cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Challenges and Potentials of Digitalisation for Small and Mid-sized Towns: Proposition of a Transdisciplinary Research Agenda
Creators: name: Becker, Jörg
name: Distel, Bettina
name: Grundmann, Matthias
name: Hupperich, Thomas
name: Kersting, Norbert
name: Löschel, Andreas
name: Parreira do Amaral, Marcelo
name: Scholta, Hendrik
Publisher: name: University of Muenster, Institutional Repository MIAMI
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 004 Computer science
subject: 330 Economics

description: 1 Introduction: New Concepts for Smart Towns ..... 3
2 Smart Cities, Towns, and Villages – Commonalities and Differences ..... 4
2.1 Cities and Smart Cities ..... 4
2.2 Towns and Smart Towns ..... 5
2.3 Villages and Smart Villages ..... 5
3 Research Agenda for Smart Towns ..... 7
3.1 Liveability as a Guiding Framework ..... 7
3.2 Economy, Labour and Energy ..... 7
3.3 Government and Administration ..... 9
3.4 Education and Culture ..... 11
3.5 Society and Social Services ..... 13
4 Concluding Remarks ..... 16
5 Publication Bibliography ..... 17
Roadmap Penelitian Pusat Studi Publikasi Ilmiah RJI Periode Januari - September 2021
Creators: name: PSPI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: Sebagai marwah Pusat Studi, PSPI akan melakukan sebuah peta jalan (roadmap) penelitian pada periode Januari - September 2022 (semester I) yang berfokus pada kajian terkait "Inovasi dan Etika Publikasi Ilmiah". PSPI berharap dengan adanya luaran (output) penelitian ini nantinya, dapat menjadi sebuah acuan kebijakan rekomendasi bagi pemerintah (government) terkait dengan iklim publikasi ilmiah di Indonesia dan para pengelola jurnal di Indonesia. Payung riset yang telah ditetapkan pada periode ini bertujuan untuk mengukur sejauh mana tren riset dan publikasi ilmiah yang sudah berkembang di Indonesia, serta sikap dan kesiapan pengelola jurnal ilmiah tentang sejumlah praktik inovasi dan etika dalam publikasi ilmiah.
Towards Chirality Control of Graphene Nanoribbons Embedded in Hexagonal Boron Nitride
Creators: name: Wang, Hui Shan
name: Chen, Lingxiu
name: Elibol, Kenan
name: He, Li
name: Wang, Haomin
name: Chen, Chen
name: Jiang, Chengxin
name: Li, Chen
name: Wu, Tianru
name: Cong, Chun Xiao
name: Pennycook, Timothy J.
name: Argentero, Giacomo
name: Zhang, Daoli
name: Watanabe, Kenji
name: Taniguchi, Takashi
name: Wei, Wenya
name: Yuan, Qinghong
name: Meyer, Jannik C.
name: Xie, Xiaoming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The integrated inplane growth of two dimensional materials with similar lattices, but distinct electrical properties, could provide a promising route to achieve integrated circuitry of atomic thickness. However, fabrication of edge specific GNR in the lattice of hBN still remains an enormous challenge for present approaches. Here we developed a two step growth method and successfully achieved sub 5 nm wide zigzag and armchair GNRs embedded in hBN, respectively. Further transport measurements reveal that the sub 7 nm wide zigzag GNRs exhibit openings of the band gap inversely proportional to their width, while narrow armchair GNRs exhibit some fluctuation in the bandgap width relationship.This integrated lateral growth of edge specific GNRs in hBN brings semiconducting building blocks to atomically thin layer, and will provide a promising route to achieve intricate nanoscale electrical circuits on high quality insulating hBN substrates.
description: 84 pages,46 figures
title: Text/Conference Paper
Creators: name: Yun, Haeseon
name: Riazy, Shirin
name: Fortenbacher, Albrecht
name: Simbeck, Katharina
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Learning Analytics
subject: Sensor based learning
subject: ELSI
subject: GDPR
subject: Sensor Data

description: Sensor-based learning refers to utilizing physiological sensor data from learners and information from a learning environment to promote learning. Sensor data enclose learner’s personal information so ethical practice of adopting sensor data in learning analytics needs to be explored thoroughly. In this positional paper, we examine current ethical practices in learning analytics to derive a code of practice for sensor-based learning. Furthermore, we critically validate a wearable sensor device developed as a learning support against the derived code of practice.
title: Text/Conference Paper
Creators: name: Sauer, Marc
name: Froitzheim, Manuel
name: Hoffmann, Andreas
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: eAssessment
subject: Prozessmanagement
subject: Organisationsmanagement
subject: Qualitätssicherung

description: Die Durchführung von reliablen, validen und rechtssicheren Prüfungen in elektronischer Form wurde praktisch getestet und inzwischen verstetigt an der Universität Siegen. Die Erfahrungen und die Struktur des Prüfungsprozess-Managements werden in diesem Praxisbeitrag dargestellt.
The magneto-rotational instability near threshold: spatio-temporal amplitude equation and saturation
Creators: name: Regev, O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show, by means of a perturbative weakly nonlinear analysis, that the axisymmetric magneto-rotational instability (MRI) in a magnetic Taylor-Couette (mTC) flow in a thin-gap gives rise, for very small magnetic Prandtl numbers (P_m), to a real Ginzburg-Landau equation for the disturbance amplitude. The saturation amplitude A_s is found to scale in this regime as P^δ, with 1/2
description: To appear in conference proceedings 'European Astronomical Society Publications series', EDP Sciences
title: Text/Conference Paper
Creators: name: Naoufal, Ala
name: Konert, Johannes
name: Naoufal, Hicham
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: differenziertes Lernen
subject: eLearning
subject: Inklusion
subject: kooperatives Lernen

description: Im Rahmen einer Abschlussarbeit an der Beuth Hochschule für Technik wurde die Social Media Plattform EDUSPACE entwickelt, um im inklusiven Unterricht an deutschen Schulen eingesetzt zu werden. Der Schwerpunkt dieser Plattform ist das Bereitstellen und Beziehen von Lehr- und Lernmaterialien für den binnendifferenzierten Unterricht und die gezielte Förderung von leistungsschwächeren Schülerinnen und Schülern der Sekundarstufe I und II.
The Hamiltonian Structure of the Second Painleve Hierarchy
Creators: name: Mazzocco, Marta
name: Mo, Man Yue
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we study the Hamiltonian structure of the second Painleve hierarchy, an infinite sequence of nonlinear ordinary differential equations containing PII as its simplest equation. The n-th element of the hierarchy is a non linear ODE of order 2n in the independent variable $z$ depending on n parameters denoted by ${t}_1,...,{t}_{n-1}$ and $α_n$. We introduce new canonical coordinates and obtain Hamiltonians for the $z$ and $t_1,...,t_{n-1}$ evolutions. We give explicit formulae for these Hamiltonians showing that they are polynomials in our canonical coordinates.
Understanding economic inequality for women in Canada's retirement income system: reform, restructuring and beyond
Creators: name: Barnsley, Paula Elizabeth
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Gendered poverty among the elderly is a statistical fact. Previous studies have identified inequitable treatment of women and insufficient income for unattached elderly women among the most serious shortcomings of the retirement income system. Despite pension reform over the past decade, the gender gap has widened for elderly Canadians whose incomes fall below the poverty line. This thesis seeks to understand the relationship between the laws that govern Canada's retirement income system and the over-representation of elderly women among Canada's poor, and to explore why the retirement income system continues to deliver benefits in a manner that, though expressed in gender neutral language, is systemically unfair to women. The benefits of Canada's retirement income system may be accessed through workforce participation and, in a more limited way, through a spousal relationship. Familial ideology is used as the theoretical framework to examine the role of the laws that govern access to benefits in reinforcing and perpetuating assumptions about women that undermine their economic autonomy. This examination reveals that gendered economic inequality is embedded within Canada's retirement income system because it accepts the social and economic construction implicit in familial ideology of women as economically subordinate to, and dependent upon, men. The relationship between gender inequality and the two modes of delivery of retirement income benefits, during retirement as pension benefits and prior to retirement as tax subsidies that enhance taxpayers' opportunities to accumulate retirement savings, is also explored. A tax expenditure analysis exposes the bias against the economically disadvantaged (mostly women) inherent in delivering benefits as tax subsidies. Additionally, familial, public/private and restructuring ideologies are used as methodological tools to interrogate the reform process which, although ignoring gender issues, paradoxically deepened and compounded the systemic inequalities for women that existed prior to reform. The thesis concludes by offering suggestions for developing a progressive agenda for advancing gender equality within the retirement income system. The limitations of legal action as a strategy for implementing this type of agenda are discussed, and political action is designated as the most promising strategy for achieving progressive reform.
title: Text/Conference Paper
Creators: name: Darabi, Sima
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: E-Assessment
subject: flexible Anzahl der Fragen
subject: Flexible Zeit
subject: Sequentielles Testen

description: In diesem Beitrag wird ein E-Assessment basierend auf sequentiellem Testen, ein mögliches, realisierbares und objektives Verfahren zu einer sechsstufigen Zensierung in der Schule, vorgestellt.
Detecting and estimating coherence based on coherence witnesses
Creators: name: Ma, Zhao
name: Zhang, Zhou
name: Dai, Yue
name: Dong, Yuli
name: Zhang, Chengjie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum coherence has wide-ranging applications from quantum thermodynamics to quantum metrology, quantum channel discrimination and even quantum biology. Thus, detecting and quantifying coherence are two fundamental problems in quantum resource theory. Here, we introduce feasible methods to detect and estimate the coherence by constructing coherence witnesses for any finite-dimensional states. Our coherence witnesses detect coherent states by testing whether the expectation value of the witness is negative or not. Two typical coherence witnesses are proposed and discussed based on our witness-constructing method, which are also used to estimate the robustness of coherence, $l_1$-norm and $l_2$-norm of coherence measures. Furthermore, we compare one of our coherence witness with a previously introduced witness, by proving that our witness is strictly stronger than that previous witness. We also present an application of coherence in a quantum metrology task, in which we estimate an unknown parameter by measuring our coherence witness.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures
THE IMPACT OF WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT ON ACADEMIC STAFF PERFORMANCE IN SOUTH EAST NIGERIAN STATE UNIVERSITIES
Creators: name: Chima, O. Ugochukwu
name: Nkechi, A. Nwafor
Publisher: name: NOLAND JOURNALS
Year: 2024
Subjects: Workplace Environment, Academic Staff Performance, Organizational Culture, Infrastructure, Job Satisfaction

description: This study examines the relationship between the workplace environment and the performance of academic staff at state universities in South East Nigeria. Using a survey method, data were collected from 267 academic staff members through structured questionnaires and face-to-face interviews. The findings indicate significant dissatisfaction with the physical infrastructure, as 26.9% and 13.1% of respondents view it as inadequate or very inadequate, impacting their productivity and performance. Furthermore, the study reveals mixed satisfaction with leadership styles, with 40.1% of respondents expressing dissatisfaction. Solutions to improve the workplace environment are primarily focused on upgrading facilities and enhancing management support, with 35.5% of respondents prioritizing infrastructural improvements. This research highlights the critical need for infrastructure upgrades and better leadership practices to address the challenges faced by academic staff and enhance their job satisfaction and performance
Die Ökumenische Bewegung im Spannungsfeld zwischen Ost und West?
Creators: name: Kloeden, Gesine Von
Publisher: name: Ökumenische Rundschau
Year: 2025

description: Ökumenische Rundschau, Bd. 48 Nr. 1 (1999): Ökumenische Rundschau, Band 48, Heft 1
title:  Nostalgia. Suggestioni derridiane
Creators: name: Spatola  ,  Beatrice
Publisher: name: Roma TrE-Press
Year: 2021

description: B@belonline vol. 8 Paul Ricœur: Narrative Identity Between Hermeneutics and Psychoanalysis/Paul Ricœur: L’identità narrativa tra ermeneutica e psicoanalisi
Nonequilibrium sum rules for the retarded self-energy of strongly correlated electrons
Creators: name: Turkowski, V.
name: Freericks, J. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive the first two moment sum rules of the conduction electron retarded self-energy for both the Falicov-Kimball model and the Hubbard model coupled to an external spatially uniform and time-dependent electric field (this derivation also extends the known nonequilibrium moment sum rules for the Green's functions to the third moment). These sum rules are used to further test the accuracy of nonequilibrium solutions to the many-body problem; for example, we illustrate how well the self-energy sum rules are satisfied for the Falicov-Kimball model in infinite dimensions and placed in a uniform electric field turned on at time t=0. In general, the self-energy sum rules are satisfied to a significantly higher accuracy than the Green's functions sum rules.
Realizing a quantum generative adversarial network using a programmable superconducting processor
Creators: name: Huang, Kaixuan
name: Wang, Zheng-An
name: Song, Chao
name: Xu, Kai
name: Li, Hekang
name: Wang, Zhen
name: Guo, Qiujiang
name: Song, Zixuan
name: Liu, Zhi-Bo
name: Zheng, Dongning
name: Deng, Dong-Ling
name: Wang, H.
name: Tian, Jian-Guo
name: Fan, Heng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Generative adversarial networks are an emerging technique with wide applications in machine learning, which have achieved dramatic success in a number of challenging tasks including image and video generation. When equipped with quantum processors, their quantum counterparts--called quantum generative adversarial networks (QGANs)--may even exhibit exponential advantages in certain machine learning applications. Here, we report an experimental implementation of a QGAN using a programmable superconducting processor, in which both the generator and the discriminator are parameterized via layers of single- and multi-qubit quantum gates. The programmed QGAN runs automatically several rounds of adversarial learning with quantum gradients to achieve a Nash equilibrium point, where the generator can replicate data samples that mimic the ones from the training set. Our implementation is promising to scale up to noisy intermediate-scale quantum devices, thus paving the way for experimental explorations of quantum advantages in practical applications with near-term quantum technologies.
Semidefinite programming, multivariate orthogonal polynomials, and codes in spherical caps
Creators: name: Bachoc, Christine
name: Vallentin, Frank
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 52C17, 90C22

description: We apply the semidefinite programming approach developed in arxiv:math.MG/0608426 to obtain new upper bounds for codes in spherical caps. We compute new upper bounds for the one-sided kissing number in several dimensions where we in particular get a new tight bound in dimension 8. Furthermore we show how to use the SDP framework to get analytic bounds.
description: 15 pages, (v2) referee comments and suggestions incorporated
MICROX: Realizzazione di un Microscopio a Raggi X a Scansione
Creators: name: A. Balerna
name: E. Bernieri
name: R. Rinzivillo
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1993

description: In questo lavoro vengono illustrati i risultati ottenuti dall'esperimento MICROX. L'esperimento si proponeva la realizzazione di un microscopio a raggi X a scansione utilizzante la radiazione di sincrotrone prodotta nel wiggler dell'acceleratore di elettroni, Adone, dei LNF ed e' stato portato a compimento fino alla produzione del micro-spot di raggi X, necessario alla scansione del campione. Nel corso del lavoro vengono discusse le motivazioni che hanno condotto alla realizzazione di questo strumento, descritte le parti principali che lo costituiscono e riportati i risultati sperimentali relativi alle dimensioni ed al flusso del micro-spot di raggi X.
Rivelazione Acustica di Particelle - RAP Proposal
Creators: name: S. Bertolucci
name: M. Cirillo
name: E. Coccia
name: A. De Waard
name: D. Di Giocacchino
name: V. Fafone
name: G. Fossati
name: A.J. Lobo
name: A. Marini
name: G. Mazzitelli
name: V. Merlo
name: I. Modena
name: G. Modestino
name: L. Pellegrino
name: G. Pizzella
name: L. Quintieri. G. Raffone
name: F. Ronga
name: R. Russo
name: P. Tripodi
name: P. Valente
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2001

description: In order to investigate the anomalous results obtained in the analysis of the gravitational wave resoanant detector NAUTILUS data in coincidence with cosmic ray showers, we propose to measure the effect of the passage of charged particles in a low temperature mechanical oscillator in a controlled environment, using the DAϕNE electron Beam Test Facility at LNF.
Kenya MoH_Case investigation form for 2019 Novel Coronavirus.docx
Creators: name: Muthamia, Eva
name: Mungai, Samuel
name: Gitaka, Jesse
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Diseases
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Kenya Ministry of Health Case Report Form for Covid_19. Used to collect data on participant characteristics, clinical information, symptoms, test results and laboratory information for the assessment of performance of rapid point of care SARS-CoV 2 antigen test study 
Globular Clusters and X-ray Point Sources in Centaurus A (NGC 5128)
Creators: name: Woodley, Kristin A.
name: Raychaudhury, Somak
name: Kraft, Ralph P.
name: Harris, William E.
name: Jordan, Andres
name: Whitaker, Katherine E.
name: Jones, Christine
name: Forman, William R.
name: Murray, Stephen S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We detect 353 X-ray point sources, mostly low-mass X-ray binaries (LMXBs), in four Chandra observations of Centaurus A (NGC 5128), the nearest giant early-type galaxy, and correlate this point source population with the largest available ensemble of confirmed and likely globular clusters associated with this galaxy. Of the X-ray sources, 31 are coincident with 30 globular clusters that are confirmed members of the galaxy by radial velocity measurement (2 X-ray sources match one globular cluster within our search radius), while 1 X-ray source coincides with a globular cluster resolved by HST images. Another 36 X-ray point sources match probable, but spectroscopically unconfirmed, globular cluster candidates. The color distribution of globular clusters and cluster candidates in Cen A is bimodal, and the probability that a red, metal rich GC candidate contains an LMXB is at least 1.7 times that of a blue, metal poor one. If we consider only spectroscopically confirmed GCs, this ratio increases to ~3. We find that LMXBs appear preferentially in more luminous (massive) GCs. These two effects are independent, and the latter is likely a consequence of enhanced dynamical encounter rates in more massive clusters which have on average denser cores. The X-ray luminosity functions of the LMXBs found in GCs and of those that are unmatched with GCs reveal similar underlying populations, though there is some indication that fewer X-ray faint LMXBs are found in globular clusters than X-ray bright ones. Our results agree with previous observations of the connection of GCs and LMXBs in early-type galaxies and extend previous work on Centaurus A.
description: 34 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables, Accepted for Publication in The Astrophysical Journal
Die Rolle der Kirchen beim Aufbau einer internationalen Zivilgesellschaft in Europa
Creators: name: Siegele-Wenschkewitz, Leonore
Publisher: name: Ökumenische Rundschau
Year: 2025

description: Ökumenische Rundschau, Bd. 48 Nr. 1 (1999): Ökumenische Rundschau, Band 48, Heft 1
Learning event-driven switched linear systems
Creators: name: Kundu, Atreyee
name: Prabhakar, Pavithra
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We propose an automata theoretic learning algorithm for the identification of black-box switched linear systems whose switching logics are event-driven. A switched system is expressed by a deterministic finite automaton (FA) whose node labels are the subsystem matrices. With information about the dimensions of the matrices and the set of events, and with access to two oracles, that can simulate the system on a given input, and provide counter-examples when given an incorrect hypothesis automaton, we provide an algorithm that outputs the unknown FA. Our algorithm first uses the oracle to obtain the node labels of the system run on a given input sequence of events, and then extends Angluin's \(L^*\)-algorithm to determine the FA that accepts the language of the given FA. We demonstrate the performance of our learning algorithm on a set of benchmark examples.
Multi-modal Identification of State-Sponsored Propaganda on Social Media
Creators: name: Guo, Xiaobo
name: Vosoughi, Soroush
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The prevalence of state-sponsored propaganda on the Internet has become a cause for concern in the recent years. While much effort has been made to identify state-sponsored Internet propaganda, the problem remains far from being solved because the ambiguous definition of propaganda leads to unreliable data labelling, and the huge amount of potential predictive features causes the models to be inexplicable. This paper is the first attempt to build a balanced dataset for this task. The dataset is comprised of propaganda by three different organizations across two time periods. A multi-model framework for detecting propaganda messages solely based on the visual and textual content is proposed which achieves a promising performance on detecting propaganda by the three organizations both for the same time period (training and testing on data from the same time period) (F1=0.869) and for different time periods (training on past, testing on future) (F1=0.697). To reduce the influence of false positive predictions, we change the threshold to test the relationship between the false positive and true positive rates and provide explanations for the predictions made by our models with visualization tools to enhance the interpretability of our framework. Our new dataset and general framework provide a strong benchmark for the task of identifying state-sponsored Internet propaganda and point out a potential path for future work on this task.
description: Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2020)
Filipina live-in caregivers in Canada: migrants' rights and labor issues (a policy analysis)
Creators: name: Cuenca, Joseph Gerard B.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Asian women make up the fastest growing category of the world's population of migrant workers. The thesis examines labor and immigration policies of Canada as a host country for Filipino women migrant workers. It also determines how Canada's working environment for Filipino women migrant workers is mapped out. The thesis is anchored on three major concerns. The first is an analysis of the Philippines as a leading labor exporting country. The thesis expounds on the state mechanisms promoting labor exportation and the corresponding problems that ensue. It is argued that a majority of the problems of labor migration from the Philippines can be attributed to the inadequate policies and laws of the government in the 1970s when labor export first flourished. The second area of concern is a situation analysis of the Filipina migrant workers who come to Canada to work as live-in caregivers. This discussion is focused on Canada's general framework of immigration laws, foreign worker policies and the pertinent provincial labor laws of British Columbia. It analyzes how these pieces of legislation have been shaped by Canada's national policies. The thesis argues that Canada's regulations restricting the rights of foreign domestic workers and the marginalization of their social mobility and status reflect the unequal relationship between the host and the sending countries. The third and most important concern is a policy analysis of the Live-In Caregiver Program vis-a-vis migrants' rights and labor issues. The thesis argues that Canada, through the continuation of the Live-In Caregiver Program, provides Filipino domestic workers inequitable working conditions. It is argued that since Canada is an international forerunner in championing human rights, it becomes anachronistic that a cluster of the country's immigration policies continue to advocate indentured form of labor. Canada is in a unique position, both as a traditional immigrants' country and as an international player, to blaze the trail for international recognition of migrant workers' rights. Canada must eliminate the double standards in the Live-In Caregiver Program vis-a-vis the general immigration policies. Therefore, it is argued that in order to maintain the high marks it has been receiving at the international level, Canada must eliminate two requirements of the Live-In Caregiver Program: First, the two-year live-in requirement and second, the temporary migrant status of live-in caregivers upon initial entry to Canada. Live-in work must be optional and not subject to the granting of permanent residence status. To preserve it international reputation, Canada must also make reforms on the international level by ratifying and implementing international conventions.
Non-linear dynamics of absorption and photo-bleaching of dyes
Creators: name: Serra, Francesca
name: Terentjev, Eugene M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The celebrated Lambert-Beer law of light absorption in photochromic media is only valid at low intensities of incident light and low concentration of chromophore. Here we address the generic problem of photo-absorption dynamics, experimentally studying the case of azobenzene isomerization. We show that the non-linear regime is very common and easy to achieve in many practical situations, especially in thick samples where the light depletes the chromophore in the first layers and can propagate through the medium with a sub-exponential law. Importantly, the crossover into the non-linear absorption regime only weakly depends on the dye concentration and solution viscosity. We experimentally quantify the characteristics of this peculiar optical response and determine the key transition rate constants.
Max-Min Power Control in Downlink Massive MIMO with Distributed Antenna Arrays
Creators: name: Akbar, Noman
name: Bjornson, Emil
name: Yang, Nan
name: Larsson, Erik G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we investigate optimal downlink power allocation in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks with distributed antenna arrays (DAAs) under correlated and uncorrelated channel fading. In DAA massive MIMO, the base station (BS) consists of multiple antenna sub-arrays. Notably, the antenna sub-arrays are deployed in arbitrary locations within a DAA massive MIMO cell. Consequently, the distance-dependent large-scale propagation coefficients are different from a user to these different antenna sub-arrays, which makes power control a challenging problem. We assume that the network operates in time-division duplex mode, where each BS obtains the channel estimates via uplink pilots. Based on the channel estimates, the BSs perform maximum-ratio transmission in the downlink. We then derive a closed-form signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) expression, where the channels are subject to correlated fading. Based on the SINR expression, we propose a networkwide max-min power control algorithm to ensure that each user in the network receives a uniform quality of service. Numerical results demonstrate the performance advantages offered by DAA massive MIMO. For some specific scenarios, DAA massive MIMO can improve the average per-user throughput up to 55%. Furthermore, we demonstrate that channel fading covariance is an important factor in determining the performance of DAA massive MIMO.
description: Accepted to appear in IEEE Transactions on Communications
Open Science (FDM), Stiftung Universität Hildesheim
Creators: name: Strauch-Davey, Annette
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Open Science
Open Data
Open Science UB Hildesheim
Open Science Universitätsbibliothek Hildesheim
Stiftung Universität Hildesheim

description: Offene Wissenschaft ist in Zeiten des globalen, digitalen Wandels eine wichtige Gewährleistung der verfassungsmäßig garantierten Freiheit der Wissenschaft. Open Science an einer Hochschule funktioniertdann, wenn Strategien und Verfahren gebündelt werden, sodass alle Bestandteile des wissenschaftlichen Prozesses offen zugänglich, nachvollziehbar und nachnutzbar gemacht werden.

 Im Rahmen der FDM-Stelle der Stiftungsuniversität Hildesheim (UB Hildesheim) wird auch zu Open Science geschult: https://www.b-i-t-online.de/heft/2021-02-forschungsdaten.pdf The future is Open Science, Podcast 14 (ZBW): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxIs_dr1pSE
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ETIOPATHOGENESIS OF HERPETIC STOMATITIS IN CHILDREN WITH CONGENITAL CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION.
Creators: name: Mirzayeva, M.R.
name: Karimova, Nigina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This article indicates that one of the relevant scientific directions is the introduction of the practice of improving the treatment of diseases of the oral mucosa and herpetic stomatitis in children with congenital cytomegalovirus infection.
Stochastic Pre-Event Preparation for Enhancing Resilience of Distribution Systems with High DER Penetration
Creators: name: Zhang, Qianzhi
name: Wang, Zhaoyu
name: Ma, Shanshan
name: Arif, Anmar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: This paper proposes a stochastic optimal preparation and resource allocation method for upcoming extreme weather events in distribution systems, which can assist utilities to achieve faster and more efficient post-event restoration. With the objective of maximizing served load and minimizing operation cost, this paper develops a two-stage stochastic mixed-integer linear programming (SMILP) model. The first-stage determines the optimal positions and numbers of mobile resources, fuel resources, and labor resources. The second-stage considers network operational constraints and repair crew scheduling constraints. The proposed stochastic pre-event preparation model is solved by a scenario decomposition method, Progressive Hedging (PH), to ease the computational complexity introduced by a large number of scenarios. Furthermore, to show the impact of solar photovoltaic (PV) generation on system resilience, we consider three types of PV systems during power outage and compare the resilience improvements with different PV penetration levels. Numerical results from simulations on a large-scale (more than 10,000 nodes) distribution feeder have been used to validate the scalability and effectiveness of the proposed method.
title:  La narrazione necessaria. Il metodo biografico come percorso catartico
Creators: name: Gasparetti  ,  Simona
Publisher: name: Roma TrE-Press
Year: 2021

description: B@belonline vol. 8 Paul Ricœur: Narrative Identity Between Hermeneutics and Psychoanalysis/Paul Ricœur: L’identità narrativa tra ermeneutica e psicoanalisi
Vibrational Bloch-Siegert effect in trapped ions
Creators: name: Lizuain, I.
name: Muga, J. G.
name: Eschner, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: When trapped atoms are illuminated by weak lasers, off-resonant transitions cause shifts in the frequencies of the vibrational-sideband resonances. These frequency shifts may be understood in terms of Stark-shifts of the individual levels or, as proposed here, as a vibrational Bloch-Siegert shift, an effect closely related to the usual (radio-frequency or optical) Bloch-Siegert shift and associated with rapidly oscillating terms when the Rotating Wave Approximation is not made. Explicit analytic expressions are derived and compared to numerical results, and the similarities and differences between the usual and the vibrational Bloch-Siegert shifts are also spelled out.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures
Considering users' behaviours in improving the responses of an information base
Creators: name: Afolabi, Babajide
name: Thiery, Odile
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, our aim is to propose a model that helps in the efficient use of an information system by users, within the organization represented by the IS, in order to resolve their decisional problems. In other words we want to aid the user within an organization in obtaining the information that corresponds to his needs (informational needs that result from his decisional problems). This type of information system is what we refer to as economic intelligence system because of its support for economic intelligence processes of the organisation. Our assumption is that every EI process begins with the identification of the decisional problem which is translated into an informational need. This need is then translated into one or many information search problems (ISP). We also assumed that an ISP is expressed in terms of the user's expectations and that these expectations determine the activities or the behaviors of the user, when he/she uses an IS. The model we are proposing is used for the conception of the IS so that the process of retrieving of solution(s) or the responses given by the system to an ISP is based on these behaviours and correspond to the needs of the user.
Information Causality without concatenation
Creators: name: Miklin, Nikolai
name: Pawłowski, Marcin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Information Causality is a physical principle which states that the amount of randomly accessible data over a classical communication channel cannot exceed its capacity, even if the sender and the receiver have access to a source of nonlocal correlations. This principle can be used to bound the nonlocality of quantum mechanics without resorting to its full formalism, with a notable example of reproducing the Tsirelson's bound of the Clauser-Horne-Shimony-Holt inequality. Despite being promising, the latter result found little generalization to other Bell inequalities because of the limitations imposed by the process of concatenation, in which several nonsignaling resources are put together to produce tighter bounds. In this work, we show that concatenation can be successfully replaced by limits on the communication channel capacity. It allows us to re-derive and, in some cases, significantly improve all the previously known results in a simpler manner and apply the Information Causality principle to previously unapproachable Bell scenarios.
description: 5 pages, 1 figure, comments are welcome
Reducing multiphoton ionization in a linearly polarized microwave field by local control
Creators: name: Huang, S.
name: Chandre, C.
name: Uzer, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a control procedure to reduce the stochastic ionization of hydrogen atom in a strong microwave field by adding to the original Hamiltonian a comparatively small control term which might consist of an additional set of microwave fields. This modification restores select invariant tori in the dynamics and prevents ionization. We demonstrate the procedure on the one-dimensional model of microwave ionization.
description: 8 pages
A comparison of the role of the judge in alternative dispute resolution in France and British Columbia
Creators: name: Blehaut, Camille
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This thesis analyses legal institutions which appear to be developing in a similar way and reveals the significance of historical, legal and cultural backgrounds. ADR processes are perceived and developed as international and necessarily standardized, or simply as culturally neutral institutions. However, this analysis shows that alternative conflict resolution methods remain culturally embedded. This analysis is based on the role of the judge in ADR in France and B.C. The comparative method seemed appropriate to conduct the analysis as it facilitates a focus on cultural influences which reveals differences in the definition of the judge's role in ADR in both jurisdictions. The first chapter examines comparative law - its nature and objectives, as well as the potential pitfalls. Courts have been chosen as the institutions on which to base our research of the cultural element in ADR because they appear to be culturally embedded. The second chapter attempts to trace historical evolution and political factors which shaped the judicial institution in both jurisdictions. The role of the judge in proceedings is analyzed with particular emphasis on the process of judging. The professional education of judges in both jurisdictions is also examined. To frame the analysis two of the roles of judges which have often been used in the literature are used, namely the role of dispute settlement and the role of policy maker. A third chapter outlines the similar development of ADR in France and B.C. and explores the reasons behind this. Finally, a comparison of the intervention by the judge in enforcing settlement agreements, enforcing arbitration agreements and conducting court mediation is made. The analysis relies on the definition of judges' role as defined by the legislator, and the interpretation of that definition by the courts. It is concluded that, while no absolute pattern of the influence of cultural and historical background on the shaping of the role of the judge in ADR can be identified, this influence exists nonetheless. The similarities between, and the perceived unification of ADR institutions are therefore superficial, as ADR is molded through institutions such as judges, influenced at the same time by the cultural identity of the jurisdictions in which they operate.
STUDIO DELLA DISTRIBUZIONE DELLE CORRENTI NEI CONDUTTORI CHE SI TROVANO NELLA PARTE CAVA DEL MAGNETE A 'C'
Creators: name: G. SACERDOTI
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1953

description: In questa nota ci proponiamo di studiare in maniera molto approssimata la distribuzione delle correnti nel conduttore più vicino alla gap, determinare la dissipazione di energia in detto conduttore e confrontare il valore cosi trovato con quello ottenuto con delle formule approssimate (che verranno richiamete alla fine della relazione) con cui sono state trovate le perdite della relazione di Wilson sul sincrotrone di Cornell. Da questo confronto si vedrà il grado di approssimazione e si giustificherà l'uso di detta formula. In fig. 1 sono messi in evidenza i vari simboli che verranno usati nella nota e accanto sono specificati.
The Reduction of the Electron Abundance during the Pre-explosion Simmering in White Dwarf Supernovae
Creators: name: Chamulak, David A.
name: Brown, Edward F.
name: Timmes, F. X.
name: Dupczak, Kimberly
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Prior to the explosion of a carbon-oxygen white dwarf in a Type Ia supernova there is a long "simmering," during which the 12C + 12C reaction gradually heats the white dwarf on a long (~ 1000 yr) timescale. Piro & Bildsten showed that weak reactions during this simmering set a maximum electron abundance Ye at the time of the explosion. We investigate the nuclear reactions during this simmering with a series of self-heating, at constant pressure, reaction network calculations. Unlike in AGB stars, proton captures onto 22Ne and heavier trace nuclei do not play a significant role. The 12C abundance is sufficiently high that the neutrons preferentially capture onto 12C, rather than iron group nuclei. As an aid to hydrodynamical simulations of the simmering phase, we present fits to the rates of heating, electron capture, change in mean atomic mass, and consumption of 12C in terms of the screened thermally averaged cross section for 12C + 12C. Our evaluation of the net heating rate includes contributions from electron captures into the 3.68 MeV excited state of 13C. This results in a slightly larger energy release, per 12C consumed, than that found by Piro & Bildsten, but less than that released for a burn to only 20Ne and 23Na. We compare our one-zone results to more accurate integrations over the white dwarf structure to estimate the amount of 12C that must be consumed to raise the white dwarf temperature, and hence to determine the net reduction of Ye during simmering.
description: Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal, 9 pages, 6 figures
Accurate and confident prediction of electron beam longitudinal properties using spectral virtual diagnostics
Creators: name: Hanuka, A.
name: Emma, C.
name: Maxwell, T.
name: Fisher, A.
name: Jacobson, B.
name: Hogan, M. J.
name: Huang, Z.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Longitudinal phase space (LPS) provides a critical information about electron beam dynamics for various scientific applications. For example, it can give insight into the high-brightness X-ray radiation from a free electron laser. Existing diagnostics are invasive, and often times cannot operate at the required resolution. In this work we present a machine learning-based Virtual Diagnostic (VD) tool to accurately predict the LPS for every shot using spectral information collected non-destructively from the radiation of relativistic electron beam. We demonstrate the tool's accuracy for three different case studies with experimental or simulated data. For each case, we introduce a method to increase the confidence in the VD tool. We anticipate that spectral VD would improve the setup and understanding of experimental configurations at DOE's user facilities as well as data sorting and analysis. The spectral VD can provide confident knowledge of the longitudinal bunch properties at the next generation of high-repetition rate linear accelerators while reducing the load on data storage, readout and streaming requirements.
Failure of intuition in elementary rigid body dynamics
Creators: name: Lemos, Nivaldo A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Suppose a projectile collides perpendicularly with a stationary rigid rod on a smooth horizontal table. We show that, contrary to what one naturally expects, it is not always the case that the rod acquires maximum angular velocity when struck at an extremity. The treatment is intended for first year university students of Physics or Engineering, and could form the basis of a tutorial discussion of conservation laws in rigid body dynamics.
description: Four pages; to appear in European Journal of Physics
title:  Attorno alla psicoanalisi di Paul Ricœur
Creators: name: Grispini  ,  Alessandro
Publisher: name: Roma TrE-Press
Year: 2021

description: B@belonline vol. 8 Paul Ricœur: Narrative Identity Between Hermeneutics and Psychoanalysis/Paul Ricœur: L’identità narrativa tra ermeneutica e psicoanalisi