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School Environment and Environmental Education Lecturer-s Job Performance in the University of Calabar, Nigeria- 21-Feb-2020 12-27-30.pdf
Creators: name: Onnoghen, Usang  Nkanu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 130304 Educational Administration, Management and Leadership
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: This study investigated school environment on Environmental Education Lecturer's performance in the University of Calabar, Calabar Nigeria, using a purposive sampling technique, a sample of 76...
Deterministic creation and stabilization of entanglement in circuit QED by homodyne-mediated feedback control
Creators: name: Liu, Zhuo
name: Kuang, Lulin
name: Hu, Kai
name: Xu, Luting
name: Wei, Suhua
name: Guo, Lingzhen
name: Li, Xin-Qi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the solid-state circuit QED system and based on the homodyne measurement in dispersive regime, we demonstrate that a homodyne-current-based feedback can create and stabilize highly entangled two-qubit states in the presence of moderate noisy environment. Particularly, we present an extended analysis for the current-based Markovian feedback, which leads to an improved filtered-current-based feedback scheme. We show that this is essential for us to achieve the desirable control effect in present system.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
Line defect correlators in fermionic CFTs
Creators: name: Barrat, Julien
name: Liendo, Pedro
name: van Vliet, Philine
Publisher: name: Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, DESY, Hamburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: field theory, conformal
operator, local
two-point function, scalar
dimension, 1
field theory, scalar
defect
correlation function
bootstrap
spin

description: Scalar-fermion models, such as the Gross-Neveu-Yukawa model, admit natural $1d$ defects given by the exponential of a scalar field integrated along a straight line. In $4-\varepsilon$ dimensions the defect coupling is weakly relevant and the setup defines a non-trivial interacting defect CFT. In this work we study correlation functions on these defect CFTs to order $\varepsilon$. We focus on $1d$ correlators constrained to the line, which include canonical operators like the displacement and the one-dimensional analog of the spin field. These results give access to perturbative CFT data that can be used as input in the numerical bootstrap. We also consider local operators outside the line, in particular two-point functions of scalars whose dynamics are non-trivial due to the presence of the defect.
Physarum serpula Morgan, J. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist.
Creators: name: Treviño-Zevallos, Italo
name: García-Cunchillos, Iván
name: Basanta, Diana Wrigley De
name: Lado, Carlos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Protozoa
Mycetozoa
Myxomycetes
Physarales
Physaraceae
Physarum
Physarum serpula

description: 147. Physarum cf. serpula Morgan, J. Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. 19(1): 29 (1896)
 Specimens examined. PERU. Ancash: Bolognesi, Pachapaqui, San Judas Tadeo, route PE-3N, km 35, 3828 m, 9º59′23.5”S, 77º06′40.9”W, 23 Apr 2013, bark and leaves of Polylepis sp., Lado 23151 (MA-Fungi 95305). Huari, near to Cahuish tunnel, route AN- 110, 28 km southeast of Chavín, 4326 m, 9º41′24”S, 77º14′41”W, 22 May 2014, bark of Polylepis sp., Lado 23733 (MA-Fungi 95388). Recuay, Catac, route AN-110, km 18, Querococha lagoon, 4040 m, 9º43′27”S, 77º20′02”W, 24 May 2014, bark of Polylepis sp., Lado 23872 (MA-Fungi 95522, USM). Cusco: Quispicanchi, Ccatca, Lahualahua, route PE-30C, Km 39.5, 3685 m, 13º38′57”S, 71º27′34”W, 15 Apr 2016, bark and leaf of Polylepis sp., Lado 24318 (MA-Fungi 95662).
 Notes. The deteriorated state of the material does not allow identification to be confirmed; however, we approximate it to this species due to the yellowish sporotheca and warted spores with one side paler.
description: Published as part of Treviño-Zevallos, Italo, García-Cunchillos, Iván, Basanta, Diana Wrigley De & Lado, Carlos, 2023, Diversity of Myxomycetes from Peru Part III: The high Andes and the altiplano, pp. 1-92 in Phytotaxa 624 (1) on pages 72-73, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.624.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10150721
Rechtliche Fragen in der Dokumentenlieferung
Creators: name: Brettschneider, Peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Dokumentenlieferung
Kopienversand

description: Die Präsentation bildet die Grundlage einer Fortbildungen des Berufsverbandes BIB am 28.9.2021 in der WLB in Stuttgart. Die Fortbildungsunterlagen bieten Lösungsvorschläge für rechtliche Fragen im Hinblick auf Kopienversand bzw. Dokumentenlieferung.
Discovery of Yttrium, Zirconium, Niobium, Technetium, and Ruthenium Isotopes
Creators: name: Nystrom, A.
name: Thoennessen, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Currently, thirty-four yttrium, thirty-five zirconium, thirty-four niobium, thirty-five technetium, and thirty-eight ruthenium isotopes have been observed and the discovery of these isotopes is discussed here. For each isotope a brief synopsis of the first refereed publication, including the production and identification method, is presented.
description: To be published in Atomic Data and Nuclear Data Tables
Searching for hemispheric asymmetry and parity violation with the cosmic microwave background
Creators: name: Contreras, Dagoberto
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: The current standard model of cosmology is an extremely successful theory that describes all available data with only half a dozen or so parameters. Nevertheless there are aspects of the model that remain mysterious. In this thesis I test two assumptions with the cosmic microwave background (CMB) as measured by the Planck satellite mission. The first is statistical isotropy, motivated by hints in the temperature anisotropies that power on large scales exhibits a dipolar asymmetry. I confront this claim with data and formulate a mechanism to predict the corresponding asymmetry in different modes given a specific model. I apply this to temperature, CMB lensing, and polarization specifically. I find that while lensing is not constraining enough to help in distinguishing models, cosmic-variance-limited polarization will prove very helpful in doing so. I forecast that if the asymmetry signal is correct, then Planck polarization is quite unlikely to detect it, while a cosmic-variance-limited polarization experiment will increase the probability of a detection greatly. Furthermore via their over production of total power to the CMB, I rule out a class of models that try to explain the asymmetry such as an asymmetry in tensors or isocurvature. The second assumed symmetry is parity. The CMB is sensitive to parity-violation in the electromagnetic sector via correlations of temperature and E modes with B modes. The parity-violation is parameterized by an angle ⍺, defined on the sky. I use polarization data to constrain a uniform ⍺, setting the current best limits on this angle ⍺ = 0°.35 ± 0°.05 (stat.) ± 0°.28 (syst.). I demonstrate that this measurement is now dominated by systematic effects and thus unlikely to be improved upon in the near future. I also set the current best constraints on large-scale anisotropies of ⍺ via a scale-invariant power spectrum l(l+1)CL/2π < [2.2 (stat.) ± 0.7 (syst.)] × 10⁻⁵ = [0.07 (stat.) ± 0.02 (syst.)] deg². Furthermore I constrain power on l = 1, √(3C₁/4π) = 0°.32 ± 0°.10 (stat.) ± 0°.08 (syst.) and l=2 modes ⍺₂₀ = 0°.02 ± 0°.21. The CMB is therefore consistent with no parity violations.
Multigrid solver for clover fermions
Creators: name: Osborn, J. C.
name: Babich, R.
name: Brannick, J.
name: Brower, R. C.
name: Clark, M. A.
name: Cohen, S. D.
name: Rebbi, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an adaptive multigrid Dirac solver developed for Wilson clover fermions which offers order-of-magnitude reductions in solution time compared to conventional Krylov solvers. The solver incorporates even-odd preconditioning and mixed precision to solve the Dirac equation to double precision accuracy and shows only a mild increase in time to solution for decreasing quark mass. We show actual time to solution on production lattices in comparison to conventional Krylov solvers and will also discuss the setup process and its relative cost to the total solution time.
description: 7 pages, 8 figures, talk presented at the XXVIII International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, June 14-19 2010, Villasimius, Italy
Transition from ergodic to explosive behavior in a family of stochastic differential equations
Creators: name: Birrell, Jeremiah
name: Herzog, David P.
name: Wehr, Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a family of quadratic stochastic differential equations in the plane, motivated by applications to turbulent transport of heavy particles. Using Lyapunov functions, we find a critical parameter value $α_{1}=α_{2}$ such that when $α_{2}>α_{1}$ the system is ergodic and when $α_{2}
description: 35 pages, 6 figures
The Interplay of Single Ion Anisotropy and Magnetic 3d-4f Interactions in V$^{\rm III}_2$Ln$^{\rm III}_2$ Butterfly Complexes
Creators: name: Arneth, J.
name: Li, X.
name: Braun, J.
name: Paul, S.
name: Schulze, M.
name: Anson, C. E.
name: Wernsdorfer, W.
name: Powell, A. K.
name: Klingeler, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Within the framework of 3d-4f molecular magnets, the most thoroughly investigated architecture is that of butterfly-shaped coordination clusters as it provides an ideal testbed to study fundamental magnetic interactions. Here, we report the synthesis and characterisation of a series of isostructural V$^{\rm III}_2$Ln$^{\rm III}_2$ butterfly complexes, where Ln = Y (1Y), Tb (2Tb), Dy (3Dy), Ho (4Ho), Er (5Er), Tm (6Tm), Yb (7Yb), which extends the previous study on isostructural butterflies with Cr$^{\rm III}$, Mn$^{\rm III}$ and Fe$^{\rm III}$. In zero external field, compounds 2Tb, 3Dy and 4Ho show clear maxima in the out-of-phase component of the ac susceptibility whereas small magnetic fields are needed to suppress quantum tunneling in 6Tm. Combined high-field electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy and magnetisation measurements unambiguously reveal an easy-plane anisotropy of the V$^{\rm III}$ ion and antiferromagnetic Ising-like 3d-4f exchange couplings. The strength of $J_{\rm 3d-4f}$ is shown to decrease upon variation of the 4f ion from Tb to Ho, while increasing antiferromagnetic interaction can be observed from Ho to Tm. The exact inverse chemical trend is found for the relative angle between the 3d and 4f main anisotropy axes, which highlights the important role of the lanthanide 4f electron distribution anisotropy for 3d-4f exchange.
description: 11 pages, 9 figures
Counting Connected Set Partitions of Graphs
Creators: name: Simon, Frank
name: Tittmann, Peter
name: Trinks, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C31

description: Let $G=(V,E)$ be a simple undirected graph with $n$ vertices then a set partition $π=\{V_1, ..., V_k\}$ of the vertex set of $G$ is a connected set partition if each subgraph $G[V_j]$ induced by the blocks $V_j$ of $π$ is connected for $1\le j\le k$. Define $q_{i}(G)$ as the number of connected set partitions in $G$ with $i$ blocks. The partition polynomial is then $Q(G, x)=\sum_{i=0}^n q_{i}(G)x^i$. This paper presents a splitting approach to the partition polynomial on a separating vertex set $X$ in $G$ and summarizes some properties of the bond lattice. Furthermore the bivariate partition polynomial $Q(G,x,y)=\sum_{i=1}^n \sum_{j=1}^m q_{ij}(G)x^iy^j$ is briefly discussed, where $q_{ij}(G)$ counts the number of connected set partitions with $i$ blocks and $j$ intra block edges. Finally the complexity for the bivariate partition polynomial is proven to be $\sharp P$-hard.
Gelfand-Tsetlin polytopes and Feigin-Fourier-Littelmann polytopes as marked poset polytopes
Creators: name: Ardila, Federico
name: Bliem, Thomas
name: Salazar, Dido
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Stanley (1986) showed how a finite partially ordered set gives rise to two polytopes, called the order polytope and chain polytope, which have the same Ehrhart polynomial despite being quite different combinatorially. We generalize his result to a wider family of polytopes constructed from a poset P with integers assigned to some of its elements. Through this construction, we explain combinatorially the relationship between the Gelfand-Tsetlin polytopes (1950) and the Feigin-Fourier-Littelmann polytopes (2010), which arise in the representation theory of the special linear Lie algebra. We then use the generalized Gelfand-Tsetlin polytopes of Berenstein and Zelevinsky (1989) to propose conjectural analogues of the Feigin-Fourier-Littelmann polytopes corresponding to the symplectic and odd orthogonal Lie algebras.
description: 12 pages
A Village Astronomer: Life and Works of R. G. Chandra
Creators: name: Biswas, Sudhindra Nath
name: Mukhopadhyay, Utpal
name: Ray, Saibal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: History and Philosophy of Physics (physics.hist-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the present article we provide a brief introduction to the Life and Works of Indian astronomer R. G. Chandra.
description: 29 Latex pages
Metacinnabar (β-HgS): a strong 3D topological insulator with highly anisotropic surface states
Creators: name: Virot, Franccois
name: Hayn, Roland
name: Richter, Manuel
name: Brink, Jeroen van den
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We establish the presence of topologically protected edge states on the (001) surface of HgS in the zinc-blende structure using density-functional electronic structure calculations. The Dirac point of the edge state cone is very close to the bulk valence band maximum. The Dirac cone is extremely anisotropic with a very large electron velocity along one diagonal of the surface elementary cell x' and a nearly flat dispersion in the perpendicular direction y'. The strong anisotropy originates from a broken fourfold rotoinversion symmetry at the surface.
description: Phys. Rev. Lett., in press
Structure, Deformations and Gravitational Wave Emission of Magnetars
Creators: name: Gualtieri, L.
name: Ciolfi, R.
name: Ferrari, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Neutron stars can have, in some phases of their life, extremely strong magnetic fields, up to 10^15-10^16 G. These objects, named magnetars, could be powerful sources of gravitational waves, since their magnetic field could determine large deformations. We discuss the structure of the magnetic field of magnetars, and the deformation induced by this field. Finally, we discuss the perspective of detection of the gravitational waves emitted by these stars.
description: 11 pages, 2 figures, prepared for 19th International Conference on General Relativity and Gravitation (GR19), Mexico City, Mexico, July 5-9, 2010
Adapting guidelines to support Intensive Care Unit survivorship : a pilot study
Creators: name: Chahal, Jagdeep
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: Background: As ICU mortality decreases, it has been reported that over half of ICU survivors inadvertently experience post-intensive care syndrome (PICS). Comprehensive and consistent strategies to prevent, recognize and treat the physical, cognitive and psychological symptoms of PICS are in development in a large number of clinical settings nationally and internationally. There exists little research focusing on the implementation of PICS care pathways at the individual institutional level. Purpose: This was a pilot study and the first step in a quality improvement initiative. The purpose of this study was to examine whether the United Kingdom, National Institute for health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) 2009 guideline on rehabilitation after critical illness could be helpful to audit clinical practice in a Canadian hospital. Method: This was a pilot study that incorporated a retrospective chart audit. Data was collected from patient charts utilizing the NICE 2009 rehabilitation after critical illness audit support tool. Results: Not all of the proposed recommendations in the NICE 2009 guideline were applicable to the Canadian context. While the selected Canadian clinical setting in the study does not have an implemented PICS pathway, nine out of fifteen proposed audited recommendations were a part of usual care or based on health care professional expertise in the Canadian hospital. Conclusion: Collecting data on post-ICU recovery in the Canadian clinical setting utilizing the NICE 2009 rehabilitation after critical illness audit support tool is feasible. Clarification of the roles of multidisciplinary team members in the rehabilitation pathway and the auditing strategies to prevent, manage, and treat PICS throughout the ICU trajectory could potentially improve the usability and relevance of the NICE chart abstraction tool to the Canadian context. Implications: A PICS care pathway has the potential to optimize health outcomes of ICU survivors. To be effective, a multidisciplinary team approach is recommended in caring for the critically ill patient throughout the ICU trajectory. Nurse leaders, in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, should review each proposed recommendation on rehabilitation after critical illness published by NICE to determine the applicability to local clinical settings in efforts to optimize ICU survivorship.
IMMIGRANT INCOMES AND CREDIT
Creators: name: Falconer, Robert
Publisher: name: The School of Public Policy Publications
Year: 2021

description: Immigrants to Canada earn more the longer they live here. Their incomes are also influenced by factors including official language fluency, immigration category, and racial discrimination. In this article we address one factor – access to affordable credit. Immigrants consume almost half of their savings in moving to Canada. This can leave little leftover to pay for recertification or licensing fees. Newcomers with professional accreditations earned outside Canada who cannot recertify or become licensed on their arrival often find work that is not commensurate with their training. This is a loss to both immigrants and those born in Canada who might benefit from their skills. Small, low-interest loans, or “microcredit” may be one way to achieve faster certification. The figure on the right shows data from Windmill Microlending, a registered charity providing microloans to immigrants. Red dots represent the income of an immigrant loan recipients (red) and non-recipients (green) measured against their time in Canada. The lines show the average rise in pay for immigrants the longer they live in Canada. On average, loan recipients receive a 26% increase in income following disbursement and a faster rate of increase in income over time.
description: The School of Public Policy Publications, Vol. 14 No. 1 (2021)
Evolving Genes to Balance a Pole
Creators: name: Nicolau, Miguel
name: Schoenauer, Marc
name: Banzhaf, W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We discuss how to use a Genetic Regulatory Network as an evolutionary representation to solve a typical GP reinforcement problem, the pole balancing. The network is a modified version of an Artificial Regulatory Network proposed a few years ago, and the task could be solved only by finding a proper way of connecting inputs and outputs to the network. We show that the representation is able to generalize well over the problem domain, and discuss the performance of different models of this kind.
Strengthening Canada’s Food System by Reducing Food Waste
Creators: name: Holland, Kerri
Publisher: name: The School of Public Policy Publications
Year: 2021

description: Canada’s food system has evolved under pressure to constantly produce more and do so more efficiently. However, the drive for increased productivity has also led to rising levels of food loss and waste. In Canada, over half of our annual food supply is discarded. Wasted resources, economic costs, pollution and growing numbers of citizens who are food insecure underline the importance of tackling this critical public policy issue. The aim of this paper is to better understand food loss and waste in Canada’s food system and offer suggestions for policy action. Canada’s food system is interconnected and food loss and waste occur at every level of the supply chain. They are the result of multiple and cumulative activities and the economic, social and environmental impacts are considerable. Consumers and businesses fail to adequately measure and account for the costs of waste and this is a reflection of how our society values food. There has been a general disregard for food loss and waste in the pursuit of maximizing output/economic growth, meeting market demands and keeping food prices low. COVID-19’s impact has shed light on the strengths and vulnerabilities of Canada’s food system. Disruptions in our supply chains garnered media attention and food security concerns became top of mind for many Canadians. Diverting food can help alleviate food insecurity but it can also serve an important role in reducing food waste. However, there are key challenges to facilitating food rescue that have been highlighted and exacerbated over the last year, including lack of infrastructure and co-ordination, misconceptions about food safety and worries related to cost and liability. Reducing the problem of food loss and waste in Canada’s food system will require a unified strategy and committed leadership. Policy action should be directed at enhancing measurement, education, innovation and policy reform. Reducing avoidable loss and waste through policy measures that enable prevention and diversion will ultimately strengthen our food system by wasting fewer resources, finding new economic opportunities, preventing environmental damage and alleviating food insecurity.
description: The School of Public Policy Publications, Vol. 14 No. 1 (2021)
The elastic Maier-Saupe-Zwanzig model and some properties of nematic elastomers
Creators: name: Liarte, D. B.
name: Yokoi, C. S. O.
name: Salinas, S. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a simple mean-field lattice model to describe the behavior of nematic elastomers. This model combines the Maier-Saupe-Zwanzig approach to liquid crystals and an extension to lattice systems of the Warner-Terentjev theory of elasticity, with the addition of quenched random fields. We use standard techniques of statistical mechanics to obtain analytic solutions for the full range of parameters. Among other results, we show the existence of a stress-strain coexistence curve below a freezing temperature, analogous to the P-V diagram of a simple fluid, with the disorder strength playing the role of temperature. Below a critical value of disorder, the tie lines in this diagram resemble the experimental stress-strain plateau, and may be interpreted as signatures of the characteristic polydomain-monodomain transition. Also, in the monodomain case, we show that random-fields may soften the first-order transition between nematic and isotropic phases, provided the samples are formed in the nematic state.
description: 17 pages, 7 figures
2020 TAX COMPETITIVENESS REPORT: CANADA’S INVESTMENT CHALLENGE
Creators: name: Mintz, Jack
name: Bazel, Philip
Publisher: name: The School of Public Policy Publications
Year: 2021

description: Canada is already at a disadvantage with lagging growth and productivity even before the massive economic destruction caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Before the pandemic hit, Canada’s corporate tax system was already becoming uncompetitive in attracting highly profitable investments relative to other developed countries. Canada’s general corporate tax rate, averaging 26.1 per cent, is within spitting distance of the highest rates in the OECD. While some industries may benefit from special preferences, the corporate tax has become increasingly inefficient and complex with targeted measures, and in some cases impeding the allocation of capital to growth industries like communications and services. This was having a serious effect on Canada’s economic health before COVID-19. Business investment in Canada has lagged that of many countries since 2015, well before the pandemic. Productivity has been weak and wages for workers have been depressed, particularly for unskilled labour. Additionally, the corporate tax system currently distorts the allocation of capital in the economy, favouring some sectors over others. In fact, some of the sectors least-favoured by the tax system — including retail and tourism, which face an eight-point tax disadvantage compared to the government- favoured manufacturing sector — are the very ones that had the roughest time during the pandemic and face a more difficult road to recovery. If Canada is going to “build back better,” as some politicians claim to want, it will need investors willing to build things. That will require governments focusing on policies that stimulate economic growth, including tax reform. While it is politically popular for some parties to push for higher corporate tax rates, that won’t solve our investment problem. Some limited benefit can be realized by reducing tax rates and broadening the corporate base elsewhere but Canada’s unwieldy corporate income tax has become too serious for those measures to sufficiently address the problem. A broader approach to corporate tax reform will be required to ensure that Canada is able to recover to good economic health after the COVID-19 pandemic.
description: The School of Public Policy Publications, Vol. 14 No. 1 (2021)
TAX POLICY TRENDS: AN EXAMINATION OF THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY OF CANADA’S PROPOSED CHILDCARE REFUNDABLE TAX CREDIT
Creators: name: Petit, Gillian
name: Tedds, Lindsay
name: Schirle, Tammy
Publisher: name: The School of Public Policy Publications
Year: 2021

description: On Aug. 15, 2021, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau had his request to dissolve Parliament approved, triggering Canada’s 44th federal election. On Aug. 16, 2021, the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) released their full platform. In that election platform, the CPC promise to convert the Childcare Expense Deduction (CCED) into a refundable tax credit (CPC 2021, 23). In releasing that platform, the CPC have also publicly stated that they would cancel the existing signed childcare agreements that expand childcare supply and limit childcare fees (Tasker 2021). This note examines the proposed benefit schedule of the refundable tax credit and what it would mean for childcare affordability.
description: The School of Public Policy Publications, Vol. 14 No. 1 (2021)
CT findings in epiploic appendagitis
Creators: name: Kontaki, Theodosia
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: CT
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Contrast agent-oral
subject: Inflammation

description: Clinical History Image Findings Discussion Find Diagnosis Differential Diagnosis
description: female, 66 years
description: Clinical History: A 66-year-old woman was referred to the emergency department of our hospital, complaining of abdominal pain in the left lower quadrant since 12 hours. The pain had an abrupt onset, was constant, non-migratory, without diarrhea or vomiting. The patient had... Final Diagnosis: Primary epiploic appendagitis
Physarum squamosum Flatau & Schirmer, Z. Mykol.
Creators: name: Treviño-Zevallos, Italo
name: García-Cunchillos, Iván
name: Basanta, Diana Wrigley De
name: Lado, Carlos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Protozoa
Mycetozoa
Myxomycetes
Physarales
Physaraceae
Physarum
Physarum squamosum

description: 149. º Physarum squamosum Flatau & Schirmer, Z. Mykol. 70(2): 187 (2004)
 Specimens examined. PERU. Ancash: Asunción, Chacas, Huascaran N.P., Punta Olímpica, 4874 m, 9º08′04.3”S, 77º30′38.4”W, 21 Apr 2013, livingand dead plant of Xenophyllum dactylophyllum, Lado 22965 (MA-Fungi 95144). Chacas, Acochaca, route AN-107, km 60, 4039 m, 9º08′48”S, 77º28′52”W, 10 May 2018, leaves and bark of Polylepis sp., Lado 26257 (MA-Fungi 97059). Huaraz, Cajamarquilla, 4233 m, 9º40′24.5”S, 77º41′46.0”W, 22 Apr 2013, leaves of Puya raimondii, Lado 23077 (MA-Fungi 95240).
 Notes. With iridescent peridium alternated with thick calcareous scales, more noticeable in the upper part (Fig. 4D). Similar to Ph. australiense S.L. Stephenson, Novozh. & Prikhodko, distinguishable by the calcareous columella, but the two species could be conspecific regarding the remaining morphological traits.
description: Published as part of Treviño-Zevallos, Italo, García-Cunchillos, Iván, Basanta, Diana Wrigley De & Lado, Carlos, 2023, Diversity of Myxomycetes from Peru Part III: The high Andes and the altiplano, pp. 1-92 in Phytotaxa 624 (1) on page 74, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.624.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/10150721
DEP Bulletin: Volume 42 Issue 8
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2018

description: The DEP bulletin is a semi-monthly publication of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. It contains a list of construction permit applications recently filed or acted upon by the Department along with a calendar of events of interest, a schedule of public hearings, and Environmental Impact Statements acted upon during the period.
Genetic insights into the role of PAX6 in ocular development
Creators: name: Sannan, Naif Sami
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: The fovea is a small retinal indentation packed with specialized cone photoreceptors. Despite its key-role in central vision, little is known about foveal pathologies and development at the cellular and molecular levels. Therefore, no treatment is yet available for vision loss resulting from underdeveloped-fovea (foveal hypoplasia (FH)). First, I used aniridia as a disease model to better understand FH at the cellular and molecular levels. Thirty-three aniridia subjects from British Columbia underwent a thorough ophthalmic examination with in-vivo imaging of foveal structure. Molecular investigations include sequencing of PAX6, candidate genes, in addition to 11p chromosomal analysis. In those in whom imaging was possible, FH was seen in the majority (80%) of cases. Best corrected visual acuities in the cohort ranged from normal vision to no light-perception. Molecular genetic defects involving PAX6 were identified in 30 participants, including 4 novel PAX6 mutations and 4 novel chromosome 11p deletions inclusive of PAX6 or its regulatory region. Then as a proof-of-principle, we employed the SMaRT (spliceosome-mediated RNA trans-splicing) method to rescue Pax6 defects in homozygous-mutant mouse embryonic-fibroblasts and then in-vivo in a naturally occurring Pax6 mouse model. We showed that by using SMaRT technology we were able to rescue Pax6 expression in-vitro and in-vivo, paving the way for potential future therapies for FH. Finally, we tested the feasibility of using Anolis carolinensis (green anole lizard) as a novel foveated model. With its complete published genome, bioinformatic analysis revealed that 85% of human candidate FH genes had an orthologous gene or DNA sequence in the anole. Eyes were collected at various stages of prehatching development for histological analysis, immunofluorescence, and apoptosis analysis. We demonstrated that embryonic foveal development in green anoles resembles human foveal development during infancy. Additionally, at embryonic stage (ES) 14 Pax6 was localized across the entire retina. However, at ES17 Pax6 expression in the ganglion cells of the central retina was markedly reduced. These findings provide the first insight into foveal morphogenesis in the green anole and suggest that it could be an ideal model for perturbing the molecular signals driving foveal development, thus informing on human foveal development and disease.
Simulating Quantum Dynamics with Entanglement Mean Field Theory
Creators: name: De, Aditi Sen
name: Sen, Ujjwal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Exactly solvable many-body systems are few and far between, and the utility of approximate methods cannot be overestimated. Entanglement mean field theory is an approximate method to handle such systems. While mean field theories reduce the many-body system to an effective single-body one, entanglement mean field theory reduces it to a two-body system. And in contrast to mean field theories where the self-consistency equations are in terms of single-site physical parameters, those in entanglement mean field theory are in terms of both single- and two-site parameters. Hitherto, the theory has been applied to predict properties of the static states, like ground and thermal states, of many-body systems. Here we give a method to employ it to predict properties of time-evolved states. The predictions are then compared with known results of paradigmatic spin Hamiltonians.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures
Religion and Democracy: Political Inclusion and Normative Renewal in the Work of Jürgen Habermas
Creators: name: Hoyeck, Philippe-Antoine
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2019
Subjects: Habermas
religion
public reason
secularism
postsecularism
deliberative democracy

description: Habermas’s work since the turn of the millennium is characterized by an increased interest in the role of religion in politics. One of the most significant theses of this so-called “religious turn” is captured by Habermas’s institutional translation proviso, which calls on citizens to participate in translating religious contributions to public dialogue into a secular language purportedly accessible to all. The purpose of this thesis is to examine the translation proviso with a view both to the political inclusion of religious citizens and to the renewal of the normative resources required for democratic self-determination. By way of a critical engagement with the work of Immanuel Kant and Charles Taylor, I argue that, despite being limited as a solution to both problems, Habermas’s institutional translation proviso is nonetheless preferable to available alternatives. To that extent, I maintain that it is an indispensable feature of democratic politics in pluralist societies.
Geometry of Valley Growth
Creators: name: Petroff, Alexander P.
name: Devauchelle, Olivier
name: Abrams, Daniel M.
name: Lobkovsky, Alexander E.
name: Kudrolli, Arshad
name: Rothman, Daniel H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Although amphitheater-shaped valley heads can be cut by groundwater flows emerging from springs, recent geological evidence suggests that other processes may also produce similar features, thus confounding the interpretations of such valley heads on Earth and Mars. To better understand the origin of this topographic form we combine field observations, laboratory experiments, analysis of a high-resolution topographic map, and mathematical theory to quantitatively characterize a class of physical phenomena that produce amphitheater-shaped heads. The resulting geometric growth equation accurately predicts the shape of decimeter-wide channels in laboratory experiments, 100-meter wide valleys in Florida and Idaho, and kilometer wide valleys on Mars. We find that whenever the processes shaping a landscape favor the growth of sharply protruding features, channels develop amphitheater-shaped heads with an aspect ratio of pi.
Electronic structure quantum Monte Carlo
Creators: name: Bajdich, Michal
name: Mitas, Lubos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum Monte Carlo (QMC) is an advanced simulation methodology for studies of manybody quantum systems. In this review, we focus on the electronic structure QMC, i.e., methods relevant for systems described by the electron-ion Hamiltonians. Some of the key QMC achievements include direct treatment of electron correlation, accuracy in predicting energy differences and favorable scaling in the system size. Calculations of atoms, molecules, clusters and solids have demonstrated QMC applicability to real systems with hundreds of electrons while providing 90-95% of the correlation energy and energy differences typically within a few percent of experiments. Advances in accuracy beyond these limits are hampered by the so-called fixed-node approximation which is used to circumvent the notorious fermion sign problem. Many-body nodes of fermion states and their properties have therefore become one of the important topics for further progress in predictive power and efficiency of QMC calculations. Some of our recent results on the wave function nodes and related nodal domain topologies will be briefly reviewed. This includes analysis of few-electron systems and descriptions of exact and approximate nodes using transformations and projections of the highly-dimensional nodal hypersurfaces into the 3D space. Studies of fermion nodes offer new insights into topological properties of eigenstates such as explicit demonstrations that generic fermionic ground states exhibit the minimal number of two nodal domains. Recently proposed trial wave functions based on Pfaffians with pairing orbitals are presented and their nodal properties are tested in calculations of first row atoms and molecules. Finally, backflow "dressed" coordinates are introduced as another possibility for capturing correlation effects and for decreasing the fixed-node bias.
description: published in: Acta Physica Slovaca 59, No.2, 81-168 (2009) (88 pages) (Received 10 May 2009, accepted 14 May 2009), Keywords: Condensed Matter, Computational Methods, Electronic Structure, Quantum Monte Carlo, Correlated Electrons, Fermion Nodes, Pfaffians; PACS:02.70.Ss, 03.65.Ge, 05.30.Fk, 31.25.-v, 67.10.Db, 71.10.w, 71.15.-m, 71.20.-b
32319: Life after finals in lockdown
Creators: name: Project, Lockdown2020 and Beyond
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 479999
subject: Other language, communication and culture not elsewhere classified

description: This term was a strange term for us all; online lectures and tutorials quickly became the norm, and life in a global pandemic restricted our ability to make real human connections and see friends and family. Taking finals in this new environment was certainly a challenge, but looking back, I realise that — rather ironically — the stress of exams and studying kept me grounded, distracting me from the chaos and uncertainty of the world around me. People often talk about the experience of an online Trinity or exams in lockdown, but perhaps less thought is given to the experience of what comes next. It's a strange feeling. Now that the distraction of finals is gone, I'm faced with not only the odd sense of realisation that I have completed a whole degree, but also the reality that we are still in lockdown and many of those limitations that I previously hadn't fully processed are very much still there. The stark contrast between the liberation from my degree and the constraints of lockdown is something I'm still trying to come to terms with, but over the past few weeks since finishing finals, I've been really trying to focus on myself and my own wellbeing, catching up on sleep, pursuing old hobbies and finding new ones (shoutout to Animal Crossing New Horizons). My degree didn't quite get the end that I had hoped for, and maybe it was slightly anticlimactic to submit my final exam only to go back to lockdown, but after four hectic years, I'm finally able to step back and recharge, with the benefit of now being in an environment of tranquility as shops remain closed and the bustle of city-life is temporarily paused. Perhaps spending life after finals in lockdown isn't so bad after all.
Ice chemistry in massive Young Stellar Objects: the role of metallicity
Creators: name: Oliveira, J. M.
name: van Loon, J. Th.
name: Sloan, G. C.
name: Indebetouw, R.
name: Kemper, F.
name: Tielens, A. G. G. M.
name: Simon, J. D.
name: Woods, Paul M.
name: Meixner, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the comparison of the three most important ice constituents (water, CO and CO2) in the envelopes of massive Young Stellar Objects (YSOs), in environments of different metallicities: the Galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and, for the first time, the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). We present observations of water, CO and CO2 ice in 4 SMC and 3 LMC YSOs (obtained with Spitzer-IRS and VLT/ISAAC). While water and CO2 ice are detected in all Magellanic YSOs, CO ice is not detected in the SMC objects. Both CO and CO2 ice abundances are enhanced in the LMC when compared to high-luminosity Galactic YSOs. Based on the fact that both species appear to be enhanced in a consistent way, this effect is unlikely to be the result of enhanced CO2 production in hotter YSO envelopes as previously thought. Instead we propose that this results from a reduced water column density in the envelopes of LMC YSOs, a direct consequence of both the stronger UV radiation field and the reduced dust-to-gas ratio at lower metallicity. In the SMC the environmental conditions are harsher, and we observe a reduction in CO2 column density. Furthermore, the low gas-phase CO density and higher dust temperature in YSO envelopes in the SMC seem to inhibit CO freeze-out. The scenario we propose can be tested with further observations.
description: accepted by MNRAS Letters; 5 pages, 3 figures, 1 table
Dolch Sight Words in Concept Mapping as a Tool in Learning Word Recognition Skills for Learning Difficulty Learners
Creators: name: Undalok, James Mirabeau
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Uncategorized
subject: 139999 Education not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Educational sciences

description: The study aims to determine whether the graphic organizers have significant improvement of the readingperformance of children with learning difficulty. There were twenty pupils involved in the study. The researcherdivided the class in two groups. One group was taught using contemporary method of teaching and the secondgroup was exposed to graphic organizers (experimental group).This study used the quasi-experimental design which focused on the word recognition skills of children withlearning difficulty. To gather the data, an experimental teaching was conducted using the Dolch sight wordswhich were taken from the compilation of Dr. Edward William Dolch and graphic organizers strategy wasadopted from Dr. David Ausubel. The result, however, shows that there was no significant difference in theperformance of the pupils. The short period of experimentation of the study, the pretest and the posttest scoresdid not differ significantly, but the 2.7 per cent increase in the experimental group is already an achievement forchildren with learning difficulty.
Preparation, Characterization and Fluorescence Spectroscopic Studies of Polyacrylic Acid Mixed with Different Ratios of Silver Nanoparticles/Rhodamine B
Creators: name: madani, wesal
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 30505 Physical Organic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30304 Physical Chemistry of Materials
subject: 91209 Polymers and Plastics
subject: FOS: Materials engineering
subject: 20502 Lasers and Quantum Electronics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 100708 Nanomaterials
subject: FOS: Nanotechnology

description: Preparation, Characterization and Fluorescence Spectroscopic Studies of Polyacrylic Acid Mixed with Different Ratios of Silver Nanoparticles/Rhodamine B
Characterization of the presence and distribution of CD1d in the central nervous system of multiple sclerosis
Creators: name: Muir, Fraser
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: Background: Research into diffusely abnormal white matter (DAWM) in archival MS brain tissue has shown that there is a lipid-specific depletion with preservation of myelin proteins within DAWM, implicating a response against myelin lipids in multiple sclerosis (MS). CD1, the Class I MHC-like protein family, present lipid antigens to the immune system. CD1a, b, and d have been observed in the central nervous system (CNS) of MS patients, yet no studies have quantified the presence of CD1d in the CNS. Methods: Archival formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded MS and control brain tissues were sectioned and stained with luxol fast blue (LFB) for myelin, and HLA-DR (class II MHC). Lesions were categorized as active, or chronic active, based upon HLA-DR and LFB staining characteristics. Sections were stained for CD1d, ionized calcium-binding adapter molecule 1 (Iba-1, microglia), glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP, astrocytes), DAPI (nuclei), and Sudan Black B (myelin). Tissues were imaged using an epifluorescent microscope and lesions were outlined based on absence of myelin staining. CD1d-positive cells were quantified per mm² and the number of cells double labeling with Iba-1 or GFAP were noted. Results: CD1d immunoreactivity was significantly increased in MS compared to control tissue. CD1d-positive cells were more prevalent in areas of active demyelination in MS lesions, and colocalized primarily with GFAP-positive reactive astrocytes. The edges of lesions contained CD1d-positive cells in similar numbers to active lesions but had significantly more than quiescent lesion centers. CD1d was found occasionally within Iba-1-positive cells. Conclusions: Our findings show increased CD1d in the CNS of MS patients, and demonstrate positivity being greatest in areas of active demyelination which is novel and supports a lipid-targeted autoimmune process contributing to the pathogenesis of MS. CD1d is primarily localized to GFAP-positive astrocytes and highlights a role for these cells compared to the rare CD1d-positive microglia.
BOSSINF-Renovering
Creators: Ministeriet for By, Bolig og Landdistrikter
Integration, og Sociale Forhold
Udlændinge- og Integrationsministeriet
Trafik-, Bygge- og Boligstyrelsen
Bolig- og Planstyrelsen
Landsbyggefonden
Byggeskadefonden
Publisher: name: Rigsarkivet
Year: 2023

description:
BOSSINF-Renovering er et administrativt IT-system, som indeholder oplysninger om de almene renoveringer, som er omfattet af Byggeskadefondens forsikringsdækning af eventuelle byggeskader, som kan opstå i forbindelse med renoveringsarbejderne.
Systemet taget i brug 1/7 2011.
Men i perioden 14. januar 2008 til 31.12.2010 er der 31 projekter.
I perioden 1.1.2011-30.6.2011 er der 34 projekter. Der er kun tale om §91-projekter.