Roadmap on multimode light shaping

Abstract Our ability to generate new distributions of light has been remarkably enhanced in recent years. At the most fundamental level, these light patterns are obtained by ingeniously combining different electromagnetic modes. Interestingly, the modal superposition occurs in the spatial, temporal as well as spatio-temporal domain. This generalized concept of structured light is being applied across the entire spectrum of optics: generating classical and quantum states of light, harnessing linear and nonlinear light-matter interactions, and advancing applications in microscopy, spectroscopy, holography, communication, and synchronization. This Roadmap highlights the common roots of these different techniques and thus establishes links between research areas that complement each other seamlessly. We provide an overview of all these areas, their backgrounds, current research, and future developments. We highlight the power of multimodal light manipulation and want to inspire new eclectic approaches in this vibrant research community.

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Organization of directed functional connectivity among nodes of ventral attention network reveals the common network mechanisms underlying saliency processing across distinct spatial and spatio-temporal scales

NeuroImage ◽

10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.117869 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 231 ◽

pp. 117869

Author(s):

Priyanka Ghosh ◽

Dipanjan Roy ◽

Arpan Banerjee

Keyword(s):

Functional Connectivity ◽

Temporal Scales ◽

Attention Network ◽

The Common ◽

Spatio Temporal

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The State and Democratization: The United States in Comparative Perspective

British Journal of Political Science ◽

10.1017/s0007123404000018 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 34 (2) ◽

pp. 193-210 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

FRANCISCO E. GONZÁLEZ ◽

DESMOND KING

Keyword(s):

American Exceptionalism ◽

The United States ◽

The State ◽

Comparative Perspective ◽

Third Wave ◽

Liberal Democracies ◽

Historical Process ◽

American Experience ◽

The Common ◽

Spatio Temporal

In this article we defend the importance of the concept of ‘stateness’ in scholarly understanding of political democratization. We argue that because processes of political democratization in different spatio-temporal settings often share important similarities they are therefore comparable. We investigate this proposition by comparing the process of American political democratization with those of other liberal democracies, old and new. We review extant accounts of the historical process of American democratization – including those addressing American exceptionalism, class structures, multiple traditions, social movements, and international pressures – before presenting an alternative comparative account based on the idea of stateness. Attention to stateness problems defined along legal, bureaucratic and ideological dimensions and derived from both the classic Weberian perspective on the state and the more recent ‘third wave’ of democratization theory help to place the long American experience of democratization in comparative perspective. This finding illuminates some of the common political challenges in the construction of liberal democracies, old and new.

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Helminth fauna of Microtus cf. arvalis (Rodentia, Cricetidae) in Russia and adjacent countries

Biodiversitas Journal of Biological Diversity ◽

10.13057/biodiv/d210524 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 21 (5) ◽

Author(s):

NADEZHDA Yu. KIRILLOVA ◽

Alexander Kirillov ◽

ALEXANDER B. RUCHIN ◽

MAXIM V. TRUKHACHEV

Keyword(s):

Common Vole ◽

Common Species ◽

Final Host ◽

Helminth Fauna ◽

Helminth Species ◽

Research Areas ◽

The Common ◽

Common Voles ◽

Paratenic Hosts ◽

Parasitic Worms

Abstract. Kirillova NYu, Kirillov AA, Ruchin AB, Trukhachev MV. 2020. Helminth fauna of Microtus cf. arvalis (Rodentia, Cricetidae) in Russia and adjacent countries. Biodiversitas 21: 1961-1979. The helminth fauna of voles of the Microtus cf. arvalis group is reviewed focusing on the Russian fauna and that of adjacent territories. In total, 61 helminth species have been recorded in these rodents: Trematoda-14, Cestoda-21, Nematoda-25, Acanthocephala-1. The diversity of the helminth community of the common vole is due to the wide species range and abundance of this rodent. M. arvalis is the final host for most of the parasites recorded from this host species. Only 10 cestodes and trematodes species use common voles as intermediate and paratenic hosts. The core of this voles’ helminth fauna is formed by common species that parasitize many different rodent species. The helminth fauna of the common vole has been most intensively studied in Russia, where 45 species of parasitic worms have been recorded in rodents. The similarity of the helminth fauna of the common vole from different study regions is determined by both the geographical proximity of the research areas and the broad distribution of most of the M. cf. arvalis helminth species.

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ARCHEOLOGIE ET INTERPRETATION: POUR UNE SEMIOTIQUE DES OBJETS CULTURELS ARCHEOLOGY AND INTERPRETATION: FOR A SEMIOTIC OF CULTURAL OBJECTS

Acta Semiótica et Lingvistica ◽

10.22478/ufpb.2446-7006.2018v23n2.43661 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Bernard LYONNET

Keyword(s):

Common Ground ◽

Cultural Objects ◽

Cultural Object ◽

Research Areas ◽

The Common

Résumé: Dans le cadre du projet de sémiotique des cultures, le sémanticien François Rastier a précisé la notion d’objet culturel et proposé d’étendre les méthodes de la sémantique interprétative à des images et autres signes non-textuel. En parallèle, la nécessité de comprendre le sens d’objets symboliques révélés par l’archéologie est souvent exprimée et problématisée par les protohistoriens. Le croisement de ces deux domaines de recherche permet de poser les contours épistémologiques et méthodologiques d’une interprétation de ce type d’objets et d’en fournir une première illustration.Mots clés: sémiotique des cultures, objet culturel, signes graphiques, interprétation, archéologie, protohistoire Abstract: In the context of the semiotic of cultures project, the semanticist François Rastier has stated the notion of cultural object and has suggested to extend methods of interpretative semantics to images and other non-textual signs. Meanwhile, the necessity to understand the meaning of symbolic objects revealed by the archaeology is often expressed and problematized by protohistorians. The common ground of these two research areas allows us to set the epistemological and methodological outlines of an interpretation of such objects and to provide a first illustration. Keywords: semiotic of cultures, cultural object, graphics signs, interpretation, archaeology, protohistory

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Motion-Compensated Frame Interpolation Using Cellular Automata-Based Motion Vector Smoothing

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing ◽

10.1155/2021/6660869 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-16

Author(s):

Ran Li ◽

Ying Yin ◽

Fengyuan Sun ◽

Yanling Li ◽

Lei You

Keyword(s):

Cellular Automata ◽

Motion Vector ◽

Video Sequences ◽

Frame Interpolation ◽

Temporal Domain ◽

Video Frames ◽

Motion Compensated Frame Interpolation ◽

Motion Vector Field ◽

The Common ◽

Temporal Symmetry

Motion-Compensated Frame Interpolation (MCFI) is one of the common temporal-domain tamper operations, and it is used to produce faked video frames for improving the visual qualities of video sequences. The instability of temporal symmetry results in many incorrect Motion Vectors (MVs) for Bidirectional Motion Estimation (BME) in MCFI. The existing Motion Vector Smoothing (MVS) works often oversmooth or revise correct MVs as wrong ones. To overcome this problem, we propose a Cellular Automata-based MVS (CA-MVS) algorithm to smooth the Motion Vector Field (MVF) output by BME. In our work, a cellular automaton is constructed to deduce MV outliers according to a defined local evolution rule. By performing CA-based evolution in a loop iteration, we gradually expose MV outliers and reduce incorrect MVs resulting from oversmoothing as many as possible. Experimental results show the proposed algorithm can improve the accuracy of BME and provide better objective and subjective interpolation qualities when compared with the traditional MVS algorithms.

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The History and Status of the Journal of Sport Psychology: 1979-1985

Journal of Sport Psychology ◽

10.1123/jsp.8.3.149 ◽

1986 ◽

Vol 8 (3) ◽

pp. 149-163 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Daniel M. Landers ◽

Stephen H. Boutcher ◽

Min Q. Wang

Keyword(s):

Sport Psychology ◽

Statistical Tests ◽

Experimental Studies ◽

The Past ◽

Subject Selection ◽

Research Areas ◽

Time Period ◽

Methodological Problems ◽

The Common ◽

Single Set

In the past 7 years JSP has evolved to become a respected sport psychology journal. The journal has been uncompromising in the strong research posture it has taken. It is currently the only journal entirely devoted to sport psychology that uses a single set of criteria for evaluating the scientific merit of submitted manuscripts. Over this time period the submitted manuscripts have shown an increase in the number of female principal authors as well as authors being affiliated with departments other than physical education. Survey studies were the most common submittals, but lately there has been a greater emphasis in field experimental studies. Some potential problem areas are noted in subject selection and choice of statistical tests. An examination of research areas revealed that in recent years "motivation" was the most frequently submitted topic. It appeared that other research areas varied in terms of their publishability. The common methodological problems associated with rejection of these types of manuscripts are discussed.

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Introduction

Theatre Research International ◽

10.1017/s030788331700061x ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 42 (3) ◽

pp. 323-326

Author(s):

BISHNUPRIYA DUTT

Keyword(s):

Educational Institutions ◽

The Public ◽

National Theatre ◽

Research Areas ◽

National School ◽

History Of ◽

The Common ◽

The Public Sphere ◽

Historical Transition ◽

Indian Theatre

These three essays on distinct research areas and case studies cover a broad history of educational institutions in India, their focus on theatre and cultural education, and their role in creating citizens active in the public sphere and civic communities. The common point of reference for all the three essays is the historical transition from pre- to post-independence India, and they represent three dominant genres of Indian theatre practice: the amateur progressive theatre emerging out of sociopolitical movements; the State Drama School, which has remained at the core of the state's policy and vision of a national theatre; and college theatre, which comprises the field from which the National School of Drama sources its acting students, as well as new audiences for urban theatres.

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A scientometric analysis and review of fall from height research in construction

Construction Economics and Building ◽

10.5130/ajceb.v20i1.6802 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Vigneshkumar C ◽

Urmi Ravindra Salve

Keyword(s):

Construction Industry ◽

Safety Management ◽

Management Program ◽

Research Community ◽

Scientometric Analysis ◽

Future Directions ◽

Research Areas ◽

Building Information ◽

Fall From Height ◽

Safety Knowledge

Fall from height (FFH) in the construction industry has earned much attention among researchers in recent years. The present review-based study introduced a science mapping approach to evaluate the FFH studies related to the construction industry. This study, through an extensive bibliometric and scientometric assessment, recognized the most active journals, keywords and the nations in the field of FFH studies since 2000. Analysis of the authors’ keywords revealed the emerging research topics in the FFH research community. Recent studies have been discovered to pay more attention to the application of Computer and Information Technology (CIT) tools, particularly building information modelling (BIM) in research related to FFH. Other emerging research areas in the domain of FFH include rule checking, and prevention through design. The findings summarized the mainstream research areas (e.g., safety management program), discussed existing research gaps in FFH domain (e.g., the adaptability of safety management system), and suggests future directions in FFH research. The recommended future directions could contribute to improving safety for the FFH research community by evaluating existing fall prevention programs in different contexts; integrating multiple CIT tools in the entire project lifecycle; designing fall safety courses to workers associated with temporary agents and prototype safety knowledge tool development. The current study was restricted to the FFH literature sample included the journal articles published only in English and in Scopus.

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