cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
From quantum feedback to probabilistic error correction: Manipulation of quantum beats in cavity QED
Creators: name: Barberis-Blostein, P.
name: Norris, D. G.
name: Orozco, L. A.
name: Carmichael, H. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is shown how to implement quantum feedback and probabilistic error correction in an open quantum system consisting of a single atom, with ground- and excited-state Zeeman structure, in a driven two-mode optical cavity. The ground state superposition is manipulated and controlled through conditional measurements and external fields, which shield the coherence and correct quantum errors. Modeling of an experimentally realistic situation demonstrates the robustness of the proposal for realization in the laboratory.
title: Community Alcohol Education and Prevention Program
Creators: name: Fredericks, John
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1975

description: The objective of this study was to develop and evaluate an alcohol education program for the inhabitants of region seven, state of Idaho. A questionnaire comprised of multiple choice, and true-false questions, plus an attitude scale was developed to measure changes by way of pre and post testings.
The five hypotheses of this study are:

That our community and school education program would result in subjects obtaining a higher percentage of correct responses on information items on the post test administration of our questionnaire versus the pre testing.

The community and school education program would result in subjects obtaining an attitude rating more in line with the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) position on the post test administration of the attitude survey, as compared to their pre test rating.

There would be a larger increase in the number of clients who sought out counseling at the Center for problems related to alcoholism during our six month test period, as compared to the increase experienced during the same six months of the previous year prior to the new program.

During the six month test period there would be a larger number of presentations, as requested, to community groups, as compared to the number given during the same six months of the previous year prior to the new program.

During the six month test period there would be larger amounts of money received from local contributors (agencies or individuals), as compared to the same six months of the previous year prior to the new program.

A frequency count and corresponding percentages were tabulated for each question from the questionnaires received during a 1 percent random sampling of households in the community. Also, an analysis of variance was run to determine if there was a significant difference pre to post on community respondents, or on school students who received an alcohol education presentation in their classrooms.
Results indicate no shift in community or school student's attitudes, nor in the community's informational level. Four out of six schools had an increase in the student's informational level, which was significant at the .01 level. Likewise, a class of Licensed Practical Nursing students showed a significant increase.
The utility of DNA based diet analysis in foraging ecology : a case study using a marine generalist predator
Creators: name: Casper, Ruth Mariana
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: In marine ecosystems, identifying what and where animals eat are inferred through indirect methods. These methods are often inadequate and our ability to measure and predict ecological interactions remains poor. The accuracy of diet estimation in marine animals may be improved by the use of DNA based techniques, a potentially valuable but largely untested approach. The predictive power of ecological models may also be improved by synoptic integration of diet with spatially explicit foraging activity. A further gain may be achieved by considering individual variation in foraging behaviour, as reflected by differences in diet and core foraging areas within a population. The objective of this thesis was to investigate the utility of DNA based diet analysis in foraging ecology, explored in the context of top marine generalist predators, southern hemisphere fur seals (Arctocephalus spp.). The effectiveness of DNA based diet analysis for identifying trophic relationships is assessed in a series of captive and field based studies. The diet and foraging activity of individuals in a free-living population are then matched both spatially and temporally, and predator-habitat relationships are modelled with reference to specific predator-prey combinations. The accuracy of DNA based scat analysis for diet estimation was assessed in Arctocephalus seals fed mixed prey diets integrated over several days. This approach was compared with the most commonly used method, morphological scat analysis. Both methods inferred recent diet (within 40 hours), but detection of robust prey consumed was 1.4-5.8 times more likely using genetic analysis than morphological analysis. Presence/absence data was an ineffective quantitative measure of diet using either DNA or morphological methods. Faecal samples from 54 wild lactating Arctocephalus gazella were analysed for prey remains using both DNA and morphological techniques. Morphological analysis implied that nearly all individuals (91%) consumed a monotypic diet, but inclusion of molecular data showed that a large proportion (46%) of seals consumed a more diverse diet DNA based diet analysis identified important predator-prey relationships that were not revealed by morphological analysis. Differences in diet between individuals were mirrored by foraging location data, confirming individual differences in foraging behaviour. Persistent environmental features were significant in describing and predicting core foraging areas, irrespective of diet, suggesting that these areas are likely to be important sources of prey in most years. Monotypic consumers may be more vulnerable in years of poor prey availability. DNA based diet analysis provides a significant contribution to our ability to understand foraging ecology.
Geomagnetic Polarity Timescales and Reversal Frequency Regimes
Creators: name: Lowrie, William
name: Kent, Dennis V.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Paleontology

description: An analysis of geomagnetic reversal history is made for the most reliable polarity timescales covering the last 160 Myr. The timescale of Cande and Kent [1995] (CK95) is the optimum representation of Cenozoic and Late Cretaceous polarity history, and the timescale of Channell et al. [1995] (CENT94) best represents the Early Cretaceous and Late Jurassic. The CK95 timescale can be divided into two nearly linear segments at Chron C12r. The lengths of chrons in the younger segment have no systematic trend, and so this part of the polarity sequence is considered to be stationary for statistical analysis. The mean chron length is 0.248 Myr and the gamma index, k, for the distribution of chron lengths is 1.6 ± 0.4; inserting just 8 additional short subchrons that have been verified from magnetostratigraphic studies as polarity reversals reduces the mean chron length to 0.219 Myr and k to 1.3 ± 0.3. The older segment is stationary if the two long polarity chrons C33n and C33r adjacent to the Cretaceous Normal Polarity Superchron are omitted; in this case the mean chron length is 0.749 Myr and k is 1.2 ± 0.4. The chrons in the CENT94 timescale are stationary with mean length 0.415 Myr and k is 1.3 ± 0.3. The gamma indices of the chron distributions are not significantly different from a Poisson distribution (k = 1), which implies that the reversal process is essentially free of long-term memory. However, if the mean chron duration is an indicator of stability of the reversal process, it appears that long lasting episodes of stable behavior may be followed by abrupt change to another stable regime with a markedly different reversal frequency. There is no significant change of the gamma index from one regime to another although the mean polarity chron length changes by more than a factor of three. This would imply that the probability of a reversal may be constant within each regime but varies inversely with mean interval length from regime to regime.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TECHNOLOGY TO ENHANCE B2 LEVEL STUDENTS' VOCABULARY
Creators: name: Embergenova, Altinay
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: This article explores the effectiveness of implementing technology to enhance the vocabulary of B2 level students. With the increasing use of technology in education, it is important to investigate its potential benefits in improving language learning. The article focuses specifically on B2 level students, who are considered to have an intermediate level of proficiency in a foreign language.
Quantum hypernetted chain approximation for one dimensional fermionic systems
Creators: name: Stoico, C. O.
name: Carlevaro, C. M.
name: Renzi, D. G.
name: Vericat, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this comprehensible article we develop, following Fantoni and Rosati formalism, a hypernetted chain approximation for one dimensional systems of fermions. Our scheme differs from previous treatments in the form that the whole set of diagrams is grouped: we do it in terms of non-nodal, non-composite and elementary graphs. This choice makes the deduction of equations more transparent. Equations for the pair distribution functions of one component systems as well as binary mixtures are obtained. We apply they to experimentally realizable quasi-one dimensional systems, the so called quantum wires which we model, within Sommerfeld-Pauli spirit, as a 1D electron gas or as an electron-hole mixture. In order to use our one-dimensional equations we consider pair potentials that depend on the wires width.
description: 41 pages, 14 figures
title: Applications and Interpretability of Machine Learning to Identify Gravitational Lenses
Creators: name: Wilde, Joshua William
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2023

description: In the near future, Euclid and the Vera C. Rubin Observatory will survey over 10⁹ galaxies. Among these galaxies will be thousands of gravitational lenses that will be able to constrain the value of H0, measure Dark Matter halos, and magnify more distant sources. This is too much data for humans to sift through themselves; machine learning is needed to find these lenses. I have trained CNNs to identify gravitational lenses in simulated Euclid images; one of my CNNs OU-200 performed comparably to a human. I have used interpretability techniques such as occlusion maps, Deep Dream, and guided Grad-CAM to understand what features within the image the CNN has learnt to associate with gravitational lenses. I used OU-200 to search for gravitational lenses in the Hubble WFC3 Infrared Spectroscopic Parallel (WISP) survey. In this survey there was one clear candidate. I then trained a U-net to not only classify images with gravitational lenses but also to highlight the position of the lens within the image.
The effect of undrained heating on a fluid-saturated hardened cement paste
Creators: name: Ghabezloo, Siavash
name: Sulem, Jean
name: Saint-Marc, Jérémie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The effect of undrained heating on volume change and induced pore pressure increase is an important point to properly understand the behaviour and evaluate the integrity of an oil well cement sheath submitted to rapid temperature changes. This thermal pressurization of the pore fluid is due to the discrepancy between the thermal expansion coefficients of the pore fluid and of the solid matrix. The equations governing the undrained thermo-hydro-mechanical response of a porous material are presented and the effect of undrained heating is studied experimentally for a saturated hardened cement paste. The measured value of the thermal pressurization coefficient is equal to 0.6MPa/°C. The drained and undrained thermal expansion coefficients of the hardened cement paste are also measured in the heating tests. The anomalous thermal behaviour of cement pore fluid is back analysed from the results of the undrained heating test.
description: Cement and Concrete Research (2008) In press
Search for associations containing young stars (SACY):II. Chemical abundances of stars in 11 young Associations in the Solar neighborhood
Creators: name: Almeida, P. Viana
name: Santos, N. C.
name: Melo, C.
name: Eiff, M. Ammler-von
name: Torres, C. A. O.
name: Quast, G. R.
name: Gameiro, J. F.
name: Sterzik, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recently discovered coeval, moving groups of young stellar objects in the solar neighborhood represent invaluable laboratories to study recent star formation and to search for high metallicity stars which can be included in future exo-planet surveys. In this study we derived through an uniform and homogeneous method stellar atmospheric parameters and abundances for iron, silicium and nickel in 63 Post T-Tauri Stars from 11 nearby young associations. We further compare the results with two different pre-main sequence (PMS) and main sequence (MS) star populations. The stellar atmospheric parameters and the abundances presented here were derived using the equivalent width of individual lines in the stellar spectra through the excitation/ionization equilibrium of iron. Moreover, we compared the observed Balmer lines with synthetic profiles calculated for model atmospheres with a different line formation code. We found that the synthetic profiles agree reasonably well with the observed profiles, although the Balmer lines of many stars are substantially filled-in, probably by chromospheric emission. Solar metallicity is found to be a common trend on all the nearby young associations studied. The low abundance dispersion within each association strengthens the idea that the origin of these nearby young associations is related to the nearby Star Forming regions (SFR). Abundances of elements other than iron are consistent with previous results on Main Sequence stars in the solar neighborhood. The chemical characterization of the members of the newly found nearby young associations, performed in this study and intended to proceed in subsequent works, is essential for understanding and testing the context of local star formation and the evolutionary history of the galaxy.
description: 13 pages, 7 figures, 6 tables, accepted for publication in A&A on 26/03/2009
title: The Effects of Leadership Style on Group Interaction In Differing Socio-Political Subcultures
Creators: name: Gilstein, Kenneth W.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1975

description: Four encounter groups were run using 41 undergraduates at Utah State University to measure the effects of leadership style, member vii socio-political subculture, and member personality on the quantity and quality of group interaction, and on member satisfaction. Using Kerlinger's Social Attitudes Scale, the subjects were divided into subgroupings of "conservatives" and "liberals." One conservative group and one liberal group were each conducted by a leader acting in a non-directive style, while one conservative and one liberal group were run by a leader acting in a directive style. The California Psychological Inventory was administered to the subjects to gain information on the personality traits of the individuals, and a questionnaire was used to measure member satisfaction. Each group met for six sessions, and the groups were rated for interaction using the Hill Interaction Matrix.
Using an analysis of covariance, the results showed that the group led by the non-directive leader resulted in more interaction, and that this interaction was of a ''member-centered" work type. A statistical relationship was also found between the personality of group members and: 1) quantity and quality of interaction, 2) member satisfaction, and 3) the socio-political subculture of the members. An interaction effect between leadership style and socio-political subculture of the subjects was found to affect member satisfaction. Conservatives preferred a directive leader, while liberals preferred a non-directive leader. Finally, a trend was found suggesting a difference in group interaction due to the socio-political subculture of an individual.
Implications for other types of groups, and for therapy and counseling, were discussed.
Silurian-Permian palaeocontinental reconstructions and circum-Atlantic tectonics
Creators: name: Kent, Dennis V.
name: Keppie, J. D.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1988
Subjects: subject: Geophysics
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Plate tectonics

description: On the basis of the palaeomagnetic record, supplemented by constraints provided by faunal and tectonic information, reconstructions involving Laurentia, Baltica, Gondwana and numerous continent-like fragments and terranes within the circum-Atlantic Palaeozoic orogenic belts are made for three critical time intervals, late Silurian, early Carboniferous and late Carboniferous-early Permian, all of which bracket important phases of tectonic activity. The late Caledonian-Scandian-Acadian-Ligerian orogenies are due to the predominantly E-W final closure of Iapetus. This phase was followed in mid-Devonian times by a major sinistral megashear along the orogen which eliminated latitudinal separations and resulted in a Pangea-like assembly by the latest Devonian. The final phase involved a rotation of Gondwana with respect to the assembled Euramerican landmass, expressed as late Variscan-Hercynian dextral shear from central Europe to northeastern N America and culminating in the late Carboniferous-Permian Alleghanian orogeny in the Appalachians from New England S and in the Mauritanides.
African rural-urban migration a decision making perspective
Creators: name: Bartle, Philip F. W.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Rural-urban migration is fundamentally a demographic phenomenon. It should be also open to analysis at the level of individual decision making as well as the demographic level so common in the literature. The individual acts or operates within a social and physical environment. He perceives some of the information available to him concerning the various dimensions of his environment. He acts with reference to his perception and his manipulation of that information. An observer cannot directly perceive the process of a West African making decisions. However he could note relevant information which may be available to a migrant. The observer could then note the migrant's actions. From these two sets of data the observer might surmise about the intermediate decision making process. This might be called the Information-decision-action perspective. From this perspective of the individual level a set of axioms can be constructed to generate a number of hypotheses concerning migration. Available literature on rural-urban migration in Africa, plus some from other geographic areas for comparison, is examined with respect to the hypotheses generated. As most of the data refer to overall movements, a certain transformation of the data is required to make them useful to the individual level of analysis attempted in this thesis. Most of the source data support the four categories of hypotheses I have developed but a few notable exceptions provide a useful reexamination of the formal approach of this thesis. After outlining the perspective and applying it to migration literature I turned to study a localised setting in West Africa. The ethnographic environment of Kwawu migrants is described from census data and personal recollection. The social and physical environments of the Kwawu traditional area and of Accra, the capital city to which most Kwawu migrate are described as information available to a hypothetical individual. This is followed by an example of a particular individual in a transitory state. The aggregate data related to the differential migration of Kwawu are examined and a demonstration model is generated from the Information-decision-action perspective to indicate the extent to which this approach is predictive. The individual's decision making process, or Information-decision-action perspective is outlined in Chapter One and is related in Chapter Two to relevant literature. Chapters Three, Four, and Five parallel the Information-decision-action perspective; Chapter Three deals with Kwawu ethnographic information; Chapter Four is a description of one Kwawu individual's decisions; and Chapter Five relates the resulting actions of Kwawu migrants. The problems of relating aggregate data to individual experiences and the problems of integrating personal and library sources of information are briefly examined in a summary chapter.
嬗变中的当代中国独立电影及其海外收藏
Creators: name: Cheng, Jim
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Asians
Motion pictures
Library science

description: 本文阐述了当代中国独立电影的定义，时代背景，发展状况，及其表现的题材内容轮廓，同时介绍了海外大学图书馆对中国独立电影的收藏概况，尤其是对加州大学圣地亚哥分校图书馆的中国独立电影收藏的范围，原则，内容，格式，使用作了详细的叙述。
title: An In-service Education Evaluation of the Communication Skills Workshop Self-Actualizing Education
Creators: name: Manwill, Gerald Eldon
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1975

description: This study was concerned with the evaluation of a communication skills works hop for elementary school teachers titled, Self-Actualizing Education sponsored by the Psychology Department at Utah State University and funded under a rural development grant from the Kellogg Foundation.
The purpose of the study was to evaluate objectives related to the interaction of students and teachers with regard to: (1) student attitudes towards teachers; (2) student misbehavior; and (3) student-teacher verbal communication. Testing was done on a control-experimental, pre-post basis. The treatment consisted of a nine week communication skills workshop, held two to three hours once per week. Twelve teachers and 531 students, grades one through six, participated in the study.
Objectives of the Study
The following objectives were formulated as an evaluational guide for the study:

To determine whether or not teacher talk incorporates more Flanders Interaction Analysis System category 1, 2, and 3 responses and less category 6 and 7 responses, after teachers have completed the in-service communication skills workshop titled, Self-Actualizing Education;

To determine whether or not student talk shifts from responding to initiating, after teacher participation in the communication workshop;

To determine whether or not student misbehavior in the classroom decreases after the communication skills workshop;

To determine whether or not student attitudes become more favorable towards their teachers after the workshop.

In order to evaluate these objectives three data gathering instruments were employed: (1) the Flanders Interaction Analysis System; (2) a student misbehavior checklist; and (3) two student attitude surveys.
Findings
From analysis of the data, the following conclusions were made regarding this study: (1) teacher talk did not incorporate more Flanders Interaction Analysis System category 1, 2, and 3 responses and less category 6 and 7 responses as a result of teachers having participated in the communication skills workshop; (2) student talk did not shift from responding to initiating after the workshop; (3) a significant decrease (p < .05) in student misbehavior after treatment did occur; and (4) student attitudes toward their teachers did not change as a result of the workshop.
Additional file 1 of Circular RNA circPTPRF promotes the progression of GBM via sponging miR-1208 to up-regulate YY1
Creators: name: Zhou, Jiang
name: Wang, Chengbin
name: Liu, Yingliang
name: Cui, Daming
name: Wang, Zhenlin
name: Jiang, Yang
name: Gao, Liang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biophysics
Cell Biology
Molecular Biology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Developmental Biology
Cancer

description: Supplementary Table S1. Relationship of circPTPRF expression to clinical features of glioma patients.
Morality on a leash : walking the dogma : a search for plausible connections between morality and biology
Creators: name: Britton, Jillian Louise
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: There have been numerous attempts to explain morality as a product of biology. These accounts however do not do justice either to the nature of morality or the biological mechanisms which are attributed to its origin. This thesis addresses these problems and provides an account which satisfactorily explains morality as the product of a number of human biological adaptations, but not as biological adaptation itself. As such it is a rejoinder to prominent sociobiologists Michael Ruse, E.O. Wilson and Richard Joyce who suggest the contrary. This conclusion derives from a detailed exploration of morality as both a biological and cultural phenomenon that seems to have strayed far from the Darwinian evolutionary framework. Holding it back firmly, however, are a suite of emotions which are here argued to be a primary source of belief in the prescriptive, categorical nature of morality, a core feature of morality which distinguishes it from other human rules. This account of moral motivation is not a novel account. What is new, however, are the further conclusions that can be drawn from growing evidence for the neurological bases of these emotions. Of particular relevance to this thesis is the likelihood that emotions were not selected because of their role in generating morality. Rather, emotions appear to be prerequisite for functions such as familial bonding which predate morality. This hypothesis supports the main conclusion of this thesis. The human emotional reservoir is not taken to be the sole explanation for why we have morality, however. Morality is a multi-facetted phenomenon which is also formed and influenced by active reasoning and more passive processes such as social learning. To demonstrate this, a significant portion of the thesis is devoted to considering the connection between morality and human sociality. This will provide subsidiary support for the conclusion that morality is a bi-product of a number of different biological traits, in this case selected in humans for their contribution to social learning, and kin bonding. From these main areas of discussion, secondary conclusions emerge. Firstly, the biological basis of the capacities involved in the generation of morality is also used as the grounds for rejecting the commonly held belief that there are mind-independent moral facts. Secondly, the range and complexity of these capacities in humans will be used as an explanation for why morality appears to be a human phenomenon. Finally, it will be argued that the conclusions reached in this thesis needn't undermine the significance of morality in our lives: rather, morality requires redefinition which recognises both its true origins and its role in protecting and promoting that which is of utmost importance to us.
Contourite or turbidite?: magnetic fabric of fine-grained Quaternary sediments, Nova Scotia continental rise
Creators: name: Shor, Alexander N.
name: Kent, Dennis V.
name: Flood, Roger D.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 1984
Subjects: Geology, Stratigraphic

description: Samples of three piston cores and one gravity core from the Nova Scotia continental rise (depths 4210-4925 m) have been examined to differentiate parallel-to-slope and downslope depositional processes in Quaternary deposits from a region presently influenced by a strong contour current. Measurement of anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility of samples of a red-brown, silt-laminated lutite 'contourite' facies shows grain alignments which are consistent with both parallel-to-slope (contour current) flow and downslope (turbidity current) flow. We believe that these results provide support for the hypothesis that 'geologically significant' contour currents have influenced continental rise deposition during the Pleistocene. However, our observation that both alongslope and downslope alignments are present in lithologically similar units clearly demonstrates the need for studies on the relationship between lithofacies and process in this geological setting.
Dynamically Driven Evolution of the Interstellar Medium in M51
Creators: name: Koda, J.
name: Scoville, N.
name: Sawada, T.
name: La Vigne, M. A.
name: Vogel, S. N.
name: Potts, A. E.
name: Carpenter, J. M.
name: Corder, S. A.
name: Wright, M. C. H.
name: White, S. M.
name: Zauderer, B. A.
name: Patience, J.
name: Sargent, A. I.
name: Bock, D. C. -J.
name: Hawkins, D.
name: Hodges, M.
name: Kemball, A.
name: Lamb, J. W.
name: Plambeck, R. L.
name: Pound, M. W.
name: Scott, S. L.
name: Teuben, P.
name: Woody, D. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the highest-fidelity observations of the spiral galaxy M51 in CO emission, revealing the evolution of giant molecular clouds (GMCs) vis-a-vis the large-scale galactic structure and dynamics. The most massive GMCs (so-called GMAs) are first assembled and then broken up as the gas flow through the spiral arms. The GMAs and their H2 molecules are not fully dissociated into atomic gas as predicted in stellar feedback scenarios, but are fragmented into smaller GMCs upon leaving the spiral arms. The remnants of GMAs are detected as the chains of GMCs that emerge from the spiral arms into interarm regions. The kinematic shear within the spiral arms is sufficient to unbind the GMAs against self-gravity. We conclude that the evolution of GMCs is driven by large-scale galactic dynamics --their coagulation into GMAs is due to spiral arm streaming motions upon entering the arms, followed by fragmentation due to shear as they leave the arms on the downstream side. In M51, the majority of the gas remains molecular from arm entry through the inter-arm region and into the next spiral arm passage.
description: 6 pages, including 3 figures. Accepted, ApJL
title: The Effects of Different Time Arrangements on a Segment of Individual Psychotherapy Sessions
Creators: name: Yergensen, Dan C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1975

description: The purpose of this study was to investigate whether different time arrangements for individual psychotherapy vary in effectiveness for the vi therapeutic process. The following time arrangements were compared against each other: Treatment I, 1/ 2 hour sessions twice per week; Treatment II, 1 hour sessions once per week; and Treatment III, 2 hour sessions every other week.
Twenty-one subjects and seven therapists were selected from six mental health facilities in Utah and Idaho for this project. All therapists participating had at least 2 years experience as psychotherapists. All subjects were randomly assigned to one of the three treatments. Each therapist received one subject for each of the three treatments under study, which spread therapist differences equally across treatments.
It was found that time arrangements, by themselves, have no effect upon outcome as measured by the D, Pt, and Sc scales of the MMPI, and a Therapeutic Progress Questionnaire which attempted to tap the subjects' evaluation of their therapeutic experience. When all subjects (Ss) were compared between pre- and posttesting, it was found that, overall, patients improved significantly (beyond the . 01 level) as measured by the D and Sc scales of the MMPI. The Pt scale of the MMPI showed improvement beyond the . 05 level of significance--thus, indicating that patients improved regardless of whether they were seen for 30 minute sessions, 1 hour sessions, or 2 hour sessions, when all subjects completed a total of 8 therapy hours before posttesting.
title: Staffing the College Counseling Center to Meet the Needs of Minority and Female Students
Creators: name: Rickly, Christine
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1975

description: This study assessed Utah State University students perceptions of the U.S.U. Counseling Center with regard to meeting students' counseling needs. The study focused on racial background and sex of counselors as significant variables. A written questionnaire was mailed to 420 students. Fifty-three percent of the questionnaires were returned.
The students' impressions of the Counseling Center were generally positive. Caucasian females were more satisfied than Caucasian males. Minority students were least satisfied. Students who had not used the center most often indicated they had no need. Many students lacked information concerning the services and availability of staff of different sex and/ or backgrounds.
For most counseling situations, the majority of the students indicated that sex and racial background of the counselor were unimportant. In counseling situations concerning personal problems related to sex the availability of a staff member of a particular sex or racial background was frequently essential. Since the staff at the time of this study lacked variety, in respect to sex and racial background, some students could not have been served according to their preferences. Recommendations were made available concerning the expressed needs as ascertained by this study.
title: Role of ATP Hydrolysis and Mechanism of Substrate Reduction in Nitrogenase
Creators: name: Shaw, Sudipta
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2017

description: Nitrogenase consists of two metalloproteins, the MoFe protein and the Fe protein. The MoFe protein is an α2β2 heterotetramer and the Fe protein is an α2 homodimer. The catalytic cycle of nitrogenase involves binding of the Fe protein to each αβ catalytic half of the MoFe protein, electron transfer followed by ATP hydrolysis, Pi release and eventually dissociation of the two proteins. This cycle has to be repeated eight consecutive times to reduce one molecule of N2.
The two catalytic halves of the MoFe protein had been considered to be independent of each other. The research presented here showed that there is negative cooperativity associated between the two catalytic halves of the MoFe protein. The results suggested that only one half of the MoFe protein is operative during the first turnover of the enzyme.
In order to understand the substrate reduction mechanism of nitrogenase, the study focused on two important enzymes of the biogeochemical nitrogen cycle: nitrite (NO2 -) and nitrate (NO3 -). Two intermediates of NO2 - reduction were trapped by a remodeled nitrogenase (α-70Ala/α-195Gln MoFe protein) and characterized by advanced spectroscopic studies. These intermediates were found to be identical to the intermediates trapped during reduction of diazene (N2H2) and hydrazine (N2H4). The pathway for reduction NO2 - to ammonia (NH3) was also proposed.
NO3 - was established as a new substrate of nitrogenase. The advanced spectroscopic studies confirmed that the same two intermediates were trapped by the remodeled nitrogenase. Kinetic studies showed that two competing pathways lead to NO3 - reduction by nitrogenase, a primary 2 e- reduction pathway to form nitrite and a secondary 8 e- reduction pathway to form NH3. The pathways for reduction of NO3 - to NO2 - and NH3 were proposed.
The simulation and optimization of a gasoline polymerization plant
Creators: name: Friedman, Paul
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: A model of a chemical process plant with recycle streams was simulated on a digital computer using the CHESS executive program. This model was then optimized by means of an automatic optimization algorithm. The chemical plant chosen for the study was the gasoline polymerization unit of the Shellburn refinery, Shell Canada Limited, in Burnaby, B.C. Modifications were made to the following optimization techniques so that they could be utilized for the stated problem: Deflected Gradient-Created Response Surface, Pattern Search, Complex Method. It was found that the Modified Complex Method worked well and did not require an excessive amount of computer time. A strategy of model building was utilized to reduce the computer calculation time for a simulation to a minimum and at the same time create a model that would adequately represent the important aspects of plant operation. The results of the plant model simulation were within the range of reported plant data. In order to be able to develop a reasonable model of the polymerization reactor, an experimental kinetic study was made of the polymerization of mixed olefins to their dimerized products utilizing the U.O.P. solid phosphoric acid catalyst. A generalized rate expression was developed which fitted the experimental data very well; [See Thesis for Equation] where r = rate of reaction, mole olefin/hr/cc catalyst, k = reaction rate constant, cc olefin/hr/cc catalyst, x = fraction of olefins converted into product. Gas film resistance effects were not observed but pore diffusion resistance was present. The optimization results showed that higher total olefin conversions could be achieved if stricter temperature controls on the catalyst beds were maintained by means of the liquid propane quench.
Episode 16: Solarpunk - Radical Sustainability
Creators: name: Richards, Isabel
name: McCarthy, Ella
Publisher: name: Popsicule
Year: 2023

description: For our final episode of Season 1, we’re ending on an uplifting note with a sustainable and optimistic vision of the future. This one’s a little intro to the emerging sci-fi subgenre, aesthetic, and movement that is ☀️ Solarpunk ☀️ Join us in exploring solarpunk worlds in pop culture, where we might see them in the near future, and what a harmonious relationship between nature, community, and technology can look like. As always, let us know your thoughts on our socials @sci_burst or via our gmail sciburstpodcast@gmail.com. And while we are taking a break from releasing episodes for a little bit, we will be very contactable and active online. Stay nerdy and we’ll see you in Season 2!
Additional file 5 of Identification of prognostic markers for hepatocellular carcinoma based on the epithelial-mesenchymal transition-related gene BIRC5
Creators: name: Xu, Rongzhong
name: Lin, Liubing
name: Zhang, Bo
name: Wang, Jian
name: Zhao, Fanchen
name: Liu, Xiaolin
name: Li, Yiping
name: Li, Yan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 5: Supplementary Fig. 2. The relationship of survival probability and the clinical features.
Testing Resource Description and Access (RDA) with Dublin Core
Creators: name: Han, Myung-Ja
name: Wacker, Melanie
name: Dartt, Judith
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Library science

description: Resource Description and Access (RDA) is a new standard for describing all types of resources. Columbia University, the University of Chicago, and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign evaluated the guidelines by means of the Dublin Core element set during the U.S. National Libraries RDA Test, held from October to December 2010. This paper speaks to the issues which emerged during the test and what each institution did to address them. Test set-ups employed, and tools used, as well as a selection of problems encountered are described in the following summation of findings.
On the 14C(alpha,gamma) reaction rate
Creators: name: Johnson, E. D.
name: Rogachev, G. V.
name: Mitchell, J.
name: Miller, L.
name: Kemper, K. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The 14C(alpha,gamma) reaction rate at temperatures below 0.3 GK depends on the properties of two near threshold resonances in 18O, the 1- at 6.198 MeV and the 3- at 6.404 MeV. The alpha+14C Asymptotic Normalization Coefficients (ANCs) for these resonances were determined using the alpha-transfer reactions 14C(7Li,t) and 14C(6Li,d) at sub-Coulomb energies. The 14C(alpha,gamma) reaction rate at low temperatures has been evaluated. Implications of the new reaction rate on the evolution of accreting helium white dwarfs and on the nucleosynthesis of low mass stars during the asymptotic giant branch (AGB) phase are discussed.
description: 10 pages, 10 figures, 1 table. Submitted to PRC
The subjective experience of drought : a study in rural Tasmania
Creators: name: Chase, ER
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: If climate change occurs as predicted, forecasts suggest more frequent and prolonged droughts in Australia. Farming populations, responsible for the supply of fresh food to the greater population, are often worst hit when these weather events occur. The current study looks at the construction and interpretation of drought and climate change in farmers through the midlands of Tasmania. A mixed method approach was used in the current study and a phenomenological scientific reduction to analyse the stories of 13 farmers. Six major themes emerged from the data including preparedness, positivity, social connectedness, reflective practice, perseverance and solastalgia. Preparedness relates to awareness of problem areas in drought and the preparation for these. Positivity covers aspects of experience relating to the living of life well and social connectedness relates to the role of and connection to other people and to the community more generally. Reflective practice relates to the learning from experience captured by ongoing assessments of the situation, application of skills and knowledge, and the development of new skills and knowledge where necessary in the face of drought. Perseverance involves sustained effort and little reward and tolerance of unpredictability and uncertainty and solastalgia is an experiential theme related to the noticing and response to change through drought and over time. Although distress is evident in the stories of farmers in the current study, emergent themes highlight a sense of strength, community, resilience and perseverance through drought.
title: #45 Ohne Schutz? Die Integrität von Wahlen und ausländische Einflusskampagnen
Creators: name: Tuchtfeld, Erik
name: Lischewski, Isabel
name: Diekjobst, Rouven
Publisher: name: Fachinformationsdienst für internationale und interdisziplinäre Rechtsforschung
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: 341

description: Im Dezember letzten Jahres hat mit dem rumänischen Verfassungsgericht erstmalig ein Gericht eine Wahl aufgrund einer ausländischen Einflusskampagne in sozialen Netzwerken annulliert. Die Debatte über den Schutz von Wahlen vor ausländischer Einflussnahme ist alt und wurde schon zu Zeiten des Kalten Kriegs geführt, doch hat mit der zunehmenden Bedeutung globaler Kommunikationsplattformen spätestens seit dem Brexit und der Wahl von Donald Trump im Jahr 2016 neue Fahrt aufgenommen. Immer wieder wird aktuell betont, dass aktuelle geopolitische Konflikte „hybrid“ ausgetragen werden und dass Kriegsführung auch im Informationsraum stattfindet. Aus diesem Anlass spricht Erik Tuchtfeld in dieser Folge mit Henning Lahmann über den völkerrechtlichen Schutz der Integrität von Wahlen, der Zurechenbarkeit nicht-staatlichen Handelns zu Staaten und den Kausalitätsproblemen, die sich bei rein kognitiven Maßnahmen ergeben. Diese Herausforderungen nimmt Isabel Lischewski zum Anlass, die Draft Articles on Responsibility of States for Internationally Wrongful Acts (ASR) sowie die Arbeit der International Law Commission, die sie entworfen hat, im Grundlagenteil vorzustellen. Wir freuen uns über jede Rückmeldung! Wie immer sind natürlich Lob, Anmerkungen und Kritik auch an podcast@voelkerrechtsblog.org herzlich willkommen. Abonniert unseren Podcast via RSS, über Spotify oder überall dort, wo es Podcasts gibt. Es gibt die Möglichkeit, auf diesen Plattformen den Völkerrechtspodcast zu bewerten, wir freuen uns sehr über 5 Sterne! Hintergrundinformationen: Lahmann, Information Operations and the Question of Illegitimate Interference under International Law, Israel Law Review 2020, 189 Lahmann, Infecting the Mind: Establishing Responsibility for Transboundary Disinformation, European Journal of International Law 2022, 411 Lahmann, European Security and the Threat of “Cognitive Warfare”’, Verfassungsblog, 3. November 2024 Milanovic, Revisiting Coercion as an Element of Prohibited Intervention in International Law, American Journal of International Law 2023, 601 Völkerrechtspodcast, Folge 1: Das Interventionsverbot: Von Nicaragua bis Belarus Völkerrechtspodcast, Folge 6: (Des-)information: Wahrheit und Fake News im Völkerrecht Moderation: Erik Tuchtfeld, LL.M (Glasgow) & Rouven Diekjobst, MJur (Oxford) Grundlagen: Dr. Isabel Lischewski Interview: Prof. Henning Lahmann & Erik Tuchtfeld, LL.M (Glasgow) Schnitt: Daniela Rau Credits: Renate Künast, Bundestag, Aktuelle Stunde: Schutz der Bundestagswahl vor ausländischer Einflussnahme, 30. Januar 2025, gefunden mit Hilfe von Open Parliament TV
description: Völkerrechtsblog
Comparison of strong coupling regimes in bulk GaAs, GaN and ZnO semiconductor microcavities
Creators: name: Faure, Stéphane
name: Guillet, T.
name: Lefebvre, P.
name: Bretagnon, T.
name: Gil, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Wide bandgap semiconductors are attractive candidates for polariton-based devices operating at room temperature. We present numerical simulations of reflectivity, transmission and absorption spectra of bulk GaAs, GaN and ZnO microcavities, in order to compare the particularities of the strong coupling regime in each system. Indeed the intrinsic properties of the excitons in these materials result in a different hierarchy of energies between the valence-band splitting, the effective Rydberg and the Rabi energy, defining the characteristics of the exciton-polariton states independently of the quality factor of the cavity. The knowledge of the composition of the polariton eigenstates is central to optimize such systems. We demonstrate that, in ZnO bulk microcavities, only the lower polaritons are good eigenstates and all other resonances are damped, whereas upper polaritons can be properly defined in GaAs and GaN microcavities.
Episode 15: What makes a Hero? Science in Comic Characters
Creators: name: Richards, Isabel
name: McCarthy, Ella
Publisher: name: Popsicule
Year: 2023

description: Our penultimate episode of season 1 is now here! Listen to learn all about the (science and technology) formulas that make superheroes and supervillains in popular comic universes. This episode is being released as part of the National Film and Sound Archives’ science and film night on the 1997 adaptation “Batman & Robin” — an event featuring yours truly!