cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Comparison of gentian violet application and moisture vapour permeable dressings for the management of open skin lesions secondary to radiation therapy for head and neck cancer
Creators: name: Korabek, Barbara Joyce
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: A randomized controlled pilot study of 9 patients who developed an open skin lesion secondary to radiation therapy for primary head and neck cancer was initiated. The purpose of this pilot study was to examine and compare the effectiveness of gentian violet (GV) and moisture vapour permeable dressing (MVPD) in promoting healing and reducing discomfort at an open lesion site secondary to radiation therapy. Patients were randomly assigned to either the gentian violet or moisture vapour permeable dressing group at the time of lesion onset. The skin care treatments were evaluated with respect to the rate of lesion healing and discomfort levels at the lesion site. Data were collected using two forms specifically designed for this study. Nine subjects completed the study. All patient’s skin lesions healed with no evidence of infection in any of the lesions. The results of the study, statistically analyzed using the Mann-Whitney U test with = 0.05, supported the two hypotheses proposed in this study. Lesions treated with MVPD demonstrated a significantly faster healing rate than did those treated with GV ( U = 8, = 0.05). The results also indicated the patients treated with MVPD experienced significantly lower levels of burning, itchiness, pulling and tenderness (U = 9, < 0.001) at the lesion site 24 hours after starting the study and when their lesions were at maximum size. Although the sample was small the results of this study tend to indicate that in the clinical practice setting, MVPD can be used effectively as a treatment for skin lesions, secondary to RT, involving the epidermal and portions of the dermal layers of the skin.
Nachhaltiges Bauen und Wohnen
Creators: name: Vogt, Markus
Publisher: name: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften
Year: 2021

description: Die Herausforderungen des nachhaltigen Bauens und Wohnens sind sozialpolitisch und ökologisch höchst brisant. Sie erfordern komplexe Abwägungen im Spannungsfeld der Ziele von bezahlbarem Wohnraum, Klimaschutz, Ressourcenschonung und Flächensparen. In sektorübergreifenden Modellrechnungen wird dem Gebäudebereich 39 % der Treibhausgasemissionen in Deutschland zugerechnet. Durch eine gezielte Wiederverwertung von Baumaterialien kann der Baubereich wesentlich zur Umsetzung einer Kreislaufwirtschaft beitragen (urban mining). Der Materialbedarf einer Sanierung ist um rund zwei Drittel geringer als der eines Neubaus. Zudem ist der Neubau im Schatten der Spekulation und der Optimierung von Kapitalrenditen gegenwärtig nicht so ausgerichtet, dass er den Wohnraummangel beseitigt. Um diese Dynamik zu begrenzen, wird eine neue Bodenordnung vorgeschlagen. Auch Wohnflächensuffizienz ist ein unverzichtbarer Hebel auf dem Weg zu einem gerechteren und klimaneutralen Wohnen. Die Stärkung innerstädtischer Grünflächen sowie eine auf funktionale Mischung ausgerichtete Stadt- und Raumplanung bieten weitreichende Chancen für mehr Wohnqualität. Entscheidend ist ein ganzheitliches Verständnis von Baukultur, um die Ziele Lebensqualität und Gesundheit, Klimaschutz und Ressourcenschonung sowie Entlastung kommunaler Haushalte in Einklang zu bringen. Nicht zuletzt ist die „Stadt als Form und Praxis“ (Löw) ein wesentlicher Schlüssel zum Gelingen von Integration und sozialem Zusammenhalt.
description: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften, Bd. 62 (2021): Wohnen - gutes Leben - Gerechtigkeit
Biometric-Based Voting System Leveraging Aadhaar for Voter Authentication
Creators: name: Narmatha B, Thulasimani K
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: As everyone is aware, elections are an essential part of democracy, allowing people to voice their opinions through the selection of a candidate. “Vote” means to choose from a list. Citizens choose a leader in all candidates from a list by casting their votes, this process is voting. Voting is a crucial means by which citizens in democracies like India can express their opinions. Voters usually cast their ballots at polling locations. As the technology increases, nowadays electronic voting machine is used for casting vote. This paper is about electronic voting system using biometrics based on Aadhaar represents a significant advancement in ensuring the security, accuracy, and efficiency of the electoral process in India. The objective of this work is to improve the existing voting system that will utilize SHA (Secure Hash Algorithm) for secure biometric data processing and pattern matching algorithms for fingerprint analysis, the system aims to enhance voter authentication and ensure a secure voting process. Aadhaar is used to achieve the objective. Aadhaar, a unique identification system issued by the Indian government, incorporates biometric data such as fingerprints and iris scans, making it a robust tool for voter authentication.
Die arrangierte Stadt: neue Segregationen als Ersatz planerischen Handelns in der kosmopolitischen Stadt
Creators: name: Hillmann, Felicitas
Publisher: name: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften
Year: 2021

description: Der Beitrag beschäftigt sich mit den veränderten Segregationen in der kosmopolitischen Stadt. In der aktuellen Stadtforschungsliteratur werden die sich verstärkenden Dynamiken einer Selbst-Segregation der Stadtbewohner*innen fast immer als Ergebnis übergeordneter Marktmechanismen interpretiert. Diese übergeordnete Dynamik stellt eine wichtige Erklärungsvariante der beobachtbaren Re Arrangements der Städte dar. Jedoch wird hier argumentiert, dass die neuen Segregationen auch als individuelle Anpassungsstrategien in Folge veränderter Arbeitswelten und Mobilitätsanforderungen interpretiert werden sollten. Drei aktuelle Beispiele mit einem unterschiedlichen Grad an Privilegierung und Freiwilligkeit werden betrachtet: Binnenzuzügler in Baugruppen und Baugemeinschaften, neue Selbstständigkeit und transnationale Lebensentwürfe, Fach- und Wanderarbeiter in Unterkünften. Der Beitrag arbeitet heraus, dass diese Arrangements auf eine sozial-ethische Dimension verweisen: die unterschiedlichen Bevölkerungsgruppen arrangieren sich in der Stadt so gut sie können und ohne planerische Eingriffe arrangiert sich das Stadtgefüge neu, sortiert sich die Stadt um. Durch diese Selbst-Segregation erweist sich das lange gehegte Leitbild der gemischten Stadt zunehmend als Schimäre. Der Beitrag skizziert die Entwicklung ebenjenes Leitbildes der gemischten Stadt, widmet sich dann den Befunden der Segregationsforschung und umreißt die Tendenzen der sozialräumlichen Polarisierung der Städte hinsichtlich der Wohnraumentwicklung. Es folgt eine Befassung mit der arrangierten, kosmopolitischen Stadt, die unter anderem durch das Mehr und Anders von Mobilität und den Anforderungen eines flexibilisierten Arbeitsmarktes entsteht und die Segregationen vorantreibt.
description: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften, Bd. 62 (2021): Wohnen - gutes Leben - Gerechtigkeit
Partizipation und Demokratieförderung im Wohnumfeld durch Gemeinwesenarbeit
Creators: name: Riede, Milena
Publisher: name: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften
Year: 2021

description: Gemeinwesenarbeit ist eine zentrale Netzwerkakteurin und baut themenspezifische und unspezifische Netze zwischen Menschen, Gruppen und Institutionen im Gemeinwesen. Hierbei fördert sie eine partizipative, diversitätssensible und soziale Stadtentwicklung und unterstützt gemeinschaftliche Aktivitäten der Menschen zur Gestaltung der Lebenswelt. Lebensverhältnisse sollen im Sinne der Anwohner*innen verbessert werden, wobei insbesondere auf die Einbeziehung ökonomisch und/oder sozial Benachteiligter geachtet wird, so dass deren Interessen ebenfalls Gehör finden. Durch die Schaffung dauerhafter Beteiligungsstrukturen gelingt es, die politische Responsivität auch für Menschen mit niedrigem sozioökonomischem Status zu verbessern. Mit Hilfe kreativer, nachhaltiger Angebote kann Gemeinwesenarbeit Lust auf Zukunft und die Gestaltbarkeit der Lebenswelt wecken.
description: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften, Bd. 62 (2021): Wohnen - gutes Leben - Gerechtigkeit
Metal-poor Stars Observed with the Automated Planet Finder Telescope. III. CEMP-no Stars are the Descendant of Population III Stars
Creators: name: Almusleh, Nour Aldein
name: Taani, Ali
name: Özdemir, Sergen
name: Rah, Maria
name: Al-Wardat, Mashhoor A.
name: Zhao, Gang
name: Mardini, Mohammad K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this study, we report a probabilistic insight into the stellar mass and supernovae (SNe) explosion energy of the possible progenitors of five CEMP-no stars. This was done by a direct comparison between the abundance ratios [X/Fe] of the light-elements and the predicted nucleosynthetic yields of SN of high-mass metal-free stars. This comparison suggests possible progenitors with stellar mass range of 11 - 22\,M$_{\odot}$ and explosion energies of $0.3 - 1.8 \times 10^{51}$\,erg. The coupling of the chemical abundances with kinematics derived from $Gaia$ DR2 suggests that our sample do not enter the outer-halo region. In addition, we suggest that these CEMP-no stars are not $Gaia$-Sausage nor $Gaia$-Sequoia remnant stars, but another accretion event might be responsible for the contribution of these stars to the Galactic Halo of the Milky-Way.
Das Recht auf urbanes Wohnen – wohnungspolitische und wirtschaftsethische Herausforderungen
Creators: name: Henger, Ralph
name: Enste, Dominik
Publisher: name: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften
Year: 2021

description: Das Recht auf Wohnen ist in den meisten Verfassungen der Welt explizit oder implizit fest verankert, so auch in Deutschland. Die Realisierung des Rechts auf Wohnen setzt deren Bezahlbarkeit für alle Einkommensschichten sowie den Zugang zum Wohnungsmarkt voraus. Zur sozialen Absicherung des Wohnens nutzt Deutschland verschiedene Wege, tritt unterschiedlich stark im Wohnungsmarkt als eigenständiger Akteur auf, wählt divergierende Formen objekt- und subjektbezogener Instrumente und kombiniert diese mit regulatorischen Eingriffen. Der Beitrag diskutiert, mit welchen wohnungspolitischen Maßnahmen sich die Umsetzung des Rechts auf Wohnen sowohl effektiv als auch effizient und unter Beachtung ethischer Grundsätze realisieren lässt. Es zeigt sich, dass die aus dem Recht auf Wohnen ableitbaren Teilrechte auf ein „bezahlbares“ und „urbanes“ Wohnen nicht uneingeschränkt gelten (können). Ökonomische und wirtschaftsethische Grenzen werden diskutiert, wie Subsidiarität, Selbstverantwortung, Kosten- Nutzenabwägungen, Markt- und Staatsversagen. Eine vollständige Abfederung sozialer Risiken und regionaler Entwicklungen ist aufgrund hoher volkswirtschaftlicher und gesellschaftlicher Kosten sowie Ungerechtigkeiten andernorts nicht zielführend. Die bei der politischen Festlegung dieser Grenzen auftretenden sozial- und wirtschaftsethischen Dilemmata werden entlang drei zentraler Fragestellungen diskutiert.
description: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften, Bd. 62 (2021): Wohnen - gutes Leben - Gerechtigkeit
Swift X-ray Afterglows: Where are the X-ray Jet Breaks?
Creators: name: Burrows, David N.
name: Racusin, Judith
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the Swift/X-ray Telescope (XRT) light curves from the first ~150 gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows. Although we expected to find jet breaks at typical times of 1-2 days after the GRB, we find that these appear to be extremely rare. Typical light curves have a break in the slope at about 10^4s, followed by a single power-law decay whose slope is much too shallow to be consistent with expectations for jet breaks. X-ray light curves typically extend out to ~10 days without any further breaks, until they become too faint for the XRT to detect. In some extreme cases, light curves extend out to more than two months without evidence for jet breaks. This raises concerns about our understanding of afterglow and jet dynamics, and of GRB energetics.
description: 13 pages; 15 figures; Proceeding of the "Swift and GRBs: Unveiling the Relativistic Universe" meeting,Venice, June 5-9,2006, to be published by "Il Nuovo Cimento"
Dark Matter Freeze-out via Catalyzed Annihilation
Creators: name: Xing, Chuan-Yang
name: Zhu, Shou-Hua
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a new paradigm of dark matter freeze-out, where the annihilation of dark matter particles is catalyzed. We discuss in detail the regime that the depletion of dark matter proceeds via $2χ\to 2A'$ and $3A' \to 2χ$ processes, in which $χ$ and $A'$ denote dark matter and the catalyst respectively. In this regime, the dark matter number density is depleted polynomially rather than exponentially (Boltzmann suppression) as in classic WIMPs and SIMPs. The paradigm applies for a secluded weakly interacting dark sector with a dark matter in the $\text{MeV-TeV}$ mass range. The catalyzed annihilation paradigm is compatible with CMB and BBN constraints, with enhanced indirect detection signals.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures. v2: to appear in PRL
Die Sorge um das Wohnen in der Zukunft
Creators: name: Hasse, Jürgen
Publisher: name: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften
Year: 2021

description: Wohnen geht in seinem Wesen weit über den kurzzeitigen bis dauerhaften Aufenthalt in den Zimmern einer Behausung hinaus. Mit Martin Heidegger wird es als existenzielles Verhältnis des Subjekts zu Gegenden verstanden. Indem die Wohnenden zur Ermöglichung ihres Lebens an konkreten Orten anderer Menschen sowie natürlicher aber limitierter Ressourcen bedürfen, kommt die Sorge in das Wohnen und mit ihr die Last der Verantwortlichkeit. Der Beitrag plädiert deshalb für eine Ethik des Wohnens. Als deren Eckpunkte werden die Prinzipien der Schonung (Nachhaltigkeit) und Dankbarkeit diskutiert. Am Beispiel der existenziellen Bedeutung von Küche und Herd konkretisiert sich die Aufgabe einer Ethik des Wohnens, werden in der täglichen Ernährung doch die Weichen im Austauschverhältnis zur Natur gestellt. Ethik strebt dem Ziel der Gewinnung von Macht über das eigene Selbst zu. Sie tritt damit der Unterwerfung unter die Imperative der „Kulturindustrie“ (Adorno/Horkheimer) sowie die Gesten der Verführungen allein wachstumsorientierter Märkte entgegen.
description: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften, Bd. 62 (2021): Wohnen - gutes Leben - Gerechtigkeit
Evidence for microscopic kurtosis in neural tissue revealed by Correlation Tensor MRI
Creators: name: Henriques, Rafael Neto
name: Jespersen, Sune Nørhøj
name: Shemesh, Noam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: Medical Physics (physics.med-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Purpose: The impact of microscopic diffusional kurtosis ($μK$) - arising from restricted diffusion and/or structural disorder - remains a controversial issue in contemporary diffusion MRI (dMRI). Recently, Correlation Tensor MRI (CTI) was introduced to disentangle the sources contributing to diffusional kurtosis, without relying on a-priori assumptions. Here, we aimed to investigate $μK$ in in vivo rat brains and assess its impact on state-of-the-art methods ignoring $μK$. Methods: CTI harnesses double diffusion encoding (DDE) experiments, which were here improved for speed and minimal bias using four different sets of acquisition parameters. The robustness of CTI estimates from the improved protocol is assessed in simulations. The in vivo CTI acquisitions were performed in healthy rat brains using a 9.4T pre-clinical scanner equipped with a cryogenic coil, and targeted the estimation of $μK$, anisotropic kurtosis, and isotropic kurtosis. Results: The improved CTI acquisition scheme substantially reduces scan time and importantly, also minimizes higher-order-term biases, thus enabling robust $μK$ estimation, alongside Kaniso and Kiso metrics. Our CTI experiments revealed positive $μK$ both in white and grey matter of the rat brain in vivo; $μK$ is the dominant kurtosis source in healthy grey matter tissue. The non-negligible $μK$ substantially biases prior state-of-the-art analyses of Kiso and Kaniso. Conclusion: Correlation Tensor MRI offers a more accurate and robust characterization of kurtosis sources than its predecessors. $μK$ is non-negligible in vivo in healthy white and grey matter tissues and could be an important biomarker for future studies. Our findings thus have both theoretical and practical implications for future experiments.
description: 64 pages (34 pages main text + 17 pages supporting information + 13 pages references), 9 main figures (+ 6 supporting figures), 1 main table (+ 2 supporting tables)
Additional file 1 of Steroidal saponin profiles and their key genes for synthesis and regulation in Asparagus officinalis L. by joint analysis of metabolomics and transcriptomics
Creators: name: Cheng, Qin
name: Zeng, Liangqin
name: Wen, Hao
name: Brown, Sylvia E.
name: Wu, He
name: Li, Xingyu
name: Lin, Chun
name: Liu, Zhengjie
name: Mao, Zichao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. The Summary of RNASeq. Table S2. The summary of Iso-Seq. Table S3. Primers of qRT-PCR. Table S4. The prediction of steroids-related TFs. Table S5. Summary of RNA-seq and ISO-seq analysis of steroid-related genes and TFs.
Approaching the Fundamental Limit of Orbital Angular Momentum Multiplexing Through a Hologram Metasurface
Creators: name: Yuan, Shuai S. A.
name: Wu, Jie
name: Chen, Menglin L. N.
name: Lan, Zhihao
name: Zhang, Liang
name: Sun, Sheng
name: Huang, Zhixiang
name: Chen, Xiaoming
name: Zheng, Shilie
name: Jiang, Li Jun
name: Zhang, Xianmin
name: Sha, Wei E. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Establishing and approaching the fundamental limit of orbital angular momentum (OAM) multiplexing are necessary and increasingly urgent for current multiple-input multiple-output research. In this work, we elaborate the fundamental limit in terms of independent scattering channels (or degrees of freedom of scattered fields) through angular-spectral analysis, in conjunction with a rigorous Green function method. The scattering channel limit is universal for arbitrary spatial mode multiplexing, which is launched by a planar electromagnetic device, such as antenna, metasurface, etc, with a predefined physical size. As a proof of concept, we demonstrate both theoretically and experimentally the limit by a metasurface hologram that transforms orthogonal OAM modes to plane-wave modes scattered at critically separated angular-spectral regions. Particularly, a minimax optimization algorithm is applied to suppress angular spectrum aliasing, achieving good performances in both full-wave simulation and experimental measurement at microwave frequencies. This work offers a theoretical upper bound and corresponding approach route for engineering designs of OAM multiplexing.
Arbitrary Rotation Invariant Random Matrix Ensembles and Supersymmetry
Creators: name: Guhr, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We generalize the supersymmetry method in Random Matrix Theory to arbitrary rotation invariant ensembles. Our exact approach further extends a previous contribution in which we constructed a supersymmetric representation for the class of norm-dependent Random Matrix Ensembles. Here, we derive a supersymmetric formulation under very general circumstances. A projector is identified that provides the mapping of the probability density from ordinary to superspace. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that setting up the theory in Fourier superspace has considerable advantages. General and exact expressions for the correlation functions are given. We also show how the use of hyperbolic symmetry can be circumvented in the present context in which the non-linear sigma model is not used. We construct exact supersymmetric integral representations of the correlation functions for arbitrary positions of the imaginary increments in the Green functions.
description: 36 pages
GOexpress: A R/Bioconductor package for the identification and visualisation of robust gene ontology signatures through supervised learning of gene expression data
Creators: name: Rue-Albrecht, Kevin
name: McGettigan, Paul A.
name: Hernández, Belinda
name: Nicolas, C. Nalpas
name: Magee, David A.
name: Parnell, Andrew C.
name: Gordon, Stephen V.
name: MacHugh, David E.
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2015

description: Identification of gene expression profiles that differentiate experimental groups is critical for discovery and analysis of key molecular pathways and also for selection of robust diagnostic or prognostic biomarkers. Typically, Gene-Set Enrichment Analyses (GSEA) are limited to single gene lists resulting from simple two-group comparisons or time-series analyses. We introduce GOexpress, a software package for scoring and summarising the capacity of gene ontology features to simultaneously classify samples from multiple experimental groups. GOexpress integrates quantitative data (e.g. from microarray and RNA-seq experiments) and phenotypic information with gene ontology annotations to derive a ranking of genes and gene ontologies using a supervised learning approach. The default random forest algorithm allows competitive scoring of expressed genes to evaluate their relative importance in classifying predefined groups of samples. GOexpress enables rapid identification and visualisation of ontology-related gene panels that robustly classify groups of samples and supports both categorical (e.g. infection status, treatment) and continuous (e.g. time-series, drug concentrations) experimental factors. The use of standard Bioconductor extension packages and publicly available gene ontology annotations facilitates straightforward integration of GOexpress within existing computational biology pipelines.

Here we illustrate the features of GOexpress using an RNA-seq data set generated from bovine alveolar macrophages stimulated across an infection time course with two different but closely related mycobacterial pathogens: (a) Mycobacterium bovis, the causative agent of tuberculosis in cattle and (b) M. tuberculosis, the causative agent of human tuberculosis, which does not cause disease in cattle.

Link: http://www.bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/GOexpress.html
Weinstock, Feigenbaum und göttliche Gerechtigkeit
Creators: name: Müllner, Ilse
Publisher: name: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften
Year: 2021

description: Der biblische Begriff des Wohnens ist immer im Kontext von Bewegung, Migration und Veränderung zu denken. Die Sehnsucht, dass jeder unter seinem Weinstock und unter seinem Feigenbaum wohnt (1 Kön 5,5) ist an die Gerechtigkeit des Königs gebunden und verwirklicht sich in der Herrschaft Salomos. Gottes Verbindung zum Tempel in Jerusalem ist durch die Erfahrung des babylonischen Exils ihrer Sicherheit beraubt. Die theologische Reflexion dieses Ereignisses führt zu einer Personalisierung des Begriffs vom göttlichen Wohnen. Das Konzept der Heiligkeit spielt dabei eine zentrale Rolle und verbindet theologisches und anthropologisches Denken. Auch im Begriff der Heiligkeit ist das Denken der Gerechtigkeit zentral, wenn die Ordnung des Landes nicht nur als räumliche in Relation zum Tempel, sondern auch als soziale zu Gunsten aller Bewohner*innen konzipiert ist. Gott gilt als der eigentliche Eigentümer des Landes, so dass das Wohnen im Land den Charakter des Fremd-Seins eingeschrieben behält (Lev 25,23) und an die Gerechtigkeitsvorstellungen der Tora geknüpft ist.
description: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften, Bd. 62 (2021): Wohnen - gutes Leben - Gerechtigkeit
A comment on the paper "On the orbit of the LARES satellite", by I. Ciufolini
Creators: name: Iorio, Lorenzo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: Geophysics (physics.geo-ph)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this note we comment on a recent paper by I.Ciufolini about the possibility of placing the proposed terrestrial satellite LARES in a low-altitude, nearly polar orbit in order to measure the general relativistic Lense-Thirring effect with its node. Ciufolini claims that, for a departure of 4 deg in the satellite's inclination $i$ from the ideal polar configuration (i=90 deg), the impact of the errors in the even zonal harmonics of the geopotential, modelled with EIGEN-GRACE02S, would be nearly zero allowing for a few-percent measurement of the Lense-Thirring effect. Instead, we find that, with the same Earth gravity model and for the same values of the inclination, the upper bound of the systematic error due to the mismodelling in the even zonals amounts to 64% of the relativistic effect investigated.
description: LaTex, 7 pages, no figures, 1 table. It refers to gr-qc/0609081 by I. Ciufolini. Quotation from such paper added: in it Ciufolini explicitly claims that his nearly polar LARES would be sufficient, without using LAGEOS and LAGEOS II. Typos corrected. Reference added. Style improved. Clarifications added. To appear in Planetary and Space Science
Combining different learning techniques: how e-learning improves classical face-to-face training
Creators: name: Marek, Diana
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2015

description: The SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics provides and coordinates training on various bioinformatics-related domains. Each year, SIB with its partner institutions offers over 30 block-courses and one-day workshops (face-to-face format) on key bioinformatics topics, such as programming, large-scale data analysis, statistics, system modelling and high performance computing (HPC). Only last year, our courses gathered over 750 participants.

SIB also offers training lessons accessible to a larger community, through e-learning modules focusing on specific topics, for instance Unix Fundamentals and Phylogenetics of animal viral pathogens (co-developed with the FAO and IAEA).
Such modules take advantages of both in house technology and know-how and can be developed and updated in a reasonable timeframe. Furthermore, they can be easily accessible through Internet, or distributed on media devices for offline usage.

Our current experience shows the combination of e-learning with face-to-face courses to be very successful. Indeed, completion of e-learning modules prior to classical courses can be used to assess the participants' knowledge level, thus enabling teachers to better adapt the course content and to possibly modify the ratio between practical exercises and lectures.
For instance, we have combined our UNIX Fundamentals e-learning module with our High Performance Computing (HPC) for Life Scientists face-to-face course. Participants are asked to complete the e-learning module before the course and are then evaluated with a short written test.
title: Managing risks through ALARP in offshore oil and gas operations
Creators: name: Costello, Megan
Publisher: name: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Year: 2021

description: This thesis explores risk management techniques and the various methods that are available to aid in the determination of risk. It highlights both quantitative and qualitative risk management tools and focuses on Newfoundland and Labrador's local oil and gas industry. The concept of maintaining risk levels to As Low As Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) throughout the lifecycle of a facility is a focal point of this thesis. Some of the more significant Major Accident Events (MAE) of the past are highlighted with a focus on the effects those MAEs have had on the local oil and gas industry. In particular, the actions leading up to and during the Piper Alpha disaster are reviewed. Exploration of the aftermath of the Piper Alpha and the effects both it and the Ocean Ranger disaster have on the Canadian and Newfoundland regulatory regime are discussed. The permanent Newfoundland and Labrador offshore oil and gas assets/facilities are highlighted; The unique requirements some of these facilities are currently facing, as the assets age and transition into a period of extension of the original design life, are explored. With age, there are new hazards and differing risks to the overall facility. Aging mechanisms, as they pertain to safety systems, and the determination of service life, are explored. Since the late 1980s, the Canada-Newfoundland Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) regulates local offshore installations through a suite of regulations and guidelines. The current regulatory regime is somewhat prescriptive in that, for the large part, it dictates how an Operator is to achieve regulatory compliance. It is the intention that the regulatory framework is to transition from a prescriptive based regulatory regimen to a hybrid approach where goal-based regulations are preferred through the Frontier and Offshore Regulatory Renewal Initiative (FORRI). FORRI is a federal/provincial government partnership initiative focusing on regulations in all offshore administrative areas in Canada. FORRI intends to modernize the regulatory framework to performance-based requirements, reduce redundancy across multiple regulations, bring standards up to date, and enable a more efficient and effective regulatory regime. FORRI intends to eliminate five existing regulations and integrate them into one new framework regulation. The proposed policy intention for the Framework Regulations is reviewed against the current suite of C-NLOPB regulations. The more substantial differences concerning Technical Safety design are presented as a gap assessment. The assessment is not intended to be an exhaustive listing; however, the aim is to highlight some of the more prudent changes potentially affecting the discipline of Safety and Risk and associated design.
An Obliquely Propagating Electromagnetic Drift Instability in the Lower Hybrid Frequency Range
Creators: name: Ji, Hantao
name: Kulsrud, Russell
name: Fox, William
name: Yamada, Masaaki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Space Physics (physics.space-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: By employing a local two-fluid theory, we investigate an obliquely propagating electromagnetic instability in the lower hybrid frequency range driven by cross-field current or relative drifts between electrons and ions. The theory self-consistently takes into account local cross-field current and accompanying pressure gradients. It is found that the instability is caused by reactive coupling between the backward propagating whistler (fast) waves in the moving electron frame and the forward propagating sound (slow) waves in the ion frame when the relative drifts are large. The unstable waves we consider propagate obliquely to the unperturbed magnetic field and have mixed polarization with significant electromagnetic components. A physical picture of the instability emerges in the limit of large wavenumber characteristic of the local approximation. The primary positive feedback mechanism is based on reinforcement of initial electron density perturbations by compression of electron fluid via induced Lorentz force. The resultant waves are qualitatively consistent with the measured electromagnetic fluctuations in reconnecting current sheet in a laboratory plasma.
description: 43 pages, 7 figures; available at http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2005/2005JA011188.shtml
Reward modulates orienting and reorienting in exogenous cueing
Creators: name: Bucker, Berno
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2015

description: It is well known that rewards influence attentional selection, so that we may adapt our behavior to maximize reward rate. Both reward-signaling cues and exogenous cues capture attention automatically and cause changes in performance at their location. The typical time course of changes due to exogenous cues shows an initial facilitation effect at the cued location that is followed by inhibition after 200-300 ms. For reward-signaling cues facilitation is typically known to last longer. However, the extent to which reward and exogenous cueing effects interact remains largely unexplored.

In a series of experiments, an abrupt onset (50% valid) was followed by two colored circular stimuli presented on the left and right of fixation. Observers performed a location-discrimination task on dots presented in these circular stimuli. The color of the circular target stimulus indicated whether a high or low reward could be obtained for that trial. To investigate the different temporal phases of exogenous cueing effects, short and long stimulus onset asynchronies (SOAs) were used.

On both validly and invalidly cued trials, responses were faster when the target was presented in the high compared to the low reward-signaling stimulus. This might imply that observers orient and reorient faster towards high reward-signaling stimuli, or that they disengage more easily from low reward-signaling stimuli.
In a second experiment, we presented the exogenous cue in the high or low reward-signaling color. The high reward cue elicited faster responses at the cued location for both the short and long SOA, whereas the low reward cue elicited faster responses at the uncued location for both the short and long SOA.

These results indicate that high reward-signaling exogenous cues can capture and maintain attention beyond the typical 200-300 ms window, whereas low reward-signaling exogenous cues seem to promote fast reorienting towards the uncued location.
SPOT Executive Summary
Creators: name: Milada, Šťastná
name: Alexander, Chvorostov
name: Jan, Zloch
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: SPOT
Project Summary
tourism

description: This document is a summary of the project and is an annex to the First Periodic Report part B (the period covered by the report: from 01 January 2020 to 31 December 2020). Project summary - Issue One – February 2021
Systematic Mutation-based Evaluation of the Soundness of Security-focused Android Static Analysis Techniques
Creators: name: Ami, Amit Seal
name: Kafle, Kaushal
name: Moran, Kevin
name: Nadkarni, Adwait
name: Poshyvanyk, Denys
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Mobile application security has been a major area of focus for security research over the course of the last decade. Numerous application analysis tools have been proposed in response to malicious, curious, or vulnerable apps. However, existing tools, and specifically, static analysis tools, trade soundness of the analysis for precision and performance and are hence soundy. Unfortunately, the specific unsound choices or flaws in the design of these tools is often not known or well-documented, leading to misplaced confidence among researchers, developers, and users. This paper describes the Mutation-based Soundness Evaluation ($μ$SE) framework, which systematically evaluates Android static analysis tools to discover, document, and fix flaws, by leveraging the well-founded practice of mutation analysis. We implemented $μ$SE and applied it to a set of prominent Android static analysis tools that detect private data leaks in apps. In a study conducted previously, we used $μ$SE to discover $13$ previously undocumented flaws in FlowDroid, one of the most prominent data leak detectors for Android apps. Moreover, we discovered that flaws also propagated to other tools that build upon the design or implementation of FlowDroid or its components. This paper substantially extends our $μ$SE framework and offers an new in-depth analysis of two more major tools in our 2020 study, we find $12$ new, undocumented flaws and demonstrate that all $25$ flaws are found in more than one tool, regardless of any inheritance-relation among the tools. Our results motivate the need for systematic discovery and documentation of unsound choices in soundy tools and demonstrate the opportunities in leveraging mutation testing in achieving this goal.
description: Published in ACM Transactions on Privacy and Security, extends USENIX'18 paper (arXiv:1806.09761)
Fate of the inert three-flavor, spin-zero color-superconducting phases
Creators: name: Malekzadeh, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I investigate some of the inert phases in three-flavor, spin-zero color-superconducting quark matter: the CFL phase (the analogue of the B phase in superfluid $^3\rm He$), the A and A* phases, and the 2SC and sSC phases. I compute the pressure of these phases with and without the neutrality condition. It is shown that the 2SC phase is identical to the A* phase up to a color rotation. The CFL phase is the energetically favored phase except for a small region of intermediate densities where the 2SC/A* phase is favored.
description: 9 pages, 1 figure; the version accepted to publish in PRD
Noise and rural adolescents (Reel et al., 2021)
Creators: name: Reel, Leigh Ann
name: Hicks, Candace Bourland
name: Arnold, Courtney
Publisher: name: ASHA journals
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 91301 Acoustics and Noise Control (excl. Architectural Acoustics)
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering

description: Purpose: Noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) has been found in rural children, potentially due to occupational and recreational noise exposure without consistent use of hearing protection devices (HPDs). However, questions remain regarding the specifics of rural adolescents’ noise exposure and use of hearing protection around different types of noise. As such, the purpose of the current study was to provide preliminary results on rural adolescents’ noise exposure and use of hearing protection for gunfire, heavy machinery, power tools, all-terrain vehicles (ATVs), and music.Method: A questionnaire was administered to 197 students (seventh to 12th grade) from rural schools in West Texas. Questions were related to noise exposure and use of HPDs for specific categories of noise. Testing was performed at the schools, with an investigator recording each student’s responses. Results: Approximately 18%–44% of adolescents reported exposure 12 or more times a year to gunfire, heavy machinery, power tools, and ATVs. Only 1%–18% of the adolescents reported never being exposed to such noise sources. Almost half of rural adolescents never used hearing protection around gunfire, and 77%–91% reported never wearing hearing protection when exposed to heavy machinery, power tools, and ATVs.Conclusions: The current study revealed that rural adolescents are exposed to noise sources that could damage their hearing. However, the majority of rural adolescents do not consistently wear hearing protection. Additional research is now needed to extend these findings by assessing rural adolescents’ duration of exposure to different noise sources, in addition to investigating prevention of NIHL in this population.
Supplemental Material S1. Questionnaire administered to students.
Reel, L. A., Hicks, C. B., & Arnold, C. (2021). Noise exposure and use of hearing protection among adolescents in rural areas. American Journal of Audiology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1044/2021_AJA-20-00196
Notes on optimal bolus calculators
Creators: name: Ritschel, Tobias K. S.
name: Jørgensen, John Bagterp
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Diabetes
Optimal insulin bolus calculator
Gaussian process
Kriging
Constrained optimization
Barycentric interpolation
Splines
Artificial neural network

description: In this presentation, we describe several approaches for computing optimal insulin bolus sizes for people with diabetes.
Ettore Majorana and his heritage seventy years later
Creators: name: Esposito, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The physicists working in several areas of research know quite well the name of Ettore Majorana, since it is currently associated to fundamental concepts like {\it Majorana neutrinos} in particle physics and cosmology or {\it Majorana fermions} in condensed matter physics. But, probably, very few is known about other substantial contributions of that ingenious scholar, and even less about his personal background. For non specialists, instead, the name of Ettore Majorana is usually intimately related to the fact that he disappeared rather mysteriously on March 26, 1938, just seventy years ago, and was never seen again. The life and the work of this Italian scientist is the object of the present review, which will also offer a summary of the main results achieved in recent times by the historical and scientific researches on his work.
description: Latex, amsart, 22 pages, to be published in Annalen der Physik
ISLOMIY SUG`URTALASH – TAKOFULNING MOHIYATI,  AN`ANAVIY SUG`URLASH USULLARIDAN FARQLI JIHATLARI
Creators: name: Nosirova, Fotima
Publisher: name: Academic Scientific Research
Year: 2024
Subjects: Islomiy moliya
Islom banklari
aktivga va kapitalga asoslangan moliyalashtirish vositalari
takoful
an`anaviy sug`urtalash vositalari

description: Mazkur tezisda Islomiy moliya va uning ishlash qonun qoidalari haqida  ma`lumotlar keltirilgan. Hozirda butun dunyo bo`ylab ushbu sohaning rivojlanganligi esa, uning mamlakatimizning iqtisodiy barqarorligi rivoji uchun yo`naltirilishidagi ahamiyati ortib borayotganligini ko`rmoqdamiz.
Das Gemeingut Wohnen und die gemeinnützige Wohnungsversorgung
Creators: name: Möhring-Hesse, Matthias
Publisher: name: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften
Year: 2021

description: Das Recht auf Wohnen ist weitgehend unbestritten, nicht aber, was für ein Gut das ist, worauf alle ein Recht haben. Dem Staat die Verantwortung dafür zuzuschreiben, das Recht auf Wohnen für alle zu erfüllen, liegt nahe, wenngleich dann offen ist, wie er dieser Gewährleistungsverantwortung entsprechen soll. In diesem Beitrag werden beide Fragen im Zusammenhang beantwortet: Wohnen wird als ein Gemeingut vorgestellt, dessen allgemeine Bereitstellung gesellschaftlich intendiert wird. Im Zuge der Wohnungsversorgung muss dazu die in der Nutzung dieses Gutes angelegte Rivalität außer Kraft gesetzt werden. Wahrscheinlich wird dies, wenn die Anbieter*innen von Wohnungen unter die Spielregeln der Gemeinnützigkeit gebracht werden. Auf dem Wege der Lizenzierung und der Kontrolle der Anbieter*innen trägt der Staat dafür die Verantwortung. Indem er so für eine gemeinnützige Wohnungsversorgung sorgt, kommt er seiner Gewährleistungspflicht für das Gemeingut Wohnen nach.
description: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften, Bd. 62 (2021): Wohnen - gutes Leben - Gerechtigkeit
Wohnen in Wien
Creators: name: Ramser, Karin
Publisher: name: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften
Year: 2021

description: Was vor rund 100 Jahren seinen Anfang nahm, gilt heute als weltweites Vorzeigeprojekt. In den Jahren des sogenannten „Roten Wien“ nach dem Ersten Weltkrieg war der Gemeindebau die mutige politische Antwort auf die gewaltige Wohnungsnot und auf die katastrophalen Wohnverhältnisse. Während andere Städte und Ballungsräume neoliberalen Privatisierungstrends nachgaben, hielt die Stadt Wien am bewährten Modell des Gemeindebaus fest und kann so der Bevölkerung bis heute in großem Umfang leistbaren Wohnraum zur Verfügung stellen. Der Beitrag zeichnet diese erfolgreiche Wohnungspolitik nach und wirft am Beispiel Wien(er Wohnen), aber auch darüber hinausweisend, Schlaglichter auf die gegenwärtigen gesellschaftlichen Herausforderungen und politischen Lösungsstrategien der Wohnungsfrage.
description: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften, Bd. 62 (2021): Wohnen - gutes Leben - Gerechtigkeit
Quo vadis Wohnungspolitik?
Creators: name: Gutheil-Knopp-Kirchwald, Gerlinde
Publisher: name: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften
Year: 2021

description: Die Wiener Wohnungspolitik gilt aufgrund der hohen Bedeutung des sozialen Wohnbaus sowie der Leistbarkeit des Wohnens und der guten Wohnqualität als Erfolgsmodell. Dennoch ist Wohnen in Wien nicht für alle leistbar. Gerade vulnerable Gruppen sind häufig auf das teuerste Wohnungsmarktsegment, nämlich die befristete private Miete, angewiesen. Gleichzeitig wird in Wien eine Abnahme der sozialräumlichen Mischung beobachtet. Für diese Entwicklung werden zwei Ursachen ausgemacht: Zum einen die zunehmende Finanzialisierung des Wohnungsmarkts, welche zu einer dynamischen Nachfrage- und Preisentwicklung geführt hat, und zum anderen ein Zielkonflikt zwischen dem utilitaristischen und dem sozialen Gerechtigkeitskonzept innerhalb der Wohnungspolitik. „Polis semper reformanda est“ lautet das Fazit – Politik muss sich immer erneuern. Es genügt nicht, das wertvolle Erbe eines großen gemeinwohlorientierten Wohnungssektors zu verteidigen. Zusätzlich gilt es, neue Allianzen zu bilden, um die Bedeutungsverschiebung einer Wohnung vom Grundbedürfnis zu einem Finanzprodukt wieder umzukehren und Wohnen für alle zugänglich(er) und leistbar(er) zu machen.
description: Jahrbuch für Christliche Sozialwissenschaften, Bd. 62 (2021): Wohnen - gutes Leben - Gerechtigkeit
Understanding Korean-Japanese interpersonal relationships
Creators: name: Koike, Rika
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The purpose of this study was to investigate "themes," patterns of accounts related to the lived experiences of interpersonal relationships between Koreans and Japanese living in Japan. The research question was: What is the texture of the voices of Koreans living in Japan and their host Japanese in their interculturally lived experiences of interpersonal relationships? Individual interviews were conducted in Japanese with six Koreans living in Japan. In addition, interviews were held with three Japanese who had interpersonal relationships with three of the Korean interview subjects. The relationships varied from low, to moderate, to high intimacy. Four themes emerged through interpretive analysis of the participants' accounts of their relationships: Japanese attitudes towards Koreans, a sense of commonality, cultural differences, and involvement. In the first three theme categories, two to three subthemes were identified. Japanese discriminatory attitudes towards Koreans seemed to have negative influences on some of the Korean participants. Also, the way the participants perceived cultural differences rather than the differences themselves appeared to be important in developing interpersonal relationships. The educational implication of this study is the implementation of a curriculum of Japanese-as-a-second-language that focuses on cultural awareness and appreciation of cultural difference among cultures as well as those within Japanese culture.