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University of Graz
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About: University of Graz is a education organization based out in Graz, Steiermark, Austria. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Quantum chromodynamics. The organization has 17934 authors who have published 37489 publications receiving 1110980 citations. The organization is also known as: Carolo Franciscea Graecensis & Karl Franzens Universität.
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TL;DR: This work model mining as a Poisson process with time-dependent intensity and uses this model to derive predictions about block times for various hash-rate scenarios, and analyses Bitcoin’s method to update the “network difficulty” as a mechanism to keep block times stable.
Abstract: Crypto-currencies like Bitcoin have recently attracted a lot of interest. A crucial ingredient into such systems is the “mining” of a Nakamoto blockchain. We model mining as a Poisson process with time-dependent intensity and use this model to derive predictions about block times for various hash-rate scenarios (exponentially rising hash rate being the most important). We also analyse Bitcoin’s method to update the “network difficulty” as a mechanism to keep block times stable. Since it yields systematically too fast blocks for exponential hash-rate growth, we propose a new method to update difficulty. Our proposed method performs much better at ensuring stable average block times over longer periods of time, which we verify both in simulations of artificial growth scenarios and with real-world data. Besides Bitcoin itself, this has practical benefits particularly for systems like Namecoin. It can be used to make name expiration times more predictable, preventing accidental loss of names.
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TL;DR: In this paper, a chiral constituent-quark model for light and strange baryons is presented, which provides a unified description of their ground states and excitation spectra.
Abstract: We present a chiral constituent-quark model for light and strange baryons providing a unified description of their ground states and excitation spectra. The model relies on constituent quarks and Goldstone bosons arising as effective degrees of freedom of low-energy QCD from the spontaneous breaking of chiral symmetry. The spectra of the three-quark systems are obtained from a precise variational solution of a Schr\"odinger-type equation with a semirelativistic Hamiltonian. The theoretical predictions are found to be in close agreement with experiment.
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Cardiff University1, University of Messina2, Charité3, Monash University4, University of York5, University of Toronto6, University of East London7, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust8, University of Southampton9, St Mary's Hospital10, Heidelberg University11, National Institutes of Health12, Eskişehir Osmangazi University13, Erasmus University Rotterdam14, Odense University Hospital15, Ruhr University Bochum16, Bethel University17, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven18, Utrecht University19, Johns Hopkins University20, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens21, University Medical Center Groningen22, University of Groningen23, Nippon Medical School24, University of Milan25, University of Cyprus26, University College London27, University of Graz28, European Union29, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust30, University of Edinburgh31
TL;DR: A systematic review to assess the effectiveness, cost‐effectiveness, and safety of AIT in the management of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis found it to be effective, cost-effective, and safe.
Abstract: Background: The European Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology (EAACI) is in the process of developing Guidelines on Allergen Immunotherapy (AIT) for Allergic Rhinoconjunctivitis. To inform the development of clinical recommendations, we undertook a systematic review to assess the effectiveness, cost-effectiveness, and safety of AIT in the management of allergic rhinoconjunctivitis. Methods: We searched nine international biomedical databases for published, in-progress, and unpublished evidence. Studies were independently screened by two reviewers against predefined eligibility criteria and critically appraised using established instruments. Our primary outcomes of interest were symptom, medication, and combined symptom and medication scores. Secondary outcomes of interest included cost-effectiveness and safety. Data were descriptively summarized and then quantitatively synthesized using random-effects meta-analyses. Results: We identified 5960 studies of which 160 studies satisfied our eligibility criteria. There was a substantial body of evidence demonstrating significant reductions in standardized mean differences (SMD) of symptom (SMD −0.53, 95% CI −0.63, −0.42), medication (SMD −0.37, 95% CI −0.49, −0.26), and combined symptom and medication (SMD −0.49, 95% CI −0.69, −0.30) scores while on treatment that were robust to prespecified sensitivity analyses. There was in comparison a more modest body of evidence on effectiveness post-discontinuation of AIT, suggesting a benefit in relation to symptom scores. Conclusions: AIT is effective in improving symptom, medication, and combined symptom and medication scores in patients with allergic rhinoconjunctivitis while on treatment, and there is some evidence suggesting that these benefits are maintained in relation to symptom scores after discontinuation of therapy.
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared graphite powders and carbon fibres as model materials for X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) studies of the effects of surface pre-treatment.
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TL;DR: Latent variable modeling confirmed the significance of dissociation and associative combination for creativity, but also substantiates the relevance of basic associative retrieval processes for intelligence.
Abstract: Empirical approaches to cognitive ability claim that divergent thinking represents a useful estimate for the potential of creative thought. According to associative approaches, the ability to fluently retrieve and combine remote associations was suggested to facilitate creative solutions. Taken together, these approaches suggest a close relationship of associative processes and divergent thinking, which so far, however, has not been properly tested. Therefore, the present study examines the validity of associative abilities with respect to divergent thinking, and also, on a more general level, with respect to creativity and intelligence. Four different word-association tasks were employed to assess associative fluency, associative flexibility, dissociative ability, and the ability of associative combination. The sample comprised 150 students from studies with varying amount of creativity-related demands. Associative abilities were found to explain about half of the variance of divergent thinking ability. Latent variable modeling confirmed the significance of dissociation and associative combination for creativity, but also substantiates the relevance of basic associative retrieval processes for intelligence. It is concluded that associative abilities represent valid elementary cognitive abilities underlying creativity.
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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David Haussler | 172 | 488 | 224960 |
Russel J. Reiter | 169 | 1646 | 121010 |
Frederik Barkhof | 154 | 1449 | 104982 |
Philip Scheltens | 140 | 1175 | 107312 |
Christopher D.M. Fletcher | 138 | 674 | 82484 |
Jennifer S. Haas | 128 | 840 | 71315 |
Jelena Krstic | 126 | 839 | 73457 |
Michael A. Kamm | 124 | 637 | 53606 |
Frances H. Arnold | 119 | 510 | 49651 |
Gert Pfurtscheller | 117 | 507 | 62873 |
Georg Kresse | 111 | 430 | 244729 |
Manfred T. Reetz | 110 | 959 | 42941 |
Alois Fürstner | 108 | 459 | 43085 |
David N. Herndon | 108 | 1227 | 54888 |
David J. Williams | 107 | 2060 | 62440 |