cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Investment arbitration liability insurance: a possible solution for concerns of a regulatory chill?
Creators: Chriki, David
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Investments, Foreign
subject: Government risk insurance
subject: Liability insurance
subject: Law
subject: FOS: Law

description: Regulatory chill, a key tension between international investment agreements (IIAs) and democratic governance, could be dealt with by creating liability insurance for governments. Existing government insurance programs provide helpful guidelines for an investment arbitration liability insurance that could protect governments’ policy space while maintaining the protection IIAs provide to investors.
Neural stochastic differential equations for particle dispersion in large-eddy simulations of homogeneous isotropic turbulence
Creators: name: Williams, Josh
name: Wolfram, Uwe
name: Ozel, Ali
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In dilute turbulent particle-laden flows, such as atmospheric dispersion of pollutants or virus particles, the dynamics of tracer-like to low inertial particles are significantly altered by the fluctuating motion of the carrier fluid phase. Neglecting the effects of fluid velocity fluctuations on particle dynamics causes poor prediction of particle transport and dispersion. To account for the effects of fluid phase fluctuating velocity on the particle transport, stochastic differential equations coupled with large-eddy simulation are proposed to model the fluid velocity seen by the particle. The drift and diffusion terms in the stochastic differential equation are modelled using neural networks ('neural stochastic differential equations'). The neural networks are trained with direct numerical simulations (DNS) of decaying homogeneous isotropic turbulence at low and moderate Reynolds numbers. The predictability of the proposed models are assessed against DNS results through a priori analyses and a posteriori simulations of decaying homogeneous isotropic turbulence at low-to-high Reynolds numbers. Total particle fluctuating kinetic energy is under-predicted by 40% with no model, compared to the DNS data. In contrast, the proposed model predictions match total particle fluctuating kinetic energy to within 5% of the DNS data for low to high-inertia particles. For inertial particles, the model matches the variance of uncorrelated particle velocity to within 10% of DNS results, compared to 60-70% under-prediction with no model. It is concluded that the proposed model is applicable for flow configurations involving tracer and inertial particles, such as transport and dispersion of pollutants or virus particles.
description: 36 pages total, 27 pages main body, 12 figures, additional supplementary material (suppmat.tex)
sj-docx-1-tag-10.1177_17562848231215148 – Supplemental material for Prevalence and risk factors for early medical and surgical complications following an admission for acute severe ulcerative colitis
Creators: name: Li, Angel
name: Coote, Matthew
name: Thin, Lena
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified
Oncology and Carcinogenesis not elsewhere classified
Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-tag-10.1177_17562848231215148 for Prevalence and risk factors for early medical and surgical complications following an admission for acute severe ulcerative colitis by Angel Li, Matthew Coote and Lena Thin in Therapeutic Advances in Gastroenterology
sj-docx-1-dst-10.1177_19322968231215350 – Supplemental material for Machine Learning and Deep Learning Techniques Applied to Diabetes Research: A Bibliometric Analysis
Creators: name: García-Jaramillo, Maira
name: Luque, Carolina
name: León-Vargas, Fabian
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: Health and Community Services
Endocrinology
Medicine
Nutrition and Dietetics not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-dst-10.1177_19322968231215350 for Machine Learning and Deep Learning Techniques Applied to Diabetes Research: A Bibliometric Analysis by Maira García-Jaramillo, Carolina Luque and Fabian León-Vargas in Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology
Additional file 1 of Compound heterozygous WNT10A missense variations exacerbated the tooth agenesis caused by hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
Creators: name: Liu, Yiting
name: Sun, Jing
name: Zhang, Caiqi
name: Wu, Yi
name: Ma, Siyuan
name: Li, Xuechun
name: Wu, Xiaoshan
name: Gao, Qingping
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 1.
What’s next for the investment facilitation agenda?
Creators: Berger, Axel
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Investments, Foreign
Investments
International relations
International trade

description: Investment-facilitation discussions have been dynamic recently in international forums such as the G20 and the WTO. Interestingly, this agenda is pursued by developed and developing countries alike. While multilateral rules would be preferable, a plurilateral agreement negotiated among a group of like-minded countries seems most promising – at least for now.
Die  Psalmen und Festlieder für den öffentlichen Gottesdienst der Stadt und Landschaft Bern
Creators: name: Keller, Johann Rudolf
name: Spreng, Johann Jacob
Publisher: name: in Hochobrigkeitlicher Buchdruckerey
Year: 1775

description: Festlieder für den öffentlichen Gottesdienst der Stadt und Landschaft Bern
description: Berner Kirchengesangbuch
description: Vierstimmig
description: Psalmen gemäss A. Fluri übersetzt von Johannes Stapfer, mit den Melodien in der Fassung von Johann Ulrich Sultzberger; Festlieder teilweise verfasst von Johann Rudolf Keller und Johann Jacob Spreng
description: Festlieder mit eigener Titelseite
description: Bernerwappen auf beiden Titelseiten
description: Die Illustration ist ein Frontispiz, signiert: "Bern bey Gabriel Gaudard. 1745."
Free energy fluctuations of the $2$-spin spherical SK model at critical temperature
Creators: name: Landon, Benjamin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the fluctuations of the free energy of the $2$-spin spherical Sherrington-Kirkpatrick model at critical temperature $β_c = 1$. When $β= 1$ we find asymptotic Gaussian fluctuations with variance $\frac{1}{6N^2} \log(N)$, confirming in the spherical case a physics prediction for the SK model with Ising spins. We furthermore prove the existence of a critical window on the scale $β= 1 +α\sqrt{ \log(N) } N^{-1/3}$. For any $α\in \mathbb{R}$ we show that the fluctuations are at most order $\sqrt{ \log(N) } / N$, in the sense of tightness. If $ α\to \infty$ at any rate as $N \to \infty$ then, properly normalized, the fluctuations converge to the Tracy-Widom$_1$ distribution. If $ α\to 0$ at any rate as $N \to \infty$ or $ α<0$ is fixed, the fluctuations are asymptotically Gaussian as in the $α=0$ case. In determining the fluctuations, we apply a recent result of Lambert and Paquette on the behavior of the Gaussian-$β$-ensemble at the spectral edge.
description: 26 pages. Draft, comments welcome
title: Souvenir, Schmuckstück, Staubfänger
Creators: name: Kral, Alexandra
Year: 2008

description: Einer weit verbreiteten Zuschreibung zufolge machen Urlaubsmitbringsel als Erinnerungsträger jene Zeiten und Erfahrungen abrufbar, die als Ausgleich zum Alltag erstrebenswert, ja, notwendig sind. Assoziationen zum Stichwort „Souvenir“ – der Name soll Programm sein – zielen jedoch, auch bei Reisenden, häufig auf minderwertige Massenware ab, die von als unreflektiert wahrgenommenen Touristen erstanden wird. Für die gegenständliche Studie wurde hypothetisch angenommen, dass Objekte, die abseits von Souvenirgeschäften gefunden bzw. gekauft werden, sich in höherem Maße und dauerhafter als Erinnerung evozierend erweisen als Dinge, die dem einschlägigen Angebot entstammen. Um dies zu untersuchen wurden qualitative Interviews mit Frauen (die eher mit Erinnerungsarbeit befasst sind als Männer) geführt, die Objekte aus beiden Bereichen ihr Eigen nennen. Tatsächlich wird Gegenständen, die an alternativen Orten entdeckt und ausgewählt wurden, ein höherer ideeller (Erinnerungs-)Wert zugemessen, da sie – im Gegensatz zur „gebrauchsfertigen“ Ware – für ein rundum authentisches Erlebnis stehen. Authentizität steht hier in erster Linie für die mit den Dingen verknüpften Erfahrungen wie eine ungewöhnliche Kaufsituation, Muße im Rahmen eines Spaziergangs o.ä., der Herkunftsort spielt allenfalls bei Fundstücken aus der Natur eine größere Rolle. Vielen in den Gesprächen thematisierten Dingen ist ihre spezifische Herkunft nicht ablesbar. Die entsprechenden Objekte korrespondieren vielmehr mit dem jeweils aktuellen Selbstbild und verweisen in weiterer Folge auf die eigene Vergangenheit, auf Lebensthemen und bestätigen die eigene Identität. Diese vorwiegend private, teils unbewusste Bedeutung erklärt auch, weshalb die Trennung von manchen Objekten so schwer fällt. Der Aufbewahrungsort einzelner Gegenstände sagt zwar nichts über die subjektive Wichtigkeit derselben aus, er hat allerdings Einfluss auf die Funktion als Erinnerungsträger. Vollständig in den Alltag integrierte, präsente Dinge verlieren potenziell ihre Aura des Besonderen, wogegen unvermutet Wiedergefundenes die Handlungsroutine unterbricht und Aufmerksamkeit einfordert. Als wichtigste und unverzichtbare Erinnerungsträger erwiesen sich bildhafte Belege, die das im Urlaub Erlebte unmittelbar vor Augen führen. Während bei Objekten als erstes der Moment des Kaufs bzw. des Findens in den Sinn kommt, lösen Gespräche, Sinneseindrücke (Gerüche), bestimmte Wetterlagen, aber auch Fotos vielschichtigere Erinnerungen aus. Am tiefsten im Schatz der Erinnerung verankert sind sich vom Alltag unterscheidende, ungewohnte Situationen und Begebenheiten, die emotional berührt haben.
To succeed in China, focus on interests rather than rules
Creators: Enright, Michael J.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Economics
Investments, Foreign
International economic relations
International business enterprises

description: Interests, not rules have driven China’s approach toward inward FDI. As President Xi Jinping consolidates power, China becomes more assertive on the world stage, and Chinese companies become more capable, foreign companies will increasingly have to demonstrate the specific value they generate for China to access China opportunities.
Investment facilitation at the WTO is not investment redux
Creators: Hamdani, Khalil
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Investments, Foreign
International trade
Investments--Government policy

description: Discussion of investment facilitation at the WTO should enhance the development dimension of the Trade Facilitation Agreement. It should be focused, open-ended, inclusive, and allow for individual country implementation capacity. It should engage trading partners in capacity building of weaker members. It should envisage a counterpart Investment Facilitation Agreement.
title: Studien zum adeligen Familienbild im 18. Jahrhundert mit besonderer Berücksichtigung eines Porträts der Familie Harrach
Creators: name: Simmel, Lisa
Year: 2008

description: ABBILDUNGEN: nur in PRINTAUSGABE! -- Das adelige Familienporträt erfuhr im Laufe des 18. Jahrhunderts eine Entwicklung vom rein höfisch-repräsentativen Typus hin zu einer zunehmend bürgerlich-familiären Variante. Mit der beginnenden Aufklärung begann sich ein neues Verständnis von Adel und seiner Legitimation herauszubilden, das in der bildlichen Repräsentation zu einer Reduktion von Machtinsignien und Herrschaftssymbolen führte und vermehrtes Augenmerk auf die Fähigkeiten und Aufgaben des Herrschers legte. Die Handlungen bei denen sich Adel und Kaiserhaus darstellen ließen, beispielsweise das Aktenstudium am Schreibtisch, das Arbeitsbild des Herrschers, oder Freizeitbeschäftigungen wie Brettspiele oder Kaffeetrinken, werden auf den Gruppenporträts lediglich angedeutet. Höfische Etikettenzwänge und ein konservatives Verständnis von Adel verhindern weiterhin echte Handlung und Interaktion zwischen den Figuren. Auf Schloss Prugg (Niederösterreich) befindet sich ein großes Harrach Familienbild, welches Friedrich August Graf Harrach, interimistischer Statthalter der Niederlande, mit seiner Frau Eleonore von Liechtenstein und zehn ihrer gemeinsamen Kinder zeigt. Es wurde um 1740 vom in Rom geschulten Maler Christoph Schomburg geschaffen, den Graf Harrach dazu nach Brüssel und Wien berufen hatte. Im Hinblick auf die Gesamtkomposition, den Bildaufbau, die Hintergrundgestaltung durch Landschaftsausblick, Architekturversatzstücke und Draperie, sowie die Präsentation der Figuren, ihre Haltung und Anordnung, entspricht es bereits dem im gesamten 18. Jahrhundert für diese Bildaufgabe des repräsentativen Standesporträts geltenden Formenkanon. Die relative Gleichberechtigung der adeligen Ehefrau in der barocken Gesellschaft drückt sich auf den Familienbildern in ihrer ebenbürtigen, teilweise mit dem Mann geteilten, Sitzgelegenheit aus. Das zentrale Ehepaar umgibt sich in den Familienporträts mit seinen Kindern, deren genaue Zahl für die Bildaussage nicht von Bedeutung ist. Besonders hervorgehoben wird stets der älteste Sohn, der als Erbe und Stammhalter eine wichtige Rolle für die Zukunft der Familie übernimmt. Dieser Standesporträttypus gilt Mitte des 18. Jahrhunderts für den Adel, zum Beispiel die Familie Pállfy von Erdöd, welche sich von Martin van Meytens porträtieren ließ, ebenso wie für die Repräsentationsbilder der kaiserlichen Familie. Ab den 50er Jahren des 18. Jahrhunderts ist ein sprunghaftes Ansteigen von Familiendarstellungen am Kaiserhof zu bemerken. Nach der Überwindung der „Erbkrise“, die nach dem Tod Kaiser Karls. VI. das Haus Habsburg erschüttert hatte, wurden von Maria Theresia Familienbilder zur Darstellung der neuen starken Dynastie verwendet. Das vom Hofmaler Martin van Meytens geprägte Bild der kaiserlichen Familie wurde in zwei Varianten politisch instrumentalisiert, zuerst auf der Terrasse von Schloss Schönbrunn und später im repräsentativen Innenraum.
Effectiveness of CBT based group therapy programme for anxiety
Creators: name: Rajinikanth Maruthu
name: Hannon, Eithne
name: Carroll, Geraldine
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2017

description: Anxiety disorders can make it difficult for people to manage daily tasks and to relate well with others, it can result in financial strain and profound personal suffering. The literature suggests that multiple factors may cause anxiety such as other mental health issues (McIntosh et al, 2004). The researchers have discovered that anxiety disorders appear to be caused by a combination of biological factors, psychological factors and challenging life experiences (Petrakis et al, 2002). There is evidence available that group psychotherapy is effective in anxiety disorder, however there is a need to analyse the available pieces of evidence for the empiricism (Lader, 1994).

The current study was undertaken primarily to evaluate the effectiveness of a CBT group treatment programme with patients who have symptoms of an anxiety disorder. The current study or analysis is mainly aimed to find the effectiveness of group sessions on the participants with the symptoms of anxiety disorders. The group sessions were based on the principles of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT). Clients with mental health difficulties are referred by the Consultant psychiatrists and / or other referring teams.  Information regarding the programme was communicated to the extended Multi disciplinary team (MDT).

The objective of the data analysis was to establish the effectiveness of the Conquer Anxiety Mindfully group. Some of the following tools were utilized on different groups: Session Bridging worksheet, Qualitative Objective setting, Work and Social Adjustment Scale, Mind Over Mood Anxiety Inventory, Mind Over Mood Depression Inventory, Clinical Outcome Routine Evaluation (CORE) –Outcome Measure, and Qualitative evaluation. The mixed data obtained from various group participants was analyzed to measure the effectiveness of the group.

The result of the analysis clearly proved that the Conquer Anxiety Mindfully group has had positive impact on anxiety and depression levels. The participants of the group were satisfied and did benefit from the group therapy programme.
Large deformation analysis of spontaneous twist and contraction in nematic elastomer fibres with helical director
Creators: name: Giudici, Andrea
name: Biggins, John S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A cylindrical rubber fibre subject to twist will also elongate: a manifestation of Poynting's effect in large strain elasticity. Here, we construct an analogous treatment for an active rubber fibre actuated via an axisymmetric pattern of spontaneous distortion. We start by constructing an exact large-deformation solution to the equations of elasticity for such fibre subject to imposed twist and stretch, which reveals spontaneous warping and twisting of the fibre cross-section absent in passive rubbers. We then compute the corresponding non-linear elastic energy, which encompasses the Poynting effect, but is minimized by a finite spontaneous twist and stretch. In the second half of the paper, we apply these results to understand the twist-contraction actuation of nematic elastomer fibres fabricated with director-fields that encode helical patterns of contraction on heating. We first consider patterns making a constant angle with respect to the local cylindrical coordinate system (conical spiral director curves) and verify the predicted spontaneous twist, contraction and cross-section deformation via finite elements. Secondly, we consider realistic director distributions for the experimentally reported fibres fabricated by cross-linking while simultaneously applying stretch and twist. Counter-intuitively, we find that maximum actuation twist is produced by applying a finite optimal twist during fabrication. Finally, we illustrate that spontaneously twisting fibres will coil into spring-like shapes on actuation if the ends are prevented from twisting relative to each other. Such twist-torsion coupling would allow to make a tendril-like "soft-spring" actuator with low force and high linear stroke compared to the intrinsic contraction of the elastomer itself.
Additional file 3 of Compound heterozygous WNT10A missense variations exacerbated the tooth agenesis caused by hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia
Creators: name: Liu, Yiting
name: Sun, Jing
name: Zhang, Caiqi
name: Wu, Yi
name: Ma, Siyuan
name: Li, Xuechun
name: Wu, Xiaoshan
name: Gao, Qingping
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3.
List-avoiding orientations
Creators: name: Bradshaw, Peter
name: Chen, Yaobin
name: Ma, Hao
name: Mohar, Bojan
name: Wu, Hehui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05Cxx

description: Given a graph $G$ with a set $F(v)$ of forbidden values at each $v \in V(G)$, an $F$-avoiding orientation of $G$ is an orientation in which $deg^+(v) \not \in F(v)$ for each vertex $v$. Akbari, Dalirrooyfard, Ehsani, Ozeki, and Sherkati conjectured that if $|F(v)| < \frac{1}{2} deg(v)$ for each $v \in V(G)$, then $G$ has an $F$-avoiding orientation, and they showed that this statement is true when $\frac{1}{2}$ is replaced by $\frac{1}{4}$. In this paper, we take a step toward this conjecture by proving that if $|F(v)| < \lfloor \frac{1}{3} deg(v) \rfloor$ for each vertex $v$, then $G$ has an $F$-avoiding orientation. Furthermore, we show that if the maximum degree of $G$ is subexponential in terms of the minimum degree, then this coefficient of $\frac{1}{3}$ can be increased to $\sqrt{2} - 1 - o(1) \approx 0.414$. Our main tool is a new sufficient condition for the existence of an $F$-avoiding orientation based on the Combinatorial Nullstellensatz of Alon and Tarsi.
MNEs and the Sustainable Development Goals: what do first steps reveal?
Creators: van Tulder, Rob
van Zanten, Jan Anton
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: International business enterprises
Investments, Foreign
Social responsibility of business

description: The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a coherent framework for the implementation of business models that aim at the needs of society. Corporate support for the SDGs is positive, but also relatively reactive. Policies are proposed to help companies embrace SDGs aimed at “doing good,” instead of “avoiding harm.”
Investment facilitation: moving beyond investment promotion
Creators: Hees, Felipe
Barreto da Rocha Paranhos, Pedro
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Investments, Foreign
Investments--Government policy
Economics

description: The discussions on investment facilitation at the multilateral level require clarifying the distinction between investment promotion and investment facilitation. They lie on a continuum: while “promotion” is based on disseminating information about comparative advantages and investment opportunities of a country, “facilitation” aims at establishing common procedures for all investors.
Unconsciousness reconfigures modular brain network dynamics
Creators: name: del Pozo, Sofia Morena
name: Laufs, Helmut
name: Bonhomme, Vincent
name: Laureys, Steven
name: Balenzuela, Pablo
name: Tagliazucchi, Enzo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The dynamic core hypothesis posits that consciousness is correlated with simultaneously integrated and differentiated assemblies of transiently synchronized brain regions. We represented time-dependent functional interactions using dynamic brain networks, and assessed the integrityof the dynamic core by means of the flexibility and largest multilayer module of these networks. As a first step, we constrained parameter selection using a newly developed benchmark for module detection in heterogeneous temporal networks. Next, we applied a multilayer modularity maximization algorithm to dynamic brain networks computed from functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data acquired during deep sleep and under propofol anesthesia. We found that unconsciousness reconfigured network flexibility and reduced the size of the largest spatiotemporal module, which we identified with the dynamic core. Our results present a first characterization of modular brain network dynamics during states of unconsciousness measured with fMRI, adding support to the dynamic core hypothesis of human consciousness.
Could BITs and BATs be combined to ensure access to human rights remedies?
Creators: Gaffney, John
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Investments, Foreign
Human rights--International cooperation
Social responsibility of business
International relations--Treaties

description: The UNGPs require governments to ensure that, when human rights abuses occur in the context of business activities within their territory, the victims of such abuses have access to effective remedies. This Perspective suggests how they may do so in an investment context by merging the “BAT” concept into BITs.
Supplemental Material - Valtrate antagonizes malignant phenotypes of lung cancer cells by reducing SLC7A11
Creators: name: Xu, Wei
name: Yu, Huan
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental Material for Valtrate antagonizes malignant phenotypes of lung cancer cells by reducing SLC7A11 by W Xu and H Yu in Human & Experimental Toxicology
Foreign direct investment and “peak globalization”
Creators: Primo Braga, Carlos A.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Investments, Foreign
Globalization--Economic aspects
International trade--Effect of technological innovations on
Investments--Technological innovations

description: This Perspective discusses if globalization has stalled and what the implications for FDI decisions and policies are. Efficiency-seeking investments are being affected by protectionist policies and the retrenchment of global value chains, which favor market-seeking investments. More attention should be given to the impact of technological developments and digital globalization.
CFIUS reforms must be reformed
Creators: Moran, Theodore H.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Investments, Foreign--Government policy
Consolidation and merger of corporations
National security

description: Congress and the White House are proposing a fundamental “reform” of CFIUS regulations, via the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act. This Perspective argues that these so-called reforms would damage US interests and shows how the FIRRMA reforms must be reformed.
Investment facilitation: Another fad in the offing?
Creators: Singh, Kavaljit
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Investments, Foreign
Investments--Government policy
International relations

description: Discussions have begun in the WTO on investment facilitation. This Perspective questions the purpose of “top-down” multilateral binding rules on investment facilitation and suggests that the current proposals are far detached from ground realities.
Do developing countries benefit from outward FDI?
Creators: Knoerich, Jan
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Economic development
Investments, Foreign
International business enterprises--Economic aspects
Developing countries

description: Developing countries can benefit from outward FDI undertaken by their own “emerging multinational enterprises”. This Perspective outlines how outward FDI contributes to the development of home economies, and discusses potential harmful effects. An appropriate outward FDI policy can enhance the development benefits from outward FDI for home economies.
Moving with the times: amending the ICSID rules
Creators: Kinnear, Meg
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Investments, Foreign--Law and legislation
Conflict management
Dispute resolution (Law)

description: ICSID is amending its rules for resolving international investment disputes. This Perspective outlines changes proposed by the ICSID Secretariat in August 2018, which draw on input from governments, the private sector and the public. The proposals update ICSID’s existing rules for arbitration, conciliation and fact-finding, and introduce new mediation rules.
Different anomalous diffusion regimes measured in the dynamics of tracer particles in actin networks
Creators: name: Levin, Maayan
name: Bel, Golan
name: Roichman, Yael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It was previously believed that diffusion of a tracer particle in a viscoelastic material should be of the fractional Brownian motion (fBm) type. This is due to the long-term memory in the response of such materials to mechanical perturbations. Surprisingly, the diffusion of a tracer particle in a network of a purified protein, actin, was found to conform to the continuous time random walk (CTRW) type in one study that focused on the ensemble average characteristics. Here, we analyze the dynamics of two differently sized tracer particles in actin networks of different mesh sizes. We find that the ratio of tracer particle size to the characteristic length scale of a bio-polymer network plays a crucial role in determining the type of diffusion the particle performs. We find that the tracer particle diffusion has features of fBm when the particle is large compared to the mesh size, of normal diffusion when the particle is much smaller than the mesh size, and of CTRW in between these two limits. Based on our findings, we propose and verify numerically a new model for the tracer particle's motion in all regimes. Our model suggests that diffusion in actin networks consists of fBm of the tracer particle coupled with occasional caging events with power-law-distributed escape times.
description: 9 pages, 8 figures
State- and molecule-selective rotational control in gas mixtures with a shaped optical centrifuge
Creators: name: Amani, P.
name: Milner, A. A.
name: Milner, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate experimentally a method of all-optical selective rotational control in gas mixtures. Using an optical centrifuge - an intense laser pulse whose linear polarization rotates at an accelerated rate, we simultaneously excite two different molecular species to two different rotational frequencies of choice. The new level of control is achieved by shaping the centrifuge spectrum according to the rotational spectra of the centrifuged molecules. The shaped optical centrifuge releases one molecular species earlier than the other, therefore separating their target rotational frequencies and corresponding rotational states. The technique will expand the utility of rotational control in the studies of the effects of molecular rotation on collisions and chemical reactions.
On duality and model theory for polyadic spaces
Creators: name: van Gool, Sam
name: Marquès, Jérémie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Logic (math.LO)
subject: Category Theory (math.CT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 03C07 (Primary), 06D50, 18C10, 18A15 (Secondary)

description: This paper is a study of first-order coherent logic from the point of view of duality and categorical logic. We prove a duality theorem between coherent hyperdoctrines and open polyadic Priestley spaces, which we subsequently apply to prove completeness, omitting types, and Craig interpolation theorems for coherent or intuitionistic logic. Our approach emphasizes the role of interpolation and openness properties, and allows for a modular, syntax-free treatment of these model-theoretic results. As further applications of the same method, we prove completeness theorems for constant domain and Gödel-Dummett intuitionistic predicate logics.
description: 45 pages
On the Utility of a Well-Mixed Model for Predicting Disease Transmission on an Urban Bus
Creators: name: Zhang, Zhihang
name: Capecelatro, Jesse
name: Maki, Kevin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The transport of virus-laden aerosols from a host to a susceptible person is governed by complex turbulent airflow, and physics related to breathing, coughing and sneezing, mechanical and passive ventilation, thermal buoyancy effects, surface deposition, masks, and air filtration. In this paper, we study the infection risk via airborne transmission on an urban bus using unsteady Reynolds-Averaged Navier--Stokes equations and a passive-scalar model of the virus-laden aerosol concentration. Results from these simulations are directly compared to the widely-used well mixed model, and show significant differences in the concentration field and number of inhaled particles. Specifically, in the limit of low mechanical ventilation rate, the well-mixed model will over-predict concentration far from the infected passenger, and substantially underpredict concentration near the infected passenger. The results reported herein also apply to other enclosed spaces.
description: 21 pages and 8 figures
Energy preserving reduced-order modelling of thermal shallow water equation
Creators: name: Yildiz, Suleyman
name: Uzunca, Murat
name: Karasozen, Bulent
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65M06, 65P10, 37J05, 37M15, 76B15

description: In this paper, Hamiltonian and energy preserving reduced-order models are developed for the rotating thermal shallow water equation (RTSWE) in the non-canonical Hamiltonian form with the state-dependent Poisson matrix. The high fidelity full solutions are obtained by discretizing the RTSWE in space with skew-symmetric finite-differences, that preserve the Hamiltonian structure. The resulting skew-gradient system is integrated in time with the energy preserving average vector field (AVF) method. The reduced-order model (ROM) is constructed in the same way as the full order model (FOM), preserving the reduced skew-symmetric structure and integrating in time with the AVF method. Relying on structure-preserving discretizations in space and time and applying proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) with the Galerkin projection, an energy preserving reduced order model (ROM) is constructed. The nonlinearities in the ROM are computed by applying the discrete empirical interpolation (DEIM) method to reduce the computational cost. The computation of the reduced-order solutions is accelerated further by the use of tensor techniques. The overall procedure yields a clear separation of the offline and online computational cost of the reduced solutions. The accuracy and computational efficiency of the ROMs are demonstrated for a numerical test problem. Preservation of the energy (Hamiltonian), and other conserved quantities, i.e. mass, buoyancy, and total vorticity show that the reduced-order solutions ensure the long-term stability of the solutions while exhibiting several orders of magnitude computational speedup over the FOM.
description: 15 pages, 4 figures, 3 tables. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2002.11719
sj-pdf-4-irp-10.1177_26334895221120796 - Supplemental material for Stakeholder perspectives on digital behavioral health applications targeting adolescent depression and suicidality: Policymaker, provider, and community insights
Creators: name: Radovic, Ana
name: Kirk-Johnson, Afton
name: Coren, Morgan
name: George-Milford, Brandie
name: Kolko, David
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-4-irp-10.1177_26334895221120796 for Stakeholder perspectives on digital behavioral health applications targeting adolescent depression and suicidality: Policymaker, provider, and community insights by Ana Radovic, Afton Kirk-Johnson, Morgan Coren, Brandie George-Milford and David Kolko in Implementation Research and Practice
Additional file 1 of Genome-wide identification and expression characterization of the GH3 gene family of tea plant (Camellia sinensis)
Creators: name: Wang, Xinge
name: Jia, Chunyu
name: An, Lishuang
name: Zeng, Jiangyan
name: Ren, Aixia
name: Han, Xin
name: Wang, Yiqing
name: Wu, Shuang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Supplementary Material 1: Figure S1 (Validation of RNA in various tissue parts of tea plants), S2 (Verification of plasmid construction in E. coli DH5α colonies using colony PCR), S3 (Verification of plasmid construction in Yeast Y1H colonies using colony PCR (A, B)), and S4 (Self-activation detection of CsGH3.14 and CsGH3.15)
Investment facilitation: new dynamism at the WTO on investment
Creators: Joseph, Reji K.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Investments, Foreign
International trade
International relations

description: The proposal for an investment facilitation agreement has brought about a new dynamism on investment issues at the WTO. Unlike in the past, it is the developing countries and least developed countries who champion the discussions. They hold that trade and investment policies are inseparable.
Nanoextraction based on surface nanodroplets for chemical preconcentration and determination
Creators: name: Wu, Hongyan
name: Kanike, Chiranjeevi
name: Atta, Arnab
name: Zhang, Xuehua
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Liquid-liquid extraction based on surface nanodroplets, namely nanoextraction, can continuously extract and enrich target analytes from the flow of a sample solution. This sample preconcentration technique is easy to operate in a continuous flow system with low organic solvent consumption and a high enrichment factor. In this review, the evolution from single drop microextraction to advanced nanoextraction will be briefly introduced. Also, the formation principle and key features of surface nanodroplets will be summarized. Further, the major findings of nanoextraction combined with in-droplet chemistry toward sensitive and quantitative detection will be discussed. Finally, we will give our perspectives on the future trend of nanoextraction.
description: 9 pages, 5 figures, review article
Cross Over Protocols: Connecting Online and In Class Discussions
Creators: name: Dabbagh, Nada
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2018
Subjects: hybrid courses

description: Crossover protocols extend learning activities across online and face to face courses by explicitly connecting ideas generated online and in person. These protocols are designed to help instructors, across disciplines, facilitate stronger conversations among students resulting in meaningful, insightful and sometimes unexpected connections between ideas and concepts.  An example protocol will be shared and participants will learn ways they can incorporate these into their discipline courses.


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Crossover protocols extend learning activities across online and face to face courses by explicitly connecting ideas generated online and in person. These protocols are designed to help instructors, across disciplines, facilitate stronger conversations among students resulting in meaningful, insightful and sometimes unexpected connections between ideas and concepts (Perrow, 2017). Crossover protocols draw deliberately on the learning affordances of both online and face to face modalities resulting in the thoughtful fusion of the two to enhance the student learning experience. The pedagogical power of crossover protocols lies in the intersection of the affordances of online and face to face modalities giving blended learning a new meaning.




I have been implementing crossover protocols in EDIT 730 for several years not knowing they had a specific label until I read Perrow's paper. In this presentation, I will demonstrate how crossover protocols can be designed and implemented to support higher order thinking in a graduate level course. Specifically, I will show how learning activities can be extended across the two modalities, online and face to face, by capitalizing on the benefits of each medium. Examples will include how online discussion can be complemented with in class discussions to sharpen communication, enhance collective thinking, and build knowledge; how working in groups can begin in person and extend online to enhance collaborative problem solving and social negotiation; and how blogs can support writing, thinking, and talking about ideas. I will demonstrate how online and face to face learning activities can be intentionally threaded or connected using crossover protocols to create a learning experience that enables students to think productively, individually, and collectively.


Perrow, M. (2012). Strengthening the Conversation in Blended and Face to Face Courses Connecting Online and In Person Learning with Crossover Protocols. College Teaching, 65(3), 97-105.
description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 10 (2018): Small Changes, Big Impact: 10 Years of ITL
Suppression of power losses during laser pulse propagation in underdense plasma slab
Creators: name: Lezhnin, K. V.
name: Qu, K.
name: Fisch, N. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For current state-of-the-art terawatt lasers, the primary laser scattering mechanisms in plasma include Forward Raman Scattering (FRS), excitation of plasma waves, and the self-modulational instability (SMI). Using 2D PIC simulations, we demonstrate the dominance of the FRS in the regime with medium-to-low density plasma and non-relativistic laser fields. However, the use of multi-colored lasers with frequency detuning exceeding the plasma frequency, $Δω>ω_{\rm pe}$, suppresses the FRS. The laser power can then be transmitted efficiently.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures
To what extent has FDI benefited the transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe?
Creators: Kekic, Laza
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Economics
Gross domestic product
Economic development

description: An empirical estimate shows that FDI has had only a weak positive impact on GDP growth in transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe. Convergence with the developed EU is slowing and these countries will need to develop growth strategies that do not depend overwhelmingly on FDI.
Additional file 1 of Impact of preconception and antenatal supplementation with myo-inositol, probiotics, and micronutrients on offspring BMI and weight gain over the first 2 years
Creators: name: Lyons-Reid, Jaz
name: Derraik, José G. B.
name: Kenealy, Timothy
name: Albert, Benjamin B.
name: Ramos Nieves, J. Manuel
name: Monnard, Cathriona R.
name: Titcombe, Phil
name: Nield, Heidi
name: Barton, Sheila J.
name: El-Heis, Sarah
name: Tham, Elizabeth
name: Godfrey, Keith M.
name: Chan, Shiao-Yng
name: Cutfield, Wayne S.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 1: Details trajectory modelling methods, including sensitivity analyses. Table S1. Latent class growth analysis model summary statistics for weight standard deviation scores (SDS) from birth to 2 years. Table S2. Latent class growth analysis model summary statistics for weight standard deviation scores (SDS) from birth to 2 years including only offspring with ≥3 visits. Table S3. Risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals for the weight standard deviation scores (SDS) trajectories from the sensitivity analysis five class latent class growth analysis model. Fig. S1. Trajectories for latent class growth analysis six class model of weight standard deviation scores (SDS) from birth to 2 years. Fig. S2. Trajectories for latent class growth analysis five class model of weight standard deviation scores (SDS) from birth to 2 years. Fig. S3. Individual trajectories for latent class growth analysis six class model of weight standard deviation scores (SDS) from birth to 2 years. Fig. S4. Individual trajectories for latent class growth analysis five class model of weight standard deviation scores (SDS) from birth to 2 years. Fig. S5. Sensitivity analysis trajectories for latent class growth analysis six class model for weight standard deviation scores (SDS) from birth to 2 years including only offspring with ≥3 visits. Fig. S6. Sensitivity analysis trajectories for latent class growth analysis five class model for weight standard deviation scores (SDS) from birth to 2 years including only offspring with ≥3 visits. Fig. S7. Sensitivity analysis individual trajectories for latent class growth analysis six class model for weight standard deviation scores (SDS) from birth to 2 years including only offspring with ≥3 visits. Fig. S8. Sensitivity analysis individual trajectories for latent class growth analysis five class model for weight standard deviation scores (SDS) from birth to 2 years including only offspring with ≥3 visits.
Genius Breaks: How to Bring Mindfulness, Movement and Compassion into Your Classroom
Creators: name: Carmack, Suzie
Publisher: name: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings
Year: 2018
Subjects: well-being; mindfulness

description: BRIEF SESSION DESCRIPTION:

Genius Breaks (Carmack, 2017) are mini-breaks of mindfulness, movement and meaning (self-compassion) that can be practiced in home, office or school settings. Developed over the past 10 years by the author/presenter of this workshop, Genius Breaks have been practiced in over 30 states by over 100 teachers in classrooms, and in workplaces in 89 countries (Carmack, 2012).Â  In this mini-workshop, practitioners will learn how they can easily practice Genius Breaks to improve student learning, using Carmackâ€™s mindful movement vitamin protocol and chakras of communication framework. Attendees will leave the session knowing how to practice Genius Breaks and how to lead them to others as a Mentor-- in their workplaces, courses, or homes.

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FULL ABSTRACT:

Genius Breaks (Carmack, 2017) are mini-breaks of mindfulness, movement and meaning (self-compassion) that can be practiced in home, office or school settings. Developed over the past 10 years by the author/presenter of this workshop, Genius Breaks have been practiced in over 30 states by over 100 teachers in classrooms, and in workplaces in 89 countries (Carmack, 2012).Â  In this mini-workshop, practitioners will learn how they can easily practice Genius Breaks to increase student learning, using Carmackâ€™s mindful movement vitamin protocol and chakras of communication framework. Attendees will leave the session knowing how to practice Genius Breaks and how to lead them to others as a Mentor-- in their workplaces, schools, or homes. This workshop has been presented at other conferences internationally; it would be great to share the same successful frameworks 'at home' here at Mason.

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This session is appropriate for this conference theme, because we need new strategies for connecting our minds, bodies and hearts in our Digital world. We also need ways to promote physical activity (movement) and stress reduction (mindfulness) to students who have "busy minds" today from living and studying in a digital culture. We also need to share strategies for expressing compassion to self and others; the Genius Break model is different than normal "mindful movement' techniques such as yoga because it adds this promotion of "meaning" (positive self-talk; compassion; narrative improvement) and links this to the mindful movement.
description: Innovations in Teaching & Learning Conference Proceedings, Vol 10 (2018): Small Changes, Big Impact: 10 Years of ITL
sj-docx-1-ctj-10.1177_17407745221118555 – Supplemental material for Measures of fidelity of delivery and engagement in self-management interventions: A systematic review of measures
Creators: name: Rookes, Tasmin A
name: Schrag, Anette
name: Walters, Kate
name: Armstrong, Megan
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 160807 Sociological Methodology and Research Methods
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-ctj-10.1177_17407745221118555 for Measures of fidelity of delivery and engagement in self-management interventions: A systematic review of measures by Tasmin A Rookes, Anette Schrag, Kate Walters and Megan Armstrong in Clinical Trials
Concours universel agricole d'animaux reproducteurs : français et étrangers, mâles et femelles, des espèces bovine, ovine et porcine, et d'animaux de basse-cour, volailles, etc. : catalogue des animaux exposés
Creators: name: [s.n.]
Publisher: name: Imprimerie Impériale
Year: 1855

description: [éd.:] Ministère de l'Agriculture, du Commerce et des Travaux Publics
description: Exlibrisstempel: "Schweizerische Bundeskanzlei" 000185777_0001 Exemplar der ETH-BIB