cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Evaluating the potential of mobile technology in tourism destination marketing
Creators: name: Moustafa, Mohamed Ali Yousef
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Tourism marketing

description: Tourism destinations face various challenges in the implementation of m-technologies and although mobile applications are used by some destinations, many are in their early stages of development. Few destinations have yet managed to develop credible mobile services. In particular, small and mediumsized enterprises (SMEs), which are the backbone of the tourism industry, have struggled to embrace new technologies, e.g. e-commerce applications, which has prevented them from benefiting from new technologies. It is unclear which business model will emerge to make mobile services viable. This study aims to explore the way that tourism destinations deal with these issues and will develop a mobile information model integrated with a mobile destination coding system to help tourism stakeholders optimise their exploitation of mtechnologies. This research comprised two phases. Phase one aimed to explore organizations that had implemented m-technologies. It employed a case study methodology utilising a variety of methods (semi-structured interviews, observation and document analysis). Phase two aimed to design a destination mobile information coding system. To achieve this paper prototyping interviews with m-technology and tourism experts were used. Phase one involved two case studies: Innsbruck as a case study for a tourism destination that had already implemented many m-technology applications for visitors; Cardiff Bus and Traveline as organizations that had implemented mtechnologies. Cross-case analysis informed the development of a model for tourism destination stakeholders, particularly SMEs, to encourage better mtechnology practices in tourism destination marketing. It concludes with a model for mobile information provision for tourism destination. The major contribution of this research is Tourism Mobile Information Coding System (TMICS) - a mobile coding information system which aims to provide tourists with destination information through their mobile phones. It is anticipated that the new system will enhance tourism destination stakeholders marketing efforts.
Lifetime and population of the 2S state in muonic protium and deuterium
Creators: name: Diepold, Marc
name: Amaro, Fernando D.
name: Antognini, Aldo
name: Biraben, François
name: Cardoso, João M. R.
name: Covita, Daniel S.
name: Dax, Andreas
name: Dhawan, Satish
name: Fernandes, Luis M. P.
name: Giesen, Adolf
name: Gouvea, Andrea L.
name: Graf, Thomas
name: Hänsch, Theodor W.
name: Indelicato, Paul
name: Julien, Lucile
name: Kao, Cheng-Yang
name: Knowles, Paul
name: Kottmann, Franz
name: Bigot, Eric-Olivier Le
name: Liu, Yi-Wei
name: Lopes, José A. M.
name: Ludhova, Livia
name: Monteiro, Cristina M. B.
name: Mulhauser, Françoise
name: Nebel, Tobias
name: Nez, François
name: Rabinowitz, Paul
name: Santos, Joaquim M. F. dos
name: Schaller, Lukas A.
name: Schuhmann, Karsten
name: Schwob, Catherine
name: Taqqu, David
name: Veloso, João F. C. A.
name: Vogelsang, Jan
name: Pohl, Randolf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Radiative deexcitation (RD) of the metastable 2S state of muonic protium and deuterium atoms has been observed. In muonic protium, we improve the precision on lifetime and population (formation probability) values for the short-lived μp(2S) component, and give an upper limit for RD of long-lived μp(2S) atoms. In muonic deuterium at 1 hPa, 3.1 +-0.3 % of all stopped muons form μd(2S) atoms. The short-lived 2S component has a population of 1.35 +0.57 -0.33 % and a lifetime of τ_short(μd) = 138 +32 -34 ns. We see evidence for RD of long-lived μd(2S) with a lifetime of τ_long(μd) = 1.15 +0.75 -0.53 μs. This is interpreted as formation and decay of excited muonic molecules.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures
Fermi surface topology and impurity-induced resonance state in BiS$_{2}$-based superconductors
Creators: name: Liu, Bin
name: Feng, Shiping
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Within the two-orbital model for BiS$_{2}$-based superconductors, the effect from a single nonmagnetic impurity scattering on the superconducting-state is investigated in terms of the T-matrix approach. By considering three kinds of the typical Fermi surface topology which characterize the essential features of the doping dependence of the electronic structure in BiS$_{2}$-based superconductors, it is found that the impurity scattering on the superconducting-state with the conventional $s$-wave, the extended $s$-wave, the $\pm s$-wave, and the $d_{x^{2}-y^{2}}$-wave symmetries induces \textit{qualitatively} different resonance states due to the evolution of unique nodal structures on the Fermi surface with doping. These impurity-induced resonance states can be verified directly by the scanning tunneling microscopy experiments, and therefore they are proposed as a probe of the superconducting pairing symmetry in BiS$_{2}$-based superconductors.
description: 5 pages, 7 figures
Spreadsheet use for strategic decision-making: An analysis of spreadsheet use and associated risk
Creators: name: Madahar, Mukul
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Data management and data science not elsewhere classified

description: Spreadsheets are the most widely used End User Computing (EUC) tool. Errors in spreadsheets are significant and well documented. There is anecdotal evidence that spreadsheets are used at strategic level. The conjunction of the extent of errors and spreadsheet use at a strategic level in organisations raises the risk exposure to organisations. There are two approaches towards this problem: 'spreadsheet engineering' or 'business problem'. There is extensive research in finding spreadsheet engineering solutions to reduce the errors. This research instead followed a 'business problem' approach. The literature reviewed concerned various subject areas: general Risk Management, EUC and IT Risk Management. The conceptual framework developed suggested an approach to mitigate risks associated with spreadsheet use. The study followed a pragmatist research philosophy using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods. This research investigated the significance and extent of spreadsheet problems using a Questionnaire survey conducted with Tuck Business School, USA, along with four secondary studies and a qualitative analysis of an e-discussion by an expert forum of EUSpRIG. This was followed by two qualitative case studies using semi-structured interviews. Resulting from the case studies, a model was developed for categorising spreadsheet use incorporating risk. The categories of use and approach to measure the risk were defined. This study concludes that spreadsheets are an integral part of the organisations and their strategic decision-making processes. Spreadsheets are a powerful tool and have been a victim of their own success. The answer is not to avoid spreadsheets but to use them more sensibly and carefully as one would do with any other powerful tool. There needs to be formalised control governing their use and development, based on their type of use and extent of risks associated. The model developed helps prioritise spreadsheets based on categories of use incorporating risk associated and suggested strategy for each category.
Rattus rennelli Troughton 1946
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Rattus
Rattus rennelli

description: Rattus rennelli Troughton, 1946. Rec. Aust. Mus., 21: 375. TYPE LOCALITY: Solomon Isis., Rennell Isl. DISTRIBUTION: Rennell Isl. (Solomon Isis.). ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011058095001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), pp. 504-560 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 553, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353037
The $Σ$(1385) photoproduciton from proton within a Regge-plus-resonance approach
Creators: name: He, Jun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The interaction mechanism of the $Σ$(1385) photoproduction from proton is investigated within a Regge-plus-resonance approach based on the experimental data released by CLAS Collaboration recently. The t-channel and u-channel contributions are responsible to the behaviors of the differential cross sections at forward and backward angles, respectively. The contributions from nucleon resonances including $N^*$ and $Δ^*$, which are determined by the predicted decay amplitudes in constituent quark model, are found small but essential to reproduce the differential cross section especially the contribution from $F_{35}$ state $Δ(2000)$.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures
On the many saddle points description of quantum black holes
Creators: name: Germani, Cristiano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Considering two dimensional gravity coupled to a CFT, we show that a semiclassical black hole can be described in terms of two Liouville theories matched at the horizon. The black hole exterior corresponds to a space-like while the interior to a time-like Liouville theory. This matching automatically implies that a semiclassical black hole has an infinite entropy. The path integral description of the time-like Liouville theory (the Black Hole interior) is studied and it is found that the correlation functions of the coupled CFT-gravity system are dominated by two (complex) saddle points, even in the semiclassical limit. We argue that this system can be interpreted as two interacting Bose-Einstein condensates constructed out of two degenerate quantum states. In AdS/CFT context, the same system is mapped into two interacting strings intersecting inside a three-dimensional BTZ black hole. Finally, we discuss why, beyond the semiclassical approximation, we expect no firewalls appearing in our system.
description: 11 pages, RevTeX; v2 clarifications and references added
Individual project on theme "Triticum L." (MOOC: CompTech in biology)
Creators: name: Belova Ksenia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: Данный кейс является результатом реализации индивидуального проекта Беловой Ксении по теме "Triticum L." в рамках онлайн курса "Компьютерные технологии в биологии" (автор – А.В. Ваганов) (https://stepik.org/course/60859/promo)
THE ROLE OF OBSERVER GENDER AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS EMOTIONAL EXPRESSION IN THE PROVISION OF EMOTIONAL AND INSTRUMENTAL SUPPORT FOR PEERS WITH PAIN
Creators: name: Mehok, Lauren Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2022
Subjects: Clinical psychology

description: Chronic pain is a health problem that impacts at least 10% of the world population. Social support has beneficial effects for those who have chronic pain. Social support can be emotional, where a supporter is present, validating, and assuring; or instrumental, where a supporter provides services to address an imbalance in needs. Despite the benefits of social support, relatively little attention has been given to willingness to provide support to people with pain during transition to adulthood. The current study explored gender differences and the role of attitudes towards emotional expression in young adults’ willingness to provide emotional and instrumental support to a virtual human peer with pain. Participants (N=234, mean age=20) viewed videos/vignettes of a male or female peer with pain and responded to questions about willingness to provide support and attitudes towards emotional expression. Female participants were more willing to provide support than male participants, F(1,218) = 27.37, p < 0.01, and participants were more willing to provide emotional support compared to instrumental support, F(1,218) = 6.72, p = 0.01. Attitudes towards emotional expression mediated the relationship between participant gender and emotional and instrumental support (total indirect effect = 0.05; 95% CI [.01-.12]; total indirect effect = 0.05; 95% CI [.01-.12]). There was not an interaction between participant and peer gender for emotional, P = 0.26, or instrumental, P = 0.47, support. The results suggest that women are more willing to provide emotional and instrumental support and that fewer negative attitudes about emotional expression help explain the relationship. The findings also suggest that the gender of the peer does not impact willingness to provide support.
title: Kulinarische Praxen als Medium der Identitätsdarstellung deutscher und türkischer Jugendlicher
Creators: name: Rehaag, Regine
name: Uslucan, Haci-Halil
name: Aydin-Canpolat, Gönül
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Adipositasprävention
subject: Gender
subject: Identität
subject: Interkultureller Vergleich
subject: Jugendliche
subject: Kochen
subject: Kulinarische Praxen
subject: ddc:300

description: Die Studie geht der Frage nach, welche Bedeutung herkunftskulturelle kulinarische Praxen bei türkischen und deutschen Jugendlichen in ihrer Selbstdarstellung spielen. Darüber hinaus wird in den jeweiligen Gruppen gendersensibel auf differenzielle Ausformungen zwischen Jungen und Mädchen geachtet und herausgearbeitet, wie über kulinarische Praxen Geschlechterordnung hergestellt wird. Nicht zuletzt wird der Fokus auf die soziale Dimension des Essens gerichtet. Methodisch sind hierzu nach Geschlecht, Alter und kulturellem Hintergrund differenzierte Gruppendiskussionen mit einer Stichprobe von N=60 durchgeführt worden, um so geschlechts- und herkunftstypische Orientierungen der Jugendlichen eruieren zu können. Die Daten wurden mithilfe des Computerprogramms Atlas.ti in einem mehrstufigenVerfahren qualitativ inhaltsanalytisch ausgewertet. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass es Unterschiede gibt, inwieweit herkunftskulturelle Aspekte des Essens in den Narrationen eine Rolle spielen (hohe Bedeutung für Türkeistämmige) und dass Essenspräferenzen sich entlang der Geschlechterlinie abbilden: Jungen orientieren sich herkunftsübergreifend an Genuss und Geschmack, bei Mädchen stehen gesundheitliche Dimensionen des Essens im Vordergrund. Die Ergebnisse liefern wertvolle Hinweise für eine kultur- und gendersensible Ausrichtung von Adipositaspräventionsprogrammen für Jugendliche.
SEAMM Tutorial 3: Tables and loops
Creators: name: Saxe, Paul
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: seamm-flowchart
SEAMM
tutorial
loops
tables
MOPAC

description: A slightly more advanced tutorial showing how to use tables and loops to run a number of calculations and collect the results in a table. The example takes as input a CSV file with a column of SMILES strings for a number of molecules, optimizes each using MOPAC with the PM7 parameterization, and adds the area, dipole moment, heat of formation, ionization energy and volume to the table.
Rattus richardsoni Tate 1949
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Rattus
Rattus richardsoni

description: Rattus richardsoni Tate, 1949. Am. Mus. Novit., 1421:1. TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, Irian Jaya, Djajawidjaja Div., N. of Mt. Wilhelmina, near Lake Habbema, 3225 m. DISTRIBUTION: W.C. interior New Guinea.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), pp. 504-560 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 553, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353037
Multi-Time Wave Functions for Quantum Field Theory
Creators: name: Petrat, Sören
name: Tumulka, Roderich
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Multi-time wave functions such as $ϕ(t_1,x_1,\ldots,t_N,x_N)$ have one time variable $t_j$ for each particle. This type of wave function arises as a relativistic generalization of the wave function $ψ(t,x_1,\ldots,x_N)$ of non-relativistic quantum mechanics. We show here how a quantum field theory can be formulated in terms of multi-time wave functions. We mainly consider a particular quantum field theory that features particle creation and annihilation. Starting from the particle-position representation of state vectors in Fock space, we introduce multi-time wave functions with a variable number of time variables, set up multi-time evolution equations, and show that they are consistent. Moreover, we discuss the relation of the multi-time wave function to two other representations, the Tomonaga-Schwinger representation and the Heisenberg picture in terms of operator-valued fields on space-time. In a certain sense and under natural assumptions, we find that all three representations are equivalent; yet, we point out that the multi-time formulation has several technical and conceptual advantages.
description: 51 pages, LaTex; v3: several improvements, Sections 2.4, 2.5, 5.2 added
Expression and activation of the 5'AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) in exercising and energy-depleted cells: an investigation into the molecular basis underpinning exercise-induced immunosuppression
Creators: name: Moir, Hannah
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Sports science and exercise not elsewhere classified

description: High-intensity exercise has been associated with an increased susceptibility to illness and infections, yet the underlying metabolic mechanism underpinning the onset of a suppressed immune system has yet to be determined. In view of the importance of preventing overtraining and the associated impact on health and sporting performance, the aim of the current thesis was to determine the role of 5'AMP-activated Protein Kinase (AMPK) in the maintenance of cellular energy within immune cells, and thus its influence on the functional abilities of immune cells. Two experimental approaches were employed: in vitro studies involving cultured monocytic monomac6 cells to confirm the importance of AMPK in maintaining correct cellular energy status, and in vivo studies to determine the effects of acute bouts of highintensity exercise of ~70% VO2max in various exercise modes (cycling, running and rowing), on AMPK activation within human mononuclear cells, and several markers of global immune function. Also, an 8-week training programme was employed to investigate the chronic effects of high-intensity exercise on mononuclear cell AMPK activation, and markers of global immune function. In vitro data confirmed AMPKÎ±1 isoform expression in monocytes, which is activated by hypoxia-induced decreases in cellular ATP levels (mimicked by in vitro oligomycin treatment) to phosphorylate inducible phosphofructokinase-2, and activate anaerobic glycolysis to replenish cellular energy stores. In contrast, bouts of high intensity exercise (~70% VO2max for 45 minutes) brought about transient dephosphorylation of AMPK for ~1 hour post-exercise, which correlated to transient decreases in immune function (detected as decreased salivary IgA and suppressed cytokine release). Dephosphorylation of AMPK occurred via an AMP:ATP-independent mechanism, and coincided with a decrease in intracellular levels of reactive oxygen species. Importantly, AMPK inactivation lessened in extent in mononuclear cells following an 8-week training programme. In conclusion, these studies detail the potential involvement of AMPK inactivation, and the consequent disruptions in cellular energy homeostasis in mononuclear cells following an acute bout of exercise. Longitudinal data suggests improvements by chronic training adaptations, but in general, propose a role that AMPK inactivation may repress immune cell function.
The introduction of a Total Quality Management culture in hotels
Creators: name: Mohsen, Mohamed Adel Mohamed Samy
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Hospitality management

description: This qualitative research study explores how TQM is approached in 5-star hotels and develops an integrated model to support the introduction of a TQM culture to 5-star hotel operations. Chapter two critically reviews literature related to quality, quality management and the introduction of a TQM culture. Chapter three presents critically reviews literature related to hospitality and the introduction of a TQM culture to 5-star hotel operations and develops a conceptual framework. The framework is then tested in through empirical research. A multiple case study approach was adopted involving document analysis and semi-structured interviews with managers and staff members in 5-star hotels to explore how hotel managers, HR managers, and staff approach quality management in 5-star hotels. Interviewees included hotel operations managers and staff members and the interview schedule explored: how hotel managers and staff define quality; major quality barriers that hotel managers and staff face; sources of information that hotel managers and staff need to deliver quality; how hotel managers approach quality management processes in their hotel operations. Critical success factors (CSFs) relating to the introduction of a TQM culture in 5- star hotel operations were identified. CSFs were teams, leadership, staff empowerment, communication, training, and customer focus. Additionally staff suggestion and reward schemes were identified as CSFs for the introduction of a TQM culture in 5-star hotels. To compare the TQM approach adopted in 5-star hotels with theoretical perspectives cross- case and cross-participant analyses were conducted to identify the difference in approaches between cases and between hotel managers and staff. The thesis concludes with the presentation of an integrated model to underpin the introduction of a TQM culture in 5-star hotel operations based on the way hotel managers and staff approach TQM and the actual information sources and quality management processes used in 5-star hotel operations.
MOA-2011-BLG-322Lb: a "second generation survey" microlensing planet
Creators: name: Shvartzvald, Y.
name: Maoz, D.
name: Kaspi, S.
name: Sumi, T.
name: Udalski, A.
name: Gould, A.
name: Bennett, D. P.
name: Han, C.
name: Abe, F.
name: Bond, I. A.
name: Botzler, C. S.
name: Freeman, M.
name: Fukui, A.
name: Fukunaga, D.
name: Itow, Y.
name: Koshimoto, N.
name: Ling, C. H.
name: Masuda, K.
name: Matsubara, Y.
name: Muraki, Y.
name: Namba, S.
name: Ohnishi, K.
name: Rattenbury, N. J.
name: Saito, To.
name: Sullivan, D. J.
name: Sweatman, W. L.
name: Suzuki, D.
name: Tristram, P. J.
name: Wada, K.
name: Yock, P. C. M.
name: Skowron, J.
name: Kozłowski, S.
name: Szymański, M. K.
name: Kubiak, M.
name: Pietrzyński, G.
name: Soszyński, I.
name: Ulaczyk, K.
name: Wyrzykowski, Ł.
name: Poleski, R.
name: Pietrukowicz, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Global "second-generation" microlensing surveys aim to discover and characterize extrasolar planets and their frequency, by means of round-the-clock high-cadence monitoring of a large area of the Galactic bulge, in a controlled experiment. We report the discovery of a giant planet in microlensing event MOA-2011-BLG-322. This moderate-magnification event, which displays a clear anomaly induced by a second lensing mass, was inside the footprint of our second-generation microlensing survey, involving MOA, OGLE and the Wise Observatory. The event was observed by the survey groups, without prompting alerts that could have led to dedicated follow-up observations. Fitting a microlensing model to the data, we find that the timescale of the event was t_E=23.2 +/-0.8 days, and the mass ratio between the lens star and its companion is q=0.028 +/-0.001. Finite-source effects are marginally detected, and upper limits on them help break some of the degeneracy in the system parameters. Using a Bayesian analysis that incorporates a Galactic structure model, we estimate the mass of the lens at 0.39 +0.45/-0.19 M_sun, at a distance of 7.56 +/-0.91 kpc. Thus, the companion is likely a planet of mass 11.6 +13.4/-5.6 M_J, at a projected separation of 4.3 +1.5/-1.2 AU, rather far beyond the snow line. This is the first pure-survey planet reported from a second-generation microlensing survey, and shows that survey data alone can be sufficient to characterize a planetary model. With the detection of additional survey-only planets, we will be able to constrain the frequency of extrasolar planets near their systems' snow lines.
description: MNRAS in press, 7 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables
Attitudes to and perceptions of design and technology students towards the subject: a case of five junior secondary schools in Botswana
Creators: name: Gaotlhobogwe, Michael
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Secondary education

description: The nature of design and technology in the school curriculum is shifting with the times, from a distinct subject associated with notions of craft and vocational preparation to anemerging technological literacy subject that supports education for democracy. This paradigm shift has resulted in diverse views about the place of design and technology in the curriculum internationally and in the context of the present study, Botswana.Here, where the subject declined in uptake over a period of 10 years by up to 6% per year, despite positive encouragement by the government, understanding student attitudes towards the subject is central to providing evidence-based options to policy makers. This study illustrates how quantitative approaches used in the social sciences and based on multivariate analysis (categorical Principal Components Analysis, Clustering Analysis and General Linear Modelling), can complement qualitative analysis toinform educational policy. The combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis can provide effective, evidence-based information and support policy development. The study was conducted with design and technology students in their final year of junior secondary school (15 –18 years old). An attitude survey of 233 students, focus group interviews involving 47 students, and semi-structured interviews involving 22 teachers and other staff were conducted in five junior secondary schools across Botswana. Qualitative interviews indicated consistently that age, gender and school performance all affected attitudes of students towards design and technology and gave an in-depth xiiiunderstanding of the issue. Multivariate analysis provided information in ranking howdifferent attitudes contributed to the overall perception of the subject (PCA-Factor analysis), in assessing the relative and interacting effects of external determinants like age or gender; and in classifying students into attitude groups. The findings show that design and technology enrolment could be improved by targeting children, girls in particular, who deemed the subject to be too difficult or unimportant, and by reinforcing perceptions of design and technology as an enjoyable life-skill.
Rattus rogersi
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Rattus
Rattus rogersi

description: Rattus rogersi (Thomas, 1907). Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 20:206. TYPE LOCALITY: India, Andaman Isis. (Bay of Bengal). DISTRIBUTION: South Andaman Isl. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011058097001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), pp. 504-560 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 553, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353037
Cloud services and the performance of small firms
Creators: name: Park, Julia
Publisher: name: Stanford Digital Repository
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Cloud computing
subject: Small business

description: Do cloud services boost small firms’ performance? Cloud services change a risky, fixed- cost investment in IT services to a variable-cost purchase of only IT services that have been used. As a result, cloud service providers like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon often advertise their products to small firms. However, cloud service has their own drawbacks for firms, such as the possibility of high costs due to unexpected high usage and changing prices by cloud service providers. This paper aims to answer whether the usage of cloud services improves the financial performance of small firms. Previous papers have limited their analysis to manufacturing plants, or have only been able to use survey or proxy data. In this paper, I use data from querying the website of small firms directly to find out whether they are using a cloud service technology as part of their IT infrastructure. This more direct dataset standardizes what is meant by a “cloud service” and focuses analysis on the impact of infrastructure cloud services, as opposed to the diverse array of cloud services more generally. Using a dataset of firms’ Amazon Web Service (AWS) usage and financial performance from 2000 and 2018, I run a difference-in-difference model to find the effect of using AWS on small firms’ revenue compared to larger firms’. I found that there is significant evidence that adopting AWS improves small firms’ revenue by as much as 60%, while adopting AWS appears to actually have a negative impact of large firms’ revenue.
Rattus salocco Tate and Archbold 1935
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Rattus
Rattus salocco

description: Rattus salocco Tate and Archbold, 1935. Am. Mus. Novit., 802:7. TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, S.E. Sulawesi, Mengkoka Range, Tanka Salocco. DISTRIBUTION: S.E. Sulawesi. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011058100001.
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), pp. 504-560 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 553, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353037
VEST: abstract vector calculus simplification in Mathematica
Creators: name: Squire, Jonathan
name: Burby, Joshua
name: Qin, Hong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a new package, VEST (Vector Einstein Summation Tools), that performs abstract vector calculus computations in Mathematica. Through the use of index notation, VEST is able to reduce three-dimensional scalar and vector expressions of a very general type to a well defined standard form. In addition, utilizing properties of the Levi-Civita symbol, the program can derive types of multi-term vector identities that are not recognized by reduction, subsequently applying these to simplify large expressions. In a companion paper (Burby et al., 2013), we employ VEST in the automation of the calculation of high-order Lagrangians for the single particle guiding center system in plasma physics, a computation which illustrates its ability to handle very large expressions. VEST has been designed to be simple and intuitive to use, both for basic checking of work and more involved computations.
description: Accepted for publication in Computer Physics Communications
title: Rory : a story and resource pack for professionals working with children of primary school age, looking at neglect because of alcohol misuse
Creators: name: Hassett, Peter
Publisher: name: Strathprints - University of Strathclyde
Year: 2009

description: Helping children understand the harm and neglect arising from alcohol misuse is not easy. Rory is a multimedia pack that provides a resource for practitioners to do this. Whilst not specifically designed for residential child care, could it be used as a resource? Rory is a happy dog who is neglected because his owner drinks too much. He experiences a cycle of neglect, guilt, shame and promises that are soon broken. He feels increasingly unhappy, alone and responsible for his owner’s problems. The dog next door, Felix, empathises with Rory, helping him to see he is not alone and situations can change.
La metropoli anestetica di Georg Simmel
Creators: name: Vargiu, Luca
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Scondo ciclo di seminari Rappresentazioni letterarie e visive della città di Berlino.
Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Dipartimento di Lettere, Lingue e Beni Culturali.
Cagliari, 10 novembre 2023.
Copositive Criteria and Boundedness of the Scalar Potential
Creators: name: Chakrabortty, Joydeep
name: Konar, Partha
name: Mondal, Tanmoy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To understand physics beyond the Standard Model (SM) it is important to have the precise knowledge of Higgs boson and top quark masses as well as strong coupling. Recently discovered new boson which is likely to be the SM Higgs with mass 123-127 GeV has a submissive impact on the stability of the new physics beyond standard model (BSM). The beyond standard model scenarios that include many scalar fields posses scalar potential with many quartic couplings. Due to the complicated structures of such scalar potentials it is indeed difficult to adjudge the stability of the vacuum. Thus one needs to formulate a proper prescription for computing the vacuum stability criteria. In this paper we have used the idea of copositive matrices to deduce the conditions that guarantee the boundedness of the scalar potential. We have discussed the basic idea behind the copositivity and then used that to determine the vacuum stability criteria for the Left-Right symmetric models with doublet, and triplet scalars and Type-II seesaw. As this idea is based on the strong mathematical arguments it helps to compute simple and unique stability criteria embracing the maximum allowed parameter space.
description: v2 : Version to appear in PRD. Footnote and references added. 39 pages, 1 figure
Rattus sikkimensis Hinton 1919
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Rattus
Rattus sikkimensis

description: Rattus sikkimensis Hinton, 1919. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 26:394. TYPE LOCALITY: India, Sikkim, Pashok. DISTRIBUTION: Nepal and N. Burma to Yunnan, Kwangtung, and Hainan (China) and Vietnam. COMMENT: The synonym koratensis was used for this species by Marshall, 1977, in Lekagul and McNeely, pp. 471-472; also see Musser et al., 1979, J. Mammal., 60:599. R. remotus is considered a conspecific by GGM (JTM).
description: Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), pp. 504-560 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 553, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353037
title: Sexplanation!
Creators: name: Stevens, Irene
Publisher: name: Strathprints - University of Strathclyde
Year: 2009

description: Just in time to coincide with new initiatives around personal, social and health education The National Youth Agency has relaunched its classic youth work resource, the Grapevine Game. Given a 21st century makeover and retitled Sexplanation! it retains its board game format which has been shown to open up honest, frank and informative discussions around sex and relationships.
Well-being and Mental Health Guideline for Open-source Communities
Creators: name: Degefa, Melkeberhan Berhanu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Well-being
Mental Health
Open-source

description: A guideline developed to address well-being and mental health in open-source communities by focusing on common challenges faced in open-source that affect mental health and well-being. It is designed to increase awareness about well-being and mental health in the communities, as well as promote it by providing recommendations and resources to those common challenges.
Topological characterization of crystalline ice structures from coordination sequences
Creators: name: Herrero, Carlos P.
name: Ramirez, Rafael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Topological properties of crystalline ice structures are studied by considering ring statistics, coordination sequences, and topological density of different ice phases. The coordination sequences (number of sites at topological distance k from a reference site) have been obtained by direct enumeration until at least 40 coordination spheres for different ice polymorphs. This allows us to study the asymptotic behavior of the mean number of sites in the k-th shell, M_k, for high values of k: M_k ~ a k^2, a being a structure-dependent parameter. Small departures from a strict parabolic dependence have been studied by considering first and second differences of the series {M_k} for each structure. The parameter a ranges from 2.00 for ice VI to 4.27 for ice XII, and is used to define a topological density for these solid phases of water. Correlations between such topological density and the actual volume of ice phases are discussed. Ices Ih and Ic are found to depart from the general trend in this correlation due to the large void space in their structures.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures, 3 tables
Effect of atomic distribution on cooperative spontaneous emission
Creators: name: Feng, Wei
name: Li, Yong
name: Zhu, Shi-Yao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study cooperative single-photon spontaneous emission from N multilevel atoms for different atomic distributions in optical vector theory. Instead of the average approximation for interatomic distance or the continuum approximation (sums over atoms replaced by integrals) for atomic distribution, the positions of every atom are taken into account by numerical calculation. It is shown that the regularity of atomic distribution has considerable influence on cooperative spontaneous emission. For a small atomic sample (compared with radiation wavelength), to obtain strong superradiance not only needs the uniform excitation (the Dicke state) but also requires the uniform atomic distribution. For a large sample, the uniform atomic distribution is beneficial to subradiance of the Dicke state, while the influence of atomic distribution on the timed Dicke state is weak and its time evolution obeys exponential decay approximately. In addition, we also investigate the corresponding emission spectrum and verify the directed emission for the timed Dicke state for a large atomic sample.
description: 9 pages, 9 figures
title: Bullying : you can make a difference
Creators: name: Sutherland, Mike
Publisher: name: Strathprints - University of Strathclyde
Year: 2009

description: The title of the leaflet stands as the bold claim made by respectme, Scotland's anti-bullying service, which is designed to be a practical guide for parents and carers. It delivers as it intends to. The booklet starts off usefully by defining what bullying behaviour is and the effects of this on a child or young person's health and wellbeing. It asserts rightly that bullying affects whole families and communities
Spherically symmetric Jordan-Brans-Dicke quantum gravity with de Broglie Bohm pilot wave perspective
Creators: name: Ghaffarnejad, Hossein
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We obtain two dimensional analogue of the Jordan-Brans-Dicke (JBD) gravity action described in four dimensional spherically symmetric curved space time metric. There will be two scalar fields, namely, the Brans Dicke (BD) $ϕ$ and scale factor of 2-sphere part of the space time $ψ.$ We obtained suitable duality transformations between $(ψ,ϕ)$ and $(ρ,S)$ where $ρ$ and $S$ is respectively amplitude and phase part of the corresponding de Broglie pilot wave function $Ψ(ρ,S)=\sqrtρe^{iS}.$ Covariant conservation of mass-energy current density of particles ensemble $J_a=ρ\partial_aS,$ is established by applying a particular dynamical conformal frame described by $(ρ,S).$
description: 9 pages
The Development of a Tacit Knowledge Spectrum based on the Interrelationships between Tacit and Explicit Knowledge
Creators: name: Clarke, Timothy
Publisher: name: Cardiff Metropolitan University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Organisational, interpersonal and intercultural communication

description: Tacit knowledge is a valuable asset to organisations which is not readily being recognised. Years of experience and understanding of an organisations processes, operations and clients, is being lost on a daily basis through the turnover of employees, whether through natural wastage or in these times of recession a cutting back of the workforce. The loss of this information (tacit knowledge) can be critical to the day to day running of the organisation and in many cases it is irreplaceable. Organisations need to capture this knowledge and turn it into explicit knowledge to enhance the future knowledge capital of the organisation. The undertaking of this thesis is to explore the relationship between tacit knowledge and explicit knowledge and their interaction when converting tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge. A review is carried out of current methodologies available to organisations for the management of tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge. Following the review, cases studies are carried out to test a series of interventions designed to promote understanding of knowledge management and the conversion of tacit knowledge into explicit knowledge. From the findings of the case studies, it can be found that tacit knowledge is not a single entity that can be converted into explicit knowledge, but it can be broken down into elements, which have to be considered independently in order to facilitate the knowledge transfer process. From evaluation of the research for this thesis, a Tacit Knowledge Spectrum Model is developed to represent the elements of tacit knowledge. The Model gives a clear view of the complexity of tacit knowledge and the inter-relationship of the elements that make up tacit knowledge. By creating a better understanding of tacit knowledge and its elements and their interaction with explicit knowledge, organisations will be better placed to manage tacit knowledge and their knowledge capital.
title: Caring about health : improving the health of looked after and accommodated children in Scotland. An A-Z health resource pack for staff and carers
Creators: name: Stevens, Irene
Publisher: name: Strathprints - University of Strathclyde
Year: 2009

description: This national resource pack has been published by NHS Health Scotland. The main aim of the pack is to support those caring for looked after and accommodated children in residential and foster care settings throughout Scotland. Presented in A-Z format (in 10 segments), the pack provides easy access to health information, sources of help and advice, and relevant websites. It also advocates a wider, more holistic approach to health.
title: Subtile und direkte Mechanismen der sozialen Konstruktion von Geschlecht in Schulbüchern. Vorstellung eines Kategoriensystems zur Analyse der Geschlechter(un)gerechtigkeit von Texten und Bildern
Creators: name: Moser, Franziska
name: Hannover, Bettina
name: Becker, Judith
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Gerechtigkeit
subject: Geschlecht
subject: Kategoriensystem
subject: Rolle
subject: Schulbuch
subject: Sprache
subject: ddc:370

description: Ausgehend von der Frauenbewegung in Deutschland wurden bereits vor über 40 Jahren erste Analysen zur Darstellung der Geschlechter in Schulbüchern vorgelegt. Sie haben gezeigt, dass weibliche Charaktere im Vergleich zu männlichen seltener und oft in geschlechterstereotypen Rollen dargestellt werden. Heute besteht auf gesellschaftlicher Ebene deutlich mehr Geschlechtergerechtigkeit, dennoch existieren nach wie vor subtile Formen von Diskriminierung in Schulbüchern. Der vorliegende Beitrag dokumentiert die Entwicklung eines Kategoriensystems, das geeignet ist, das Ausmaß von Geschlechter(un)gerechtigkeit in Texten und Bildern aus aktuell in deutschen Schulen verwendeten Deutsch- und Mathematikbüchern zu analysieren. Neben den Häufi gkeiten der Darstellungen von weiblichen und männlichen Charakteren und der Geschlechtstypizität ihrer Rollen und Aktivitäten können hiermit zwei subtile Mechanismen der Herstellung von Geschlechterungleichheiten untersucht werden: geschlechter(un)gerechte Sprache und die räumliche Darstellung weiblicher und männlicher Charaktere. Erste Ergebnisse der Anwendung des Kategoriensystems für Deutsch- und Mathematikbücher werden in der Diskussion dargestellt.