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View article: Obesity: ethical issues
Obesity: ethical issues Open
Introduction This article reviews the ethical issues surrounding obesity in public health and clinical contexts. We examine how obesity intersects with medical and social norms that raise questions of liberty, fairness, safety, and effecti…
View article: Bayesian optimization algorithms for accelerator physics
Bayesian optimization algorithms for accelerator physics Open
Accelerator physics relies on numerical algorithms to solve optimization problems in online accelerator control and tasks such as experimental design and model calibration in simulations. The effectiveness of optimization algorithms in dis…
View article: Multi-objective Bayesian active learning for MeV-ultrafast electron diffraction
Multi-objective Bayesian active learning for MeV-ultrafast electron diffraction Open
Ultrafast electron diffraction using MeV energy beams(MeV-UED) has enabled unprecedented scientific opportunities in the study of ultrafast structural dynamics in a variety of gas, liquid and solid state systems. Broad scientific applicati…
View article: Forgetting how we ate: personalised nutrition and the strategic uses of history
Forgetting how we ate: personalised nutrition and the strategic uses of history Open
Personalised nutrition (PN) has emerged over the past twenty years as a promising area of research in the postgenomic era and has been popularized as the new big thing out of molecular biology. Advocates of PN claim that previous approache…
View article: Vigilance in infectious disease emergencies: Expanding the concept
Vigilance in infectious disease emergencies: Expanding the concept Open
In their 2010 book, Lorna Weir and Eric Mykhalovskiy conceptualised the role of vigilance in unknown and emerging infectious disease threats. Theirs is a macro-level account which draws on empirical data to describe vigilance as a set of t…
View article: Medicine in the marketplace: clinician and patient views on commercial influences on assisted reproductive technology
Medicine in the marketplace: clinician and patient views on commercial influences on assisted reproductive technology Open
The views expressed in this study should be systematically and critically examined to derive insights into how best to govern ART. These insights may also inform the design and delivery of other types of healthcare that are provided in the…
View article: Spatial patterns in occupancy and density of larval lampreys in freshwater habitats restored to a Stage 0 condition
Spatial patterns in occupancy and density of larval lampreys in freshwater habitats restored to a Stage 0 condition Open
We examined occupancy and density of larval lampreys ( Entosphenus tridentatus and Lampetra spp.) in two rivers in Oregon (USA) restored to a Stage 0 condition 1–5 years prior, using a multiscale occupancy model and a zero‐inflated Poisson…
View article: Multipoint-BAX: a new approach for efficiently tuning particle accelerator emittance via virtual objectives
Multipoint-BAX: a new approach for efficiently tuning particle accelerator emittance via virtual objectives Open
Although beam emittance is critical for the performance of high-brightness accelerators, optimization is often time limited as emittance calculations, commonly done via quadrupole scans, are typically slow. Such calculations are a type of …
View article: Bayesian Optimization Algorithms for Accelerator Physics
Bayesian Optimization Algorithms for Accelerator Physics Open
Accelerator physics relies on numerical algorithms to solve optimization problems in online accelerator control and tasks such as experimental design and model calibration in simulations. The effectiveness of optimization algorithms in dis…
View article: Intellectual Authority and Its Changing Infrastructures in Australian and United States Christianity, 1960s–2010s
Intellectual Authority and Its Changing Infrastructures in Australian and United States Christianity, 1960s–2010s Open
The seismic events of 2020 — a global pandemic with differing levels of trust in public health authorities, the prominence of conspiracy theories, and fresh attention to the ongoing impact of systemic and individual racism — once more made…
View article: Going the Distance
Going the Distance Open
Qualitative studies on assisted reproductive technology commonly focus on the perspectives of participants living in major metropolises. In doing so, the experiences of those living outside major cities, and the unique way conditions of sp…
View article: Situating the Father: Strengthening Interdisciplinary Collaborations between Sociology, History and the Emerging POHaD Paradigm
Situating the Father: Strengthening Interdisciplinary Collaborations between Sociology, History and the Emerging POHaD Paradigm Open
(1) Background: Albeit the main focus remains largely on mothers, in recent years Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) scientists, including epigeneticists, have started to examine how a father’s environment affects disease …
View article: Multipoint-BAX: A New Approach for Efficiently Tuning Particle Accelerator Emittance via Virtual Objectives
Multipoint-BAX: A New Approach for Efficiently Tuning Particle Accelerator Emittance via Virtual Objectives Open
Although beam emittance is critical for the performance of high-brightness accelerators, optimization is often time limited as emittance calculations, commonly done via quadrupole scans, are typically slow. Such calculations are a type of …
View article: Phase Space Reconstruction from Accelerator Beam Measurements Using Neural Networks and Differentiable Simulations
Phase Space Reconstruction from Accelerator Beam Measurements Using Neural Networks and Differentiable Simulations Open
Characterizing the phase space distribution of particle beams in accelerators is a central part of accelerator understanding and performance optimization. However, conventional reconstruction-based techniques either use simplifying assumpt…
View article: Innovation, Commerce and Assisted Reproductive Technology: Opportunities and Challenges
Innovation, Commerce and Assisted Reproductive Technology: Opportunities and Challenges Open
Background: The increasing demand for ART services in Australia has supported the development of a significant number of private sector commercial providers. This sector is innovative and research active, but the effects of commercial infl…
View article: Rehabilitating Valley Floors to a Stage 0 Condition: A Synthesis of Opening Outcomes
Rehabilitating Valley Floors to a Stage 0 Condition: A Synthesis of Opening Outcomes Open
Degraded floodplains and valley floors are restored with the goal of enhancing habitat for native fish and aquatic-riparian biota and the protection or improvement of water quality. Recent years have seen a shift toward “process-based rest…
View article: PyEmittance: A General Python Package for Particle Beam Emittance Measurements With Adaptive Quadrupole Scans [Poster]
PyEmittance: A General Python Package for Particle Beam Emittance Measurements With Adaptive Quadrupole Scans [Poster] Open
We present PyEmittance: a new Python package for general particle beam emittance measurements that offers adaptive quadrupole scans and is designed for robust and flexible integration with Python-based software, with online accelerators, a…
View article: Neural Network Solver for Coherent Synchrotron Radiation Wakefield Calculations in Accelerator-based Charged Particle Beams
Neural Network Solver for Coherent Synchrotron Radiation Wakefield Calculations in Accelerator-based Charged Particle Beams Open
Particle accelerators support a wide array of scientific, industrial, and medical applications. To meet the needs of these applications, accelerator physicists rely heavily on detailed simulations of the complicated particle beam dynamics …
View article: Against Consumer Ethics
Against Consumer Ethics Open
Consumer food ethics has re-emerged over the past 30 years as a popular form of activism to address concerns with the dominance of corporate interests in the global food system. Proponents of consumer ethics contend that informing consumer…
View article: hires-lattice
hires-lattice Open
Lattice and input files to model HiRES at LBNL.
View article: lume-base
lume-base Open
Base classes and architecture for LUME Python projects.
View article: facet2-lattice
facet2-lattice Open
Lattice files for the FACET-II accelerator.
View article: Nano White Food and the Reproduction of Whiteness
Nano White Food and the Reproduction of Whiteness Open
Since colonisation began in Australia, it has transformed the ecological, social, cultural, and economic bases of the biggest estate on earth, with outcomes driving the disruption of Indigenous food sovereignty, foodways and food knowledge…