cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING BASED FRAMEWORK FOR MOBILE ENERGY DISSEMINATOR DISPATCHING TO CHARGE ON-ROAD ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Creators: name: Wang, Jiaming
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 460202
subject: Autonomous agents and multiagent systems
classificationCode: 400703
subject: Autonomous vehicle systems

description: The growth of electric vehicles (EVs) offers several benefits for air quality improvement and emissions reduction. Nonetheless, EVs also pose several challenges in the area of highway transportation. These barriers are related to the limitations of EV technology, particularly the charge duration and speed of battery recharging, which translate to vehicle range anxiety for EV users. A promising solution to these concerns is V2V DWC technology (Vehicle to Vehicle Dynamic Wireless Charging), particularly mobile energy disseminators (MEDs). The MED is mounted on a large vehicle or truck that charges all participating EVs within a specified locus from the MED. However, current research on MEDs offers solutions that are widely considered impractical for deployment, particularly in urban environments where range anxiety is common. Acknowledging such gap in the literature, this thesis proposes a comprehensive methodological framework for optimal MED deployment decisions. In the first component of the framework, a practical system, termed “ChargingEnv” is developed using reinforcement learning (RL). ChargingEnv simulates the highway environment, which consists of streams of EVs and an MED. The simulation accounts for a possible misalignment of the charging panel and incorporates a realistic EV battery model. The second component of the framework uses multiple deep RL benchmark models that are trained in “ChargingEnv” to maximize EV service quality within limited charging resource constraints. In this study, numerical experiments were conducted to demonstrate the MED deployment decision framework’s efficacy. The findings indicate that the framework’s trained model can substantially improve EV travel range and alleviate battery depletion concerns. This could serve as a vital tool that allows public-sector road agencies or private-sector commercial entities to efficiently orchestrate MED deployments to maximize service cost-effectiveness.
Parallel-in-Time-and-Space Data-Oriented Electromagnetic Transient and Dynamic Simulation of AC-DC Smart Grid
Creators: Cheng, Tianshi
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

This thesis pioneers new PiT and PiS acceleration techniques in the transient simulation of smart grids, introducing a series of algorithms, software technologies, and heterogeneous parallel computing practices that are the first of their kind in this field. It begins with an exploration of new PiT algorithms, particularly focusing on the application of the Parareal algorithm in accelerating AC-DC power grid simulations. The algorithm study addresses a series of theoretical and engineering challenges associated with PiT algorithms, demonstrating their value through the implementation of a massively parallel PiT+PiS algorithm on a heterogeneous CPU-GPU architecture for EMT-TS co-simulation scenarios.

Meanwhile, the complexity of heterogeneous PiT+PiS algorithm implementation has brought new challenges to traditional software design philosophies. Further exploration revealed the advantages of new data-oriented software architectures over traditional object-oriented architecture to address the issues for exploring new applications and algorithms. In response, the first data-oriented cyber-physical power system simulation platform: ECS-Grid is developed based on the novel ECS architecture to address the demanding cyber-physical co-simulation issues for smart grids. The ECS-Grid provided better flexibility and performance compared to traditional solutions in complex cyber security scenarios running on distributed real-time hardware. An interdisciplinary digital-twin simulation solution leveraging LEO satellite networks is further developed to demonstrate the flexibility and superiority of the new data-oriented ECS-Grid platform. The studies have shown that the data-oriented ECS paradigm can be a promising choice for developing massively parallel heterogeneous PiT and PiS simulation programs of smart grids.

To address the computational challenges posed by the massive integration of nonlinear models of renewable energy sources in smart grids, a new PiS acceleration method based on machine learning and neural network technologies is proposed. This novel method uses traditional nonlinear simulation models and Monte Carlo simulations to generate reliable training data for data-driven machine learning models. With the powerful ECS-based architecture, the optimal batching parallel processing on GPUs is achieved by modular designs, which fully leverage the technical advantages of the ECS-Grid platform. The proposed new machine-learning-reinforced parallel acceleration method has shown significant speed-up compared to traditional sequential nonlinear circuit simulation and can better utilize the heterogeneous hardware resource.

Overall, the first-of-their-kind contributions of this thesis not only advance the theory and practical application of smart grid simulations but also pave the way for future innovations in power system transient analysis and applications.
Supplementary document for Optimizing Design of Broadband Solar Metamaterial Absorbers Based on Titanium Nitride Nanoring - 6582287.pdf
Creators: name: Nga, Do
name: Phan, Anh
name: Lam, Vu
name: Badloe, Trevon
name: Rho, Junsuk
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Information
Experience of patients with spinal cord injury regarding the quality of care during acute hospital stay in Nepal
Creators: Gautam, Srijana
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) results in physical impairments, psychosocial issues, increased mortality and morbidity that challenge individuals and demand lifelong support, which starts from acute care. Understanding the experience after SCI in acute care is essential as it may impact the Person(s) with Spinal Cord Injury (PWSCI’s) subsequent journey to the rehabilitation centre and community. While similar studies were conducted in Western countries, this experience has yet to be studied in low-resource countries like Nepal, where there are distinct socioeconomic and cultural differences.

This thesis focused on how PWSCI (1) perceive overall positive and negative experiences regarding their care, (2) are involved in decision-making for their care, and (3) are educated about secondary complications during their acute care hospital stay in Nepal.

We interviewed participants (n=24) admitted at the Spinal Injury Rehabilitation Centre who were treated for their acute SCI in nine different acute hospitals in Nepal. We used a semi-structured interview guide co-developed with SCI experts and PWSCI of Nepal. We identified five main themes: (1) Limited communication; (2) Limited education and knowledge; (3) Limited participation in decision-making for care; (4) Limited access to resources; (5) The importance of providers’ demeanour and conveyance of hope. These themes were mapped under the World Health Organization (WHO) 's three core domains of quality of care: patient-centredness, effectiveness, and safety. We observed positive experiences among PWSCI in some aspects, while ample room for improvement remains in others. These include delayed surgery in government hospitals, insufficient involvement of PWSCI in effective communication and decision-making processes before surgery, and transitioning to rehabilitation hospitals. Additionally, inadequate education sessions for preventing secondary complications were identified as areas for improvement. Despite limitations in communication, education, participation, and resource access, the words of kindness from the care team significantly impacted patients.

Opportunities exist to improve the acute care experience for PWSCI in Nepal, especially within government hospitals. PWSCI desired to be well-informed about their condition and prognosis and to be actively engaged in decision-making processes. They expect positive behaviour, a compassionate demeanour, and respectful treatment from the care team.
Supplementary_table_1 – Supplemental material for Wealth Inequalities in Different Types of Violence Among Brazilian Adolescents: National Survey of School Health 2015
Creators: name: Silva, Aline Natália
name: Marques, Emanuele Souza
name: da Silva, Luciana Saraiva
name: Azeredo, Catarina Machado
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Law

description: Supplemental material, Supplementary_table_1 for Wealth Inequalities in Different Types of Violence Among Brazilian Adolescents: National Survey of School Health 2015 by Aline Natália Silva, Emanuele Souza Marques, Luciana Saraiva da Silva and Catarina Machado Azeredo in Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Supplementary document for Snapshot hyperspectral imaging of intracellular lasers - 6582306.pdf
Creators: name: Caixeiro, Soraya
name: Wijesinghe, Philip
name: Dholakia, Kishan
name: Gather, Malte
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplementary Fig1, Fig2
title: Katastrophenschutz-Leuchttürme für Berlin. Entwicklung eines bevölkerungsnahen Krisen- und Katastrophenmanagement
Creators: name: Ohder, Claudius
name: Sticher, Brigitta
name: Hochschule Für Wirtschaft Und Recht Berlin
Publisher: name: Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
Year: 2012

description: Forschungsprojekt „Katastrophenschutz-Leuchttürme als Anlaufstelle für die Bevölkerung in Krisensituationen“ (Kat-Leuchttürme)
title: Hilfebedarf und Hilfebereitschaft bei anhaltendem Stromausfall
title: Ergebnisse einer Bürgerbefragung in drei Berliner Bezirken
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Ohder, Claudius
name: Röpcke, Julian
name: Sticher, Birgitta
name: Geißler, Sarah
name: Schweer, Benedikt
name: Hochschule Für Wirtschaft Und Recht Berlin
Publisher: name: Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
Year: 2014

description: Forschungsprojekt „Katastrophenschutz-Leuchttürme als Anlaufstelle für die Bevölkerung in Krisensituationen“ (Kat-Leuchttürme)
Magnetoresistance Effects in Emerging Two-dimensional Materials and Chiral Nanostructures
Creators: Firouzeh, Seyedamin
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Spintronics, also known as "spin-based electronics," merges electronics and magnetism at the nanoscale and holds great promise for emerging quantum technologies and the next generation of data storage and sensing devices. Reducing the size of current spintronics devices with conventional magnetic materials presents a challenging task. To overcome these challenges, researchers are exploring several approaches, two of which will be investigated in this thesis.

The first approach relies on the two-dimensional (2D) van der Waals (vdW) materials due to their mechanical flexibility and sensitivity to band structure and defect engineering. These properties make them attractive candidates for future spintronic applications with further miniaturization. Recently 2D magnetic materials have been discovered, which exhibit large magnetoresistance (MR) effects, albeit only at cryogenic temperatures, limiting their practicality. To further investigate this issue, this thesis focuses on vanadium diselenide (VSe2), a promising 2D material which has the potential for exhibiting room temperature ferromagnetism at the monolayer level. We have established a reproducible nanofabrication method to investigate thin flakes of this material in an out-of-plane geometry. We have observed significant positive linear MR effects (~60–70%) at room temperature, under a relatively small magnetic field range of 12kG. The MR originates due to the intrinsic inhomogeneity in the current-perpendicular-to-plane (CPP) transport path. Moreover, this phenomenon displays remarkable thermal stability and progressively enhances with rising temperatures.

The second approach involves the use of chiral organic molecules, allowing us to exploit the so-called “chirality-induced spin selectivity” (CISS) effect in 1D and 2D systems. However, there are challenges in terms of feasibility, understanding, and reliable control of the phenomenon, especially in 1D and 2D systems, which are topics of much discussion and debate. In this regard, the general consensus is that spin–orbit coupling is an essential element needed to observe the CISS effect, but there is currently a lack of experimental evidence to support this claim. We studied the CISS effect in chiral functionalized 1D systems (carbon nanotubes (CNTs)) to investigate this claim. Additionally, transfer of CISS phenomenon from 1D to 2D materials is an uncharted avenue of research. We explore the CISS effect in 2D chiral graphene films and systematically investigate its properties under different conditions.

Overall, we report new results which are relevant for future magnetic and spintronic devices. We also describe possible avenues of further investigations based on the results in this thesis.
Die virtuelle Baustelle
Kompendium für Lernende und Lehrende
Creators: name: Schopbach, Holger
name: Sennhenn, Andre
name: Schwarz, Lena Carolin
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: digitales Lernsystem
subject: DiviBAU
subject: Handreichung
subject: 624
subject: 690
subject: Lehrbuch
subject: Lernsoftware
subject: Bauen
subject: Bautechnik
subject: Bauwesen
subject: Bauvorhaben

description: Das 3D-Gebäudemodell ist online zu erreichen unter
https://uni-kassel.de/go/divibau
description: Das der vorliegenden Publikation zu Grunde liegende Projekt DiviBAU – ,,Die virtuelle Baustelle“ wurde im Rahmen der Förderbekanntmachung „Hochschullehre durch Digitalisierung stärken“ der Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre als eines von 16 Teilprojekten im Förderprojekt „Universität Kassel digital: Universitäre Lehre neu gestalten“ gefördert.
Is collagen effective in preventing hair loss?
Creators: name: Centro de Información de Medicamentos de la Universidad Nacional
name: Aponte-Gonzalez, Johanna
name: Zona, Diana Carolina
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Collagen is a structural protein essential for the health of the skin, joints, bones, and other connective tissues. It is responsible for maintaining the structure, elasticity, and firmness of the skin. Starting at the age of 30, collagen production begins to decrease, leading to visible signs of aging such as expression lines, sagging, and skin dehydration. This reduction in collagen is also linked to a decreased ability of the skin to recover from damage or injury.

To counteract or reverse these effects, the consumption of collagen supplements, particularly hydrolyzed collagen (HC), has gained popularity. HC is derived from animal bones and skin, which undergo an enzymatic process that breaks it down into peptides (small protein fragments). HC is digested faster than its non-hydrolyzed form, which facilitates its absorption into the bloodstream once ingested. Some studies suggest that collagen, in powder or liquid form, especially collagen peptides, is better absorbed and can be used more efficiently by the body.

As a result, the nutraceutical market, particularly collagen supplements, has seen significant growth. These products are marketed as capable of improving skin, hair, and joint health. However, despite their growing popularity, the use of collagen supplements remains controversial, mainly due to the challenges in regulating the quality of available products and the limited scientific evidence supporting their benefits. This article will describe the reported benefits of collagen consumption, as well as the evidence found regarding its effect on hair loss.
Supplementary document for Microconnectomics reveals human retinal mitochondria that align with reflective bands in optical coherence tomography - 6582431.pdf
Creators: name: Kar, Deepayan
name: Kim, Yeon Jin
name: Packer, Orin
name: Clark, Mark
name: Cao, Dongfeng
name: Owsley, Cynthia
name: Dacey, Dennis
name: Curcio, Christine
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Vision Science

description: Supplemental Document
Frequency control of auto-oscillations of the magnetization in spin Hall nano-oscillators
Creators: name: Hache, Toni
Publisher: name: Rodare
Year: 2020

description: This thesis experimentally demonstrates four approaches of frequency control of magnetic autooscillations in spin Hall nano-oscillators (SHNOs).

The frequency can be changed in the GHZ-range by external magnetic fields as shown in this work. This approach uses large electromagnets, which is inconvenient for future applications.The nonlinear coupling between oscillator power and frequency can be used to control the latter one by changing the applied direct current to the SHNO. The frequency can be controlled over a range of several 100 MHz as demonstrated in this thesis.

The first part of the experimental chapter demonstrates the synchronization (injection-locking) between magnetic auto-oscillations and an external microwave excitation. The additionally applied microwave current generates a modulation of the effective magnetic field, which causes the interaction with the auto-oscillation. Both synchronize over a range of several 100 MHz. In this range, the auto-oscillation frequency can be controlled by the external stimulus. An increase of power and a decrease of line width is achieved in the synchronization range. This is explained by the increased coherence of the auto-oscillations. A second approach is the synchronization of auto-oscillations to an alternating magnetic field. This field is generated by a freestanding antenna, which is positioned above the SHNO.

The second part of the experimental chapter introduces a bipolar concept of SHNOs and its experimental demonstration. In contrast to conventional SHNOs, bipolar SHNOs generate autooscillations for both direct current polarities and both directions of the external magnetic field. This is achieved by combining two ferromagnetic layers in an SHNO. The combination of two different ferromagnetic materials is used to switch between two frequency ranges in dependence of the direct current polarity since it defines the layer showing auto-oscillations. This approach can be used to change the frequency in the GHz-range by switching the direct current polarity.
CANOR COACH: Towards Noise-Robust Human-in-the-Loop Reinforcement Learning
Creators: Li, Yuxuan
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Reinforcement learning has been widely applied in different control tasks.

However, its performance often faces the challenge of low sample efficiency.

Introducing human prior knowledge is often seen as a possible solution, such

as behaviour cloning, learning from advice, and inverse reinforcement learning. Learning from feedback is an example of exploiting human knowledge

and it is a method to enable the agent to learn from binary feedback, which

describes the teacher’s attitude towards the agent’s action. Compared to traditional learning from demonstration methods, learning from feedback does

not require expert-level knowledge. But this can also be a demerit as nonexpert feedback comes with inevitable noise. In this thesis, we investigate

how and to which extent noise impacts the learning performance. We also

propose a series of methods to de-noise the feedback data online and achieve

noise-robust human-in-the-loop reinforcement learning with different amounts

of prior knowledge.
Approximating Minimum Sum Coloring with Bundles
Creators: Darbouy, Seyed Parsa
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

In this thesis, we introduce a new problem called the Minimum Sum Coloring with Bundles. We are given an undirected graph and bundles which bundles are sets of nodes (not necessarily disjoint). The goal is to find a proper coloring of the graph with positive integers to minimize the weighted average/total completion time of all bundles, where the completion time of a bundle is the maximum integer assigned to one of its nodes. This can be viewed as a scheduling problem where nodes are jobs, edges represent constraints on processing jobs simultaneously, and bundles represent sets of jobs a customer wants to finish. We provide the first constant-factor approximation in perfect graphs and some more general graphs.

We then extend the problem to a more general model where bundles are disjoint, and we can only color/schedule a limited number of jobs from each bundle at a time.  We achieve constant-factor approximations for this model for interval graphs and their generalizations.
Reviewer_1_v.2 – Supplemental material for Noninvasive ventilation failure in patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure: the role of sepsis and septic shock
Creators: name: Duan, Jun
name: Chen, Lijuan
name: Liang, Guopeng
name: Shu, Weiwei
name: Li, Liucun
name: Wang, Ke
name: Wang, Shengyu
name: Liu, Xiaoyi
name: He, Chunfeng
name: He, Dehua
name: Chen, Qimin
name: Wei, Bilin
name: Chen, Baixu
name: Shu, Yuzhen
name: Tian, Yao
name: Fan, Liping
name: Han, Xiaoli
name: Zhang, Rui
name: Yang, Xiangmei
name: Peng, Yan
name: Wan, Dong
name: Chen, Xiaoying
name: Ye, Lin
name: Tian, Shijing
name: Huang, Qiong
name: Jiang, Lei
name: Bai, Linfu
name: Zhou, Lintong
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: Aged Health Care
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
Respiratory Diseases

description: Supplemental material, Reviewer_1_v.2 for Noninvasive ventilation failure in patients with hypoxemic respiratory failure: the role of sepsis and septic shock by Jun Duan, Lijuan Chen, Guopeng Liang, Weiwei Shu, Liucun Li, Ke Wang, Shengyu Wang, Xiaoyi Liu, Chunfeng He, Dehua He, Qimin Chen, Bilin Wei, Baixu Chen, Yuzhen Shu, Yao Tian, Liping Fan, Xiaoli Han, Rui Zhang, Xiangmei Yang, Yan Peng, Dong Wan, Xiaoying Chen, Lin Ye, Shijing Tian, Qiong Huang, Lei Jiang, Linfu Bai and Lintong Zhou in Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease
Iterative Large Language Models Evolution through Self-Critique
Creators: Li, Qianxi
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Training large language models (LLMs) often requires extensive human supervision and struggles with modeling long-range text semantic dependencies. To address these challenges, we introduce our framework ELITE — Evolving Language models Iteratively Through self-critiquE — inspired by human learning processes such as self-critique and experience-based refinement. ELITE allows an LLM to autonomously generate, refine, and iteratively improve self-critiques ability by learning a mapping from questions-and-answers to critique labels through supervised fine-tuning (SFT). This approach drastically reduces the number of human annotations from 2550 to 98 demonstrations by using a small set of prompt examples for initial configuration. Experimental results demonstrate that ELITE significantly outperforms an existing self-evolution baseline by 11% and SFT baselines by 4.8% on in-domain tasks. It also shows a performance improvement of 13.8%, 11.2%, and 7.2% on three out-of-domain data sets (SQuAD, BoolQ, and GSM8K), demonstrating generalization. The ELITE training framework can thus enable more adaptive, intelligent LLM systems that can improve themselves with relatively little human assistance.
title: Erkenntnisse und Empfehlungen basierend aus dem Workshop am 18.10.2013 in Magdeburg
Creators: name: Geißler, Sarah
Publisher: name: Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
Year: 2013

description: Forschungsprojekt „Katastrophenschutz-Leuchttürme als Anlaufstelle für die Bevölkerung in Krisensituationen“ (Kat-Leuchttürme)
Supplementary document for Boson peak enabled broadband tunable Raman fiber laser with monochromatic pump - 6582878.pdf
Creators: name: Zhang, Yang
name: Jiangming, Xu
name: Liang, junrui
name: Ke, yanzhao
name: Ma, Xiao
name: Li, Sicheng
name: Ye, Jun
name: Huang, Liangjin
name: Pan, Zhiyong
name: Yao, Tianfu
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Raman spectrum measurement and modified power balance model
Additional file 1 of In-silico characterization of the relationship between the Porcine reproductive and respiratory syndrome virus prevalence at the piglet and litter levels in a farrowing room
Creators: name: Osemeke, Onyekachukwu H.
name: de Freitas Costa, Eduardo
name: Weide, Vinicius
name: Jayaraman, Swaminathan
name: Silva, Gustavo S.
name: Linhares, Daniel C. L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1. Table S1. A general description of the stochastic model used for this study, with pictorial illustrations. Table S2. The changes in the probability of PRRSV RNA RT-rtPCR detection in FOFs with increases in the proportion of PRRSV viremic piglets within a litter. Table S3. The relationship between PP, ALP, and TLP at different clustering levels and room sizes. Figure S1. The receiver operating characteristic curve assessing the predictive performance of the model built from Eq. 1.
title: Bürgernaher Katastrophenschutz aus sozialwissenschaftlicher und rechtlicher Perspektive
title: Bericht der Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin zum Forschungsprojekt „Katastrophenschutz-Leuchttürme als Anlaufstellen für die Bevölkerung in Krisensituationen“ (Kat-Leuchttürme)
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Ohder, Claudius
name: Sticher, Brigitta
name: Geißler, Sarah
name: Schweer, Benedikt
name: Hochschule Für Wirtschaft Und Recht Berlin
Publisher: name: Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
Year: 2015

description: Einleitung ................................................................. 5
Das Projekt TankNotStrom als Ausgangspunkt .......... 7
Leitfragen des Projekts Kat-Leuchttürme ................. 11
Entwicklungslinien des Krisen- und Katastrophenmanagements ................................... 13
Entwicklungen in Deutschland .................................... 13
Entwicklungen im Ausland .......................................... 15
Nutzung Sozialer Medien in der Krisenkommunikation ................................................. 16 Erklärungen prosozialen Verhaltens ........................ 19
Erforschung von Hilfeerwartung und Hilfebereitschaft bei anhaltendem Stromausfall ..... 21
Leben ohne Strom ........................................................ 21
Besondere Vulnerabilität bei Stromausfall .................. 22
Quantitative Bürgerbefragung .................................... 23
Qualitative Quartiersbefragung .................................. 26
Katastrophenschutz-Leuchttürme ........................... 29
Rechtliche Prüfung des Kat-Leuchttürme-Systems ...... 30
Katastrophenschutz-Informations- und Interaktionspunkte ...................................................... 31
Verzeichnis der im Rahmen des Projekts Kat- Leuchttürme an der HWR Berlin entstandenen wissenschaftlichen Publikationen ........................... 33
description: Forschungsprojekt „Katastrophenschutz-Leuchttürme als Anlaufstelle für die Bevölkerung in Krisensituationen“ (Kat-Leuchttürme)
Isolation of Reactive Main Group Species by Anionic N-Heterocyclic Olefin and Terphenyl Ligands
Creators: Baird, Samuel R.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

The work in this Thesis describes the preparation of a new vinylithium reagent, [(MeIPrCH)Li]2 (MeIPr = (MeCNDipp)2C:; Dipp = 2,6-iPr2C6H3), which was utilized as a general source for the anionic N-heterocyclic olefin (aNHO) [(MeIPrCH)]–, a potential 2σ, 2π-electron donor. Utilizing [(MeIPrCH)Li]2, a complete acyclic divinyltetrelene series (MeIPrCH)2E: (E = Si – Pb) was prepared with (MeIPrCH)2Si: being the first example of a stable two-coordinate acyclic diorganosilylene. Notably, (MeIPrCH)2Si: exhibits dual nucleophilic and electrophilic character at the Si(II) center.    The efficacy of [(MeIPrCH)Li]2 to stabilize low-valent main group elements was extended to the Group 13 elements, with a tetrahedron-shaped indium(I) tetramer, [(MeIPrCH)In]4, supported by aNHOs being described. Scission of the indium(I) tetramer was possible upon the addition of a strong Lewis base affording monomeric units that exhibit both electrophilic and nucleophilic characteristics. This indium(I) tetramer was also found to be highly reactive with the activation of strong H–B bonds in boranes by the In(I) centers, while the steric profile of the aNHO allowed for the isolation of a rare neutral indium-imide, RInNR'. The synthesis of a related aNHO synthon, [(SIPrCH)Li]2 (SIPr = (H2CNDipp)2C:), is also described.   Next, the preparation of a diborene (RB=BR) stabilized by aNHOs was explored. The precursor (SIPrCH)ClB-BCl(CHSIPr) was prepared in high yield by combining [(SIPrCH)Li]2 with Me2S•Cl2B-BCl2•SMe2. Unfortunately, attempts to reduce (SIPrCH)ClB-BCl(CHSIPr) gave exclusively decomposition/hydrolysis and, in one instance, a C-N ligand activation product which may have been formed by a transient diborene. Computationally, it was found that the theoretical diborene, (MeIPrCH)B=B(CHMeIPr) will likely exist in a triplet ground state.   The synthesis of an aminoborane supported by a sterically demanding terphenyl ligand (an inorganic analogue to styrene), ArDippB(H)=NH2 (ArDipp = 2,6-Dipp2C6H3), was investigated. First, the terphenyl-supported amine-borane adduct ArDippBH2•NH3, was prepared in high yield in an efficient one-pot synthesis by combining ArDippLi and Me2S•BH3, followed by the addition of excess [NH4]Cl, liberating H2, LiCl and SMe2 as by-products. ArDippBH2•NH3 could be dehydrogenated further to give the target species ArDippB(H)=NH2 by using a catalytic amount of [Rh(COD)Cl]2 (COD = 1,5-cyclooctadiene). Unfortunately, attempts to dehydrogenate ArDippB(H)=NH2 further were unsuccessful, possibly due to the low hydridic character within the boron-bound hydrides.    Lastly, the bulky N-heterocyclic carbene (NHC) MeITr (MeITr = (MeCNCPh3)2C:) was prepared by incorporating methyl groups in the backbone of the heterocyclic ring forcing the nitrogen-bound trityl groups forward to further protect the coordination pocket of the carbene. This arrangement raises the percent buried volume (%VBur) to an astounding 72.6 %, making MeITr the world’s bulkiest NHC to date.
Supplementary document for Resonant nonlinear nanostructured grating in unstructured lithium niobate on insulator platform - 6583161.pdf
Creators: name: Hu, Yuanzhi
name: HUANG, ZHIJIN
name: zeng, Xianzhi
name: Li, Yang
name: Luo, Kaiwen
name: Guan, Heyuan
name: Cao, Yaoyu
name: Lu, Huihui
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Nonlinear Optics and Spectroscopy

description: CONTEXT S1: Band structures and electric field distribution at kx=0 S2: The refractive index of SiO2 gratings S3: The fabrication processes of LNOI device S4: Measurement of Transmission Spectra S5: Nonlinear response of LNOI nanostructured device S
title: Welche Möglichkeiten bietet der Einsatz von sozialen Medien im Krisen- und Katastrophen-management für die Behörden und die Bevölkerung?
title: Eine Untersuchung im Rahmen des Vertiefungsgebietes „Bürgernahes Krisenmanagement bei anhaltendem Strom-ausfall in der Großstadt“
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Archut, Daniel
name: Stahl, Daniel
name: Kolarow, Jean
name: Kasper, Jennifer
name: Hochschule Für Wirtschaft Und Recht Berlin
Publisher: name: Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
Year: 2013

description: Forschungsprojekt „Katastrophenschutz-Leuchttürme als Anlaufstelle für die Bevölkerung in Krisensituationen“ (Kat-Leuchttürme)
Generative Design with Quality Function Deployment for Architectural Layout Design Optimization
Creators: Yoon, Soojung
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Architectural design problems are inherently complex due to their non-linear nature and the interdependence of many variables. Traditional design methods struggle with the speed and breadth of exploration, often failing to adapt quickly to changing client needs and project timelines. This research addresses these challenges by developing a framework that integrates Quality Function Deployment with generative design to automate and optimize the architectural layout process.

The methodology is segmented into three stages: pre-generative design, generative design, and post-generative design. In the pre-generative design stage, client needs are translated into specific design requirements using Quality Function Deployment. In the generative design stage, generation algorithms are developed, namely bottom-up and top-down method, that are applicable to different problem settings. The generated design solutions are evaluated and optimized through NSGA-II genetic algorithms. The final stage, post-generative design, focuses on refining the chosen designs and converting them into functional Building Information Modelling models.

A case study of designing a single detached house with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 bathrooms is conducted following this methodology. The effectiveness of the integrated Quality Function Deployment and generative design approach is exemplified through the case study. The use of advanced computational tools enables the exploration of numerous design alternatives, efficiently narrowing down to the best solutions that meet predefined criteria.
Scott_OnlineAppendix – Supplemental material for Surviving and Thriving: Fundamental Social Motives Provide Purpose in Life
Creators: name: Scott, Matthew J.
name: Cohen, Adam B.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, Scott_OnlineAppendix for Surviving and Thriving: Fundamental Social Motives Provide Purpose in Life by Matthew J. Scott and Adam B. Cohen in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
How honey bees (Apis mellifera L.) respond to infection with Nosema ceranae and Lotmaria passim
Creators: MacInnis, Courtney I
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Nosema ceranae and Lotmaria passim are two commonly encountered digestive tract parasites of the Western honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) that have been associated with colony losses in Canada, the United States, and Europe.  Though honey bees can be co-infected with these parasites, little is known about how they affect bee survival, behaviour, or physiology at both the individual and colony level.  Using locally-isolated parasite strains, I evaluated the effects of single and co-infections on individual bee survival, responsiveness to sucrose, and the humoral defense response, while at the colony level, I evaluated the effect of these infections on honey bee foraging behaviour and vitellogenin (vg) expression.  Results of the survival and sucrose responsiveness experiments showed that infection in general had a significant negative effect on bee survival and also increased bee responsiveness to sucrose, which could correspond to higher levels of hunger and energetic stress.  The humoral defense response experiment illustrated that individual bees do not respond locally to infection with N. ceranae and L. passim, as monitored by the three antimicrobial peptides quantified.  At the colony level, I found that at the first instance of foraging, bees that had either single or co-infections had significantly lower vg expression than uninfected bees, with co-infected bees having the lowest vg expression.  I also found that co-infected bees had a significantly younger average foraging age (0.6 days) compared to uninfected bees from the same cohort.  Collectively, the results of this thesis indicate that single and co-infections involving N. ceranae and L. passim can negatively affect individual honey bee lifespan, as well as behaviour and physiology, both at the individual and colony level.  Changes in behaviour and physiology at the colony level are of great concern as these changes could result in smaller, less productive colonies, decreased colony survivorship, and reduced income for beekeepers.  Because of this, routine monitoring should be undertaken for L. passim, and continue for N. ceranae, coupled with investigations of novel parasite management strategies.
Supplementary document for Broadband directional scattering through a phase difference acquired in composite nanoparticles - 6583427.pdf
Creators: name: Kotte, Thomas
name: Adam, Aurele
name: Zuidwijk, Thim
name: Heerkens, Carel
name: Xu, Man
name: Urbach, H.
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document
Additional file 2 of (Pro)renin receptor promotes colorectal cancer progression through inhibiting the NEDD4L-mediated Wnt3 ubiquitination and modulating gut microbiota
Creators: name: Wang, Juan
name: Ding, Yuwei
name: Li, Dan
name: Zhu, Ning
name: Nishiyama, Akira
name: Yuan, Ying
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1. Expression of (P)RR, Wnt3 and NEDD4L in CRC.
Advances in Geostatistical Modeling of Categorical Variables
Creators: Barros Ortiz, Rafael
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

In the mining and petroleum industries, subsurface resources are modeled using data sets obtained

from widely spaced drilling. It is crucial to optimize the use of available information from

these data sets while reducing the amount required to adequately assess risks and uncertainties. Typically,

these data sets include spatially correlated categorical and continuous variables. Geostatistics

is commonly applied to model these types of spatial variables.

Categorical variables are modeled first to establish stationary domains for continuous variables

like ore grades and, therefore, are essential for the accurate modeling of continuous variables. Techniques

such as object-based models (Lantuéjoul, 2002), sequential indicator simulation (A. G. Journel

& Alabert, 1990), multiple-point statistics (S. Strebelle, 2002), truncated Gaussian and pluri-

Gaussian simulation (Armstrong et al., 2011; Matheron et al., 1987), and hierarchical truncated

pluri-Gaussian simulation (D. Silva, 2018) have been developed to model and characterize geological

uncertainties. Modern approaches in multivariate modeling of continuous variables include principal

component analysis (PCA) for dimension reduction and decorrelation. Suro (1988) applied PCA to

decorrelate indicators and used kriging, followed by a back transformation, to derive the conditional

cumulative distribution function.

This research aims to obtain a greater understanding of the characteristics of categorical indicator

variables. Studying the characteristics of categorical indicator variograms led to the demonstration

that the nugget effect must be zero. Additionally, correlograms are shown to be a robust alternative

in the presence of clustered data. This work also compares multiple-point statistics-based (MPS)

conditional probabilities to variogram-based simple kriging (SK), ordinary kriging (OK), simple

cokriging (SCK), and standardized ordinary cokriging (SOCK) estimates to evaluate which kriging

variant comes closest to the benchmark MPS probabilities. SOCK stands out among the kriging

variants when compared to the MPS probabilities. Subsequently, SOCK and OK estimates are

compared to reference (training images) for several different cases. The difference in the root mean

squared error (RMSE) gives a very small advantage to the SOCK method.

The research work of this thesis also led to the implementation of a method to mitigate extreme

weights that result from indefinite or ill-conditioned matrices in linear systems of equations. The

method consists of inflating the diagonal of the left-hand side covariance matrix by a small constant.

As the constant increases, all weights converge to 1

n, where n is the number of weights. This

technique shows that the extreme weights are mitigated but does not significantly alter the overall

estimation across an entire grid.
Rappaz_GABA_HCS_2019_SLAS-Disco_supplementary_revised – Supplemental material for Image-Based Marker-Free Screening of GABAA Agonists, Antagonists, and Modulators
Creators: name: Rappaz, Benjamin
name: Jourdain, Pascal
name: Banfi, Damiano
name: Kuttler, Fabien
name: Marquet, Pierre
name: Turcatti, Gerardo
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, Rappaz_GABA_HCS_2019_SLAS-Disco_supplementary_revised for Image-Based Marker-Free Screening of GABAA Agonists, Antagonists, and Modulators by Benjamin Rappaz, Pascal Jourdain, Damiano Banfi, Fabien Kuttler, Pierre Marquet and Gerardo Turcatti in SLAS Discovery
The interplay between screen time and outdoor play on preschool children's cognitive and social-emotional development
Creators: Moldenhauer, Ramiah D
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Objective: 1) identify distinct profiles (i.e., subgroups) of screen time (ST) and outdoor play (OP) in a sample of preschool children, and 2) examine the mean differences in specific domains of cognitive and social-emotional development between these profiles.

Method: Baseline data from the Technology and Development in Early Childhood (TECH) study were used. Participants were 352 preschool children (3–4 years) and their parents living in Western Canada. ST (television (TV)/video viewing and video/computer games) and OP for both weekdays and weekend days were parent-reported. Social-emotional development outcomes (emotional, cognitive, and behavioral self-regulation) and demographic covariates were assessed via questionnaire. Cognitive development outcomes (language, response inhibition, working memory, self-control) were assessed via four short games played during a recorded virtual meeting. Latent profile analysis was conducted.

Results: Four profiles were identified: 1) low ST/medium-high OP (optimal ST-OP), 2) high TV/high OP, 3) medium ST/low OP, and 4) high ST/medium-high OP. Profile 1 was selected as the reference group. For response inhibition, the medium ST/low OP (M=10.3, SE=2.0; p=0.03) and high ST/medium-high OP (M=2.8, SE=3.7; p<0.01) profiles scored significantly lower than the reference group (M=15.3, SE=1.0). For self-control, the high TV/high OP (M=65.5, SE=3.2; p=0.03) and medium ST/low OP (M=63.8, SE=4.8; p<0.05) profiles scored significantly lower than the reference group (M=74.2, SE=2.1). For behavioral self-regulation, the high TV/high OP (M=3.6, SE=0.1; p<0.01) profile scored significantly lower than the reference group (M=3.9,

SE=0.04).

Conclusion: Children with the most optimal combination of lower ST and higher OP had more advanced cognitive and social-emotional development for some outcomes.
BIM Clash Report Analysis Using Machine Learning Algorithms
Creators: Adegun, Ibironke
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2024

Clash detection has been argued as one of the most beneficial BIM (Building Information Modelling) applications. However, the clash resolution process is still manually conducted and time-consuming, and BIM information is not fully utilized to facilitate automatic clash resolution.

Previous research employed machine learning and data mining methodologies to examine model coordination information and enhance the process of decision-making. Nevertheless, there are still deficiencies. Moreover, no prior study has pinpointed the attribute combination required for the precise anticipation of clash significance.

This research explores machine learning through two main avenues: firstly, categorizing clashes by image recognition and numerical data. Applying a Convolutional Neural Network multilayer (CNN) algorithm to different combinations of clashes achieved a precision of over 80%. The image clash recognition algorithm was also developed using YOLO v8’s supervised CNN algorithm.

By forecasting clash significance with a high level of accuracy and recognizing the essential characteristics, this research makes a valuable contribution to the field of study within BIM and model coordination. Previous research had overlooked the collection of clashes across all disciplines and the identification of critical attribute combinations that result in accurate predictions. Furthermore, the development of a predictive model for clash significance presents new possibilities for professionals in the industry to enhance the efficiency of model coordination meetings by considering the disciplines, elements, and volumes of the clashes.
title: Kat-I Handbuch - Konzept, Zuständigkeiten, Kommunikationstools - Katastrophenschutz-Informations- und Interaktionspunkte als Element des bürgernahen Katastrophenschutzes
Creators: name: Ohder, Claudius
name: Sticher, Brigitta
name: Geißler, Sarah
name: Schweer, Benedikt
name: Hochschule Für Wirtschaft Und Recht Berlin
Publisher: name: Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin
Year: 2016

description: Forschungsprojekt „Katastrophenschutz-Leuchttürme als Anlaufstelle für die Bevölkerung in Krisensituationen“ (Kat-Leuchttürme)
title: Hortensia :
title: Directrices para la ejecución del examen de la distinción, la homogeneidad y la estabilidad.
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: International Union For The Protection Of New Varieties Of Plants..,
Publisher: name: International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants
Year: 0
Subjects: Hydrangea
Group identity
New Varieties of Plants

description: La finalidad de estas directrices (“directrices de examen”) es elaborar los principios que figuran en la Introducción General (documento TG/1/3) y sus documentos TGP conexos, con objeto de que sirvan de orientación práctica y detallada para el examen armonizado de la distinción, homogeneidad y estabilidad (DHE) y en particular, para identificar los caracteres apropiados para el examen DHE y producir descripciones armonizadas de variedades.
EUP890412 Supplemental Material2 - Supplemental material for Does politics drive conflict in central banks’ committees? Lifting the veil on the European Central Bank consensus
Creators: name: Moschella, Manuela
name: Diodati, Nicola M
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 160607 International Relations
subject: FOS: Political science
subject: 120505 Regional Analysis and Development
subject: FOS: Social and economic geography

description: Supplemental material, EUP890412 Supplemental Material2 for Does politics drive conflict in central banks’ committees? Lifting the veil on the European Central Bank consensus by Manuela Moschella and Nicola M Diodati in European Union Politics