cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Maternal undernutrition indicators as proxy indicators of their offspring's undernutrition: Evidence from 2011 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey
Creators: name: Mohamed, Alinoor
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: Background: The intergenerational continuity of undernutrition is influenced by shared genetic, household socio-economic and cultural resources which will be associated with the mother and the child nutritional status, possibly to the same degree. Provided that this assumption is valid, assessing maternal nutritional status will provide an effective screening tool for their children nutrition status. Objective: To examine whether maternal undernutrition indicators can be used as a proxy indicator of their offspring's undernutrition. Methods: Data were obtained from the 2011 Ethiopia Demographic and Health Survey (EDHS 2011). An analytical sample of 8,505 children whose mothers are not pregnant and live with their biological mothers was included. The bivariate associations between nutritional indices of the mother and the children were analyzed with Pearson correlation coefficients. The sensitivity, specificity, predictive values and area under Roc curves were calculated. We performed ROC regression analysis to determine factor that affects the accuracy of maternal underweight as a screening tool. We further performed rocreg postestimation to determine where exactly the test performed best. Results: Mean BMI of mothers with stunted children was 20.01 (95% CI: 19.86–20.16), whereas that mothers with no stunted children was 20.46 (95% CI: 20.31– 20.62). Similarly, children who experienced underweight or wasting had mothers who had consistently lower BMI than those who did not (p <0.001). The sensitivity of maternal underweight (defined by BMI < 18.5 kg/m2) as a predictor of child's nutritional status (<-2 z-scores) is low, failing to reach 50% for any of the child nutrition indices. In the roc regression analysis, maternal BMI(<18.5 kg/m2) became a more accurate predictor of wasting among children whose mother are older (β = -0.014, p=0.002) and higher parity(β= -0.035, p <0.001), and among children who are not currently breastfeeding (β= -0.042, p = 0.006) and from richer households (β= -0.037, p <0.001). Conclusion: Our study provides evidence that maternal undernutrition indicators are less informative in predicting their offspring's undernutrition, although maternal BMI (<18.5kg/m2) may be a better measure of wasting among children whose mothers gave birth to four children and among children from richest households.
Antifungal properties and phytotoxicity of ZnO nanoparticles – a genotypic dependent effect
Creators: name: Tang, Alvin Swee Ong
name: San Yeo, Freddy Kuok
name: Chin, Suk Fun
name: Wee, Boon Siong
name: Ngu-Schwemlein, Maria
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plasma Physics

description: Pyricularia oryzae, the causal agent of rice blast disease, is a serious threat to rice. It reduces the yield and quality of rice. Agrofungicide used to control rice blast is harming the environment and human health. Safer alternative is needed. This study aimed to investigate the antifungal activity of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO NPs) against P. oryzae of Sarawak, and its phytotoxicity towards Sarawak rice. Solvothermal sysnthesis method was used to synthesize two sizes of ZnO NPs (∼20 nm and ∼40 nm). ZnO NPs showed inhibition effect on P. oryzae tested and the effect was isolate dependent. The effect increased along with the concentration increment of ZnO NPs. ZnO NPs were found not affecting the seed germination rate, but on the shoot and root development. The effect varies at different concentration treatments of ZnO NPs. Landrace/genotype dependent phytotoxicity effect of ZnO NPs was observed.
Structure-selective operando x-ray spectroscopy
Creators: name: Weinstock, Daniel
name: Hirsh, Hayley S.
name: Gorobtsov, Oleg Yu.
name: Zhang, Minghao
name: Huang, Jason
name: Bouck, Ryan
name: Ruff, Jacob P. C.
name: Meng, Y. Shirley
name: Singer, Andrej
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The relationship between charge and structure dictates the properties of electrochemical systems. For example, reversible Na-ion intercalation - a low-cost alternative to Li-ion technology - often induces detrimental structural phase transformations coupled with charge compensation reactions. However, little is known about the underpinning charge-structure mechanisms because the reduction-oxidation (redox) reactions within coexisting structural phases have so far eluded direct operando investigation. Here, we distinguish x-ray spectra of individual crystalline phases operando during a redox-induced phase transformation in P2-Na2/3Ni1/3Mn2/3O2 - an archetypal layered oxide for sodium-ion batteries. We measure the resonant elastic scattering on the Bragg reflection corresponding to the P2-phase lattice spacing. These resonant spectra become static midway through the sodium extraction in an operando coin cell, while the overall sodium extraction proceeds as evidenced by the X-ray absorption averaging over all electrochemically active Ni atoms. The stop of redox activity in the P2-structure signifies its inability to host Ni4+ ions. The coincident emergence of the O2- structure reveals the rigid link between the local redox and the long-range order during the phase transformation. The structure-selective x-ray spectroscopy thus opens a powerful avenue for resolving the dynamic chemistry of different structural phases in multi-phase electrochemical systems.
HIV and Unintended Pregnancy Risk Perception and Contraceptive Use among Youth in Debre Birhan District, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Arega, Tegene
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2010

description: Background --Young people have special sexual and reproductive health needs. Because of their low use of reproductive health service and their relatively high risk of being exposed to inaccurate or incomplete information, they are affected by HIV and other Sexually Transmitted infections (STIs) and experiencing unintended pregnancy. Objective--to assess HIV and unintended pregnancy risk perception and contraceptive use among youth in Debrebrhan District, Amhara Region. Methodology--a community based cross-sectional survey of 400 youths aged 15-24 years and 4 FGDs composed of two men and two women groups conducted in Debrebrhan District , in the eastern part of the country, from February 2010 to March 2010. Two-stage cluster sampling technique was employed, out of nine kebeles in the district; five kebeles were selected by simple random sampling. Respondents from each household were selected using a systematic sampling technique. Data analysis for the quantitative part was analyzed using EPI info version 6 and SPSS version 11 for windows and the qualitative part was manually summarized. Result--About 45% of the respondents were sexually active. The mean age at first sexual intercourse was 19.9+ 2.9years. Among the sexually active respondents 36.5% had ever used contraceptives and 35.9% use contraceptives consistently. The leading determinants of contraceptive use were to prevent unwanted pregnancy and HIV (accounting 35.3%) followed by limit births. Risk perception to HIV and unintended pregnancy was 9.8% and 18.2% respectively. Risk perception to HIV was associated with age of first partner consistent condom use and khat chewing Risk perception to pregnancy was associated with consistent contraceptive use Conclusion--despite the high knowledge the youths have on HIV and unintended pregnancy and contraception, contraceptive use and risk perception to HIV and unintended pregnancy is still low. Attitude to wards reproductive health services is the barrier to contraceptive use. Peer-based interventions and negotiate contraceptive use are important for promotion contraceptive use
Quantum Monte Carlo simulation of topological phase transitions
Creators: name: Yamamoto, Arata
name: Kimura, Taro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the electron-electron interaction effects on topological phase transitions by the ab-initio quantum Monte Carlo simulation. We analyze two-dimensional class A topological insulators and three-dimensional Weyl semimetals with the long-range Coulomb interaction. The direct computation of the Chern number shows the electron-electron interaction modifies or extinguishes topological phase transitions.
Delocalized states in three-terminal superconductor-semiconductor nanowire devices
Creators: name: Yu, P.
name: Woods, B. D.
name: Chen, J.
name: Badawy, G.
name: Bakkers, E. P. A. M.
name: Stanescu, T. D.
name: Frolov, S. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We fabricate three-terminal hybrid devices with a nanowire segment proximitized by a superconductor, and with two tunnel probe contacts on either side of that segment. We perform simultaneous tunneling measurements on both sides. We identify some states as delocalized above-gap states observed on both ends, and some states as localized near one of the tunnel barriers. Delocalized states can be traced from zero to finite magnetic fields beyond 0.5 T. In the parameter regime of delocalized states, we search for correlated subgap resonances required by the Majorana zero mode hypothesis. While both sides exhibit ubiquitous low-energy features at high fields, no correlation is inferred. Simulations using a one-dimensional effective model suggest that delocalized states may belong to lower one-dimensional subbands, while the localized states originate from higher subbands. To avoid localization in higher subbands, disorder may need to be further reduced to realize Majorana zero modes.
description: Original data available at https://zenodo.org/record/3958243
Obtaining nonvanishing $θ_{13}$ with constrained neutrino Yukawa matrix and implications for flavor model buildings
Creators: name: Zhao, Ya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Assuming a diagonal Majorana neutrino mass matrix, we investigate the neutrino Yukawa textures which lead to a non-zero reactor mixing angle $θ_{13}$. The neutrino effective coupling matrix $κ^{eff}$ is pre-diagonalized by a constant mixing pattern $V_ν$ with a vanishing $θ^ν_{13}$. The resulting pre-diagonal symmetrical matrix $κ$ is set to be four texture zeros with two types of off-diagonal elements nonzero, which is $κ_{13}$ and $κ_{23}$, respectively. With the expectation of simple textures we thoroughly classify the linear combinations, $α_{i}$, $β_{i}$ and $γ_{i}$ of Yukawa elements $λ_{ij}$ in a same row, according to the values vanishing or not. Each set of the classifications can lead to a Yukawa texture which may have implications for the discrete flavor model buildings. We also present a model based on $A_{4}$ according to one set of the constraints on the three combinations with a specific choice of a coefficient in Yukawa texture.
description: 10 pages, 2 tables, no figures
Magnetite and maghemite : crystallography, Mössbauer spectral analysis and application to hyperthermic cancer therapy
Creators: name: Spiers., Kathryn Margery
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
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Relationship between tourism in national parks and community-based conservation : a case study of West Bali National Park, Indonesia
Creators: name: Soemodinoto., Arisetiarso
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
Estimating distinguishability measures on quantum computers
Creators: name: Rethinasamy, Soorya
name: Agarwal, Rochisha
name: Sharma, Kunal
name: Wilde, Mark M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The performance of a quantum information processing protocol is ultimately judged by distinguishability measures that quantify how distinguishable the actual result of the protocol is from the ideal case. The most prominent distinguishability measures are those based on the fidelity and trace distance, due to their physical interpretations. In this paper, we propose and review several algorithms for estimating distinguishability measures based on trace distance and fidelity. The algorithms can be used for distinguishing quantum states, channels, and strategies (the last also known in the literature as "quantum combs"). The fidelity-based algorithms offer novel physical interpretations of these distinguishability measures in terms of the maximum probability with which a single prover (or competing provers) can convince a verifier to accept the outcome of an associated computation. We simulate many of these algorithms by using a variational approach with parameterized quantum circuits. We find that the simulations converge well in both the noiseless and noisy scenarios, for all examples considered. Furthermore, the noisy simulations exhibit a parameter noise resilience. Finally, we establish a strong relationship between various quantum computational complexity classes and distance estimation problems.
description: v4: 45 pages, 17 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review A
Efficient initials for computing maximal eigenpair
Creators: name: Chen, Mu-Fa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 15A18, 65F15, 93E15, 60J27

description: This paper introduces some efficient initials for a well-known algorithm (an inverse iteration) for computing the maximal eigenpair of a class of real matrices. The initials not only avoid the collapse of the algorithm but are also unexpectedly efficient. The initials presented here are based on our analytic estimates of the maximal eigenvalue and a mimic of its eigenvector for many years of accumulation in the study of stochastic stability speed. In parallel, the same problem for computing the next to the maximal eigenpair is also studied.
description: 41 pages, 1 figure
Assessment of utilization of Modern Child Spacing Methods
Creators: name: Tafese, Zergu
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2003

description: Comparative Community-based cross sectional study conducted in Gambella Town of Gambella Regional State, which is 777 kms away from Addis Ababa to the South west of the country. The study populations were women of reproductive age group residing in the urban area of Gambella woreda during the study period. Multistage sampling procedure was carried out to reach at the 936 households to be included in the survey. Simple random sampling technique was applied to select the respondent women when more than one women of reproductive age group resides in the same household. Data was collected using pre-tested structured questionnaire complemented by focus group discussion. The finding of the study revealed that there is statistically significant difference between indigenous and non-indigenous study groups by educational status, number of co-wives, intended number of children and length of postpartum sexual abstinence. Ninety six percent of the non-indigenous women and sixty two percent of the indigenous women have heard about modern contraceptive methods. The most commonly known contraceptive methods were oral pills and injectables. More than 50.0% of the non-indigenous women were used modern contraceptive methods in their lifetime while only 20.2% of the indigenous have ever tried. Current contraceptive prevalence was 11.5% among indigenous study women while it was 36.4% among non- indigenous group. Desire for more children and use of natural method like prolonged postpartum sexual abstinence were the reasons for non use among indigenous women while desire for more children and not currently engaged in viii wedlock were the most commonly reported reasons for non-use of modern contraceptive methods for non-indigenous women while It was found that the tradition of indigenous population enforces male partners to observe for prolonged postpartum sexual abstinence and their culture allows them to have multiple wives. More over, it was noted in the qualitative finding that once a women is engaged in wedlock it is must that she has to produce as many children as possible because children particularly daughters were assumed to be the source of family income and women can not make any decision related to reproductive matters which consequently influenced their modern contraceptive utilization. The result of multivariate analysis showed statistically significant association between age, marital status, number of co-wive, previous attendance of PNC previous health institution delivery, and modern contraceptive utilization. Women empowerment through education and looking for alternative sources of family planning delivery system and involving male partner in reproductive health issues were recommended
Top quark mass effects in Higgs boson pair production up to NNLO
Creators: name: Hoff, Jens
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the production of pairs of Standard Model Higgs bosons via gluon fusion. Until recently the full dependence on the top quark mass $M_t$ was not known at next-to-leading order. For this reason we apply an approximation based on the expansion for large top quark masses up to $\mathcal{O}(1/M_t^{12})$. At next-to-next-to-leading order we avoid the calculation of real corrections via the soft-virtual approximation and obtain top quark mass corrections up to $\mathcal{O}(1/M_t^4)$. We use our results to estimate the residual uncertainty of the total cross section due to a finite top quark mass to be $\mathcal{O}(10\%)$ at next-to-leading order and $\mathcal{O}(5\%)$ at next-to-next-to-leading order.
description: Contribution to the proceedings of Loops and Legs in Quantum Field Theory, 24 April - 29 April 2016, Leipzig, Germany
The power of wavelets in analysis of transit and phase curves in presence of stellar variability and instrumental noise I. Method and validation
Creators: name: Csizmadia, Sz.
name: Smith, A. M. S.
name: Cabrera, J.
name: Klagyivik, P.
name: Chaushev, A.
name: Lam, K. W. F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Stellar photometric variability and instrumental effects, like cosmic ray hits, data discontinuities, data leaks, instrument aging etc. cause difficulties in the characterization of exoplanets and have an impact on the accuracy and precision of the modelling and detectability of transits, occultations and phase curves. This paper aims to make an attempt to improve the transit, occultation and phase-curve modelling in the presence of strong stellar variability and instrumental noise. We invoke the wavelet-formulation to reach this goal. We explore the capabilities of the software package Transit and Light Curve Modeller (TLCM). It is able to perform a joint radial velocity and light curve fit or light curve fit only. It models the transit, occultation, beaming, ellipsoidal and reflection effects in the light curves (including the gravity darkening effect, too). The red-noise, the stellar variability and instrumental effects are modelled via wavelets. The wavelet-fit is constrained by prescribing that the final white noise level must be equal to the average of the uncertainties of the photometric data points. This helps to avoid the overfit and regularizes the noise model. The approach was tested by injecting synthetic light curves into Kepler's short cadence data and then modelling them. The method performs well over a certain signal-to-noise (S/N) ratio. In general a S/N ratio of 10 is needed to get good results but some parameters requires larger S/N, some others can be retrieved at lower S/Ns. We give limits in terms of signal-to-noise ratio for every studied system parameter which is needed to accurate parameter retrieval. The wavelet-approach is able to manage and to remove the impacts of data discontinuities, cosmic ray events, long-term stellar variability and instrument ageing, short term stellar variability and pulsation and flares among others. (...)
description: Submitted to A&A. 11 pages, 14 figures
New Solar Irradiance Measurements from the Miniature X-Ray Solar Spectrometer CubeSat
Creators: name: Woods, Thomas N.
name: Caspi, Amir
name: Chamberlin, Phillip C.
name: Jones, Andrew
name: Kohnert, Richard
name: Mason, James Paul
name: Moore, Christopher S.
name: Palo, Scott
name: Rouleau, Colden
name: Solomon, Stanley C.
name: Machol, Janet
name: Viereck, Rodney
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The goal of the Miniature X-ray Solar Spectrometer (MinXSS) CubeSat is to explore the energy distribution of soft X-ray (SXR) emissions from the quiescent Sun, active regions, and during solar flares, and to model the impact on Earth's ionosphere and thermosphere. The energy emitted in the SXR range (0.1 --10 keV) can vary by more than a factor of 100, yet we have limited spectral measurements in the SXRs to accurately quantify the spectral dependence of this variability. The MinXSS primary science instrument is an Amptek, Inc. X123 X-ray spectrometer that has an energy range of 0.5--30 keV with a nominal 0.15 keV energy resolution. Two flight models have been built. The first, MinXSS-1, has been making science observations since 2016 June 9, and has observed numerous flares, including more than 40 C-class and 7 M-class flares. These SXR spectral measurements have advantages over broadband SXR observations, such as providing the capability to derive multiple-temperature components and elemental abundances of coronal plasma, improved irradiance accuracy, and higher resolution spectral irradiance as input to planetary ionosphere simulations. MinXSS spectra obtained during the M5.0 flare on 2016 July 23 highlight these advantages, and indicate how the elemental abundance appears to change from primarily coronal to more photospheric during the flare. MinXSS-1 observations are compared to the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) X-Ray Sensor (XRS) measurements of SXR irradiance and estimated corona temperature. Additionally, a suggested improvement to the calibration of the GOES XRS data is presented.
description: Submitted to The Astrophysical Journal, Part 1 (30 November 2016); 3rd revision; 8 text pages, 4 figures
High-dimensional variable selection via tilting
Creators: name: Cho, Haeran
name: Fryzlewicz, Piotr
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The paper considers variable selection in linear regression models where the number of covariates is possibly much larger than the number of observations. High dimensionality of the data brings in many complications, such as (possibly spurious) high correlations between the variables, which result in marginal correlation being unreliable as a measure of association between the variables and the response. We propose a new way of measuring the contribution of each variable to the response which takes into account high correlations between the variables in a data-driven way. The proposed tilting procedure provides an adaptive choice between the use of marginal correlation and tilted correlation for each variable, where the choice is made depending on the values of the hard thresholded sample correlation of the design matrix. We study the conditions under which this measure can successfully discriminate between the relevant and the irrelevant variables and thus be used as a tool for variable selection. Finally, an iterative variable screening algorithm is constructed to exploit the theoretical properties of tilted correlation, and its good practical performance is demonstrated in a comparative simulation study.
Phases of the hard-plate lattice gas on a three-dimensional cubic lattice
Creators: name: Mandal, D.
name: Rakala, G.
name: Damle, K.
name: Dhar, D.
name: Rajesh, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the phase diagram of a system of $2\times 2\times 1$ hard plates on the three dimensional cubic lattice, {\em i.e.} a lattice gas of plates that each cover an elementary plaquette of the cubic lattice and occupy its four vertices, with the constraint that no two plates occupy the same site of the cubic lattice. We focus on the isotropic system, with equal fugacities for the three orientations of plates. We show, using grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations, that the system undergoes two density-driven phase transitions with increasing density of plates: the first from a disordered fluid to a layered phase, and the second from the layered phase to a sublattice-ordered phase. In the layered phase, the system breaks up into disjoint slabs of thickness two along one spontaneously chosen cartesian direction. Plates with normals perpendicular to this layering direction are preferentially contained entirely within these slabs, while plates straddling two successive slabs have a lower density. Additionally the symmetry between the three types of plates is spontaneously broken, as plates with normal along the layering direction have a lower density than the other two types of plates. Intriguingly, the occupied slabs exhibit two-dimensional power-law columnar order even in the presence of a nonzero density of vacancies. In contrast, inter-slab correlations of the two-dimensional columnar order parameter decay exponentially with the separation between the slabs. In the sublattice-ordered phase, there is two-fold ($Z_2$) breaking of lattice translation symmetry along all three cartesian directions. We present numerical evidence that the disordered to layered transition is continuous and consistent with the three-dimensional $O(3)$ universality class, while the layered to sublattice transition is first-order in nature.
description: incorporates some corrections and several clarifications
Η διαπολιτισμική διάσταση του ΔΕΠΠΣ-ΑΠΣ του Νηπιαγωγείου και του ΔΕΠΠΣ-ΑΠΣ της Ελληνικής Γλώσσας της Α΄ και Β΄ τάξης του Δημοτικού Σχολείου
Creators: name: Φουντουκίδου, Αναστασία Θεόδωρος
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2022
Subjects: Διαπολιτισμική εκπαίδευση
Αναλυτικό πρόγραμμα
Ενσυναίσθηση
Multicultural Education
Curriculum
Empathy

description: Η παρούσα εργασία έχει ως στόχο τη διερεύνηση της διαπολιτισμικής διάστασης στο ΔΕΠΠΣ-ΑΠΣ του Νηπιαγωγείου και στο ΔΕΠΠΣ-ΑΠΣ της Νεοελληνικής Γλώσσας της Α΄ και Β΄ Δημοτικού. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, εξετάστηκε κατά πόσο τα ΔΕΠΠΣ-ΑΠΣ του Νηπιαγωγείου και της Νεοελληνικής Γλώσσας της Α΄ και Β΄ Δημοτικού βασίζονται στις αρχές της διαπολιτισμικής εκπαίδευσης, οι οποίες είναι η εκπαίδευση για ενσυναίσθηση, αλληλεγγύη, διαπολιτισμικό σεβασμό και καταπολέμηση του εθνικιστικού τρόπου σκέψης. Η μέθοδος η οποία χρησιμοποιήθηκε ήταν η ανάλυση περιεχομένου και μέσα από την ανάλυση των δεδομένων προέκυψαν κάποια βασικά συμπεράσματα τα οποία συνοψίζονται στο ότι τα ΔΕΠΠΣ-ΑΠΣ του Νηπιαγωγείου και της Νεοελληνικής Γλώσσας της Α΄ και Β΄ Δημοτικού δεν φαίνεται να ανταποκρίνονται στη σύγχρονη πολυπολιτισμική κοινωνία και ότι βασίζονται σε μικρό βαθμό στις αρχές της διαπολιτισμικής εκπαίδευσης.
description: The present study aims to find the intercultural dimensions of the Cross Thematic Curriculum Framework for the Kindergarten and for the Greek Language in the 1st and 2nd grade of Primary School. Specifically, the present study aims to find to what extent the Cross Thematic Curriculum Framework for the Kindergarten and for the Greek Language in the 1st and 2nd grade of Primary School are based in the principles of Multicultural Education which are empathy education, education for solidarity, education for intercultural respect and anti-nationalist way of thinking. The method that was used was content analysis and the findings were: a) the Cross Thematic Curriculum Framework for the Kindergarten and for the Greek Language in the 1st and 2nd grade of Primary School doesn’t respond to the needs of modern multicultural society, b) the Cross Thematic Curriculum Framework for the Kindergarten and for the Greek Language in the 1st and 2nd grade of Primary School are based in a small extent to the principles of Multicultural Education and c) the Cross Thematic Curriculum Framework for the Kindergarten and for the Greek Language in the 1st and 2nd grade of Primary School tries to develop an nationalist way of thinking.
Implementing Parallel Algorithms based on Prototype Evaluation and Transformation
Creators: name: Hasselbring, Wilhelm
name: Jodeleit, P.
name: Kirsch, M.
Publisher: name: Universität Dortmund
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: 004

description: Combining parallel programming with prototyping is aimed at alleviating parallel programming by enabling the programmer to make practical experiments with ideas for parallel algorithms at a high level, neglecting low-level considerations of specific parallel architectures in the beginning of program development. Therefore, prototyping parallel algorithms is aimed at bridging the gap between conceptual design of parallel algorithms and practical implementation on specific parallel systems. The essential prototyping activities are programming, evaluation and transformation of prototypes. This paper gives a report on some experience with implementing parallel algorithms based on prototype evaluation and transformation employing the ProSet-Linda approach.
description: Internes Memorandum des Lehrstuhls für Software-Technologie / Fachbereich Informatik, Universität Dortmund ; 93
Ανάπτυξη του αιματοεγκεφαλικού φραγμού
Creators: name: Καφτεράνη, Μαρία Σοφία Στέργιου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2022
Subjects: Ανάπτυξη
Αιματοεγκεφαλικός φραγμός
Νευροαγγειακή Μονάδα
Development
Blood-brain barrier
Neurovascular unit

description: Ο αιματοεγκεφαλικός φραγμός είναι ένας κυτταρικός φραγμός που διαχωρίζει το κεντρικό νευρικό σύστημα από την περιφέρεια. Κύριο συστατικό του φραγμού αποτελεί η νευραγγειακή μονάδα που περιελαμβάνει τα ενδοθηλιακά κύτταρα, τα περικύτταρα, τα αστροκύτταρα και την βασική μεμβράνη. Με τις μοναδικές ιδιότητες των στοιχείων της νευραγγειακής μονάδας, ο φραγμός ρυθμίζει την ομοιόσταση και την προστασία του κεντρικού νευρικού συστήματος. Η ανάπτυξη και η ωρίμανση του φραγμού συντελείται από σηματοδοτικά μονοπάτια, μόρια και υποδοχείς, και απαιτεί την αλληλεπίδραση όλων των στοιχείων την νευραγγειακής μονάδας. Οι δομικές και λειτουργικές μεταβολές του φραγμού συμβάλουν στην παθοφυσιολογία νευρολογικών νοσημάτων. Η κατανόηση της δομής, της λειτουργίας και της ανάπτυξης του αιματοεγκεφαλικού φραγμού συμβάλει στην αναγνώριση του καθοριστικού του ρόλου στην παθοφυσιολογιά των νευρολογικών νοσημάτων και σε ανάπτυξη νέων θεραπευτικών στόχων
description: The blood-brain barrier is a cellular barrier that separates the central nervous system from the periphery. The main component of the barrier is the neurovascular unit that includes endothelial cells, pericytes, astrocytes and basement membrane. With the unique properties of the components of the neurovascular unit, the barrier regulates the homeostasis and protect the central nervous system. The development and maturation of the barrier is mediated by signaling pathways, molecules and receptors, and requires the interaction of all elements of the neurovascular unit. Structural and functional alterations of the barrier contribute to the pathophysiology of neurological diseases. Understanding the structure, function and development of the blood-brain barrier contributes to the recognition of its crucial role in the pathophysiology of neurological diseases and to the development of new therapeutic targets.
description: Σε συνεργασία με: Ιατρικής (Δημοκρίτειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θράκης)
Adult patient satisfaction with nursing care
Creators: name: Chaka, Bekele
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2005

description: Background: - Patients have the right to expect Quality of care. Patient satisfaction with nursing care is considered an important factor in explaining patients' perceptions of service quality. Care assessed to be high quality according to clinical, economic or other provider-defined criteria is far from ideal if as a result of that care the patient is unhappy or dissatisfied. There is, then, a sound rationale for making the organization and delivery of health care responsive to consumer opinion. Objective: -The objective of this study is to assess quality of nursing care as indicated by patients' satisfaction. Methods: - A Cross-Sectional Survey was conducted at Public Hospitals in Addis Ababa, namely Tikur Anbessa, Saint Paul and Zewditu Memorial Hospitals from July, 2004 to April, 2005. The study population was adult patients who were admitted into the medical, surgical and gynecological wards of study Hospitals for at least two nights. The data collection tool was a modified 'Newcastle Satisfaction with Nursing Scale' (NSNS). Data analysis was computed by SPSS. Ethical clearance was secured from Addis Ababa University, Medical faculty and from the study Hospitals. Participation in this study was voluntary and based on patient's ability to give informed consent. Result: - A total of 660 adult patients from medical, surgical and gynecological wards were approached from the study hospitals and 631 of them participated in this study (Non-response ii i rate was 4.4%).Participants who were females, age group 41 – 50 years of old, having low income, less educated, patients who were admitted in third classes, and have no history of previous admission were more satisfied. The over all rating of satisfaction was 67%.The top aspects that patients scored highest for their satisfaction with nursing care were the amount of freedom given, nurses capability in their work and nurses treatment of patients as an individual. The aspects with which patients were least satisfied were the amount and type of information they received regarding their condition and treatment and also the amount nurses knew about patients' care. Age was the significant predictor of patient satisfaction with nursing care (p<0.05). The need of improving interpersonal relation ship of nurses with their patients was recommended. KEYWORDS: -Nursing care, Patients' satisfaction, Quality
Reproductive strategies of Phascogale tapoatafa (Marsupialia: Dasyuridae)
Creators: name: Soderquist., Todd R.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Spontaneous layering and power-law order in the three-dimensional fully-packed hard-plate lattice gas
Creators: name: Rakala, G.
name: Mandal, D.
name: Biswas, S.
name: Damle, K.
name: Dhar, D.
name: Rajesh, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We obtain the phase diagram of fully-packed hard plates on a cubic lattice. Each plate covers an elementary plaquette of the cubic lattice and occupies its four vertices, with each vertex of the cubic lattice occupied by exactly one such plate. We consider the general case with fugacities $s_μ$ for `$μ$ plates', whose normal is the $μ$ direction ($μ= x,y,z$). At and close to the isotropic point, we find, consistent with previous work, a phase with long-range sublattice order. When two of the fugacities $s_{\rm μ_1}$ and $s_{μ_2}$ are comparable, and the third fugacity $s_{μ_{3}}$ is much smaller, we find a spontaneously-layered phase. In this phase, the system breaks up into disjoint slabs of width two stacked along the $μ_3$ axis. $μ_1$ and $μ_2$ plates are preferentially contained entirely within these slabs, while plates straddling two successive slabs have a lower density. In the opposite limit, with $μ_3 \gg μ_1 \sim μ_2$, we find a phase with long-range columnar order, corresponding to simultaneous $Z_2$ symmetry breaking of lattice translation symmetry in directions $μ_1$ and $μ_2$. The spontaneously-layered phases display critical behaviour, with power-law decay of correlations in the $μ_1$ and $μ_2$ directions when the slabs are stacked in the $μ_3$ direction, and represent examples of `floating phases' discussed earlier in the context of coupled Luttinger liquids and quasi-two-dimensional classical systems. We ascribe this remarkable behaviour to the constrained motion of defects in this phase, and develop a coarse-grained effective field theoretical understanding of the stability of power-law order in this unusual three-dimensional floating phase.
description: Clarifications and some details (including two new figures) added
Sabine Pfeiffer (2004): Arbeitsvermögen. Ein Schlüssel zur Analyse (reflexiver) Informatisierung. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, ISBN 3-531-14226-7, 346 S., Euro 34,90
Creators: name: Brödner, Peter
Publisher: name: Lucius & Lucius Verlagsgesellschaft
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: 300
subject: 650

description: Arbeit
Precision of readout at the hunchback gene: analyzing short transcription time traces in living fly embryos
Creators: name: Desponds, Jonathan
name: Tran, Huy
name: Ferraro, Teresa
name: Lucas, Tanguy
name: Romero, Carmina Perez
name: Guillou, Aurelien
name: Fradin, Cecile
name: Coppey, Mathieu
name: Dostatni, Nathalie
name: Walczak, Aleksandra M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Molecular Networks (q-bio.MN)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The simultaneous expression of the hunchback gene in the numerous nuclei of the developing fly embryo gives us a unique opportunity to study how transcription is regulated in living organisms. A recently developed MS2-MCP technique for imaging nascent messenger RNA in living Drosophila embryos allows us to quantify the dynamics of the developmental transcription process. The initial measurement of the morphogens by the hunchback promoter takes place during very short cell cycles, not only giving each nucleus little time for a precise readout, but also resulting in short time traces of transcription. Additionally, the relationship between the measured signal and the promoter state depends on the molecular design of the reporting probe. We develop an analysis approach based on tailor made autocorrelation functions that overcomes the short trace problems and quantifies the dynamics of transcription initiation. Based on live imaging data, we identify signatures of bursty transcription initiation from the hunchback promoter. We show that the precision of the expression of the hunchback gene to measure its position along the anterior-posterior axis is low both at the boundary and in the anterior even at cycle 13, suggesting additional post-transcriptional averaging mechanisms to provide the precision observed in fixed embryos.
Ο ρόλος του κοινωνικού λειτουργού στους Χώρους Εποπτευόμενης Χρήσης
Creators: name: Καλαϊτζίδου, Κασσιανή Ιωάννη
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2022
Subjects: Μείωση Βλάβης
Χώροι Εποπτευόμενης Χρήσης
Κοινωνικός Λειτουργός
Harm reduction
Drug Consumption Rooms
Social Worker

description: Η έρευνα διεξήχθη βιβλιογραφικά και έχει ως στόχο την ανάδειξη της σημασίας των Χώρων Εποπτευόμενης Χρήσης (XEX) και τον ρόλο του κοινωνικού λειτουργού σε αυτούς. Οι ΧΕΧ αποτελούν κέντρα υγειονομικής περίθαλψης όπου υπάρχει επαγγελματική επίβλεψη και οι χρήστες ναρκωτικών μπορούν να καταναλώσουν ουσίες, τις οποίες οι ίδιοι έχουν εξασφαλίσει, σε ασφαλέστερες συνθήκες. Η πρώτη μονάδα λειτούργησε την δεκαετία του 1980 στην Ελβετία με αφορμή την εξάπλωση του HIV, την αυξημένη εγκληματικότητα και την δημόσια χρήση ψυχοτρόπων ουσιών. Οι στόχοι των ΧΕΧ αφορούν την ασφαλή χρήση και την μείωση των θανάτων από υπερβολική δόση, τον περιορισμό την μετάδοσης ασθενειών και την ελάττωση της χρήσης σε δημόσιους χώρους. Αν και ως ιδέα οι ΧΕΧ έχουν αμφισβητηθεί, αυτή την στιγμή λειτουργούν τέτοιες μονάδες σε 12 χώρες με επιτυχία. Ο κοινωνικός λειτουργός μέσα σε αυτούς έχει ενεργό ρόλο, αν και συνήθως οι ΧΕΧ έχουν έναν πιο ιατροκεντρικό χαρακτήρα. Στις μονάδες που εντάσσονται μέσα σε ένα σύνολο υπηρεσιών για χρήστες, η εργασία των κοινωνικών λειτουργών είναι πιο ουσιαστική. Τα συνήθη καθήκοντα τους αφορούν την καταγραφήνέων ωφελούμενων, την παραπομπή σε δομές και την πραγματοποίηση συναντήσεων με τους εξυπηρετούμενους. Οι προσεγγίσεις που χρησιμοποιούνται κατά βάση είναι η Φροντίδα που περιλαμβάνει την Αντίληψη του Τραύματος και η ψυχοδυναμική προσέγγιση σε μια πελοτοκεντρική βάση με έμφαση στην αυτοδιάθεση του ατόμου.
description: This paper is a literature search that aims to highlight the importance of Drug Consumption Rooms (DCR) and the role of the social worker in them. DCRs are protected places used for the hygienic consumption of pre-obtained drugs in a non-judgmental environment and under the supervision of trained staff. The first DCR operated in Switzerland in the 1980s, due to the spread of HIV, increase in crime, and the public use of drugs. The goals of DCRs are safe use and reduction of overdose deaths and disease transmission and decrease in use in public places. Although the DCRs as an idea has been controversial, such centers currently operate successfully in 12 countries. The social worker has an active role in them, although usually, the DCRs have a medical-centric character. The work of social workers in centers that are part of a set of services is more essential. Their most common duties are registration of new beneficiaries, referring them to other organizations and services, and meetings with clients. The approaches that are mostly used are the Trauma-Informed Therapy or the psychodynamic approach with a client basis emphasizing the self-determination of the individual.
description: Σε συνεργασία με Πανεπιστήμιο Λευκωσίας (Κύπρος)
Study of determinant factors and magnitude of birth preparedness/complication readiness practice among rural women of Bench Maji Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Bogale, Biftu
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: Background Birth preparedness and complication readiness have been considered as comprehensive strategy aimed at promoting the timely utilization of skilled maternal health care. However, its status and affecting factors have not been well studied at different levels in the study area. Thus, this study was aimed to fill this gap by conducting community based study in Semen Bench Woreda, Bench Maji Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia Method Community-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 581 recently delivered women in Semen Bench Woreda, Bench Maji Zone, SNNPR, Ethiopia. Interviewer administered questionnaire was used for data collection . The study employed multistage sampling techniques . Descriptive, binary and multiple logistic regression analyses were conducted to assess the association between determinant factors and birth preparedness and complication readiness practices.. Results We obtained data from 530 mothers, yielding a response rate 91.2%. Considering place of delivery identification, means of transportation, skilled birth attendants and saving money, about 62.2% of the respondents were prepared for birth and its complications. Preparation for birth and its complication was higher among educated husbands (AOR = 1.695, 95% CI = 1.109, 2.590). previous delivery (AOR = 0.493, 95% CI = 0.305, 0.799) and knowledge of obstetric complications (AOR = 1.710, 95% CI = 1.092, 2.680) were also significantly associated with birth preparedness and complication readiness. Conclusion Based on the findings of the research we conclude that the magnitude of birth preparedness and complication readiness in the study area was relatively high (62.2%). The principal factors affecting birth preparedness and complication readiness were age of respondents at interview, husband's educational status, birth order and women who have knowledge of obstetric complications. The study has also clearly evidenced that the respondents' knowledge of key danger signs was low and large proportion of clients were not prepared for obstetric emergencies. Recommendations Thus, community-based education about preparation for birth and its complication and expanding husbands educational opportunities are important factors in enhancing knowledge of danger signs and hence reducing the effect of pregnancy related complications.
Cien años de soledad, de Gabriel García Márquez. Píldora audiovisual
Creators: name: Jiménez, Francisca Noguerol
name: Elvira-Navarro, Andrea
name: Sánchez-Aparicio, Vega
name: Vidal, Borja Cano
name: García, José Antonio Paniagua
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Material docente elaborado en el seno del Proyecto de Innovación Docente «Elaboración de píldoras audiovisuales para la enseñanza de la literatura hispanoamericana» (ID2021/076) concedido por la Universidad de Salamanca durante el curso académico 2021/2022.
Factores Determinantes para la Compra Ilícita de Fármacos AINES en la Población Adulta
Creators: name: Cotrina, Ashley
name: Rivera Albarracín, Isis
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 321405
subject: Pharmaceutical sciences
classificationCode: 420605
subject: Preventative health care

description: El proyecto sistemático presentado en este documento se enfoca en la compra ilícita de fármacos AINEs en la población adulta de distintos continentes relacionada con la educación en salud que presenta la población de las revisiones. El objetivo es analizar la relación entre la compra ilícita de AINEs y la falta de educación sobre los medicamentos en la población adulta mediante la descripción de esta relación, influencia y determinación de la efectividad de las intervenciones educativas en la prevención de la compra ilícita de AINEs.