cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Entwicklung der interkulturellen Kompetenz im Unterricht Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Eine empirische Untersuchung zum interkulturell orientierten Kompetenzprofil der DaF-Lehrkräfte
Creators: name: Petravić, Ana
name: Šenjug Golub, Ana
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Die interkulturelle kommunikative Kompetenz als Globalziel des Fremdsprachenunterrichts setzt ein Fremdsprachenlehrerprofil voraus, das der Integration der Sprachvermittlung und der Entwicklung der interkulturellen Kompetenz der Lernenden Rechnung trägt. Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit dieser Problematik auf zwei Ebenen. Zunächst wird der Abriss eines Kompetenzprofils der interkulturell kompetenten Fremdsprachenlehrkraft skizziert. Anschließend werden vor diesem Hintergrund ausgewählte Ergebnisse einer empirischen Studie zur Selbstwahrnehmung der DaF-Lehrkräfte in Bezug auf die Entwicklung der interkulturellen Kompetenz im Fremdsprachenunterricht in Kroatien präsentiert. Diese zeigen, dass einer prinzipiell positiven Grundeinstellung der DaF-Lehrkräfte zur Integration der interkulturellen Kompetenz in den Fremdsprachenunterricht Defizite in den Bereichen Vertrautheit mit unterschiedlichen Aspekten der deutschsprachigen Kulturen und Anwendung von Verfahren zur Entwicklung der interkulturellen Kompetenz im DaF-Unterricht gegenüberstehen. Hieraus ergeben sich Folgerungen für die DaFLehrerbildung und -fortbildung.
Additional file 4 of Differentiation of acute and chronic vertebral compression fractures using conventional CT based on deep transfer learning features and hand-crafted radiomics features
Creators: name: Zhang, Jun
name: Liu, Jiayi
name: Liang, Zhipeng
name: Xia, Liang
name: Zhang, Weixiao
name: Xing, Yanfen
name: Zhang, Xueli
name: Tang, Guangyu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Space Science
Medicine
Cell Biology
Biotechnology
Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
Hematology

description: Additional file 4.
title: Recidivism Rates of Level Six Residential Programs for Youthful Male Sexual Offenders: 1995-1996
Creators: name: Barlow, Kevin N.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1998

description: The phenomenon of youthful sexual offending has received increased attention in recent years in the state of Utah. As a result. programs have been developed to treat the sexual offender within residential treatment centers. However. the efficacy of these programs had not been examined prior to the initiation of this project. The success of the programs has been assessed by examining recidivistic activity as measured by post-treatment criminal histories. The results of this study indicate that the sample of clients departing from treatment in Utah in the year 1995 has a recidivism rate of93.2% for sexual criminal behavior, as of December 1996. Additionally, the recidivism rate of nonsexual criminal activity demonstrated by the sample was 63.6% at the same follow-up. This study demonstrates that those subjects who are able to successfully complete treatment before their departure from the programs have lower recidivism rates. Additionally, the participation by the family both during the treatment process. specifically their involvement in collateral therapy, and after treatment. by having the youth return to the family, correlated with subjects not relapsing into recidivistic activity. This information is important for treatment planning. for legislative planning. and for the continued study or the phenomenon of youthful sexual offending.
Black hole quasinormal mode spectroscopy with LISA
Creators: name: Jadhav, Manish M.
name: Burko, Lior M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for black hole quasinormal mode sources of low-frequency gravitational waves is estimated using a Monte Carlo approach that replaces the all-sky average approximation. We consider an eleven dimensional parameter space that includes both source and detector parameters. We find that in the black-hole mass range $M\sim 4$-$7\times 10^6M_{\odot}$ the SNR is significantly higher than the SNR for the all-sky average case, as a result of the variation of the spin parameter of the sources. This increased SNR may translate to a higher event rate for the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). We also study the directional dependence of the SNR, show at which directions in the sky LISA will have greater response, and identify the LISA blind spots.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures
A Goodness-of-Fit Statistical Toolkit
Creators: name: G.A.P. Cirrone
name: S. Donadio
name: S. Guatelli
name: A. Mantero
name: B. Mascialino
name: S. Parlati
name: A. Pfeiffer
name: M.G. Pia
name: A. Ribon
name: P. Viarengo
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2004

description: Statistical methods play a significant role through out the life-cycle of physics experiments, being an essential component  of physics analysis. The present project in progress aims to developan object-oriented software Toolkit for statistical data analysis. The Toolkit contains a variety of Goodness-of-Fittests, from Chi-squared to Kolmogorov-Smirnov, to less known, but generally much more powerful tests such as Anderson-Darling, Goodman, Fisz-Cramer-vonMises, Kuiper. Thanks to the component-baseddesign and the usage of the standard abstract interfaces for data analysis, this tool can be used by other data analysis systems or integrated in experimental software frameworks. In this paper we describe the statistical details of the algorithms and the computational features of the Toolkit. With the aim of showing the consistency between the code and the mathematical features of the algorithms, we  describe the results we obtained reproducing by means of the Toolkit a couple of Goodness-of-Fittesting examples of relevance in statistics literature.
The appraisal of a mineral exploration venture in the Sandon Mining Camp, British Columbia
Creators: name: Graham, John Donald
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: An approach pioneered by M. Allais in his evaluation of the exploration potential of the Algerian Sahara has been applied to the evaluation of a very much smaller region. The region investigated is a two square mile area, termed the "exploration area", situated in the silver-lead-zinc Sandon mining camp, Slocan Mining Division, British Columbia. Although virtually unprospected because of overburden cover, the exploration area appears to be as favourable to ore deposition as the adjacent parts of the camp. In order to estimate the mineral deposit distribution in the area a count of mineral deposits in adjacent parts of the camp has been undertaken. The mineral deposits in these parts were counted from an examination of geological maps. The counted distribution may be regarded as a sample of the deposit distribution in the Sandon camp, including the exploration area. The true distribution in the camp may be assumed with a high degree of probability to lie within the 95 per cent confidence interval of a Poisson distribution representing the sample distribution. The observed distribution and the upper and lower confidence limits define three estimates of the number of deposits existing in the exploration area. These estimates may therefore be said to represent three approximations of the situation in the exploration area. These approximations have "been termed the mean, low and high models, respectively. Value of the mines likely to exist has been obtained from a study of the frequency distribution of 14 Slocan mines. The gross value of recoverable metal content (referred to as gross value) for the median mine in this distribution was taken to represent the most probable gross value of a discovered mine. Resultant discovery probability for the mines, important prospects, prospects, and showings postulated to exist in the exploration area has been estimated at 0.45, 0.45> 0.35 and 0.3 > respectively. The effect of variations in these estimates has been investigated. The cost of exploration has been calculated for each model, envisioning a program to explore the area in stages. Costs are largely a function of the number of deposits existing, uncovered and examined. The merits of the exploration venture have been measured for each model by comparing exploration costs with the expectation (present value of all mines in a model multiplied by the probability of finding them). Using the assumed value of both mines and resultant discovery probability, the venture appeared marginal when measured against a minimum acceptable return of 150 per cent. Comparison of cost vs. expectation using lower estimates of these two parameters indicated that the venture is not economic. However, considering the essentially marginal nature of the venture a $6,500 expenditure to gather more detailed information for a revaluation is warranted. Thus Allais's approach to evaluation has been found to give a realistic and useful quantitative appraisal of the exploration area.
title: Interkulturelles Lernen während eines kurzzeitigen, studienbegleitenden Fremdsprachenprogramms. Erfahrungen australischer Studierender in Deutschland
Creators: name: Blood, Rosalind
name: Ludewig, Alexandra
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Studienaufenthalte im Ausland werden im Zuge der Internationalisierung des Hochschulsystems von vielen australischen Universitäten gefördert. In dieser Studie werden die Wahrnehmungen von Austauschstudierenden untersucht, die sie während ihres kurzzeitigen Studienaufenthalts über die deutsche Sprache sowie über Umgangsformen, Sitten und Gebräuche im Gastland machen. Ziel der Studie ist eine Identifizierung von Faktoren, die interkulturelles Lernen erleichtern und deshalb von TutorInnen und Lehrenden bei der Vorbereitung auf ein Auslandsstudium berücksichtigt werden sollten. Zu diesem Zweck wurden mit zehn Studierenden, die an einem sechswöchigen Austauschprogramm in Stuttgart teilgenommen hatten, semistrukturierte Interviews durchgeführt. Die Daten wurden mit der Methode der qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse untersucht, wobei deduktiv nach dem Modell der Entwicklung interkultureller Sensibilität von Bennett (1986) vorgegangen wurde. Die Ergebnisse unserer Studie weisen darauf hin, dass die Studierenden nur unzureichend in der Lage waren, interkulturelle Situationen zu reflektieren. Dies scheint mit der sprachlichen Kompetenz in der Fremdsprache (L2) und ihren bisherigen Erfahrungen auf Auslandsreisen zusammenzuhängen. Analysen des Mobilitätskapitals (Murphy-Lejeune 2003) könnten helfen, die Studierenden vor, während und nach dem Studienaufenthalt besser zu unterstützen.
title: Erwerb interkultureller Kompetenz in Kurzzeitauslandsprogrammen
Creators: name: Peckenpaugh, Kacy
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Das Ziel vorliegender Studie ist, den Nutzen eines kurzzeitigen, tutoriell begleiteten Auslandsprogramms für den Erwerb interkultureller Kompetenzen zu untersuchen. Dazu wurde eine Fallstudie durchgeführt: Zwei bilinguale, bikulturelle junge Frauen wurden während und nach ihrem einmonatigen Auslandsstudienprogramm, das von einer US-amerikanischen Universität in Leipzig organisiert wurde, interviewt. Die Interviews und die Kursarbeiten der Probandinnen in Form von Online-Blogeinträgen wurden mittels qualitativer Inhaltsanalyse untersucht. Die Daten wurden ausgehend von Byrams (1997) fünf savoirs und 29 Ziele (objectives) interkultureller Kompetenz deduktiv kodiert. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die Studierenden während des Austauschs vielseitige interkulturelle Kompetenzen erwarben.
Ganga: a tool for computational-task management and easy access to Grid resources
Creators: name: Mościcki, J. T.
name: Brochu, F.
name: Ebke, J.
name: Egede, U.
name: Elmsheuser, J.
name: Harrison, K.
name: Jones, R. W. L.
name: Lee, H. C.
name: Liko, D.
name: Maier, A.
name: Muraru, A.
name: Patrick, G. N.
name: Pajchel, K.
name: Reece, W.
name: Samset, B. H.
name: Slater, M. W.
name: Soroko, A.
name: Tan, C. L.
name: Vanderster, D. C.
name: Williams, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: C.2.4; H.3.4; J.2; J.3

description: In this paper, we present the computational task-management tool Ganga, which allows for the specification, submission, bookkeeping and post-processing of computational tasks on a wide set of distributed resources. Ganga has been developed to solve a problem increasingly common in scientific projects, which is that researchers must regularly switch between different processing systems, each with its own command set, to complete their computational tasks. Ganga provides a homogeneous environment for processing data on heterogeneous resources. We give examples from High Energy Physics, demonstrating how an analysis can be developed on a local system and then transparently moved to a Grid system for processing of all available data. Ganga has an API that can be used via an interactive interface, in scripts, or through a GUI. Specific knowledge about types of tasks or computational resources is provided at run-time through a plugin system, making new developments easy to integrate. We give an overview of the Ganga architecture, give examples of current use, and demonstrate how Ganga can be used in many different areas of science.
description: Extended and clarified information on the Grid computing context for Ganga, supported job model etc. Additional minor corrections and clarifications. Updated the author list as agreed with the Ganga team
title: An Exploratory Study of the Termination Process in Marriage and Family Therapy
Creators: name: Childers, Jennifer H.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1998

description: The purpose of this study was to explore and better understand termination in the field of marriage and family therapy, as well as to generate a working model of termination. Data were obtained from a total of 40 marriage and family therapists (MFTs) licensed in the state of Utah. Two research questions were posed about termination and how client type and treatment progress may influence the termination process: (1) Given that MFTs see individuals, couples, and families, are there differences and similarities across client types in regard to how therapy is terminated?; and (2) Does termination differ in regard to treatment progress (i.e., clients have been completely or partially successful in meeting the specified treatment objectives)?
Data examined from these therapists suggested that marriage and family therapists terminate individuals, couples, and families in a similar, but not sequential, manner using six main steps: (1) plan for future problems, (2) review goals, (3) summarize treatment, (4) orientation to termination, (5) review skills and resources, and (6) empower clients. This model was compared to and analyzed against a four-step model conceptualized by Epstein and Bishop. The results not only produced a similar termination model to that of Epstein and Bishop, but added greater depth and clarification to the steps outlined in the model. The data also supported the idea that treatment progress may influence termination for couples and families, but did not support it for termination with individuals.
Cómo se percibe la Inteligencia Artificial en la educación tras el lanzamiento de ChatGPT
Creators: name: García-Peñalvo, F. J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Inteligencia Artificial
Inteligencia Artificial Generativa
ChatGPT
Educación

description: Participación en el Foro Internacional “La Inteligencia Artificial y la Docencia Científica”, que organiza el Centro de Investigaciones Económicas, Administrativas y Sociales del Instituto Politécnico Nacional en coparticipación con el Instituto de Estudios Superiores de México “Rosario Castellanos” el 24 de mayo de 2023. El objetivo de la conferencia y posterior debate es presentar cómo está afectando el fenómeno ChatGPT y, por tanto, las aplicaciones de inteligencia artificial generativa en el ámbito educativo. Muchos de los problemas y peligros que se detectan en el contexto educativo no surgen por la aparición de ChatGPT u otras aplicaciones similares. Ya existían, ya se han tratado desde muchas perspectivas y seguían sin solucionarse. No obstante, el potencial de estas tecnologías y el efecto de su penetración acelerada están magnificando más que nunca algunos de ellos. Conocer el potencial y los límites de esta tecnología debe servir, ante la tentación de prohibir su uso en contextos educativos, para imponer el planteamiento de entender qué pueden aportar estas herramientas a los procesos de enseñanza/aprendizaje, como el análisis crítico, la comparativa de fuentes o la selección y formulación de las preguntas adecuadas. El proceso de interacción con las herramientas tiene un valor educativo en sí mismo. La calidad de las preguntas (prompts) y el diálogo que se origina influye en la calidad del contenido generado. Esto debe dar pistas al profesorado: el proceso es tanto o más importante que el resultado final.
Additional file 10 of Helicobacter pylori-induced aberrant demethylation and expression of GNB4 promotes gastric carcinogenesis via the Hippo–YAP1 pathway
Creators: name: Liu, Duanrui
name: Liu, Yunyun
name: Zhu, Wenshuai
name: Lu, Yi
name: Zhu, Jingyu
name: Ma, Xiaoli
name: Xing, Yuanxin
name: Yuan, Mingjie
name: Ning, Bin
name: Wang, Yunshan
name: Jia, Yanfei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 10: Fig. S9. Uncropped western blots related to results.
title: The Socialization of Home-Schooled Children in Rural Utah
Creators: name: Mecham, Neil A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2004

description: Concern over the social development of children who are home schooled has caused parents and educators to question the wisdom of this practice. A review of home-schooling research has not revealed whether a difference exists between the social skills of homeschooled children and children who attend public schools. This study explored the socialization of home-schooled children by comparing Social Skills Rating System scores of home-schooled children with the scores of their mothers and a comparison sample of publicly-schooled children. Forty-six home-schooled children (23 boys and 23 girls), their mothers, and 39 publicly-schooled children (16 boys and 23 girls) participated in the study. Children and their mothers were asked to report the frequency of social behaviors engaged in by the child. Publicly-schooled girls reported engaging in more positive social behaviors than did home-schooled girls. No differences were found between publicly-schooled and home-schooled boys' scores. Mothers of home-schooled children reported their children's behaviors as more assertive than did their children, while children reported their behaviors as more cooperative than did their mothers.
Home-schooling mothers' and their children's perceptions of socialization were also explored by interviewing I 0 mother-child dyads. Results of qualitative analyses revealed that acceptance of, and the ability to communicate well with individuals of varying ages rather than association with same-aged peers was a key concept in the home-schooling perception of socialization. Home-schooling families believed that their perceptions of socialization were different from non-home-schooling families, who, they believed, focused more on same-age peer interaction. Findings also revealed that the family was seen as the primary socializing agent by home-schooling families. However, they were aware of, and tried to include, other positive socializing agents that could influence their children's social development.
Signatures of Relativistic Helical Motion in the Rotation Measures of AGN Jets
Creators: name: Broderick, Avery E
name: Loeb, Abraham
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Polarization has proved an invaluable tool for probing magnetic fields in relativistic jets. Maps of the intrinsic polarization vectors have provided the best evidence to date for uniform, toroidally dominated magnetic fields within jets. More recently, maps of the rotation measure (RM) in jets have for the first time probed the field geometry of the cool, moderately relativistic surrounding material. In most cases, clear signatures of toroidal magnetic field are detected, corresponding to gradients in RM profiles transverse to the jet. However, in many objects these profiles also display marked asymmetries which are difficult to explain in simple helical jet models. Furthermore, in some cases the RM profiles are strongly frequency and/or time dependent. Here we show that these features may be naturally accounted for by including relativistic helical motion in the jet model. In particular, we are able to reproduce bent RM profiles observed in a variety of jets, frequency dependent RM profile morphologies and even the time dependence of the RM profiles of knots in 3C 273. Finally, we predict that some sources may show reversals in their RM profiles at sufficiently high frequencies, depending upon the the ratio of the components of jet sheath velocity transverse and parallel to the jet. Thus, multi-frequency RM maps promise a novel way in which to probe the velocity structure of relativistic outflows.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, submitted to ApJL
Literacy, book publishing and civil society
Creators: name: Crowl, Linda
Publisher: name: Canberra, ACT: State, Society and Governance in Melanesia (SSGM) Program, The Australian National University
Year: 2002
Subjects: literacy
Pacific Islands
publishing
religious infighting
NGO
non government organisation
civil society
national curricula

description: [Introduction]:Despite batteries of tests given at intervals during schooling years, literacy rates among Pacific Islands populations are low, particularly in Melanesia. Low literacy rates are markers not only of inability to read but also of a lack of communication flows. Remedies are scattered and piecemeal at best, dramatically affecting book publishing, an under-rated area of importance for civil society. I use the term civil society here in three senses: • contractually, as in the rights of citizens within states; • representatively, as in peoples' participation in non-governmental activities (both formal associations and non-formal communities) to supplement or to balance states' actions; and • morally, as in the ability of people to discuss their differences (including digitally, electronically, in print and writing), rather than resorting to violence, to settle them. Some coordination exists among different sectors of the book chain -- writers, publishers, booksellers, librarians, teachers, readers -- but the scope for improvement is great. Although some publishers cooperate, by and large, they operate independently if not competitively -- be they governmental agencies, churches and other non-governmental organizations (NGOs), individuals, or groups. Local, national, regional, and international attempts to address information needs through book publishing are often shortsighted and contradictory. The politics and economics of publishing are such that Oceanic peoples are often deprived of resources needed for informed, stable societies.
The Use of a Syncytium Model of the Crystalline Lens of the Human Eye to Study the Light Flashes Seen by Astronauts
Creators: name: Nurzia, Giampietro
name: Scrimaglio, Renato
name: Spataro, Bruno
name: Zirilli, Francesco
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2005

description: A syncytium model to study some electrical properties of the eye is proposed in the attempt to explain the phenomenon of anomalous Light Flashes (LF) perceived by astronauts in orbit. The crystalline lensis modelled as an ellipsoidal syncytium having a variable relative dielectric constant. The mathematical model proposed is given by a boundary value problem for a system of two coupled elliptic partial differential equations in two unknowns. We use a numerical method to compute an approximate solution of this mathematical model and we show some numerical results that provide a possible (qualitative) explanation of the observed LF phenomenon. In particular, we calculate the energy lost in the syncytium by a cosmic charged particle that goes through the syncytium and compare the results with those obtained using the Geant 3.21 simulation program. We study the interaction antimatter-syncytium. We use the Creme96 computer program to evaluate the cosmic ray fluxes encountered by the International Space Station.
title: Risk Factors in Adolescent Problem Behaviors Among Native and Nonnative Americans
Creators: name: Christensen, Roger B.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1998

description: The high incidence of adolescent problem behaviors in the United States raises major concerns. These problem behaviors include: sexually transmitted diseases, unintended pregnancies, suicide, depression, substance abuse, crime against persons and property, and delinquency. Consequently, there continues to be a high level of concern and interest in different ethnic populations of adolescents and their level of risk.
This study evaluated the following problem behaviors: substance abuse, suicide, delinquency, and sexual intercourse; and the risk factors that increase the probability of these problem behaviors occurring. Specifically, the study identified the profiles of the population in relationship to the problem behaviors comparing Native and nonnative American adolescents. This study also described how both samples of high school students reported the connectedness of school, home, and community with their perceived feelings of belongingness and safety, in addition to their reports of problem behavior. The prevalences of problem behaviors in Native and nonnative American adolescents were compared, the differences in the importance of risk factors related to problem behaviors in the two groups were examined, and the extent to which the risks and protective factors predict problem behaviors in Native and nonnative American adolescents also was assessed.
In comparing problem behaviors between Native and nonnative American adolescents, there were significantly higher incidences of problem behaviors in the Native American sample. Statistical analyses demonstrated that problem behaviors were not consistently predicted by the risk and protective factors for the Native American females, but they were predictable for the nonnative American female sample. The risk factors explained less of the variation in problem behavior for the males than for the females from both samples. The risk factors explained less variation in problem behaviors for Native American males than their nonnative American counterparts.
This research demonstrates the need to develop models to better understand cultural influences on adolescents in order to improve the intervention and prevention techniques necessary to reduce the number of youth at risk. There is a particular need to better identify the risk factors of importance to Native Americans.
SuperB: a Linear High-Luminosity B Factory
Creators: name: J. Albert
name: G. P.Dubois-Felsmann
name: D. G. Hitlin
name: F. C. Porter
name: G. Bonneaud
name: S. Playfer
name: M. Biagini
name: P. Raimondi
name: A. Stocchi
name: , France
name: S. Bettarini
name: G. Calderini
name: F. Forti
name: M. A. Giorgi
name: A. Lusiani
name: N. Neri
name: L. Silvestrini
name: M. Ciuchini
name: Y. Cai
name: S. Ecklund
name: D. W. G. S. Leith
name: A. Novokhatski
name: B. N.Ratcliff
name: A. Roodman
name: J. Seeman
name: M. Sullivan
name: U. Wienands
name: W. J. Wisniewski
name: D. B. MacFarlane
name: F. Martinez-Vidal
name: T. J. Gershon
name: M. Pierini
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2005

description: TThis paper is based on the outcome of the activity that has taken place during the recent workshop on "SuperB in Italy" held in Frascati on November 11-12, 2005. The workshop was opened by a theoretical introduction of Marco Ciuchini and was structured in two working groups. One focused on the machine and the other on the detector and experimental issues.The present status on CP is mainly based on the results achieved by BaBar and Belle. Estabilishment of the indirect CP violation in B sector in 2001 and of the direct CP violation in 2004 thanks to the success of PEP-II and KEKB e+e- asymmetric B Factories operating at the center of mass energy corresponding to the mass of the Y(4s). With the two B Factories taking data, the Unitarity Triangle is now beginning to be overconstrained by improving the measurements of the sides and now also of the angles alpha, and gamma. We are also in presence of the very intriguing results about the measurements of sin(2 beta) in the time dependent analysis of decay channels via penguin loops, where b --> s sbar s and b --> s dbar d. Tau physics, in particular LFV search, as well as charm and ISR physics are important parts of the scientific program of a SuperB Factory. The physics case together with possible scenarios for the high luminosity SuperB Factory based on the concepts of the Linear Collider and the related experimental issues are discussed.
title: Predicting Family Strength in Families Caring for Children with Disabilities
Creators: name: Ericson, Katrina J. F.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1998

description: This research sought to identify factors that might be useful in helping to predict family strengths in families caring for a child with a disability. Based on the ABCX model designed for families in crisis, this research examined severity of child's disability (A); the family's existing resources of household income, education of the mother, and mother's marital status (B); the family's perception of family resources, family support, and parenting stress (C); and how these influence family strength (X) over time. In relation to the ABCX model, it was hypothesized that the aforementioned constructs would be associated with each other, and would significantly predict family strengths.
Results did not support the overall predictive value of severity of child's disability, household income, education of mother, or mother's marital status toward family strength. However, results indicated that the predictive value of the perception of family resources, family support, and parenting stress did explain variability in family strengths as measured by the Family Functioning Style Scale.
title: Exploring Predictors of Parent Involvement for Rural Head Start Children
Creators: name: Wynn, Benjamin E.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2007

description: In the present study we examined parent participation in an extrafamilial context (Head Start) and the family and child development conditions that predicted such participation.
Participants included 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds and their pa rents in the Northern Utah and Southeastern Idaho areas. The families were grouped according to the ch il d's previous Head Start experience: those who had received home-based services in year one followed by center-based services in the second year ( l-IB to CB); those who had received no services in year one and home-based services in year two (HB only); and those families who had received no services in year one and center-based services in year two (CB only).
Pa rent involvement was measured using the Family Involvement Questionnaire {FIQ) which measured parent involvement according to three factors: home-based involvement (II Bl), school-based involvement (SBJ), and home-school conferencing (1-lSC).
The children's development assessments included the Ages and Stages Questionnaire: Social-Emotional Scale (ASQ:SE) and the Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning-Third Edition (DIAL 3).
Through using the FIQ, this study investigated the predictors of the type and quantity of parental involvement using class grouping (l-IB to CB, l-IB only, & CB only), family demographics. and children's ASQ:SE, and DIAL 3 scores as independent variables.
Our study revealed that even though the class grouping had no significant relation to parent involvement, there were a few independent variables that were beneficial in predicting parents' involvement. The most significant finding was that the child 's ASQ:SE score could be used to help predict the variance in both home-based involvement and school-based involvement activities. This study found that the higher the number of the ASQ:SE score, the parents were less likely to participate in home-based and school-based activities.
Other interesting findings included that as the number or children increased, the amount of home-based parent involvement decreased. In addition to this, we found that if the parents were European-American and married, they were more likely to report being involved in home-school conferencing activities.
title: „Unsere Generation sollte sich nicht mehr durch das Thema des Zweiten Weltkriegs belastet bzw. schuldig fühlen“: Das Museum des Warschauer Auf-stands als Ort interkulturellen Lernens
Creators: name: Adamczak-Krysztofowicz, Sylwia
name: Schmidt-Bernhardt, Angela
name: Stork, Antje
name: Storozenko, Victoria
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: In dem Projektseminar „Warschauer Aufstand – Spurensuche nach 70 Jahren“ arbeiteten Studierende der Universitäten in Poznań und Marburg in Kooperation mit dem Museum des Warschauer Aufstands an der Entwicklung von didaktischmethodischen Materialien zum Aufstand von 1944. Die Arbeit erfolgte in Kleingruppen, die vielfältigen Raum zu interkulturellen Erfahrungen boten. In dem Beitrag soll das Projekt als Ort der interkulturellen Begegnung untersucht werden, und zwar anhand eines von uns konzipierten Lerntagebuches, in das die am Projekt beteiligten Studierenden vor, während und nach der Projektwoche Eintragungen vornahmen. Analysiert werden zum einen die inhaltliche Reflexion des Projektthemas und zum anderen die Sicht auf die museumspädagogische Inszenierung.
title: Parental and Teacher Priorities for Children's Requisite Kindergarten Entry Skills
Creators: name: O'Claire-Esparza, Kelly J.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1998

description: This study examined mothers', fathers ', preschool teachers', and kindergarten teachers' opinions regarding children's requisite kindergarten entry skills. Participants were 101 preschool teachers from eight counties in northern Utah, as well as 113 kindergarten teachers and 286 parents of kindergartners from five school districts in northern Utah. Questionnaires were administered to assess opinions regarding (a) the preschool teachers' role in preparing children for kindergarten, (b) the parental role in preparing children for kindergarten, (c) priorities for requisite kindergarten entry skills, (d) the importance of specific skills emphasized in preschool, and (e) the importance of specific skills emphasized in kindergarten.
Findings indicated that teachers agreed significantly more so than parents that preschool teachers could do more to prepare children for kindergarten. When asked what their child's preschool/day care teacher has done, parents' responses were similar to preschool teachers' when asked what they had done, suggesting consistency in what is taught in preschools, and strong communication with parents.
All groups similarly agreed that parents could do more to prepare children for kindergarten. While reading to children and reading/writing skills were the most popular responses listed by all four groups, some significant differences emerged regarding what parents could do. Kindergarten teachers mentioned reading to children and language/communication skills more frequently than did the other groups. Moreover, fathers mentioned responsibility/self-help skills less frequently than all other groups.
All four groups ranked how to listen, how to follow directions, and how to feel confident as the three most important requisite kindergarten entry skills. The four least important skills for parents, and preschool and kindergarten teachers were how to count, how to raise one's hand, how to write, and how to read.
Significant differences existed between all groups' ratings of the importance of specified skills to be emphasized in preschools/day care centers, as well as for skills to be emphasized in kindergarten, although the mean ratings for each skill were moderately high. Mothers, preschool teachers, and kindergarten teachers rated most skills higher than did fathers. Preschool and kindergarten teachers rated most skills very similarly.
Implications of these findings for parents, and preschool and kindergarten teachers are discussed. Suggestions for future research are then offered.
Determination of the Boltzmann constant by laser spectroscopy as a basis for future measurements of the thermodynamic temperature
Creators: name: Lemarchand, Cyril
name: Djerroud, Khelifa
name: Darquié, Benoît
name: Lopez, Olivier
name: Amy-Klein, Anne
name: Chardonnet, Christian
name: Bordé, Christian J.
name: Briaudeau, Stephan
name: Daussy, Christophe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, we present the latest results on the measurement of the Boltzmann constant kB, by laser spectroscopy of ammonia at 10 ?m. The Doppler absorption profile of a ro-vibrational line of an NH3 gas sample at thermal and pressure equilibrium is measured as accurately as possible. The absorption cell is placed inside a large 1m3 thermostat filled with an ice-water mixture, which sets the temperature very close to 273.15 K. Analysing this profile, which is related to the Maxwell-Boltzmann molecular speed distribution, leads to a determination of the Boltzmann constant via a measurement of the Doppler width (proportional tosqrt(kBT)). A spectroscopic determination of the Boltzmann constant with an uncertainty as low as 37 ppm is obtained. Recent improvements with a new passive thermostat lead to a temperature accuracy, stability and homogeneity of the absorption cell better than 1 ppm over a day.
title: Grammatik neu gedacht: Innovatives didaktisches Konzept für die deutschen Modalverben
Creators: name: EL-Bouz, Katsiaryna
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Der Artikel stellt ein innovatives didaktisches Konzept zu einem komplexen Thema der deutschen Grammatik dar – den Modalverben. Das Konzept basiert auf Erkenntnissen der kognitiven Linguistik und erklärt die Bedeutungen der Modalverben im Zusammenhang mit körperlichen Erfahrungen (Kräfte, Wege, Barrieren). Auf diese Art wird Grammatik als ein bedeutungsvolles und transparentes System dargestellt, das auf konkrete, bildhafte Erfahrungen aus dem Alltag bezogen wird. Die gegebenen Erklärungen werden mit kognitiv verankerten, plausiblen Abbildungen visualisiert. Anschließend werden empirische Ergebnisse dargestellt, die eine hohe Effizienz des Konzeptes in der Unterrichtspraxis demonstrieren.
Direct observation of a sharp transition to coherence in Dense Cores
Creators: name: Pineda, Jaime E.
name: Goodman, Alyssa A.
name: Arce, Héctor G.
name: Caselli, Paola
name: Foster, Jonathan B.
name: Myers, Philip C.
name: Rosolowsky, Erik W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present NH3 observations of the B5 region in Perseus obtained with the Green Bank Telescope (GBT). The map covers a region large enough (~11'x14') that it contains the entire dense core observed in previous dust continuum surveys. The dense gas traced by NH3(1,1) covers a much larger area than the dust continuum features found in bolometer observations. The velocity dispersion in the central region of the core is small, presenting subsonic non-thermal motions which are independent of scale. However, it is thanks to the coverage and high sensitivity of the observations that we present the detection, for the first time, of the transition between the coherent core and the dense but more turbulent gas surrounding it. This transition is sharp, increasing the velocity dispersion by a factor of 2 in less than 0.04 pc (the 31" beam size at the distance of Perseus, ~250 pc). The change in velocity dispersion at the transition is ~3 km/s/pc. The existence of the transition provides a natural definition of dense core: the region with nearly-constant subsonic non-thermal velocity dispersion. From the analysis presented here we can not confirm nor rule out a corresponding sharp density transition.
description: Accepted for publication in ApJ Letters. 6 pages, 5 figures
Charged photoparticles from argon.
Creators: name: Reimann, Michael Andrew
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The energy distribution of charged photopartides from the interaction of the A⁴⁰ nucleus with 17.64 Mev and 14.7 Mev gamma rays from the reaction Li⁷ (p,ϒ)Be⁸ has been obtained using a gridded ionization chamber. A total cross section of 5.8 mb. was found for the combined production of photoprotons and photoalphas. Peaks in the energy spectrum corresponding to photoproton events leading to the ground and first excited states of the residua nucleus Cl³⁹ were identified but some features of the energy distribution remain unexplained.
ETRUSCO: Extra Terrestrial Ranging to Unified Satellite COnstellations
Creators: name: R. Vittori
name: A. Boni
name: C. Cantone
name: S. Dell'Agnello
name: G. O. Delle Monache
name: M. Garattini
name: N. Intaglietta
name: C. Lops M. Martini
name: C. Prosperi
name: G. Bellettini
name: R. Tauraso
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2007

description: We describe the basic goals of the ETRUSCO experiment and the work done in 2006, together with our international collaborators, which led to the approval of the proposal by the INFN-CSNV in October 2006.Some of the 2007 funds were made available in November 2006 and were used to buy optical instrumentation. In 2007 the LNF Satellite laser ranging Characterization Facility (SCF) has been upgraded to perform integrated laser ranging tests and thermal measurements (SCF-Test) of the planar retro-reflector arrays installed on the satellites of GNSS constellations. This will be done in a realistic environment, which simulates the orbital conditions of the GPS-2 (USA), GLONASS (Russia), and soon GALILEO (EU), at altitudes of about 20000-23000 Km. The year 2007 has been devoted to the SCF-Test of a prototype model of a retro-reflector deployed on the two of GPS-2 satellites, on the GLONASS constellation and on GIOVE-A and GIOVE-B, the prototypes of GALILEO. This SCF-Test has been successful and data analysis is well underway. The experimental work at the SCF will also be compared to software models of the thermal, structural, orbital and optical behavior of the prototypes. Detailed thermal models of the LAGEOS-type retro-reflectors have already been built and checked with SCF measurements. Work is in progress to develop these models also for the GNSS.The year 2008 is dedicated to the SCF-Test of a flight model of a retro-reflector array to be deployed on one of the next GPS-2 satellites.The long-term goal of ETRUSCO is to perform at LNF the SCF-Test the larger and more important GALILEO laser retro-reflector arrays. Planning and provisions to reach this goal are well underway: in fact, INFN-LNF is participating to a call for tender for the 'Support to the Coordination of the European GALILEO Simulation and Testing Infrastructure', issued by the Galileo Supervisory Authority, in the context of FP7-GALILEO. The result of the tender is due by October 2008.
title: Familial and Extrafamilial Correlates of Children's Child-Care Perceptions
Creators: name: Godfrey, Michael K.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1998

description: The purpose of this study was to identify the individual, familial, and child-care characteristics related to children's perceptions of their nonparental child-care environments. One-hundred seventy-five children, their families, and child-care providers participated in this study. Children attended one of three forms of child care: large center-based child-care settings, home-based child-care settings, and a preschool. Correlates of children's perceptions of their child-care experiences came from variables classified into six categories: individual child characteristics, family structure, family processes, previous child-care experiences, child-care structure, and child-care processes.
Children's perceptions were elicited through the Child Care Game Assessment (CCGA), a role-playing game-like experience for 4- and 5-year-old-children. The CCGA's 59 items were divided into four subscales: discipline, negative provider behaviors, the quality of time spent at child care, and the suitability of the setting.
Theoretically, interactions between children and their care providers (including parents and nonparental care providers) la id the foundation for children's developing personal premise system, or what they believe others think of them and what they expect from others. The CCGA, while not a direct measure of the personal premise system, was a valuable resource in defining what children need to develop a confident personal premise system. It accomplished this by defining the variables that have the most influence on their child-care perceptions.
Results indicated that children attending the different forms of child care did not differ in their perceptions of child care, nor did their previous child-care experiences make a difference. Individual characteristics, family structure, family processes, childcare structure, and child-care processes did correlate with children's perceptions.
Variables measuring aspects of the child-care settings accounted for more variance in children's perceptions than variables classified in the family categories. The child-care variables also provided evidence that children's personal premise system is influenced by the child-care setting and provider.
The theoretical implications of the results are discussed and a rationale for the significant and nonsignificant results is proposed. Implications of the study for childcare providers, parents, researchers, and policy makers are also discussed.
Development of an x-ray Spectrometer for High Lateral Resolution
Creators: name: L. Bonizzoni
name: C. Cicardi
name: C. De Martinis
name: A. Galli
name: M. Milazzo
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1999

description: A table-top micro beam XRF spectrometer based on the properties of capillary optics has been realised. The system is equipped with two beam lines obtained by microcapillary collimators with inner diameter of 400μm  and 100μm respectively. The X-ray probe has been characterised in terms of spectral monocromaticity, intensity gain, lateral resolution, beam divergence and intensity. Preliminary applications on ancient layered glasses and plaster detachment stratigraphies are presented. The advantage of the coupling of the microcapillary collimators with an already installed PIXE induced-XRF source is also discussed.