cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Self-Affirmation as an Exercise Intervention Recruitment Technique for Inactive Women
Creators: name: More, Kimberly
name: Phillips, Leigh
name: Green, Zoie
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: Individuals who are dissatisfied with their bodies actively avoid exercising and in turn are at an elevated risk of suffering from the ailments associated with inactivity. Recruitment of non-active individuals into exercise interventions has proven to be difficult due to necessary time commitments and physical exertion. These difficulties may be exacerbated in active avoiders. We tested the viability of a self-affirmation as a preliminary intervention to recruit high-risk individuals – dissatisfied individuals – to exercise interventions. Current exercise behavior and body dissatisfaction were measured at baseline. A message concerning the consequences of inactivity was presented. Desire to register for an exercise intervention and intention to exercise were measured following the affirmation intervention. We hypothesized that (1) women who self-affirmed would be more likely to sign up for an exercise intervention in comparison to control, (2) women who self-affirmed would have higher intentions to pursue exercise, and (3) condition and body dissatisfaction would interact so that the intervention would be particularly beneficial for women with high body dissatisfaction.
Gyretes levis Brulle 1838
Creators: name: Colpani, Daniara
name: Benetti, Cesar João
name: Hamada, Neusa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Gyrinidae
Gyretes
Gyretes levis

description: Gyretes levis Brullé, 1838
Gyretes levis Brullé, 1838: 52 (orig. descr.); Aubé 1838: 757 (descr.); Laboulbène 1853: 58 (descr.); Gemminger & Harold 1868: 473 (catalog); Sharp 1882: 51 (record); Régimbart 1884: 398, t11, f15 (descr., illustr.); 1892: 687 (record); 1903a: 9 (record); 1903b: 74 (record); 1907: 187 (descr.); Bruch 1915: 479 (catalog); Zimmermann 1924: 3 (record); Ochs 1929a: 70 (descr.); 1929b: 127 (record); 1934: 142 (descr.); 1948: 567 (checklist); 1953b: 193, 197 (descr.); Blackwelder 1944: 82 (checklist)
Cybister scitulus Dejean, 1833: 59 (nomen nudum)[synonymy by Aubé, 1838: 758]
DISTRIBUTION: Argentina, Brazil (AM, MS, MT, PR, SC), Colombia, Guatemala, Venezuela.
description: Published as part of Colpani, Daniara, Benetti, Cesar João & Hamada, Neusa, 2014, A Checklist of the Gyrinidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of Brazil, pp. 185-213 in Zootaxa 3889 (2) on page 199, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3889.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/230123
Low-Cost Eye-Trackers: Useful for Information Systems Research?
Creators: name: Zugal, Stefan
name: Pinggera, Jakob
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Research investigating cognitive aspects of information systems is often dependent on detail-rich data. Eye-trackers promise to provide respective data, but the associated costs are often beyond the researchers' budget. Recently, eye-trackers have entered the market that promise eye-tracking support at a reasonable price. In this work, we explore whether such eye-trackers are of use for information systems research and explore the accuracy of a low-cost eye-tracker (Gazepoint GP3) in an empirical study. The results show that Gazepoint GP3 is well suited for respective research, given that experimental material acknowledges the limits of the eye-tracker. To foster replication and comparison of results, all data, experimental material as well as the source code developed for this study are made available online.
Gyretes levis subsp. australis Ochs 1960
Creators: name: Colpani, Daniara
name: Benetti, Cesar João
name: Hamada, Neusa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Gyrinidae
Gyretes
Gyretes levis
Gyretes levis australis ochs, 1960

description: Gyretes levis australis Ochs, 1960
Gyretes levis australis Ochs, 1960b: 311, f. 3 (orig. descr., illustr.); Benetti et al. 2003b: 38, 42 (record, distr.); Benetti & Régil 2004: 6 (ecology)
Gyretes laevis australis Ochs: Marinoni et al. 1992: 121 (type list, misspelling)
DISTRIBUTION: Brazil (RS).
description: Published as part of Colpani, Daniara, Benetti, Cesar João & Hamada, Neusa, 2014, A Checklist of the Gyrinidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of Brazil, pp. 185-213 in Zootaxa 3889 (2) on page 199, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3889.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/230123
The Impact of a Pre-End Stage Renal Disease Education Intervention on Central Venous Catheter Placement in Those Initiating Dialysis: A Quality Improvement Project
Creators: name: Boykin, Heather
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Graduate School
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Health education

description: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) continues to be a growing public health problem. Education focused on time-sensitive objectives, specifically vascular access preparation for dialysis, must be addressed to avoid unnecessary complications and poor outcomes. Therefore, the purpose of this project was to study the potential impact of a patient education intervention to decrease the placement of central venous catheters in patients initiating dialysis. The project focused specifically on informing and encouraging patients, through education, to plan for and obtain optimal methods of vascular access in advance of the need for hemodialysis. Ten adult patients with CKD in stage four or five were recruited through an outpatient nephrology office. Individuals participated in a face-to-face, one hour, pre-established education session provided by an expert nurse practitioner, and structured based upon the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid standards. Interview-style questionnaires were administered pre-session, immediately after, and four weeks following the education. Outcomes related to the effectiveness of the session and vascular placement were obtained. All participants found the session either `helpful' or `the reason' for decision making regarding dialysis modality choice and access planning. Half commented that the session specifically addressed their knowledge of kidney disease, its progression and treatment options, and risks associated with central venous catheter use. Of the 10 patients, 2 indicated that they had non-catheter access placed prior to the education class; 4 patients were referred for vascular access placement; and 2 patients elected peritoneal dialysis and therefore did not need vascular access placement. A timely, pre-ESRD education session focused on dialysis modality selection and vascular access planning has the potential to reduce central venous catheter placement in those initiating dialysis. Future exploration is needed, on a larger scale, to identify the impact of an education session on patient outcomes.
Orbifold E-functions of dual invertible polynomials
Creators: name: Ebeling, Wolfgang
name: Gusein-Zade, Sabir M.
name: Takahashi, Atsushi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 32S25, 32S35, 14J33, 14L30

description: An invertible polynomial is a quasihomogeneous polynomial with the number of monomials coinciding with the number of variables and such that the weights of the variables and the quasi-degree are well defined. In the framework of the search for mirror symmetric orbifold Landau-Ginzburg models, P.~Berglund and M.~Henningson considered a pair $(f,G)$ consisting of an invertible polynomial $f$ and an abelian group $G$ of its symmetries together with a dual pair $(\widetilde{f}, \widetilde{G})$. We consider the so-called orbifold E-function of such a pair $(f,G)$ which is a generating function for the exponents of the monodromy action on an orbifold version of the mixed Hodge structure on the Milnor fibre of $f$. We prove that the orbifold E-functions of Berglund-Henningson dual pairs coincide up to a sign depending on the number of variables. The proof is based on a relation between monomials (say, elements of a monomial basis of the Milnor algebra of an invertible polynomial) and elements of the whole symmetry group of the dual polynomial.
description: 12 pages
Version 2: Correcting Misperceptions with Base Rate Information
Creators: name: Olsen, Asmus
name: Woller, Anders
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: We study if citizens’ misperception about the burglary rate in their local area can be reduced if the local news media cover burglary crime base rates with much higher frequency. In order to do so we randomly assign ads with base rate information about the local burglary rates across a set of online local news sites. Note: This is an updates version of first version of the pre-registration. This version is posted prior to any post treatment data collection but with the benefit of hindsight from a limited pre-treatment data collection and quality checks on the implementation of the treatment.
Strong Multi-step Interference Effects in 12C(d,p) to the 9/2+ State in 13C
Creators: name: Keeley, N.
name: Kemper, K. W.
name: Rusek, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The population of the 9.50 MeV 9/2+ resonance in 13C by single neutron transfer reactions is expected to be dominated by the two-step route through the 12C 2+ (4.44 MeV) state, with another possible contribution via the strongly excited 3- (9.64 MeV) resonance in 12C. However, we find that a good description of the angular distribution for population of this state via the 12C(d,p)13C reaction is only possible when both direct 0+ x g_9/2 and two-step (via the 4.44 MeV 12C 2+ state) 2+ x d_5/2 paths are included in a coupled reaction channel calculation. While the calculated angular distribution is almost insensitive to the presence of the two-step path via the 9.64 MeV 12C 3- resonance, despite a much greater contribution to the wave function from the 3- x f_7/2 configuration, its inclusion is required to fit the details of the experimental angular distribution. The very large interference between the various components of the calculations, even when these are small, arises through the ``kinematic'' effect associated with the different transfer routes.
description: Accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. C
Group Analysis on "The Constitution of the Territory and Politics of a Large State by Su Li"
Creators: name: Aradania (197)
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: The Constitution of Ancient China
The Constitution of the Territory and Politics of a Large State

description: Berikut merupakan poin-poin yang kami temukan dalam salah satu bagian buku karya Su Li yang berjudul "The Constitution of Ancient China" Mohon maaf apabila terdapat kesalahan penulisan dan semacamnya.
Inclusive Education of Medical Students with Physical, Visual and Hearing Impairments: A Scope Review
Creators: name: Dantas, Rafaela
name: Amaral, Giovanna
name: Oliveira, Elda
name: de Gois, Aécio
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Education
subject: Disabled Persons
subject: Medical Students

description: Contrary to popular belief, there is a considerable portion of the general population that has some form of disability. In education, there is an international need for greater efforts in the inclusion of people with disabilities (PwD), especially in the area of Medicine. This review aims to characterize the presence of PwD in academic Medicine, identifying barriers to their full inclusion and accommodations that may further integrate them into this scenario.
A growth model based on the arithmetic $Z$-game
Creators: name: Cobeli, Cristian
name: Prunescu, Mihai
name: Zaharescu, Alexandru
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 37B15, Secondary 68Q80, 82C22, 82C20, 60G18

description: We present an evolutionary self-governing model based on the numerical atomic rule $Z(a,b)=ab/\gcd(a,b)^2$, for $a,b$ positive integers. Starting with a sequence of numbers, the initial generation $Gin$, a new sequence is obtained by applying the $Z$-rule to any neighbor terms. Likewise, applying repeatedly the same procedure to the newest generation, an entire matrix $T_{Gin}$ is generated. Most often, this matrix, which is the recorder of the whole process, shows a fractal aspect and has intriguing properties. If $Gin$ is the sequence of positive integers, in the associated matrix remarkable are the distinguished geometrical figures called the $Z$-solitons and the sinuous evolution of the size of numbers on the western edge. We observe that $T_{\mathbb{N}^*}$ is close to the analogue free of solitons matrix generated from an initial generation in which each natural number is replaced by its largest divisor that is a product of distinct primes. We describe the shape and the properties of this new matrix. N. J. A. Sloane raised a few interesting problems regarding the western edge of the matrix $T_{\mathbb{N}^*}$. We solve one of them and present arguments for a precise conjecture on another.
description: 20 pages, 9 figures
The homological projective dual of Sym^2 P(V)
Creators: name: Rennemo, Jørgen Vold
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14F05 (Primary) 16E35, 53D37 (Secondary)

description: We study the derived category of a complete intersection X of bilinear divisors in the orbifold Sym^2 P(V). Our results are in the spirit of Kuznetsov's theory of homological projective duality, and we describe a homological projective duality relation between Sym^2 P(V) and a category of modules over a sheaf of Clifford algebras on P(Sym^2 V^vee). The proof follows a recently developed strategy combining variation of GIT stability and categories of global matrix factorisations. We begin by translating D^b(X) into a derived category of factorisations on an LG model, and then apply VGIT to obtain a birational LG model. Finally, we interpret the derived factorisation category of the new LG model as a Clifford module category. In some cases we can compute this Clifford module category as the derived category of a variety. As a corollary we get a new proof of a result of Hosono and Takagi, which says that a certain pair of nonbirational Calabi-Yau 3-folds have equivalent derived categories.
description: 54 pages, Ph.D. thesis
Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen Recycling In Florida Bay
Creators: name: King, Caleb
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Florida Bay, a shallow, subtropical estuary bounded by the Everglades and Florida Keys, is a semi-enclosed ecosystem that has been heavily altered by changes in water management, surrounding land use, and industrialization. In particular, alterations to its nitrogen cycle from numerous environmental and anthropogenic stressors have resulted in water quality degradation and subsequent reoccurring cyanobacteria blooms responsible for mass die-offs of seagrasses and sponges. This research sought to quantify the microbial processes controlling water-column dissolved inorganic nitrogen transformations in Florida Bay and constrain previously unknown components of its nitrogen budget. To accomplish the research’s goals, in situ 15N isotope tracer techniques were used to measure potential rates of ammonium assimilation and ammonia + nitrite oxidation (nitrification) in the water column at three sites representative of nearshore environments and restricted circulation basins. In September of 2013, a coincidental Synecochoccus picocyanobacterium bloom provided a unique opportunity to explore the detrimental impacts of such phenomena on surface-water DIN transformations. Collectively, results indicate that turnover times of ammonium by phytoplankton communities are relatively rapid and can occur in less than one day. Additionally, this study confirms the dominance of ammonium assimilation by pelagic bacteria in Florida Bay, and also illustrates the spatial heterogeneity of their activity. In contrast to assimilation, bay-wide rates of ammonia oxidation were only marginally above detection, likely as a result of substrate competition with ammonium-assimilating communities. This effect was amplified under dense cyanobacteria bloom conditions where ammonia oxidation rates approached our detection limits. However, rates were elevated in the excurrent plumes of six marine sponges that expelled copious amounts of ammonium, confirming the existence of ephemeral hotspots of nitrification in oligotrophic environments. Nitrite conversion to nitrate (NO2 oxidation) unexpectedly proceeded seven times faster than its prior step (NH4 oxidation) in every non-bloom measurement. This surprising discovery indicates the potential importance of a poorly understood mechanism of nitrite supply to the bay’s oxic water column.
A scoping review of training interventions aimed at improving head control in children and adolescents with severe cerebral palsy
Creators: name: Curtis, Derek
name: Erhardsen, Katrine
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Physiotherapy
subject: Occupational Therapy
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Rehabilitation and Therapy
subject: Physical Therapy

description: A scoping review of training interventions aimed at improving head control in children and adolescents with severe cerebral palsy
Introducing Loopedia
Creators: name: Papara, Viktor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Loopedia is a new project for a public database of loop integrals. After stating the goals and desired properties of the project, two possible ways to characterize Feynman graphs are explained here: the Adjacency List and the Nickel Index. Furthermore, a first version of the Loopedia website is presented. It allows for automatic graph generation and the conversion from Adjacency List to Nickel Index.
description: 5 pages, proceedings for conference "Matter to the Deepest" 2015, to appear in Acta Physica Polonica B
Fear and Health Anxiety during the Current Outbreak of COVID-19 in Chronic Disease Patients in Saudi Arabia
Creators: name: Wazqar, Dhuha
name: Al-Rahimi, Jehan
name: Nass, Nada
name: Hassoubah, Shahira
name: Alamoudi, Soha
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Chronic disease patients
subject: Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
subject: Fear
subject: Heath anxiety
subject: Immunocompromised patients
subject: Saudi Arabia

description: This study, which used a cross-sectional correlational design, aimed to assess the levels of fear and health anxiety and to investigate their predictors during the current outbreak of COVID-19 in immunocompromised and chronic disease patients in Saudi Arabia. Sociodemographic and clinical data, fear of COVID-19, and health anxiety measurements were collected by online surveys. Univariate and multiple linear regression analysis was used to identify predictors.
Circle complexes and the discrete CKP equation
Creators: name: Bobenko, Alexander I.
name: Schief, Wolfgang K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the spirit of Klein's Erlangen Program, we investigate the geometric and algebraic structure of fundamental line complexes and the underlying privileged discrete integrable system for the minors of a matrix which constitute associated Plücker coordinates. Particular emphasis is put on the restriction to Lie circle geometry which is intimately related to the master dCKP equation of discrete integrable systems theory. The geometric interpretation, construction and integrability of fundamental line complexes in Möbius, Laguerre and hyperbolic geometry are discussed in detail. In the process, we encounter various avatars of classical and novel incidence theorems and associated cross- and multi-ratio identities for particular hypercomplex numbers. This leads to a discrete integrable equation which, in the context of Möbius geometry, governs novel doubly hexagonal circle patterns.
description: 50 pages, 25 figures
Staging gender: masculinity, politics, and the passions in the pamphlet plays of the American Revolution
Creators: name: Will, Tyler L.
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Year: 2010

description: Whig and Tory authors made wide use of farces, tragedies, and dramatic dialogues in the print conflict that surrounded the American independence movement. Beyond familiar disputes over taxation, parliamentary representation, and government corruption, playwrights on both sides demonstrated concerns about the private character, virtue, and emotional life of leading political figures and common men. By analyzing the recurring motifs and subtexts of representative plays, I argue that a major flash point concerned the proper roles of emotion and reason in male action. Wartime controversies touched off a broad cultural debate about the dangers of unregulated passions, the importance of reason and virtue, and the role that emotion and self-control ought to play in public politics. Attending to these distinctions promises to revise historical appreciation of the American Revolution--if it was a contest of political or social ideals, it was also a revolution of sentiment and evolving conceptions of masculinity.
Probing Transverse Momentum Dependent Parton Distributions in Charmonium and Bottomonium Production
Creators: name: Mukherjee, Asmita
name: Rajesh, Sangem
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose the study of unpolarized transverse momentum dependent gluon parton distributions as well as the effect of linearly polarized gluons on transverse momentum and rapidity distributions of $J/ψ$ and $Υ$ production within the framework of transverse momentum dependent factorization employing color evaporation model (CEM) in unpolarized proton-proton collision. We estimate the transverse momentum and rapidity distributions of $J/ψ$ and $Υ$ at LHCb, RHIC and AFTER energies using TMD evolution formalism.
description: 25 pages, 10 figures
Angeli, ali e pennuti dal Theatrum mundi di Vettor Pisani
Creators: name: Benedetti, Asia
Publisher: name: La Rivista di Engramma
Year: 2022
Subjects: Vettor Pisani
Angelo dell Occidente
Angels
Hybrid
Androgynous
Hermes
Sphynx
winged figures

description: This article investigates the presence of angels and other feathered figures in the bestiary sistematyzed by Vettor Pisani in the “grande opera”, his life-long work of art. In Vettor’s work the angel, in his capacity as a mediator between the human and the divine spheres, is linked to the divine mythological figure of Hermes, of Icarus and of the Sphinx, and represented in an androgynous dimension with strong alchemical references. The ange iis also represented as an hybrid sculpture mounted on machines with a particular symbolic functioning.
Upscaling of telemonitoring across geographic boundaries
Creators: name: Gijsbers, Harm
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Health Information Technology
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: We will perform a scoping review to identify the current barriers of and enablers for upscaling telemonitoring across different settings in a structured manner. Upscaling is defined as the expansion and replication of good practice of a telemonitoring project in more than one independent organisation or setting and across geographical boundaries
Gyretes levis subsp. inops Ochs 1960
Creators: name: Colpani, Daniara
name: Benetti, Cesar João
name: Hamada, Neusa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Gyrinidae
Gyretes
Gyretes levis
Gyretes levis inops ochs, 1960

description: Gyretes levis inops Ochs, 1960
Gyretes levis inops Ochs, 1960b: 312 (orig. descr.) DISTRIBUTION: Brazil (BA).
description: Published as part of Colpani, Daniara, Benetti, Cesar João & Hamada, Neusa, 2014, A Checklist of the Gyrinidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of Brazil, pp. 185-213 in Zootaxa 3889 (2) on page 199, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3889.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/230123
Perinatal and caregiver-mediated interventions for the prevention of emotional and behavioural problems in infants and young children: Protocol for an umbrella review
Creators: name: Prentice, Karina
name: Finlay-Jones, Amy
name: Robinson, Monique
name: Woolard, Alix
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: The aim of this umbrella review is to quantify the effectiveness of universal caregiver-mediated interventions delivered in pregnancy or early childhood, for improving emotional and behavioural health outcomes in children.
Comissão para o estudo do «Tirocínio Espiritual» e «Curso Introductório» aos Estudos Eclesiásticos
Creators: name: Redação, A
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 1968

description: Theologica, v. 3 n. Extra (1968): Os seminários e o mundo de hoje. Actas das semanas de Braga
Color-Phase Analysis for Sinusoidal Structured Light in Rapid Range Imaging
Creators: name: Je, Changsoo
name: Lee, Sang Wook
name: Park, Rae-Hong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Graphics (cs.GR)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: I.2.10; I.4.8

description: Active range sensing using structured-light is the most accurate and reliable method for obtaining 3D information. However, most of the work has been limited to range sensing of static objects, and range sensing of dynamic (moving or deforming) objects has been investigated recently only by a few researchers. Sinusoidal structured-light is one of the well-known optical methods for 3D measurement. In this paper, we present a novel method for rapid high-resolution range imaging using color sinusoidal pattern. We consider the real-world problem of nonlinearity and color-band crosstalk in the color light projector and color camera, and present methods for accurate recovery of color-phase. For high-resolution ranging, we use high-frequency patterns and describe new unwrapping algorithms for reliable range recovery. The experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness of our methods.
description: 6 pages, 12 figures. 6th Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV 2004)
Examining the use of student extension tours to expose the costs and benefits of tourism to rural communities
Creators: name: Maher, Patrick
name: Vaugeois, Nicole
name: McDonald, Dan
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Rural tourism--Canada
subject: Experiential learning

description: This article focuses on the use of student extension tours to understand the realities of tourism development in the rural context through dialogue with community and business leaders. The examples provided will be drawn from three tours that took place within British Columbia from 2006 to 2008. In an extension tour, the learning environment is expanded outside of the classroom as a group of faculty and students (usually from a number of tertiary institutions) venture into rural communities. In this project, the focus of extension activity was to (a) give students from typically urban backgrounds the opportunity to gain insight through a “rural lens”; (b) connect rural community operators and local/municipal government agencies with resources from the academic sector; and (c) initiate dialogue about the realities of tourism in rural Canada. Theoretically, the notion of extension tours follows along the continuum of Kolb's (1984) experiential learning cycle, with a modification that such a cycle links to both individual students and the wider communities with which they interact. Students, as future industry leaders, learned to apply their book knowledge to real life in a rural setting. During their experience they became more aware of the costs and benefits, challenges, and opportunities of and for tourism in rural areas. Upon reflection that took place each evening, students were able to generalize what should or could be done differently or better. They then applied these lessons in the next community along the route. Through a number of mechanisms this knowledge was then fed back to participants on the other side of the dialogue (community members/operators/local and municipal government), both in immediate and longer-term ways.
description: TRIP partners, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
description: This article was originally published as: Maher, P., Vaugeois, N., & McDonald, D. (2010). Examining the use of student extension tours to expose the costs and benefits of tourism to rural communities. Journal of Rural and Community Development, 5(1/2), 113-127. Journal of Rural and Community Development is an open access publication from the Rural Development Institute at Brandon University. More information about the journal can be found at: http://journals.brandonu.ca/jrcd/index, and this article is available at: http://journals.brandonu.ca/jrcd/article/view/388.
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5170/Vaugeois.JRCD.5.1A.pdf?sequence=3
On the role of Fourier modes in finite-size scaling above the upper critical dimension
Creators: name: Flores-Sola, E. J.
name: Berche, B.
name: Kenna, R.
name: Weigel, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Renormalization-group theory stands, since over 40 years, as one of the pillars of modern physics. As such, there should be no remaining doubt regarding its validity. However, finite-size scaling, which derives from it, has long been poorly understood above the upper critical dimension $d_c$ in models with free boundary conditions. Besides its fundamental significance for scaling theories, the issue is important at a practical level because finite-size, statistical-physics systems, with free boundaries above $d_c$, are experimentally accessible with long-range interactions. Here we address the roles played by Fourier modes for such systems and show that the current phenomenological picture is not supported for all thermodynamic observables either with free or periodic boundaries. Instead, the correct picture emerges from a sector of the renormalization group hitherto considered unphysical.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures
Fostering innovation in sustainable tourism
Creators: name: Thuot, Lea
name: Vaugeois, Nicole
name: Maher, Patrick
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Sustainable tourism--British Columbia
subject: Rural tourism--British Columbia
subject: Diffusion of innovations

description: Sustainable tourism development has been a topic of considerable research and policy reflection across Canada for the past two decades. Sustainability is especially important to people in rural areas, since tourism products often rely on sensitive natural and cultural resources. In order to encourage the adoption of sustainable tourism practices among operators, research was conducted by a collaboration of four tertiary institutions in the Fostering Innovation in Sustainable Tourism Project. The team conducted a study in the spring of 2009 to (a) determine attitudes of tourism operators toward sustainability; (b) assess the extent and type of sustainable tourism practices adopted by operators; (c) understand the influences on the adoption of sustainability practices, including motivators and barriers; and (d) determine ways to support the adoption of sustainability practices among tourism operators. An online survey was administered and interviews were conducted with rural operators throughout the Canadian province of British Columbia. Results showed an overall strong "pro-sustainability" attitude among respondents. Dominant barriers identified were lack of available money to invest, lack of incentive programs, other business priorities, and limited access to suppliers of sustainable products, with the most common recommendation being the need for incentive programs to encourage businesses to become more sustainable. The results also indicate differences in adoption behaviour among three groups of operators: those who have fully committed, those who have piloted a few strategies, and those who have not. Understanding differences in adoption of sustainable practices using innovation theory may help to support the development of programs and policies that can be used as incentives to create behaviour change among tourism operators, thereby furthering collective efforts toward sustainable tourism development.
description: Canadian Rural Secretariat
description: This article was originally published as: Thuot, L., Vaugeois, N., & Maher, P. (2010). Fostering innovation in sustainable tourism. Journal of Rural and Community Development, 5(1/2), 76-89. Journal of Rural and Community Development is an open access publication from the Rural Development Institute at Brandon University. More information about the journal can be found at: http://journals.brandonu.ca/jrcd/index, and this article is available at: http://journals.brandonu.ca/jrcd/article/view/351.
description: https://viurrspace.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5171/Vaugeois.JRCD.5.1B.pdf?sequence=3
Strongly enhanced superconductivity in coupled t-J segments
Creators: name: Reja, Sahinur
name: Brink, Jeroen van den
name: Nishimoto, Satoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The $t\!\!-\!\!J$ Hamiltonian is one of the cornerstones in the theoretical study of strongly correlated copper-oxide based materials. Using the density matrix renormalization group method we calculate the phase diagram of the one-dimensional (1D) $t\!\!-\!\!J$ chain in the presence of a periodic hopping modulation, as a prototype of coupled-segment models. While in the uniform 1D $t\!\!-\!\!J$ model near half-filling superconducting (SC) state dominates only at unphysically large values of the exchange coupling constant $J/t>3$, we show that a small hopping and exchange modulation very strongly reduces the critical coupling to be as low as $J/t\sim1/3$ -- well within the physical regime. The phase diagram as a function of the electron filling also exhibits metallic, insulating line phases and regions of phase separation. We suggest that a SC state is easily stabilized if $t\!\!-\!\!J$ segments creating local spin-singlet pairing are coupled to each other -- another example is ladder system.
description: 4 pages + 4 figures; 5 pages + 6 figures
PRISMA checklist and flow chart for 'The efficacy of adjunctive alpha-blocker on ureteroscopy procedure for ureteral stones: a systematic review/meta-analysis'
Creators: name: Serani, Saras
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: PRISMA checklist and flow chart for 'The efficacy of adjunctive alpha-blocker on ureteroscopy procedure for ureteral stones: a systematic review/meta-analysis'
An Examination of Division Level and Player Position on the Preferred Leadership Behaviors of NCAA Men’s Soccer Athletes
Creators: name: Griffin, Blake S.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2009

description: This study examined the preferred leadership behaviors of NCAA men's soccer athletes based on the Multidimensional Model of Leadership. The purpose of this study was to determine and explore the differences in NCAA men's intercollegiate soccer players' preferences for leadership behavior based on division level and player position. The Multidimensional Model of Leadership was used as the conceptual framework in order to measure player preference through the Leadership Scale for Sports. The five leadership behaviors measured were: Training and Instruction, Democratic Behavior, Autocratic Behavior, Social Support, and Positive Feedback. A 3x4 totally between subjects ANOVA was conducted to assess differences in player preferences according to division level and player position. Results indicated that there were no significant differences in preferred leadership behaviors of NCAA men's soccer athletes according to their division level or playing position.
Dual trapped-ion quantum simulators: an alternative route towards exotic quantum magnets
Creators: name: Graß, Tobias
name: Lewenstein, Maciej
name: Bermudez, Alejandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a route towards the quantum simulation of exotic quantum magnetism in ion traps by exploiting dual relations between different spin models. Our strategy allows one to start from Hamiltonians that can be realized with current technology, while properties of an exotic dual model are inferred from measurements of non-local, string-order-like, operators. The latter can be achieved from fluorescence, or from certain spectroscopic measurements, both of which can be combined with finite-size scaling by controlling the number of ions in the dual quantum simulator. We apply this concept to propose quantum simulators of frustrated quantum magnets, and Ising models with multi-spin interactions. We test the validity of the idea by showing numerically that the predictions of an ideal dual quantum simulator are not qualitatively modified by relevant perturbations that occur naturally in the trapped-ion scenario.
description: 14 pages, 7 figures
Neurodegenerative diseases risk in metformin users: A meta-analysis
Creators: name: Zhang, Yunnan
name: Zhang, Yi
name: Mei, Zubing
name: Lin, Yang
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Medical Specialties
subject: Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism

description: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine whether metformin use could reduce the NDs risk compared with metformin non-users based on the data from population-based cohort studies.
Mémo sur les données de la recheche : vademecum pour la banque de prêt en bibliothèque
Creators: name: Bracco, Laetitia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: données de la recherche

description: Ce vademecum présente de manière synthétique les informations principales à connaître sur les données de la recherche en cas de demande de renseignement à la banque de prêt, dans le contexte d'une bibliothèque universitaire. Le document ici présent prend l'exemple de l'Université de Lorraine : chaque établissement peut réutiliser ce document en changeant simplement le logo et les informations liées aux spécificités locales.
Action principle for Coulomb collisions in plasmas
Creators: name: Hirvijoki, Eero
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this letter we derive an action principle for Coulomb collisions in plasmas. Although no natural Lagrangian exists for the Landau-Fokker-Planck equation, an Eulerian variational formulation is found considering the system of partial differential equations that couple the distribution function and the Rosenbluth potentials. Exact conservation laws are derived after generalizing the energy-momentum stress tensor for second order Lagrangians and, in the case of a test-particle population in a given plasma background, the action principle is shown to correspond to the Langevin equation for individual particles. Being suitable for discretization, the presented action allows construction of variational integrators. Numerical implementation is left for a future study.
description: 4 pages
Efficacy and safety of moxidectin and albendazole compared to ivermectin and albendazole co-administration in adolescents infected with Trichuris trichiura: a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Keller, Ladina
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Clinical Epidemiology
subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: albendazole
subject: drug efficacy
subject: drug safety
subject: ivermectin
subject: moxidectin
subject: Soil-transmitted helminthiasis
subject: T. trichiura

description: This project contains the additional files that are mentioned in the protocol manuscript. The protocol describes a randomized controlled trial that will be conducted on Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania with the aim to determine the efficacy and safety of co-administered moxidectin (8 mg)/albendazole (400 mg) compared to co-administered ivermectin (200 µg/kg)/albendazole (400 mg) against Trichuris trichiura infections in adolescents aged 12-19 years old.
An Iterative Abstraction Algorithm for Reactive Correct-by-Construction Controller Synthesis
Creators: name: Mattila, Robert
name: Mo, Yilin
name: Murray, Richard M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: In this paper, we consider the problem of synthesizing correct-by-construction controllers for discrete-time dynamical systems. A commonly adopted approach in the literature is to abstract the dynamical system into a Finite Transition System (FTS) and thus convert the problem into a two player game between the environment and the system on the FTS. The controller design problem can then be solved using synthesis tools for general linear temporal logic or generalized reactivity(1) specifications. In this article, we propose a new abstraction algorithm. Instead of generating a single FTS to represent the system, we generate two FTSs, which are under- and over-approximations of the original dynamical system. We further develop an iterative abstraction scheme by exploiting the concept of winning sets, i.e., the sets of states for which there exists a winning strategy for the system. Finally, the efficiency of the new abstraction algorithm is illustrated by numerical examples.
description: A shorter version has been accepted for publication in the 54th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (held Tuesday through Friday, December 15-18, 2015 at the Osaka International Convention Center, Osaka, Japan)
Gyretes levis subsp. schubartianus Ochs 1960
Creators: name: Colpani, Daniara
name: Benetti, Cesar João
name: Hamada, Neusa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Gyrinidae
Gyretes
Gyretes levis
Gyretes levis schubartianus ochs, 1960

description: Gyretes levis schubartianus Ochs, 1960
Gyretes levis schubartianus Ochs, 1960b: 312 (orig. descr.) DISTRIBUTION: Brazil (PE).
description: Published as part of Colpani, Daniara, Benetti, Cesar João & Hamada, Neusa, 2014, A Checklist of the Gyrinidae (Coleoptera: Adephaga) of Brazil, pp. 185-213 in Zootaxa 3889 (2) on page 199, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3889.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/230123
title: More capable, more innovative? An empirical inquiry into the effects of dynamic managerial capabilities on digital firms' innovativeness
Creators: name: Heubeck, Tim
name: Meckl, Reinhard
Publisher: name: University of Bayreuth
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Digital transformation
subject: Dynamic managerial capabilities
subject: Human capital
subject: Innovation
subject: Managerial cognition
subject: Social capital
subject: 330

description: Purpose Managers play a critical role in shaping the development of firms due to the risky and long-term nature of innovation. Although the managerial effect on strategic change has long been factored into organizational theories, scholars still lack a complete understanding of the specific managerial capabilities that drive innovation in today's digital economy. The present study builds on dynamic managerial capabilities theory to close this research gap. The paper proposes managers' dynamic capabilities and their three underlying drivers – managerial human capital, social capital, and cognition – as a direct antecedent to digital firms' innovativeness. Design/methodology/approach The study draws on survey data from German Industry 4.0 manufacturing firms, which were analyzed using regression analysis. Findings The results confirm managers' dynamic capabilities as facilitators of innovation. In contrast to previous research on nondigital industries, the findings demonstrate that only the complete portfolio of managers' dynamic capabilities promotes innovativeness in digital firms. The study provides evidence for the importance of dynamic managerial capabilities in the digital economy yet contradicts previous research on nondigital industries related to the advantageousness of managers' human capital, social capital, and cognition for innovation. Originality/value The study contributes to the literature by being the first to holistically test the effects of dynamic managerial capabilities on innovation in digital firms. The results offer a nuanced account of managers' dynamic capabilities, thereby expanding dynamic managerial capabilities theory to the digital economy.
From soft to hard magnetic Fe-Co-B by spontaneous strain: A combined first principle and thin film study
Creators: name: Reichel, Ludwig
name: Schultz, Ludwig
name: Pohl, Darius
name: Oswald, Steffen
name: Fähler, Sebastian
name: Werwinski, Miroslaw
name: Edström, Alexander
name: Delczeg-Czirjak, Erna K.
name: Rusz, Jan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In order to convert the well-known Fe-Co-B alloy from a soft to a hard magnet, we propose tetragonal strain by interstitial boron. Density functional theory reveals that when B atoms occupy octahedral interstitial sites, the bcc Fe-Co lattice is strained spontaneously. Such highly distorted Fe-Co is predicted to reach a strong magnetocrystalline anisotropy which may compete with shape anisotropy. Probing this theoretical suggestion experimentally, epitaxial films are examined. A spontaneous strain up to 5 % lattice distortion is obtained for B contents up to 4 at%, which leads to uniaxial anisotropy constants exceeding 0.5 MJ/m^3. However, a further addition of B results in a partial amorphization, which degrades both anisotropy and magnetization.
description: 29 pages, 8 figures, 4 tables, supplementary PDF