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Fabrication of a stepped optical fiber tip for miniaturized scanners
(2021)Optical Fiber TechnologyJournal Article -
Threat to Asian wild apple trees posed by gene flow from domesticated apple trees and their “pestified” pathogens
(2020)Molecular EcologySecondary contact between crops and their wild relatives poses a threat to wild species, not only through gene flow between plants, but also through the dispersal of crop pathogens and genetic exchanges involving these pathogens, particularly those that have become more virulent by indirect selection on resistant crops, a phenomenon known as “pestification.” Joint analyses of wild and domesticated hosts and their pathogens are essential ...Journal Article -
VLBI and GPS inter- and intra-technique combinations on the observation level for evaluation of TRF and EOP
(2021)Earth, Planets and SpaceWe study the effects of combination on the observation level (COL) of different space‑geodetic techniques and of networks of the same technique and present the corresponding improvement for the determination of station positions and earth orientation parameters. Data from the continuous geodetic very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) campaign CONT17 are used in a batch least‑squares (LSQ) estimator. This campaign includes 15 days of ...Journal Article -
Dark Matter benchmark models for early LHC Run-2 Searches: Report of the ATLAS/CMS Dark Matter Forum
(2020)Physics of the Dark UniverseThis document is the final report of the ATLAS-CMS Dark Matter Forum, a forum organized by the ATLAS and CMS collaborations with the participation of experts on theories of Dark Matter, to select a minimal basis set of dark matter simplified models that should support the design of the early LHC Run-2 searches. A prioritized, compact set of benchmark models is proposed, accompanied by studies of the parameter space of these models and a ...Journal Article -
Evangelical Protestantism, Politics, and the Environment: When and How Do Biblical Beliefs Matter?
(2020)Society & Natural ResourcesLiterature on environment-related outcomes highlights the role of political and religious factors—in particular, political orientation, party affiliation and biblical beliefs. Less is known about how these factors independently and interactively shape attitudes towards policy and environmental behaviors including how political factors may be moderated by religious beliefs. Using structural equation modeling and data from the 2010 GSS, we ...Journal Article -
Soil and Pest Management in French Polynesian Farming Systems and Drivers and Barriers for Implementation of Practices Based on Agroecological Principles
(2021)Frontiers in Sustainable Food SystemsIn the context of climate change, French Polynesia is committed to increasing qualitatively and quantitatively local food production. In this regard, agroecology is perceived as a sustainable pathway to improve farming practices. This article proposes first a theoretical framework to analyze the proximity of farmers' management to agroecological principles. Second, it describes the current use of agroecological pest and soil management ...Journal Article -
Parameter identification for phase-field modeling of fracture: a Bayesian approach with sampling-free update
(2021)Computational MechanicsPhase-field modeling of fracture has gained popularity within the last decade due to the flexibility of the related computational framework in simulating three-dimensional arbitrarily complicated fracture processes. However, the numerical predictions are greatly affected by the presence of uncertainties in the mechanical properties of the material originating from unresolved heterogeneities and the use of noisy experimental data. The ...Journal Article -
Privacy-preserving distributed parameter estimation for probability distribution of wind power forecast error
(2021)Renewable EnergyBuilding the conditional probability distribution of wind power forecast errors benefits both wind farms (WFs) and independent system operators (ISOs). Establishing the joint probability distribution of wind power and the corresponding forecast data of spatially correlated WFs is the foundation for deriving the conditional probability distribution. Traditional parameter estimation methods for probability distributions require the collection ...Journal Article -
A new optimal image smoothing method based on generalized discrete iterated Laplacian minimization and its application in the analysis of earth’s surface using satellite remote sensing imagery
(2021)Earth Science InformaticsIn this paper a new method of image smoothing and its applications in the field of remote sensing are presented. This method is based on the minimization of the iterated Laplace operator of an arbitrary degree in the Cartesian coordinate system. Using the method of finite differences, a linear combination is derived, which represents the solution of the minimization problem. For the special case of the ordinary Laplace operator, the ...Journal Article -
The password is dead, long live the password – A laboratory study on user perceptions of authentication schemes
(2020)International Journal of Human-Computer StudiesPassword authentication is still ubiquitous although alternatives have been developed to overcome its shortcomings such as high cognitive load for users. Using an objective rating scheme Bonneau et al. (2012) demonstrated that replacing the password poses a quest that yet remains unsolved. To shine light on this intractable issue we turn towards subjective user perceptions that influence acceptance and actual use of authentication schemes. ...Journal Article