cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Direct Effect of Toroidal Magnetic Fields on Stellar Oscillations: An Analytical Expression for the General Matrix Element
Creators: name: Kiefer, René
name: Schad, Ariane
name: Roth, Markus
Publisher: name: London : Institute of Physics Publ.
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: asteroseismology
subject: dynamo
subject: magnetic fields
subject: methods: analytical
subject: stars: interiors
subject: Sun: helioseismology
subject: 520

description: Where is the solar dynamo located and what is its modus operandi? These are still open questions in solar physics. Helio- and asteroseismology can help answer them by enabling us to study solar and stellar internal structures through global oscillations. The properties of solar and stellar acoustic modes are changing with the level of magnetic activity. However, until now, the inference on subsurface magnetic fields with seismic measures has been very limited. The aim of this paper is to develop a formalism to calculate the effect of large-scale toroidal magnetic fields on solar and stellar global oscillation eigenfunctions and eigenfrequencies. If the Lorentz force is added to the equilibrium equation of motion, stellar eigenmodes can couple. In quasi-degenerate perturbation theory, this coupling, also known as the direct effect, can be quantified by the general matrix element. We present the analytical expression of the matrix element for a superposition of subsurface zonal toroidal magnetic field configurations. The matrix element is important for forward calculations of perturbed solar and stellar eigenfunctions and frequency perturbations. The results presented here will help to ascertain solar and stellar large-scale subsurface magnetic fields, and their geometric configuration, strength, and change over the course of activity cycles.
The Antisymmetry of Distortions
Creators: name: VanLeeuwen, Brian K.
name: Gopalan, Venkatraman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Distortions are ubiquitous in nature. Under perturbations such as stresses, fields, or other changes, a physical system reconfigures by following a path from one state to another; this path, often a collection of atomic trajectories, describes a distortion. Here we introduce an antisymmetry operation called distortion reversal, 1*, that reverses a distortion pathway. The symmetry of a distortion pathway is then uniquely defined by a distortion group involving 1*; it has the same form as a magnetic group that involves time reversal, 1'. Given its isomorphism to magnetic groups, distortion groups could potentially have commensurate impact in the study of distortions as the magnetic groups have had in the study of magnetic structures. Distortion symmetry has important implications for a range of phenomena such as structural and electronic phase transitions, diffusion, molecular conformational changes, vibrations, reaction pathways, and interface dynamics.
Platyschisma vitrea Yoo 1994, n.sp.
Creators: name: Yoo, E. K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1994
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Euomphalina
Platyceratidae
Platyschisma

description: Platyschisma vitrea n.sp. PI. 3 figs 9-12 Description. Shell of 4\12 whorls, very small, low spired, naticiform, thin, shelled, with glossy surface, broadly phaneromphalous. Protoconch simple, smooth, rather flatly coiled, with no defined boundary between protoconch and teleoconch. Teleoconch whorls increasing in size gradually, whorl profile rounded; sutures moderately deep; surface glossy smooth with faint growth lines; base rounded but angled towards umbilicus; numerous revolving lirae and conspicuous growth lines within and near umbilicus; selenizone narrow just above periphery; aperture subcircular with columellar lip thin and reflexed; parietal inductura wanting, outer lip thin with a strongly developed sinus culminating just below periphery without generating a slit. Types. Holotype (F78366) and 2 figured paratypes (F78367). There are 32 unfigured additional specimens (F78368) from the type locality. Type locality. 150 m west of 'Marohn' homestead, on the Scone-Gundy roadside, 4 km south-west of Gundy, NSW (Locality 28). Stratigraphic position. In bioclastic limestone, upper part of the Dangarfield Formation. Geographic distribution. Type locality only. Geological age. Late Tournaisian. Etymology. Derived from the Latin vitrea meaning glossy, referring to the glossy surface of shell. Remarks. This species is similar to Straparollus brevisn.sp. in having a low spired shell with a large umbilicus, but is very different in the shape of aperture and shell thickness. Platyschisma vitrea is characterised by having a thin glossy shell, suggesting that it may have been an algal dweller.
description: Published as part of Yoo, E. K., 1994, Early Carboniferous Gastropoda from the Tamworth Belt, New South Wales, Australia, pp. 63-120 in Records of the Australian Museum 46 (1) on pages 74-75, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.18, http://zenodo.org/record/4654599
Перспективи використання блокчейн технологій у забезпеченні прозорості та справедливості освітніх процесів
Creators: name: Кисленко, Дмитро Петрович
name: Ковальський, Дем`ян Олександрович
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: блокчейн технологій, інноваційні технології, безпека, моніторинг, персоналізація навчання, освітні процеси, прозорість, справедливість

description: У статті  проаналізовано перспективи використання блокчейн технологій для забезпечення прозорості та справедливості освітніх процесів. Зокрема, виявлено роль блокчейну як децентралізованої системи зберігання даних, який функціонує як хронологічний ланцюг блоків, здатних структурувати інформацію у захищеному та незмінному вигляді. Встановлено, що кожен блок зберігає відбиток попереднього, що гарантує цілісність та безпеку інформаційної структури, критично важливої для освітніх систем.

У дослідженні обґрунтовано, що застосування блокчейну може не лише зберігати освітні записи та документи, але й стимулювати розробку нових методик управління освітніми процесами. Проаналізовано використання блокчейну у різноманітних країнах, включаючи Японію, Сінгапур, США, Гонконг, Естонію та Великобританію, де дані технології активно інтегровані у систему освіти. Акцентовано на таких ініціативах, як оплата навчання криптовалютою та розробка блокчейн-систем для взаємодії даних про репутацію студентів.

Особливу увагу приділено перспективам освітніх інновацій, які дозволяють використовувати блокчейн для валідації та надійності освітніх документів, спрощуючи процес їх перевірки та підвищуючи довіру до освітніх установ. Також розглянуто методи управління освітніми ресурсами через блокчейн, що може зменшити бюрократичні зловживання та підвищити ефективність використання освітніх активів.

Сформульовані висновки підкреслюють значний потенціал блокчейн-технологій у трансформації освітніх процесів, сприяючи створенню більш відкритої та справедливої освітньої системи. Водночас виокремлено ряд викликів, таких як технічна складність, значні інвестиції в інфраструктуру та правові обмеження, які потребують подальших досліджень та адаптації підходів для ширшого впровадження блокчейну в освітню практику.
Intensive Care Nurses' Meaningful Experiences in Providing End-of-Life Care
Creators: name: Stokes, Heather
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2018
Subjects: End-of-life care (EOLC)
Intensive care unit (ICU)
critical care nurses
meaningful experiences
good death
good end-of-life care
making a difference
privilege
rewarding

description: End-of-life care (EOLC) has become a significant area of expertise in the intensive care unit (ICU). Critical care nurses are the primary caregivers of patients in the ICU and they provide EOLC for patients and families daily. Nurses have portrayed EOLC as difficult and demanding work; yet, they have also described their experiences of providing EOLC as rewarding, gratifying, and a privilege. The purpose of this study was to explore nurses’ meaningful experiences with providing EOLC for patients and families in the context of the ICU. Van Manen’s approach to interpretive phenomenology was used. Unstructured face-to-face interviews were conducted with six registered nurses who were employed in a medical/surgical tertiary care ICU. The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed, and analyzed. The essence of nurses’ meaningful experiences in providing EOLC was ‘being able to make a difference’. For the nurses, being able to make a difference reflected their efforts to create a good death for the dying patient and their family. The nurses had to navigate a variety of challenges that affected the creation of a good death, however, they made it work by building relationships quickly with families, taking care of themselves, and recognizing it’s a privilege to provide EOLC. These research findings contribute to an expanding body of knowledge and understanding with regards to nurses’ role with the provision of EOLC in the ICU.
Experimental Study of the Cloud Architecture Selection for Effective Big Data Processing
Creators: name: Nikulchev, E.
name: Pluzhnik, E.
name: Biryukov, D.
name: Lukyanchikov, O.
name: Payain, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Big data dictate their requirements to the hardware and software. Simple migration to the cloud data processing, while solving the problem of increasing computational capabilities, however creates some issues: the need to ensure the safety, the need to control the quality during data transmission, the need to optimize requests. Computational cloud does not simply provide scalable resources but also requires network infrastructure, unknown routes and the number of user requests. In addition, during functioning situation can occur, in which you need to change the architecture of the application - part of the data needs to be placed in a private cloud, part in a public cloud, part stays on the client.
Hidden string order in a hole-superconductor with extended correlated hopping
Creators: name: Chhajlany, Ravindra W.
name: Grzybowski, Przemysław R.
name: Stasińska, Julia
name: Lewenstein, Maciej
name: Dutta, Omjyoti
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ultracold fermions in a one-dimensional, spin-dependent, optical lattice are described by a non-standard Hubbard model with next-nearest-neighbour correlated hopping. Periodic driving of the lattice allows wide tuning of the system parameters. We solve this model exactly for a special value of the correlated hopping. The solution reveals the general properties of this system for arbitrary filling: exact and asymmetric spin-charge separation, a gapless spectrum of lowest energy excitations, a spin-gap, which may be interpreted in terms of collective hole pairing and a non-vanishing den Nijs-Rommelse type string correlator. Numerical studies away from the integrable point show the persistence of both long range string order and spin-gap.
description: 5+2 pages
A Catholic-Indigenous Spiritual Dialogue, on Religious Experience and Creation; Toward Understanding a Text of Theology from another Culture, Through Cultural Exploration and Conversion(s)
Creators: name: Robson, Paul
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2018
Subjects: Interreligious dialogue
Contextual theology

description: The first paper discusses interreligious dialogue, and presents a dialogue between the Catholic and Indigenous traditions. The dialogue is on the topic of religious experience and creation. The second paper inquires into what Indigenous theology might look like, and presents an example of such a work of theology. There is an exploration of the question of how someone from one culture might understand such a text, written by someone of another culture.
In search of best practices for pricing and reimbursement of telemedicine services: A systematic review
Creators: name: Commeh, Mary
name: Agyei-Baffour, Peter
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: ehealth
subject: health care
subject: mhealth
subject: Pricing
subject: pricing strategies
subject: reimbursement mechanisms
subject: Telemedicine

description: Telemedicine is the practice of caring for patients remotely with the support of technology. The World Health Organization (WHO) has emphasized that the use and scale of digital solutions “can revolutionize how people worldwide achieve higher standards of health, and access services to promote and protect their health and well-being”. Even though telemedicine has been piloted on multiple occasions in different countries, adoption as part of routine service has been slow on the national scale. This situation exists despite the fact that health providers, administrators and managers acknowledge the benefits offered by telemedicine. Some studies provide insight into factors contributing to the lethargy in implementing telemedicine on a national scale. These include: human resource (technical challenges of staff, resistance to change), lack of appropriate IT logistics, limited evidence on the economic evaluation of telemedicine services and reimbursement uncertainties. To ensure successful national scale-up of telemedicine services, it is important to address the grey area of sustainable financing. This would include understanding appropriate pricing mechanisms (e.g., how telemedicine services are costed, which agencies are involved and what amounts are paid for the delivery) and available reimbursement options. This study seeks to identify and compare approaches for the pricing and reimbursement of telemedicine services between High and Low Income Countries.
Comparative Study of Nano-Slot Silicon Waveguides Covered by Dye Doped and Undoped Polymer Cladding
Creators: name: Bondarenko, Siegfried
name: Villringer, Claus
name: Steglich, Patrick
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Modeling and simulation at the nanoscale
subject: Nonlinear optics at the nanoscale
subject: Silicon photonics
subject: Silicon-on-insulator technology
subject: Slot waveguides
subject: 600

description: Nonlinear optical dyes doped in optical polymer matrices are widely used for electro-optical devices. Linear optical properties change with dye concentration, which leads to a change in modal properties, especially in nano-structured integrated waveguides such as silicon slot-waveguides. Here, we investigate the influence of a nonlinear optical dye on the performance of a silicon-organic hybrid slot-waveguide. A simulation study of the modal and optical confinement properties is carried out and dependence of the structural parameters of the slot-waveguide and the organic cladding material is taken into account. As cladding material, a guest-host polymer system is employed comprising the nonlinear optical dye Disperse Red 1 (DR1) doped in a poly[methyl methacrylate] (PMMA) matrix. The refractive indices of doped and undoped PMMA were deduced from ellipsometric data. We present a guideline for an optimized slot-waveguide design for the fabrication in silicon-on-insulator technology giving rise to scalable, high-performance integrated electro-optical modulators.
Secure Personal Content Networking over Untrusted Devices
Creators: name: Lee, Uichin
name: Joy, Joshua
name: Noh, Youngtae
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Securely sharing and managing personal content is a challenging task in multi-device environments. In this paper, we design and implement a new platform called Personal Content Networking (PCN). Our work is inspired by Content-Centric Networking (CCN) because we aim to enable access to personal content using its name instead of its location. The unique challenge of PCN is to support secure file operations such as replication, updates, and access control over distributed untrusted devices. The primary contribution of this work is the design and implementation of a secure content management platform that supports secure updates, replications, and fine-grained content-centric access control of files. Furthermore, we demonstrate its feasibility through a prototype implementation on the CCNx skeleton.
The Effect of Toroidal Magnetic Fields on Solar Oscillation Frequencies
Creators: name: Kiefer, René
name: Roth, Markus
Publisher: name: London : Institute of Physics Publ.
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: asteroseismology
subject: dynamo
subject: methods: analytical
subject: methods: numerical
subject: Sun: helioseismology
subject: Sun: magnetic fields
subject: 520

description: Solar oscillation frequencies change with the level of magnetic activity. Localizing subsurface magnetic field concentrations in the Sun with helioseismology will help us to understand the solar dynamo. Because the magnetic fields are not considered in standard solar models, adding them to the basic equations of stellar structure changes the eigenfunctions and eigenfrequencies. We use quasi-degenerate perturbation theory to calculate the effect of toroidal magnetic fields on solar oscillation mean multiplet frequencies for six field configurations. In our calculations, we consider both the direct effect of the magnetic field, which describes the coupling of modes, and the indirect effect, which accounts for changes in stellar structure due to the magnetic field. We limit our calculations to self-coupling of modes. We find that the magnetic field affects the multiplet frequencies in a way that depends on the location and the geometry of the field inside the Sun. Comparing our theoretical results with observed shifts, we find that strong tachocline fields cannot be responsible for the observed frequency shifts of p modes over the solar cycle. We also find that part of the surface effect in helioseismic oscillation frequencies might be attributed to magnetic fields in the outer layers of the Sun. The theory presented here is also applicable to models of solar-like stars and their oscillation frequencies.
title: Port Blakely Habitat Conservation Plan for the John Franklin Eddy Forestlands
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7(a)(2) Biological Opinion and Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Essential Fish Habitat Response for the Issuance of a Section 10 Incidental Take Permit for the Port Blakely Habitat Conservation Plan for the John Franklin Eddy Forestlands
Creators: name: United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. West Coast Region
Publisher: name: United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. West Coast Region
Year: 2023

description: WCRO-2022-01763
Analysis of Secondary Stakeholder Education about Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Efforts in Gaston County, NC
Creators: name: Keefe, Elyse
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: This study aims to evaluate the changes in knowledge, attitude, and beliefs about adolescent pregnancy in Gaston County among secondary stakeholders for the Gaston Youth Connected (GYC) community-wide teen pregnancy prevention project. We used both qualitative and quantitative methods, which included 24 qualitative interviews and responses to closed-ended questions about teen pregnancy and GYC approaches. Findings indicate that community presentations were effective in informing community leaders, building community buy-in, and empowering advocates to prevent adolescent pregnancy in Gaston County.
title: NSF Funded Marine Geophysical Research of the Blake Plateau, Northwest Atlantic Ocean
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: National Marine Fisheries Service Endangered Species Act Section 7 Biological Opinion Biological Opinion on the National Science Foundation’s High-Energy Marine Geophysical Survey by the Research Vessel Marcus G. Langseth of the Carolina Trough and Blake Plateau in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean and National Marine Fisheries Service Permits and Conservation Division’s Issuance of an Incidental Harassment Authorization Pursuant to Section 101(a)(5)(D) of the Marine Mammal Protection Act
Creators: name: United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Office of Protected Resources
Publisher: name: United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. Office of Protected Resources
Year: 2023

description: OPR-2022-02949
Human papillomavirus Genotype Distribution and Co-infection with Sexually Transmitted Pathogens in Reproductive age Women in Urban Gambia
Creators: name: Bah, Haddy
Publisher: name: University of Westminster
Year: 2018

description: Cervical cancer is the second most common female cancer in The Gambia, and there have been few studies carried out on the causative agent, human papillomavirus (HPV) in this country. The Gambia introduced the quadrivalent HPV vaccine for girls between the ages of 9-13 years in the urban area in 2014; nationwide immunization will take place in 2019. This study determined the common circulating oncogenic HPV types in the urban region where most cervical cancer cases were reported. Two hundred and thirty-two women between 20 – 49 years of age from the urban region who attended a polyclinic were recruited for this work. Endocervical and high vaginal swabs were collected, and a socio-demographic questionnaire was administered to capture potential risk characteristics associated with HPV. Nucleic acid amplification techniques and DNA sequencing were carried out to determine the HPV genotype using PGMY09/11 consensus primers. Phylogenetic analysis was carried out on the Gambian HPV sequences to further confirm the identification of The Gambian HPV genotypes and its relatedness to sequences of the same types from other geographical locations. Microbiological and nucleic acid amplification analyses were used to determine the prevalence of other sexually transmitted pathogens in the participants. Blood samples, endocervical swab, and Pap smear were collected from HIV positive participants and these participants were followed up and re-examined every nine months for 24 months, to determine the persistence of cervical HPV infection, HPV antibodies, and cytological cervical changes. Pseudo-typed neutralisation assays were performed to characterise high-risk HPV antibodies in HIV positive women. Among the sample population studied, HPV prevalence was found to be 12% (28/232). HPV 52 was the most prevalent (17.9%) genotype detected in cervical samples. The Gambian high-risk HPV genotypes, except for a novel putative HPV 35 genotype, were 98 -100% identical to those submitted in the GenBank database. Prolonged (> 5 years) use of hormone contraceptive was the only variable found to associate statistically with HPV infection. Fifty percent (14/28) of participants infected with HPV were co-infected with Ureaplasma urealyticum/parvum and 25% (7/28) with HIV. HPV sero-prevalence was found to be 51.7% (15/29) in HIV positive participants. HIV positive women had been exposed to multiple HPV types and HPV 52 antibody was more prevalent 24% (7/29). Other high-risk HPV genotypes were found to cause high-grade cervical lesions and cancer in HIV positive women. Future studies to investigate oncogenic HPV genotypes in cervical cancer specimens will be useful in providing evidence for policies and future evaluation of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine in The Gambia.
A Review on Passive and Integrated Near-Field Microwave Biosensors
Creators: name: Guha, Subhajit
name: Jamal, Farabi Ibne
name: Wenger, Christian
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biosensor
subject: CMOS biosensor
subject: Dielectric sensor
subject: Dielectric spectroscopy
subject: High frequency biosensor
subject: Microwave biosensor
subject: Semiconductor
subject: 570

description: In this paper we review the advancement of passive and integrated microwave biosensors. The interaction of microwave with biological material is discussed in this paper. Passive microwave biosensors are microwave structures, which are fabricated on a substrate and are used for sensing biological materials. On the other hand, integrated biosensors are microwave structures fabricated in standard semiconductor technology platform (CMOS or BiCMOS). The CMOS or BiCMOS sensor technology offers a more compact sensing approach which has the potential in the future for point of care testing systems. Various applications of the passive and the integrated sensors have been discussed in this review paper.
Linking age, survival and transit time distributions
Creators: name: Calabrese, Salvatore
name: Porporato, Amilcare
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Although the concepts of age, survival and transit time have been widely used in many fields, including population dynamics, chemical engineering, and hydrology, a comprehensive mathematical framework is still missing. Here we discuss several relationships among these quantities by starting from the evolution equation for the joint distribution of age and survival, from which the equations for age and survival time readily follow. It also becomes apparent how the statistical dependence between age and survival is directly related to either the age-dependence of the loss function or the survival-time dependence of the input function. The solution of the joint distribution equation also allows us to obtain the relationships between the age at exit (or death) and the survival time at input (or birth), as well as to stress the symmetries of the various distributions under time reversal. The transit time is then obtained as a sum of the age and survival time, and its properties are discussed along with the general relationships between their mean values. The special case of steady state case is analyzed in detail. Some examples, inspired by hydrologic applications, are presented to illustrate the theory with the specific results.
description: 12 pages, 10 figures
title: 2023-2027 Temporary Barriers Project
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: Endangered Species Act Section 7(a)(2) Biological Opinion and Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Essential Fish Habitat Response for the South Delta Temporary Barriers Project
Creators: name: United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. West Coast Region
Publisher: name: United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. West Coast Region
Year: 2023

description: WCRO-2022-02869
title: The Multi-Epoch Least-Squares Adjustment Problem: Models Relating Estimable Parameters at a Single Epoch to Geodetic Observations, Stochastic Constraints and Fixed Constraints at Multiple Epochs Volume I: The Projection Method
Creators: name: Smith, Dru
Publisher: name: National Geodetic Survey (U.S.)
Year: 2023

description: NOAA technical report NOS NGS ; 79
Effects of structural distortion on electronic and optical properties of defect CdGa_2X_4 (X = S, Se, Te) Chalcopyrite Semiconductor
Creators: name: Mishra, Surabala
name: Ganguli, Biplab
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We observe significant effects of structural distortion on electronic and optical properties of CdGa_2X_4 (X = S, Se, Te) defect chalcopyrite. The calculation is carried out within Density functional theory based tight binding linear muffin tin orbital (TB-LMTO) method. Structural parameters and band gap of CdGa_2X_4 agree well with the available experimental values within LDA limit. Change in band gap due to structural distortion is 3.63%, 4.0%, and 8.8% respectively. We observe significant change in optical properties also due to this effect. Effects on optical properties come mainly from optical matrix elements. Our results of these response functions agree well with the available experimental values.
description: 32 pages with 7 figures
Fellow environmentalists are we barking up the wrong tree?
Creators: name: Alexander, Don
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Green movement
subject: Environmentalism
subject: Social change

description: In her book her book, Environmentalism and Political Theory, Robyn Eckersley makes a distinction between "survivalist" and "emancipatory" branches of Green political thought, and suggests that each has a different assessment of human nature. The emancipatory wing, which I have operated in for the last dozen years, has accepted three major premises. These are that people are alienated by the present system and an ecological revolution would liberate them along with the Earth; that a radical and dramatic change in consciousness and culture is possible and is the leading edge of social change; and that a society comprised of decentralized and self-reliant communities is ethically and socially desirable. However, what if these assumptions are wrong, or at least partially so? Might that require a radical rethinking of our strategies? Let's take a minute to look at each assumption in turn.
description: This article was originally published as: Alexander, D. (1995). Fellow environmentalists are we barking up the wrong tree? New City Magazine, 16(1), 53-56. New City Magazine, previously known as City Magazine, was a Canadian periodical dealing with housing and urban planning topics. The magazine ceased publication in Summer 1997.
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5467/Alexander.NCM.16.1.pdf?sequence=3
Prolonged Corrosion Stability of a Microchip Sensor Implant during In Vivo Exposure
Creators: name: Glogener, Paul
name: Krause, Michael
name: Katzer, Jens
name: Schubert, Markus A.
name: Birkholz, Mario
name: Bellmann, Olaf
name: Kröger-Koch, Claudia
name: Hammon, Harald M.
name: Metges, Cornelia C.
name: Welsch, Christine
name: Ruff, Roman
name: Hoffmann, Klaus P.
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biostability
subject: CMOS
subject: Implant
subject: MEMS
subject: Semipermeable membrane
subject: 570

description: A microelectronic biosensor was subjected to in vivo exposure by implanting it in the vicinity of m. trapezii (Trapezius muscle) from cattle. The implant is intended for the continuous monitoring of glucose levels, and the study aimed at evaluating the biostability of exposed semiconductor surfaces. The sensor chip was a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) prepared using 0.25 µm complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor CMOS/BiCMOS technology. Sensing is based on the principle of affinity viscometry with a sensoric assay, which is separated by a semipermeable membrane from the tissue. Outer dimensions of the otherwise hermetically sealed biosensor system were 39 × 49 × 16 mm. The test system was implanted into cattle in a subcutaneous position without running it. After 17 months, the device was explanted and analyzed by comparing it with unexposed chips and systems. Investigations focused on the MEMS chip using SEM, TEM, and elemental analysis by EDX mapping. The sensor chip turned out to be uncorroded and no diminishing of the topmost passivation layer could be determined, which contrasts remarkably with previous results on CMOS biosensors. The negligible corrosive attack is understood to be a side effect of the semipermeable membrane separating the assay from the tissue. It is concluded that the separation has enabled a prolonged biostability of the chip, which will be of relevance for biosensor implants in general.
title: The Multi-Epoch Least-Squares Adjustment Problem: Models Relating Estimable Parameters at a Single Epoch to Geodetic Observations, Stochastic Constraints and Fixed Constraints at Multiple Epochs Volume II: The Direct Method
Creators: name: Smith, Dru
Publisher: name: National Geodetic Survey (U.S.)
Year: 2023

description: NOAA technical report NOS NGS ; 80
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Relating to Breastfeeding within the UNC-Chapel Hill Campus
Creators: name: Starling, Alison
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2012

description: OBJECTIVE: To better understand faculty, staff and student knowledge, attitudes and practices related to breastfeeding at the University of North Carolina- Chapel Hill. METHODS: An e-survey was developed, reviewed by a panel of stakeholders, sent out to campus-wide mailing lists on two occasions, and analyzed using Qualtrics software. RESULTS: The majority of the UNC community has positive attitudes towards breastfeeding and maternal support, and state that it contributes to bettering UNC’s image. However, women who express their milk on campus report lack of support, including for the time needed: an average of twice a day for 15-30 minutes. CONCLUSION: The UNC community needs to be better informed about policies that exist concerning breastfeeding, should ensure that supervisors understand these policies, and needs to improve the lactation rooms.
Design and Fabrication of a BiCMOS Dielectric Sensor for Viscosity Measurements: A Possible Solution for Early Detection of COPD
Creators: name: Soltani Zarrin, Pouya
name: Jamal, Farabi Ibne
name: Guha, Subhajit
name: Wessel, Jan
name: Kissinger, Dietmar
name: Wenger, Christian
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biosensors
subject: CMOS viscosity sensor
subject: Dielectric measurements
subject: Precision diagnostics
subject: Radio frequency sensor
subject: Sputum–Mucin
subject: Viscometer
subject: 570

description: The viscosity variation of sputum is a common symptom of the progression of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Since the hydration of the sputum defines its viscosity level, dielectric sensors could be used for the characterization of sputum samples collected from patients for early diagnosis of COPD. In this work, a CMOS-based dielectric sensor for the real-time monitoring of sputum viscosity was designed and fabricated. A proper packaging for the ESD-protection and short-circuit prevention of the sensor was developed. The performance evaluation results show that the radio frequency sensor is capable of measuring dielectric constant of biofluids with an accuracy of 4.17%. Integration of this sensor into a portable system will result in a hand-held device capable of measuring viscosity of sputum samples of COPD-patients for diagnostic purposes.
title: Assessment of Incidental Interactions with False Killer Whales inside the Hawaiʻi Pelagic False Killer Whale Management Area in the Hawaiʻi Longline Deep- and Shallow-set Fisheries from 2017 through 2021
Creators: name: McCracken, Marti
Publisher: name: Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (U.S.).
Year: 2023

description: PIFSC data report ; DR-23-10
Attitudes towards refugee claimants (Study 2)
Creators: name: Palma, Paolo
name: Zhao, Angela
name: Esses, Victoria
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: This is the project page for the "Attitudes toward refugee claimants" project initiated by Yikun (Angela) Zhao (independent project student), Paolo Palma (graduate student advisor), and Dr. Victoria Esses (faculty advisor). The "Pre-registration" document contains our hypotheses, study design, and analytic strategy. The survey can be found in Appendix A and the articles can be found in Appendix B of the same document. Consent and debriefing documents can be found on Appendix C and D.
Contribution of Velocity Vortices and Fast Shock Reflection and Refraction to the Formation of EUV Waves in Solar Eruptions
Creators: name: Wang, Hongjuan
name: Liu, Siqing
name: Gong, Jiancun
name: Wu, Ning
name: Lin, Jun
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We numerically study the detailed evolutionary features of the wave-like disturbance and its propagation in the eruption. This work is a follow-up to Wang et al., using significantly upgraded new simulations. We focus on the contribution of the velocity vortices and the fast shock reflection and refraction in the solar corona to the formation of the EUV waves. Following the loss of equilibrium in the coronal magnetic structure, the flux rope exhibits rapid motions and invokes the fast-mode shock forward of the rope, which then produces the type II radio burst. The expansion of the fast shock, which is associated with outward motion, takes place in various directions, and the downward expansion shows the reflection and the refraction as a result of the non-uniform background plasma. The reflected component of the fast shock propagates upward and the refracted component propagates downward. As the refracted component reaches the boundary surface, a weak echo is excited. The Moreton wave is invoked as the fast shock touches the bottom boundary, so the Moreton wave lags the type II burst. A secondary echo occurs in the area where reflection of the fast shock encounters the slow-mode shock, and the nearby magnetic field lines are further distorted because of the interaction between the secondary echo and the velocity vortices. Our results indicate that the EUV wave may arise from various processes that are revealed in the new simulations.
description: 11 pages, 16 figures, to appear in ApJ
The unified protocol and changes in functioning, quality of life, and session-to-session measures of depression and anxiety among japanese patients with depressive and/or anxiety disorders
Creators: name: Sugita, So
name: Kato, Noriko
name: Fujisato, Hiroko
name: nakajima, shun
name: Hamamura, Toshitaka
name: Kaneko, Kyosuke
name: Komazawa, Asami
name: Ito, Masaya
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Anxiety
subject: Depression
subject: Unified Protocol

description: Unified Protocol (UP) for Transdiagnostic Treatment of Emotional Disorders (Barlow et al. 2018a, 2018b) is a recently developed intervention for a range of common mental disorders. Although the growing literature already includes substantial evidence supporting its effects on psychiatric symptoms such as depression and anxiety, research exploring its effects on functionality, quality of life, and detailed session-to-session measures of the symptoms is limited. This study seeks to examine changes in these important measures through this treatment. Barlow DH, Farchione TJ, Sauer-Zavala S, Murray Latin H, Ellard KK, Bullis JR, … Cassiello-Robbins C (2018a). Unified protocol for the transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders: Therapist guide (2nd edn). New York, NY: Oxford University Press Barlow DH, Sauer-Zavala S, Farchione TJ, Murray Latin H, Ellard KK, Bullis JR, … Cassiello-Robbins C (2018b). Unified protocol for the transdiagnostic treatment of emotional disorders: Patient workbook (2nd edn). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
First results of a large-area cryogenic gaseous photomultiplier coupled to a dual-phase liquid xenon TPC
Creators: name: Arazi, L.
name: Coimbra, A. E. C.
name: Erdal, E.
name: Israelashvili, I.
name: Rappaport, M. L.
name: Shchemelinin, S.
name: Vartsky, D.
name: Santos, J. M. F. dos
name: Breskin, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss recent advances in the development of cryogenic gaseous photomultipliers (GPM), for possible use in dark matter and other rare-event searches using noble-liquid targets. We present results from a 10 cm diameter GPM coupled to a dual-phase liquid xenon (LXe) TPC, demonstrating - for the first time - the feasibility of recording both primary ("S1") and secondary ("S2") scintillation signals. The detector comprised a triple Thick Gas Electron Multiplier (THGEM) structure with cesium iodide photocathode on the first element; it was shown to operate stably at 180 K with gains above 10^5, providing high single-photon detection efficiency even in the presence of large alpha particle-induced S2 signals comprising thousands of photoelectrons. S1 scintillation signals were recorded with a time resolution of 1.2 ns (RMS). The energy resolution (σ/E) for S2 electroluminescence of 5.5 MeV alpha particles was ~9%, which is comparable to that obtained in the XENON100 TPC with PMTs. The results are discussed within the context of potential GPM deployment in future multi-ton noble-liquid detectors.
description: Submitted to JINST
Multi-agent transport simulations and economic evaluation
Creators: name: Nagel, Kai
name: Grether, Dominik
name: Beuck, Ulrike
name: Chen, Yu
name: Rieser, Marcel
name: Axhausen, Kay W.
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: 388 Verkehr; Landverkehr
subject: 310 Sammlungen allgemeiner Statistiken
subject: 330 Wirtschaft
subject: road pricing
subject: traffic simulation
subject: transportation planning
subject: multi-agent simulation

description: Tolls are frequently discussed policies to reduce traffic in cities. However, road pricing measures are seldom implemented due to high investments and unpopularity. Transportation planning tools can support planning authorities by solving those problems if they take into account the following aspects: – Demographic attributes like income and time constraints – Time reactions to the policy – Schedule changes of population’s individuals during the whole day Our approach uses multi-agent simulations to model and simulate full daily plans. Each of our agents has a utility function that appraises the performance of a typical, microscopically simulated day. The sum of all utility changes to a policy change can be interpreted as the change in the system’s welfare thus the economic evaluation of a measure straightforward. The approach is tested with travel behavior of the Zurich metropolitan region in Switzerland. Several tolling schemes are investigated. It is shown that the simulation can be used to model travelers’ reactions to time-dependent tolls in a way most existing transportation planning tools are not able to do. It is demonstrated that route adjustment only, as is done in many traditional transport planning packages, results in no economic gains from the tolls. As time-dependent tolls are a much-debated subject in transportation politics, the ability to fully model such tolls and the reactions of travelers may help to find better toll schemes. In a world where individuals have more and more freedom to schedule their daily plans, agent-based simulations offer an intuitive way to research complex topics with lots of interdependencies.
On a Conjecture on the Representation of Positive Integers as the Sum of Three Terms of the Sequence $\left\lfloor \frac{n^2}{a} \right\rfloor$
Creators: name: Holdum, Sebastian Tim
name: Klausen, Frederik Ravn
name: Rasmussen, Peter Michael Reichstein
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11B13

description: We prove some cases of a conjecture by Farhi on the representation of every positive integer as the sum of three terms of the sequence $ \left\lfloor\frac{n^2}{a}\right\rfloor$. This is done by generalizing a method used by Farhi in his original paper.
description: 5 pages
Assessment And Remedial Measures of Road Failure A Case study Along Adama- Assela Trunk Road
Creators: name: Ashenafi Nigussie
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2020
Subjects: Asphalt Pavement, Trunk Road, Pavement Failure, CBR, Flood, Gully,

description: The construction of road asphalt pavement is increasing rapidly in the world, which in
 turn in our country Ethiopia. Not only constructing the road, but also each city in the
 world has been constantly repairing road infrastructure due to different types of
 deteriorations. Asphalt concrete pavement roads are always subjected to different failures
 without giving the intend services for the traffic flow. Ethiopia has been experiencing a
 continuous growth and change. Due to this there is high increase in traffic volume and
 demand. As a result most of asphalt pavement subjected to different defects.
 This research work investigates types of failure, reasons that cause failures and suggest
 suitable remedial options for Trunk Road running from Adama to Assela. To achieve
 these objective 13 sampling areas were selected and pits were excavated to a maximum
 depth of three meters. Disturbed and undisturbed samples were collected. Field and
 laboratory investigations have been conducted. Laboratory tests including gradation,
 Atterbeg limit testes, compaction, CBR tests; direct shear were conducted.
 Laboratory test results revealed that 62% of the subgrade soils of the alignment road
 indicate Silt soil. The remaining 38% indicate soil group which are low in plasticity but
 fine and LL>32%, maximum dry density range from 1.51to 1.63g/cm3, optimum
 moisture content ranges from 11.4 to 17.4, soaked California Bearing Ratio of 4.6 and
 %swell of 2.97 and direct shear implying that Angel of internal friction ranges 11 to 12
 and apparent cohesion of 3 to 4 this indicates that the samples are uniform silty-clay soil
 and susceptible to water erosion. During heavy rainfall flood result and such flood erodes
 the unconsolidated collapsible soil and saturate the sub- grade materials. Hence, the
 research reviled that the failure was formed following heavy rain fall and in that the
 existing cross drainage structure was unable to accommodate the flood. Due to this the
 flood moved parallel to the road eroding the soil and thereby creating gully.
title: The 2021 U.S. West Coast Bottom Trawl Survey of Groundfish Resources off Washington, Oregon, and California: Estimates of Distribution, Abundance, and Length Composition
Creators: name: Keller, Aimee A.
Publisher: name: Northwest Fisheries Science Center (U.S.). Fishery Resource Analysis and Monitoring Division
Year: 2023

description: NOAA technical memorandum NMFS-NWFSC ; 183
Improving intermolecular interactions in DFTB3 using extended polarization from chemical-potential equalization
Creators: name: Christensen, Anders S.
name: Elstner, Marcus
name: Cui, Qiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Semi-empirical quantum mechanical methods traditionally expand the electron density in a minimal, valence-only electron basis set. The minimal-basis approximation causes molecular polarization to be underestimated, and hence intermolecular interaction energies are also underestimated, especially for intermolecular interactions involving charged species. In this work, the third-order self-consistent charge density functional tight-binding method (DFTB3) is augmented with an auxiliary response density using the chemical-potential equalization (CPE) method and an empirical dispersion correction (D3). The parameters in the CPE and D3 models are fitted to high-level CCSD(T) reference interaction energies for a broad range of chemical species, as well as dipole moments calculated at the DFT level; the impact of including polarizabilities of molecules in the parameterization is also considered. Parameters for the elements H, C, N, O and S are presented. The RMSD interaction energy is improved from 6.07 kcal/mol to 1.49 kcal/mol for interactions with one charged specie, whereas the RMSD is improved from 5.60 kcal/mol to 1.73 for a set of 9 salt bridges, compared to uncorrected DFTB3. For large water clusters and complexes that are dominated by dispersion interactions, the already satisfactory performance of the DFTB3-D3 model is retained; polarizabilities of neutral molecules are also notably improved. Overall, the CPE extension of DFTB3-D3 provides a more balanced description of different types of non-covalent interactions than NDDO type of semi-empirical methods (e.g., PM6-D3H4) and PBE-D3 with modest basis sets.