cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Trauma Studies: prospettive e problemi
Creators: name: Branchini, Rachele
Publisher: name: Firenze University Press
Year: 2014
Subjects: holocaust; memory; psychoanalysis; shellshock; trauma

description: The trauma paradigm pervades contemporary life. In newspapers, on television, on the web, even in ordinary conversation, experiences of every kind (both figurative and positive ones) are described as “traumatic”. Thus the very meaning of the term is often overturned. This article seeks to reshape the limits of the concept of trauma by tracing its evolution from the psychological debate of the early nineteenth century to the recent setting up of the specific discipline of Trauma Studies.
description: LEA - Lingue e Letterature d'Oriente e d'Occidente, Vol 2 (2013)
Strain-spectroscopy of strongly interacting defects in superconducting qubits
Creators: name: Santos-Sánchez, Octavio de los
name: Román-Ancheyta, Ricardo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The proper functioning of some micro-fabricated novel quantum devices, such as superconducting resonators and qubits, is severely affected by the presence of parasitic structural material defects known as tunneling two-level-systems (TLS). Recent experiments have reported unambiguous evidence of the strong interaction between individual (coherent) TLS using strain-assisted spectroscopy. This work provides an alternative and simple theoretical insight that illustrates how to obtain the spectral response of such strongly interacting defects residing inside the amorphous tunnel barrier of a qubit's Josephson junction. Moreover, the corresponding spectral signatures obtained here may serve to quickly and efficiently elucidate the actual state of these interacting TLS in experiments based on strain- or electric-field spectroscopy.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures
A Group Theoretical Identification of Integrable Equations in the Liénard Type Equation $\ddot{x}+f(x)\dot{x}+g(x) = 0$ : Part II: Equations having Maximal Lie Point Symmetries
Creators: name: Pandey, S. N.
name: Bindu, P. S.
name: Senthilvelan, M.
name: Lakshmanan, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this second of the set of two papers on Lie symmetry analysis of a class of Liénard type equation of the form $\ddot {x} + f(x)\dot {x} + g(x)= 0$, where over dot denotes differentiation with respect to time and $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ are smooth functions of their variables, we isolate the equations which possess maximal Lie point symmetries. It is well known that any second order nonlinear ordinary differential equation which admits eight parameter Lie point symmetries is linearizable to free particle equation through point transformation. As a consequence all the identified equations turn out to be linearizable. We also show that one can get maximal Lie point symmetries for the above Liénard equation only when $f_{xx} =0$ (subscript denotes differentiation). In addition, we discuss the linearising transformations and solutions for all the nonlinear equations identified in this paper.
description: Accepted for publication in Journal of Mathematical Physics
Broken mirror symmetry of tracer's trajectories in turbulence
Creators: name: Angriman, Sofía
name: Cobelli, Pablo J.
name: Bourgoin, Mickaël
name: Huisman, Sander G.
name: Volk, Romain
name: Mininni, Pablo D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Topological properties of physical systems play a crucial role in our understanding of nature, yet their experimental determination remains elusive. We show that the mean helicity, a dynamical invariant in ideal flows, quantitatively affects trajectories of fluid elements: the linking number of Lagrangian trajectories depends on the mean helicity. Thus, a global topological invariant and a topological number of fluid trajectories become related, and we provide an empirical expression linking them. The relation shows the existence of long-term memory in the trajectories: the links can be made of the trajectory up to a given time, with particles positions in the past. This property also allows experimental measurements of mean helicity.
L’afflizione in seconda persona nella scrittura. Dall’alloglossia alle esperienze non autoctone
Creators: name: Rekut-Liberatore, Oleksandra
Publisher: name: Firenze University Press
Year: 2014
Subjects: cancer; death in second person; remorse; suffering; trauma

description: According to the Jankelevitch classification, there’s a death in the first, second, and third person which corresponds respectively to one’s own, someone’s beloved, and a stranger’s death. This research deals with the trauma caused by the cancer of the Other who is the nearest and the dearest one (the death in second person). In Italian literature his father’s tumour is the narrative centre of Requiem (1991) by Antonio Tabucchi, as well as of Vita e morte di un ingegnere (2012) by Edoardo Albinati. Her son’s abdominal fibrosarcoma lay behind Paola Natalicchio’s writing Il Regno di Op (2013). His wife’s lung neoplasia is the main concern of La fine del giorno (2013) by Pierlugi Battista where the author’s own tragedy – his woman’s tumour – is compared to the identical partner’s experience among some European writers like Michel Onfray, Magda Szabo, Doris Lessing and Philip Roth. The works under research represent a wide palette of different shades of suffering in second person that sometimes exceed the pain for its own identical diagnosis
description: LEA - Lingue e Letterature d'Oriente e d'Occidente, Vol 2 (2013)
GASTRONOMY, TOURIST EXPERIENCE AND LOCATION. THE CASE OF THE ‘GREEK BREAKFAST’
Creators: name: Kyriakaki, Anna
name: Zagkotsi, Smaragda
name: Trihas, Nikolaos
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2016

description: Although in previous decades gastronomy was not considered as an element that could attract tourists, nowadays it is being identified as a ‘peak touristic’ experience. It acts as a ‘pull’ factor and can create ‘loyal’ visitors, thus gastronomy has been used as a core marketing element in different destinations. Gastronomy tourism offers opportunities for communities to integrate tourism and local food systems in order to promote economic development and respond to the specific needs of visitors. It can also be viewed as a source of sustainable tourism which supports local producers and boosts local economies. The ‘Greek Breakfast’ project is an initiative of the Hellenic Chamber of Hotels, which focuses on the Greek culinary tradition and aims to promote the wealth and authenticity of local agricultural products and gastronomy by uniting hoteliers and local producers. This article aims to investigate the contribution of the use of local agricultural products in tourism as a way to strengthen the tourism sector, enrich tourist experience and promote both the local producers and the cultural tradition of a place. The results of the primary research into the effectiveness of the ‘Greek Breakfast’ in hotels reveal: a) the strong relationship between agricultural and tourism sector, b) the multiple influences of the use of local products on strengthening (cultural and economic) of local communities, and c) local gastronomy’s contribution to the enrichment of tourist experience.
description: tourismos, Vol. 11 No. 3 (2016)
AN EXPLORATORY STUDY: ANALYSIS OF SERBIAN TOURISM MARKET AND IDENTIFICATION OF MAJOR MARKET SEGMENTS
Creators: name: Paunovic, Ivan
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2016

description: The study is a contribution towards identifying major tourism market segments in Serbia. An overview of market shares is presented through descriptive statistics, together with analysis of variance tests performed in SPSS with a goal to differentiate groups of tourists both on the supply and demand side of the market. Analysis of variance post-hoc Tukey test was used to identify major market segments, using following six variables: daily spending, age, length of stay, core motive, region of origin, destination. The study should serve as the basis for gaining deeper understanding of the Serbian tourist market as well as identification of the best market segmentation approach (common-sense, data driven, activities-interests-opinions, etc.). The study identified that the two major so-called common sense market segmentation variables (age and country of origin) should not be used together, as tourists coming from different regions show no statistically significant difference in terms of age. However, pairs of variables, such as daily spending-country of origin, as well as length of staycountry of origin showed much potential as important pairs of variables in conducting destination market segmentation in Serbia.
description: tourismos, Vol. 11 No. 3 (2016)
UNDERGRADUATE TOURISM EDUCATION IN GREECE: GRADUATES’ EMPLOYMENT IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY
Creators: name: Simantiraki, Evangelia
name: Dimou, Irini
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2021

description: In this study the authors examine the public tourism education system provided at the tertiary level in Greece by: (a) the Technological Educational Institutes (TEIs) supervised by the Ministry of Education and (b) the Advanced Schools of Tourism Education (ASTEs) supervised by the Ministry of Tourism. The aim of the study is to examine whether tourism education graduates are well-qualified, and the extent to which the hospitality industry recruits tourism higher education graduates. For this purpose, a primary research focused on the upscale hotel enterprises in Crete was carried out. The managers of 60 hotels were contacted and were asked to fill a questionnaire that was sent to them by email. Among the issues surveyed were the extent to which these hotels are staffed by higher education tourism graduates and whether the graduates’ education meets the industry’s needs. In addition, the participants were asked to evaluate the industrial placement which is incorporated in all tertiary-level programs of study. The results of the research indicate that, although tertiary education graduates are considered to be well qualified, they lack certain ‘soft skills’ which are considered to be very important in this sector. Moreover, the study reveals that only a minor percentage of hospitality employees (24%) are tourism graduates, an issue that requires further examination. Finally, it is suggested that education providers develop a close and effective cooperation with the tourism bodies, in order to keep track with the new developments in the tourism business, and update the academic curricula constantly to fit the industry’s needs.
description: tourismos, Vol. 11 No. 3 (2016)
Connected escaping sets of exponential maps
Creators: name: Rempe, Lasse
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37F10, 30D05

description: We show that for many complex parameters a, the set of points that converge to infinity under iteration of the exponential map f(z)=e^z+a is connected. This includes all parameters for which the singular value escapes to infinity under iteration.
description: 9 pages; minor revisions from Version 1
BASIC QUESTIONS OF ECOTOURISM IN GREECE: DEMAND AND SUPPLY, MANAGEMENT BODIES, ENTERPRISES
Creators: name: Avgerinou-Kolonias, Sofia
name: Toufengopoulou, Anastasia
name: Spyropoulos, Ioannis
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2016

description: The review and assessment of the ecotourism-related literature reveals confusion as regards the definition of ecotourism, its basic features, its activities and the principles governing it. The absence of a definition generally acceptable by the academic community, those shaping and those exercising politics and, in general, all parties involved in the tourist system, has led to the absence of reliable data about the current size of the sector. This paper is not aimed at providing another answer to the question "what ecotourism is?" or "which activities does it comprise?", but at demonstrating the multifaceted character of the phenomenon and highlighting the various aspects each approach focuses on, with a view to exploring, afterwards, its development prospects, focused on the data of the Greek reality. In this context, the methodological approach applied consists in the following steps: i) Secondary research of the literature on the theoretical framework, ii) Primary research concerning the characteristics of ecotourism in Greece: the features of ecotourist demand and supply, the features of ecotourism organisation and management and, last but not least, the bodies and enterprises involved in the ecotourist development process, iii) Synthetic analysis and assessment of the literature and the field study. The conclusions aspire to lead to answers about the factors that are critical for the development and organization of ecotourism in Greece.
description: tourismos, Vol. 11 No. 3 (2016)
CIFRA National Survey: Uruguay December 1998
Creators: name: CIFRA, In Bogliaccini, Juan, And Queirolo Rosario Laboratorio De Opinión Pública And Redes Sociales En Uruguay Collection (Social Networks And Public Opinion Lab Collection)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2021

description: Rate 1998 vs. 1999 in terms of economy, labor, and emotions; expectations for 2000; summer vacation; family economic situation; interest in politics; approval of various political figures and groups; closeness to political party; rate kindness of political figures; alcohol; drugs; political party candidate election; political corruption; Administración Nacional de Puertos (ANP) (National Port Administration). National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) Collection.
John Vardill: a loyalist’s progress
Creators: name: Wigely, Steven Graham
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This thesis is a study of a loyalist of the American Revolution named John Vardill. A native of New York who went to England in 1774, he was an Anglican clergyman, a pamphleteer, a professor at King's College (New York), and a spy for the British. The purpose of the thesis is: 1. to tell his story, and 2. to argue that his loyalism was a perfectly reasonable consequence of his environment and experiences. The text begins with an Introduction (Chapter I) which places Vardill in colonial and English society, and justifies studying one who was neither among the very powerful nor the very weak. It then proceeds to a consideration of the circumstances and substance of his claim for compensation from the British government after the war (Chapter II). Following the organization of the claim, the subsequent Chapters fill in the details, and remark upon the roots of loyalty. These Chapters begin with his birth and education (Chapter III), showing that becoming a tutor and prospective clergyman at King's College was an easy path to follow. Chapter IV considers the episcopal debate of 1768 to 1770, which initiates Vardill into Anglican-Presbyterian warfare, and defines for him a religious-political position. Chapter V inspects his writings of 1772 against Dr. John Witherspoon of the College of New Jersey, and against the Tea Act opposition of 1773, both of which strengthen his incipient loyalism before his departure for England for ordination. Chapter VI has him in England, where he becomes Involved with the government's ministers through promoting a charter for King's College, and advocating the establishment of an American episcopate. With the battle of Lexington, his visit becomes an exile, and he continues employment with government (Chapter VII) as a writer, adviser, and spy, in which capacity he performs one of the espionage "coups"of the war. After Saratoga and his assistance with preparation for the Carlisle Peace Commission of 1778j his usefulness wanes; after writing some pieces against the Yorkshire movement in England in 1780, he disappears. Chapter VIII therefore picks up where Chapter II left off, and regards the judgement of his claim. This Chapter continues to Vardill's death in l8ll. The conclusion (Chapter IX) reviews the thesis, and states the argument that loyalism was not unusual for Vardill, and hence was not unusual for his loyal contemporaries.The conclusion rejects the notion that men like Vardill were at "odds" with their times, and argues instead that, perfectly in tune with their times, they became involved in an argument which they lost; and that therefore it is only hindsight which makes them out to be narrowminded or unperceptive. Speculating on that premise, it is found that Vardill perceived some of the problems of post-revolutionary America.
Stability of topological solitons in modified two-component Ginzburg-Landau model
Creators: name: Jäykkä, Juha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the stability of Hopfions embedded in a certain modification Ginzburg-Landau model of two equally charged condensates. It has been shown by Ward [Phys. Rev. D66, 041701(R) (2002)] that certain modification of the ordinary model results in system which supports stable topological solitons (Hopfions) for some values of the parameters of the model. We expand the search for stability into previously uninvestigated region of the parameter space, charting an approximate shape for the stable/unstable boundary and find that, within the accuracy of the numerical methods used, the energy of the stable knot at the boundary is independent of the parameters.
description: v4: Fixed some citations and acknowledgements; 6 pages, 4 figures; to be published in Phys. Rev. D
SOCIAL MEDIA AS A MARKETING TOOL FOR GREEK DESTINATIONS
Creators: name: Perakakis, Emmanouil
name: Trihas, Nikolaos
name: Venitourakis, Marinos
name: Mastorakis, George
name: Kopanakis, Ioannis
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2016

description: Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) have to redefine their marketing strategies, in order to meet current challenges in tourism, such as the emergence of new tourism destinations, the intense competition, the change in the motivations and preferences of tourists, as well as the global economic crisis. On the other hand, social media are gaining prominence, as a cost effective marketing tool with high returns. In this respect, the aim of this paper is to investigate the use of social media among 325 municipalities in Greece for destination marketing purposes. The results show that Greek municipalities just begin to recognize the added value of this new marketing trend, since social media exploitation is still very limited and largely experimental. Subsequently, the social media strategy of the Greek Municipality of Ierapetra – ‘Visit Ierapetra’ – is analyzed and presented. In the analysis, social media usage patterns were identified that could serve as good practices for other municipalities in Greece, at a time when public sector cuts in their funding are requiring them to seek greater value in the way marketing budgets are spent. Findings and discussion of this study are useful to industry practitioners and academic researchers interested in the use of social media in destination marketing.
description: tourismos, Vol. 11 No. 3 (2016)
Cosmological Solutions on Atiyah-Hitchin Space in Five Dimensional Einstein-Maxwell-Chern-Simons Theory
Creators: name: Ghezelbash, A. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct non-stationary exact solutions to five dimensional Einstein-Maxwell-Chern-Simons theory with positive cosmological constant. The solutions are based on four-dimensional Atiyah-Hitchin space. In asymptotic regions, the solutions approach to Gibbons-Perry-Sorkin monopole solutions. On the other hand, near the four-dimensional bolt of Atiyah-Hitchin space, our solutions show a bolt structure in five dimensions. The c-function for the solutions shows monotonic increase in time, in agreement with the general expected behaviour of c-function in asymptotically dS spacetimes.
description: 12 pages, 3 figures
Numerical study of chiral magnetic effect in quenched SU(2) lattice gauge theory
Creators: name: Buividovich, P. V.
name: Chernodub, M. N.
name: Luschevskaya, E. V.
name: Polikarpov, M. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A possible experimental observation of the chiral magnetic effect in heavy ion collisions at RHIC was recently reported by the STAR Collaboration. We study signatures of this effect in SU(2) lattice gluodynamics with the chirally invariant Dirac operator. We find that at zero temperature the local fluctuations of an electric current of quarks and chirality fluctuations increase with external Abelian magnetic field. The external magnetic field leads to spatial separation of the quark's electric charges. The separation increases with the strength of the magnetic field. As temperature gets higher the dependence of these quantities on the strength of the magnetic field becomes weaker. In the deconfinement phase the local fluctuations of the chiral density and of the spatial components of the quarks electric current are large and are almost independent on the external magnetic field. The local fluctuations of the electric charge density decrease with the strength of the magnetic field in this phase.
description: 7 pages, 8 figures; Presented at 27th International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, Beijing, China, 25 Jul -31 Jul 2009; revision: minor stylistic changes
FACTORS AFFECTING AN ISLAND’S IMAGE AS PERCEIVED BY TOURISM DEMAND AND SUPPLY
Creators: name: Tsoka, Ioanna
name: Angelis, Vasilis
name: Dimaki, Katerina
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2016

description: The development and competitiveness of a tourism destination is subject to its ability to attract tourists – willing to visit the place - and tour operators – willing to promote the destination. This ability depends on a number of factors affecting the image of the destination. A literature review reveals that most of the studies referring to tourism destinations focus on the factors attracting tourists, i.e. the demand side and very few on the factors attracting the supply side. The objective of this paper is to identify, for the case of island destinations, the common factors i.e. those which affect both demand and supply side and hence determine what we shall be referring to as the destination’s Basic Image and the specific factors i.e. those which affect one of the sides only and hence, together with the Basic Image, determine what we shall be referring to as the destination’s Specific Images as perceived by the two sides respectively.
description: tourismos, Vol. 11 No. 3 (2016)
Plurilinguismo e multilinguismo in Europa per una Educazione plurilingue e interculturale
Creators: name: Luise, Maria Cecilia
Publisher: name: Firenze University Press
Year: 2014

description: This article provides a general outline of the language policy followed by European organizations in order to propose a definition of terms such as plurilingualism, multilingualism, bilingualism and consideration of multilingualism peculiarities and benefits either for the single person or communities. The literature has considered multilingualism linked to cognitive, psychological, cultural, educational, social and economic benefits. It is also described in terms of plurilingual and intercultural competence in the Common European Framework, which is the most important European guideline on learning and teaching languages. Plurilingual and intercultural competence as a plural repertoire of language and cultural transversal knowledge, competences and resources, is the aim of plurilingual and intercultural education: focus is on personal development, learners’ needs, linguistic and intercultural abilities in order to develop not a “native speaker” but an “intercultural speaker”.
description: LEA - Lingue e Letterature d'Oriente e d'Occidente, Vol 2 (2013)
Superfluid Bose-Fermi mixture from weak-coupling to unitarity
Creators: name: Adhikari, S. K.
name: Salasnich, Luca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the zero-temperature properties of a superfluid Bose-Fermi mixture by introducing a set of coupled Galilei-invariant nonlinear Schrödinger equations valid from weak-coupling to unitarity. The Bose dynamics is described by a Gross-Pitaevskii-type equation including beyond-mean-field corrections possessing the correct weak-coupling and unitarity limits. The dynamics of the two-component Fermi superfluid is described by a density-functional equation including beyond-mean-field terms with correct weak-coupling and unitarity limits. The present set of equations is equivalent to the equations of generalized superfluid hydrodynamics, which take into account also surface effects. The equations describe the mixture properly as the Bose-Bose repulsive (positive) and Fermi-Fermi attractive (negative) scattering lengths are varied from zero to infinity in the presence of a Bose-Fermi interaction. The present model is tested numerically as the Bose-Bose and Fermi-Fermi scattering lengths are varied over wide ranges covering the weak-coupling to unitarity transition.
description: 11 pages
Fronts of spin tunneling in molecular magnets
Creators: name: Garanin, D. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dissipative spin-tunneling transitions at biased resonances in molecular magnets such as Mn-12 Ac are controlled by the dipolar field that can bring the system on and off resonance. It is shown that this leads to spin relaxation in form of propagating fronts of tunneling, with the dipolar field adjusting self-consistently to provide a zero bias within the front core. There are two regimes of the front propagation: laminar and non-laminar with discontinuous magnetization and dipolar field. In the laminar regime the speed of the front can exceed that of the magnetic deflagration, if the transverse field is large enough. Fronts of tunneling can be initiated by magnetic field sweep near the end of the crystal.
description: 11 PR pages, 11 figure captions, submitted to PRB
WELLNESS TOURISM: INTEGRATING SPECIAL INTEREST TOURISM WITHIN THE GREEK TOURISM MARKET
Creators: name: Vasileiou, Magdalini
name: Tsartas, Paris
name: Stogiannidou, Marianthi
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2021

description: Tourism industry in the past two decades is increasingly subsuming the identity of an experience industry. Within the framework of the global crisis, Greece seeks for a way of rejuvenating, differentiating and upgrading in quality a “tired” tourism product within a broader framework of an enriched tourism product in terms of special interest tourism development- either as a core product or as a complementary product to the mass tourism model. In particular, wellness tourism in Greece, following the tradition of the past - which related to the traditional spa- towns-presents a dynamic revival and claims its position in the global tourism market. This paper examines the typology and potentials created through investing in special interest tourism and in particular in the dynamics of Wellness Tourism development in Greece. It examines the main characteristics and typology of a major part of the supply side of the wellness tourism market in Greece. It tries to identify the possible relation of wellness tourism to other special interest tourism types that could support the development of a complex of special interest tourism activities. It aspires to identify the consumer behaviour / motives of the tourists visiting wellness hotels in Greece in order to relate them with the need to invest in rising markets and new ways of wellness tourism marketing management and finally, presents some of the most important problems the Greek wellness tourism market encounters that must be addressed in order to escape form the crisis vortex.
description: tourismos, Vol. 11 No. 3 (2016)
GAY AND LESBIAN TOURISM – IN SEARCH OF GAY SPACE?
Creators: name: Apostolopoulou, Elia-Nikoleta
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2016

description: The paper explores existing published work related to gay and lesbian tourism motivations. Following, the findings of a small-scale quantitative study regardingthe profile of the Greek gay and lesbian tourists and their motivations when choosing a holiday destination and accommodationare presented. The paper concludes that lesbians are less prone to travel to well-known gay destinations compared to gays and that both avoid homophobic destinations. In terms of accommodation and destination choice, sexuality is not the most decisive factor, although it plays a more important role for gays. Revealing the motivations of the gay and lesbian niche market can help develop an effective marketing strategy.
description: tourismos, Vol. 11 No. 3 (2016)
Future Investigations of the Flavor Dependence of Sea Quark Helicities at STAR
Creators: name: Sowinski, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The flavor dependence of polarized and unpolarized quark distributions in the nucleon can lead to insights into the formation of the sea. Drell-Yan measurements have pointed to flavor asymmetries in the unpolarized distributions. Collisions at sqrt{s}=500 GeV with polarized protons at RHIC will soon allow investigations of the flavor separated polarized quark distributions via W production to complement measurements from semi-inclusive DIS. We report on STAR's current plans, tracking upgrade, and expected sensitivities.
description: 4 pages, to appear in the proceedings of the 18th International Spin Physics Symposium (Spin08), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA, October 6 - 11, 2008
CIFRA National Survey: Uruguay January 1999
Creators: name: CIFRA, In Bogliaccini, Juan, And Queirolo Rosario Laboratorio De Opinión Pública And Redes Sociales En Uruguay Collection (Social Networks And Public Opinion Lab Collection)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2021

description: Street festivals; carnival; interest in politics; approval of various political figures and groups; closeness to political party; chores; groceries; what you do if your refrigerator breaks; family economic situation; internal party elections (presidential primaries); rate kindness of political figures; political corruption; presidential candidates; Uruguay economy; Mercosur (1991 South American trade bloc); Brazil economy; mother and father family roles; tourism; beaches; Punta del Este (city in Uruguay); 1994 voting history. National Agency for Research and Innovation (ANII) Collection.
Expansion properties of finite simple groups
Creators: name: Dinai, Oren
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C25 (Primary) 05C12, 05E15 (Secondary)

description: We prove that if G is SL_2(F) or PSL_2(F), where F is a finite field, and A is a set of generators of G, then either |AAA| > |A|^(1+epsilon), where epsilon is an absolute positive real number, or AAA=G. As a corollary we get that the diameter of any Cayley graph of G is Poly-Logarithmic in |G|.
description: PhD Thesis, The Hebrew University, September 2009, 115 pages. The results will be included in a future paper
APPROACHING COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES AND HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN CITY HOTELS
Creators: name: Floras, Miltiadis
name: Stavrinoudis, Theodoros
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2016

description: In this paper the implementation of Human Resources Management (HRM) practices related to hospitality selection, staffing and job design is to be explored according to the hotels’ business strategy categorization. The HRM practices are also tested for any positive effects on specific performance variables. Schuler’s and Jackson’s (1987) typology was used to capture the strategic groups (Othman and Ismail, 1996; Wei, 2006; Liao, 2005; Kelliher and Perret, 2001) in the hospitality sector (Tavitiyaman et al., 2012; Alleyne et al., 2006; Hogue, 2000). HRM practices were adopted by Kim Hogue’s (2000) research in Great Britain’s hospitality and tertiary sector, while the selection of variables measuring the hotels’ performance was based on relevant scientific literature (Tzafrir, 2006; Liao, 2005; Tseng and Lee, 2009; Azmi, 2010; Stavrou et al., 2007; Wang and Syu, 2008). The survey’s outcomes highlight the need of hotels’ to focus on the proper selection and staffing systems-procedures. The differentiations among the strategic groups, according to the implementation of HRM practices, are pointed out and discussed.
description: tourismos, Vol. 11 No. 3 (2016)
Agile Satellite Planning for Multi-Payload Observations for Earth Science
Creators: name: Levinson, Rich
name: Nag, Sreeja
name: Ravindra, Vinay
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: We present planning challenges, methods and preliminary results for a new model-based paradigm for earth observing systems in adaptive remote sensing. Our heuristically guided constraint optimization planner produces coordinated plans for multiple satellites, each with multiple instruments (payloads). The satellites are agile, meaning they can quickly maneuver to change viewing angles in response to rapidly changing phenomena. The planner operates in a closed-loop context, updating the plan as it receives regular sensor data and updated predictions. We describe the planner's search space and search procedure, and present preliminary experiment results. Contributions include initial identification of the planner's search space, constraints, heuristics, and performance metrics applied to a soil moisture monitoring scenario using spaceborne radars.
WORRY AND META-COGNITIVE BELIEFS IN CHILDHOOD ANXIETY DISORDERS
Creators: name: Benedetto, Loredana
name: Di Blasi, Daniela
name: Pacicca, Pamela
Publisher: name: University of Messina
Year: 2014

description: Worry is a cognitive-emotive process characterized by repetitive and relatively uncontrollable thoughts that anticipate negative outcomes and cause distress in the individuals. According to the meta-cognitive model of Wells (1995), positive beliefs about the benefits of worry and negative beliefs on uncontrollability and danger of worry are associated with "pathological brooding" as the main feature of anxiety disorders. The phenomenon of worry is already present in preschool children and the ability to mull over  is refined with the cognitive development and the progress of meta-cognition. The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between anxiety and worry in 184 preadolescents (aged 11-13 years). The measures employed were: RCMAS-2 to assess the levels of anxiety in children; the Penn State Worry Questionnaire for Children (PSWQ-C) and the Meta-cognition Questionnaire for Children (MCQ-C) to detect, respectively, the frequency and content of the worry. Results indicate that children with higher levels of anxiety  reported significantly higher scores on PSWQ-C and in all subscales of the MCQ-C, with the only exception of the positive meta-worry. These results also support the reliability of the two instruments (PSWQ-C and MCQ-C-C) in the Italian version and encourage further applications in  developmental or  clinical researches.

Keywords: worry, anxiety disorders, meta-cognitive beliefs, preadolescents
description: Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, Vol 1, No 3 (2013)
Equivariant cohomology over Lie groupoids and Lie-Rinehart algebras
Creators: name: Huebschmann, Johannes
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14F40 17B65 17B66 18C15 18G10 22A22 22E65 55N91 58H05

description: Using the language and terminology of relative homological algebra, in particular that of derived functors, we introduce equivariant cohomology over a general Lie-Rinehart algebra and equivariant de Rham cohomology over a locally trivial Lie groupoid in terms of suitably defined monads (also known as triples) and the associated standard constructions. This extends a characterization of equivariant de Rham cohomology in terms of derived functors developed earlier for the special case where the Lie groupoid is an ordinary Lie group, viewed as a Lie groupoid with a single object; in that theory over a Lie group, the ordinary Bott-Dupont-Shulman-Stasheff complex arises as an a posteriori object. We prove that, given a locally trivial Lie groupoid G and a smooth G-manifold f over the space B of objects of G, the resulting G-equivariant de Rham theory of f boils down to the ordinary equivariant de Rham theory of a vertex manifold relative to the corresponding vertex group, for any vertex in the space B of objects of G; this implies that the equivariant de Rham cohomology introduced here coincides with the stack de Rham cohomology of the associated transformation groupoid whence this stack de Rham cohomology can be characterized as a relative derived functor. We introduce a notion of cone on a Lie-Rinehart algebra and in particular that of cone on a Lie algebroid. This cone is an indispensable tool for the description of the requisite monads.
description: 47 pages
AN EXPLORATORY ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC CONSULTATION IN TOURISTIC ISLANDS:THE ROLE OF GREEN TRANSPORT
Creators: name: Papatheodorou, Andreas
name: Paravantis, John
name: Polydoropoulou, Amalia
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2016

description: Tourism is a global high consumption industry with important sustainability implications. Given the strong link between tourism and transport, this research analyses the opinion of local authorities and stakeholders to help promote sustainable transport in the touristic islands of Chios and Lesvos, in the Aegean Sea, in Greece. The attitudes of stakeholders towards the current state of tourism, future targets of the tourism industry and ways that green transport may assist the local tourism industry achieve these targets, were analyzed. A total of 82 completed questionnaires were collected from public consultations in Chios and Lesvos. Tourism seasonality, an emphasis on sun and sea, the small size of tourist enterprises and pressure from tour operators were seen as problems of the existing situation of the tourist industry. Stakeholders considered the independent operation of local institutions, a reduction of the emphasis on sun and sea tourism as well as an increase in the size of enterprises, important future targets for the tourist industry. Finally, it was established that stakeholders thought that green transport may prove to be particularly helpful with an increase in the size of tourist enterprises, legalization of more unlicensed establishments and less emphasis on sun and sea tourism.
description: tourismos, Vol. 11 No. 3 (2016)
Itinerari nei Multimodal Studies.  A proposito del volume di Maria Grazia Sindoni (2013), Spoken and Written Discourse in Online Interactions. A Multimodal Approach (London-New York, Routledge)
Creators: name: Moschini, Ilaria
Publisher: name: Firenze University Press
Year: 2014

description: LEA - Lingue e Letterature d'Oriente e d'Occidente, Vol 2 (2013)
Nitrogen defects and ferromagnetism of Cr-doped AlN diluted magnetic semiconductor from first principles
Creators: name: Shi, Li-Jie
name: Zhu, Li-Fang
name: Zhao, Yong-Hong
name: Liu, Bang-Gui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High Curie temperature of 900 K has been reported in Cr-doped AlN diluted magnetic semiconductors prepared by various methods, which is exciting for spintronic applications. It is believed that N defects play important roles in achieving the high temperature ferromagnetism in good samples. Motivated by these experimental advances, we use a full-potential density-functional-theory method and supercell approach to investigate N defects and their effects on ferromagnetism of (Al,Cr)N with N vacancies (V_N). Calculated results are in agreement with experimental observations and facts of real Cr-doped AlN samples and their synthesis. Our first-principles results are useful to elucidating the mechanism for the ferromagnetism and exploring high-performance Cr-doped AlN diluted magnetic semiconductors.
description: 8 pages with figures included
Revisiting the sub-pulse drifting phenomenon in PSR J1822-2256: Drift Modes, Sparks, and Emission Heights
Creators: name: Janagal, Parul
name: Chakraborty, Manoneeta
name: Bhat, N. D. Ramesh
name: Bhattacharya, Bhaswati
name: McSweeney, Samuel J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Sub-pulse drifting in pulsar radio emission is considered to be one of the most promising phenomenon for uncovering the underlying physical processes. Here we present a detailed study of such a phenomenon in observations of PSR J1822$-$2256, made using the upgraded Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope (uGMRT). Observations were made simultaneously using the Band 3 (300-500 MHz) and Band 4 (550-750 MHz) receivers of the uGMRT. The pulsar is known to exhibit subpulse drifting, mode changing, and nulling. Our observations reveal four distinct sub-pulse drifting modes of emission (A, B, C, and D) for this pulsar, with the drift periodicities of 17.9 $P_1$, 5.8 $P_1$, 8 $P_1$, 14.1 $P_1$, respectively (where $P_1$ is the pulsar rotation period), two of which exhibit some new features that were not reported in the previous studies. We also investigate the possible spark configuration, characterised by the number of sparks ($n$) in the carousel patterns of these four drift modes, and our analysis suggests two representative solutions for the number of sparks for a carousel rotation period, $P_4$, which lies in the range of $13$ to $16$. The large frequency coverage of our data (300-750 MHz) is also leveraged to explore the frequency dependence of single-pulse characteristics of the pulsar emission, particularly the frequency-dependent subpulse behaviour and the emission heights for the observed drift modes. Our analysis suggests a clear modal dependence of inferred emission heights. We discuss the implications for the pulsar emission mechanism and its relation to the proposed spark configuration.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures
Information control as a bargaining tactic in social exchange networks
Creators: name: Foddy, Margaret Lynn
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: This dissertation is concerned with the process by which social actors conceal information about the true level of their profits in exchange interactions, so that they may deviate from a norm of fairness calling for equality of subjective profits to the parties in an exchange. Two factors are posited to act as constraints on the potential advantage of information control — a preference by social actors for reliable information that allows comparison with exchange partners; and the availability of alternative exchange partners who do not conceal their resources. In this context, we outline six exchange situations characterized by different distributions of information (symmetric and asymmetric), and by different numbers of alternatives. One case, involving asymmetric information and several alternative exchange partners, is selected as the focus of this study. A theory is constructed to make predictions concerning the nature and direction of initiations of exchange, the perception of advantage in information control, and the likely success of tactics of concealing information about resources from potential exchange partners. The predictions are subjected to test in an experimental study, involving 336 subjects in 42 experiments. The results are largely supportive of the predictions that: 1) people who can conceal their resources make more attempts to gain advantageous exchanges; 2) people prefer to enter exchange transactions in which they have reliable information about their partners; and 3) people direct more initiations of exchange to others who possess relatively large amounts of desired resources. The few cases in which negative evidence arose are evaluated, and attention is drawn to aspects of the theory and experimental design in need of further investigation.
L'educazione e il digitale: tra sostenibiltà e vulnerabilità. A proposito dei volumi di Clayton M. Christensen, Henry J. Eyring (2011), The Innovative University  e di William H. Bowen (2013), Higher Education in the Digital Age
Creators: name: Battisti, Diana
Publisher: name: Firenze University Press
Year: 2014

description: LEA - Lingue e Letterature d'Oriente e d'Occidente, Vol 2 (2013)
Magnetic, Thermal, and Transport Properties of Layered Arsenides BaRu2As2 and SrRu2As2
Creators: name: Nath, R.
name: Singh, Yogesh
name: Johnston, D. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The magnetic, thermal and transport properties of polycrystalline BaRu2As2 and SrRu2As2 samples with the ThCr2Si2 structure were investigated by means of magnetic susceptibility chi(T), electrical resistivity rho(T), and heat capacity Cp(T) measurements. The temperature (T) dependence of rho indicates metallic character for both compounds with residual resistivity ratios rho(310 K)/rho(2 K) of 17 and 5 for the Ba and Sr compounds, respectively. The Cp(T) results reveal a low-T Sommerfeld coefficient gamma = 4.9(1) and 4.1(1) mJ/mol K^2 and Debye temperature Θ_D = 271(7) K and 271(4) K for the Ba and Sr compounds, respectively. The chi (T) was found to be diamagnetic with a small absolute value for both compounds. No transitions were found for BaRu2As2 above 1.8 K. The chi(T) data for SrRu2As2 exhibit a cusp at \sim 200 K, possibly an indication of a structural and/or magnetic transition. We discuss the properties of BaRu2As2 and SrRu2As2 in the context of other ThCr2Si2-type and ZrCuSiAs-type transition metal pnictides.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures; v2: additional discussion of the relationship with FeAs-type materials and the importance of Stoner enhancement of the susceptibility
MPEC 2023-K197 : 2023 KR4
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 KR4

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.