bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Organic Nanoparticles with Aggregation‐Induced Emission for Bone Marrow Stromal Cell Tracking in a Rat PTI Model
Authors: Cai Xiaolei , Zhang Chong‐Jing , Ting Wei Lim Frances , Chan Su Jing , Bandla Aishwarya , Chuan Chan Kim , Hu Fang , Xu Shidang , Thakor Nitish V. , Liao Lun‐De , Liu Bin
Published: September 2016

Stem‐cell based therapy is an emerging therapeutic approach for ischemic stroke treatment. Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) are in common use as a cell source for stem cell therapy and show promising therapeutic outcomes for stroke treatment. One challenge is to develop a reliable tracking strategy to monitor the fate of BMSCs and assess their therapeutic effects in order to improve the success rate of such treatment. Herein, TPEEP, a fluorogen with aggregation‐induced emission characteristics and near‐infrared emission are designed and synthesized and further fabricated into organic nanoparticles (NPs). The obtained NPs show high fluorescence quantum yield, low cytotoxicity with good physical and photostability, which display excellent tracking performance of BMSCs in vitro and in vivo. Using a rat photothrombotic ischemia model as an example, the NP‐labeled BMSCs are able to migrate to the stroke lesion site to yield bright red fluorescence. Immunofluorescence staining shows that the NP labeling does not affect the normal function of BMSCs, proving their good biocompatibility in vivo. These merits make TPEEP NP a potential cell tracker to evaluate the fate of BMSCs in cell therapy.
Hybrid Structures for Surface‐Enhanced Raman Scattering: DNA Origami/Gold Nanoparticle Dimer/Graphene
Authors: Prinz Julia , Matković Aleksandar , Pešić Jelena , Gajić Radoš , Bald Ilko
Published: September 2016

A combination of three innovative materials within one hybrid structure to explore the synergistic interaction of their individual properties is presented. The unique electronic, mechanical, and thermal properties of graphene are combined with the plasmonic properties of gold nanoparticle (AuNP) dimers, which are assembled using DNA origami nanostructures. This novel hybrid structure is characterized by means of correlated atomic force microscopy and surface‐enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). It is demonstrated that strong interactions between graphene and AuNPs result in superior SERS performance of the hybrid structure compared to their individual components. This is particularly evident in efficient fluorescence quenching, reduced background, and a decrease of the photobleaching rate up to one order of magnitude. The versatility of DNA origami structures to serve as interface for complex and precise arrangements of nanoparticles and other functional entities provides the basis to further exploit the potential of the here presented DNA origami–AuNP dimer–graphene hybrid structures.
A Historical Perspective on Student Affairs Professionals’ Use of Digital Technology
Authors: Cabellon Edmund T. , Payne‐Kirchmeier Julie
Published: September 2016

This chapter provides a historical perspective of student affairs professionals’ use of digital and social technologies in their work on college campuses. The purpose of the chapter is to describe how digital technology tools have evolved since 2005, demonstrate how student affairs technology shifted and changed during this time, and shape student affairs administrators’ future technology use.
The Digital Identity of Student Affairs Professionals
Authors: Ahlquist Josie
Published: September 2016

This chapter highlights opportunities in the digital space for student affairs professionals. A blended approach, grounded in the new technology competency recently added in the ACPA and NASPA student affairs professional competencies, is proposed for student affairs professionals’ digital identity development. It includes the awareness of one's digital identity, formation of a digital decision‐making model, and utilization of personal learning networks.
College Student Development in Digital Spaces
Authors: Brown Paul Gordon
Published: September 2016

This chapter explores how digital and social technologies may be impacting the developmental journeys of traditionally aged college students. It provides important conceptual distinctions and explores the application of college student development theory in digital spaces along with implications for practice and inquiry.
Student Engagement Through Digital Data
Authors: Gross Liz , Meriwether Jason L.
Published: September 2016

This chapter suggests strategies and tools for student affairs professionals to leverage digital data to measure student engagement and learning outcomes, and refine programs that enhance institutional reputation and improve student persistence. The construct of student engagement is traced from its theoretical origins to recent research connecting it to social media use.
Ermüdungsfestigkeit einseitig geschweißter Stumpfstöße von Kreishohlprofilen
Authors: Weidner Philipp , Mehdianpour Milad , Ummenhofer Thomas
Published: September 2016

Im Rahmen des Forschungsprojekts “FIT” wurden Ermüdungsfestigkeitsuntersuchungen an geschweißten Konstruktionsdetails, die häufig in Gründungsstrukturen von Offshore‐Windenergieanlagen (OWEA), aber auch im Stahlbrückenbau eingesetzt werden, durchgeführt. Der Schwerpunkt der Untersuchungen wurde auf einseitig geschweißte Kreishohlprofile (KHP) gelegt. Für einseitig stumpfgeschweißte Kreishohlprofile wurden die derzeitigen auf unzureichender Versuchsbasis erstellten Kerbfalleinstufungen geltender Regelwerke überprüft. Hierzu wurden umfangreiche experimentelle Untersuchungen zur Ermüdungsfestigkeit dieses Details durchgeführt. Die den Ermüdungswiderstand maßgeblich beeinflussenden Parameter, wie vorhandene geometrische Imperfektionen und Schweißnahtausbildung, wurden identifiziert, bewertet und deren Einfluss im Rahmen numerischer Berechnungen untersucht. Basierend auf diesen Ergebnissen wurde eine Kerbfallempfehlung erarbeitet, die eine zutreffende Lebensdauerabschätzung ermöglicht. Diese Kerbfallempfehlung soll als Grundlage für die zukünftige Aufnahme in Normen und Regelwerke dienen.

Fatigue performance of girth welded butt weld of circular hollow sections. Within the research project “FIT”, the fatigue behavior of welded joints frequently used in supporting structures for offshore wind energy plants as also bridges was investigated. The research work was focused on the fatigue performance of girth welded circular hollow sections (CHS). For girth welded CHS being welded from one side only, the FAT‐classification according to different standards and recommendations was compared, and extensive experimental investigations were performed. Based on the results the fatigue strength of girth welded CHS was determined and a recommendation for FAT‐classification was given. Additional studies contribute to identify and evaluate effects which are relevant to fatigue such as the influence of misalignment. These influences have been taken into account within the numerical studies and a recommendation for FAT classification is given. The developed recommendation can serve as a basis for future consideration in standards and guidelines.
Experimental and numerical investigations of aerodynamic loads and 3D flow over non‐rotating MEXICO blades
Authors: Zhang Ye , Gillebaart Thijs , van Zuijlen Alexander , van Bussel Gerard , Bijl Hester
Published: September 2016

This paper presents the experimental and numerical study on MEXICO wind turbine blades. Previous work by other researchers shows that large deviations exist in the loads comparison between numerical predictions and experimental data for the rotating MEXICO wind turbine. To reduce complexities and uncertainties, a non‐rotating experimental campaign has been carried out on MEXICO blades Delft University of Technology. In this new measurement, quasi‐2D aerodynamic characteristics of MEXICO blades on three spanwise sections are measured at different inflow velocities and angles of attack. Additionally, RANS simulations are performed with OpenFOAM‐2.1.1 to compare numerical results against measured data. The comparison and analysis of aerodynamic loads on the blade, where three different airfoil families and geometrical transition regions are used, show that for attached flow condition, RANS computation predicts excellent pressure distribution on the NACA airfoil section (r/R = 0.92) and good agreement is observed on the DU (r/R = 0.35) and RISØ (r/R = 0.60) airfoil sections. Unexpected aerodynamic characteristics are observed at the intermediate transition regions connecting the RISØ and DU airfoils, where sudden lift force drop is found at the radial position r/R = 0.55. Through numerical flow visualization, large‐scale vortical structures are observed on the suction side of the blade near the mid‐span. Moreover, counter‐rotating vortices are generated behind the blade at locations where unexpected loads occurs. Consequently, the RISØ airfoil could not give expected 2D aerodynamic characteristics because of upwash/downwash effects induced by these counter‐rotating vortices, which make 3D effects play an important role in numerical modeling when calculating the aerodynamic loads for MEXICO rotor. ©2016 The Authors Wind Energy Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd
One‐Dimensional Zinc Selenophosphates: A2ZnP2Se6 (A = K, Rb, Cs)
Authors: Haynes Alyssa S. , Lee Katherine , Kanatzidis Mercouri G.
Published: September 2016

The new compounds A2ZnP2Se6 (A = K, Rb, Cs) were synthesized via molten salt flux syntheses. The crystals feature one‐dimensional 1/∞[ZnP2Se6]2– chains charge balanced by alkali metal ions between the chains. K2ZnP2Se6 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group P21/c; cell parameters a = 12.537(3) Å, b = 7.2742(14) Å, c = 14.164(3) Å, β = 109.63(3)°, Z = 4, and V = 1216.7(4) Å3. Rb2ZnP2Se6 and Cs2ZnP2Se6 are isotypic, crystallizing in the triclinic space group P$\bar{1}$. Rb2ZnP2Se6 has cell parameters of a = 7.4944(15) Å, b = 7.6013(15) Å, c = 12.729(3) Å, α = 96.57(3)°, β = 105.52(3)°, γ = 110.54(3)°, Z = 2, and V = 636.6(2) Å3. Cs2ZnP2Se6 has cell parameters of a = 7.6543(6) Å, b = 7.7006(6) Å, c = 12.7373(11) Å, α = 97.007(7)°, β = 104.335(7)°, γ = 109.241(6)°, Z = 2, and V = 669.54(10) Å3.
Site‐Specific Substitution Preferences in the Solid Solutions Li12Si7–xGex, Li12–yNaySi7, Na7LiSi8–zGez, and Li3NaSi6–vGev
Authors: Scherf Lavinia M. , Riphaus Nathalie , Fässler Thomas F.
Published: September 2016

The mixed silicide‐germanides Li12Si7–xGex, Na7LiSi8–zGez, and Li3NaSi6–vGev which could serve as potential precursors for Si1–xGex materials were synthesized and characterized by X‐ray diffraction methods. The full solid solution series Li12Si7–xGex (0 ≤ x ≤ 7) is easily accessible from the elements and features preferential occupation of the more negatively charged crystallographic tetrel positions by Ge, which is the more electronegative element. In case of Na7LiSi8–zGez a broad solid solution range of 1.3 ≤ x ≤ 8 is available but the ternary silicide Na7LiSi8 could not be obtained by the tested methods of synthesis. The solubility of Ge in Li3NaSi6–vGev is highly limited to a maximum of v ≈ 0.5, and again the formally more negatively charged tetrel positions are preferred by Ge. Additionally, the two crystallographic Li positions in Li12Si7 with unusually large displacement parameters can be partially substituted by Na in Li12–yNaySi7 with 0 ≤ y ≤ 0.6. The statistical mixing of Li and Na in this solid solution contrasts the typical ordering of Li and Na in most ternary tetrelides.
N‐Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) Adducts of [(C5H5)2Mn] Revisited: Nothing More, Nothing Less than High‐Spin (S = 5/2) Molecules!
Authors: Walter Marc D. , Baabe Dirk , Freytag Matthias , Jones Peter G.
Published: September 2016

Addition of N‐heterocyclic carbenes [L = 1,3‐di‐tert‐butylimidazolin‐2‐ylidene (ItBu), 1,3‐diisopropyl‐4,5‐dimethylimidazolin‐2‐yildene (IiPrMe2), 1,3‐di‐mesitylimidazolin‐2‐yildene (IMes), and 1,3‐bis(2,6‐diisopropylphenyl)imidazolin‐2‐yildene (IPr)] to manganocene [(C5H5)2Mn] forms the neutral Lewis base adducts [(C5H5)2Mn(L)] (2–5) in moderate yields. Complexes 2–4 were structurally characterized and their solid‐state magnetism was investigated between T = 2.6–300 K. In contrast to literature reports, these materials exclusively adopt a high‐spin (S = 5/2) ground state.
Modeling of volumetric damage of multielement clamp‐knife‐base tribo‐fatigue system
Authors: Zhuravkov Michael A. , Sherbakov Sergei S. , Krupoderov Andrei V.
Published: September 2016

A multielement clamp‐knife‐base tribo‐fatigue system is considered. This system is the main part of a harvester's cutting instrument. Boundary element approach in indirect statement is used to model boundary conditions for system's elements taking into account contact interaction between them, cutting force applied to the knife and fixings. Stress‐strain state of the system is calculated as superposition of solutions for each boundary element to which predetermined surfaces tractions are applied. Damage state of each element of the system is calculated using the model of a solid with dangerous volume. According to this model dangerous volume is a set of elementary volumes in which acting stresses (strains) are greater than the limiting stress (strain). Obtained results show that the choice of material of the knife (steel or high strength cast iron) and the value of cutting force has significant effect on system's stress‐strain state and state of damage.
The global attractor for a suspension bridge with memory and partially hinged boundary conditions
Authors: Messaoudi Salim A. , Bonfoh Ahmed , Mukiawa Soh E. , Enyi Cyril D.
Published: September 2016

Recently, Ferrero and Gazzola, [Disc. Cont. Dyn. Syst. 35: 5879–5908 (2015)], suggested and investigated a rectangular plate model describing the statics and dynamics of a suspension bridge. The plate is assumed to be hinged on its vertical edges and free on its remaining horizontal edges. This reliable model aims to describe more accurately the motion of suspension bridges compared to all previous known models. In the present paper, we consider a plate equation in the presence of memory and subject to the above‐mentioned boundary conditions. We give a rigorous well‐posedness result and establish the existence of a global attractor.
Proof checking and logic programming
Authors: Miller Dale
Published: September 2016

In a world where trusting software systems is increasingly important, formal methods and formal proof can help provide some basis for trust. Proof checking can help to reduce the size of the
trusted base
since we do not need to trust an entire theorem prover: instead, we only need to trust a (smaller and simpler) proof checker. Many approaches to building proof checkers require embedding within them a full programming language. In most modern proof checkers and theorem provers, that programming language is a functional programming language, often a variant of ML. In fact, aspects of ML (e.g., strong typing, abstract datatypes, and higher-order programming) were designed to make ML a trustworthy “meta-language” for checking proofs. While there is considerable overlap between logic programming and proof checking (e.g., both benefit from unification, backtracking search, efficient term structures, etc.), the discipline of logic programming has, in fact, played a minor role in the history of proof checking. I will argue that logic programming can have a major role in the future of this important topic.
The Joint Effects of Regulatory Focus and Argument Strength of Product Related Information on Choice Behaviour
Authors: Som Anirban
Published: September 2016

Past research studying the effects of regulatory fit on consumer choice decisions indicate that consumers possess favourable attitude towards products that are compatible with their regulatory orientations. The current research contends that regulatory fit by itself may not be sufficient for attracting consumers to purchase a product. Consumers will show a favourable attitude towards products that match their regulatory orientations only when the information related to the products that match their regulatory focus has a strong argument quality. The effects of regulatory fit will be reversed if the argument quality becomes weak. Findings from a series of experiments support this hypothesis. Regulatory focus was used as a chronic variable and a situational variable (between subjects) in the experiments. Argument strength was used as a between subjects variable. Choice favourability and choice likelihood measures were used as the dependent variables.
The DIAN‐TU Next Generation Alzheimer's prevention trial: Adaptive design and disease progression model
Authors: Bateman Randall J. , Benzinger Tammie L. , Berry Scott , Clifford David B. , Duggan Cynthia , Fagan Anne M. , Fanning Kathleen , Farlow Martin R. , Hassenstab Jason , McDade Eric M. , Mills Susan , Paumier Katrina , Quintana Melanie , Salloway Stephen P. , Santacruz Anna , Schneider Lon S. , Wang Guoqiao , Xiong Chengjie ,   the DIAN‐TU Pharma Consortium for the Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network
Published: September 2016

Introduction

The Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network Trials Unit (DIAN‐TU) trial is an adaptive platform trial testing multiple drugs to slow or prevent the progression of Alzheimer's disease in autosomal dominant Alzheimer's disease (ADAD) families. With completion of enrollment of the first two drug arms, the DIAN‐TU now plans to add new drugs to the platform, designated as the Next Generation (NexGen) prevention trial.

Methods

In collaboration with ADAD families, philanthropic organizations, academic leaders, the DIAN‐TU Pharma Consortium, the National Institutes of Health, and regulatory colleagues, the DIAN‐TU developed innovative clinical study designs for the DIAN‐TU NexGen prevention trial.

Results

Our expanded trial toolbox consists of a disease progression model for ADAD, primary end point DIAN‐TU cognitive performance composite, biomarker development, self‐administered cognitive assessments, adaptive dose adjustments, and blinded data collection through the last participant completion.

Conclusion

These steps represent elements to improve efficacy of the adaptive platform trial and a continued effort to optimize prevention and treatment trials in ADAD.
The worldwide costs of dementia 2015 and comparisons with 2010
Authors: Wimo Anders , Guerchet Maëlenn , Ali Gemma‐Claire , Wu Yu‐Tzu , Prina A. Matthew , Winblad Bengt , Jönsson Linus , Liu Zhaorui , Prince Martin
Published: September 2016

Introduction

In 2010, Alzheimer's Disease International presented estimates of the global cost of illness (COI) of dementia. Since then, new studies have been conducted, and the number of people with dementia has increased. Here, we present an update of the global cost estimates.

Methods

This is a societal, prevalence‐based global COI study.

Results

The worldwide costs of dementia were estimated at United States (US) $818 billion in 2015, an increase of 35% since 2010; 86% of the costs occur in high‐income countries. Costs of informal care and the direct costs of social care still contribute similar proportions of total costs, whereas the costs in the medical sector are much lower. The threshold of US $1 trillion will be crossed by 2018.

Discussion

Worldwide costs of dementia are enormous and still inequitably distributed. The increase in costs arises from increases in numbers of people with dementia and in increases in per person costs.
Regulatory goals in a globalized world
Authors: Ng Sharon , Batra Rajeev
Published: September 2016

This research examines the impact of a salient global (or local) identity on individual's regulatory goals. Specifically, we show that when people's identity as a global citizen is salient, they are more likely to focus on promotion goals; whereas when their identity as a local citizen is salient, they are more likely to focus on prevention goals. We further show that this arises because people are likely to adopt a more abstract or higher level (vs. concrete or lower level) construal when their global (local) identity is salient. Evidence from three studies supports this central proposition.
Discrete Systems and Integrability
Authors: Hietarinta J. , Joshi N. , Nijhoff F. W.
Published: September 2016

This first introductory text to discrete integrable systems introduces key notions of integrability from the vantage point of discrete systems, also making connections with the continuous theory where relevant. While treating the material at an elementary level, the book also highlights many recent developments. Topics include: Darboux and Bäcklund transformations; difference equations and special functions; multidimensional consistency of integrable lattice equations; associated linear problems (Lax pairs); connections with Padé approximants and convergence algorithms; singularities and geometry; Hirota's bilinear formalism for lattices; intriguing properties of discrete Painlevé equations; and the novel theory of Lagrangian multiforms. The book builds the material in an organic way, emphasizing interconnections between the various approaches, while the exposition is mostly done through explicit computations on key examples. Written by respected experts in the field, the numerous exercises and the thorough list of references will benefit upper-level undergraduate, and beginning graduate students as well as researchers from other disciplines.
The Three-Dimensional Navier–Stokes Equations
Authors: Robinson James C. , Rodrigo José L. , Sadowski Witold
Published: September 2016

A rigorous but accessible introduction to the mathematical theory of the three-dimensional Navier–Stokes equations, this book provides self-contained proofs of some
of the most significant results in the area, many of which can only be found in research
papers. Highlights include the existence of global-in-time Leray–Hopf weak solutions
and the local existence of strong solutions; the conditional local regularity results of
Serrin and others; and the partial regularity results of Caffarelli, Kohn, and Nirenberg.
Appendices provide background material and proofs of some 'standard results' that
are hard to find in the literature. A substantial number of exercises are included, with full
solutions given at the end of the book. As the only introductory text on the topic to treat
all of the mainstream results in detail, this book is an ideal text for a graduate course of
one or two semesters. It is also a useful resource for anyone working in mathematical
fluid dynamics.
Reduction and Emergence in Science and Philosophy
Authors: Gillett Carl
Published: September 2016

Grand debates over reduction and emergence are playing out across the sciences, but these debates have reached a stalemate, with both sides declaring victory on empirical grounds. In this book, Carl Gillett provides new theoretical frameworks with which to understand these debates, illuminating both the novel positions of scientific reductionists and emergentists and the recent empirical advances that drive these new views. Gillett also highlights the flaws in existing philosophical frameworks and reorients the discussion to reflect the new scientific advances and issues, including the nature of 'parts' and 'wholes', the character of aggregation, and thus the continuity of nature itself. Most importantly, Gillett shows how disputes about concrete scientific cases are empirically resolvable and hence how we can break the scientific stalemate. Including a detailed glossary of key terms, this volume will be valuable for researchers and advanced students of the philosophy of science and metaphysics, and scientific researchers working in the area.
Dimensions of Dignity
Authors: Weinrib Jacob
Published: September 2016

In an age of constitutional revolutions and reforms, theory and practice are moving in opposite directions. As a matter of constitutional practice, human dignity has emerged in jurisdictions around the world as the organizing idea of a groundbreaking paradigm. By reconfiguring constitutional norms, institutional structures and legal doctrines, this paradigm transforms human dignity from a mere moral claim into a legal norm that persons have standing to vindicate. As a matter of constitutional theory, however, human dignity remains an enigmatic idea. Some explicate its meaning in abstraction from constitutional practice, while others confine themselves to less exalted ideas. The result is a chasm that separates constitutional practice from a theory capable of justifying its innovations and guiding its operation. By expounding the connection between human dignity and the constitutional practices that justify themselves in its light, Jacob Weinrib brings the theory and practice of constitutional law back together.
West Germany, Cold War Europe and the Algerian War
Authors: Von Bulow Mathilde
Published: September 2016

An illuminating and provocative account of Germany's role as sanctuary for Algerian nationalists during their fight for independence from France between 1954 and 1962. The book explores key issues such as the impact of external sanctuaries on French counterinsurgency efforts; the part played by security and intelligence services in efforts to eliminate these sanctuaries; the Algerian War's influence on West German foreign and security policy; and finally, the emergence of West German civic engagement in support of Algeria's independence struggle, which served to shape the newly independent country's perception of its role and place in international society. Mathilde von Bulow sheds new light on the impact of FLN activities, the role of anti-colonial movements and insurgencies in the developing world in shaping the dynamics of the Cold War as well as the manner in which the Algerian War was fought and won.
Multi-Method Social Science
Authors: Seawright Jason
Published: September 2016

Reflecting the rising popularity of research that combines qualitative and quantitative social science, Multi-Method Social Science provides the first systematic guide to designing multi-method research. It argues that methods can be productively combined using the framework of integrative multi-method research, with one method used to carry out a final causal inference, and methods from other traditions used to test the key assumptions involved in that causal inference. In making this argument, Jason Seawright considers a wide range of statistical tools including regression, matching, and natural experiments. The book also discusses qualitative tools including process tracing, the use of causal process observations, and comparative case study research. Along the way, the text develops over a dozen multi-method designs to test key assumptions about social science causation.
Apache Adaptation to Hispanic Rule
Authors: Babcock Matthew
Published: September 2016

As a definitive study of the poorly understood Apaches de paz, this book explains how war-weary, mutually suspicious Apaches and Spaniards negotiated an ambivalent compromise after 1786 that produced over four decades of uneasy peace across the region. In response to drought and military pressure, thousands of Apaches settled near Spanish presidios in a system of reservation-like establecimientos, or settlements, stretching from Laredo to Tucson. Far more significant than previously assumed, the establecimientos constituted the earliest and most extensive set of military-run reservations in the Americas and served as an important precedent for Indian reservations in the United States. As a case study of indigenous adaptation to imperial power on colonial frontiers and borderlands, this book reveals the importance of Apache-Hispanic diplomacy in reducing cross-cultural violence and the limits of indigenous acculturation and assimilation into empires and states.
Machine Learning Refined
Authors: Watt Jeremy , Borhani Reza , Katsaggelos Aggelos
Published: September 2016

Providing a unique approach to machine learning, this text contains fresh and intuitive, yet rigorous, descriptions of all fundamental concepts necessary to conduct research, build products, tinker, and play. By prioritizing geometric intuition, algorithmic thinking, and practical real world applications in disciplines including computer vision, natural language processing, economics, neuroscience, recommender systems, physics, and biology, this text provides readers with both a lucid understanding of foundational material as well as the practical tools needed to solve real-world problems. With in-depth Python and MATLAB/OCTAVE-based computational exercises and a complete treatment of cutting edge numerical optimization techniques, this is an essential resource for students and an ideal reference for researchers and practitioners working in machine learning, computer science, electrical engineering, signal processing, and numerical optimization.
The Last Battle
Authors: Scates Bruce , Oppenheimer Melanie
Published: September 2016

When Australian soldiers returned from the First World War they were offered the chance to settle on 'land fit for heroes'. Promotional material painted a picture of prosperous farms and contented families, appealing to returned servicepeople and their families hoping for a fresh start. Yet just 20 years after the inception of these soldier settlement schemes, fewer than half of the settlers remained on their properties. In this timely book, based on recently uncovered archives, Bruce Scates and Melanie Oppenheimer map out a deeply personal history of the soldiers' struggle to transition from Anzac to farmer and provider. At its foundation lie thousands of individual life stories shaped by imperfect repatriation policies. The Last Battle examines the environmental challenges, the difficulties presented by the physical and psychological damage many soldiers had sustained during the war, and the vital roles of women and children.
Robust Design of Digital Circuits on Foil
Authors: Myny Kris , Genoe Jan , Dehaene Wim
Published: September 2016

Covering both TFT technologies, and the theory and practice of circuit design, this book equips engineers with the technical knowledge and hands-on skills needed to make circuits on foil with organic or metal oxide based TFTs for applications such as flexible displays and RFID. It provides readers with a solid theoretical background and gives an overview of current TFT technologies including device architecture, typical parameters, and a theoretical framework for comparing different logical families. Concrete, real-world design cases, such as RFID circuits, and organic and metal oxide TFT-based 8-bit microprocessors, enable readers to grasp the practical potential of these design techniques and how they can be applied. This is an essential guide for students and professionals who need to make better transistors on foil.
Elections in Hard Times
Authors: Flores Thomas Edward , Nooruddin Irfan
Published: September 2016

Why are 'free and fair' elections so often followed by democratic backsliding? Elections in Hard Times answers this critical question, showing why even clean elections fail to advance democracy when held amidst challenging structural conditions. The book opens with a comprehensive, accessible synthesis of fifty years of research on elections and democratization, a resource for experts, policymakers, and students. It then develops a new theory of why elections fail in countries with little democratic history or fiscal resources, and a history of violent conflict. In a series of five empirical chapters, the book leverages an eclectic mix of cross-national data, short case studies and surveys of voters to support this theory. It closes with a careful examination of popular strategies of democracy promotion, evaluating steps designed to support elections. This book will attract academic experts on democratization and elections, students and policymakers.
Bach
Authors: Williams Peter
Published: September 2016

J. S. Bach composed some of the best-loved and most moving music in Western culture. Surviving mostly in manuscript collections, his music also exists in special and unique publications that reveal much about his life and thoughts as a composer. In this book, Peter Williams, author of the acclaimed J. S. Bach: A Life in Music, revisits Bach's biography through the lens of his music. Reviewing all of Bach's music chronologically, Williams discusses the music collection by collection to reveal the development of Bach's interests and priorities. While a great deal has been written about the composer's vocal works, Williams gives the keyboard music its proper emphasis, revealing it as crucial to Bach's biography, as a young organist and a mature composer, as a performer in public and teacher in private, and as a profound thinker in the language of music.
Fact-Finding before the International Court of Justice
Authors: Devaney James Gerard
Published: September 2016

Fact-Finding before the International Court of Justice examines a number of significant recent criticisms of the way in which the ICJ deals with facts. The book takes the position that such criticisms are warranted and that the ICJ's current approach to fact-finding falls short of adequacy, both in cases involving abundant, particularly complex or technical facts, and in those involving a scarcity of facts. The author skilfully examines how other courts such as the WTO and inter-State arbitrations conduct fact-finding and makes a number of select proposals for reform, enabling the ICJ to address some of the current weaknesses in its approach. The proposals includes, but are not limited to, the development of a power to compel the disclosure of information, greater use of provisional measures, and a clear strategy for the use of expert evidence.
Economic Voting
Authors: Hart Austin
Published: September 2016

The conventional wisdom of economic voting theory argues that a nation's economic performance drives electoral outcomes. Therefore, voters will hold an administration accountable for its economic stewardship. Austin Hart challenges the simplicity of this notion, drawing on cognitive-psychological research on priming to demonstrate that the intensity of voters' exposure to economic campaign messages systematically conditions the strength of the economic vote. However, this study goes further than simply saying 'campaigns matter'. Here, we learn that candidates who control the campaign narrative can capitalize on favorable economic conditions or - contrary to the predictions of conventional theory - overcome unfavorable conditions. Although the aim is not to dismiss the importance of structural variables in the study of elections, Hart shows that the choices candidates make about what to say and how often shape election outcomes in ways that cannot be explained by contextual or institutional forces alone.
Humanity at Sea
Authors: Mann Itamar
Published: September 2016

This interdisciplinary study engages law, history, and political theory in a first attempt to crystallize the lessons the global 'refugee crisis' can teach us about the nature of international law. It connects the dots between the actions of Jewish migrants to Palestine after WWII, Vietnamese 'boatpeople', Haitian refugees seeking to reach Florida, Middle Eastern migrants and refugees bound to Australia, and Syrian refugees currently crossing the Mediterranean, and then legal responses by states and international organizations to these movements. Through its account of maritime migration, the book proposes a theory of human rights modelled around an encounter between individuals in which one of the parties is at great risk. It weaves together primary sources, insights from the work of twentieth-century thinkers such as Hannah Arendt and Emmanuel Levinas, and other legal materials to form a rich account of an issue of increasing global concern.
Baroque Antiquity
Authors: Tschudi Victor Plahte
Published: September 2016

Why were seventeenth-century antiquarians so spectacularly wrong? Even if they knew what ancient monuments looked like, they deliberately distorted the representation of them in print. Deciphering the printed reconstructions of Giacomo Lauro and Athanasius Kircher, this pioneering study uncovers an antiquity born with print culture itself and from the need to accommodate competitive publishers, ambitious patrons and powerful popes. By analysing the elements of fantasy in Lauro and Kircher's archaeological visions, new levels of meaning appear. Instead of being testimonies of failed archaeology, they emerge as complex architectural messages responding to moral, political, and religious issues of the day. This book combines several histories - print, archaeology, and architecture - in the attempt to identify early modern strategies of recovering lost Rome. Many books have been written on antiquity in the Renaissance, but this book defines an antiquity that is particularly Baroque.
The Arabic Print Revolution
Authors: Ayalon Ami
Published: September 2016

In a brief historic moment, printing presses, publishing ventures, a periodical press, circulation networks, and a mass readership came into being all at once in the Middle East, where none had previously existed, with ramifications in every sphere of the community's life. Among other outcomes, this significant change facilitated the cultural and literary movement known as the Arab 'nahda' ('awakening'). Ayalon's book offers both students and scholars a critical inquiry into the formative phase of that shift in Arab societies. This comprehensive analysis explores the advent of printing and publishing; the formation of mass readership; and the creation of distribution channels, the vital and often overlooked nexus linking the former two processes. It considers questions of cultural and religious tradition, social norms and relations, and concepts of education, offering a unique presentation of the emerging print culture in the Middle East.
Compact Data Structures
Authors: Navarro Gonzalo
Published: September 2016

Compact data structures help represent data in reduced space while allowing it to be queried, navigated, and operated in compressed form. They are essential tools for efficiently handling massive amounts of data by exploiting the memory hierarchy. They also reduce the resources needed in distributed deployments and make better use of the limited memory in low-end devices. The field has developed rapidly, reaching a level of maturity that allows practitioners and researchers in application areas to benefit from the use of compact data structures. This first comprehensive book on the topic focuses on the structures that are most relevant for practical use. Readers will learn how the structures work, how to choose the right ones for their application scenario, and how to implement them. Researchers and students in the area will find in the book a definitive guide to the state of the art in compact data structures.
The River, the Plain, and the State
Authors: Zhang Ling
Published: September 2016

On July 19, 1048, the Yellow River breached its banks, drastically changing its course across the Hebei Plain and turning it into a delta where the river sought a path out to the ocean. This dramatic shift of forces in the natural world resulted from political deliberation and hydraulic engineering of the imperial state of the Northern Song Dynasty. It created 80 years of social suffering, economic downturn, political upheaval, and environmental changes, which reshaped the medieval North China Plain and challenged the state. Ling Zhang deftly applies textual analysis, theoretical provocation, and modern scientific data in her gripping analysis of how these momentous events altered China's physical and political landscapes and how its human communities adapted and survived. In so doing, she opens up an exciting new field of research by wedding environmental, political, economic, and social history in her examination of one of North China's most significant environmental changes.
Sounds Fascinating
Authors: Wells J. C.
Published: September 2016

How do you pronounce biopic, synod, and Breughel? - and why? Do our cake and archaic sound the same? Where does the stress go in stalagmite? What's odd about the word epergne? Pontcysyllte is obviously Welsh, but Penge is Welsh too! How cool is Caol in the Highlands of Scotland? What can Wesley's hymns tell us about sound change in English? How do people pronounce Wrocław in Poland? How can anyone manage to say Gdynia as just two syllables? Why is the village of Frith in the island of Montserrat usually pronounced as if spelt Frits? What embarrassing faux pas in English did a Russian conglomerate make? Should I bild a cubbard instead of building a cupboard? How should we capitalize an exclamation mark, and why might we need to? What's a depressor consonant? As a finale, the author writes a letter to his 16-year-old self.
Freedom's Edge
Authors: Ravitch Frank S.
Published: September 2016

Freedom's Edge takes the reader directly into the heart of the debate over the relationship between religious freedom and LGBT and reproductive rights. The book explains these complex areas of law, and what is at stake in the battle to protect each of these rights. The book argues that religious freedom and sexual freedom share some common elements and that in most contexts it is possible to protect both. Freedom's Edge explains why this is so, and provides a roadmap for finding common ground and maximizing freedoms on both sides. The book will enable anyone with an interest in these issues to understand what the law actually teaches us about religious freedom, sexual freedom, and how they interact. This is important because what is often argued by partisans on both sides distorts the legal and cultural stakes, and diminishes the possibility of compromise.
From Conflict to Coalition
Authors: Dean Adam
Published: September 2016

International trade often inspires intense conflict between workers and their employers. In this book, Adam Dean studies the conditions under which labor and capital collaborate in support of the same trade policies. Dean argues that capital-labor agreement on trade policy depends on the presence of 'profit-sharing institutions'. He tests this theory through case studies from the United States, Britain, and Argentina in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries; they offer a revisionist history placing class conflict at the center of the political economy of trade. Analysis of data from more than one hundred countries from 1986 to 2002 demonstrates that the field's conventional wisdom systematically exaggerates the benefits that workers receive from trade policy reforms. From Conflict to Coalition boldly explains why labor is neither an automatic beneficiary nor an automatic ally of capital when it comes to trade policy and distributional conflict.
Revenge and Social Conflict
Authors: Christensen Kit R.
Published: September 2016

Revenge has been a subject of concern in most intellectual traditions throughout history, and even when social norms regard it as permissible or even obligatory, it is commonly recognised as being more counterproductive than beneficial. In this book, Kit Christensen explores this provocative issue, offering an in-depth account of both the nature of revenge and the causes and consequences of the desire for this kind of retaliatory violence. He then develops a version of eudaimonistic consequentialism to argue that vengeance is never morally justified, and applies this to cases of intergroup violence where the lust for revenge against a vilified 'Them' is easily incited and often exploited. His study will interest a wide range of readers in moral philosophy as well as social philosophers, legal theorists, and social/behavioural scientists.
Observational Searches for Star-Forming Galaxies at z > 6
Authors: Finkelstein Steven L.
Published: September 2016

Although the universe at redshifts greater than six represents only the first one billion years (< 10%) of cosmic time, the dense nature of the early universe led to vigorous galaxy formation and evolution activity which we are only now starting to piece together. Technological improvements have, over only the past decade, allowed large samples of galaxies at such high redshifts to be collected, providing a glimpse into the epoch of formation of the first stars and galaxies. A wide variety of observational techniques have led to the discovery of thousands of galaxy candidates at z > 6, with spectroscopically confirmed galaxies out to nearly z = 9. Using these large samples, we have begun to gain a physical insight into the processes inherent in galaxy evolution at early times. In this review, I will discuss (i) the selection techniques for finding distant galaxies, including a summary of previous and ongoing ground and space-based searches, and spectroscopic follow-up efforts, (ii) insights into galaxy evolution gleaned from measures such as the rest-frame ultraviolet luminosity function, the stellar mass function, and galaxy star-formation rates, and (iii) the effect of galaxies on their surrounding environment, including the chemical enrichment of the universe, and the reionisation of the intergalactic medium. Finally, I conclude with prospects for future observational study of the distant universe, using a bevy of new state-of-the-art facilities coming online over the next decade and beyond.
CONSIDERING EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE AND PHOTOPERIOD ON GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF LABLAB PURPUREUS (L.) SWEET IN THE SEARCH OF SHORT-SEASON ACCESSIONS FOR SMALLHOLDER FARMING SYSTEMS
Authors: SENNHENN A. , ODHIAMBO J. J. O. , MAASS B. L. , WHITBREAD A. M.
Published: September 2016

Legumes have gained increased importance in smallholder farming systems of sub-Saharan Africa due to their contribution to household nutrition and health and their ability to grow in low fertility soils. With unpredictable and highly variable rainfall characteristics of the semi-arid areas, short-season grain types are seen as a promising option for drought avoidance. Knowledge of phenological development and, in particular, time to flowering is crucial information needed for estimating the possible production success of new accessions to new environments. The photoperiod-sensitivity of 10 promising short-season Lablab purpureus (L.) Sweet accessions (CPI 525313, CPI 52533, CPI 52535, CPI 52535, CPI 52552, CPI 52554, CPI 60795, CPI 81364, CQ 3620, Q 6880B) were evaluated for their response to varying temperature and daylength regimes in field trials in Limpopo province, South Africa and under controlled conditions in growth chamber experiments in Göttingen, Germany. Photoperiod sensitivity was quantified using the triple-plane rate model of flowering response with time to flowering expressed in thermal time (Tt, °Cd). Additionally, piecewise regression analysis was conducted to estimate the critical photoperiod (Pc) above which time to flowering was delayed significantly. Relatively high variation of time to flowering amongst and within accessions in days after planting (DAP) was observed, ranging from 60 to 120 DAP depending on sowing date or daylength/temperature regime. Furthermore, a clear positive effect of temperature on growth and development of the tested accessions was found and time to flowering expressed as thermal time were consistent for the tested accessions, ranging from 600 to 800 °Cd for daylength <13 h. Only at daylength of ≥13 h and temperatures above 28 °C, development towards flowering was delayed significantly for accessions CPI 52513, CPI 52535, CPI 52554 and CPI 60795 with vegetative growth continuing for >110 DAP. The tested lablab accessions are therefore considered photoperiod insensitive, or weakly photoperiod responsive and are classified as short-day plants (SDP). Since daylength does not exceed 13 h between the latitudes 30 N to 30 S, these lablab accessions are recommended for further testing as short-duration grain legumes.