cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Stride variability measures derived from wrist- and hip-worn accelerometers
Creators: name: Urbanek, Jacek K.
name: Harezlak, Jaroslaw
name: Glynn, Nancy W.
name: Harris, Tamara
name: Crainiceanu, Ciprian
name: Zipunnikov, Vadim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Many epidemiological and clinical studies use accelerometry to objectively measure physical activity using the activity counts, vector magnitude, or number of steps. These measures use just a fraction of the information in the raw accelerometry data as they are typically summarized at the minute level. To address this problem we define and estimate two gait measures of temporal stride-to-stride variability based on raw accelerometry data: Amplitude Deviation (AD) and Phase Deviation (PD). We explore the sensitivity of our approach to on-body placement of the accelerometer by comparing hip, left and right wrist placements. We illustrate the approach by estimating AD and PD in 46 elderly participants in the Developmental Epidemiologic Cohort Study (DECOS) who worn accelerometers during a 400 meter walk test. We also show that AD and PD have a statistically significant association with the gait speed and sit-to-stand test performance
On the Dirichlet to Neumann Problem for the 1-dimensional Cubic NLS equation on the Half-Line; Non-zero Initial Data
Creators: name: Antonopoulou, Dimitra C.
name: Kamvissis, Spyridon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Initial-boundary value problems for 1-dimensional `completely integrable' equations can be solved via an extension of the inverse scattering method, which is due to Fokas and his collaborators. A crucial feature of this method is that it requires the values of more boundary data than given for a well-posed problem. In the case of cubic NLS, knowledge of the Dirichet data suffices to make the problem well-posed but the Fokas method also requires knowledge of the values of Neumann data. The study of the Dirichlet to Neumann map is thus necessary before the application of the `Fokas transform'. In this paper, we provide a rigorous study of this map for a large class of decaying Dirichlet data. We show that the Neumann data are also sufficiently decaying and hence that the Fokas method can be applied. This is an addendum to a previous paper. We consider the case of non-zero initial data, thus completing the discussion of the previous paper.
Performance of pulse-pumped fiber Raman amplifiers in optical communication networks
Creators: name: Kalavally., Vineetha
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Atomic Lattice Disorder in Charge Density Wave Phases of Exfoliated Dichalcogenides (1T-TaS2)
Creators: name: Hovden, Robert
name: Tsen, Adam W.
name: Liu, Pengzi
name: Savitzky, Benjamin H.
name: Baggari, Ismail El
name: Liu, Yu
name: Lu, Wenjian
name: Sun, Yuping
name: Kim, Philip
name: Pasupathy, Abhay N.
name: Kourkoutis, Lena F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Charge density waves (CDW) and their concomitant periodic lattice distortions (PLD) govern the electronic properties in many layered transition-metal dichalcogenides. In particular, 1T-TaS2 undergoes a metal-to-insulator phase transition as the PLD becomes commensurate with the crystal lattice. Here we directly image PLDs of the nearly-commensurate (NC) and commensurate (C) phases in thin exfoliated 1T-TaS2 using atomic resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy at room and cryogenic temperature. At low temperatures, we observe commensurate PLD superstructures, suggesting ordering of the CDWs both in- and out-of-plane. In addition, we discover stacking transitions in the atomic lattice that occur via one bond length shifts. Interestingly, the NC PLDs exist inside both the stacking domains and their boundaries. Transitions in stacking order are expected to create fractional shifts in the CDW between layers and may be another route to manipulate electronic phases in layered dichalcogenides.
description: 4 figures in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2016
Hochsensibilität und Burnout in sozialen Berufen: Wie hochsensible Professionelle in sozialen Berufen, insbesondere der Sozialen Arbeit, ein Ausbrennen verhindern können
Creators: name: Müller, Urbana
name: Nieminen, Freyja
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Rund 15-20 Prozent der Weltbevölkerung sind hochsensibel. Dabei handelt es sich um eine genetisch bedingte Veranlagung, welche sich vor allem in einer erhöhten Wahrnehmungsfähigkeit äussert. Dies führt dazu, dass hochsensible Menschen besonders schnell in den Zustand nervlicher Überstimulation geraten und folglich der Gefahr ausgesetzt sind, unter chronischem Stress zu leiden. Dadurch verstärkt sich wiederum das Risiko für die Entstehung eines Burnout- Syndroms, welches mittlerweile viele berufstätige Personen, in unserer von Leistung geprägten Gesellschaft, betrifft. Es handelt sich dabei um einen häufig verwendeten Begriff, der auch in den sozialen Berufsfeldern und damit der Sozialen Arbeit, längst Einzug gehalten hat. In der vorliegenden Literaturarbeit soll auf die Zusammenhänge zwischen der hochsensiblen Veranlagung und dem Burnout- Syndrom im Kontext der sozialen Berufe aufmerksam gemacht werden. Dazu werden die Ressourcen und Herausforderungen der Hochsensibilität erläutert, um darauf aufbauend die Risikofaktoren für ein Burnout, auf persönlicher und struktureller Ebene und im Kontext der Sozialen Arbeit herauszuarbeiten. Abschliessend folgen Vorschläge zur personenbezogenen Burnoutprävention für hochsensible Professionelle in sozialen Berufen, insbesondere der Sozialen Arbeit. Diese orientieren sich an der Selbstfürsorge und des Selbstmitgefühls und legen den Fokus auf das Stressmanagement mit verschiedenen Methoden zum Achtsamkeitstraining, welche im persönlichen und beruflichen Alltag angewendet werden können.
description: + Code Diss LU: hslusa basp + Fussnote: Bachelor-Arbeit, Hochschule Luzern – Soziale Arbeit, Studienrichtung Sozialpädagogik, 2023 + NL-Code: NLLUHSA202309
Heat and mass transfer in regenerative dehumidifiers : the effects of finite intraparticle diffusion rates in silica gel
Creators: name: Kafui., David Kwesi
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Virial Black Hole Mass Estimates for 280,000 AGNs from the SDSS Broad-Band Photometry and Single Epoch Spectra
Creators: name: Kozłowski, Szymon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Quasar Data Release 12 (DR12Q), containing nearly 300,000 AGNs, to calculate the monochromatic luminosities at 5100Å, 3000Å, and 1350Å, derived from the broad-band extinction-corrected SDSS magnitudes. After matching them to their counterparts based on spectra and published in the SDSS Quasar Data Release 7 (DR7Q), we find perfect correlations with minute mean offsets ($\sim$0.01 dex) and dispersions of differences of 0.11, 0.10, 0.12 dex, respectively, across a 2.5 dex luminosity range. We then estimate the active galactic nuclei (AGNs) black hole masses using the broad line region radius--luminosity relations and the FWHM of the MgII and CIV emission lines, to provide a catalog of 283,032 virial black hole mass estimates (132,451 for MgII, 213,068 for CIV, and 62,487 for both) along with the bolometric luminosity and the Eddington ratio estimates for $0.1
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, one table; the data file can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.astrouw.edu.pl/pub/simkoz/SDSS-DR12Q-BH.tar.gz
Assessment of Inland Multimodal Freight Transport Through Djibouti Port
Creators: name: Ayub, Nassr
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: The purpose of multimodal transport is to minimize transportation time and transportation cost. Modern transport and freight distribution system all over the world are tending towards the adoption of best practices those are reliable, timely and cost effective. Multi-modal transportation is a logistics problem in which a set of goods have to be transported to different places, with the combination of at least two modes of transport, without a change of container for the goods. Ethiopia has been implementing the "multimodal'' transport system, through Djibouti port using water and inland transport system, but the inland transportation is unimodal for long period of time. But due to the construction of new Addis-Djibouti railway line the transportation system will change to multimodal inland transportation system. Hence, this study focuses on model development of freight transportation cost and synchronization of railway with road transport service and also analyse the potentials of coordinated rail & road for freight transportation from Djibouti port to different parts of Ethiopia. The findings of this research reveal that synchronizing rail & road for hinterland bound goods would be potentially save 19.39% and 42.56% of freight transportation cost for the year 2016 & 2022 respectively and the time of transportation will be reduced when compared with current unimodal transportation. The implications of this finding indicate integrated road and rail modes of transport for port-hinterland freight distribution would make the nation"s transportation system to be faster & more cost-effective. This research also presents an effective mathematical procedure for maximal synchronization to be employed as a useful tool for the scheduler in the process of creating timetables. It attempts to maximize the number of simultaneous freight vehicle arrivals at the connection (transfer) nodes of the network. Transit schedulers, taking into account the satisfaction and convenience of the system's users, appreciate the importance of creating a timetable with maximal synchronization, which enables the transfer of freight from one route to another with minimum waiting time at the transfer node. The finding of this research also shows the optimum number of wagons and trains for the next five years by forecasting the amount of freight which can be imported to Ethiopia through Djibouti port.
Assessment of the Knowledge and Practices Towards Infection Prevention and Associated Factors Among Healthcare Providers of Public Health Facilities In West Arsi, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Morka, Geroma
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: Background: Health care workers (HCW) are at risk of infection with blood borne pathogens (BBP) through occupational exposure to blood and infectious body fluids presents the greatest risk for transmission in the health care settings(3). Health care associated infections place a significant economic burden` on the health care system. Infection control(IC) practices are paramount to minimize health care associated infections. This study was to assess the knowledge and practice of health care providers towards infection prevention and associated factors in health facilities in West Arsi Zone, 2015 Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in April six to ten 2015 in selected health facilities of West Arsi Zone. Six hundred eighteen health providers were included in the study. The sample size was assigned to each health facility proportional to their number of healthcare providers. Study subjects were selected by simple random sampling technique. Self administered structured questionnaire was used to collect information. Bivariate and Multivariate Logistic regression was used to identify factors associated with knowledge and practice of healthcare providers towards infection prevention. P-value<0.05. Result: six hundred forty eighty participants with 95.3% response rate were involved in the study. Of these, (46.3%) had poor knowledge and 63.7% had unsafe practice health care provider"s score towards infection prevention. Having training on infection prevention were significantly associated with knowledge on infection prevention (AOR=5.019 CI of 95% (1.453, 8.585)). Having training on infection prevention was significantly associated with practice on infection prevention. (AOR= 5.305 CI of 95% (2.420, 11.629)). Conclusion: Above one third of healthcare providers had relatively poor knowledge and nearly two third of them had unsafe practice on infection prevention. Infection prevention training and presence of infection guideline in the health facility are determinant factor to knowledge and practice. Further study is recommended. Key words: Knowledge, Practice, Infection prevention, West Arsi Zone
Short GRBs at the dawn of the gravitational wave era
Creators: name: Ghirlanda, G.
name: Salafia, O. S.
name: Pescalli, A.
name: Ghisellini, G.
name: Salvaterra, R.
name: Chassande-Mottin, E.
name: Colpi, M.
name: Nappo, F.
name: D'Avanzo, P.
name: Melandri, A.
name: Bernardini, M. G.
name: Branchesi, M.
name: Campana, S.
name: Ciolfi, R.
name: Covino, S.
name: Gotz, D.
name: Vergani, S. D.
name: Zennaro, M.
name: Tagliaferri, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive the luminosity function and redshift distribution of short Gamma Ray Bursts (SGRBs) using (i) all the available observer-frame constraints (i.e. peak flux, fluence, peak energy and duration distributions) of the large population of Fermi SGRBs and (ii) the rest-frame properties of a complete sample of Swift SGRBs. We show that a steep $ϕ(L)\propto L^{-a}$ with a>2.0 is excluded if the full set of constraints is considered. We implement a Monte Carlo Markov Chain method to derive the $ϕ(L)$ and $ψ(z)$ functions assuming intrinsic Ep-Liso and Ep-Eiso correlations or independent distributions of intrinsic peak energy, luminosity and duration. To make our results independent from assumptions on the progenitor (NS-NS binary mergers or other channels) and from uncertainties on the star formation history, we assume a parametric form for the redshift distribution of SGRBs. We find that a relatively flat luminosity function with slope ~0.5 below a characteristic break luminosity ~3$\times10^{52}$ erg/s and a redshift distribution of SGRBs peaking at z~1.5-2 satisfy all our constraints. These results hold also if no Ep-Liso and Ep-Eiso correlations are assumed. We estimate that, within ~200 Mpc (i.e. the design aLIGO range for the detection of GW produced by NS-NS merger events), 0.007-0.03 SGRBs yr$^{-1}$ should be detectable as gamma-ray events. Assuming current estimates of NS-NS merger rates and that all NS-NS mergers lead to a SGRB event, we derive a conservative estimate of the average opening angle of SGRBs: $θ_{jet}$~3-6 deg. Our luminosity function implies an average luminosity L~1.5$\times 10^{52}$ erg/s, nearly two orders of magnitude higher than previous findings, which greatly enhances the chance of observing SGRB "orphan" afterglows. Efforts should go in the direction of finding and identifying such orphan afterglows as counterparts of GW events.
description: 13 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables. Accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics. Figure 5 and angle ranges corrected in revised version
The Algebraic Cluster Model: Structure of 16O
Creators: name: Bijker, R.
name: Iachello, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss an algebraic treatment of four-body clusters which includes both continuous and discrete symmetries. In particular, tetrahedral configurations with T(d) symmetry are analyzed with respect to the energy spectrum, transition form factors and B(EL) values. It is concluded that the low-lying spectrum of 16O can be described by four alpha-particles at the vertices of a regular tetrahedron, not as a rigid structure but rather a more floppy structure with relatively large rotation-vibration interactions and Coriolis forces.
description: 29 pages, 9 figures, 7 tables, Nuclear Physics A, in press. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1606.01306
gPhoton: The GALEX Photon Data Archive
Creators: name: Million, Chase
name: Fleming, Scott W.
name: Shiao, Bernie
name: Seibert, Mark
name: Loyd, Parke
name: Tucker, Michael
name: Smith, Myron
name: Thompson, Randy
name: White, Richard L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: gPhoton is a new database product and software package that enables analysis of GALEX ultraviolet data at the photon level. The project's stand-alone, pure-Python calibration pipeline reproduces the functionality of the original mission pipeline to reduce raw spacecraft data to lists of time-tagged, sky-projected photons, which are then hosted in a publicly available database by the Mikulski Archive at Space Telescope (MAST). This database contains approximately 130 terabytes of data describing approximately 1.1 trillion sky-projected events with a timestamp resolution of five milliseconds. A handful of Python and command line modules serve as a front-end to interact with the database and to generate calibrated light curves and images from the photon-level data at user-defined temporal and spatial scales. The gPhoton software and source code are in active development and publicly available under a permissive license. We describe the motivation, design, and implementation of the calibration pipeline, database, and tools, with emphasis on divergence from prior work, as well as challenges created by the large data volume. We summarize the astrometric and photometric performance of gPhoton relative to the original mission pipeline. For a brief example of short time domain science capabilities enabled by gPhoton, we show new flares from the known M dwarf flare star CR Draconis. The gPhoton software has permanent object identifiers with the ASCL (ascl:1603.004) and DOI (doi:10.17909/T9CC7G). This paper describes the software as of version v1.27.2.
description: 17 pages, 13 figures, software repo at https://github.com/cmillion/gPhoton
Fatigue Wear Analysis and Life Prediction of Rail Under Dry and Lubricated Wheel/Rail Contact Conditions
Creators: name: Tsion, Goa
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: The rail is subjected to high contact stress of alternating magnitude due to wheel-rail frictional rolling contact. Due to this the rail is prone to fatigue damage. This thesis paper addresses the fatigue problem by developing the contact between wheel and rail and predicting the fatigue life of the rail under dry and lubricated contact. Different values of friction coefficients are selected to model the dry (µ=0.6) and lubricated (µ=0.2 and µ=0.05) wheel/rail contact conditions in this study. The main objective of this is to study the effects of these varying friction coefficients on the fatigue life of the rail, so that better maintenance schedule can be implemented to increase the life of the rail. Analytical and numerical approaches are implemented in this thesis. The analytical approach investigates the Normal contact problem and tangential contact problem at the wheel/rail contact using the Hertz normal contact theory, Polach"s tangential theories respectively. The numerical approach is based on the static structural analysis of the wheel/rail contact using ANSYS 15.0 commercial software. Three dimensional finite element method is utilized to investigate the effect of friction on the wheel/rail contact stress and the fatigue life of the rail. The fatigue life analysis is done using stress-life analyses approach. From the results found it can be seen that the fatigue life of the rail induced under dry wheel/rail contact conditions is minimum compared to the lubricated contact conditions. The fatigue life (in terms of cycles to failure) is 3689.4 cycles under dry contact, and 37834 cycles under water lubricated and 1.08e5 cycles under grease lubricated conditions. And the damage of the rail is higher under dry contact condition compared to lubricated contact conditions. This thesis is applicable for the Addis Ababa light rail operating system, in protecting the rail from fatigue failure. Managing the friction coefficient on the rail is recommended on the results.
Long-term impact study for climate change in the shallow unconfined groundwater recharge in Ranger Uranium Mine
Creators: name: Kabir., Mobashwera
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Frequency-locked chaotic opto-RF oscillator
Creators: name: Thorette, Aurélien
name: Romanelli, Marco
name: Brunel, Marc
name: Vallet, Marc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A driven opto-RF oscillator, consisting of a dual-frequency laser (DFL) submitted to frequency-shifted feedback, is studied experimentally and numerically in a chaotic regime. Precise control of the reinjection strength and detuning permits to isolate a parameter region of bounded-phase chaos, where the opto-RF oscillator is frequency-locked to the master oscillator, in spite of chaotic phase and intensity oscillations. Robust experimental evidence of this synchronization regime is found and phase noise spectra allows to compare phase-locking and bounded-phase chaos regimes. In particular, it is found that the long-term phase stability of the master oscillator is well transferred to the opto-RF oscillator even in the chaotic regime.
Effects of scalar leptoquark on semileptonic $Λ_b$ decays
Creators: name: Sahoo, Suchismita
name: Mohanta, Rukmani
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the scalar leptoquark effects on the rare semileptonic decays of $Λ_b$ baryon, governed by the quark level transition $b \to s l^+ l^-$. We estimate the branching ratios, forward-backward asymmetries, lepton polarization parameters and the lepton flavour non-universality effects in these decay channels. We find significant deviations from the corresponding standard model predictions in some of the observables due to leptoquark effects. We also investigate the lepton flavour violating decays $Λ_b \to Λl_i^- l_j^+$, the branching ratios of which are found to be ${\cal O}(10^{-10} - 10^{-9})$.
description: 30 pages, 9 figures, version to appear in New Journal of Physics
Fatigue and fracture of clay/epoxy nanocomposites
Creators: name: Juwono., Ariadne Lakshmidevi
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Solar Active Longitudes From Kodaikanal White-light Digitized Data
Creators: name: Mandal, Sudip
name: Chatterjee, Subhamoy
name: Banerjee, Dipankar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The study of solar active longitudes has generated a great interest in the recent years. In this work we have used an unique continuous sunspot data series obtained from Kodaikanal observatory and revisited the problem. Analysis of the data shows a persistent presence of the active longitude during the whole 90 years of data duration. We compare two well studied analysis methods and presented their respective results. The separation between the two most active longitudes is found be roughly 180° for majority of time. Additionally, we also find a comparatively weaker presence of separations at 90° and 270°. Migration pattern of these active longitudes as revealed from our data is found to be consistent with the solar differential rotation curve. We also study the periodicities in the active longitudes and found two dominant periods of $\approx$1.3 years and $\approx$2.2 years. These periods, also found in other solar proxies, indicate their relation with the global solar dynamo mechanism.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ
South Pacific (1982) [poster]
Creators: name: Society, Victoria On Stage Musical Theatre
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Theater
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1149217
subject: South Pacific (Rodgers, Richard)
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1368816
subject: Drama
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/897468

description: A lobby card poster for Victoria on Stage's production of South Pacific. Performance Dates: April 30-May 8, 1982 at the McPherson Playhouse. Director: Colin Skinner ; Music Director: John Getgood ; Choreographer: Wendy Steen-Thomas ; Producer: Barbara Clarke. Actors: Rick Stull, Michael Eckford, Jennifer Corwin, Nancy Driscoll, Vicki Candido, Bill Bowie, Jason Penaluna, Lorien Benet
The Mutual Information in Random Linear Estimation
Creators: name: Barbier, Jean
name: Dia, Mohamad
name: Macris, Nicolas
name: Krzakala, Florent
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the estimation of a signal from the knowledge of its noisy linear random Gaussian projections, a problem relevant in compressed sensing, sparse superposition codes or code division multiple access just to cite few. There has been a number of works considering the mutual information for this problem using the heuristic replica method from statistical physics. Here we put these considerations on a firm rigorous basis. First, we show, using a Guerra-type interpolation, that the replica formula yields an upper bound to the exact mutual information. Secondly, for many relevant practical cases, we present a converse lower bound via a method that uses spatial coupling, state evolution analysis and the I-MMSE theorem. This yields, in particular, a single letter formula for the mutual information and the minimal-mean-square error for random Gaussian linear estimation of all discrete bounded signals.
description: Presented at the 54th Annual Allerton Conference on Communication, Control, and Computing, 2016
Assessment of Knowledge of Self-Care and Associated Factors Among Type 2 Diabetic Patients on Follow Up Visits in Government Hospitals Of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Desalegn, Nathan
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: Introduction: Diabetes mellitus is not a single disease entity but rather a group of metabolic disorders sharing the common underlying feature of hyperglycemia. Diabetes is a major growing health problem in the world. Poor awareness among diabetic patients about the disease and self-care activities is one of the important variables influencing the progression of diabetes and its complications, which is largely preventable. Objective: The aim of this study was to assess self-care knowledge and associated factors among type 2 diabetes on follow up visits in government hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Method: Institution based descriptive cross sectional study was employed from March 15 to April 15, 2016 using pre-tested, validated, structured interviewer-administered questionnaire. A total of 422 type 2 diabetic patients whose age was 18 year and above were included. Study participants were selected by systematic sampling technique after proportional allocation of samples to the hospitals. Furthermore, descriptive statistics, and binary and multivariate logistic regression analyses were employed to assess factors associated with diabetes self-care knowledge among type 2 diabetes. Result: Out of 422 patients with type 2 DM intended to participate in the study, 412 patients actually responded for the interview making a response rate of 97.63%. More than half of the study sample, 239(58%) had a high (70% or over) overall knowledge while the rest 173(42%) showed low (<70%) overall knowledge level about self-care. Marital status, duration of DM, being member of diabetic association and exposure to diabetic health education showed a significant association with good knowledge at a 5% level of significance Conclusion: This study reflects that there is a need to improve diabetic self-care knowledge among the patients. Overall knowledge about diabetes self-care among patients was not adequate; some critical knowledge gaps were also identified in specific areas. Recommendation: Policy makers, hospital administrations and health care professionals should have to establish well organized diabetic self-care education program and they should strength the existing programs. Further research should be done in order to know the association between self-care knowledge and self-care practice adherence. Key words: Self-care, self-care knowledge, type 2 diabetes
ALMA view of the Galactic Center 50km/s molecular cloud
Creators: name: Uehara, Kenta
name: Tsuboi, Masato
name: Kitamura, Yoshimi
name: Miyawaki, Ryosuke
name: Miyazaki, Atsushi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have observed the Galactic Center 50km/s molecular cloud (50MC) with ALMA to search for filamentary structures. In the CS J=2-1 emission line channel maps, we succeeded in identifying 27 molecular cloud filaments using the DisPerSE algorithm. This is the first attempt of "filament-finding" in the Galactic Center Region. These molecular cloud filaments strongly suggest that the molecular cloud filaments are also ubiquitous in the molecular clouds of the Galactic Center Region.
description: 2 pages, 1 figure, Proceedings of IAU Symposium 322 (The Multi-Messenger Astrophysics of the Galactic Centre)
[Halle (Saale), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Morbio 1 (4)]
Creators: name: Chunradus
name: , Blanca
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1080
Subjects: subject: Sonstige weltliche Aussteller
subject: Notarsurkunde
subject: Urkunde
subject: 090

description: Das Ehepaar Chunradus und Blanca aus Carpeneta schenkt dem Kapitel der Kathedrale von Cremona ein Stück Land in Carpeneta.
Enabling photoemission electron microscopy in liquids via graphene-capped microchannel arrays
Creators: name: Guo, Hongxuan
name: Strelcov, Evgheni
name: Yulaev, Alexander
name: Wang, Jian
name: Appathurai, Narayana
name: Urquhart, Stephen
name: Vinson, John
name: Sahu, Subin
name: Zwolak, Michael
name: Kolmakov, Andrei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Photoelectron emission microscopy PEEM is a powerful tool to spectroscopically image dynamic surface processes at the nanoscale but is traditionally limited to ultra high or moderate vacuum conditions. Here, we develop a novel grapheme capped multichannel array sample platform that extends the capabilities of photoelectron spectromicroscopy to routine liquid and atmospheric pressure studies with standard PEEM setups. Using this platform, we show that graphene has only a minor influence on the electronic structure of water in the first few layers and thus will allow for the examination of minimally perturbed aqueous phase interfacial dynamics. Analogous to microarray screening technology in biomedical research, our platform is highly suitable for applications in tandem with large-scale data mining, pattern recognition, and combinatorial methods for spectro temporal and spatiotemporal analyses at solid liquid interfaces. Using Bayesian linear unmixing algorithm, we were able to discriminate between different X-ray induced water radiolysis scenarios and observe a metastable wetting intermediate water layer during the late stages of bubble formationformation
description: 20 pages, 4 figures
Analysis of Risk and Supply Response of Agriculture: Empirical Investigations from the Ethiopian Coffee Growing Zones
Creators: name: Elias, Hailu
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2007

description: A study was conducted to examine the major shocks and their impact on coffee production and the livelihood of smallholder coffee farmers in five major coffee growing zones of Ethiopia, namely, Sidamo, Jimma, Illubabor, Wolayta and West Hararghe. After pooling the available data set using the error component model, the pooled OLS and fixed effects regression methods were used to analyze the effects of shocks on coffee production and supply response variation across the study areas. It was found that a combination of shocks including drought, pests and coffee diseases, drastic fall in world coffee price and health problems have serious effects on coffee yield and household income. Households living in different zones of the country have different supply responses because of the socio-economic and agroecological differences. In the face of the severe effects of shocks, farmers have adopted a range of risk management strategies such as intercropping, depleting assets, borrowing, membership to a social support system and production/marketing unions. However, under the prevailing production technology and farming systems, the strategies employed by farmers are not adequate enough to cope with the effects of the recurring shocks. Policy implication of the study is that one-size-fits-all policy packages and blanket recommendations cannot solve the problems of coffee farmers. Therefore, under the current dynamic market scenario, the success of the Ethiopian coffee sub-sector highly depends on targeted support to reduce the impacts of shocks and to build the capacity of indigenous institutions. Interventions need to be disaggregated by agro-ecological zones and socio-economic settings.
Young Massive Clusters: Their Population Properties, Formation and Evolution, and Their Relation to the Ancient Globular Clusters
Creators: name: Bastian, Nate
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This review summarises the main properties of Young Massive Clusters (YMCs), including their population properties, particularly focusing on extragalactic cluster samples. We discuss potential biases and caveats that can affect the construction of cluster samples and how incompleteness effects can result in erroneous conclusions regarding the long term survival of clusters. In addition to the luminosity, mass and age distributions of the clusters, we discuss the size distribution and profile evolution of the clusters. We also briefly discuss the stellar populations within YMCs. The final part of the review focusses on the connections between YMCs and the ancient globular clusters, whether or not they are related objects and how we can use what we know about YMC formation and evolution to understand how GCs formed in the early universe and how they relate to galaxy formation/evolution.
description: 33 pages. To appear in EES2015 - Stellar Clusters: benchmarks of stellar physics and galactic evolution - eds. E. Moraux, Y. Lebreton and C. Charbonnel
[Halle (Saale), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Morbio 1 (22)]
Creators: name: Ubaldus
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1066
Subjects: subject: Bischofsurkunde
subject: Notarsurkunde
subject: Urkunde
subject: 090

description: Ubaldus, Bischof von Cremona, investiert den Heribertus, Sohn des verstorbenen Erzdiakons Osbertus, und seine Erben mit dem Archidiakonat der Kathedrale von Cremona, wie es bereits zu Lebzeiten des Osbertus auf dessen Bitten vereinbart worden war
Light speed variation from gamma-ray bursts
Creators: name: Xu, Haowei
name: Ma, Bo-Qiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The effect of quantum gravity can bring a tiny light speed variation which is detectable through energetic photons propagating from gamma ray bursts (GRBs) to an observer such as the space observatory. Through an analysis of the energetic photon data of the GRBs observed by the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope (FGST), we reveal a surprising regularity of the observed time lags between photons of different energies with respect to the Lorentz violation factor due to the light speed energy dependence. Such regularity suggests a linear form correction of the light speed $v(E)=c(1-E/E_{\rm LV})$, where $E$ is the photon energy and $E_{\rm LV}=(3.60 \pm 0.26) \times 10^{17}~ \rm GeV$ is the Lorentz violation scale measured by the energetic photon data of GRBs. The results support an energy dependence of the light speed in cosmological space.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures, final version for publication with typos corrected
[Halle (Saale), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Morbio 15 (10)]
Creators: name: Conradus
name: De Interlignis, Albertus
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1290
Subjects: subject: Sonstige weltliche Aussteller
subject: Notarsurkunde
subject: Urkunde
subject: 090

description: Die arbitri Conradus, Sohn des Luterius Ruscha, und Albertus de Interlignis setzen in einem Streit zwischen dem Kloster St. Abondii in Como auf der einen und dem Jacobus Mafeus, seinen genannten Brüdern, alle Söhne des verstorbenen Menaxius de Fallegio, und dessen genannter Witwe, alle wohnhaft in Como, auf der anderen Seite fest, dass das Kloster diesen einen Geldbetrag zahlen solle.
The formation of ethylene glycol and other complex organic molecules in star-forming regions
Creators: name: Rivilla, V. M.
name: Beltrán, M. T.
name: Cesaroni, R.
name: Fontani, F.
name: Codella, C.
name: Zhang, Q.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the molecular abundance and spatial distribution of the simplest sugar alcohol, ethylene glycol (EG), the simplest sugar glycoladehyde (GA), and other chemically related complex organic species towards the massive star-forming region G31.41+0.31. We have analyzed multiple single dish and interferometric data, and obtained excitation temperatures and column densities using an LTE analysis. We have reported for the first time the presence of EG towards G31.41+0.31, and we have also detected multiple transitions of other complex organic molecules such as GA, methyl formate (MF), dimethyl ether (DME) and ethanol (ET). The high angular resolution images show that the EG emission is very compact, peaking towards the maximum of the continuum. These observations suggest that low abundance complex organic molecules, like EG or GA, are good probes of the gas located closer to the forming stars. Our analysis confirms that EG is more abundant than GA in G31.41+0.31, as previously observed in other interstellar regions. Comparing different star-forming regions we find evidence of an increase of the EG/GA abundance ratio with the luminosity of the source. The DME/MF and EG/ET ratios are nearly constant with luminosity. We have also found that the abundance ratios of pairs of isomers GA/MF and ET/DME decrease with the luminosity of the sources. The most likely explanation for the behavior of the EG/GA ratio is that these molecules are formed by different chemical formation routes not directly linked; although warm-up timescales effects and different formation and destruction efficiencies in the gas phase cannot be ruled out. The most likely formation route of EG is by combination of two CH$_{2}$OH radicals on dust grains. We also favor that GA is formed via the solid-phase dimerization of the formyl radical HCO, and a chemical link between MF and DME.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A; 28 pages, 9 figures, 16 Tables
How a river-anabranch forms : a process study on the Riverine Plain of south-eastern Australia
Creators: name: Judd., Dean A.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
Performance Comparison of Spatial Multiplexing and Spatial Diversity in Rate Adaptive Wireless MIMO Systems
Creators: name: Fikre, Zelalem
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2007

description: Multiple antenna systems are known to provide spatial diversity and spatial multiplexing advantages in constructing a reliable and spectrally efficient communication link. In spatial diversity scheme the same message or replica of the same message is transmitted from the number of transmit antennas in such a way that at least one of transmitted messages reaches the receiver with out error. In this scheme the main objective is reduction in the probability of error. Unlike spatial diversity, in spatial multiplexing scheme different messages are transmitted from each of the transmit antennas so that the rate of data transfer between the transmitter and receiver is increased. As far as practical system is concerned it needs to have both advantages in order to have a high data rate link with low probability of error. In this thesis by adaptively varying the modulation order of the spatial diversity and spatial multiplexing systems both advantages are obtained for an application with a certain error rate performance requirement. The simulation result has shown that the spatial multiplexing system has a higher throughput at high SNR values as compared to the spatial diversity system. At low SNR values, it is the spatial diversity system that results in high throughput. The ML detection of spatial diversity system has less computational complexity as compared to ML detection spatial multiplexing scheme. Keywords: Spatial Diversity, Spatial Multiplexing, Maximum Likelihood Detection, Space Time Coding, D-Blast and V-Blast
Scalable Focused Ion Beam Creation of Nearly Lifetime-Limited Single Quantum Emitters in Diamond Nanostructures
Creators: name: Schröder, Tim
name: Trusheim, Matthew E.
name: Walsh, Michael
name: Li, Luozhou
name: Zheng, Jiabao
name: Schukraft, Marco
name: Pacheco, Jose L.
name: Camacho, Ryan M.
name: Bielejec, Edward S.
name: Sipahigil, Alp
name: Evans, Ruffin E.
name: Sukachev, Denis D.
name: Nguyen, Christian T.
name: Lukin, Mikhail D.
name: Englund, Dirk
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The controlled creation of defect center---nanocavity systems is one of the outstanding challenges for efficiently interfacing spin quantum memories with photons for photon-based entanglement operations in a quantum network. Here, we demonstrate direct, maskless creation of atom-like single silicon-vacancy (SiV) centers in diamond nanostructures via focused ion beam implantation with $\sim 32$ nm lateral precision and $< 50$ nm positioning accuracy relative to a nanocavity. Moreover, we determine the Si+ ion to SiV center conversion yield to $\sim 2.5\%$ and observe a 10-fold conversion yield increase by additional electron irradiation. We extract inhomogeneously broadened ensemble emission linewidths of $\sim 51$ GHz, and close to lifetime-limited single-emitter transition linewidths down to $126 \pm13$ MHz corresponding to $\sim 1.4$-times the natural linewidth. This demonstration of deterministic creation of optically coherent solid-state single quantum systems is an important step towards development of scalable quantum optical devices.
Mikado [poster]
Creators: name: Society, Victoria On Stage Musical Theatre
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Theater
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1149217
subject: Mikado (Sullivan, Arthur)
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1734620
subject: Drama
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/897468

description: A lobby card poster for Victoria on Stage's production of Mikado. Performance Dates: May 3-May 11, 1985 at the McPherson Playhouse. Stage Director: Alex Cumming ; Musical Director: Robert Cooper ; Movement Director: Heather-Elayne Day ; Producer: Holly McGimpsey ; Lyrics by: W.S. Gilbert ; Music by: Arthur Sullivan. Actors: Benjamin Butterfield, John Gilliland, Margo Zaharko, Stephanie Kirk-Spiers, Barry Grimshaw, Allison Charbonneau, Jim Boardman, Ginny Langham, David Underwood
[Halle (Saale), Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt, Morbio 14 (30)]
Creators: name: Micherius Ferarius
name: Jacobinus
name: Stephaninus
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 1284
Subjects: subject: Sonstige weltliche Aussteller
subject: Notarsurkunde
subject: Urkunde
subject: 090

description: Micherius Ferrarius, Sohn des verstorbenen Albertus de Uglono, und seine Söhne Jacobinus und Stephaninus, alle wohnhaft in Mailand an der Porta Ticinese, versichern dem Continus de Uboldo, genannt Tritonnus, wohnhaft ebendort, alle ihre Güter als Pfand zu überschreiben und ihm einen Geldbetrag auszuhändigen. Es folgen weitere Rechtsgeschäfte.