. Chaos exists in the case of ϵ = −1.5. Also the system does not show chaos for the values of ϵ ≥−1. *Divya D. Joshi are with the Department of Physics, Rash- trasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University, email: divya- joshidj27@gmail.com. 0 . 0 0 . 5 1 . 0 1 . 5 2 . 0 2 . 5 3 . 0 0 . 0 0 . 2 0 . 4 0 . 6 0 . 8 R e ( x ( t ) ) l (a) 0 1 2 3 4 - 3 . 0 - 2 . 5 - 2 . 0 - 1 . 5 - 1 . 0 - 0 . 5 0 . 0 0 . 5 1 . 0 1 . 5 2 . 0 R e ( x ( t ) ) l (b) Figure 1: Bifurcation diagram for α0 = 0.7, r = 0.01, x(0) = 0.1 for (a) ϵ = 0 and (b) ϵ = −1.5 A multistable system has coexisting attractors for the same parameters with different initial conditions. Figure(2) shows the existence of multistability for a q- deformed fractional logistic map of complex order. The result suggests a relation between the analyticity of the complex fractional ordered functions and the existence of multistability. 2 . 5 3 . 0 3 . 5 4 . 0 - 3 - 2 - 1 0 1 2 3 x ( 0 ) = 1 8 + 1 9 i x ( 0 ) = 0 . 1 R e ( x ( t ) ) l Figure 2: Multistability observed for α0 = 0.7, r = 0.01, ϵ = −1.5 with different initial conditions. While concluding, I note the following observations made in this work. Existence of chaos for the q-deformed logistic map of complex fractional order. In this case, the system does not show chaos for the values of ϵ ≥−1. The system shows multistability. References [1] Divya D Joshi, Prashant M Gade, and Sachin Bhalekar. Study of low-dimensional nonlinear fractional difference equations of com- plex order. Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Sci- ence, 32(11):113101, 2022. [2] Ramaswamy Jaganathan and Sudeshna Sinha. A q-deformed non- linear map. Physics Letters A, 338(3-5):277–287, 2005.


OBJECTIVE MATERIAL & METHOD CONCLUSIONS Rachida NACIRI1, Mohamed CHTOUKI1, Abdallah OUKARROUM1 1Plant Stress Physiology Laboratory, College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Benguerir, Morocco Elucidate how different phosphorus fertilization regimes based on can improve some biophysiological processes in tomato plants exposed to Cd stress. Tomato seeds were germinated and grown in a growth chamber with a day/night cycle of 16/8 h at 24 °C in modified Hoagland nutrient solution. Hypothesis Highly polymerized poly-P fertilizers can reduce Cd availability in the nutrient solution and limit its uptake by tomato roots and translocation to aerial parts. RESULTS Changes in micronutrient availability in the NS depend significantly to P form. Poly-P fertilizer improves the homeostasis of iron in the shoot part (Fe/Cd, Fe/Zn, Fe/P, and Fe/Mn) compared to the ortho-P. Cadmium stress significantly alters the electron transport flux per reaction centers (ET0/RC) as well as the RE0/RC. especially under ortho-P fertilization regimes. Polyphosphate fertilizer attenuate the effect of Cd stress on electron transport chain and photosynthesis efficiency Plant exposure to cadmium stress significantly reduced SLA by 43 and 53% in the Cd12 and Cd25 ortho-P regimes. However, under Poly-P regimes, the reduction was only 37 and 47% under medium (Cd12) and severe (Cd25) Cd stress. Effect of cadmium level and P fertilizer form on the chlorophyll content and chlorophyll stability index. Polyphosphate fertilizer improve Fe/micronutrient ratio in shoot tissue under Cd stress. Cadmium stress induces significant physiological changes in tomato plants including a disturbance of micronutrient uptake and homeostasis, especially for iron element. Poly-P fertilizer can modulate Cd toxicity in tomato by enhancing Fe, Zn, Mn uptake, and their utilization in photosynthesis Effect of cadmium level and P fertilizer form on tomato specific leaf area. The study was supported by the Plant Stress Physiology Laboratory and the School of Agriculture, Fertilization and Environmental Sciences (UM6P). Potassium and phosphorus content ratio in hydroponic culture affects tomato plant growth and nutrient uptake. Physiol Mol Biol Plants 28, 763–774 (2022). Effect of Cadmium and Phosphorus Interaction on Tomato: Chlorophyll a Fluorescence, Plant Growth, and Cadmium Translocation. Water Air Soil Pollut 232, 84 (2021). REFERENCES ACKNOWLEDGMENTS How polyphosphate fertilizer can alleviate cadmium stress in tomato plants in hydroponic agriculture?


Appear vs. Disappear sounds Study Protocol for HI Study Motivation Why is Change Detection important? • The performance worsens when sounds are not limited to the front hemisphere and can appear or disappear randomly, as in real life (Figure 8). • Overall performance in the appear trials is significantly better than in the disappear trials (Figure 6). • No significant differences between unaided and aided performance. • Performance for the sound localization in disappear trials was overall the worst. Influence of Sound Position • *No sig. differences were found between two HA processing, except for the sound identification task in diagonal trials including appearing and disappearing sounds (p < .05, r = .51). Experimental Design for HI Study • A mixture of 4 sounds played from the front, back or both hemispheres (Figure 2). • Sounds were randomly chosen out of a pool of 12 everyday sounds (Figure 3). • Continuous scene for 10 sec, a sound appears or disappears after 6 sec. • Listening conditions: Unaided and aided with state-of-the-art HA processing. References: [1] studio4rt (2022). Freepik. https://bitly.ws/37EiK. [2] Brungart, D.S., Cohen, J., Cord, M., Zion, D., Kalluri, S. (2014): Assessment of auditory spatial awareness in complex listening environments. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 136(4), 1808–1820. https://doi.org/10.1121/1.4893932. [3] Kosminski, M., Bilert, S., Serman, M., Hoppe, U. (2022): Experimental paradigm for change detection exploration. SPIN 2023, Split. [4] Ventry, I. M., & Weinstein, B. E. (1982). The Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly: a New Tool. Ear and Hearing, 3(3), 128-134. https://doi.org/10.1097/00003446-198205000-00006. Results Corresponding author: michelle.kosminski@fau.de To appear or to disappear? Investigating change detection in hearing-impaired listeners Conclusions 1WSAudiology, Erlangen, Germany, 2Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg Background Michelle Kosminski1,2, Sascha Bilert1, Maja Serman1, Ulrich Hoppe2 Acknowledgments: Our thanks goes to all listeners who participated in this experiment. Methods To feel safe in a real-life environment we must detect sudden appearing or disappearing sounds. Can hearing aids (HA) help elderly hearing-impaired (HI) with detecting such changes? Let’s test! Subjective Experience • Sig. correlations between aided sound identification and the situational subscore of the HHIE [4]: Subjects who performed worse in the experiment reported more difficulties in everyday life in social settings (back trials: rs = -.56, p < .05; diagonal trials: rs = -.63, p < .05). Figure 1: General example for appear (a) and disappear (b) change detection experiment. Figure 3: Interface for subjects to identify and locate the appearing or disappearing sound. Figure 2: Loudspeaker configurations used in the experiment. Figure 4: Study protocol for the first and second appointment. Grayed-out parts of the protocol are not presented here. HHIE = Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly [4]. [1] For young normal-hearing (NH) listeners it is easier to locate and identify sounds appearing into a mixture in the front hemisphere [2, 3]. (a) (b) Figure 7: Performance for the sound identification task and sound localization task (N = 14). Results for the aided condition are shown for one type of HA processing*. Figure 8: Comparison of Brungart et al. [2] (N = 19, mixture of 2 and 4 sounds) and Kosminski et al. [3] (N = 14, mixture of 4 sounds) for HI participants. Figure 6: Overall performance for appear and disappear trials (N = 14). Results for the aided condition only include one type of (HA) processing. Correlation of aided performance and HHIE situational subscore, points towards the relevance of change detection in real life of HI listeners. • N = 14 (4 female, 10 male) • Age range: 21 – 85 years (M = 59.4 years) • HI with mild to severe symmetrical hearing loss (Figure 5) • PTA: 27.5 – 63.75 dB HL (M = 49.24 dB HL) Participants Figure 5


Multilinguals Write Back : Modeling Language, Politics and Identity in Philippine Social Media Frances Cruz University of Antwerp, University of the Philippines Abstract Introduction Methodology Results and Discussion Conclusion References The Philippines is a multilingual country with estimates of up to 134 languages (KWF, 2014). Despite this linguistic diversity, the country’s languages are disproportionally represented in print media. While national broadsheets are primarily published in English, Filipino and regional languages tend to be the language of tabloids, reflecting relationships between print media type, language, and class (Ables, 2003, p. 44-45). Social media, with its multilingual digital publics, can thus give insights into different languages’ current degree of use in written discourse. This study documents the intersections of language and the public sphere through a cross- sectional model of comments on public Facebook (FB) pages of selected Philippine newspapers from 2015-2019. Its objectives are to train a multilabel classifier to model monolingual and code- switched language use in discussions of current events, identify differences between national and regional newspapers, and glean digital insights into the conduct of public discourse. • Codeswitching was a discernible feature of online texts. • Monolingual texts in Tagalog/Filipino were the most common, followed by monolingual English entries and Cebuano/Bisaya entries. • Among the national newspapers, results from the Inquirer and Philippine Star indicated the presence of more Tagalog/Filipino than English comments, with the Manila Bulletin and Manila Times showing the opposite trend. • In terms of regional newspapers, Cebuano/Bisaya comments in Cebu-based newspapers Cebu Daily News and Sun Star Cebu outnumbered English and Tagalog/Filipino comments. • Two Mindanao-based newspapers, Mindanao Times and Sun Star Davao, featured Tagalog/Filipino as the most-used language, followed by English and Cebuano/Bisaya. Ables, H. (2003). Mass Communication and Philippine Society. University of the Philippines Press. Devlin, J., Chang, M.-W., Lee, K., & Toutanova, K. (2019). BERT: Pre-training of Deep Bidirectional Transformers for Language Understanding. Proceedings of NAACL-HLT, 4171–4186. Jünger, J., & Keyling, T. (2019). Facepager: An application for automated data retrieval on the web. https://github.com/strohne/Facepager/. Komisyon saWikang Filipino (2014). Atlas Filipinas. https://kwf.gov.ph/atlas-filipinas. Pedregosa, F., Varoquaux, G., Gramfort, A., Michel, V., Bertrand, T., Grisel, O., Blondel, M., Prettenhofer, P., Weiss, R., Dubourg, V., Vanderplas, J., Passos, A., David Cournapeau, Brucher, M., Perro, M., & Duchesnay, E. (2011). Scikit-learn: Machine Learning in Python. Journal of Machine Learning Research, 12, 2825–2830. Selected Newspapers’ FB Pages: Manila Bulletin, Manila Times, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, the Philippine Star, Cebu Daily News, Mindanews, Mindanao Times, Sun Star Cebu, Sun Star Davao, and The Freeman were captured by Facepager (Jünger & Keyling 2019). Data Scope: Two months per newspaper in 2015, 2017 and 2019. Classifier: A multilabel classifier in the form of a random forest (RF) (Pedregosa et al., 2011) was finetuned on top of a pretrained BERT feature extractor (specifically the ‘bert-base-multilingual- uncased’ model) (Devlin et al., 2019). Test and Training Set: Over 16,000 social media comments were annotated for the presence/absence of Tagalog/Filipino, Cebuano/Bisaya and English respectively. • In terms of social media responses, regional newspapers offer more diverse language use. • Despite the presence of English-language newspapers, current events are written about and responded to by a multilingual Philippine public sphere. • Social media thus offers opportunities not only for re-thinking monolingual norms in media, but may also revitalize written forms of regional languages. Figure 5: Language use as percentage of


U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Research and Development A Cheminformatics Workflow for Higher-Throughput Modeling of Chemical Exposures From Biosolids Paul M. Kruse1,2, Caroline L. Ring2 1. Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education; Oak Ridge, TN 2. Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure, United States Environmental Protection Agency; Research Triangle Park, NC Introduction Methods Workflows Results and Discussion Conclusion Paul Kruse l kruse.paul@epa.gov l 0000-0001-5516-9717 Abstract number: 4397 Poster number: P184 • Biosolids are treated sewage sludge produced as a byproduct of the wastewater treatment process • Under the Clean Water Act, the US EPA Office of Water (OW) has the responsibility to protect human health and the environment from adverse effects of pollutants that may be present in biosolids • EPA has identified over 700 chemicals found in previous National Sewage Sludge Surveys (NSSS) and Biennial Reviews (BR) [1, 2] • OW has developed a Biosolids Screening Tool (BST), a software tool implementing a model for risk screening for potential human and ecological exposures to biosolids chemicals • The BST models two disposal pathways: land application of biosolids and landfilling of sewage sludge • The BST requires many chemical-specific input parameters, including physico-chemical and fate and transport property data • We created the R package ccdR to access and retrieve data from the Center for Computational Toxicology and Exposure (CCTE) APIs • We developed an automated workflow to collect and process the input parameters the BST requires to run for each chemical. This new R-based workflow: o Integrates chemical information from publicly available cheminformatics databases and tools  EPA CompTox Chemicals Dashboard (CCD) [3]  OPEn (quantitative) structure-activity/property Relationship App (OPERA) [4]  ClassyFire chemical-classification tool [5]  Httk R package [6] o Interfaces with the existing Microsoft Access implementation of the BST via Microsoft Excel input/output References • 591 of the 623 Biosolids chemicals with ClassyFire classifications and concentration data had available physico-chemical property data. An additional three chemicals were removed due to incomplete physico- chemical property data or property data values outside the range of applicability for the BST, leaving 588 • Removed 222 Dioxin-like compounds from this list since they require cumulative exposure assessment and cannot be modeled appropriately using the BST, leaving 366 chemicals • Removed chemicals missing sufficient biosolids concentration data, leaving 339 remaining chemicals for mean concentration and 345 for 95th percentile concentration simulations • The workflow for collecting physico-chemical property data, filtering out chemicals missing necessary values for running the BST, and correctly formatting data for use within the BST takes under 15 minutes to execute for roughly 700 chemicals • The BST takes about 30 hours to run all possible scenarios for roughly 340 chemicals (average/wet/dry climate types, surface disposal/land applied use, mean/95th percentile biosolids concentration) • The workflow is easily adjusted to accommodate high-throughput screening efforts, and the BST runs on the output of the R-based workflow • This workflow combines several publicly available cheminformatics tools and databases to prepare chemicals for screening using the BST • This high-throughput workflow is easily adaptable for facilitating rapid chemical prioritization under other chemical fate scenarios • The workflow leverages the ccdR R package we developed, which can be deployed rapidly and easily in a variety of data pipeline workflows Biennial Reviews & Sewage Sludge Surveys Prioritization of Chemicals for Assessment Risk Screening Exceeds EPA level of concern? Low Priority Risk Assessment Exceeds EPA level of concern? Low Priority Consider Regulation If chemical may harm human health or the environment