@article{14779,
  abstract     = {The presence of a developed boundary layer decouples a glacier's response from ambient conditions, suggesting that sensitivity to climate change is increased by glacier retreat. To test this hypothesis, we explore six years of distributed meteorological data on a small Swiss glacier in the period 2001–2022. Large glacier fragmentation has occurred since 2001 (−35% area change up to 2022) coinciding with notable frontal retreat, an observed switch from down‐glacier katabatic to up‐glacier valley winds and an increased sensitivity (ratio) of on‐glacier to off‐glacier temperature. As the glacier ceases to develop density‐driven katabatic winds, sensible heat fluxes on the glacier are increasingly determined by the conditions occurring outside the boundary layer of the glacier, sealing the glacier's demise as the climate continues to warm and experience an increased frequency of extreme summers.},
  author       = {Shaw, Thomas E. and Buri, Pascal and McCarthy, Michael and Miles, Evan S. and Ayala, Álvaro and Pellicciotti, Francesca},
  issn         = {1944-8007},
  journal      = {Geophysical Research Letters},
  keywords     = {General Earth and Planetary Sciences, Geophysics},
  number       = {11},
  publisher    = {American Geophysical Union},
  title        = {{The decaying near‐surface boundary layer of a retreating alpine glacier}},
  doi          = {10.1029/2023gl103043},
  volume       = {50},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14780,
  abstract     = {In this paper, we study the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the spiked invariant multiplicative models when the randomness is from Haar matrices. We establish the limits of the outlier eigenvalues λˆi and the generalized components (⟨v,uˆi⟩ for any deterministic vector v) of the outlier eigenvectors uˆi with optimal convergence rates. Moreover, we prove that the non-outlier eigenvalues stick with those of the unspiked matrices and the non-outlier eigenvectors are delocalized. The results also hold near the so-called BBP transition and for degenerate spikes. On one hand, our results can be regarded as a refinement of the counterparts of [12] under additional regularity conditions. On the other hand, they can be viewed as an analog of [34] by replacing the random matrix with i.i.d. entries with Haar random matrix.},
  author       = {Ding, Xiucai and Ji, Hong Chang},
  issn         = {1879-209X},
  journal      = {Stochastic Processes and their Applications},
  keywords     = {Applied Mathematics, Modeling and Simulation, Statistics and Probability},
  pages        = {25--60},
  publisher    = {Elsevier},
  title        = {{Spiked multiplicative random matrices and principal components}},
  doi          = {10.1016/j.spa.2023.05.009},
  volume       = {163},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14781,
  abstract     = {Germ granules, condensates of phase-separated RNA and protein, are organelles that are essential for germline development in different organisms. The patterning of the granules and their relevance for germ cell fate are not fully understood. Combining three-dimensional in vivo structural and functional analyses, we study the dynamic spatial organization of molecules within zebrafish germ granules. We find that the localization of RNA molecules to the periphery of the granules, where ribosomes are localized, depends on translational activity at this location. In addition, we find that the vertebrate-specific Dead end (Dnd1) protein is essential for nanos3 RNA localization at the condensates’ periphery. Accordingly, in the absence of Dnd1, or when translation is inhibited, nanos3 RNA translocates into the granule interior, away from the ribosomes, a process that is correlated with the loss of germ cell fate. These findings highlight the relevance of sub-granule compartmentalization for post-transcriptional control and its importance for preserving germ cell totipotency.},
  author       = {Westerich, Kim Joana and Tarbashevich, Katsiaryna and Schick, Jan and Gupta, Antra and Zhu, Mingzhao and Hull, Kenneth and Romo, Daniel and Zeuschner, Dagmar and Goudarzi, Mohammad and Gross-Thebing, Theresa and Raz, Erez},
  issn         = {1534-5807},
  journal      = {Developmental Cell},
  keywords     = {Developmental Biology, Cell Biology, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Molecular Biology},
  number       = {17},
  pages        = {1578--1592.e5},
  publisher    = {Elsevier},
  title        = {{Spatial organization and function of RNA molecules within phase-separated condensates in zebrafish are controlled by Dnd1}},
  doi          = {10.1016/j.devcel.2023.06.009},
  volume       = {58},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14782,
  abstract     = {The actin cortex is a complex cytoskeletal machinery that drives and responds to changes in cell shape. It must generate or adapt to plasma membrane curvature to facilitate diverse functions such as cell division, migration, and phagocytosis. Due to the complex molecular makeup of the actin cortex, it remains unclear whether actin networks are inherently able to sense and generate membrane curvature, or whether they rely on their diverse binding partners to accomplish this. Here, we show that curvature sensing is an inherent capability of branched actin networks nucleated by Arp2/3 and VCA. We develop a robust method to encapsulate actin inside giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) and assemble an actin cortex at the inner surface of the GUV membrane. We show that actin forms a uniform and thin cortical layer when present at high concentration and distinct patches associated with negative membrane curvature at low concentration. Serendipitously, we find that the GUV production method also produces dumbbell-shaped GUVs, which we explain using mathematical modeling in terms of membrane hemifusion of nested GUVs. We find that branched actin networks preferentially assemble at the neck of the dumbbells, which possess a micrometer-range convex curvature comparable with the curvature of the actin patches found in spherical GUVs. Minimal branched actin networks can thus sense membrane curvature, which may help mammalian cells to robustly recruit actin to curved membranes to facilitate diverse cellular functions such as cytokinesis and migration.},
  author       = {Baldauf, Lucia and Frey, Felix F and Arribas Perez, Marcos and Idema, Timon and Koenderink, Gijsje H.},
  issn         = {0006-3495},
  journal      = {Biophysical Journal},
  keywords     = {Biophysics},
  number       = {11},
  pages        = {2311--2324},
  publisher    = {Elsevier},
  title        = {{Branched actin cortices reconstituted in vesicles sense membrane curvature}},
  doi          = {10.1016/j.bpj.2023.02.018},
  volume       = {122},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14783,
  abstract     = {Connexin 43, an astroglial gap junction protein, is enriched in perisynaptic astroglial processes and plays major roles in synaptic transmission. We have previously found that astroglial Cx43 controls synaptic glutamate levels and allows for activity-dependent glutamine release to sustain physiological synaptic transmissions and cognitiogns. However, whether Cx43 is important for the release of synaptic vesicles, which is a critical component of synaptic efficacy, remains unanswered. Here, using transgenic mice with a glial conditional knockout of Cx43 (Cx43−/−), we investigate whether and how astrocytes regulate the release of synaptic vesicles from hippocampal synapses. We report that CA1 pyramidal neurons and their synapses develop normally in the absence of astroglial Cx43. However, a significant impairment in synaptic vesicle distribution and release dynamics were observed. In particular, the FM1-43 assays performed using two-photon live imaging and combined with multi-electrode array stimulation in acute hippocampal slices, revealed a slower rate of synaptic vesicle release in Cx43−/− mice. Furthermore, paired-pulse recordings showed that synaptic vesicle release probability was also reduced and is dependent on glutamine supply via Cx43 hemichannel (HC). Taken together, we have uncovered a role for Cx43 in regulating presynaptic functions by controlling the rate and probability of synaptic vesicle release. Our findings further highlight the significance of astroglial Cx43 in synaptic transmission and efficacy.},
  author       = {Cheung, Giselle T and Chever, Oana and Rollenhagen, Astrid and Quenech’du, Nicole and Ezan, Pascal and Lübke, Joachim H. R. and Rouach, Nathalie},
  issn         = {2073-4409},
  journal      = {Cells},
  keywords     = {General Medicine},
  number       = {8},
  publisher    = {MDPI},
  title        = {{Astroglial connexin 43 regulates synaptic vesicle release at hippocampal synapses}},
  doi          = {10.3390/cells12081133},
  volume       = {12},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14784,
  abstract     = {The next steps of deep space exploration are manned missions to Moon and Mars. For safe space missions for crew members, it is important to understand the impact of space flight on the immune system. We studied the effects of 21 days dry immersion (DI) exposure on the transcriptomes of T cells isolated from blood samples of eight healthy volunteers. Samples were collected 7 days before DI, at day 7, 14, and 21 during DI, and 7 days after DI. RNA sequencing of CD3+T cells revealed transcriptional alterations across all time points, with most changes occurring 14 days after DI exposure. At day 21, T cells showed evidence of adaptation with a transcriptional profile resembling that of 7 days before DI. At 7 days after DI, T cells again changed their transcriptional profile. These data suggest that T cells adapt by rewiring their transcriptomes in response to simulated weightlessness and that remodeling cues persist when reexposed to normal gravity.},
  author       = {Gallardo-Dodd, Carlos J. and Oertlin, Christian and Record, Julien and Galvani, Rômulo G. and Sommerauer, Christian and Kuznetsov, Nikolai V. and Doukoumopoulos, Evangelos and Ali, Liaqat and Oliveira, Mariana M. S. and Seitz, Christina and Percipalle, Mathias and Nikić, Tijana and Sadova, Anastasia A. and Shulgina, Sofia M. and Shmarov, Vjacheslav A. and Kutko, Olga V. and Vlasova, Daria D. and Orlova, Kseniya D. and Rykova, Marina P. and Andersson, John and Percipalle, Piergiorgio and Kutter, Claudia and Ponomarev, Sergey A. and Westerberg, Lisa S.},
  issn         = {2375-2548},
  journal      = {Science Advances},
  keywords     = {Multidisciplinary},
  number       = {34},
  publisher    = {American Association for the Advancement of Science},
  title        = {{Exposure of volunteers to microgravity by dry immersion bed over 21 days results in gene expression changes and adaptation of T cells}},
  doi          = {10.1126/sciadv.adg1610},
  volume       = {9},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14785,
  abstract     = {Small cryptic plasmids have no clear effect on the host fitness and their functional repertoire remains obscure. The naturally competent cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 harbours several small cryptic plasmids; whether their evolution with this species is supported by horizontal transfer remains understudied. Here, we show that the small cryptic plasmid DNA is transferred in the population exclusively by natural transformation, where the transfer frequency of plasmid‐encoded genes is similar to that of chromosome‐encoded genes. Establishing a system to follow gene transfer, we compared the transfer frequency of genes encoded in cryptic plasmids pCA2.4 (2378 bp) and pCB2.4 (2345 bp) within and between populations of two <jats:italic>Synechocystis</jats:italic> sp. PCC 6803 labtypes (termed Kiel and Sevilla). Our results reveal that plasmid gene transfer frequency depends on the recipient labtype. Furthermore, gene transfer via whole plasmid uptake in the Sevilla labtype ranged among the lowest detected transfer rates in our experiments. Our study indicates that horizontal DNA transfer via natural transformation is frequent in the evolution of small cryptic plasmids that reside in naturally competent organisms. Furthermore, we suggest that the contribution of natural transformation to cryptic plasmid persistence in Synechocystis is limited.},
  author       = {Nies, Fabian and Wein, Tanita and Hanke, Dustin M. and Springstein, Benjamin L and Alcorta, Jaime and Taubenheim, Claudia and Dagan, Tal},
  issn         = {1758-2229},
  journal      = {Environmental Microbiology Reports},
  keywords     = {Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous), Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics},
  number       = {6},
  pages        = {656--668},
  publisher    = {Wiley},
  title        = {{Role of natural transformation in the evolution of small cryptic plasmids in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803}},
  doi          = {10.1111/1758-2229.13203},
  volume       = {15},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14786,
  abstract     = {Acanthocephalans, intestinal parasites of vertebrates, are characterised by orders of magnitude higher metal accumulation than free-living organisms, but the mechanism of such effective metal accumulation is still unknown. The aim of our study was to gain new insights into the high-resolution localization of elements in the bodies of acanthocephalans, thus taking an initial step towards elucidating metal uptake and accumulation in organisms under real environmental conditions. For the first time, nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry (NanoSIMS) was used for high-resolution mapping of 12 elements (C, Ca, Cu, Fe, N, Na, O, P, Pb, S, Se, and Tl) in three selected body parts (trunk spines, inner part of the proboscis receptacle and inner surface of the tegument) of Dentitruncus truttae, a parasite of brown trout (Salmo trutta) from the Krka River in Croatia. In addition, the same body parts were examined using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and correlated with NanoSIMS images. Metal concentrations determined using HR ICP-MS confirmed higher accumulation in D. truttae than in the fish intestine. The chemical composition of the acanthocephalan body showed the highest density of C, Ca, N, Na, O, S, as important and constitutive elements in living cells in all studied structures, while Fe was predominant among trace elements. In general, higher element density was found in trunk spines and tegument, as body structures responsible for substance absorption in parasites. The results obtained with NanoSIMS and TEM-NanoSIMS correlative imaging represent pilot data for mapping of elements at nanoscale resolution in the ultrastructure of various body parts of acanthocephalans and generally provide a contribution for further application of this technique in all parasite species.},
  author       = {Filipović Marijić, Vlatka and Subirana, Maria Angels and Schaumlöffel, Dirk and Barišić, Josip and Gontier, Etienne and Krasnici, Nesrete and Mijošek, Tatjana and Hernández-Orts, Jesús S. and Scholz, Tomáš and Erk, Marijana},
  issn         = {0048-9697},
  journal      = {Science of The Total Environment},
  keywords     = {Pollution, Waste Management and Disposal, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering},
  publisher    = {Elsevier},
  title        = {{First insight in element localisation in different body parts of the acanthocephalan Dentitruncus truttae using TEM and NanoSIMS}},
  doi          = {10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.164010},
  volume       = {887},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14787,
  abstract     = {Understanding the phenotypic and genetic architecture of reproductive isolation is a long‐standing goal of speciation research. In several systems, large‐effect loci contributing to barrier phenotypes have been characterized, but such causal connections are rarely known for more complex genetic architectures. In this study, we combine “top‐down” and “bottom‐up” approaches with demographic modelling toward an integrated understanding of speciation across a monkeyflower hybrid zone. Previous work suggests that pollinator visitation acts as a primary barrier to gene flow between two divergent red‐ and yellow‐flowered ecotypes of<jats:italic>Mimulus aurantiacus</jats:italic>. Several candidate isolating traits and anonymous single nucleotide polymorphism loci under divergent selection have been identified, but their genomic positions remain unknown. Here, we report findings from demographic analyses that indicate this hybrid zone formed by secondary contact, but that subsequent gene flow was restricted by widespread barrier loci across the genome. Using a novel, geographic cline‐based genome scan, we demonstrate that candidate barrier loci are broadly distributed across the genome, rather than mapping to one or a few “islands of speciation.” Quantitative trait locus (QTL) mapping reveals that most floral traits are highly polygenic, with little evidence that QTL colocalize, indicating that most traits are genetically independent. Finally, we find little evidence that QTL and candidate barrier loci overlap, suggesting that some loci contribute to other forms of reproductive isolation. Our findings highlight the challenges of understanding the genetic architecture of reproductive isolation and reveal that barriers to gene flow other than pollinator isolation may play an important role in this system.},
  author       = {Stankowski, Sean and Chase, Madeline A. and McIntosh, Hanna and Streisfeld, Matthew A.},
  issn         = {1365-294X},
  journal      = {Molecular Ecology},
  keywords     = {Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics},
  number       = {8},
  pages        = {2041--2054},
  publisher    = {Wiley},
  title        = {{Integrating top‐down and bottom‐up approaches to understand the genetic architecture of speciation across a monkeyflower hybrid zone}},
  doi          = {10.1111/mec.16849},
  volume       = {32},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14788,
  abstract     = {Eukaryotic cells use clathrin-mediated endocytosis to take up a large range of extracellular cargo. During endocytosis, a clathrin coat forms on the plasma membrane, but it remains controversial when and how it is remodeled into a spherical vesicle.
Here, we use 3D superresolution microscopy to determine the precise geometry of the clathrin coat at large numbers of endocytic sites. Through pseudo-temporal sorting, we determine the average trajectory of clathrin remodeling during endocytosis. We find that clathrin coats assemble first on flat membranes to 50% of the coat area before they become rapidly and continuously bent, and this mechanism is confirmed in three cell lines. We introduce the cooperative curvature model, which is based on positive feedback for curvature generation. It accurately describes the measured shapes and dynamics of the clathrin coat and could represent a general mechanism for clathrin coat remodeling on the plasma membrane.},
  author       = {Mund, Markus and Tschanz, Aline and Wu, Yu-Le and Frey, Felix F and Mehl, Johanna L. and Kaksonen, Marko and Avinoam, Ori and Schwarz, Ulrich S. and Ries, Jonas},
  issn         = {1540-8140},
  journal      = {Journal of Cell Biology},
  keywords     = {Cell Biology},
  number       = {3},
  publisher    = {Rockefeller University Press},
  title        = {{Clathrin coats partially preassemble and subsequently bend during endocytosis}},
  doi          = {10.1083/jcb.202206038},
  volume       = {222},
  year         = {2023},
}

@inproceedings{14798,
  abstract     = {A faithful reproduction of gloss is inherently difficult because of the limited dynamic range, peak luminance, and 3D capabilities of display devices. This work investigates how the display capabilities affect gloss appearance with respect to a real-world reference object. To this end, we employ an accurate imaging pipeline to achieve a perceptual gloss match between a virtual and real object presented side-by-side on an augmented-reality high-dynamic-range (HDR) stereoscopic display, which has not been previously attained to this extent. Based on this precise gloss reproduction, we conduct a series of gloss matching experiments to study how gloss perception degrades based on individual factors: object albedo, display luminance, dynamic range, stereopsis, and tone mapping. We support the study with a detailed analysis of individual factors, followed by an in-depth discussion on the observed perceptual effects. Our experiments demonstrate that stereoscopic presentation has a limited effect on the gloss matching task on our HDR display. However, both reduced luminance and dynamic range of the display reduce the perceived gloss. This means that the visual system cannot compensate for the changes in gloss appearance across luminance (lack of gloss constancy), and the tone mapping operator should be carefully selected when reproducing gloss on a low dynamic range (LDR) display.},
  author       = {Chen, Bin and Jindal, Akshay and Piovarci, Michael and Wang, Chao and Seidel, Hans Peter and Didyk, Piotr and Myszkowski, Karol and Serrano, Ana and Mantiuk, Rafał K.},
  booktitle    = {Proceedings of the SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 Conference},
  isbn         = {9798400703157},
  location     = {Sydney, Australia},
  publisher    = {Association for Computing Machinery},
  title        = {{The effect of display capabilities on the gloss consistency between real and virtual objects}},
  doi          = {10.1145/3610548.3618226},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14799,
  abstract     = {A round-robin study has been carried out to estimate the impact of the human element in small-angle scattering data analysis. Four corrected datasets were provided to participants ready for analysis. All datasets were measured on samples containing spherical scatterers, with two datasets in dilute dispersions and two from powders. Most of the 46 participants correctly identified the number of populations in the dilute dispersions, with half of the population
mean entries within 1.5% and half of the population width entries within 40%. Due to the added complexity of the structure factor, far fewer people submitted answers on the powder datasets. For those that did, half of the entries for the means and widths were within 44 and 86%, respectively. This round-robin experiment highlights several causes for the discrepancies, for which solutions are proposed.},
  author       = {Pauw, Brian R. and Smales, Glen J. and Anker, Andy S. and Annadurai, Venkatasamy and Balazs, Daniel and Bienert, Ralf and Bouwman, Wim G. and Breßler, Ingo and Breternitz, Joachim and Brok, Erik S. and Bryant, Gary and Clulow, Andrew J. and Crater, Erin R. and De Geuser, Frédéric and Giudice, Alessandra Del and Deumer, Jérôme and Disch, Sabrina and Dutt, Shankar and Frank, Kilian and Fratini, Emiliano and Garcia, Paulo R.A.F. and Gilbert, Elliot P. and Hahn, Marc B. and Hallett, James and Hohenschutz, Max and Hollamby, Martin and Huband, Steven and Ilavsky, Jan and Jochum, Johanna K. and Juelsholt, Mikkel and Mansel, Bradley W. and Penttilä, Paavo and Pittkowski, Rebecca K. and Portale, Giuseppe and Pozzo, Lilo D. and Rochels, Leonhard and Rosalie, Julian M. and Saloga, Patrick E.J. and Seibt, Susanne and Smith, Andrew J. and Smith, Gregory N. and Spiering, Glenn A. and Stawski, Tomasz M. and Taché, Olivier and Thünemann, Andreas F. and Toth, Kristof and Whitten, Andrew E. and Wuttke, Joachim},
  issn         = {1600-5767},
  journal      = {Journal of Applied Crystallography},
  number       = {6},
  pages        = {1618--1629},
  title        = {{The human factor: Results of a small-angle scattering data analysis round robin}},
  doi          = {10.1107/S1600576723008324},
  volume       = {56},
  year         = {2023},
}

@misc{14812,
  abstract     = {This repository contains the code and VCF files needed to conduct the analyses in our MS. Each folder contains a readMe document explaining the nature of each file and dataset and the results and analyses that they relate to. The same anlaysis code (but not VCF files) is also available at https://github.com/seanstankowski/Littorina_reproductive_mode},
  author       = {Stankowski, Sean},
  publisher    = {Zenodo},
  title        = {{Data and code for: The genetic architecture of a recent transition to live-bearing in marine snails}},
  doi          = {10.5281/ZENODO.8318995},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14815,
  abstract     = {In the last few years, various communication compression techniques have emerged as an indispensable tool helping to alleviate the communication bottleneck in distributed learning. However, despite the fact biased compressors often show superior performance in practice when compared to the much more studied and understood unbiased compressors, very little is known about them. In this work we study three classes of biased compression operators, two of which are new, and their performance when applied to (stochastic) gradient descent and distributed (stochastic) gradient descent. We show for the first time that biased compressors can lead to linear convergence rates both in the single node and distributed settings. We prove that distributed compressed SGD method, employed with error feedback mechanism, enjoys the ergodic rate O(δLexp[−μKδL]+(C+δD)Kμ), where δ≥1 is a compression parameter which grows when more compression is applied, L and μ are the smoothness and strong convexity constants, C captures stochastic gradient noise (C=0 if full gradients are computed on each node) and D captures the variance of the gradients at the optimum (D=0 for over-parameterized models). Further, via a theoretical study of several synthetic and empirical distributions of communicated gradients, we shed light on why and by how much biased compressors outperform their unbiased variants. Finally, we propose several new biased compressors with promising theoretical guarantees and practical performance.},
  author       = {Beznosikov, Aleksandr and Horvath, Samuel and Richtarik, Peter and Safaryan, Mher},
  issn         = {1533-7928},
  journal      = {Journal of Machine Learning Research},
  pages        = {1--50},
  publisher    = {Journal of Machine Learning Research},
  title        = {{On biased compression for distributed learning}},
  volume       = {24},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14827,
  abstract     = {Understanding complex living systems, which are fundamentally constrained by physical phenomena, requires combining experimental data with theoretical physical and mathematical models. To develop such models, collaborations between experimental cell biologists and theoreticians are increasingly important but these two groups often face challenges achieving mutual understanding. To help navigate these challenges, this Perspective discusses different modelling approaches, including bottom-up hypothesis-driven and top-down data-driven models, and highlights their strengths and applications. Using cell mechanics as an example, we explore the integration of specific physical models with experimental data from the molecular, cellular and tissue level up to multiscale input. We also emphasize the importance of constraining model complexity and outline strategies for crosstalk between experimental design and model development. Furthermore, we highlight how physical models can provide conceptual insights and produce unifying and generalizable frameworks for biological phenomena. Overall, this Perspective aims to promote fruitful collaborations that advance our understanding of complex biological systems.},
  author       = {Schwayer, Cornelia and Brückner, David},
  issn         = {1477-9137},
  journal      = {Journal of Cell Science},
  keywords     = {Cell Biology},
  number       = {24},
  publisher    = {The Company of Biologists},
  title        = {{Connecting theory and experiment in cell and tissue mechanics}},
  doi          = {10.1242/jcs.261515},
  volume       = {136},
  year         = {2023},
}

@inproceedings{14829,
  abstract     = {This paper explores a modular design architecture aimed at helping blockchains (and other SMR implementation) to scale to a very large number of processes. This comes in contrast to existing monolithic architectures that interleave transaction dissemination, ordering, and execution in a single functionality. To achieve this we first split the monolith to multiple layers which can use existing distributed computing primitives. The exact specifications of the data dissemination part are formally defined by the Proof of Availability & Retrieval (PoA &R) abstraction. Solutions to the PoA &R problem contain two related sub-protocols: one that “pushes” information into the network and another that “pulls” this information. Regarding the latter, there is a dearth of research literature which is rectified in this paper. We present a family of pulling sub-protocols and rigorously analyze them. Extensive simulations support the theoretical claims of efficiency and robustness in case of a very large number of players. Finally, actual implementation and deployment on a small number of machines (roughly the size of several industrial systems) demonstrates the viability of the architecture’s paradigm.},
  author       = {Cohen, Shir and Goren, Guy and Kokoris Kogias, Eleftherios and Sonnino, Alberto and Spiegelman, Alexander},
  booktitle    = {27th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security},
  isbn         = {9783031477508},
  issn         = {1611-3349},
  location     = {Bol, Brac, Croatia},
  pages        = {36--53},
  publisher    = {Springer Nature},
  title        = {{Proof of availability and retrieval in a modular blockchain architecture}},
  doi          = {10.1007/978-3-031-47751-5_3},
  volume       = {13951},
  year         = {2023},
}

@inproceedings{14830,
  abstract     = {We study the problem of learning controllers for discrete-time non-linear stochastic dynamical systems with formal reach-avoid guarantees. This work presents the first method for providing formal reach-avoid guarantees, which combine and generalize stability and safety guarantees, with a tolerable probability threshold p in [0,1] over the infinite time horizon. Our method leverages advances in machine learning literature and it represents formal certificates as neural networks. In particular, we learn a certificate in the form of a reach-avoid supermartingale (RASM), a novel notion that we introduce in this work. Our RASMs provide reachability and avoidance guarantees by imposing constraints on what can be viewed as a stochastic extension of level sets of Lyapunov functions for deterministic systems. Our approach solves several important problems -- it can be used to learn a control policy from scratch, to verify a reach-avoid specification for a fixed control policy, or to fine-tune a pre-trained policy if it does not satisfy the reach-avoid specification. We validate our approach on 3 stochastic non-linear reinforcement learning tasks.},
  author       = {Zikelic, Dorde and Lechner, Mathias and Henzinger, Thomas A and Chatterjee, Krishnendu},
  booktitle    = {Proceedings of the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
  issn         = {2374-3468},
  keywords     = {General Medicine},
  location     = {Washington, DC, United States},
  number       = {10},
  pages        = {11926--11935},
  publisher    = {Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence},
  title        = {{Learning control policies for stochastic systems with reach-avoid guarantees}},
  doi          = {10.1609/aaai.v37i10.26407},
  volume       = {37},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14831,
  abstract     = {Catalysis, the acceleration of product formation by a substance that is left unchanged, typically results from multiple elementary processes, including diffusion of the reactants toward the catalyst, chemical steps, and release of the products. While efforts to design catalysts are often focused on accelerating the chemical reaction on the catalyst, catalysis is a global property of the catalytic cycle that involves all processes. These are controlled by both intrinsic parameters such as the composition and shape of the catalyst and extrinsic parameters such as the concentration of the chemical species at play. We examine here the conditions that catalysis imposes on the different steps of a reaction cycle and the respective role of intrinsic and extrinsic parameters of the system on the emergence of catalysis by using an approach based on first-passage times. We illustrate this approach for various decompositions of a catalytic cycle into elementary steps, including non-Markovian decompositions, which are useful when the presence and nature of intermediate states are a priori unknown. Our examples cover different types of reactions and clarify the constraints on elementary steps and the impact of species concentrations on catalysis.},
  author       = {Sakref, Yann and Muñoz Basagoiti, Maitane and Zeravcic, Zorana and Rivoire, Olivier},
  issn         = {1520-5207},
  journal      = {The Journal of Physical Chemistry B},
  keywords     = {Materials Chemistry, Surfaces, Coatings and Films, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry},
  number       = {51},
  pages        = {10950--10959},
  publisher    = {American Chemical Society},
  title        = {{On kinetic constraints that catalysis imposes on elementary processes}},
  doi          = {10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c04627},
  volume       = {127},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14833,
  abstract     = {Understanding the factors that have shaped the current distributions and diversity of species is a central and longstanding aim of evolutionary biology. The recent inclusion of genomic data into phylogeographic studies has dramatically improved our understanding in organisms where evolutionary relationships have been challenging to infer. We used whole-genome sequences to study the phylogeography of the intertidal snail Littorina saxatilis, which has successfully colonized and diversified across a broad range of coastal environments in the Northern Hemisphere amid repeated cycles of glaciation. Building on past studies based on short DNA sequences, we used genome-wide data to provide a clearer picture of the relationships among samples spanning most of the species natural range. Our results confirm the trans-Atlantic colonization of North America from Europe, and have allowed us to identify rough locations of glacial refugia and to infer likely routes of colonization within Europe. We also investigated the signals in different datasets to account for the effects of genomic architecture and non-neutral evolution, which provides new insights about diversification of four ecotypes of L. saxatilis (the crab, wave, barnacle, and brackish ecotypes) at different spatial scales. Overall, we provide a much clearer picture of the biogeography of L. saxatilis, providing a foundation for more detailed phylogenomic and demographic studies.},
  author       = {Stankowski, Sean and Zagrodzka, Zuzanna B and Galindo, Juan and Montaño-Rendón, Mauricio and Faria, Rui and Mikhailova, Natalia and Blakeslee, April M H and Arnason, Einar and Broquet, Thomas and Morales, Hernán E and Grahame, John W and Westram, Anja M and Johannesson, Kerstin and Butlin, Roger K},
  issn         = {2752-938X},
  journal      = {Evolutionary Journal of the Linnean Society},
  number       = {1},
  publisher    = {Oxford University Press},
  title        = {{Whole-genome phylogeography of the intertidal snail Littorina saxatilis}},
  doi          = {10.1093/evolinnean/kzad002},
  volume       = {2},
  year         = {2023},
}

@article{14835,
  abstract     = {Aromatische Seitenketten sind wichtige Indikatoren für die Plastizität von Proteinen und bilden oft entscheidende Kontakte bei Protein‐Protein‐Wechselwirkungen. Wir untersuchten aromatische Reste in den beiden strukturell homologen cross‐β Amyloidfibrillen HET‐s und HELLF mit Hilfe eines spezifischen Ansatzes zur Isotopenmarkierung und Festkörper NMR mit Drehung am magischen Winkel. Das dynamische Verhalten der aromatischen Reste Phe und Tyr deutet darauf hin, dass der hydrophobe Amyloidkern starr ist und keine Anzeichen von “atmenden Bewegungen” auf einer Zeitskala von Hunderten von Millisekunden zeigt. Aromatische Reste, die exponiert an der Fibrillenoberfläche sitzen, haben zwar eine starre Ringachse, weisen aber Ringflips auf verschiedenen Zeitskalen von Nanosekunden bis Mikrosekunden auf. Unser Ansatz bietet einen direkten Einblick in die Bewegungen des hydrophoben Kerns und ermöglicht eine bessere Bewertung der Konformationsheterogenität, die aus einem NMR‐Strukturensemble einer solchen Cross‐β‐Amyloidstruktur hervorgeht.},
  author       = {Becker, Lea Marie and Berbon, Mélanie and Vallet, Alicia and Grelard, Axelle and Morvan, Estelle and Bardiaux, Benjamin and Lichtenecker, Roman and Ernst, Matthias and Loquet, Antoine and Schanda, Paul},
  issn         = {1521-3757},
  journal      = {Angewandte Chemie},
  keywords     = {General Medicine},
  number       = {19},
  publisher    = {Wiley},
  title        = {{Der starre Kern und die flexible Oberfläche von Amyloidfibrillen – Magic‐Angle‐Spinning NMR Spektroskopie von aromatischen Resten}},
  doi          = {10.1002/ange.202219314},
  volume       = {135},
  year         = {2023},
}