cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Variability in Spectropolarimetric properties of Sy 1.5 galaxy Mrk 6
Creators: name: Afanasiev, V. L.
name: Popovic, L. C.
name: Shapovalova, A. I.
name: Borisov, N. V.
name: Ilic, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Here we present an analysis of spectro-polarimetric observations of type 1.5 AGN Mrk 6, performed with 6m telescope SAO RAN in 12 epochs (2010 -- 2013). Additionally, the inter-stellar mater (ISM) polarization has been observed and its contribution to the AGN spectral polarization is taken into account. We measured Stokes parameters and determined the polarization parameters in 12 spectra with and without correction for the ISM polarization. We estimated the time lag between the unpolarized and polarized continuum flux variation of about ~2 days, that indicates a compact scattering region which contributes to the polarized continuum variability. The polarization in Hα is complex, showing three prominent components in the BLR, one redshifted around +3000 km/s that corresponds to the red shoulder in Hα, and two blue-shifted around -2000 km/s and -6000 km/s. We found that the ISM polarization has a very significant influence on the measured AGN polarization parameters. After correcting the observations for the ISM polarization we were able to detect the Keplerian motion in the BLR. We give a new method for the black hole mass estimation using spectro-polarimetric observation in the line profile, finding the black hole mass in Mrk 6 of $M_{BH} \sim 1.53 \cdot 10^8 M_{\odot}$, that is in a good agreement with reverberation estimates.
description: Version submitted to MNRAS, after minor revision
Das neue Museum am Kappelhof in Pforzheim. 2000 Jahre Stadtgeschichte im Spiegel archäologischer Ausgrabungen
Creators: name: Kronenwett, Heike
Publisher: name: Archäologische Nachrichten aus Baden
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Archäologische Nachrichten aus Baden, Bd. 55 (1996): Archäologische Nachrichten aus Baden
title: Ανάπτυξη πλατφόρμας έγκαιρης προειδοποίησης δασικών πυρκαγιών βασισμένη σε τεχνολογία ΙοΤ
title: Development of an early warning platform for prevention of forest fires based on IoT technologies
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Μάντζιος, Παύλος
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2022
Subjects: Φωτιά
Πυρκαγιές
LoRa
Διαδίκτυο πραγμάτων
Internet of things
LoRa transmitter
LoRa receiver
Node-js

description: Στην εργασία αυτή εξετάζεται η ανάπτυξη μιας πλατφόρμας έγκαιρης προειδοποίησης δασικών πυρκαγιών βασισμένη σε τεχνολογία ΙoΤ. Οι δασικές πυρκαγιές αποτελούν μια από τις πιο επικίνδυνες φυσικές καταστροφές που απειλούν το φυσικό περιβάλλον και την ανθρωπότητα. Οι αιτίες για τις οποίες δημιουργούνται εξαρτώνται από πολλούς παράγοντες. Ανθρωπογενείς παράγοντες, όπως η παράνομη καύση νέκρας ύλης, ψησταριές, κάμπινγκ, δημόσια έργα και κακή πολεοδομία, καθώς και φυσικούς παράγοντες όπως η γεωγραφική τοποθεσία μιας περιοχής, τα καιρικά φαινόμενα, η βλάστηση και η μορφολογία του δάσους. Μια δασική πυρκαγιά είναι μια ανεξέλεγκτη φωτιά, άρα, για να προβλεφθεί η εμφάνιση της, θα πρέπει να ανιχνευθούν τα σημάδια που χαρακτηρίζουν μια φωτιά. Αυτά είναι ο καπνός, η μεγάλη θερμοκρασία, η μείωση της υγρασίας στο περιβάλλον, έντονη φωτεινή πηγή και μονοξείδιο και διοξείδιο του άνθρακα. Για να επιτευχθεί η πρόληψη μιας πυρκαγιάς, σχεδιάστηκε ένα σύστημα βασισμένο στην τεχνολογία του Διαδικτύου των Πραγμάτων (IoT) και την τεχνολογία LoRa. Η τεχνολογία του Διαδίκτυού των Πραγμάτων σε συνδυασμό με την τεχνολογία LoRa δίνει την δυνατότητα σε έναν χρήστη να λάβει δεδομένα από τους αισθητήρες ανίχνευσης της πυρκαγιάς σε μεγάλη απόσταση και να μπορεί να τα βλέπει από οποιοδήποτε σημείο και σε οποιαδήποτε χρονική στιγμή. Το σύστημα αυτό ακολουθεί την αρχιτεκτονική LoRa, δηλαδή αποτελείται από κόμβους (nodes). Στη συγκεκριμένη κατασκευή υπάρχει ένας κόμβος. Αυτός αποτελείται από τέσσερις αισθητήρες που συλλέγουν δεδομένα θερμοκρασίας, υγρασίας, μονοξείδιου και διοξείδιο του άνθρακα από το περιβάλλον, ένα Arduino, το LoRa module (transmitter), κεραία και μια μπαταρία. Έπειτα, τα δεδομένα αυτά στέλνονται μέσω ενός κόμβου - δέκτη που έχει κατασκευαστεί από ένα δεύτερο Arduino, LoRa module (receiver) και κεραία σε μια βάση δεδομένων από την οποία ο χρήστης μέσα από ένα περιβάλλον-application server μπορεί να καλέσει τα δεδομένα, να τα επεξεργαστεί μέσα από την οθόνη του υπολογιστή του ή του κινητού του τηλεφώνου.
WorldFAIR Project (D14.1) WorldFAIR Dissemination, Communication and Exploitation Plan (living document)
Creators: name: Delipalta, Alexandra
name: Asmi, Ari
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: FAIR data
open science
WorldFAIR
CODATA
RDA
research data science

description: Report outlining the WorldFAIR Project dissemination, communication and exploitation plan (Project Deliverable D14.1) for EC WIDERA-funded project "WorldFAIR: Global cooperation on FAIR data policy and practice". Please visit WorldFAIR online at http://worldfair-project.eu. WorldFAIR is funded by the EC HORIZON-WIDERA-2021-ERA-01-41 Coordination and Support Action under Grant Agreement No. 101058393.
title: Ανάπτυξη διάταξης ασφαλούς ασύρματου κόμβου για εφαρμογές IIoT βασισμένου σε τεχνολογίες LPWAN
title: Development of a secure wireless node for IIoT applications based on LPWAN technologies
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Αδαμαντίδης, Κωνσταντίνος Αλέξανδρος
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2022
Subjects: Ασφάλεια κόμβου
LPWAΝ
Διαδίκτυο πραγμάτων
IoT
Internet of things
NB-IoT
TLS/SSL
MQTT
Industry 4.0

description: Σε αυτή την διπλωματική εργασία παρουσιάζεται η ανάπτυξη διάταξης ασφαλούς ασύρματου κόμβου που είναι βασισμένος σε τεχνολογίες LPWAN για εφαρμογές IIοT
Der Groschenfund von Schlaitz, Kr. Bitterfeld, aus dem Jahre 1940
Creators: name: Röblitz, Günther
Publisher: name: Jahresschrift für mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Jahresschrift für mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte, Bd. 71 (1988): Jahresschrift für Mitteldeutsche Vorgeschichte
A characterization theorem for matrix variances
Creators: name: Petz, Dénes
name: Virosztek, Dániel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Some recent papers formulated sufficient conditions for the decomposition of matrix variances. A statement was that if we have one or two observables, then the decomposition is possible. In this paper we consider an arbitrary finite set of observables and we present a necessary and sufficient condition for the decomposition of the matrix variances.
description: A proof has been simplificated
Additional file 4 of Discharge interventions for First Nations people with a chronic condition or injury: a systematic review
Creators: name: Coombes, Julieann
name: Holland, Andrew J.A
name: Ryder, Courtney
name: Finlay, Summer May
name: Hunter, Kate
name: Bennett-Brook, Keziah
name: Orcher, Phillip
name: Scarcella, Michele
name: Briscoe, Karl
name: Forbes, Dale
name: Jacques, Madeleine
name: Maze, Deborah
name: Porykali, Bobby
name: Bourke, Elizabeth
name: Kairuz Santos, Camila A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 4
Misdiagnosis and Missed Diagnosis of Twice-Exceptional Students: Examining Current Psychoeducational Assessment Practices
Creators: Jelly, Kathryn
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2023

Twice-exceptional (2e) is a term used to identify students who are identified with dual diagnoses of giftedness and some type of learning challenge which qualifies them for special education programs, such as attention deficits and learning disabilities. 2e students are often overlooked in schools. In the present study, 19 existing psychoeducational assessment reports were reviewed to determine current assessment practices, particularly as they pertain to gifted and 2e students, and examine whether these practices are accurate at identifying students’ needs or special education categories. I also explored whether current practices are in alignment with recommended best practices. This study was designed to serve as a pilot study for future research on factors related to the identification of 2e students.
Generalized Holographic Equipartition for Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universes
Creators: name: Ai, Wen-Yuan
name: Chen, Hua
name: Hu, Xian-Ru
name: Deng, Jian-Bo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The novel idea that spatial expansion of our universe can be regarded as the consequence of the emergence of space was proposed by Padmanabhan. By using of the basic law governing the emergence, which Padmanabhan called holographic equipartition, he also arrives at the Friedmann equation in a flat universe. When generalized to other gravity theories, the holographic equipartition need to be generalized with an expression of $f(ΔN,N_{sur})$. In this paper, we give general expressions of $f(ΔN,N_{sur})$ for generalized holographic equipartition which can be used to derive the Friedmann equations of the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker universe with any spatial curvature in higher (n+1)-dimensional Einstein gravity, Gauss-Bonnet gravity and more general Lovelock gravity. The results support the viability of the perspective of holographic equipartition.
description: removed the section of de Sitter universe and so tile changed, to be published in Gen. Rel. Grav
Small molecule activator of LYN improved the outcome of islet transplantation in mice
Creators: Akbari Motlagh, Roozbeh
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2023

Islet transplantation can achieve insulin independence in individuals with type 1 diabetes. However, islets derived from multiple donors are often required, and functional β-cells are lost early after transplantation. Notably, up to 80% of newly transplanted islets are lost due to cell death during the acute post-transplant period, which can be attributed to poor vascularization and the instant blood-mediated inflammatory reaction. Thus, strategies are needed to improve graft survival and function, particularly in light of these challenges.  Our lab has recently characterized LYN as a critical regulator of β-cell proliferation and survival. We herein sought to test the hypothesis that pharmacological activation of LYN improves the outcome of islet transplantation in mice.

Male BALB/c islets were isolated and transplanted (marginal mass of 125 islets) into syngeneic diabetic mice recipients under the left kidney capsule. Recipients were thereafter injected intraperitoneally once daily with a specific activator of LYN (MLR-1023) or vehicle for 7 days. An intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test was performed at days 8 and 28. The graft-bearing kidneys and pancreas were also harvested for immunohistochemical analysis.

 A brief 7-day treatment with MLR-1023 was sufficient to stimulate β-cell proliferation in islet recipients. However, β-cell mass was not significantly altered, due to inter-individual variations. MLR treatment accelerated revascularization at day 8 compared to the control group. Remarkably, these results translated into better glucose tolerance in the MLR-treated group compared to controls at day 8, without increased insulin secretion. Although MLR-1023 exhibited a sustained effect on revascularization at day 28, the majority of its effects dissipated after drug withdrawal.

This finding could hold significant clinical implications, as MLR-1023 could potentially be utilized in clinical islet transplantation to reduce the required islet mass for achieving insulin independence or to expedite the attainment of normoglycemia. Moreover, our study demonstrated a notable increase in revascularization, although it did not reach statistical significance. Notably, we observed accelerated neovascularization independent of VEGF-A. These results suggest that MLR-1023 may potentially enable stimulating revascularization through a distinct pathway.
Advancing Communication Competencies in Nursing Practice: A MultifacetedExploration
Creators: name: Tushe, Mirela
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 420503
subject: Community and primary care
classificationCode: 420505
subject: Nursing workforce
classificationCode: 420502
subject: Aged care nursing

description: Effective communication stands as the cornerstone of nursing practice, playing a pivotal role in patient care, safety, andsatisfaction. This article delves into the multifaceted landscape of communication competencies in nursing, examining diversedimensions such as cultural competence, crisis communication, technological integration, empathy, and person- centered care.Drawing upon an extensive array of literature spanning empirical research, theoretical frameworks, and practical guidelines,this comprehensive review elucidates the challenges, strategies, and implications of communication in nursing practice.By synthesizing insights from various disciplines, this article offers a holistic perspective on communication competencies,providing valuable insights for educators, policymakers, and practitioners to enhance communication skills and foster qualitycare delivery.
The fastest journals in acceptance and publication.pdf
Creators: name: I.Al-Mosawi, Ali
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Education

description: All researchers are looking for journals that are quick to review, accept and publish to publish their articles as quickly as possible because most journals take a long time not only in the review process but even in the editor's initial decision to send the article to the reviewers or reject it. In this report, the researcher will find many journals in various disciplines, fast in acceptance, publication, and indexed within Scopus and Clarivate.
Mechanism for enhancement of superconductivity in multi-band systems with odd parity hybridization
Creators: name: Continentino, Mucio A.
name: Padilha, Igor T.
name: Caldas, Heron
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The study of multi-band superconductivity is relevant for a variety of systems, from ultra cold atoms with population imbalance to particle physics, and condensed matter. As a consequence, this problem has been widely investigated bringing to light many new and interesting phenomena. In this work we point out and explore a correspondence between a two-band metal with a $k$-dependent hybridization and a uniformly polarized fermionic system in the presence of spin-orbit coupling (SOC). We study the ground state phase diagram of the metal in the presence of an attractive interaction. We find remarkable superconducting properties whenever hybridization mixes orbitals of different parities in neighboring sites. We show that this mechanism enhances superconductivity and drives the crossover from weak to strong coupling in analogy with SOC in cold atoms. We obtain the quantum phase transitions between the normal and superfluid states, as the intensity of different parameters characterizing the metal are varied, including Lifshitz transitions, with no symmetry breaking, associated with the appearance of soft modes in the Fermi surface.
description: 19 pages, 10 figures
Additional file 5 of Discharge interventions for First Nations people with a chronic condition or injury: a systematic review
Creators: name: Coombes, Julieann
name: Holland, Andrew J.A
name: Ryder, Courtney
name: Finlay, Summer May
name: Hunter, Kate
name: Bennett-Brook, Keziah
name: Orcher, Phillip
name: Scarcella, Michele
name: Briscoe, Karl
name: Forbes, Dale
name: Jacques, Madeleine
name: Maze, Deborah
name: Porykali, Bobby
name: Bourke, Elizabeth
name: Kairuz Santos, Camila A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 5
Left-orderability and cyclic branched coverings
Creators: name: Hu, Ying
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57M05, 57M12

description: We provide an alternative proof of a sufficient condition for the fundamental group of the $n^{th}$ cyclic branched cover of $S^3$ along a prime knot $K$ to be left-orderable, which is originally due to Boyer-Gordon-Watson. As an application of this sufficient condition, we show that for any $(p,q)$ two-bridge knot, with $p\equiv 3 \text{ mod } 4$, there are only finitely many cyclic branched covers whose fundamental groups are not left-orderable. This answers a question posed by D{\c a}bkowski, Przytycki and Togha.
description: 13 pages, 2 figures; the abstract and introduction are substantially revised from the previous version; a mathematical typo is corrected in section 4;
AFLATOXINS IN SOME FOOD PRODUCTS IMPORTED FROM CHINA TO MONGOLIA: A RECENT OVERVIEW
Creators: name: Saruul, I.
name: Ariuntsetseg, D.
name: Tuyagerel, B.
name: Munkhjargal, B.
Publisher: name: Вестник науки
Year: 2023
Subjects: AFLATOXIN
FOOD CONTAMINATION
ELISA
FOOD SAFETY
DETOXIFICATION METHODS
PUBLIC HEALTH

description: Aflatoxins (AFs) are toxic fungal metabolites produced by fungi Aspergillus species, that are widely distributed in nature, and have severely contaminated humans and animal food supplies, posing in health hazards. We evaluated the aflatoxin surveillance from 2021 to 2022 in this paper. Throughout this period, a total of 1328 food samples, under the several food groups were collected for aflatoxin analysis and the results were compared against the statutory limits stipulated in the Mongolian National Standards (MNS). Depending on the type of food sample, AF contamination ranged from 3.2 to 83.3 percent, with a total AF level ranging from 0.20 to 4.1 g kg-1. Despite the fact that the values did not exceed the upper limits set by MNS for food products, AFs are still frequently found in food products at levels that necessitate a greater emphasis on public health protection. AFs are "natural" contaminants of foods. their emergence is unavoidable, and it is critical to detoxify contaminated food products chemically, physically, or biologically in ways that preserve their edibility
Bilayer tension-induced clustering of the UPR sensor IRE1
Creators: Hossain, Md Zobayer
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2023

The endoplasmic reticulum serves as a center for protein quality control, where chaperones and foldases facilitate protein folding. IRE1 is a transmembrane protein that

transduces proteotoxic stress signals by forming clusters and activating the unfolded

protein response (UPR). Recent research indicates that membrane thickness variation

due to variations in membrane composition drives IRE1 cluster formation, activating

the UPR even without proteotoxic stress. Based on the stability of the IRE1 dimer,

we demonstrate a direct relationship between bilayer tension and UPR activation.

The stability of the IRE1 dimer in a (50%DOPC-50%POPC) membrane at different

applied bilayer tensions was analyzed via molecular dynamics simulations. For both

tensed and compressed ER membranes, the potential of mean force for IRE1 dimerization predicts a higher concentration of IRE1 dimers. This study establishes a direct

biophysical relationship between bilayer tension and UPR activation, demonstrating

that IRE1 is a mechanosensitive membrane protein
GNSS training - presentations - 1st GATHERS Summer School
Creators: name: Crespi, Mattia
name: Kapłon, Jan
name: Ravanelli, Michaela
name: Ravanelli, Roberta
name: Mazzoni, Augusto
name: Kudłacik, Iwona
name: Hadaś, Tomasz
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: GNSS
seismology
time-series
PPP
VADASE

description: Collection of four presentations related to GNSS training at the 1st GATHERS Summer School.
 Content of following presentations: GATHERS-T.5.1.1-Summer-School-GNSS-Seismology-Crespi-PU.pdf - demonstrates the introduction to GNSS measurements theory, basic geometric and microwave properties of the signal, reference frames definition GATHERS-T.5.1.1-Summer-School-GNSS-PPP-Kaplon-PU.pdf - introduce the concept of Precise Point Positioning, international GNSS service products to support real-time processing, strengths and limitations, GATHERS-T.5.1.1-Summer-School_GNSS-VADASE-Crespi-PU.pdf - is introducing the variometric method to estimate displacements and list number of applications GATHERS-T.5.1.1-Summer-School-GNSS-instructions-Kaplon-PU.pdf - that is discussing the processing and filtration strategies aiming at the detecting and estimating the seismic signals in GNSS displacement time-series
Additional file 6 of Discharge interventions for First Nations people with a chronic condition or injury: a systematic review
Creators: name: Coombes, Julieann
name: Holland, Andrew J.A
name: Ryder, Courtney
name: Finlay, Summer May
name: Hunter, Kate
name: Bennett-Brook, Keziah
name: Orcher, Phillip
name: Scarcella, Michele
name: Briscoe, Karl
name: Forbes, Dale
name: Jacques, Madeleine
name: Maze, Deborah
name: Porykali, Bobby
name: Bourke, Elizabeth
name: Kairuz Santos, Camila A.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Biotechnology
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 6
Complete mitochondrial genome of Clematis acerifolia
Creators: name: Liu, Dan
name: Qu, Kai
name: Yuan, Yangchen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: We used a hybrid Illumina and Nanopore strategy to assemble the Clematis acerifolia mitogenome. Plant mitochondrial assemblies were first performed using
 the default parameters of GetOrganelle software (default parameters: v1.7.5) on second generation DNA sequencing data to obtain a graphical representation of the mitochondrial genome. The C. acerifolia mitogenome was then visualized using Bandage software and single stretches of the chloroplast and nuclear genomes were manually removed . Finally, the Nanopore data was compared to the graphical mitogenome fragments using BWA software and the resulting Nanopore data was used to resolve the repetitive sequence regions of the graphical plant mitogenome . The multi-branched C. acerifolia mitogenome was finally obtained by the above method. We used Geseq to annotate the C. acerifolia mitogenome genome of , and Arabidopsis thaliana was selected as the reference genome for the protein-coding genes (PCGs) of the mitogenome. The tRNA and rRNA of the mitogenome were annotated using tRNAscan-SE and BLASTN , respectively. When errors were made in the annotation of the mitogenome, Apollo was used to manually correct the errors .
advancing-communication-competencies-in-nursing-practice-a-multifaceted-exploration.pdf
Creators: name: Tushe, Mirela
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 420503
subject: Community and primary care
classificationCode: 420505
subject: Nursing workforce
classificationCode: 420502
subject: Aged care nursing

description: Effective communication stands as the cornerstone of nursing practice, playing a pivotal role in patient care, safety, andsatisfaction. This article delves into the multifaceted landscape of communication competencies in nursing, examining diversedimensions such as cultural competence, crisis communication, technological integration, empathy, and person- centered care.Drawing upon an extensive array of literature spanning empirical research, theoretical frameworks, and practical guidelines,this comprehensive review elucidates the challenges, strategies, and implications of communication in nursing practice.By synthesizing insights from various disciplines, this article offers a holistic perspective on communication competencies,providing valuable insights for educators, policymakers, and practitioners to enhance communication skills and foster qualitycare delivery.
From the Voices of Mexican Seasonal Farm Workers in Alberta
Creators: Barba González, Maricruz
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2023

In response to labour shortages across various sectors, including agriculture, the Government of Canada created the Temporary Labour Program, one stream of which is the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP). Mexico is currently the major partnering country, which runs the matching Programa de Trabajadores Agrícolas Temporales (PTAT) which accounts for 43.8% of all migrant seasonal farm labourers in Canada (SRE, 2022). With the increasing number of migrant workers in Canada, there are growing concerns about their labour and living conditions. Loo (2014) and other authors contend that to improve international labour programs so as to better serve foreign workers, it is critical to learn migrant workers’ perspectives by having their voices heard. There are, however, challenges to speaking with foreign farm workers, including language differences, rural locations, long workdays, living constraints, and fear of speaking out.

Most research on migrant workers has been conducted in Ontario, Quebec and British Columbia, which have the highest provincial numbers. Conversely, there has been little research examining migrant workers’ experiences in the province of Alberta. My qualitative, participatory research contributes to the literature by exploring the perspectives of Mexican seasonal agriculture workers who have participated in the PTAT in Alberta. I used a focused ethnographic approach and methods of PhotoVoice and semi-structured interviews to learn about their motivations for enrolling in the PTAT and their experiences of working in the agriculture sector in this provincial context. Participants' narratives and photographic images provided information about: their motives for enrolling in the PTAT; how they navigated the application process; their lived experiences while working on farms and other agriculture businesses in Alberta; the impacts on their health and well-being; and, their perspectives on their role in Canada’s agri-food system. I also explored workers’ perspectives on being part of this international labour program during the COVID-19 pandemic and how this influenced the different stages of their experiences, both in Mexico and Canada. As part of the investigation of participants’ perspectives on health and well-being, I asked them about their access to health services and healthy and culturally appropriate food, and opportunities they had to experience community life in Alberta.

Many of the findings from this research align with previous studies illuminating the vulnerable and challenging working and living conditions of migrant agricultural workers in Canada. Novel insights gained through this participatory research with Mexican migrant agriculture workers in Alberta focus on the application process and institutional context in Mexico, workers’ perspectives on their health and well-being, and their narratives and photographic images about their lived experiences in Alberta during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Holistic Linguistics: An in-depth analysis of six bilingual English-French children living in Quebec City
Creators: Barkowsky, Jana
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2023

The Problem: When it comes to assessing and intervening with bilingual populations, language interventionists face a difficult problem. Not only is there a lack of standardized tests for these populations, but even the use of the few that exist have limits about their conclusions. These limits are dependent on questions about language exposure. Assessing a balanced, simultaneous bilingual is likely to wield different language results than a child with the same profile whose bilingualism began after the age of three years. To address this issue, in-depth analyses of how these factors all interact in bilingual children are needed. While these analyses have traditionally focused on monolingual children, the use of bilingual children requires certain other factors to be considered, such as age of exposure, and types and amount of ongoing exposure.

Objective: Based on best practices in the field of speech-language pathology, this study will use formal testing and parent questionnaires to evaluate internal and external factors of bilingual language development.

Methods: Case study analyses were conducted of six children living in Quebec City who were four-years-old. Formal testing was used to evaluate expressive and receptive vocabulary, narration, phonological awareness, and phonological production abilities. Parent questionnaires provided information on weekly hours spent with parents in each language and weekly hours spent in an academic setting.

Conclusions: Narrative scores were the most consistent variable across participants, as expected. Expressive vocabulary was the least consistent and often the lowest-scoring domain. The children scored the highest on receptive vocabulary in one or both languages. Phonological abilities (measured via percent consonant correct) were all higher in English, even for children who were exposed to more French than English. Interestingly, all participants had speech that was intelligible for their age, based on whole word match, in one or both of their languages of at least 60%. In terms of phonological awareness, the three bilingual children who spent a balanced amount of time in each language with their parents had the lowest phonological awareness scores, while the children who spent an unequal amount of time (20% or less in one of the languages) had superior phonological awareness scores in one or both of their languages. Amount of time spent in a French academic setting was positively associated with French narrative skills in terms of First Mentions on the ENNI. While different language profiles were observed in these 6 cases, parent reports of time spent in each language were related to 5 of the 6 language profiles.

Implications: These results indicate that, even with parent reports of language exposure amount, good practice includes assessing in all of a child’s languages to get a full profile of their strengths and weaknesses.
Pattern Learning and Accent Familiarity in Monolingual and Bilingual English Speakers: Generalizing Learning Across Accented Speech
Creators: St Louis, Samara
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2023

It is increasingly common to encounter speakers with an accented variety of English, especially as society becomes more diverse and multilingual. To begin shedding light on how to improve communication outcomes when interacting with a speaker who has an accent, this research investigates individual cognitive factors which may enhance the ability to process accented speech. These factors include statistical learning ability, accent familiarity, language background, and the relationships therein. Statistical learning is the ability to extract regularities from the environment and is highly implicated in processing language. A novel auditory statistical learning (aSL) task with accented phonemes was administered to 43 participants recruited from the University of Alberta, alongside a visual statistical learning task, language background questionnaire, and accent familiarity questionnaire. Linear regression analysis was used to examine the differences in performance between English L1 and L2 participants on the aSL task. It was found that the English L1 participants had a faster reaction time overall, though the English L2 participants were more correct overall. Accent familiarity was a significant predictor of reaction time, especially for L2 participants. Performance on the visual statistical learning task was the only significant predictor of overall aSL score; however, more nuanced analysis showed differences in performance by question type between the two groups.

The findings contribute to understanding how bilingualism can affect the processing of accented phonemes, how statistical learning and bilingualism are related, and how exposure to a variety of accents may be just as beneficial as exposure to a particular accent when processing accented speech. This thesis also provides a lasting contribution to the field by providing a new auditory statistical learning task and Accent Familiarity Questionnaire with preliminary reliability and validity. It also provides an essential foundation for future research.
Eckhard Freise, Dieter Geuenich, Joachim Wollasch (Hrsg.), (Das Martyrolog-Necrolog von St. Emmeram zu Regensburg, 1986
Creators: name: Milis, Ludo
Publisher: name: Francia
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Francia, Bd. 16, Nr. 1 (1989)
Additional file 1 of De-implementing public health policies: a qualitative study of the process of implementing and then removing body mass index (BMI) report cards in Massachusetts public schools
Creators: name: Poole, Mary Kathryn
name: Lee, Rebekka M.
name: Kinderknecht, Kelsey L.
name: Kenney, Erica L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Standards for ReportingQualitative Research (SRQR).
Parameter estimation by implicit sampling
Creators: name: Morzfeld, Matthias
name: Tu, Xuemin
name: Wilkening, Jon
name: Chorin, Alexandre J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Implicit sampling is a weighted sampling method that is used in data assimilation, where one sequentially updates estimates of the state of a stochastic model based on a stream of noisy or incomplete data. Here we describe how to use implicit sampling in parameter estimation problems, where the goal is to find parameters of a numerical model, e.g.~a partial differential equation (PDE), such that the output of the numerical model is compatible with (noisy) data. We use the Bayesian approach to parameter estimation, in which a posterior probability density describes the probability of the parameter conditioned on data and compute an empirical estimate of this posterior with implicit sampling. Our approach generates independent samples, so that some of the practical difficulties one encounters with Markov Chain Monte Carlo methods, e.g.~burn-in time or correlations among dependent samples, are avoided. We describe a new implementation of implicit sampling for parameter estimation problems that makes use of multiple grids (coarse to fine) and BFGS optimization coupled to adjoint equations for the required gradient calculations. The implementation is "dimension independent", in the sense that a well-defined finite dimensional subspace is sampled as the mesh used for discretization of the PDE is refined. We illustrate the algorithm with an example where we estimate a diffusion coefficient in an elliptic equation from sparse and noisy pressure measurements. In the example, dimension\slash mesh-independence is achieved via Karhunen-Loève expansions.
Grace for the Wicked: A Doctrinal Analysis of Shinran’s Akunin Shōki within Shin Buddhism
Creators: Stalinger, Jarrett
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2023

The doctrine of akunin shōki has had a profound impact on Japanese religious and intellectual history. The idea that “the object of Amida’s salvation is evil people,” has a long history both within True Pure Land Buddhism (Jōdo Shinshū) and outside of it. I argue that, while there have been different perspectives on what has been understood by akunin related to akunin shōki, patterns can be seen by thinkers in the medieval and modern periods. I do this through historical and doctrinal analysis of akunin shōki itself and by framing it as a process of intellectual and religious evolution that had been ongoing in Japan for some time, even prior to the introduction of Buddhism. Using thinkers such as James C. Dobbins, Ogoshi Aiko, and Jamie Hubbard, I seek to evaluate the relationship between the internal world and the external realm through a doctrinal discussion regarding akunin shōki. I use historical texts written by Shinran 親鸞 (1173-1263) to show how his perception of akunin was informed by preceding ideas while also being influential on future thinkers. With this I seek to show how cosmology affects anthropology and vice versa in the practical effects of doctrinal influences on Japanese history.
Eine Bastion der Friedeburg, Gemeinde Friedeburg, Ldkr. Wittmund. Ergebnisse der archäologischen Untersuchung 1981
Creators: name: Seehusen, Johann
name: Schwarz, Wolfgang
Publisher: name: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte
Year: 2018

description: -
description: Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte, Bd. 53 (1984): Nachrichten aus Niedersachsens Urgeschichte
Organization and management of two stroke slow speed diesel engine overhaul
Creators: name: Τζώρτζης, Παναγιώτης
name: Tzortzis, Panagiotis
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πειραιώς
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Maintenance
subject: Precicion
subject: Inspection

description: Το αντικείμενο της παρούσας διπλωματικής εργασίας αφορά την εξέταση της μηχανολογικής συντήρησης που διενεργείται στον εξοπλισμό ενός εκ των τριών ηλεκτροπαραγωγικών σταθμών της Αρχής Ηλεκτρισμού Κύπρου, σε αυτόν της Δεκέλειας. Συγκεκριμένα, μελετάται η συντήρηση που γίνεται στις μηχανές εσωτερικής καύσης του σταθμού και ειδικότερα στις δίχρονες μηχανές εσωτερικής καύσης. Αρχικά γίνεται μια γενική προσέγγιση του ορισμού της συντήρησης, με παρουσίαση των διαδεδομένων μεθόδων συντήρησης και την οργάνωσή τους. Ακολούθως γίνεται μια αναφορά της λειτουργίας του ηλεκτροπαραγωγού σταθμού της Δεκέλειας καθώς και μια επεξήγηση της γενικής λειτουργίας των μηχανών εσωτερικής καύσης. Η περιγραφή της λειτουργίας του σταθμού έγινε με τον απλούστερο δυνατό τρόπο. Έπειτα, με βάση τη συλλογή στοιχείων από το σταθμό, δόθηκε περιγραφή της μεθοδολογίας και του προγραμματισμού συντήρησης που πραγματοποιείται στο κομμάτι του σταθμού που σχετίζεται με τις δίχρονες μηχανές εσωτερικής καύσης.
Metropolis-Hastings within Partially Collapsed Gibbs Samplers
Creators: name: van Dyk, David A.
name: Jiao, Xiyun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The Partially Collapsed Gibbs (PCG) sampler offers a new strategy for improving the convergence of a Gibbs sampler. PCG achieves faster convergence by reducing the conditioning in some of the draws of its parent Gibbs sampler. Although this can significantly improve convergence, care must be taken to ensure that the stationary distribution is preserved. The conditional distributions sampled in a PCG sampler may be incompatible and permuting their order may upset the stationary distribution of the chain. Extra care must be taken when Metropolis-Hastings (MH) updates are used in some or all of the updates. Reducing the conditioning in an MH within Gibbs sampler can change the stationary distribution, even when the PCG sampler would work perfectly if MH were not used. In fact, a number of samplers of this sort that have been advocated in the literature do not actually have the target stationary distributions. In this article, we illustrate the challenges that may arise when using MH within a PCG sampler and develop a general strategy for using such updates while maintaining the desired stationary distribution. Theoretical arguments provide guidance when choosing between different MH within PCG sampling schemes. Finally we illustrate the MH within PCG sampler and its computational advantage using several examples from our applied work.
Singlet Mott State Simulating the Bosonic Laughlin Wave Function
Creators: name: Lian, Biao
name: Zhang, Shou-Cheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study properties of a class of spin singlet Mott states for arbitrary spin S bosons on a lattice, with particle number per cite n=S/l+1, where l is a positive integer. We show that such a singlet Mott state can be mapped to a bosonic Laughlin wave function on the sphere with a finite number of particles at filling ν=1/2l. Spin, particle and hole excitations in the Mott state are discussed, among which the hole excitation can be mapped to the quasi-hole of the bosonic Laughlin wave function. We show that this singlet Mott state can be realized in a cold atom system on optical lattice, and can be identified using Bragg spectroscopy and Stern-Gerlach techniques. This class of singlet Mott states may be generalized to simulate bosonic Laughlin states with filling ν=q/2l.
description: 5 pages, 1 figure
Additional file 2 of De-implementing public health policies: a qualitative study of the process of implementing and then removing body mass index (BMI) report cards in Massachusetts public schools
Creators: name: Poole, Mary Kathryn
name: Lee, Rebekka M.
name: Kinderknecht, Kelsey L.
name: Kenney, Erica L.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2: Appendix. InterviewGuide.
Surface Microlenses for Enhanced Photodegradation of Organic Contaminants in Water
Creators: Lu, Qiuyun
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2023

The global need for clean water requires sustainable technology for purifying contaminated water. Highly efficient solar-driven photodegradation is a sustainable strategy for wastewater treatment. However, solar-driven water treatment suffers from reduced efficiency due to the energy loss in the light treatment, difficulties of facility maintenance, and decentralized and intermittent features of solar irradiation. One promising solution is coupling microlenses (MLs) with solar-driven reactors, optimizing the distribution of solar irradiation in contaminated water for higher photodegradation efficiency of organic contaminants. However, the fabrication of customized MLs for solar-water treatment remains to be developed. Furthermore, understandings of the mechanisms of MLs-enhanced photodegradation are required for the optimization of MLs-involved reactors. Last but not least, the adaptability and scalability of MLs need to be verified before the practical applications of the technology.

This Ph.D. thesis focuses on understanding the mechanisms of MLs-enhanced photodegradation in water treatment and maximizing the performance of MLs under the guidance of the discovered principles. On one hand, the fabrication methods of MLs are developed based on a solvent exchange process followed by in-situ photopolymerization to meet the requirements of reactors for solar-driven water decontamination. Both microscopy and optical simulations are applied to characterize the optical properties of different types of MLs. Furthermore, the photodegradation of multiple typical organic pollutants in different water matrices is monitored in the MLs-functionalized reactors under varied irradiation conditions to verify the effectiveness of MLs. The combination of optical simulations and the experimental results helps to further improve the efficiency of solar-driven photodegradation by MLs and assist the design of MLs-functionalized reactors for broader applications.
Thermodynamic curvature and black holes
Creators: name: Ruppeiner, George
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I give a relatively broad survey of thermodynamic curvature $R$, one spanning results in fluids and solids, spin systems, and black hole thermodynamics. $R$ results from the thermodynamic information metric giving thermodynamic fluctuations. $R$ has a unique status in thermodynamics as being a geometric invariant, the same for any given thermodynamic state. In fluid and solid systems, the sign of $R$ indicates the character of microscopic interactions, repulsive or attractive. $|R|$ gives the average size of organized mesoscopic fluctuating structures. The broad generality of thermodynamic principles might lead one to believe the same for black hole thermodynamics. This paper explores this issue with a systematic tabulation of results in a number of cases.
description: 27 pages, 10 figures, 7 tables, 78 references. Talk presented at the conference Breaking of Supersymmetry and Ultraviolet Divergences in extended Supergravity, in Frascati, Italy, March 27, 2013. v2 corrects some small problems
pH and inoculum effects on microbial communities in bench-scale aquaponics systems
Creators: Derik Vand, Peyman
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2023

Understanding the ecology of microorganisms is essential for optimizing aquaponics systems. Effects of pH and inoculum on ammonium removal and dynamics of microbial community composition from all compartments of lab-scale aquaponics systems were examined. Initial ammonium accumulation in systems with comammox-enriched inocula were 47 and 69% that of systems enriched with ammonia-oxidizing bacteria (AOB), with higher rates of ammonium removal and transient nitrite accumulation measured in the latter systems. By the end of operation, Nitrosomonas and Nitrosospira AOB were dominant nitrifiers in systems at pH 7.6-7.8, whereas comammox (Nitrospira) nitrifiers and plant growth-promoting microbes

were abundant in systems operating at pH 5.8-6.0. Lower pH systems supported more robust plant growth with no significant effects on fish health. This study demonstrated functional

redundancy of aquaponics microbiota, with selectivity of nitrifying taxa as a function of pH. Results suggest that inoculum and pH are important considerations for aquaponics system

initiation and optimization.