cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Environmental project and public space rehabilitation: the great project for the historic center of Naples Unesco World Heritage Site
Creators: name: Losasso, Mario
name: D’Ambrosio, Valeria
Publisher: name: TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment
Year: 2014

description: “Historic Centre of Naples, World Heritage Site Enhancement” project has as its goal the rehabilitation of the oldest part of the historic center of Naples, one of the largest and most representative of Europe. The research reference field is placed on the level of strategic approach to the project and process management downstream of EU funding in large cities, with particular multidisciplinary relevance and urban issues of a complex nature. The scientific products of study, training and research were collected in Guidelines for the rehabilitation of public spaces and for sustainable performance of interventions on roads, walkways, squares and urban facilities.
description: TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, TECHNE 7 (2014): Architectural technologies research and development
Gewaltkriminalität: Statistische Befunde zur Entwicklung der gefährlichen und schweren Körperverletzung in Bayern von 1972 bis 1983
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 1984
Subjects: subject: Bayern , Gewaltkriminalität , Körperverletzung
subject: 360

description: Nachdem die statistisch ausgewiesenen Delikte der gefährlichen und schweren Körperverletzung 1980 gegen- über dem Vorjahr um 12,1 % und damit deutlich stärker als die Gesamtkriminalität (+ 6,3 %) angestiegen waren, erteilte das Bayer. Staatsministerium des Innern (BStHI; mit IMS vom 03.02.1981, Nr. I C 5 - 2312-23/2) der Kriminologischen Forschungsgruppe der Bayer. Poli- zei (KFG) im Bayer. Landeskriminalamt den Auftrag, "die von durchschnittlichen Zahlenwerten in der Krimi- nalstatistik erhebLich abweichenden Veränderungen bei gefährlichen Körperverletzungen zu untersuchen und deren Ursachen aufzuzeigen"
Protecting the historic centre of Venice. A coordinated analysis of the physical and perceived wear processes to define mitigating actions
Creators: name: Codello, Renata
name: Gasparoli, Paolo
name: Ronchi, Anna Teresa
name: Pianezze, Fabiana
name: Totaro, Giulia
name: Trovò, Francesco
Publisher: name: TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment
Year: 2014

description: The research aims to identify "physical" and "perceptual" wear factors of the historic center of Venice (with particular attention to the effects of anthropogenic pressure related to the phenomenon of tourism) and to assess the damages they could produce to identify criteria and tools of mitigation and control. Research is part of the Action Plan "Protection and conservation of the heritage", established by the Plan of Management for the UNESCO Site of Venice and its Lagoon. Through a systemic reading and analysis of the forces of change in place, this study identifies the " macro-emergencies", i.e. the main factors that adversely affect the site’s safeguarding. The research project "Evaluation of wear processes and critical factors of the City of Venice and its lagoon, and its impact on the site’s protection" is part of the actions set out by the Management Plan of the UNESCO site of Venice and its Lagoon. The main objective of the project is the identification of physical and perceptual factors of wear, which threaten the conservation of the historical and artistic heritage of the historic center of Venice, with a particular focus on the effects of anthropogenic pressure linked to tourism, and the evaluation of their level of danger. A further objective is the recognition of measurable parameters (indicators) for monitoring and, subsequently, mitigation strategies for the most significant phenomena.
description: TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, TECHNE 7 (2014): Architectural technologies research and development
Creation of a cardiotropic adeno-associated virus: the story of viral directed evolution
Creators: name: Xiao, Xiao
Publisher: name: BioMed Central Ltd
Year: 2013

description: Abstract Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is an important vector system for human gene therapy. Although use of AAV serotypes can result in efficient myocardial gene transfer, improvements in the transduction efficiency and specificity are still required. As a method for artificial modification and selection of gene function, directed evolution has been used for diverse applications in genetic engineering of enzymes and proteins. Since 2000, pioneering work has been performed on directed evolution of viral vectors. We further attempted to evolve the AAV using DNA shuffling and in vivo biopanning in a mouse model. An AAVM41 mutant was characterized, which was found to have improved transduction efficiency and specificity in myocardium, an attribute unknown for any natural AAV serotypes. This review focuses on the development of AAV vector for cardiac gene transfer, the history of directed evolution of viral vectors, and our creation of a cardiotropic AAV, which might have implications for the future design and application of viral vectors.
Velocity resolved [CII], [CI], and CO observations of the N159 star-forming region in the Large Magellanic Cloud: a complex velocity structure and variation of the column densities
Creators: name: Okada, Yoko
name: Requena-Torres, Miguel Angel
name: Güsten, Rolf
name: Stutzki, Jürgen
name: Wiesemeyer, Helmut
name: Pütz, Patrick
name: Ricken, Oliver
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The [CII]158um line is one of the dominant cooling lines in star-forming active regions. The commonly assumed clumpy UV-penetrated cloud models predict a [CII] line profile similar to that of CO. However, recent spectral-resolved observations show that they are often very different, indicating a more complex origin of the line emission including the dynamics of the source region. The aim of our study is to investigate the physical properties of the star-forming ISM in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) by separating the origin of the emission lines spatially and spectrally. In this paper, we focus on the spectral characteristics and the origin of the emission lines, and the phases of carbon-bearing species in the N159 star-forming region in the LMC. We mapped a 4'x(3-4)' region in N159 in [CII]158um and [NII]205um with the GREAT on board SOFIA, and in CO(3-2), (4-3), (6-5), 13CO(3-2), and [CI]3P1-3P0 and 3P2-3P1 with APEX. The emission of all transitions observed shows a large variation in the line profiles across the map and between the different species. At most positions the [CII] emission line profile is substantially wider than that of CO and [CI]. We estimated the fraction of the [CII] integrated line emission that cannot be fitted by the CO line profile to be 20%-50%. We derived the relative contribution from C+, C, and CO to the column density in each velocity bin. The contribution from C+ dominates the velocity range far from the velocities traced by the dense molecular gas, and the region located between the CO cores of N159 W and E. We estimate the contribution of the ionized gas to the [CII] emission using the ratio to the [NII] emission to be < 19% to the [CII] emission at its peak position, and <15% over the whole observed region. Using the integrated line intensities, we present the spatial distribution of I([CII])/I(FIR). (abridged for arXiv)
description: 16 pages with 14 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Co-designing an intervention to address alcohol use among adolescent boys and young men in Tanzania
Creators: name: Seekles, Maaike
name: Obasi, Angela
name: Mmbaga, Blandina
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Substance Abuse and Addiction
subject: Psychiatry and Psychology
subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Mental and Social Health
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: In Tanzania, alcohol use amongst adolescent boys is a major public health concern. Heavy alcohol use in adolescence is associated with negative physical and mental health outcomes and predicts alcohol-related problems in adult life. It also impacts on girls, through its links with increased intimate partner violence and sexual risk taking. Evidence about how and where to deliver interventions to address adolescent alcohol consumption is lacking. In response, this study aims to develop a theoretically-driven, complex intervention to prevent, delay and reduce alcohol uptake and use among adolescent boys and young men. From January 2022, this 18-month, mixed-method study will employ a range of methods across three sub-studies. Sub-study A is an iterative policy review, followed by sub-study B which will include a situation analysis. Interviews, focus groups, ethnographic observation, and participatory methods (e.g. photovoice, storytelling, brainstorming) will be undertaken in Moshi Municipality to capture perception about alcohol use from a wide range of stakeholders, including adolescent boys and girls. Data will be triangulated and thematically analysed from a systems perspective to gain an in-depth understanding of drivers of adolescent alcohol use. Sub-study C will then use workshops to review these drivers and co-design intervention materials for use in schools and in the community. Finally, these materials will be tested in small groups, with interviews and focus groups assessing acceptability and appropriateness.
"Beleidigungen". Konfliktregelung durch Anzeigeerstattung?
Eine Untersuchung zu den Möglichkeiten strafrechtlicher und außerstrafrechtlicher Streitschlichtung
Creators: name: Steffen, Wiebke
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 1986
Subjects: subject: Beleidigung , Strafrecht
subject: 360

description: Zweitveröffentlichung
Evaluation of Functional Capacity, Frailty and Sarcopenia in the health of the older adult: Integrative Review
Creators: name: Fernandes, Daiane
name: Santos, Maria
name: Diniz, Maria
name: Kusumota, Luciana
name: Rodrigues, Rosalina
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: To analyze the knowledge produced in the literature on the evaluation of functional capacity, frailty and sarcopenia in the health of older adults. The methodology proposed is an Integrative Literature Review, based on the following steps: problem formulation and identification, data collection, data evaluation, analysis and interpretation of collected data, and data presentation. For the definition of the research, the PICo strategy was considered, represented by (P) Patient – “older adult”, (I) Interest – “evaluation of functional capacity, frailty and sarcopenia” and (Co) Context – “health of older adults”, which resulted in: What evidence is available in the scientific literature regarding the evaluation of functional capacity, frailty and sarcopenia in the health of older adults? The search will be carried out in the following databases: CINAHL, PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus.
The mitigation of volcanic risk as opportunity for an ecological and resilient city
Creators: name: Zuccaro, Giulio
name: Leone, Mattia
Publisher: name: TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment
Year: 2014

description: The paper outlines some of the results of SPeeD project, funded by EU, Campania Region and National Department of Civil Protection. The research is aimed at the definition of impact scenarios resulting from the eruption of Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei and the development of strategies to reduce the damage on the built environment. The issues related to the identification of technical solutions for mitigating the impact on buildings and infrastructure, to the socio-economic benefits arising from widespread interventions on the territory, as well as to the drafting of preparatory guidelines for the implementation of regional regulations and local building codes for volcanic risk-prone areas, have been developed at PLINIVS Study Centre of University of Naples Federico II. The methodological approach for the definition of appropriate technologies aimed at reducing the impact in relation to eruptive phenomena and construction types in the area is based on PLINIVS Volcanic Impact Simulation Model, a unique tool to define impact scenarios consequent to a volcanic eruption in the region, able to evaluate the cumulative effects given by the action of volcanic phenomena, such as earthquake, ash fall, pyroclastic flows and landslides. The study aims to demonstrate how the application of appropriate technologies for retrofit interventions or new constructions, aimed at reducing the vulnerability of building components, represents at the same time an opportunity to encourage a diffuse redevelopment of the territory driven by energy and environmental efficiency issues.
description: TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, TECHNE 7 (2014): Architectural technologies research and development
Selfridge Air National Guard Building Documentation: Building Number 310
Creators: name: Fernandez, Rachel
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Macomb (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/20109/macomb-county
subject: Michigan (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1134/michigan-state-territory
subject: Harrison Township
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4201/harrison-township
subject: Building 310
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/122741/building-310
subject: Selfridge Air National Guard Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167887/selfridge-air-national-guard-base
subject: Building Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167886/building-documentation
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Architectural Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/2/architectural-survey
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: Building documentation for Building #310, the post hospital at Selfridge Air National Guard Base.
Two roads to noncommutative causality
Creators: name: Besnard, Fabien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review the physical motivations and the mathematical results obtained so far in the isocone-based approach to noncommutative causality. We also give a briefer account of the alternative framework of Franco and Eckstein which is based on Lorentzian spectral triples. We compare the two theories on the simple example of the product geometry of the Minkowski plane by the finite noncommutative space with algebra $M_2({\mathbb C})$.
description: The title is a tribute to a well-known book about the search for quantum gravity
Les manifestations du leadership transformationnel par des conseillers pédagogiques
Creators: name: Lachaîne, Claude
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2018
Subjects: conseiller pédagogique
leadership transformationnel
agent de changement
changement de pratique
éducation

description: Les conseillers pédagogiques participent à la mise en œuvre des orientations du ministère de l’Éducation et de celles de leur conseil scolaire en matière d’enseignement afin de répondre aux besoins d’innovation, de communication et de collaboration des apprenants du 21e siècle. Outre leurs connaissances pédagogiques, leur propension pour l’innovation et leurs habiletés relationnelles, ils sont très peu préparés à exercer leur leadership quant à leurs fonctions d’agents de changement auprès de leurs collègues enseignants. L’objectif de cette recherche était de comprendre les manifestations du leadership transformationnel exercé par sept conseillers pédagogiques provenant de quatre conseils scolaires de l’Ontario. L’analyse de données recueillies a permis, à partir de leurs représentations, de dégager des liens entre la mobilisation des compétences qu’ils utilisent pour mener leurs collègues enseignants vers un changement de pratique et le leadership transformationnel tel qu’élaboré par Bass (1998).
SOURCE - Sustainable Urban Cells: outcome of a bilateral survey Italy-Sweden
Creators: name: Cumo, Fabrizio
name: Sferra, Adriana S.
name: Sforzini, Valentina
Publisher: name: TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment
Year: 2014

description: The survey SoURCE was jointly elaborated by the Inter-Departmental Center CITERA and the Royal Institute KTH; the findings were tested in different contexts, one of which was a municipality in the Lazio region with which it is currently collaborating to support planning interventions and facilitate European funding applications. The methodology that is interdisciplinary at the various scales was designed to enhance both horizontal and vertical subsidiarity and to allow to locate shares of the urban fabric – urban cells – providing for an energy balance between consumption and production from renewable sources in a predetermined range. Then by adding more urban cells the energy network was optimized and then integrated with other service networks that were then put in place into a system constituting the network of networks creating an efficient urban cell as per the service supply system. The model designed as such can be addressed to a specific territory to be consequently integrated with its specific characteristics (historical, cultural, social). This would then become an appropriate plan and/or requalification module to apply to urban settlements for the purpose of creating the basis for a smart city.
description: TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, TECHNE 7 (2014): Architectural technologies research and development
Correlates of Treatment Preference in a Randomized Trial Comparing Mindfulness Meditation versus Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
Creators: name: Dowell, Amelia
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2018
Subjects: Treatment Preference
Treatment Credibility
Social Anxiety Disorder

description: Purpose: There is growing interest in the clinical application of mindfulness meditation. However, little is known about the extent to which clients prefer mindfulness-based interventions (MBI) over conventional psychological therapies. The present study examined predictors of treatment preference and credibility in individuals with social anxiety disorder (SAD) who participated in a randomized trial of a mindfulness intervention adapted for SAD (MBI-SAD) versus a conventional psychological therapy (cognitive behavior group therapy; CBGT). Method: The sample included 97 adults who met DSM-5 criteria for SAD. Binary logistic and multiple linear regressions were conducted to examine baseline sociodemographic and clinical predictors of treatment preference for the MBI-SAD and perception of treatment credibility. Analysis of variance was used to compare levels of trait mindfulness across treatment preference groups. Results: The majority of participants (49%) reported a preference for the MBI-SAD. Ratings of treatment credibility were comparable for the two interventions. Employment status significantly predicted preference for CBGT versus the MBI-SAD, whereas younger age predicted preference for CBGT. Higher household income, a history of psychotherapy, elevated scores on clinician ratings of depression and social anxiety, and lower scores on self-report depression predicted no treatment preference. Higher household income predicted greater perceived credibility of treatment. Trait mindfulness did not differ across the treatment preference groups or predict treatment credibility. Discussion: Mindfulness meditation appears to be an acceptable and credible treatment for SAD. However, few baseline demographic and clinical characteristics predicted preference for the MBI-SAD. Additional research is needed to explore factors that shape preference and beliefs about mind-body interventions.
BOSHLANG'ICH SINF O'QUVCHILARI O'RTASIDA YUZAGA KELADIGAN KONFLIKTLI VAZIYATLAR HAMDA ULARNING YECHIMINI TOPISHDA PEDAGOG MAHORATI
Creators: name: Nurmatova, Mohlaroyim
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: boshlang‘ich sinf o‘quvchilari orasida konfliktli vaziyatlar o‘quv jarayonining ajralmas qismi hisoblanadi. Ular ko‘pincha yoshlarining emosional, ijtimoiy va kognitiv rivojlanishi bilan bog‘liq bo‘ladi. Konfliktlarning asosiy sabablari orasida shaxsiy farqlar, resurslar uchun raqobat, va kommunikasiyadagi muammolar mavjud. Ushbu konfliktlarni boshqarish va hal qilish uchun pedagogning yuqori mahorati zarur. Mazkur maqolada yuqorida keltirilgan masalalar yuzadidan aniq dalillar keltirilgan.
SHPO: 65 Percent Completion Report for the Maxwell/Gunter Cultural Resources Plan
Creators: name: Donovan, John
Year: 1989
Subjects: subject: Montgomery, Alabama
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85876/montgomery-alabama
subject: ICRMP
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/152792/icrmp
subject: Gunter Annex
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/79050/gunter-annex
subject: Integrated Cultural Resources Management Plan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/158315/integrated-cultural-resources-management-plan
subject: Maxwell Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/41676/maxwell-air-force-base
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: Letter to the Alabama SHPO regarding the 65% submittal of the Cultural Resources Plan for Maxwell and Gunter AFBs. Includes report comments from the SHPO.
Profound perturbation induced by triclosan exposure in mouse gut microbiome: a less resilient microbial community with elevated antibiotic and metal resistomes
Creators: name: Chi, Liang
name: Tu, Pengcheng
name: Lu, Kun
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2017

description: Abstract Background Environmental chemical-induced perturbations of gut microbiome are associated with a series of adverse health outcomes. The effects of triclosan on human health have been controversial in recent years. The purpose of this study is to investigate the functional impact of triclosan on the mouse gut microbiome and the link between triclosan exposure and resistomes in gut bacteria. Methods We combined 16S rRNA gene sequencing and shotgun metagenomics sequencing to examine the compositional and functional impact of triclosan exposure on the gut microbiota of C57BL/6 mice. Results 16S rRNA sequencing results revealed that 13-week triclosan exposure in drinking water induced significant perturbations in mouse gut bacterial assemblages with distinct trajectories compared to controls. Metagenomics sequencing results indicated a remarkable enrichment of gut bacterial genes related to triclosan resistance, stress response, antibiotic resistance and heavy metal resistance. Conclusions Triclosan exposure has a profound impact on the mouse gut microbiome by inducing perturbations at both compositional and functional levels. To our best knowledge, this is the first evidence regarding the functional alterations of gut microbiome induced by triclosan exposure, which may provide novel mechanistic insights into triclosan exposure and associated diseases.
The compatibility of off-grid technologies in the rehabilitation of energy network of minor historical centres
Creators: name: Marchionni, Chiara
name: De Berardinis, Pierluigi
name: Bellicoso, Alessandra
Publisher: name: TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment
Year: 2014

description: The research links the issue of recovery of the small Italian historic centres to the environmental issue, proposing the sustainable recovery as opportunity to carry out a virtuous action in the territory. The study of these territories, particularly the inner area of Abruzzo Region affected by the earthquake of April 6, 2009, offers the opportunity to carry out a research that aims to redevelop a heritage abandoned for year, now further compromised by the earthquake. An operational methodology aimed at energetic rehabilitation of the minor centres has been drawn up, which starts from an in-depth knowledge of the investigation area, identifying its peculiarity. Then we analyzed the intervention area and highlighted the applicable technologies through a careful “process of compatibility” (Zordan et al., 2002) with the context. In the present study there is an interest in the topic of energy networks, in their state of use and deterioration and possibility of renewable energy sources integration. In particular, we examine/analyze the off-grid technological systems potentiality and criticality, identifying the possibility of their application in the minor centres.
description: TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, TECHNE 7 (2014): Architectural technologies research and development
Mindfulness Training in Introductory Physics: Preregistration Plan 2
Creators: name: Galla, Brian
name: Nokes-Malach, Timothy
name: Kuo, Eric
name: Good, Melanie
name: Tumminia, Michael
name: Pelakh, Avital
name: Jahanian, Sara
name: Tupper, Kayla
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Education
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: This preregistration plan describes analyses focused on examining associations between gender identity, psychological threat, and (aspects of) engagement in introductory physics.
Cultural Resources Assessment, Runway 33 Extension Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
Creators: name: Fernandez, Rachel
Publisher: name: Air Education and Training Command
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Montgomery, Alabama
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85876/montgomery-alabama
subject: Archaic Period
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5726/archaic-period
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5728/historic
subject: Mt-256
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/130456/mt-256
subject: Mt-255
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/130457/mt-255
subject: Lithic Scatter
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/490/lithic-scatter
subject: Ceramic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/1/ceramic
subject: Chipped Stone
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/material-type/2/chipped-stone
subject: Runway 33
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/168098/runway-33
subject: Maxwell Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/41676/maxwell-air-force-base
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management
subject: Records Search / Inventory Checking
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/8/records-search-inventory-checking
subject: Site Evaluation / Testing
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/10/site-evaluation-testing
subject: Systematic Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/12/systematic-survey

description: Results of a cultural resources assessment in support of the overrun for Runway 33, the northern end of the active runway at Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, Alabama.
Analysis of the evolving relationship between NOCs and IOCs : the Venezuelan case
Creators: name: Briceno, Romulo P.
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2005
Subjects: National Oil Companies
NOC
International Oil Companies
IOC
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Petróleos de Venezuela
Venezuela
Oil
Supply and demand

description: Close to ninety percent of the world's oil reserves are owned by governments and partially privatized National Oil Companies (NOCs), and any investment by the International Oil Companies (IOCs) is bound to involve a close interaction between them. Nowadays, with higher demand for oil, particularly in the United States and China, international oil investment has grown progressively because of the need to balance supply and demand. Therefore, it appears reasonable to expect more balanced agreements in which the contractual conditions are fair to all sides, allowing an increase in petroleum exploration activity. The objective of this thesis is to understand and analyze the evolving relationships between the International Oil Companies and the National Oil companies with a special focus on The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and its National Oil Company, Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA).
$β$-function of the level-zero Gross-Neveu model
Creators: name: Bykov, Dmitri
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explain that the supersymmetric $CP^{n-1}$ sigma model is directly related to the level-zero chiral Gross-Neveu (cGN) model. In particular, beta functions of the two theories should coincide. This is consistent with the one-loop-exactness of the $CP^{n-1}$ beta function and a conjectured all-loop beta function of cGN models. We perform an explicit four-loop calculation on the cGN side and discuss the renormalization scheme dependence that arises.
description: 36 pages, 8 figures
Architectural integration of technologies from renewable sources: relationships with perceptual factors and guidance for operational guidelines
Creators: name: Giallocosta, Giorgio
name: Piccardo, Chiara
Publisher: name: TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment
Year: 2014

description: There is a growing awareness, even in the regulatory and procedural spheres, concerning "perceived quality" matters, in the face of changes and transformations in architectural and territorial project. Not always, however, the results obtained so far appear to be appreciably satisfactory, especially regarding "mature" assumptions of perceptual factors in architecture, and consequently, the results that emerge in practice. In this sense, recently conducted research extends the field of the criteria adopted up to now. Therefore the tendencies of guidelines able to optimize "perceptual" aspects, pertaining to the architectural and landscape integration of technologies from renewable energy sources (a case in point, and with a strong social relevance), start taking shape.
description: TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, TECHNE 7 (2014): Architectural technologies research and development
The Socio-Environmental Aspects of Students’ Food Literacy: An Exploratory Case Study of Two Ontarian High Schools
Creators: name: Martin, Alicia
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2018
Subjects: Food literacy
Comprehensive framework of analysis
Agrifood systems
Comprehensive food literacy
Political ecology
Food regime analysis
Ontario
High school students

description: North American food environments have gone through dramatic shifts over the past six decades. During this period, we have witnessed the consolidation of a globalizing industrial agrifood regime, accompanied by new types of foods available and an excess of marketing. In recent years however, a growing number of scholars, environmentalists, rural organizations and consumers have highlighted the negative environmental and social impacts of this model of large scale, intensive monocultures. Another critique that has been more and more common is the lack of a comprehensive food literacy among youth populations. This thesis starts from the assumption that such knowledge is crucial to equip younger generations with the ability to understand the connections among these issues, to make conscious and informed choices and become engaged citizens, participating in transforming today’s predominantly unsustainable agrifood systems. This is essential as younger generations are the future consumers, heads of households and decision-makers in Canadian society. As such, one of the primary objectives of this research was to (re)situate the concept of food literacy amidst the many literatures while also providing an original comprehensive framework of analysis, reaffirming both its health and well-being and agrifood systems components. Consequently, and based on such assessments, the thesis offers an original and exploratory analysis of high school students’ food literacy levels. Using a mixed methods approach, it draws from qualitative and quantitative primary data resources and secondary literature to survey and compare eight groups of students in grades 9 and 10 in Ontario. Four of these groups took a food-related class and four were control groups, between two different types of food-related curricula. The research shows that a majority of the high school students who participated in the study have a basic level of food literacy. This is especially notable when including socio-environmental considerations in order to assess their level of agrifood systems’ literacy, which is the main focus and contribution that this research sought to evaluate.
Binary accretion rates: dependence on temperature and mass-ratio
Creators: name: Young, Matthew D.
name: Clarke, Cathie J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform a series of 2D smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) simulations of gas accretion onto binaries via a circumbinary disc, for a range of gas temperatures and binary mass ratios ($q$). We show that increasing the gas temperature increases the accretion rate onto the primary for all values of the binary mass ratio: for example, for $q=0.1$ and a fixed binary separation, an increase of normalised sound speed by a factor of $5$ (from our "cold" to "hot" simulations) changes the fraction of the accreted gas that flows on to the primary from $ 10\%$ to $\sim40\%$. We present a simple parametrisation for the average accretion rate of each binary component accurate to within a few percent and argue that this parametrisation (rather than those in the literature based on warmer simulations) is relevant to supermassive black hole accretion and all but the widest stellar binaries. We present trajectories for the growth of $q$ during circumbinary disc accretion and argue that the period distribution of stellar "twin" binaries is strong evidence for the importance of circumbinary accretion. We also show that our parametrisation of binary accretion increases the minimum mass ratio needed for spin alignment of supermassive black holes to $q \sim 0.4$, with potentially important implications for the magnitude of velocity kicks acquired during black hole mergers.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 8 pages, 7 figures and 1 table
Memo: Implementation of the Programmatic Agreement for the Management and Care of Historical Resources on Kelly Air Force Base and Copy of the PA
Creators: name: Fernandez, Rachel
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Kelly Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/82925/kelly-air-force-base
subject: Terry (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/8258/terry-county
subject: San Antonio, TX
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85877/san-antonio-tx
subject: Programmatic Agreement
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/153821/programmatic-agreement
subject: PA
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/158138/pa
subject: Historic Background Research
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/18/historic-background-research
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: Memo from Lawrence O. Baily Jr., Director, Environmental Management, indicating that the PA for the management and care of historical resources on Kelly AFB was signed and became effective on 2 May 2000.
Methods used in research agenda building - a scoping overview of systematic reviews
Creators: name: Lund, Hans
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: evidence-based research
subject: research agenda
subject: scoping review

description: A scoping overview of systematic reviews including studies describing the methods used to develop a research agenda. Thhe aim of this scoping overview of systematic reviews is to to identify the often-used methods to develop a research agenda and categorize them into the standards /themes used until now.
Wright Brothers Monument Photo at Maxwell AFB
Creators: name: Fernandez, Rachel
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Montgomery, Alabama
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/85876/montgomery-alabama
subject: Wright Brothers Monument
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/168966/wright-brothers-monument
subject: Maxwell Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/41676/maxwell-air-force-base
subject: Wright Brothers
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/168938/wright-brothers
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: Undated black and white photograph of the Wright Brothers monument at Maxwell Air Force Base.
Relationships of physical activity and sedentary time in obese parent-child dyads: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: McMurray, Robert G.
name: Lam, Diana
name: Berry, Diane
name: Li, Siying
name: Neal, Madeline N
name: Schwartz, Todd
name: Hall, Emily G.
Publisher: name: BioMed Central
Year: 2016

description: Abstract Background Research suggests physical activity is linked to obesity. Further, the physical activity of healthy parents and their children is associated with each other. However, this relationship has not been examined in obese parents and their obese children. Methods The purpose of this study was to compare the physical activity and sedentary time of obese, low-income, ethnic minority parents and their children on weekdays and weekend days using accelerometry. Data were obtained from eight rural sites in the middle and eastern part of North Carolina (N.C.), United States (U.S.) from 2007-2010 using a rolling enrollment. One hundred and ninety-nine obese parents (94 % female) and their obese children (54 % female) wore accelerometers simultaneously for three weekdays and one weekend day. Total physical activity, moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and sedentary time and proportions were determined. Results Parents’ and children’s total physical activity and MVPA levels were lower on weekend days than weekdays. Total counts per minute for children on weekdays and weekend days were greater than for parents (p < 0.001). Total counts per minute were more highly correlated on weekend days than weekdays (r = 0.352, p < 0.0002 versus r = 0.165, p < 0.025). Parents’ performed MVPA for 14 (SD = ±25) and 9 (SD = ±16) minutes/day on weekdays and weekend days, respectively; children performed MVPA for 37 (SD = ±25) and 31(SD = ±38) minutes/day for weekdays and weekend days, respectively. Correlations between parents and children for MVPA were higher on weekend days versus weekdays (r = 0.253 and 0.177, respectively; p < 0.015). Associations for sedentary time followed a similar trend, with r = 0.33 (p < 0.0002) for weekend days and r = 0.016 (p < 0.026) for weekdays. Associations between obese parent-child dyads on sedentary time were stronger for girls, while associations between dyads on MVPA were stronger for boys. However, formal interaction analyses were not significant (p > 0.13). Discussion Since physical activity levels of obese parents and their obese child are somewhat related, especially on weekend days, combined parent-child obesity programs focused on reducing sedentary time could be beneficial, particularly for the child. Conclusion In conclusion, this study of the physical activity levels of obese parents and their obese children found some relationships between the parents’ and children’s physical activity and sedentary behavior patterns, especially on weekend days. Trial registration NCT01378806 .
The Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection
Creators: name: Martineau-Huynh, Olivier
name: Kotera, Kumiko
name: Charrier, Didier
name: De Jong, Sijbrand
name: de Vries, Krijn D.
name: Fang, Ke
name: Feng, Zhaoyang
name: Finley, Chad
name: Gou, Quanbu
name: Gu, Junhua
name: Hu, Hongbo
name: Murase, Kohta
name: Niess, Valentin
name: Oikonomou, Foteini
name: Renault-Tinacci, Nicolas
name: Schmid, Julia
name: Timmermans, Charles
name: Wang, Zhen
name: Wu, Xiangping
name: Zhang, Jianli
name: Zhang, Yi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: High-energy neutrino astronomy will probe the working of the most violent phenomena in the Universe. The Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection (GRAND) project consists of an array of $\sim10^5$ radio antennas deployed over $\sim$200000km$^2$ in a mountainous site. It aims at detecting high-energy neutrinos via the measurement of air showers induced by the decay in the atmosphere of $τ$ leptons produced by the interaction of the cosmic neutrinos under the Earth surface. Our objective with GRAND is to reach a neutrino sensitivity of $3\times10^{-11}E^{-2}$GeV$^{-1}$cm$^{-2}$s$^{-1}$sr$^{-1}$ above $3 \times10^{16}$eV. This sensitivity ensures the detection of cosmogenic neutrinos in the most pessimistic source models, and about 100 events per year are expected for the standard models. GRAND would also probe the neutrino signals produced at the potential sources of UHECRs. We show how our preliminary design should enable us to reach our sensitivity goals, and present the experimental characteristics. We assess the possibility to adapt GRAND to other astrophysical radio measurements. We discuss in this token the technological options for the detector and the steps to be taken to achieve the GRAND project.
description: 8 pages, 2 figures, 34th ICRC conference
Complexity of frustration: a new source of non-local non-stabilizerness
Creators: name: Odavić, J.
name: Haug, T.
name: Torre, G.
name: Hamma, A.
name: Franchini, F.
name: Giampaolo, S. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We advance the characterization of complexity in quantum many-body systems by examining $W$-states embedded in a spin chain. Such states show an amount of non-stabilizerness or "magic" (measured as the Stabilizer Rényi Entropy -SRE-) that grows logarithmic with the number of qubits/spins. We focus on systems whose Hamiltonian admits a classical point with an extensive degeneracy. Near these points, a Clifford circuit can convert the ground state into a $W$-state, while in the rest of the phase to which the classic point belongs, it is dressed with local quantum correlations. Topological frustrated quantum spin-chains host phases with the desired phenomenology, and we show that their ground state's SRE is the sum of that of the $W$-states plus an extensive local contribution. Our work reveals that $W$-states/frustrated ground states display a non-local degree of complexity that can be harvested as a quantum resource and has no counterpart in GHZ states/non-frustrated systems.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures
The temporary structures for Expo Milan 2015: environmental assessment and solutions for the end of life management
Creators: name: Lavagna, Monica
name: Arena, Marika
name: Dotelli, Giovanni
name: Zanchi, Matteo
Publisher: name: TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment
Year: 2014

description: Politecnico di Milano University worked for the Italian Ministry of Environment, land and sea on the sustainability assessment of Expo Milan 2015 self-built temporary pavilions. The work has been focused on the improvement of the buildings environmental performances. Given the buildings short durability in place (Expo lasts for 6 months), the strategies for their end of life are of great importance for the carbon footprint reduction. Starting from the specific work on Expo Milan 2015, the Politecnico di Milano working group proceeded with the methodology research about this issue, applicable also to future events. This paper presents the different relevant aspects of mega events temporary buildings end of life management; dealing with methodological, technical and managerial aspects.
description: TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, TECHNE 7 (2014): Architectural technologies research and development
Management Action Plan Bear Creek Radio Relay Station, Alaska
Creators: name: Fernandez, Rachel
Publisher: name: Hart Crowser, Inc.
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Bear Creek
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/6719/bear-creek
subject: Anchorage, AK
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84998/anchorage-ak
subject: Alaska (State / Territory)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/1176/alaska-state-territory
subject: Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/163587/joint-base-elmendorf-richardson
subject: Management Action Plan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167897/management-action-plan
subject: Radio Relay Station
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/167898/radio-relay-station

description: This Management Action Plan (MAP) for Bear Creek Radio Relay Station (RRS) is intended to be a strategic document integrating the environmental restoration program into a series of response actions necessary to protect human health and the environment.
Final Evolution and Delayed Explosions of Spinning White Dwarfs in Single Degenerate Models for Type Ia Supernovae
Creators: name: Benvenuto, Omar G.
name: Panei, Jorge A.
name: Nomoto, Ken'ichi
name: Kitamura, Hikaru
name: Hachisu, Izumi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the occurrence of delayed SNe~Ia in the single degenerate (SD) scenario. We assume that a massive carbon-oxygen (CO) white dwarf (WD) accretes matter coming from a companion star, making it to spin at the critical rate. We assume uniform rotation due to magnetic field coupling. The carbon ignition mass for non-rotating WDs is M_{ig}^{NR} \approx 1.38 M_{\odot}; while for the case of uniformly rotating WDs it is a few percent larger (M_{ig}^{R} \approx 1.43 M_{\odot}). When accretion rate decreases, the WD begins to lose angular momentum, shrinks, and spins up; however, it does not overflow its critical rotation rate, avoiding mass shedding. Thus, angular momentum losses can lead the CO WD interior to compression and carbon ignition, which would induce an SN~Ia. The delay, largely due to the angular momentum losses timescale, may be large enough to allow the companion star to evolve to a He WD, becoming undetectable at the moment of explosion. This scenario supports the occurrence of delayed SNe~Ia if the final CO WD mass is 1.38 M_{\odot} < M < 1.43 M_{\odot}. We also find that if the delay is longer than ~3 Gyr, the WD would become too cold to explode, rather undergoing collapse.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures, published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters, 809, L6 (2015), added some corrections for errata
Re-analysis of Scheibehenne, Jamil and Wagenmakers (2016)
Creators: name: Carlsson, Rickard
name: Williams, Donald
name: Schimmack, Ulrich
name: Bürkner, Paul - Christian
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022

description: Re-analysis of Scheibehenne, Jamil and Wagenmakers (2016)