cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Measuring the Efficiency of Food Chains – Selected Approaches
Creators: name: Jarzębowski, Sebastian
name: Bezat-Jarzębowska, Agnieszka
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2016

description: The aim adopted in the paper is to review methods for assessing the efficiency of supply chains and to carry out their critical evaluation. Literature studies, interviews, analysis of processes in the chains are used for analyzing of interdependence between the individual stages of supply chain and identifying the efficiency of entire supply chain. An important aspect is to determine the possibility of assessing the efficiency of supply chains in selected sectors of agribusiness by using approaches presented in the paper. Within the analyzed methods, the stochastic frontier approach can be an useful tool for estimating the efficiency on the firm level. However, the efficiency scores obtained from estimation of the stochastic frontier have a little use for policy implications and management purposes if the empirical studies do not investigate the sources of the inefficiency. Thus, it is recommended to include into the models external factors like, for instance, the degree of competitive pressure, the ownership form, various managerial characteristics, network characteristics and production quality indicators of inputs or outputs.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, 2016: Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2016
Economics of Goat and Ewe Milk Cheeses with Protected Designation of Origin in Europe
Creators: name: Giraud, Georges
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2016

description: We present an overview of the added-value created by Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) labelling scheme for goat and/or ewe milk cheeses in Europe through literature review. A food product wearing the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) label has an original trait, strictly related to its area of origin, this trait is not reproducible outside this area. A PDO food product is produced and processed and prepared in its area of production and benefits from a long lasting good reputation. The PDO labelling scheme is based upon the peculiar combination of pedoclimatic conditions and local know-how which makes the product unique and original. The PDO label is a guarantee of origin and protects the collective brand name against fraudulent naming of PDO-like products coming from nowhere, such as Feta-like industrial cheese.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, 2016: Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2016
HortiCube: A Platform for Transparent, Trusted Data Sharing in the Food Supply Chain
Creators: name: Verhoosel, Jack
name: Van Bekkum, Michael
name: Verwaart, Tim
Publisher: name: CentMa, Intern Center for Management, Communication, and Research
Year: 2016

description: Food supply chains consist of many links and operate on a global scale with many stakeholders involved from farm to fork. Each stakeholder maintains data about food products that they handle, but this data is not transparently available to all other stakeholders in the chain due to various reasons. Trust and reciprocity for data sharing is limited and there is insufficient clarity in data ownership and possible legal consequences. However, various stakeholders could benefit from making data available across the supply chain. Food producers are very interested in consumer demands and trends. Growers also want to guide their supply based on the potential demand for specific food products in the near future. In addition, there are various other data sources that contain interesting data for these same stakeholders, such as import/export transactions, production (forecast) data, parcel crop information, local weather predictions and social media streams. To make all stakeholders in the food chain benefit from these data sources and to share data more transparently, the Dutch horticulture and food domain is developing the HortiCube platform via which various data sources are made accessible to application developers using a secure, linked data application interface. This paper describes the development of the HortiCube, the technologies being used and the lessons learned on aligning semantics by mapping of terms and the implementation performance using an example demo application.
description: Proceedings in Food System Dynamics, 2016: Proceedings in System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks 2016
Supplementary document for Effect of AlN strain compensation layer on InGaN quantum well red light emitting diodes beyond epitaxy - 6117282.pdf
Creators: name: Liu, Zhiyuan
name: Nong, Mingtao
name: Lu, Yi
name: Cao, Haicheng
name: Yuvaraja, Saravanan
name: Xiao, Na
name: ALNAKHLI, ZAHRAH
name: Vázquez, Raul Aguileta
name: Li, Xiaohang
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary
New eras and new relationships : an evaluation of the new relationship agreements in BC forest policy
Creators: name: Donovan, Matthew
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The New Relationship has been advertised as a crowning achievement of the BC Liberal Party. With the intent to foster an improved relationship and provide reconciliatory compensation, new agreements were written reflecting this mutual interest. More importantly, meaningful consultation and accommodation for interim infringements on First Nation claimed territory was to be provided. Through evaluating decision making authority and the consultation and accommodation offered within both New Relationship agreements and the Discussion Paper for the implementation of the Recognition Act, it is clear that this initiative has provided inadequate improvements.
Asymmetrical Subsidence Resulting from Material and Fluid Extraction
Creators: name: Martz, Patrick
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Land subsidence has been experienced all over the world due to a multitude of natural processes and anthropogenic activities. Groundwater and material extraction both lead to subsidence at surface. Much of the literature related to subsidence evaluates parameters and modelling methods based on continuum derivations. These models often only simulate symmetrical profiles of subsidence because of assumptions of isotropy, homogeneity and continuum behaviour, when in many cases the geological conditions do not promote symmetry. The heterogeneity of the soil or rock mass and the presences of disconformities both contribute to difficult prediction of asymmetrical subsidence. Areas prone to subsidence are therefore of great concern as differential surface subsidence can compromise engineered structures. This paper focuses on the contributing factors of asymmetry in subsidence as observed in five industries: longwall mining, tunnelling, groundwater withdrawal, oil and gas extraction, and geothermal fluid withdrawal.
THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ARTISTIC DISCOURSE.
Creators: name: Jandreyeva, Matluba
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: In recent years, an aspect of life that has been developing very rapidly is the work of art and interest in it is also on the rise. The appearance of image principles in the writer's work is primarily related to the meaningfulness, variety, and non-repetition of the life material brought into the literature. When writing works of art, the so-called "national language" or "national language" is used, and to some extent the standards of "literary language" are observed. Only those lexical and grammatical tools have been processed in accordance with a specific speech purpose, that is, they have become a part of this speech, and not of the national language in general.
Enhancing Quantum Algorithms for Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization via Integer Programming
Creators: name: Wagner, Friedrich
name: Nüßlein, Jonas
name: Liers, Frauke
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To date, research in quantum computation promises potential for outperforming classical heuristics in combinatorial optimization. However, when aiming at provable optimality, one has to rely on classical exact methods like integer programming. State-of-the-art integer programming algorithms can compute strong relaxation bounds even for hard instances, but may have to enumerate a large number of subproblems for determining an optimum solution. If the potential of quantum computing realizes, it can be expected that in particular finding high-quality solutions for hard problems can be done fast. Still, near-future quantum hardware considerably limits the size of treatable problems. In this work, we go one step into integrating the potentials of quantum and classical techniques for combinatorial optimization. We propose a hybrid heuristic for the weighted maximum-cut problem or, equivalently, for quadratic unconstrained binary optimization. The heuristic employs a linear programming relaxation, rendering it well-suited for integration into exact branch-and-cut algorithms. For large instances, we reduce the problem size according to a linear relaxation such that the reduced problem can be handled by quantum machines of limited size. Moreover, we improve the applicability of QAOA, a parameterized quantum algorithm, by deriving optimal parameters for special instances which motivates a parameter estimate for arbitrary instances. We present numerous computational results from real quantum hardware.
title: Development of a Fire Safety Assessment Test for External Cladding Systems
Creators: name: Edwardes, George Henri
Publisher: name: University of Central Lancashire
Year: 2024

description: In the context of increasing façade fires, especially in the UK, where combustible cladding systems are approved for high-rise buildings, this study addresses concerns related to fire testing cladding systems. Key developments include:

1. Comprehensive Database of BS 8414 Tests: A database was compiled, analysing various cladding systems and their subsequent fire performance. It highlights certain systems' unrealistic construction methods, which aren’t replicated in real buildings. It also raises concerns around thermocouple criteria and placement relative to the fuel load. Test results were analysed to estimate the impact of changing the evaluation criteria.
2. Material Fingerprinting: A method for characterising cladding products was developed, using microscale combustion calorimetry and infrared spectroscopy to assess chemical composition and properties relating to fire performance.
3. RISC 501 Development: This study proposes a new fire test method and assessment criteria for external cladding systems, called RISC 501, which can be conducted alongside the existing BS 8414 test method, allowing conference with the BR 135 performance criteria. While BR 135 is focused on life safety, RISC 501 specifies enhanced performance criteria to focus on property protection. It incorporates revised requirements for the test construction, material characterisation, temperature criteria, and mechanical performance criteria. It also includes gas sampling methods to assess potential smoke toxicity produced by a burning cladding system.
4. Validation Tests: Validation tests confirm RISC 501's effectiveness in distinguishing between combustible and non-combustible cladding systems, offering a clearer performance differentiation compared to the BR 135 criteria. The proposed gas sampling method effectively distinguishes between combustible and non-combustible systems and provides insights into predicting the Fractional Effective Dose for incapacitation.

In summary, this study produces research to aid the development of a fire test and assessment for external cladding systems and then uses that research to develop RISC 501 – Fire Safety Assessment Test for External Cladding Systems.
Accounting for Stand Variability in LMS: A case study on San Juan Island
Creators: name: Braun, Sarah
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Forest growth models are important tools used to support management decisions and to answer research questions. They can estimate future forest conditions under different scenarios, and therefore help predict outcomes of management practices and test hypotheses at both a stand and a landscape level. This study compared three different methods of inputting data from San Juan Island National Historical Park into a forest growth model (the Forest Vegetation Simulator) using the Landscape Management System (LMS). These methods were: (M1) the ‘plot-by-plot’ method, in which each plot per stand were input into the model as independent stands and the outcomes at the time of projection were averaged together; (M2) the ‘summed-plot’ method, in which all the plots per stand were input into the model as a single large plot; and (M3) the ‘representative-plot’ method, in which a single plot was selected based on a lowest squared Euclidean distance to represent the entire stand in the model. Five variables were considered in the analysis of the different model outputs at three projections: 20, 40, and 60 years into the future. The five variables that were considered were total stand volume, and volume by species; total basal area (BA), and BA by species; and total mean DBH. The results of this study showed that if the stands had been stratified appropriately prior to sampling, and if there was little spatial variation between plots within a stand, then the results from M1 were statistically the same as M2 and as M3. Differences between M1 and M2 were only observed with regards to total DBH, for one highly variable stand. Differences between M1 and M3 were observed in the outputs of BA by species, and volume by species. The only stand which resulted in no differences between the outputs of M1 and M3 was very uniform in density, species composition and structure. If LMS were adapted to more easily incorporate the inclusion of multiple plots per stand, field sampling would consistently be more efficient.
Note Illustrative della Carta geologica d'Italia alla scala 1:50.000, F. 006 San Leonardo in Passiria, Servizio Geologico d'Italia - ISPRA
Creators: name: Morelli, C.
name: Poli, S.
name: Zanchi, A.
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2023

description: Note illustrative redatte per il Foglio geologico n. 006 San Leonardo in Passiria della Carta Geologica d'Italia alla scala 1:50.000. 328 pp.
Supplementary document for Temporal modulation of nonlinear ionization process in femtosecond laser pulse induced periodic surface structures - 6117294.pdf
Creators: name: Sun, Ying
name: Yin, Weiyi
name: Yao, Qian
name: Ren, Xiangyu
name: Song, Juan
name: Dai, Ye
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: supplement 1
The effect of artificial drainage in waterlogged sites on the foliar nutrient status of planted interior spruce seedlings in the Central Interior BC
Creators: name: Saraiva, Maria Fernanda
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Drainage of waterlogged sites following harvest is a silvicultural treatment to reduce water table levels; therefore, potentially improving seedling growth. The goal of this study was to assess foliar nutrient status changes of planted hybrid interior spruce (Picea glauca x Picea englemannii [Moench] Voss) seedlings as a result of artificial drainage of waterlogged sites located in the central interior of British Columbia. Ditches were constructed near the end of the 2007 growing season, and foliar samples were collected and analysed for foliar unit mass and macronutrient concentrations and contents in the fall of 2007 (pre-ditching conditions) and in the fall of 2008 (post ditching conditions). Two way ANOVA and correlation analyses were used to determine and interpret significant responses. Concentration and content of foliar B and Al decreased and foliar K increased near and away from the ditch. These trends can be used as immediate indicators of ditch effects. The effect of distance from the ditchline on changes of foliar nutrient status was not conclusive. Overall, ditching appeared to be detrimental to health of seedlings in the short term. Longer term trends need to be examined for an understanding of any improvement in plant productivity and establishment of a new steady state.
Compactness of singular solutions to the sixth order GJMS equation
Creators: name: Andrade, João Henrique
name: Ò, João Marcos do
name: Ratzkin, Jesse
name: Wei, Juncheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study compactness properties of the set of conformally flat singular metrics with constant, positive sixth order Q-curvature on a finitely punctured sphere. Based on a recent classification of the local asymptotic behavior near isolated singularities, we introduce a notion of necksize for these metrics in our moduli space, which we use to characterize compactness. More precisely, we prove that if the punctures remain separated and the necksize at each puncture is bounded away from zero along a sequence of metrics, then a subsequence converges with respect to the Gromov--Hausdorff metric. Our proof relies on an upper bound estimate which is proved using moving planes and a blow-up argument. This is combined with a lower bound estimate which is a consequence of a removable singularity theorem. We also introduce a homological invariant which may be of independent interest for upcoming research.
description: 20 pages, 1 figure
Damping of gravitational waves in f(R) gravity
Creators: name: Feng, Haiyuan
name: Su, Laiyuan
name: Yang, Rong-Jia
name: Chen, Wei-Qiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the damping of gravitational waves (GW) in $f(R)$ gravity by matter. By applying the kinetic theory, we examine the first-order approximation of the relativistic Boltzmann equation. In the flat spacetime, we derive the evolution equations for waves in $f(R)$ gravity and demonstrate that Landau damping is absent while collision damping is present. In the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker (FRW) cosmology, we also examine the dynamical equations for the two modes. Furthermore, in the model $f(R) = R + αR^2$, we investigate the effect of the mass term on wave amplitude decay within the neutrino system. We observe that the tensor mode with $m = 1 \, \text{eV}$ exhibits faster decay compared to other cases, while the scalar mode with $m = 1 \, \text{eV}$ appears to suppress decay.
description: 22 pages, 6 figures
Flow Modeling of a Syncrude North East In-Pit Hummock for the Sandhill Fen in Fort McMurray, Alberta
Creators: name: Preston, Ryan
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The groundwater flow of a reclamation site in Alberta’s Oil Sands was modeled using the MODFLOW 3D code. The site was simulated to determine the flow characteristics of a reclamation hummock. Such hummocks are required to maintain a mounded water table to sustain plant life placed on top as a part of reclamation. Sensitivity analysis was conducted initially by varying the water table depth. The hydraulic conductivity of the material, and recharge were then varied, in addition to adding a low conductivity cover layer, in order to monitor the water table response. Modeling found that a lower than predicted hydraulic conductivity value would be required to maintain a desired mounded water table at 1.5m depth. Additionally the hummock was found to be sensitive to flooding and drought conditions. Design topography such as swales and ridges were found to function as desired, by acting as areas of discharge and recharge respectively.
Low temperature asymptotic expansion for classical $O(N)$ vector models
Creators: name: Giuliani, Alessandro
name: Ott, Sébastien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider classical $O(N)$ vector models in dimension three and higher and investigate the nature of the low-temperature expansions for their multipoint spin correlations. We prove that such expansions define asymptotic series, and derive explicit estimates on the error terms associated with their finite order truncations. The result applies, in particular, to the spontaneous magnetization of the 3D Heisenberg model. The proof combines a priori bounds on the moments of the local spin observables, following from reflection positivity and the infrared bound, with an integration-by-parts method applied systematically to a suitable integral representation of the correlation functions. Our method generalizes an approach, proposed originally by Bricmont and collaborators [6] in the context of the rotator model, to the case of non-abelian symmetry and non-gradient observables.
description: Comments welcome
Uneven-Aged Forest Management Strategies of North American Indigenous Groups
Creators: name: Fietz, Wesley
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: The Menominee, and Salish and Kootenai indigenous groups of North America have implemented successful frameworks of uneven-aged forest management which pre-date European contact. Uneven-aged forest management strategies such as the ones practiced by these indigenous groups have been historically limited in North America due to a culture of even-aged forest management focused on short rotations and vast clearcuts. Academic recognition of methods utilized in uneven-aged forest management remains widespread in the Pacific Northwest. Environmental, social, cultural and spiritual acknowledgement of uneven-aged forest management in North America further implies the feasibility of replicating similar methods in British Columbia. With the inception of the New Relationship, a B.C. government – B.C. First Nations resource planning framework, applications of uneven-aged forest management based on the practices of the Menominee, and Salish and Kootenai should be strongly considered for implementation in B.C. forests.
Population variation in cold hardiness of Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii)
Creators: name: Hrynkiewicz-Moczulski, Magdalena
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Climatic variables and environmental conditions such as precipitation, sunlight, and soil are all important to the longevity of a species, but cold winter temperatures are one of the most limiting factors of species range. Pacific dogwood (Cornus nuttallii) is a beautiful tree found along most of the west coast of North America, from British Columbia to southern California. Despite its long range, previous studies have reported low local adaptation. In order to determine the population variation in cold hardiness, twigs were sampled in November 2008 and January 2009 from nine populations of Pacific dogwood planted in a common garden. Samples were analyzed for their Index of Injury at -18°C and -25°C, using the electrolyte leakage method (Hannerz et al., 1999). Statistical analyses showed that there was some population variation at -18°C in November, but no population variation at any of the other test temperatures or dates. This suggests that Pacific dogwood is not very locally adapted in its level of cold hardiness. This may be the result of high gene flow among populations due to seed dispersal by birds, as well as low genetic diversity caused by a population bottleneck during the Pleistocene glaciation. Therefore, this tree may not be well equipped to handle the environmental changes coming with climate change, but could perhaps be a candidate for facilitated migration.
LEED homes
Creators: name: Compston, Sean
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: This report on LEED homes identifies the driving forces behind green building and the underling concept of sustainability. An introduction to the green consumer is detailed and the market segment which the green consumer belongs to is defined. A brief history and overview of other LEED standards highlights the similarities between them and these other standards offers data that can be used to indicate future trends. This housing and building trend data is then put together to show the increasing market demand for products such as LEED for Homes.
Unique Compact Representation of Magnetic Fields using Truncated Solid Harmonic Expansions
Creators: name: Boberg, Marija
name: Knopp, Tobias
name: Möddel, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: Mathematical Software (cs.MS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 33C55, 35Q60, 41A30, 41A55, 41A58, 41-04

description: Precise knowledge of magnetic fields is crucial in many medical imaging applications like magnetic resonance imaging or magnetic particle imaging (MPI) as they are the foundation of these imaging systems. For the investigation of the influence of field imperfections on imaging, a compact and unique representation of the magnetic fields using real solid spherical harmonics, which can be obtained by measuring a few points of the magnetic field only, is of great assistance. In this manuscript, we review real solid harmonic expansions as a general solution of Laplace's equation including an efficient calculation of their coefficients using spherical t-designs. We also provide a method to shift the reference point of an expansion by calculating the coefficients of the shifted expansion from the initial ones. These methods are used to obtain the magnetic fields of an MPI system. Here, the field-free-point of the spatial encoding field serves as unique expansion point. Lastly, we quantify the severity of the distortions of the static and dynamic fields in MPI by analyzing the expansion coefficients.
description: 25 pages
BNCC Computação por etapa, 2o. Ano
Creators: name: Primo, Tiago
name: Bernardi, Kelen
name: Maraschin Jr, Dirceu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: 1. Compreender a Computação como uma área de conhecimento que contribui para explicar o mundo atual e ser um agente ativo e consciente de transformação capaz de analisar criticamente seus impactos sociais, ambientais, culturais, econômicos, científicos, tecnológicos, legais e éticos. 2. Reconhecer o impacto dos artefatos computacionais e os respectivos desafios para os indivíduos na sociedade, discutindo questões socioambientais, culturais, científicas, políticas e econômicas. 3. Expressar e partilhar informações, ideias, sentimentos e soluções computacionais utilizando diferentes linguagens e tecnologias da Computação de forma criativa, crítica, significativa, reflexiva e ética. 4. Aplicar os princípios e técnicas da Computação e suas tecnologias para identificar problemas e criar soluções computacionais, preferencialmente de forma cooperativa, bem como alicerçar descobertas em diversas áreas do conhecimento seguindo uma abordagem científica e inovadora, considerando os impactos sob diferentes contextos. 5. Avaliar as soluções e os processos envolvidos na resolução computacional de problemas de diversas áreas do conhecimento, sendo capaz de construir argumentações coerentes e consistentes, utilizando conhecimentos da Computação para argumentar em diferentes contextos com base em fatos e informações confiáveis com respeito à diversidade de opiniões, saberes, identidades e culturas. 6. Desenvolver projetos, baseados em problemas, desafios e oportunidades que façam sentido ao contexto ou interesse do estudante, de maneira individual e/ou cooperativa, fazendo uso da Computação e suas tecnologias, utilizando conceitos, técnicas e ferramentas computacionais que possibilitem automatizar processos em diversas áreas do conhecimento com base em princípios éticos, democráticos, sustentáveis e solidários, valorizando a diversidade de indivíduos e de grupos sociais, de maneira inclusiva. 7. Agir pessoal e coletivamente com respeito, autonomia, responsabilidade, flexibilidade, resiliência e determinação, identificando e reconhecendo seus direitos e deveres, recorrendo aos conhecimentos da Computação e suas tecnologias para tomar decisões frente às questões de diferentes naturezas.
BNCC Computação por etapa, 3o. Ano
Creators: name: Primo, Tiago
name: Bernardi, Kelen
name: Maraschin Jr, Dirceu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: 1. Compreender a Computação como uma área de conhecimento que contribui para explicar o mundo atual e ser um agente ativo e consciente de transformação capaz de analisar criticamente seus impactos sociais, ambientais, culturais, econômicos, científicos, tecnológicos, legais e éticos. 2. Reconhecer o impacto dos artefatos computacionais e os respectivos desafios para os indivíduos na sociedade, discutindo questões socioambientais, culturais, científicas, políticas e econômicas. 3. Expressar e partilhar informações, ideias, sentimentos e soluções computacionais utilizando diferentes linguagens e tecnologias da Computação de forma criativa, crítica, significativa, reflexiva e ética. 4. Aplicar os princípios e técnicas da Computação e suas tecnologias para identificar problemas e criar soluções computacionais, preferencialmente de forma cooperativa, bem como alicerçar descobertas em diversas áreas do conhecimento seguindo uma abordagem científica e inovadora, considerando os impactos sob diferentes contextos. 5. Avaliar as soluções e os processos envolvidos na resolução computacional de problemas de diversas áreas do conhecimento, sendo capaz de construir argumentações coerentes e consistentes, utilizando conhecimentos da Computação para argumentar em diferentes contextos com base em fatos e informações confiáveis com respeito à diversidade de opiniões, saberes, identidades e culturas. 6. Desenvolver projetos, baseados em problemas, desafios e oportunidades que façam sentido ao contexto ou interesse do estudante, de maneira individual e/ou cooperativa, fazendo uso da Computação e suas tecnologias, utilizando conceitos, técnicas e ferramentas computacionais que possibilitem automatizar processos em diversas áreas do conhecimento com base em princípios éticos, democráticos, sustentáveis e solidários, valorizando a diversidade de indivíduos e de grupos sociais, de maneira inclusiva. 7. Agir pessoal e coletivamente com respeito, autonomia, responsabilidade, flexibilidade, resiliência e determinação, identificando e reconhecendo seus direitos e deveres, recorrendo aos conhecimentos da Computação e suas tecnologias para tomar decisões frente às questões de diferentes naturezas.
Total quality management : rational prerequisites & expectations
Creators: name: Dubé, Tinina
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: In the early 1920‟s, research into the relationship between statistical theory and quality control had started (Business Performance Improvement Resource 2002). The research was attempting to develop a method to prevent product defects by detecting and correcting issues within the production line. The philosophical bases of this quality research stated that a variation in process would lead to a corresponding variation in product (Business Performance Improvement Resource 2002). By the 1940‟s, Japan and America were ahead of the rest of the world in quality research with developments by now famous Quality Gurus: W. Edwards Deming, Joseph Juran, Kaoru Ishikawa and A.V. Feigenbaum. Ultimately, Total Quality Management was created and is now commonly practiced by successful companies. TQM is now recognized as a professional discipline and important in every role of every organization: goods and service industries, consumers and academics (The American Society for Quality 1993A). “Total Quality” was initialized in 1969 when Feigenbaum, at a conference in Tokyo, began to address not only production, but issues within organizations (Business Performance Improvement Resource 2002). The concept of “Company-wide Quality Control” quickly spread to become organization-wide quality issue resolution (The American Society for Quality 1993A). Total Quality Management is defined as a practical method of solving problems. It is a management philosophy turned social movement; it includes technical interventions and initiatives which feature (Powell 1995, Zbaracki 1994): 1. Achieving Customer Requirements, Maximize Customer Satisfaction 2. Quality Work - Reduction and Elimination of Rework 3. Employee Empowerment, Team-Based Problem Solving 4. Continuous Improvement and Constant Measurement of Results 5. Improve Relationships Through Supply Chain Management
Defining and comparing SICR-events for classifying impaired loans under IFRS 9
Creators: name: Botha, Arno
name: Oberholzer, Esmerelda
name: Larney, Janette
name: de Jongh, Riaan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Risk Management (q-fin.RM)
subject: Statistical Finance (q-fin.ST)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The IFRS 9 accounting standard requires the prediction of credit deterioration in financial instruments, i.e., significant increases in credit risk (SICR). However, the definition of such a SICR-event is inherently ambiguous, given its current reliance on evaluating the change in the estimated probability of default (PD) against some arbitrary threshold. We examine the shortcomings of this PD-comparison approach and propose an alternative framework for generating SICR-definitions based on three parameters: delinquency, stickiness, and the outcome period. Having varied these framework parameters, we obtain 27 unique SICR-definitions and fit logistic regression models accordingly using rich South African mortgage and macroeconomic data. For each definition and corresponding model, the resulting SICR-rates are analysed at the portfolio-level on their stability over time and their responsiveness to economic downturns. At the account-level, we compare both the accuracy and dynamicity of the SICR-predictions, and discover several interesting trends and trade-offs. These results can help any bank with appropriately setting the three framework parameters in defining SICR-events for prediction purposes. We demonstrate this process by comparing the best-performing SICR-model to the PD-comparison approach, and show the latter's inferiority as an early-warning system. Our work can therefore guide the formulation, modelling, and testing of any SICR-definition, thereby promoting the timeous recognition of credit losses; the main imperative of IFRS 9.
description: 36 pages (including appendix), 9199 words, 13 figures
title: To be a believer one needs to be human first': Catholicism with others in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Creators: name: Barisic, Marko
Publisher: name: University of Kent
Year: 2024

description: This thesis explores the meanings of the concept of human/čovjek/person/ethical/moral person amongst adult (35+) Catholic women and men in contemporary Jajce, central Bosnia and Herzegovina (B&H). It demonstrates ethnographically how this particular concept serves people in this post-war and post-socialist country to comprehend themselves not simply as Catholics (or Croats) but also as humans/human beings (ljudi). That suggests that although the entire space of what was known as socialist Yugoslavia currently highlights the importance of collective ethno national and religious identities, a wider concept of a person or moral person that transcends these categories is not fully lost. Moreover, its employment has gone through various continuities but also changes. By exploring this concept, the thesis engages in conversations with two bodies of literature. The first is regionally focused and deals with the representation of Catholicism through ethno-nationalism. By showing how this concept is employed in the ev
Waist-to-hip ratio better reflect beta-cell function and predicts diabetes risk in adult with overweight or obesity
Creators: name: Liu, Na
name: Wang, Bian
name: Zhang, Guanxiong
name: Shen, Minxue
name: Cheng, Peng
name: Guo, Zhanjun
name: Zuo, Linhui
name: Yang, Junya
name: Guo, Min
name: Wang, Min
name: Liu, Zhenqi
name: Wu, Jing
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy

description: Controversy remains as to which obesity measures better predict type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk in overweight or obese individuals. The objective of this study is to determine which commonly used obesity measures better reflect beta cell function and predict T2D risk in participants with overweight or obesity and to validate the findings using prospective cohort data. Cross-sectional data from the Obesity Clinic of the Xiangya Hospital of the Central South University and prospective cohort from UK Biobank. BMI, waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHpR), and waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) were measured. Primary outcomes included beta cell function indices in the cross-sectional study and the occurrence of diabetes obtained from UK Biobank data. One thousand four hundred and ninety-seven participants with overweight or obesity (median age 29 years, 41% males) and 322,023 UK Biobank participants without diabetes at baseline (mean age 56.83 years, 50.4% males) were studied. WHpR had a stronger association with beta cell function and central body fat distribution than the other three obesity measures irrespective of glucometabolic states. WHpR associated positively with diabetes risk in participants using the hazard ratio scale (HR per SD increase of WHpR, 2.311, 95% CI 2.250–2.374). WHpR is a superior index in reflecting central body obesity, estimating beta cell function, and predicting T2D risk in people with overweight or obesity compared to BMI, WC, and WHtR.
Soft insoles for estimating 3D ground reaction forces using 3D printed foam-like sensors
Creators: name: Willemstein, Nick
name: Sridar, Saivimal
name: van der Kooij, Herman
name: Sadeghi, Ali
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Sensorized insoles provide a tool for gait studies and health monitoring during daily life. For users to accept such insoles they need to be comfortable and lightweight. Previous work has already demonstrated that estimation of ground reaction forces (GRFs) is possible with insoles. However, these are often assemblies of commercial components restricting design freedom and customization. Within this work, we investigate using four 3D-printed soft foam-like sensors to sensorize an insole. These sensors were combined with system identification of Hammerstein-Wiener models to estimate the 3D GRFs, which were compared to values from an instrumented treadmill as the golden standard. It was observed that the four sensors behaved in line with the expected change in pressure distribution during the gait cycle. In addition, the identified (personalized) Hammerstein-Wiener models showed the best estimation performance (on average RMS error 9.3%, R^2=0.85 and mean absolute error (MAE) 7%) of the vertical, mediolateral, and anteroposterior GRFs. Thereby showing that these sensors can estimate the resulting 3D force reasonably well. These results for nine participants were comparable to or outperformed other works that used commercial FSRs with machine learning. The identified models did decrease in estimation performance over time but stayed on average 11.35% RMS and 8.6% MAE after a week with the Hammerstein-Wiener model seeming consistent between days two and seven. These results show promise for using 3D-printed soft piezoresistive foam-like sensors with system identification to be a viable approach for applications that require softness, lightweight, and customization such as wearable (force) sensors.
description: Improved story, addition of more participants, results expanded but conclusions unchanged
BNCC Computação por etapa, 4o. Ano
Creators: name: Primo, Tiago
name: Bernardi, Kelen
name: Maraschin Jr, Dirceu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: 1. Compreender a Computação como uma área de conhecimento que contribui para explicar o mundo atual e ser um agente ativo e consciente de transformação capaz de analisar criticamente seus impactos sociais, ambientais, culturais, econômicos, científicos, tecnológicos, legais e éticos. 2. Reconhecer o impacto dos artefatos computacionais e os respectivos desafios para os indivíduos na sociedade, discutindo questões socioambientais, culturais, científicas, políticas e econômicas. 3. Expressar e partilhar informações, ideias, sentimentos e soluções computacionais utilizando diferentes linguagens e tecnologias da Computação de forma criativa, crítica, significativa, reflexiva e ética. 4. Aplicar os princípios e técnicas da Computação e suas tecnologias para identificar problemas e criar soluções computacionais, preferencialmente de forma cooperativa, bem como alicerçar descobertas em diversas áreas do conhecimento seguindo uma abordagem científica e inovadora, considerando os impactos sob diferentes contextos. 5. Avaliar as soluções e os processos envolvidos na resolução computacional de problemas de diversas áreas do conhecimento, sendo capaz de construir argumentações coerentes e consistentes, utilizando conhecimentos da Computação para argumentar em diferentes contextos com base em fatos e informações confiáveis com respeito à diversidade de opiniões, saberes, identidades e culturas. 6. Desenvolver projetos, baseados em problemas, desafios e oportunidades que façam sentido ao contexto ou interesse do estudante, de maneira individual e/ou cooperativa, fazendo uso da Computação e suas tecnologias, utilizando conceitos, técnicas e ferramentas computacionais que possibilitem automatizar processos em diversas áreas do conhecimento com base em princípios éticos, democráticos, sustentáveis e solidários, valorizando a diversidade de indivíduos e de grupos sociais, de maneira inclusiva. 7. Agir pessoal e coletivamente com respeito, autonomia, responsabilidade, flexibilidade, resiliência e determinação, identificando e reconhecendo seus direitos e deveres, recorrendo aos conhecimentos da Computação e suas tecnologias para tomar decisões frente às questões de diferentes naturezas.
Supplementary document for Multiband tunable exciton-induced transparencies: Exploiting both strong and intermediate coupling in a nanocube-hexagonal-nanoplate heterodimer J-aggregates hybrid - 6117399.pdf
Creators: name: Hu, Zhiwei
name: Cui, Ximin
name: Li, Yang
name: Han, Xiaobo
name: hu, huatian
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supporting data
Patterns of invasive species and associated management options for Stanley Park
Creators: name: Bergeson, Tara L.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Stanley Park is located within the Coastal Western Hemlock zone, and is mostly in the subzone dry maritime (CWHdm), with a small fraction occurring in the very dry maritime subzone (CWHxm). The most frequent and troublesome invasive species were: English Ivy (Hedera helix L.), Himalayan Blackberry (Rubus discolor Weihe & Nees), European Holly (Ilex aquifolium L.), and Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica). Each poses a serious threat to maintaining native species diversity and should be properly eliminated to prevent further contamination. The purpose of this research was to examine key variables related to invasive species prevalence across Stanley Park and develop recommendations for invasive species management. The variables chosen for analysis were based on literature review and analysis of collected plot data collected during the summer of 2008, along with input from the Vancouver Parks Board (VPB) and Stanley Park Ecological Society (SPES), where applicable. The initial theory was that proximity to trails, low basal area, the number of rootwad pits (indicative of newly disturbed area) and a low volume of woody debris would contribute to the abundance of invasive species. I found that a slight relationship existed between only one of the variables and invasive cover; that as the volume of woody debris increased, the amount of invasive cover decreased. Based on this and the other findings which demonstrated no relationship, the recommendation for park staff was to use an integrated pest management system which utilizes several approaches for invasive control.
On the long-time behaviour of reversible interacting particle systems in one and two dimensions
Creators: name: Jahnel, Benedikt
name: Köppl, Jonas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Primary 82C22, Secondary 60K35

description: By refining Holley's free energy technique, we show that, under quite general assumptions on the dynamics, the attractor of a (possibly non-translation-invariant) interacting particle system in one or two spatial dimensions is contained in the set of Gibbs measures if the dynamics admits a reversible Gibbs measure. In particular, this implies that there can be no reversible interacting particle system that exhibits time-periodic behaviour and that every reversible interacting particle system is ergodic if and only if the reversible Gibbs measure is unique. In the special case of non-attractive stochastic Ising models this answers a question due to Liggett.
BNCC Computação por etapa, 5o. Ano
Creators: name: Primo, Tiago
name: Bernardi, Kelen
name: Maraschin Jr, Dirceu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: 1. Compreender a Computação como uma área de conhecimento que contribui para explicar o mundo atual e ser um agente ativo e consciente de transformação capaz de analisar criticamente seus impactos sociais, ambientais, culturais, econômicos, científicos, tecnológicos, legais e éticos. 2. Reconhecer o impacto dos artefatos computacionais e os respectivos desafios para os indivíduos na sociedade, discutindo questões socioambientais, culturais, científicas, políticas e econômicas. 3. Expressar e partilhar informações, ideias, sentimentos e soluções computacionais utilizando diferentes linguagens e tecnologias da Computação de forma criativa, crítica, significativa, reflexiva e ética. 4. Aplicar os princípios e técnicas da Computação e suas tecnologias para identificar problemas e criar soluções computacionais, preferencialmente de forma cooperativa, bem como alicerçar descobertas em diversas áreas do conhecimento seguindo uma abordagem científica e inovadora, considerando os impactos sob diferentes contextos. 5. Avaliar as soluções e os processos envolvidos na resolução computacional de problemas de diversas áreas do conhecimento, sendo capaz de construir argumentações coerentes e consistentes, utilizando conhecimentos da Computação para argumentar em diferentes contextos com base em fatos e informações confiáveis com respeito à diversidade de opiniões, saberes, identidades e culturas. 6. Desenvolver projetos, baseados em problemas, desafios e oportunidades que façam sentido ao contexto ou interesse do estudante, de maneira individual e/ou cooperativa, fazendo uso da Computação e suas tecnologias, utilizando conceitos, técnicas e ferramentas computacionais que possibilitem automatizar processos em diversas áreas do conhecimento com base em princípios éticos, democráticos, sustentáveis e solidários, valorizando a diversidade de indivíduos e de grupos sociais, de maneira inclusiva. 7. Agir pessoal e coletivamente com respeito, autonomia, responsabilidade, flexibilidade, resiliência e determinação, identificando e reconhecendo seus direitos e deveres, recorrendo aos conhecimentos da Computação e suas tecnologias para tomar decisões frente às questões de diferentes naturezas.