cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Μελέτη Αιθερίων Ελαίων του Γένους Hypericum (Hypericaceae)
Creators: name: Τζιόρτζιου Τσιλιάκου, Δήμητρα Βασιλείου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2023
Subjects: Φαρμακευτική
Αιθέρια έλαια
Hypericum
Pharmaceutics
Essential oils

description: Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία έλαβε χώρα στο εργαστήριο Φαρμακογνωσίας του Τμήματος Φαρμακευτικής ΑΠΘ και έχει ως αντικείμενο την μελέτη αιθερίων ελαίων από διάφορα είδη του γένους Hypericum (Hypericaceae). Επιλέχθηκαν προς μελέτη είδη του γένους Hypericum, καθώς πρόκειται για υψηλής αξίας φαρμακευτικά φυτά, για τα οποία υπάρχουν βιβλιογραφικές αναφορές ότι χρησιμοποιούνται από αρχαιοτάτων χρόνων για την αντιμετώπιση ποικίλων προβλημάτων που περιλαμβάνουν το γαστρικού έλκους, την επούλωση πληγών και εγκαυμάτων, ακόμη και την ήπια έως μέτρια κατάθλιψη. Το φυτικό υλικό προέρχεται από διάφορα μέρη της Ελλάδος αλλά και από καλλιέργειες του Οργανισμού ΕΛΓΟ «ΔΗΜΗΤΡΑ». Συγκεκριμένα, παρελήφθησαν με τη μέθοδο της υδροαπόσταξης αιθέρια έλαια από τα εξής είδη: Hypericum jovis (Φαράγγι Καμάρες, Κρήτη), Hypericum aciferum (Αγία Ρούμελη, Κρήτη), Hypericum sp., Hypericum rumeliacum, Hypericum aegypticum, Hypericum sp. (Ομαλός Χανίων, Κρήτη), Hypericum jovis (Φαράγγι Καμάρες, Κρήτη) και Hypericum aciferum (Φουρνωτή Χανίων, Κρήτη). Ακολούθως, τα αιθέρια έλαια που παραλήφθηκαν, αναλύθηκαν με αέριο χρωματογραφία συζευγμένη με φασματογράφο μάζας (GC-MS).
description: This thesis was carried out in the Pharmacognosy laboratory of the School of Pharmacy of AUTH and has as its object the study of essential oils from various species of the genus Hypericum (Hypericaceae). Species of the genus Hypericum were selected for study, as they are medicinal plants of high value, for which there are literature references that they have been used since ancient times to treat a variety of problems including gastric ulcer, wound and burn healing, and even mild to moderate depression. The plant material was collected from various places of Greece, where the species are growing wild. Also, cultivated material was used for the studies. Specifically, essential oils were obtained by the hydrodistillation method from the following species: Hypericum jovis (Cany on Kamares, Crete), Hypericum aciferum (Saint Roumeli, Crete), Hypericum sp., Hypericum rumeliacum, Hypericum aegypticum, Hypericum sp. (Omalos Chania, Crete), Hypericum jovis (Canyon Kamares, Crete) και Hypericum aciferum (Fournoti Chania, crete). Subsequently, the essential oils that were obtained, were analyzed by gas chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry (GC-MS).
Endogenous local labour markets, regional aggregation and agglomeration economies
Creators: name: Meekes, Jordy
name: Hassink, Wolter H. J.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: We examine the role of spatial unit size in measuring the urban wage premium. Using Dutch administrative data, we define local labour markets (LLMs) based on employees’ commuting outcomes, gender and educational attainment. We show that high-educated employees and male employees have a relatively large LLM. Using a continuum of regional aggregations, we find that urban wage premium estimates increase over the level of aggregation, also for different subgroups of employees. We show that the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP) does not explain this pattern, consistent with stronger agglomeration externalities at higher regional aggregation levels.
title: Movement Patterns of a Federally Endangered Minnow in a Fragmented Desert River
Creators: name: Chavez, Martinique J.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2023

description: Fishes are unified in their need to move within the systems they occupy, and their movement patterns can be fundamental to their ecology and survival. Many large rivers in North America are fragmented by dams that modify natural flow regimes, compromise connectivity, and imperil freshwater fishes dependent on unrestricted movement in order to complete their life history. Coincident with widespread river fragmentation, are the declines of numerous endemic desert fishes in the American southwest. The Rio Grande Silvery Minnow (Hybognathus amarus, RGSM), has experienced a 95% reduction in its historical range and is now restricted to a highly fragmented stretch of river. Despite the important role of movement in riverine fishes, there are few studies describing the movement patterns of RGSM. The overall goal of this study is to document and better understand the movement ecology and patterns of RGSM. We used Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags in hatchery-reared RGSM with stationary and mobile PIT-tag antenna systems to detect and track movement patterns across time and space. We released a total of 37,215 PIT-tagged RGSM between 2018 and 2022. Of those released, we detected 13,706 RGSM making at least one movement (e.g., detected at two different locations). We found RGSM to be highly mobile and documented individuals moving farther distances than ever previously recorded. Individuals moved a mean total distance of 12.2 river kilometers (rkm) over the course of one year, with a maximum total distance of 103.0 rkm. Overall, total distances moved by individuals was larger than linear home range sizes within one year of release, suggesting RGSM were moving at finer scales within the extent of the river they occupied. Although individuals moved large distances, movement patterns were leptokurtic, with a larger portion of RGSM remaining near their initial release location. We documented a total 198 unique upstream passages through a diversion dam. The documentation of these passages is particularly meaningful as passage through this diversion by RGSM has not been previously documented and the diversion is not equipped with a formal fish passage. As indicated by the high number of repeated detections over the study period, as well as our high redetection rate (36.8%), the efficacy of our study design to detect an imperiled small-bodied fish species has crucial conservation applications. Our study elucidates the movement patterns of RGSM and can be an important model for other fish species in fragmented desert systems.
Copyright And Business Models In Uk Music Publishing
Creators: name: Towse, Ruth
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Copyright
Business Model
Music Publishing
Creative Industries

description: The paper argues that the paradigmatic shift from the sale of printed music to exploiting and managing musical rights that took place in music publishing during the early years of the 20th century was due to the changing market rather than to changes in copyright law. On the one hand, copyright law was ineffectual in controlling piracy throughout the 19th century and on the other hand, performing rights were ignored by music publishers for over 70 years; these points suggest that copyright was not the main reason behind the success of the industry. Rather than leading entrepreneurially (the current view of dynamism in the creative industries), publishers ‘followed the money’ and adapted their business models only when new streams of income from new forms of exploitation through sound recording, broadcasting and film became available as a result of exogenous technical progress. Publishers were locked-in to sales revenue as their business model, though when switching to the new business model of rights management took place, the costs seem not to have been greatly significant.

The paper takes an historical approach to the development of music publishing viewed through the lens of present day issues. The research has resonance for the transition from sales to licensing digital works that is taking place in the creative industries today and puts into perspective the relative significance of market forces and copyright law in the process.
Banking infrastructure and the Paycheck Protection Program during the Covid-19 pandemic
Creators: name: Lee, Soomi
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the US federal government distributed US$800 billion in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans to small businesses to preserve employment. Since PPP funding was transmitted through private banks, the characteristics of the regional banking market may have unevenly affected the programme’s reach. This paper examines how variations in market concentration and the presence of community banks contributed to PPP disbursement in US counties. It finds that greater regional banking market concentration correlates with fewer PPP loans, but this negative relationship is mitigated by a greater presence of community banks in highly concentrated markets.
Privacy, Security And Data Protection In Smart Cities: A Critical Eu Law Perspective
Creators: name: Edwards, Lilian
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015

description: "Smart cities" are a buzzword of the moment. Although legal interest is growing, most academic responses at least in the EU, are still from the technological, urban studies, environmental and sociological rather than legal, sectors[1] and  have primarily laid emphasis on the social, urban, policing and environmental benefits of smart cities, rather than their challenges, in often a rather uncritical fashion[2] . However a growing backlash from the privacy and surveillance sectors warns of the potential threat to personal privacy posed by smart cities[3]. A key issue is the lack of opportunity in an ambient or smart city environment for the giving of meaningful consent to processing of personal data; other crucial issues include the degree to which smart cities collect private data from inevitable public interactions,  the "privatisation" of  ownership of both infrastructure and data,  the repurposing of “big data” drawn from IoT in smart cities and the storage of that data in the Cloud.

This paper, drawing on author engagement with smart city development in Glasgow as well as the results of an international conference in the area curated by the author, argues that smart cities combine the three greatest current threats to personal privacy, with which regulation has so far failed to deal effectively; the Internet of Things(IoT)  or "ubiquitous computing";  "Big Data" ; and the Cloud. While these three phenomena have been examined extensively in much privacy literature (particularly the last two), both in the US and EU, the combination is under-explored. Furthermore, US legal literature and solutions (if any) are not simply transferable to the EU because of the US's lack of an omnibus data protection (DP) law.  I will discuss how and if EU DP law controls possible threats to personal privacy from smart cities and suggest further research on two possible solutions: one, a mandatory holistic privacy impact assessment (PIA) exercise for smart cities: two, code solutions for flagging the need for, and consequences of, giving consent to collection of data in ambient environments.

[1] See discusion in Annalisa Cocchia Smart and Digital City: A Systematic Literature Review ( Springer, 2014); also overview in the leading text Townsend, A  Smart cities : big data, civic hackers, and the quest for a new utopia (W.W.Norton and Co, 2014).

[2] Rob Kitchin’s Programmable City project, infra n 60 and Adam Greenfield,infra n 56, are outstanding counter-examples however

[3] See eg David Murakami Wood’s surveillance studies Ubicity project at Queens Ontario infra n 104.
Connection between two forms of extra-dimensional metrics revisited
Creators: name: Iofa, Mikhail Z.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: 5D cosmological model with 3-brane with matter is considered. The brane divides bulk in two AdS half spaces. Geometry of the model can be described by two types of coordinates: in the first setting the metric is static and the brane is moving in the bulk, in the second approach the metric is time-dependent and the brane is located at a fixed position in the bulk. Coordinate transformation connecting two coordinate systems is constructed.
description: 7 pages
Data-driven Subnational Decision-making in the Arctic: The power of indigenous voices and data supporting the green transition
Creators: name: Tkach, Pavel
name: Stepien, Adam
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Indigenous Knowledge
Evidence-based decision-making
Green transition
Data needs
Climate change

description: The Policy Paper summarizes the main outputs and preliminary findings of the Arctic PASSION project’s work related to enhancing evidence-based decision-making at the local and regional level in the Arctic, with respect to two themes: the state of inclusion of Indigenous knowledge in sub-national decision-making (including the patterns of interactions between Indigenous Peoples and local/regional policymakers) and data availability, needs and gaps with respect to managing and planning the green transition.
VHE Observations of Galactic binary systems with VERITAS
Creators: name: Maier, Gernot
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A few Galactic objects are known to be variable sources of photons with energies above 100 GeV. These systems are mostly binaries, where variability can often be connected to the orbital period. Particle acceleration and gamma-ray production processes in binaries are generally not well understood. We present here an overview of VERITAS observations of binary systems at very-high energies (VHE) with emphasis on LS I +61 303 and 1A0535+262. The results are discussed in the context of recent observations of RXTE, Swift and Fermi LAT at X- and Gamma-ray energies.
description: Presented at the 32nd ICRC, Beijing, 2011
Bodies as texts / bodies as agents: enslavement and resistance in Toni Morrison's Beloved
Creators: name: Perna, Sonia
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: PS3563 .O745 B4537 1998
subject: Morrison, Toni. Beloved.
subject: Body, Human, in literature.
subject: Slavery in literature.

description: Bibliography: p. 113-117
description: UARC
Regional and municipal debt in the Eurozone: a cross-country analysis
Creators: name: Ioannou, Stefanos
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer

description: This paper analyses the development of sub-sovereign debt in the Eurozone, based on a sample of 58 regional and municipal governments for the period 2004–17. The findings show that when examined from the prism of sub-sovereign debt, Eurozone countries cannot be readily divided into core and periphery, as conventionally done nationally. For many countries, a significant domestic variegation in local economic conditions is identified. Driving forces in the rise of debt positions are also varied. Despite such variegations, the analysis also confirms the overarching role of national governments in setting the fiscal and financial boundaries within which local governments operate.
Developing a knowledge base to incorporate traditional knowledge with geographic information systems
Creators: name: Clayton, Deena
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: E99 .K84 C58 1998
subject: Indian philosophy--Northwest Territories.
subject: Kutchin Indians.
subject: Human ecology--Northwest Territories.
subject: Case-based reasoning.
subject: Natural resources--Northwest Territories--Management.
subject: Geographic information systems

description: Bibliography: p. 89-95
Relationship between bronchopulmonary dysplasia in children of very low birth weight and parent reported asthma-like symptoms at 7 to 9 years of age
Creators: name: Craig, Carole A.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: RJ320 .B75 C73 1998
subject: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia.
subject: Bronchi--Diseases.
subject: Athma in children

description: Bibliography: p. 128-139
The ghost in the machine: The creation of the Passchendaele offensive, 1917
Creators: name: Bechthold, Derek R.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: D542 .Y72 B43 1998
subject: Ypres, 3rd Battle of, leper, Belgium, 1917
subject: World War, 1914-1918 - Campaigns - Belgium.

description: Bibligraphy: p. 136-146
description: UARC
Physics of Polymorphic Transitions in CeRuSn
Creators: name: Fikáček, J.
name: Prokleška, J.
name: Míšek, M.
name: Custers, J.
name: Daniš, S.
name: Prchal, J.
name: Sechovský, V.
name: Císařová, I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report a detailed study of the polymorphic transitions in ternary stannide CeRuSn on high quality single crystals through a combination of X-ray diffraction experiments conducted at 300, 275 and 120 K, and measurements of the thermal expansion, magnetization, and resistivity, along main crystallographic axes. In addition, the transition was followed as a function of pressure up to 0.8 GPa. The present X-ray diffraction data show that the room temperature polymorph consists of the lattice doubled along the c axis with respect to the CeCoAl-type structure consistent with previous reports. Upon cooling, the compound undergoes two successive transitions, first to a quintuple (290 K) and than to a triple CeCoAl superstructure at 225 K. The transitions are accompanied by a tremendous volume change due to a strong shrinking of the lattice along the c axis, which is clearly observed in thermal expansion. We advance arguments that the volume collapse originates from an increasing number of crystallographically inequivalent Ce sites and the change of ratio between the short and long Ce-Ru bonds. The observed properties of the polymorphic transition in CeRuSn are reminiscent of the transition in elementary Cerium, suggesting that similar physics, i.e., a Kondo influenced transition and strong lattice vibrations might be the driving forces.
Ειδικές Περιπτώσεις Δωροδοκίας στον Ποινικό Κώδικα και σε Ειδικούς Ποινικούς Νόμους
Creators: name: Τσιργιώτη, Αναστασία Νικολάου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2023
Subjects: Δωροδοκία
Ποινικός Κώδικας
Ειδικοί Ποινικοί Νόμοι
Corruption
Criminal Code
Special Criminal Legislation

description: Σκοπός της διπλωματικής εργασίας ήταν η όσο το δυνατόν πληρέστερη καταγραφή και παρουσίαση των ειδικών μορφών δωροδοκίας που συναντώνται τόσο στον Ποινικό Κώδικα όσο και σε ειδικά ποινικά νομοθετήματα, ως αποτέλεσμα των αλλεπάλληλων νομοθετικών πρωτοβουλιών και τροποποιήσεων στον χώρο των εγκλημάτων δωροδοκίας. Στο πρώτο μέρος αυτής εξετάσθηκαν και αναλύθηκαν οι αξιόποινες συμπεριφορές δωροδοκίας που διαφοροποιούνται ως προς τα επιμέρους χαρακτηριστικά τους από τις βασικές μορφές δωροδοκίας των άρθρων 235 και 236 του Ποινικού Κώδικα, ενώ συγχρόνως ασχοληθήκαμε και με τη σχέση που υφίσταται ανάμεσα σε κάθε μια από τις ειδικές περιπτώσεις δωροδοκίας και το βασικό αδίκημα. Στο δεύτερο κεφάλαιο της διπλωματικής παρουσιάσθηκαν οι ποινικές διατάξεις με τις οποίες ποινικοποιούνται συμπεριφορές δωροδοκίας στα πλαίσια διεξαγωγής αθλητικών διοργανώσεων, σύμφωνα με το άρθρο 132 του Ν 2725/1999. Ακολούθως, έγινε μια σύντομη αναφορά στις διατάξεις των νόμων 2803/2000,4254/2014, 4689/2020 που επέφεραν σημαντικές αλλαγές στον τομέα της ποινικοποίησης της δωροδοκίας αλλοδαπών δημοσίων λειτουργών. Το κεφάλαιο ολοκληρώνεται με τις διακεκριμένες παραλλαγές των βασικών εγκλημάτων δωροδοκίας που ίσχυαν κατά το παρελθόν. Στον επίλογο της διπλωματικής εργασίας γίνεται μια αξιολόγηση των νομοθετικών επιλογών και προτείνονται ενδεικτικά τρόποι αντιμετώπισης του φαινομένου της διαφθοράς.
description: The aim of the present thesis was to record and present as fully as possible the special forms of corruption found both in the Criminal Code and in special criminal legislation as a result of successive legislative initiatives and amendments in the field of corruption crimes. In the first part of this, the punishable acts of corruption that differ in terms of their individual characteristics from the basic forms of corruption in articles 235 and 236 of the Criminal Code were examined and analyzed, while at the same time we dealt with the relationship that exists between each of the special cases of corruption and the basic offence. In the second part of thesis, the criminal provisions criminalizing corruption in the context of sports events were presented, in accordance with article 132 of Law 2725/1999. Subsequently, a brief reference was made to the provisions of Laws 2803/2000, 4254/2014, 4689/2020 which brought about significant changes in the area of criminalization of corruption of foreign public officials.The part concludes with the distinguished variations of the basic corruption crimes that have been in force in the past. In the epilogue of the thesis, an evaluation of the legislative options is made and indicative ways of dealing with the phenomenon of corruption are proposed.
description: Σε συνεργασία με: Νομικής (Δημοκρίτειο Πανεπιστήμιο Θράκης)
Η προσωπική ανάπτυξη σε «Ομάδες Συνάντησης» με βάση τις αρχές εμψύχωσης N.D.I. και την εκπαίδευση για την αειφορία
Creators: name: Αποστόλου, Ελευθερία Δημητρίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2023
Subjects: Παρεμβαίνουσα Μη-κατευθυντική Εμψύχωση Ομάδων (N.D.I)
Εκπαίδευση για την Αειφορία
Ομάδες Συνάντησης
Education for Sustainability
Non-Directivité Intervenante/NDI
Cultivating Sustainable Action

description: Η διεξαγωγή της παρούσας έρευνας θα συμβάλλει στον διάλογο που αναπτύσσεται σήμερα γύρω από τα βιωματικά εργαστήρια, τα οποία μπορούν να αναλάβουν σημαντικό ρόλο για την καλλιέργεια μιας αειφόρου δράσης, όπως επιτάσσουν οι σύγχρονες συνθήκες και η αξία της ανθρώπινης ανάπτυξης. Η παρούσα εργασία έχει ως σκοπό να διερευνήσει αν υπήρξε προσωπική ανάπτυξη από τη συμμετοχή μεταπτυχιακών φοιτητών/τριών κατά τα προηγούμενα μεταπτυχιακά έτη (2015,2017,2019) του ΔΠΜΣ «Εκπαίδευση για την Αειφορία - Επιστήμες της Αγωγής» σε «Ομάδες Συνάντησης». Τα ερευνητικά της ερωτήματα είναι τα εξής: Η Παρεμβαίνουσα μη-κατευθυντική εμψύχωση (Ν.D.I.) επέδρασε σε επαγγελματικό και διαπροσωπικό επίπεδο; Πως οι φοιτητές/τριες συνδέουν την βιωματική εμπειρία των «Ομάδων Συνάντησης» με την Εκπαίδευση για την Αειφορία; Πως οι «Ομάδες Συνάντησης» ενισχύουν την Αειφόρο Δράση; Τα ερευνητικά δεδομένα θα συλλεχθούν μέσα από αναστοχαστικές εργασίες αυτοαξιολόγησης-ετεροαξιολόγησης που παρέδωσαν οι μεταπτυχιακοί/ές φοιτητές/τριες στον κύριο Γεωργόπουλο μετά την τελευταία συνάντηση της ομάδας τους.
description: The conduct of this research will contribute to the dialogue that is currently developing around experiential workshops, which can take on an important role in cultivating a sustainable action, as required by modern conditions and the value of human development. This thesis aims to investigate whether there has been personal growth from the participation of postgraduate students during the previous postgraduate years (2015,2017,2019) of the MSc "Education for Sustainability - Education Sciences" in "Meeting Groups". The research questions are as follows: Did the (N.D.I.) have an impact on a professional and interpersonal level? How do students connect the experience of "Meeting Groups" with Education for Sustainability? How do "Meeting Groups" enhance Sustainable Action? The research data will be collected through reflective self-evaluation- hetero-evaluation reports, that the postgraduate students handed over to Mr. Georgopoulos, after the last meeting of their team.
The Determinants of U.S. olive oil imports
Creators: name: Hammami, A. Malek
name: Beghin, John C.
name: Hammami, A. Malek
name: Beghin, John C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: International Relations/Trade
subject: olive oil
subject: trade
subject: gravity equation
subject: migrant network

description: We investigate the determinants of U.S. bilateral imports of olive oil and their dynamics from shocks in foreign supplies and changes in U.S. olive oil demand, using an augmented gravity framework that leads to an equilibrium of bilateral trade flows from olive oil exporters to the U.S. market. The empirical specification is applied at the disaggregated HS-6 level in a panel dataset, and three estimation techniques (truncated OLS, PPML, Heckman), for which the latter two account for zero trade flows, the extensive margin of trade and the potential censored distribution of exports with zero trade flows. We run Reset and HPC tests to qualify our results. On the supply side, exporters’ capacity to exports, multilateral trade resistance, and immigrants’ networks into the US are strong determinants of the bilateral trade flows for both aggregate olive oil exports and for virgin olive oil exports, On the consumer side, U.S. GDP, the import unit value, and immigrant network effects are robust determinants of bilateral flows as well for aggregate and virgin olive oil trade flows. Migrants’ stock, exporters’ GDP and population, and total exports revenues increase the probability of an exporter entering the U.S. market. We could not find robust evidence of consumer behavior being influenced by popular press measures of the emergence of Mediterranean diet and olive oil, or measures of cultural globalization of U.S. consumers.
Geometry of the high energy limit of differential operators on vector bundles
Creators: name: Strohmaier, Alexander
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: At high energies relativistic quantum systems describing scalar particles behave classically. This observation plays an important role in the investigation of eigenfunctions of the Laplace operator on manifolds for large energies and allows to establish relations to the dynamics of the corresponding classical system. Relativistic quantum systems describing particles with spin such as the Dirac equation do not behave classically at high energies. Nonetheless, the dynamical properties of the classical frame flow determine the behavior of eigensections of the corresponding operator for large energies. We review what a high energy limit is and how it can be described for geometric operators.
description: 19 pages
The Planck Compact Source Catalogues
Creators: name: Lopez-Caniego, Marcos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Science data management

description: The Second Planck Catalogue of Compact Sources is a catalogue of sources observed over the entire sky at nine different frequencies between 30 and 857 GHz. It consists of Galactic and extragalactic objects detected in the Planck single-frequency full mission total intensity maps. Compact sources detected in the lower frequency channels are assigned to the PCCS2, while at higher frequencies they are assigned to one of two sub·catalogues, the PCCS2 or PCCS2E, depending on their location on the sky. The PCCS2 covers most of the sky and can be used to produce subsamples at higher reliabilities than the target 80% integral reliability of the catalogue. The PCCS2E contains sources located in certain regions where the complex background makes it difficult to quantify the reliability of the detections. Both the PCCS2 and PCCS2E include polarization measurements, in the form of polarized flux densities, or upper limits, and orientation angles for all seven polarization-sensitive Planck channels.
New Physics effects on hadronic decay asymmetries of the Top quark
Creators: name: Larios, F.
name: Perez, M. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study some New Physics effects on the hadronic decays of the Top quark, like t-> b bbar c, and on a forward-backward-like CP even asymmetry A_t constructed in such a way that it is zero in the SM. We find that an anomalous right-handed contribution of the effective tbW vertex may induce an asymmetry A_t of the order of 20 %. A light W' boson with pure right handed couplings tdW' may induce an asymmetry A_t of the same order of magnitude.
Electronic performance monitoring and organizational citizenship behavior: a procedural justice perspective
Creators: name: Ormond, Wayne Edward
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: HF5549.5 .P35 1998
subject: Electronic surveillance--Canada.
subject: Performance standards--Canada.
subject: Employees - Rating of
subject: Motivation (Psychology)

description: Bibliography: p. 58-65
QCD studies in the forward region at LHCb
Creators: name: Victor, Coco
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The LHCb experiment at the LHC is fully instrumented over a unique pseudorapidity range in the forward region. Although it has been designed for b-physics, LHCb is able to provide valuable informations on particle production in this region of phase space. Therefore QCD studies have been performed with the LHCb detector on pp collisions at \sqrt(s)=900 GeV and \sqrt(s)=7 TeV. The measurement of charged particles multiplicity at \sqrt{s}=7 TeV}, \bar(Lambda)/Lambda, \bar(Lambda)/K_s^0 production ratios at \sqrt(s)=900 GeV and \sqrt(s)=7 TeV, as well as light hadrons (p,K,pi) production ratios at \sqrt(s)=900 GeV and \sqrt(s)=7 TeV are reported.
description: Presented at the 2011 Hadron Collider Physics symposium (HCP-2011), Paris, France, November 14-18 2011, 4 pages, 7 figure
Cloning and characterization of proteins antigenically related to Sam68 including a putative golgi protein that interacts with Src
Creators: name: Raharjo, Eko Wargonyo
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: QP606 .P78 R34 1998
subject: Protein-tyrosine kinase
subject: Protein kinases
subject: Antigens
subject: Mitosis
subject: Molecular cloning

description: Bibliography: p. 90-102
The experiences of white male counsellors with the First Nations clients: a phenomenological study
Creators: name: Smith, David Bruce
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: BF637 .C6 S633 1998
subject: Additional Copy: 370 EDC 1998 SMI in the Doucette Education Library
subject: Counselor and client
subject: Cross-cultural counseling.
subject: Native peoples--Canada--Counseling of.

description: Bibliography: p. 144-158
Density Functional Theory investigations of titanium gamma-surfaces and stacking faults
Creators: name: Benoit, Magali
name: Tarrat, Nathalie
name: Morillo, Joseph
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Properties of hcp-Ti such as elastic constants, stacking faults and gamma-surfaces are computed using Density Functional Theory (DFT) and two central force Embedded Atom interaction Models (EAM). The results are compared to previously published calculations and to predicting models. Their implications on the plastic properties of hcp-Ti are discussed.
description: 12 pages, 3 figures, 3 tables
A chemical reaction kinetic study into the low severity pyrolysis of Athabasca bitumen
Creators: name: Wilcott, Heather R.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: TP692.4 .B5 W55 1998
subject: Bitumen - Alberta
subject: Pyrolysis
subject: Thermal oil recovery

description: Bibliography; p. 191-196
Social support, relationship involvement, and coming out as predictors of depression among lesbian wormen
Creators: name: Ayala, Jessica S.
Publisher: name: Social Work
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: HQ75.5 .A93 1998
subject: Lesbians--Psychology.
subject: Lesbianism--Psychological aspects.
subject: Depression, Mental

description: Bibliography: p. 86-92
Porting Big Data Technology Across Domains. Wise For Muse
Creators: name: Vriend, Willem-Jan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Science data management

description: Due to the nature of MUSE data, each data-cube obtained as part of the GTO program is used by most of the consortium institutes which are spread across Europe. Since the effort required in reducing the data is significant, and to ensure uniformity in analysis, it is desirable to have a data management system that integrates data reduction, provenance tracking, quality control and data analysis. Such a system should support the distribution of storage and processing over the consortium institutes.

The MUSE-WISE system incorporates these aspects. It is built on the Astro-WISE system, originally designed to handle OmegaCAM imaging data, which has been extended to support 3D spectroscopic data. MUSE-WISE is now being used to process MUSE GTO data. It currently stores 95 TB consisting of 48k raw exposures and processed data used by 79 users spread over 7 nodes in Europe.
Electric Current Focusing Efficiency in Graphene Electric Lens
Creators: name: Mu, Weihua
name: Zhang, Gang
name: Tang, Yunqing
name: Ou-Yang, Zhongcan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In present work, we theoretically study the electron wave's focusing phenomenon in a single layered graphene pn junction(PNJ) and obtain the electric current density distribution of graphene PNJ, which is in good agreement with the qualitative result in previous numerical calculations [Science, 315, 1252 (2007)]. In addition, we find that for symmetric PNJ, 1/4 of total electric current radiated from source electrode can be collected by drain electrode. Furthermore, this ratio reduces to 3/16 in a symmetric graphene npn junction. Our results obtained by present analytical method provide a general design rule for electric lens based on negative refractory index systems.
description: 13 pages, 7 figures
Experimental and Numerical Investigations on the Hydrodynamic Loading of Tsunami-like Surges on Infrastructures
Creators: name: Liu, Shilong
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2022
Subjects: Tsunami
Dam-break wave
Slope effects
Hydrodynamic loading
Experiment
Numerical simulation

description: Tsunamis have caused severe damage to coastal communities and associated infrastructure over the past decades. Thus, researchers deemed necessary to investigate and better understand the mechanisms loading associated with tsunami waves and the inundation caused by them. Over the past few years, researchers have demonstrated that the dam-break waves are hydrodynamically similar to the onshore propagation of tsunami inundation; hence, dam-break waves are now widely used to investigate tsunami impacts. Various studies related to dam-break waves have been conducted to investigate their characteristics: the kinematic behavior, including free surface profiles, wave height, wave front velocity, and dynamics including the impact pressure and associated force. Most dam-break experiments have been conducted on a horizontal bed, in a tank or a flume, while few studies had employed sloped surfaces. However, natural and artificial beaches usually have slopes ranging from 0-degrees to 20-degrees (or more). In this study, downstream slopes are considered to investigate the influence of slope effects on the kinematic behaviors and associated hydrodynamic loadings due to dam-break waves. The Volume of Fluid method (VOF) code of the OpenFOAM and the Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics (SPH) code of the DualSPHysics were applied to reproduce the results of physical tests and provide a comparison with the experimental results. First, existing boundary treatment methods in the SPH were studied and compared to a self-developed code in order to select the best performing method by checking the flow behaviors. In the second part of the thesis, experimental investigation of the impact of dam-break induced surges over a horizontal bed against a vertical wall was conducted by analysing the rapidly varying correlation between the wave height and the associated dynamic pressure. In the third part of this study, three different downstream slopes were added in the experimental setup to investigate the beach effects on the kinematics of dam-break flow, including the free surface profiles, wave height, wave front location and its velocity. In the last part, the impact dynamic pressure on the vertical straight wall from the horizontal and sloped cases were captured to investigate the slope effects on the hydrodynamic loading. The impact force integrated from the dynamic pressure was determined with a simplified calculation formula. In addition, the physical experiments were also reproduced by the numerical models of OpenFOAM and DualSPHysics to compare and investigate their accuracy and to analyze the differences between the physical tests and numerical simulations.
Surface Discharges of Buoyant Jets in Crossflows
Creators: name: Gharavi, Amir
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2022
Subjects: Surface jet
Turbulent flow structure
Stereoscopic particle image velocimetry
Turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate
Turbulent stress
Large Eddy Simulation

description: Understanding the physics of mixing for two fluids is a complicated problem and has always been an interesting phenomenon to study. Surface discharge is the oldest, least expensive and simplest way of discharging industrial or domestic wastewater into rivers and estuaries. Because of the lower degree of dilution in surface discharges, critical conditions are more likely to occur. Having a better understanding of the mixing phenomenon in these cases will help to predict the environmental effects more accurately. In this study, surface discharges of jets into waterbodies with or without crossflows were investigated numerically and experimentally. Three-dimensional (3-D) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models were developed for studying the surface discharge of jets into water bodies using different turbulence models. Reynolds stress turbulence models and spatially filtered Large Eddy Simulation (LES) were used in the numerical models. The effects of inclusion of free surface water in the CFD models on the performance of the numerical model results were investigated. Numerical model results were compared with the experimental data in the literature as well as the experimental works performed in this study. Experimental works for buoyant and non-buoyant surface discharge of jets into crossflow and stagnant water were conducted in this study. A new setup was designed and built in the Civil Engineering Hydraulics Laboratory at the University of Ottawa to perform the desired experiments. Stereoscopic Particle Image Velocimetry (Stereo-PIV) was used to measure the instantaneous spatial and temporal 3-D velocity distribution on several planes of measurement downstream of the jet with the frequency of 40 Hz. Averaged 3-D velocity distribution was extracted on different planes of measurement to show the transformation of the velocity vectors from a “jet-like” to a “plume-like” flow regime. Averaged 3-D velocity distribution and streamlines illustrated the flow transformation of the surface jets. Experimental results detected the formation and evolution of vortices in the surface jet’s flow structure over the measurement zone. Additional turbulent flow characteristics such as the turbulent kinetic energy (k), turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate (ϵ), and turbulent eddy viscosity (υt) were calculated using the measured time history of the 3-D velocity field.
On Toroidal Horizons in Binary Black Hole Inspirals
Creators: name: Cohen, Michael I.
name: Kaplan, Jeffrey D.
name: Scheel, Mark A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine the structure of the event horizon for numerical simulations of two black holes that begin in a quasicircular orbit, inspiral, and finally merge. We find that the spatial cross section of the merged event horizon has spherical topology (to the limit of our resolution), despite the expectation that generic binary black hole mergers in the absence of symmetries should result in an event horizon that briefly has a toroidal cross section. Using insight gained from our numerical simulations, we investigate how the choice of time slicing affects both the spatial cross section of the event horizon and the locus of points at which generators of the event horizon cross. To ensure the robustness of our conclusions, our results are checked at multiple numerical resolutions. 3D visualization data for these resolutions are available for public access online. We find that the structure of the horizon generators in our simulations is consistent with expectations, and the lack of toroidal horizons in our simulations is due to our choice of time slicing.
description: Submitted to Phys. Rev. D
title: Stress and pain
title: predictive (neuro)pattern identification for chronic back pain ; a longitudinal observational study
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Wippert, Pia-Maria
name: Puerto Valencia, Laura
name: Drießlein, David
Publisher: name: Universität Potsdam
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Introduction: Low back pain (LBP) leads to considerable impairment of quality of life worldwide and is often accompanied by psychosomatic symptoms. Objectives: First, to assess the association between stress and chronic low back pain (CLBP) and its simultaneous appearance with fatigue and depression as a symptom triad. Second, to identify the most predictive stress-related pattern set for CLBP for a 1-year diagnosis. Methods: In a 1-year observational study with four measurement points, a total of 140 volunteers (aged 18–45 years with intermittent pain) were recruited. The primary outcomes were pain [characteristic pain intensity (CPI), subjective pain disability (DISS)], fatigue, and depressive mood. Stress was assessed as chronic stress, perceived stress, effort reward imbalance, life events, and physiological markers [allostatic load index (ALI), hair cortisol concentration (HCC)]. Multiple linear regression models and selection procedures for model shrinkage and variable selection (least absolute shrinkage and selection operator) were applied. Prediction accuracy was calculated by root mean squared error (RMSE) and receiver-operating characteristic curves. Results: There were 110 participants completed the baseline assessments (28.2 7.5 years, 38.1% female), including HCC, and a further of 46 participants agreed to ALI laboratory measurements. Different stress types were associated with LBP, CLBP, fatigue, and depressive mood and its joint occurrence as a symptom triad at baseline; mainly social-related stress types were of relevance. Work-related stress, such as “excessive demands at work”[b = 0.51 (95%CI -0.23, 1.25), p = 0.18] played a role for upcoming chronic pain disability. “Social overload” [b = 0.45 (95%CI -0.06, 0.96), p = 0.080] and “over-commitment at work” [b = 0.28 (95%CI -0.39, 0.95), p = 0.42] were associated with an upcoming depressive mood within 1-year. Finally, seven psychometric (CPI: RMSE = 12.63; DISS: RMSE = 9.81) and five biomarkers (CPI: RMSE = 12.21; DISS: RMSE = 8.94) could be derived as the most predictive pattern set for a 1-year prediction of CLBP. The biomarker set showed an apparent area under the curve of 0.88 for CPI and 0.99 for DISS. Conclusion: Stress disrupts allostasis and favors the development of chronic pain, fatigue, and depression and the emergence of a “hypocortisolemic symptom triad,” whereby the social-related stressors play a significant role. For translational medicine, a predictive pattern set could be derived which enables to diagnose the individuals at higher risk for the upcoming pain disorders and can be used in practice.
description: Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe; 832
Περιορισμός των επεμβατικών διαγνωστικών εξετάσεων και η αποτελεσματικότητα τους την τελευταία δεκαετία
Creators: name: Αλατζίδου, Δήμητρα Παύλου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2023
Subjects: Μη επεμβατικός προγεννητικός έλεγχος
Αμνιοπαρακέντηση
Βιοψία τροφοβλάστης
Non-invasive prenatal testing
Amniocentesis
Chorionic villus sampling

description: Στον προγεννητικό έλεγχο των χρωμοσωματικών ανωμαλιών χρησιμοποιούνται αφενός μη επεμβατικές μέθοδοι, που σκοπό έχουν στην ανίχνευση χρωμοσωματικών ανωμαλιών κι αφ’ ετέρου οι επεμβατικές που είναι διαγνωστικές. Σημαντικό είναι να επιτυγχάνεται η διάγνωση των περισσοτέρων χρωμοσωματικών ανωμαλιών με αντίστοιχο περιορισμό των επεμβατικών μεθόδων, που έχουν μια μικρή πιθανότητα απώλειας της κύησης. Σκοπός αυτής της μελέτης ήταν να αναλύσει τον αριθμό των διαγνωστικών επεμβατικών μεθόδων που πραγματοποιούνται πριν και μετά από την εφαρμογή του cfDNA και να ελέγξει την αποτελεσματικότητά ως προς τη διάγνωση παθολογικών εμβρυικών καρυοτύπων. Τόσο τα ελληνικά όσο και τα διεθνή δεδομένα κατέδειξαν ότι κατά την τελευταία δεκαετία οι επεμβατικές διαγνωστικές μέθοδοι προγεννητικού ελέγχου έχουν μειωθεί, ειδικά μετά την κλινική εφαρμογή του cfDNA. Συμπερασματικά φάνηκε ότι το cfDNA βοήθησε στον περιορισμό των επεμβατικών μεθόδων, αυξάνοντας την ευαισθησία διάγνωσης των χρωμοσωματικών ανωμαλιών στον προγεννητικό έλεγχο.
description: In the field of prenatal screening for chromosomal abnormalities, non-invasive methods are used, which aim to detect chromosomal abnormalities, and on the other hand, invasive methods that are diagnostic. It is important to achieve the diagnosis of most chromosomal abnormalities with a corresponding limitation of invasive methods, which have a small chance of pregnancy loss. The purpose of this study was to analyze the number of invasive diagnostic methods performed before and after the application of cfDNA and to test the effectiveness in diagnosing abnormal fetal karyotypes. Both Greek and international data have shown that during the last decade the invasive diagnostic methods of prenatal control have decreased, especially after the clinical application of cfDNA. In conclusion, it seems that cffDNA helped to limit invasive methods, increasing the sensitivity of diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities in prenatal testing.
Connection preserving actions are topologically engaging
Creators: name: Candel, A.
name: Quiroga-Barranco, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53C24, 37C85

description: Topologically and geometrically engaging actions have proved to be useful to obtain rigidity results for semisimple Lie group actions. We show that the action of a simple noncompact Lie group on a compact manifold preserving a unimodular rigid geometric structure of algebraic type (e.g. a connection together with a volume density) is topologically engaging on an open conull dense set.