cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Technological Acceleration, Ageing Process and COVID-19. The Role of Scientific Information between Opportunities and Limits. Results of an Empirical Research in Central Italy
Creators: name: Esposito, Maurizio
name: Romualdi, Iolanda
Publisher: name: Italian Sociological Review
Year: 2022

description: In this article, the authors present the results of an empirical research regarding people over 65 years old living in Central Italy, that have contracted the Sars-CoV-2 virus. The choice of such target is strictly dependent on the need to investigate, specifically, how this category, in a risky situation, was able to deal with the illness and cope with the whole condition; both in relation to the management of health and governmental information, and in relation to the use of information channels and technological devices. Through a research carried out with qualitative methodology, a series of analysis emerged around: 1) the idea of promoting and ensuring digital literacy with a view to the social innovation to cope with the risks of ‘infodemic’; 2) the urge to reflect on the necessity of keeping active and constant the dialogue between scientific community and user/citizen in the view of a transfer of knowledge and techno-scientific information, especially in periods of health crisis, in order to mitigate the effects due to digital divide; 3) the need to analyze the life of older people in a context of indeterminacy and fear in which social habits and consolidated certainties have been subjected to a totalizing tension.
description: Italian Sociological Review, V. 12 N. 1 (2022)
Probing Majorana Neutrino Textures at DUNE
Creators: name: Bora, Kalpana
name: Borah, Debasish
name: Dutta, Debajyoti
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the possibility of probing different texture zero neutrino mass matrices at long baseline neutrino experiment DUNE. Assuming a diagonal charged lepton basis and Majorana nature of light neutrinos, we first classify the possible light neutrino mass matrices with one and two texture zeros and then numerically evaluate the parameter space in terms of atmospheric mixing angle $θ_{23}$ and Dirac CP phase $δ_{\text{CP}}$ which satisfies the texture zero conditions. We then feed these parameter values into the numerical analysis in order to study the sensitivity of DUNE experiment to them. We find that the DUNE will be able to exclude some of these texture zero mass matrices which restrict the $(θ_{23}-δ_{\text{CP}})$ to a very specific range of values.
description: 40 pages, 23 figures, Expanded discussion, main conclusion unchanged, to appear in Phys. Rev. D
Tactics of Altered Consumption: Young People’s Drinking Choices in the Italian Movida
Creators: name: Beccaria, Franca
name: Rolando, Sara
name: Petrilli, Enrico
name: Arcieri, Luigi
Publisher: name: Italian Sociological Review
Year: 2022

description: Urban nightlife is often depicted as a homogeneous category dominated by the entertainment industry and characterised by at risk drinking practices. Taking on a more critical perspective, which recognises the heterogeneity of the physical and social settings as well as how nightgoers exercise their agency to manipulate and shape products and spaces defined by the consumeristic economic order, the paper aims to 1) explore the physical and social settings of two districts of Torino (North Italy) characterised by an intense nightlife, and 2) understand young people’s tactics with regard to alcohol consumption. The study adopted a mixed-methods approach including non-participant observation (40 hours) and face-to-face interviews (No. 22). Results show that youth drinking in an urban nightlife setting is a ‘tactical operation’ that concerns both the choice of what, how and where to consume and how to reduce potential risks. Indeed, young people embrace the possibilities offered by the night districts to achieve their goals (mainly to socialize and have fun) while limiting negative outcomes by adopting self-regulation and harm reduction practices.
description: Italian Sociological Review, V. 12 N. 1 (2022)
Importancia del consumidor emergente en el crecimiento de las tiendas de los barrios Cartagena de Indias
Creators: name: Fortich González, Angélica
name: Granda Marín, Héctor Raúl
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 2006
Subjects: Comportamiento del consumidor
Consumidores - Investigaciones
Comercio minorista

description: Tesis (Administrador de Empresas).-- Universidad de Cartagena. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Programa Administración de Empresas, 2006
description: El presente estudio tiene por objeto determinar la importancia del consumidor emergente y su participación en el crecimiento de las tiendas de los barrios de la ciudad de Cartagena, Bolívar
Laminar entry flow of viscoelastic fluids
Creators: name: Cable, Peter James
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The behaviour of viscoelastic fluids in entry region flow is of importance in the polymer processing industry, for example, in extrusion. A fundamental undertanding of the flow characteristics will permit a more scientific approach to equipment specification and design. This dissertation comprises an extensive review of the literature on laminar entry flow, and the presentation of the results of a comprehensive experimental study of the laminar flow of viscoelastic polymer solutions through abrupt circular contractions. A significant volume of work has appeared in the literature, concerned with various aspects of entry flow. The behaviour of Newtonian fluids in hydrodynamic entrance regions has been well established. Inelastic shear thinning fluids have, in general, undergone sufficient investigation. However, the literature does not contain adequate quantitative experimental data on viselastic entry region flow, especially in regard to fluid property characterisation. The experimental investigation described in this thesis was concerned with the nature of the flow patterns and velocity profile rearrangements in the region upstream of abrupt axisymmetric contractions. The test fluids used were aqueous solutions of Separan, a partially hydrolysed polyacrylamide, and Carbopol, carboxypolymethylene. The fluid properties were characterised by measuring the visometric shear stree and first normal stress difference, using and R-16 model Weissenberg rheogoniometer, over a shear rate range of 1.11 to 1112 sec¯¹. The test fluids showed similar shear thinning properties, but exhibited significant variation in the level of fluid elasticity. [...]
Jan 14 Thursday
Creators: name: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/31293
subject: Authors, English
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821945

description: Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
title: Inter- and intraobserver Reliabilität der vertebralen, lokalen und segmentalen Kyphose bei 120 traumatischen thorakolumbalen Berstungsfrakturen – Evaluation in präoperativen seitlichen Röntgenbildern und sagittalen Computertomographien
Creators: name: Ulmar, Benjamin
name: Brunner, Alexander
name: Schmälzle, Traude
name: Gühring, Markus
name: Badke, Andreas
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Wirbelkörperfraktur
subject: Cobb
subject: Validität
subject: Kyphose
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Fragestellung: Die Evaluation der vertebralen, lokalen und segmentalen Kyphose nach Cobb ist üblich bei der Indikationsstellung in der Versorgung von Wirbelkörper-Berstungsfrakturen. Ziel der Studie war die Evaluation der inter- und intraobserver Reliabilitäten bei der präoperativen[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie (DKOU 2015)
Ground state solutions for a fractional Schrödinger equation with critical growth
Creators: name: Ambrosio, Vincenzo
name: Figueiredo, Giovany M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper we investigate the existence of nontrivial ground state solutions for the following fractional scalar field equation \begin{align*} (-Δ)^{s} u+V(x)u= f(u) \mbox{ in } \mathbb{R}^{N}, \end{align*} where $s\in (0,1)$, $N> 2s$, $(-Δ)^{s}$ is the fractional Laplacian, $V: \mathbb{R}^{N}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is a bounded potential satisfying suitable assumptions, and $f\in C^{1, β}(\mathbb{R}, \mathbb{R})$ has critical growth. We first analyze the case $V$ constant, and then we develop a Jeanjean-Tanaka argument \cite{JT} to deal with the non autonomous case. As far as we know, all results presented here are new.
Sex-For-Marks Scandals in South-East Nigeria Institutions of Higher Learning, Female Students Victim and the War against Sexual Harassment
Creators: name: O. Okafor, Samuel
name: O. Okoye, Elizabeth
name: C. Onu, Janefrances
name: C. Kekeocha-Christopher, Irene
name: E. Obiozor, Elizabeth
name: A. Okechukwu, Blessing
name: N. Ogbonna, Ann
Publisher: name: Italian Sociological Review
Year: 2022

description: A number of studies have examined sexual harassment as it affects women and girls however; there are gaps in information in view of the magnitude of the incidence of sexual harassment in different parts of the world. The present study, inspired by the issue of sex-for-mark scandals in Nigerian institutions of higher learning, investigated the incidence of sexual harassment between female students and male staffs] across the institutions of higher learning in south east Nigeria. Guided by the Tripartite Model of sexual harassment and male dominance theory, the study adopted cross sectional survey involving 1200 female undergraduates (17+). Among the findings of the study, voluntary report of sexual harassment is correlated with perceived receptivity of the institution in handling sexual harassment of female students by male staff and female students (B=2.455, OR=11.644), secondary school gender (B=1.396, OR=4.041), source of sex education (B=.777, OR=2.176), availability of place to report sexual harassment in the institution (B=.509, OR=1.664), and religion of the students (B=.353, OR=1.423)p
description: Italian Sociological Review, V. 12 N. 1 (2022)
Detecting prethermal Floquet phases of Rydberg atom arrays
Creators: name: Ghosh, Somsubhra
name: Sen, Diptiman
name: Sengupta, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the prethermal Floquet phases of a two-dimensional (2D) Rydberg atom array on a rectangular lattice in the presence of a periodic drive with large drive amplitude. We derive an analytic, albeit perturbative, Floquet Hamiltonian using Floquet perturbation theory (FPT) which charts out these phases and shows that the transition between them can be accessed by tuning the drive frequency. Using both numerical exact diagonalization on finite-size arrays and analytical first-order Floquet Hamiltonian derived using FPT, we show that these prethermal Floquet phases and the transitions between them can be detected by studying the dynamics of equal-time density-density correlation functions of the Rydberg atoms. Our analysis thus provides a simple way of detecting these phases and associated transitions in this system; such a detection can be achieved in standard experiments which we discuss.
description: v1: 9 pages, 6 Figs
Negativity of Lyapunov Exponents and Convergence of Generic Random Polynomial Dynamical Systems and Random Relaxed Newton's Methods
Creators: name: Sumi, Hiroki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37F10, 37H10

description: We investigate i.i.d. random complex dynamical systems generated by probability measures on finite unions of the loci of holomorphic families of rational maps on the Riemann sphere. We show that under certain conditions on the families, for a generic system, (especially, for a generic random polynomial dynamical system,) for all but countably many initial values $z$ in the Riemann sphere, for almost every sequence of maps $γ=(γ_{1},γ_{2},\ldots )$, the Lyapunov exponent of $γ$ at $z$ is negative. Also, we show that for a generic system, for every initial value $z$ in the Riemann sphere, the orbit of the Dirac measure at $z$ under the iteration of the dual map of the transition operator tends to a periodic cycle of measures in the space of probability measures on the Riemann sphere. Note that these are new phenomena in random complex dynamics which cannot hold in deterministic complex dynamical systems. We apply the above theory and results of random complex dynamical systems to finding roots of any polynomials by random relaxed Newton's methods and we show that for any polynomial $g$, for any initial value $z$ in the complex plane which is not a root of $g'$, the random orbit starting with $z$ tends to a root of $g$ almost surely, which is the virtue of the effect of randomness.
description: Published in Communications in Mathematical Physics, 384, 1513--1583, 2021. 63 pages. See also http://www.math.h.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~sumi/index.html
Comparison of parent reported physician diagnosed asthma and general practitioner registration
Creators: name: Eijkemans, Marianne
name: Mommers, Monique
name: Thijs, Carel
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: To compare parent reported physician diagnosed asthma from questionnaires for epidemiological purposes, to general practitioner (GP) recorded childhood asthma. This study was embedded in the KOALA Birth Cohort Study with regular follow-up by ISAAC core questions on asthma in 2834 children in two different recruitment groups, with ‘conventional’ lifestyles or ‘alternative’ lifestyles. At age 11–13 years these data were linked to data extracted from GP records. We compared parent reported physician diagnosed asthma, asthma medication use, and current asthma with GP recorded asthma diagnosis and medication. Two different combinations of questions were used to define current asthma (i.e. ISAAC and MeDALL based definition). Among 958 children with information provided both by the parents and GPs, 98 children (10.2%) had parent reported physician diagnosed asthma, 115 children (12.0%) had a GP recorded asthma diagnosis (Cohen’s kappa 0.49; 95% CI 0.40 to 0.57). Discrepant cases showed that asthma symptoms at an early age led to different labeling between parents and GP. The agreement between ISAAC based definition and MeDALL based definition was excellent (Cohen’s kappa 0.82; 95% CI 0.74 to 0.88). Parent reported physician diagnosed asthma and GP recorded childhood asthma had only moderate agreement, and is possibly influenced by labeling early transient wheeze as asthma diagnosis. It is important that parent reported physician diagnosed asthma is combined with additional questions such as current asthma symptoms and asthma medication use, as used in ISAAC or MeDALL based current asthma, in order to obtain reliable information for epidemiological research.
The “Dark Side” of Community Social Work: An Instrument of Control or a Promoter of Citizen Participation? Reflections on the Results of a Research Project
Creators: name: Cecchi, Sergio
Publisher: name: Italian Sociological Review
Year: 2022

description: This article discusses the ideas expressed by a group of social workers of the local authorities in a region of north-eastern Italy (Friuli Venezia Giulia) about community social work. Since renewed scientific and operational interest on the part of the social work in community intervention has coincided with the emergence of neoliberal policies to contain spending on welfare systems, this article seeks to understand whether social workers view community social work as a tool to compensate for cuts in social spending or, rather, as a strategy to promote an independent social and political awareness on the part of citizens.
description: Italian Sociological Review, V. 12 N. 1 (2022)
Estudio fiscal y presupuestal del municipio de El Carmen de Bolivar
Creators: name: Castillo Berdugo, Pedro
name: Cabeza Venegas, Marcos
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 1974
Subjects: Presupuesto municipal-Carmen de Bolivar
Impacto-Carmen de Bolívar

description: Tesis (Economista).--Universidad de Cartagena. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Programa de Economía, 1974
description: El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo, determinar si las técnicas utilizadas para la elaboración del presupuesto, son las más eficaces para el desarrollo, no solo para la educación sino para las necesidades de carácter general.
On The Roles of Nanostructured Materials in the Thermal Performance of Micro Heat Pipe
Creators: name: JIE SHENG GAN
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Mechanical Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: Thermal management has been a challenging task due to the extensive development of electronic devices. With miniaturization of electronics devices, conventional phase change heat transfer devices are insufficient to counter the heat generation in the coming future. The heat transfer capability of a micro heat pipe is predominantly limited by its liquid recirculation limit know as capillary limit or dryout limit. The heat transport capability could either be improved by enhancing the working fluid thermo-physical properties directly or by refining the heat transfer surface to enhance the key operating principle of micro heat pipe (MHP). In this thesis, experimental studies as well as mathematical modeling were conducted and categorized into 4 separate stages with the aim to evaluate the role of nanostructured materials in the phase change heat transfer efficiency of micro heat pipe.
Jan 16th Laura's birthday, Sat.
Creators: name: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Authors, English
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821945
subject: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/31293

description: Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
title: Family responsibilities discrimination, HR work-family discourse and organizational mediation of US civil rights law (LIEPP Working Paper, n°70)
Creators: name: Stryker, Robin
name: Stenson, Laura
name: Frederico, Krista
Publisher: name: Sciences Po - LIEPP
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: FOS: Social sciences
valueUri: http://www.oecd.org/science/inno/38235147.pdf

description: Because the US addresses work-family concerns mostly through voluntary employer-provided benefits combined with anti-discrimination legislation, organizational mediation of law shapes the content and impact of employ-ers’ response to employees’ work- family issues. Centrality of organiza-tional mediation means centrality of HR professional discourse. Given skyrocketing lawsuits claiming family responsibilities discrimination (FRD), we examine FRD-related discourse, 1980-2012, in the two highest circulation HR journals, situating analysis within a theoretical model of organizational mediation. Anti-discrimination law and the HR profession’s pre-FRD role combine to provide incentives and resources shaping HR journal work-family discourse. Discourse employs multiple frames includ-ing business case, accommodation, diversity, and compliance, to motivate employer response to employees’ work-family issues. Business case fram-ing predominates. But consistent with HR professionals’ dual mission of catering to top management’s concern for the bottom line while also ad-dressing employees’ concerns, all four frames are used, in varying combi-nations, in complementary fashion. Articles employing a diversity frame are most likely to acknowledge the gendered nature of family responsibili-ties, but articles employing the business case frame acknowledge the gen-dered nature of family responsibilities more than half the time. Motivating frames are differentially associated with discussion of policies shown by prior research to promote gender and mother-other equality. Business case framing is associated with discussion of equality-producing policies far more—and compliance framing far less—than prior research would have anticipated. To the extent that HR motivating frames do promote policies that prior research suggests increase gender equality, HR media-tion of FRD law can enhance gender equality.
Weierstrass semigroups on Castelnuovo curves
Creators: name: Pflueger, Nathan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We define a class of numerical semigroups S, which we call Castelnuovo semigroups, and study the subvariety $M^S_{g,1}$ of $M_{g,1}$ consisting of marked smooth curves with Weierstrass semigroup S. We determine the number of irreducible components of these loci and determine their dimensions. Curves with these Weierstrass semigroups are always Castelnuovo curves, which provides the basic tool for our argument. This analysis provides examples of numerical semigroups for which $M^S_{g,1}$ is reducible and non-equidimensional.
description: 18 pages. v3: minor typographical corrections
Signatures of Cooper pair dynamics and quantum-critical superconductivity in tunable carrier bands
Creators: name: Dong, Zhiyu
name: Lee, Patrick A.
name: Levitov, Leonid S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Different superconducting pairing mechanisms are markedly distinct in the underlying Cooper pair kinematics. Pairing interactions mediated by quantum-critical soft modes are dominated by highly collinear processes, falling into two classes: forward scattering and backscattering. In contrast, phonon mechanisms have a generic non-collinear character. We show that the type of kinematics can be identified by examining the evolution of superconductivity when tuning the Fermi surface geometry. We illustrate our approach using recently measured phase diagrams of various graphene systems. Our analysis unambiguously connects the emergence of superconductivity at ``ghost crossings'' of Fermi surfaces in distinct valleys to the pair kinematics of a backscattering type. Together with the observed non-monotonic behavior of superconductivity near its onset (sharp rise followed by a drop), it provides strong support for a particular quantum-critical superconductivity scenario. These findings conclusively settle the long-standing debate on the origin of superconductivity in this system and demonstrate the essential role of quantum-critical modes in superconducting pairing. Moreover, our work highlights the potential of tuning bands via ghost crossings as a promising means of boosting superconductivity.
description: 13pgs, 3fgs
Jan 19 Tuesday
Creators: name: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Authors, English
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821945
subject: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/31293

description: Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
Singular vector distribution of sample covariance matrices
Creators: name: Ding, Xiucai
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider a class of sample covariance matrices of the form $Q=TXX^{*}T^*,$ where $X=(x_{ij})$ is an $M \times N$ rectangular matrix consisting of i.i.d entries and $T$ is a deterministic matrix satisfying $T^*T$ is diagonal. Assuming $M$ is comparable to $N$, we prove that the distribution of the components of the singular vectors close to the edge singular values agrees with that of Gaussian ensembles provided the first two moments of $x_{ij}$ coincide with the Gaussian random variables. For the singular vectors associated with the bulk singular values, the same conclusion holds if the first four moments of $x_{ij}$ match with those of Gaussian random variables. Similar results have been proved for Wigner matrices by Knowles and Yin.
Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and asthma-COPD overlap among US working adults
Creators: name: Syamlal, Girija
name: Dodd, Katelynn E.
name: Mazurek, Jacek M.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases

description: Asthma-COPD overlap (ACO) is a respiratory condition with more severe respiratory symptoms, poorer quality of life, and increased hospital admissions compared with asthma or COPD alone. Estimate asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and ACO prevalence among workers by industry and occupation and assess physical and mental health status, healthcare utilization, among workers with ACO. The 2014–2018 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data for working adults aged ≥18 years employed (sample n = 99,424) in the 12 months prior to the survey were analyzed. Age-adjusted ACO, COPD and asthma prevalence and prevalence ratios adjusted for age, sex, race and smoking status were estimated. During 2014–2018, of the estimated 166 million (annual average) US workers, age-adjusted asthma, COPD, and ACO prevalence was 6.9%, 4.0%, and 1.1%, respectively. ACO prevalence was highest among workers aged ≥65 years (2.0%), females (1.6%), current smokers (1.9%), those living below the federal poverty level (2.3%), and workers in the accommodation and food services (1.6%) industry and personal care and service (2.3%) occupations. Workers with ACO had more frequent (p < 0.05) physician office visits, emergency department visits; and were more likely to be in poorer mental health, obese, have more lost workdays, more bed days, and comorbidities compared to workers with asthma alone and workers with COPD alone. Conclusion: Higher ACO prevalence among worker groups and increased healthcare utilization underscores the need for early identification of asthma and COPD, assessment of potential workplace exposures, and implementation of tailored interventions to reduce ACO among working adults.
The Effect of Employee Motivation on Employees' performance: A Case Study of Ethio Telecom, Customer Services Division, Addis Ababa
Creators: name: Mosisa, Genet
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Motivation is stated as one of the most important contributor for high performance in a company. Organizations design motivation systems to encourage employees to perform in the most effective way. The key to create efficient motivation system is an answer to the question what really motivate employees. The general objective of this research is to study the impact of Ethio telecom motivational packages on employees' performance in Ethio Telecom Customer Services Division.Thedescriptive research design was employed for the study. Stratified sampling method was used to select departments. To select respondents simple random sampling is usedTo this end, mixed method was employed to collect and analyze data. The data collecting instruments werequestionnaire and interview. To analyze the data, descriptive statistic such as mean, percent and standarddeviation were computed. Moreover, inferential statistics of correlationanalysis, regression analysisand ANOVAanalysis with a .05 alpha level employed to test for statistical significance. The finding of this study also showed that both financial and non-financial motivator motivated employee, however financial reward is more motivator than non-financial reward.In conclusion, financial rewards docontribute more for employee performance than non-financial rewards. Moreover, further in depth investigation of the problem is recommended.
Phase-Change Heat Transfer On Graphene Functionalized Surface
Creators: name: KOK KEONG LAY
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Mechanical Engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: Phase-change heat transfer can be augmented by introducing surface functionalization by changing the surface wettability and surface energy. The liquid vaporizes and absorbs a large amount of latent heat from the surface, changing from the liquid state to the gaseous state. Subsequently, the surface temperature is reduced significantly. Graphene is used as functionalization material to alter the surface wettability while enhances the phase-change heat transfer characteristic of the heated surface. Graphene has unique property of fast water permeation attributed by the capillary driven force and ultralow-friction passage. Water molecules transport unimpededly forming ultrathin liquid film for fast evaporation rate.
Optimized control for high-fidelity state transmission in open systems
Creators: name: Xie, Yang-Yang
name: Ren, Feng-Hua
name: Ablimit, Arapat
name: Liang, Xiang-Han
name: Wang, Zhao-Ming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum state transfer (QST) through spin chains has been extensively investigated. Two schemes, the coupling set for perfect state transfer (PST) or adding a leakage elimination operator (LEO) Hamiltonian have been proposed to boost the transmission fidelity. However, these ideal schemes are only suitable for closed systems and will lose their effectiveness in open ones. In this work, we invoke a well explored optimization algorithm, Adam, to expand the applicable range of PST couplings and LEO to the open systems. Our results show that although the transmission fidelity decreases with increasing system-bath coupling strength, Markovianity and temperature for both ideal and optimized cases, the fidelities obtained by the optimized schemes always outweigh the ideal cases. The enhancement becomes more bigger for a stronger bath, indicating a stronger bath provides more space for the Adam to optimize. This method will be useful for the realization of high-fidelity information transfer in the presence of environment.
Jan 18 Monday.
Creators: name: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/31293
subject: Authors, English
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821945

description: Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
Designing Inclusive Urban Places
Creators: name: Carrera, Letizia
Publisher: name: Italian Sociological Review
Year: 2022

description: Cities have always been characterized by economic and cultural differences. More and more ethnic differences have progressively been added and very often combined to the others, generating a perverse multiplier effect of the social fragility of migrants. The model of territorial distance for decades “protected” cities from diversity, which was made “invisible” through its being relegated to the margins of the city itself. Today this model does not work any longer and the differences coexist in the same urban spaces. In the absence of an intercultural dialogue capable of building and reinforcing an attitude of “active engagement” of urban areas, the solution that is too often sought is the assimilatory integration, which reinforces the disadvantage of alterity. Instead, the tension towards more complex processes of inclusion implies the overcoming of the concept of foreigner and the recognition of diversity and alterity in the name of the right of recognition of diversity. The role of the third space becomes central, as a complex and dynamic result of the contamination among public, semi-public and private spaces that offer opportunities to stop and meet. Therefore, the strategies that can be activated in the cities are fundamental.[...]
description: Italian Sociological Review, V. 12 N. 1 (2022)
The Digitalization of Sound: How the Consumption of Music Changed from Vinyl to Hybrid Experiences
Creators: name: De Notaris, Dario
name: Savonardo, Lello
Publisher: name: Italian Sociological Review
Year: 2022

description: This paper focuses on how digital media and new technological devices have changed music production and consumption processes. The role of music will be discussed as a collective process fed by individual consumption through personal media, starting from a sociological analysis of the main technological evolution in its industry field. This is related to the widespread use of devices to play music at home and also on the move. From the creation of the gramophone to the Walkman, from iPods to Smartphones, music consumption has become much more liquid. Production processes have changed, moving from recording studios managed by expert composers to easy-to-use devices that enable anyone to become a digital artist. Additionally, social media represent new ways to create and share original and creative works. Today, artificial intelligence, deep learning and holographic systems introduce new innovative perspectives to create, consume, and share music.
description: Italian Sociological Review, V. 12 N. 1 (2022)
Comportamiento de la cartera crediticia del sistema financiero colombiano durante el periodo 2009 - 2014
Creators: name: Castro Romero, Kelly Johanna
name: Rodríguez Cabeza, Giselle Johana
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 2016
Subjects: Crédito
Sistema financiero - Colombia
Administración de créditos

description: Tesis (Economista).--Universidad de Cartagena. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Programa de Economía, 2016
description: Al analizar el comportamiento de la cartera crediticia del sistema financiero colombiano (2009-2014), la temática estudiada realiza una descripción de los distintos tipos de crédito a la luz de la normatividad vigente, se examinó las variables de mayor incidencia en el comportamiento de la cartera crediticia y se realizó un análisis comparativo del volumen de la cartera y los distintos tipos de crédito en las cinco principales ciudades de Colombia: Bogotá, Barranquilla, Cali, Cartagena y Medellín.
Sociology Between Science and Knowledge
Creators: name: Iannaccone, Antonio
Publisher: name: Italian Sociological Review
Year: 2022

description: Since scientists have a difficult task – studying something that everyone already knows or thinks they know – they must laboriously earn (with rigorous research methods) the respect of those intellectuals belonging to different fields, and that of others in general. A respect constrained to the filling of some serious gaps in sociology itself: for example, think of the many investigations that – excessively unbalanced on the theoretical side – show a marked philosophical imprint (and so they create a certain conceptual confusion between different sectors, even if they are connected), or to the sterile methodological disputes between standard and non-standard researchers, or to those studies that hide their shortcomings, their clichés and obvious statements behind rather imaginative words of wisdom or catchy slogans. It is therefore up to sociologists 2.0 to take matters into their own hands and above all their profession, in order to restore the dignity it deserves. They are the ones who will have to become aware of society, without waiting (perhaps in vain) for society to finally become aware of them. And it is still them – above all in Italy where culture remains largely a-sociological – who will have to orient themselves by seeking ever new (innovative) forms of participation and cooperation.
description: Italian Sociological Review, V. 12 N. 1 (2022)
Birational boundedness of low dimensional elliptic Calabi-Yau varieties with a section
Creators: name: Di Cerbo, Gabriele
name: Svaldi, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We prove that there are finitely many families, up to isomorphism in codimension one, of elliptic Calabi-Yau manifolds $Y\rightarrow X$ with a rational section, provided that $\dim(Y)\leq 5$ and $Y$ is not of product-type. As a consequence, we obtain that there are finitely many possibilities for the Hodge diamond of such manifolds. The result follows from log birational boundedness of klt pairs $(X, Δ)$ with $K_X+Δ$ numerically trivial and not of product-type, in dimension at most $4$.
description: Final and accepted version integrating improvements to the exposition and corrections suggested by the referee. Main results are unchanged. Comments are welcome!
title: Langzeitergebnisse der Biolox Al2O3 Keramik / Polyethylen Gleitpaarung in der zementfreien Hüftendoprothetik
Creators: name: Beckmann, Nicholas
name: Gotterbarm, Tobias
name: Innmann, Moritz
name: Merle, Christian
name: Klotz, Matthias
name: Kretzer, J. Phillipe
name: Streit, Marcus
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Keramik
subject: Gleitpaarung
subject: Hüftendoprothetik
subject: Langzeitergebnisse
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Fragestellung: Keramik-Polyethylen Gleitpaarungen werden häufig bei jüngeren, aktiven Patienten eingesetzt. Im Vergleich zu modularen Metallköpfen besteht bei Keramikköpfen materialbedingt ein höheres Bruchrisiko. Keramikkopffrakturen stellen eine schwerwiegende Komplikation[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie (DKOU 2015)
title: Revisions-Kniegelenkersatz mit metaphysären Sleeves im Kurzzeit-Follow-Up
Creators: name: Skutek, Michael
name: Calliess, Tilman
name: Von Lewinski, Gabriela
name: Windhagen, Henning
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Metaphysäre Sleeves
subject: Knie
subject: Revisions-Endoprothetik
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Fragestellung: Die dauerhafte metaphysäre Verankerung stellt einen zentralen Punkt bei der Knie Revisionsendoprothetik dar. Zur Kompensation metaphysärer Defekte werden u.a. Metallaugmente, Zement und strukturelle Allografts eingesetzt. Seit einigen Jahren stehen abgestufte poröse Titansleeves[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie (DKOU 2015)
Optical properties of MoSe$_2$ monolayer implanted with ultra-low energy Cr ions
Creators: name: Bui, Minh N.
name: Rost, Stefan
name: Auge, Manuel
name: Zhou, Lanqing
name: Friedrich, Christoph
name: Blügel, Stefan
name: Kretschmer, Silvan
name: Krasheninnikov, Arkady V.
name: Watanabe, Kenji
name: Taniguchi, Takashi
name: Hofsäss, Hans C.
name: Grützmacher, Detlev
name: Kardynał, Beata E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The paper explores the optical properties of an exfoliated MoSe$_2$ monolayer implanted with Cr$^+$ ions, accelerated to 25 eV. Photoluminescence of the implanted MoSe$_2$ reveals an emission line from Cr-related defects that is present only under weak electron doping. Unlike band-to-band transition, the Cr-introduced emission is characterised by non-zero activation energy, long lifetimes, and weak response to the magnetic field. To rationalise the experimental results and get insights into the atomic structure of the defects, we modelled the Cr-ion irradiation process using ab-initio molecular dynamics simulations followed by the electronic structure calculations of the system with defects. The experimental and theoretical results suggest that the recombination of electrons on the acceptors, which could be introduced by the Cr implantation-induced defects, with the valence band holes is the most likely origin of the low energy emission. Our results demonstrate the potential of low-energy ion implantation as a tool to tailor the properties of 2D materials by doping.
title: Mittelfristige klinisch-radiologische Ergebnisse nach stielloser Schulterprothesenversorgung
Creators: name: Bülhoff, Matthias
name: Spranz, David
name: Raiss, Patric
name: Maier, Michael
name: Bruckner, Thomas
name: Loew, Markus
name: Zeifang, Felix
Publisher: name: German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Schulterprothetik
subject: Omarthrose
subject: stiellose Schulterprothetik
subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Fragestellung: Die Schulterendoprothetik hat sich zu einer adäquaten und guten Behandlungsmethode für verschiedene Pathologien im Bereich der Schulter entwickelt. Mit der Einführung von stiellosen Implantaten wurde die Möglichkeit geschaffen, den proximalen Aspekt des Humerus anatomisch[zum vollständigen Text gelangen Sie über die oben angegebene URL]
description: Deutscher Kongress für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie (DKOU 2015)
Supplementary material for 'Effectiveness of Communications in Enhancing Adherence to Public Health Behavioural Interventions: A COVID-19 Evidence Review'
Creators: name: Williams, Simon N.
name: Dienes, Kimberly
name: Jaheed, Jemma
name: Wardman, Jamie K.
name: Petts, Judith
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Health communication has relevance for virtually every aspect of health and well-being, including disease prevention. This review explored the effectiveness of communications in enhancing the adoption of or adherence to behavioural interventions (non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs)) related to COVID-19. The review takes the UK as a case study and focuses on self-reported behaviours (e.g. social distancing). It also reviews the psychosocial determinants of adherence. Searches were conducted using PubMed; Scopus; CINAL; ASSIA and iCite databases. Eleven thousand five hundred records were identified and 13 were included in the final sample. Included studies suggest that NPI adoption or adherence was generally high, and communication had significant impacts, with key themes including clarity and consistency, trust and control. Based on the evidence in this review, features of effective communication in the content of NPI adoption or adherence are (i) information should be conveyed clearly and conflicting (mixed) messages should be avoided; (ii) information should be conveyed by trusted sources (e.g. health authorities) and (iii) communication should strike a balance between being authoritative but avoiding language seen as controlling (e.g. ‘you must’). Future research should prioritize quantitative, experimental and longitudinal study designs, that focus specifically on communication as an intervention, and which measure behaviour.This article is part of the theme issue 'The effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions on the Covid-19 pandemic: the evidence'.
Engineering Vanadium-Based Nanostructures for Energy and Environmental Applications
Creators: name: MINSU LIU
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: 90608 Renewable Power and Energy Systems Engineering (excl. Solar Cells)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: 100708 Nanomaterials
subject: FOS: Nanotechnology
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: In this doctoral work, many techniques have been purposed to understand the nanostructures of vanadium oxides and their applications. The VO2 thermochromic smart window is the major application studied in this thesis. VO2 nanostructures have been studied as thin films and nanoparticles by both experimental and theoretical methods. Scalable and cost-effective fabrication techniques have been developed for the VO2 smart windows with the strong solar modulating ability and high transparency. Inspired by the transformation properties of vanadium-based materials, multifunctional flexible sensors have been developed to separate the overlapped signals.
The class of Eisenbud--Khimshiashvili--Levine is the local A1-Brouwer degree
Creators: name: Kass, Jesse Leo
name: Wickelgren, Kirsten
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14F42 (primary), 14B05, 55M25 (secondary)

description: Given a polynomial function with an isolated zero at the origin, we prove that the local A1-Brouwer degree equals the Eisenbud-Khimshiashvili-Levine class. This answers a question posed by David Eisenbud in 1978. We give an application to counting nodes together with associated arithmetic information by enriching Milnor's equality between the local degree of the gradient and the number of nodes into which a hypersurface singularity degenerates to an equality in the Grothendieck-Witt group.
description: Erratum correcting Lemma 6. All other results remain unchanged. In particular, the main theorem holds in characteristic 2 as stated
The Sports Narrative: Phenomenology and Deep Structures of Meaning
Creators: name: Secondulfo, Domenico
Publisher: name: Italian Sociological Review
Year: 2022

description: The essay takes into consideration some types of sporting events intended as narratives, and analyzes their meaning structures trying to identify some archetypes that could be at the basis of their strong meaning and social impact.
description: Italian Sociological Review, V. 12 N. 1 (2022)
Reestructuración de la industria manufacturera en Cartagena en el marco de la apertura económica
Creators: name: Gaviria Cortez, Martha Cecilia
name: Meza Baena, Ruby
name: Sagre Hernandez, Clara Ines
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 1993
Subjects: Apertura económica
Industria manufacturera

description: Tesis (Economista).---Universidad de Cartagena. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Programa de Economía, 1993.
description: El presente estudio tiene por objeto determinar y analizar el comportamiento de la industria manufacturera en Cartagena antes y después de una reestructuracion industrial.
Jan 17 Sunday
Creators: name: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Authors, English
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/821945
subject: Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/31293

description: Page from Robert Graves diary manuscript. The diary includes 1,546 pages with 117 enclosures: letters, clippings, photographs post cards, notes, games.
Diseño de un portafolio de inversión para la sociedad SACSA SA a partir de sus excedentes de liquidez y teoría del portafolio
Creators: name: Torres Lascarro, Ingrid
name: Ortíz Benitez, Carlos
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 2015
Subjects: Análisis financiero
Inversiones

description: Tesis (Especialista en Finanzas) -- Universidad de Cartagena. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Especialización en finanzas, 2015
description: El objetivo de este trabajo es diseñar un portafolio de inversión, que presente una composición equilibrada, ofreciendo una maximización de los excedentes de liquidez, sin perder el control del riesgo a la Gerencia Financiera de la empresa.