cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
ASR Context-Sensitive Error Correction Based on Microsoft N-Gram Dataset
Creators: name: Bassil, Youssef
name: Semaan, Paul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: At the present time, computers are employed to solve complex tasks and problems ranging from simple calculations to intensive digital image processing and intricate algorithmic optimization problems to computationally-demanding weather forecasting problems. ASR short for Automatic Speech Recognition is yet another type of computational problem whose purpose is to recognize human spoken speech and convert it into text that can be processed by a computer. Despite that ASR has many versatile and pervasive real-world applications,it is still relatively erroneous and not perfectly solved as it is prone to produce spelling errors in the recognized text, especially if the ASR system is operating in a noisy environment, its vocabulary size is limited, and its input speech is of bad or low quality. This paper proposes a post-editing ASR error correction method based on MicrosoftN-Gram dataset for detecting and correcting spelling errors generated by ASR systems. The proposed method comprises an error detection algorithm for detecting word errors; a candidate corrections generation algorithm for generating correction suggestions for the detected word errors; and a context-sensitive error correction algorithm for selecting the best candidate for correction. The virtue of using the Microsoft N-Gram dataset is that it contains real-world data and word sequences extracted from the web which canmimica comprehensive dictionary of words having a large and all-inclusive vocabulary. Experiments conducted on numerous speeches, performed by different speakers, showed a remarkable reduction in ASR errors. Future research can improve upon the proposed algorithm so much so that it can be parallelized to take advantage of multiprocessor and distributed systems.
description: LACSC - Lebanese Association for Computational Sciences - http://www.lacsc.org
"We Figured Out How to Fight": Couples' Identity Stories on Overcoming Disagreements
Creators: name: Beech, Leah
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Educational Psychology
subject: couples
subject: narrative analysis
subject: conflict resolution
subject: small stories

description: In this research, I examined couples’ small stories about overcoming a disagreement, while analyzing how they co-constructed a sense of relational identity in these tellings. I completed semi-structured interviews with seven couples who shared stories about what helped in resolving a past conflict, and what they learned from these overlooked successes. Using a narrative analysis framework, I analyzed the content of couples’ stories with Gubrium and Holstein’s (2009) concepts of linkage and composition, and identified narrative practices involved in constructing a sense of relational identity with Bamberg and Georgakopoulou’s (2008) small story approach. Couples identified strategies that helped resolve conflict and discussed the benefits of conflict resolution. I also reviewed how couples positioned their relationship and interacted in their “we” talk to “perform” relational identity. Lastly, I discussed the implications of these findings for couples, research, and counselling, particularly the influence questions have on inviting agentive relational accounts.
Embodying the self : women's experiences of disordered eating and identity
Creators: name: Fitzpatrick, Kelley
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Disordered eating is a widespread phenomenon which carries emotional, psychological, and physical repercussions. Women are especially vulnerable to developing patterns of disordered eating which can become a consuming aspect of a person’s life, thereby shaping aspects of identity. In exploring the relationship between identity and disordered eating, I have used a feminist lens to shed light on the contemporary social context and its role in perpetuating the belief that a woman’s identity is embodied in her physical body. Postmodern feminism, Marxist feminism and social construction feminism have been included to provide further depth to the analysis. I have adopted a phenomenological approach in carrying out a series of unstructured in-depth interviews with individual women in order to answer the following research question: What are women’s experiences with disordered eating and personal identity? The interviews have been analyzed to provide the reader with a structural and textural description of the women’s experiences which converge to describe the essence of this phenomenon. The research findings will then be discussed in terms of their implications for social work practice. It is my hope that these insights will be used by service providers to better understand the needs of women currently struggling with this issue. In this way, the gains which women have made in their personal lives can become a piece of this larger social and political issue.
Frédéric Bozo, Christian Wenkel (ed.), France and the German Question. 1945–1990, New York, Oxford (Berghahn) 2019
Creators: name: Genevois, Julien
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Frédéric Bozo, Christian Wenkel (ed.), France and the German Question. 1945–1990, New York, Oxford (Berghahn) 2019, VIII–299 p., ISBN 978-1-78920-226-7, USD 130,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Reactivity Study and Kinetic Modeling of Deasphalted Oil Upgrading via Thermal and Catalytic Steam Cracking
Creators: name: Cabrales Navarro, Fredy
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Energy
subject: Engineering--Chemical
subject: Engineering--Petroleum
subject: Deasphalted Oil
subject: Asphaltenes
subject: Catalytic Steam Cracking
subject: Thermal Cracking
subject: Upgrading

description: Solvent deasphalting (SDA) is a well-known process where asphaltenes are removed from the oil using a paraffinic solvent to produce a lighter and better quality deasphalted oil (DAO). SDA has uses in refineries and bitumen upgraders. In the latter use, the DAO still needs further upgrading to make it a transportable oil that meets pipeline specifications. This doctoral thesis covers the use of thermal cracking as a DAO upgrading technology, as well as catalytic steam cracking using innovative Ni/K and Ni/Ce ultradispersed (UD) and Ni/Ce fixed-bed (FB) catalyst formulations as an alternative path to further improve upon the thermal cracking performance. A detailed reactivity study and comprehensive kinetic modeling for these DAO processing methods is conducted and discussed throughout the work. The experimental data for the reactivity experiments is obtained in a research-scale pilot plant equipped with an up-flow open tubular reactor, which was procured, designed and constructed as part of this doctoral project. A complete set of characterization techniques is used for detailed evaluation of the performance of the processes and the analysis of relevant properties related to the quality of the liquid and gas products. The effect of operating conditions on DAO thermal cracking including Liquid Hourly Space Velocity (LHSV), reaction temperature, total pressure and steam partial pressure was assessed and was found to be consistent with results in the literature regarding thermal cracking of residual hydrocarbons. Considerable generation of asphaltenes during thermal cracking was found to be the main drawback of this process and their production was analyzed from a kinetic point of view. Catalytic steam cracking was found to have the same relevant kinetic and rate controlling steps as that of thermal cracking in terms of conversion and the effect of operating variables, however having a catalytic effect to promote water dissociation to induce hydrogenation and enhancement of the overall product quality. Operating conditions, as well as the state of oxidation of the catalyst active phase were found to play a critical role for the appropriate performance of the catalytic process.
LOGO-CINEMATHERAPY: A TRANSFORMATIVE APPROACH TO DEPRESSION IN COLLEGE INMATE STUDENTS AT CAMP SAMPAGUITA, NEW BILIBID PRISON
Creators: name: Maria, Lourdes Cruz de los Reyes
Publisher: name: Zap journals
Year: 2023
Subjects: movies
cultural values
digitalization
Korean cinema
COVID-19
Philippine film industry.

description: This study delves into the profound impact of movies on individuals and society, exploring their role in fulfilling aspirations and providing a temporary escape to an ideal world. Movies serve as a reflection of cultural values and societal behaviors, allowing viewers to connect with characters and themes, thus offering insights into the essence of different groups. However, the Philippine film industry has faced significant challenges due to digitalization, with the widespread availability of smartphones and movie-streaming apps contributing to a decline in traditional moviegoing. Additionally, the emergence of Korean cinema and telenovelas has gained immense popularity among Filipinos, earning South Korea the moniker "New Hollywood." Furthermore, the COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented challenges to the entire entertainment sector. This study seeks to explore the evolving dynamics of movie consumption, considering the digital landscape and societal changes, and to better understand the influence of movies on the Filipino audience in the context of these transformations.
Nicolas Bourguinat, Gilles Vogt, La guerre franco-allemande de 1870. Une histoire globale, Paris (Flammarion) 2020
Creators: name: König, Mareike
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Nicolas Bourguinat, Gilles Vogt, La guerre franco-allemande de 1870. Une histoire globale, Paris (Flammarion) 2020, 528 p. (Champs histoire), ISBN 978-2-0815-1055-5, EUR 15,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Ilektra Bogner, »Wie ist Europa? – Schön, Ja?«. Intellektuelle Diskurse zur wirtschaftlichen Dimension des europäischen Integrationsprozesses – Eine vergleichende Analyse herausragender Intellektuellenzeitschriften (Commentaire, Esprit, Le Débat, und Les Temps modernes), St. Ingbert (Röhrig Universitätsverlag) 2019
Creators: name: Pichler, Peter
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Ilektra Bogner, »Wie ist Europa? – Schön, Ja?«. Intellektuelle Diskurse zur wirtschaftlichen Dimension des europäischen Integrationsprozesses – Eine vergleichende Analyse herausragender Intellektuellenzeitschriften (Commentaire, Esprit, Le Débat, und Les Temps modernes), St. Ingbert (Röhrig Universitätsverlag) 2019, 716 S., zahlr. Tab. (Saarbrücker Studien zur Interkulturellen Kommunikation mit Schwerpunkt Frankreich/Deutschland, 15), ISBN 978-3-86110-723-1, EUR 69,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Werner Bergmann, Tumulte – Excesse – Pogrome. Kollektive Gewalt gegen Juden in Europa 1789–1900, Göttingen (Wallstein) 2020
Creators: name: Baisez, Olivier
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Werner Bergmann, Tumulte – Excesse – Pogrome. Kollektive Gewalt gegen Juden in Europa 1789–1900, Göttingen (Wallstein) 2020, 845 S., 12 Abb. (Studien zu Ressentiments in Geschichte und Gegenwart, 4), ISBN 978-3-8353-3645-2, EUR 46,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Nested recursions with ceiling function solutions
Creators: name: Isgur, Abraham
name: Kuznetsov, Vitaly
name: Tanny, Stephen M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Consider a nested, non-homogeneous recursion R(n) defined by R(n) = \sum_{i=1}^k R(n-s_i-\sum_{j=1}^{p_i} R(n-a_ij)) + nu, with c initial conditions R(1) = xi_1 > 0,R(2)=xi_2 > 0, ..., R(c)=xi_c > 0, where the parameters are integers satisfying k > 0, p_i > 0 and a_ij > 0. We develop an algorithm to answer the following question: for an arbitrary rational number r/q, is there any set of values for k, p_i, s_i, a_ij and nu such that the ceiling function ceiling{rn/q} is the unique solution generated by R(n) with appropriate initial conditions? We apply this algorithm to explore those ceiling functions that appear as solutions to R(n). The pattern that emerges from this empirical investigation leads us to the following general result: every ceiling function of the form ceiling{n/q}$ is the solution of infinitely many such recursions. Further, the empirical evidence suggests that the converse conjecture is true: if ceiling{rn/q} is the solution generated by any recursion R(n) of the form above, then r=1. We also use our ceiling function methodology to derive the first known connection between the recursion R(n) and a natural generalization of Conway's recursion.
description: Published in Journal of Difference Equations and Applications, 2010. 11 pages, 1 table
Counter-polarized single-photon generation from the auxiliary cavity of a weakly nonlinear photonic molecule
Creators: name: Bamba, Motoaki
name: Ciuti, Cristiano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a scheme for the resonant generation of counter-polarized single photons in double asymmetric cavities with a small Kerr optical nonlinearity (as that created by a semiconductor quantum well) compared to the mode broadening. Due to the interplay between spatial intercavity tunneling and polarization coupling, by weakly exciting with circularly polarized light one of the cavities, we predict strong antibunching of counter-polarized light emission from the non-pumped auxiliary cavity. This scheme due to quantum interference is robust against surface scattering of pumping light, which can be suppressed both by spatial and polarization filters.
Gabriele Balbi, Andreas Fickers (ed.), History of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Transnational techno-diplomacy from the telegraph to the Internet, Berlin, Boston, MA (De Gruyter) 2020
Creators: name: Reinalda, Bob
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Gabriele Balbi, Andreas Fickers (ed.), History of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Transnational techno-diplomacy from the telegraph to the Internet, Berlin, Boston, MA (De Gruyter) 2020, VI–354 p., 23 b/w ill. (Innovation and Diplomacy in Modern Europe, 1), ISBN 978-3-11-066960-2, EUR 77,95.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Pumping performance increase through the addition of turbulent drag-reducing polymers to pulp fibre suspensions
Creators: name: Abuyousef, Imad Ayesh
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The addition of a small amount of long chain polymers to a turbulent fluid is known to reduce the wall shear stress and drag. Similarly, the addition of pulp fibres to a turbulent suspension is also turbulent-drag reducing despite pulp fibres having a length scale that is 1000 times larger than polymer molecules. The mechanism of drag reduction and its impact on centrifugal pump performance is poorly understood, especially when there is a combination of polymer and fibres in suspension. Centrifugal (slurry) pump performance was measured as a function of pulp fibre and PAM polymer concentration. Both the pump best efficiency and maximum head rise were greater when pumping modest concentrations of polymer solutions and low consistency pulp fibre than pure water. We measured an efficiency increase of 22 percent and a maximum head increase of 4.3 percent with the addition of 150 ppm PAM polymer over that of pure water. We measured an increase of 8 percent and 2.3 percent in pump efficiency and maximum head coefficient, respectively, with 2 percent pulp fibres over that of water alone. With both 1 percent consistency pulp fibres and 100 ppm of PAM polymers, we measured a 12 percent increase in efficiency over that of pulp fibre alone. With both 2 percent consistency pulp fibres and 100 ppm of PAM polymers present, we measure an 8 percent increase in efficiency over that of pulp suspension alone. The reasons for the increased pump efficiency with addition of additives is not known but are thought to be due to the turbulent-drag-reducing properties associated with flow of these suspensions.
Asymptotic normality and valid inference for Gaussian variational approximation
Creators: name: Hall, Peter
name: Pham, Tung
name: Wand, M. P.
name: Wang, S. S. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We derive the precise asymptotic distributional behavior of Gaussian variational approximate estimators of the parameters in a single-predictor Poisson mixed model. These results are the deepest yet obtained concerning the statistical properties of a variational approximation method. Moreover, they give rise to asymptotically valid statistical inference. A simulation study demonstrates that Gaussian variational approximate confidence intervals possess good to excellent coverage properties, and have a similar precision to their exact likelihood counterparts.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/11-AOS908 the Annals of Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aos/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Additional file 8 of Growth hormone reduces aneuploidy and improves oocytes quality by JAK2-MAPK3/1 pathway in aged mice
Creators: name: Luo, Yun-Yao
name: Zeng, Xi
name: Zhu, Ling
name: Li, Chong
name: Xie, Juan
name: Dong, Qiang
name: Sun, Qing-Yuan
name: Huang, Guo-Ning
name: Li, Jing-Yu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology

description: Additional file 8: Figure S5. Effect of GH on the meiotic progression of aged oocytes in vitro.Representative time-lapse images of PBE kinetics in young, aged and GH + aged oocytes. Scale bar, 50 μm. PBE rate in young, aged, and GH + agedoocytes in vitro PBE kinetics in young, aged, and GH + agedoocytes post-GVBD. Interval from GVBD to PBE in young, aged, and GH + agedoocytes. Data are mean ± SEMs of at least three independent experiments. *p < 0.05.
Peter-Paul Bänziger, Die Moderne als Erlebnis. Eine Geschichte der Konsum- und Arbeitsgesellschaft, 1840–1940, Göttingen (Wallstein) 2020
Creators: name: Petznick, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Peter-Paul Bänziger, Die Moderne als Erlebnis. Eine Geschichte der Konsum- und Arbeitsgesellschaft, 1840–1940, Göttingen (Wallstein) 2020, 456 S., 17 Abb., ISBN 978-3-8353-3646-9, EUR 34,90.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Error Graphs and the Reconstruction of Elements in Groups
Creators: name: Levenshtein, Vladimir
name: Siemons, Johannes
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 05C12, 20B05, 20B30

description: Packing and covering problems for metric spaces, and graphs in particular, are of essential interest in combinatorics and coding theory. They are formulated in terms of metric balls of vertices. We consider a new problem in graph theory which is also based on the consideration of metric balls of vertices, but which is distinct from the traditional packing and covering problems. This problem is motivated by applications in information transmission when redundancy of messages is not sufficient for their exact reconstruction, and applications in computational biology when one wishes to restore an evolutionary process. It can be defined as the reconstruction, or identification, of an unknown vertex in a given graph from a minimal number of vertices (erroneous or distorted patterns) in a metric ball of a given radius r around the unknown vertex. For this problem it is required to find minimum restrictions for such a reconstruction to be possible and also to find efficient reconstruction algorithms under such minimal restrictions. In this paper we define error graphs and investigate their basic properties. A particular class of error graphs occurs when the vertices of the graph are the elements of a group, and when the path metric is determined by a suitable set of group elements. These are the undirected Cayley graphs. Of particular interest is the transposition Cayley graph on the symmetric group which occurs in connection with the analysis of transpositional mutations in molecular biology. We obtain a complete solution of the above problems for the transposition Cayley graph on the symmetric group.
description: Journal of Combinatorial Theory A 2009
Jens Adam, Ordnungen des Nationalen und die geteilte Welt. Zur Praxis Auswärtiger Kulturpolitik als Konfliktprävention, Bielefeld (transcript) 2018
Creators: name: Umlauf, Joachim
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Jens Adam, Ordnungen des Nationalen und die geteilte Welt. Zur Praxis Auswärtiger Kulturpolitik als Konfliktprävention, Bielefeld (transcript) 2018, 303 S. (Edition Politik, 60), ISBN 978-3-8376-4262-9, EUR 34,99.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Meniscus Structure and Function
Creators: name: Andrews, Stephen
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Biomedical
subject: Meniscus

description: The knee menisci are commonly injured, and do not heal well as a result of their minimal vascularity and severe loading environment. Further, removal of the menisci is detrimental to the long term health of the knee joint. This objective of this body of work was to implement an integrated approach to better understand the function of the menisci as it relates to their fine structure and composition. This approach included mechanical, structural and biochemical analyses, of the menisci using a bovine model. A thorough assessment of the relevant literature led to the conclusion that menisci do not act as a shock absorber in the knee, as was previously believed. To probe the relations between osmolarity and material properties, it was identified experimentally that meniscal samples swell significantly under iso-osmotic conditions. This swelling results in greatly altered mechanical properties in those samples. The osmolarity independent swelling indicates that the menisci are a pre-stressed structure. For the first time, a novel imaging modality, optical projection tomography (OPT) was successfully used to examine connective tissue structure. With OPT, the highly complex, three-dimensional collagen matrix organization within the meniscus was revealed. OPT was also capable of visualizing blood vessel organization in meniscal samples. The localization of the matrix molecules, aggrecan, type II collagen, elastin and proteoglycan 4 were evaluated using various histological and immunofluorescence techniques. The localization was examined as it related to the various architectural subunits of the menisci to further elucidate the composition and organization of those regions. These techniques led to the identification of a new region in the menisci; a proteoglycan-rich, peri-vascular region. It is hypothesized that this region plays a protective role for blood vessels in the menisci. It was further identified that elastin has a region specific distribution which suggests a mechanical role for this protein in the menisci. Collagen II and aggrecan were observed to co-localize in the menisci, indicating similarities with other connective tissues that undergo compressive loading. Finally, these findings were integrated into a novel structural model of meniscal function, which proposes mechanical roles for each of the architectural sub-regions of the menisci.
Three Regions of Excessive Flux of PeV Cosmic Rays
Creators: name: Kulikov, G. V.
name: Zotov, M. Yu.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Three regions of excessive flux of cosmic rays with energies of the order of PeV are found in the experimental data of the EAS MSU array at a confidence level greater than 4σ. For two of them, there are similar regions in the experimental data of the EAS-1000 Prototype array. One of the interesting features of the regions is the absence of supernova remnants in their vicinities, traditionally considered as the main sources of Galactic cosmic rays, but the presence of isolated pulsars, some of which are able to accelerate heavy nuclei up to energies close to PeV. In our opinion, this favors the assumption that isolated pulsars are able to contribute to the flux of Galactic cosmic rays more than is usually assumed.
description: 7 pages. The preprint fixes errors that appeared in the English version of the article published in Bull. Rus. Acad. Sci. Physics, 2011, Vol.75, p.342. Original Russian text: Izv. RAN., Ser. Fiz., 2011, Vol.75, p.371. V2: a few typos fixed, layout improved. arXiv admin note: repeats content from arXiv:0907.3192
Dominique Valérian, Ports et réseaux d’échanges dans le Maghreb médiéval, Madrid (Casa de Velázquez) 2019
Creators: name: Kolditz, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Dominique Valérian, Ports et réseaux d’échanges dans le Maghreb médiéval, Madrid (Casa de Velázquez) 2019, 358 p. (Bibliothèque de la Casa de Velázquez, 77), ISBN 978-84-9096-176-6, EUR 27,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Continuum Representation of the Micromechanics of Granular Materials via Homogenization and Statistical Approaches
Creators: name: Pouragha, Mehdi
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Civil
subject: Granular Material
subject: Micromechanics
subject: Constitutive Modelling
subject: Discrete Element Methods
subject: Homogenization
subject: Statistical Approach

description: Granular media display distinct constitutive features such as phase transition, dilatancy and localization that are difficult to analyze within traditional continuum mechanics. Such shortcoming has led to a paradigm shift from continuum to micromechanical approaches to highlight the discrete nature of granular media. Recent micromechanical studies have proven that most subtleties observed in granular mechanics can be clearly explained as a collective response of a large number of particles interacting through simple physics at the micro-/meso-scale. However, the emergence of an analytical constitutive model transcending the various scales highly relies on the extent to which statistical generalization methods are applicable to the problem at hand. From a statistical viewpoint, a continuum constitutive model can emerge from homogenizing discrete mechanisms if: (1) all the concerned parameters at the macroscopic level are expressed in terms of the same set of statistical descriptors, and (2) there exist enough internal consistencies among the statistical descriptors to ensure bijectivity of the formulation. Therefore, the current study sets out to first develop such a multiscale relation between strain and contact structure evolution through an investigation of the topology of the underlying Dirichlet tessellation network. A detailed study of the various mechanisms operating at the particle scale has resulted into an expression for macroscopic strain in terms of key micro-variables. These, together with the well-established ``Love-Weber'' formula for stress, satisfy the first above-mentioned requirement of having a common basis for statistical description. The second requirement about internal consistencies is addressed by exploring the interrelation between the evolution of the various micro-variables. For instance, changes in force network statistics enter an analytical scheme to describe the loss and gain of contacts during the initial stages of loading. On the other hand, post-yield microstructure characteristics have been studied by considering redundancy in the static equilibrium of the force network. Hence, a reference material state that unifies jamming and critical state concepts with the yielding properties of granular materials is proposed. Finally, a plastic potential naturally emerges from the proposed analytical framework which describes the stress-dilatancy relation of granular media with only a few material parameters, all micromechanical in nature.
Atención a la diversidad en un sistema educativo inclusivo. La gamificación como metodología de aprendizaje.
Creators: name: Basagaña Gallego, Xavier
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 19 (2021): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
Effect of Previous Concussion on Sport-Specific Skills in Youth Ice Hockey Players
Creators: name: Eliason, Paul
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Epidemiology
subject: Medicine and Surgery
subject: Public Health
subject: ice hockey
subject: Hockey
subject: Youth
subject: Adolescence
subject: Brain Concussion
subject: Concussion
subject: Athletic Performance
subject: Performance
subject: Skills
subject: Reliability
subject: Hockey Canada Skills Testing

description: Objective: To investigate the effect of previous concussion on sport-specific skill performance in youth ice hockey players. Methods: In total, 596 participants [525 males and 71 females, ages 11-17, representing elite (upper 30% by division of play) and non-elite (lower 70% by division of play)] were recruited from minor ice hockey teams in Calgary, Alberta over three seasons of play (2012-2015). Primary Outcome Measure: On-ice skill performance was based on the Hockey Canada Skills Test (HCST) battery which included forward agility weave, forward and backward speed skate, forward to backward transition agility, and a 6-repeat endurance skate. Results: There were no significant differences in the adjusted odds ratios or the mean scores between those with and without a history of concussion for all HCST components. Conclusions: Youth ice hockey players with a history of concussion have similar HCST performance scores to those that do not.
Integral Field Spectroscopy of 2.0
Creators: name: Alaghband-Zadeh, S.
name: Chapman, S. C.
name: Swinbank, A. M.
name: Smail, Ian
name: Harrison, C. M.
name: Alexander, D. M.
name: Casey, C. M.
name: Dave, R.
name: Narayanan, D.
name: Tamura, Y.
name: Umehata, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present two-dimensional, integral field spectroscopy covering the rest-frame wavelengths of strong optical emission lines in nine sub-mm-luminous galaxies (SMGs) at 2.0
description: 17 pages, 9 Figures, 2 Tables; accepted for publication in MNRAS
Thomas W. Smith (ed.), Authority and Power in the Medieval Church, c. 1000–c. 1500, Turnhout (Brepols) 2020
Creators: name: Sère, Bénédicte
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Thomas W. Smith (ed.), Authority and Power in the Medieval Church, c. 1000–c. 1500, Turnhout (Brepols) 2020, 45 p., 19 b/w ill., 2 b/w tabl. (Europa Sacra, 24), ISBN 978-2-503-58529-1, EUR 115,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
TDAH. Elegir colegio, afrontar los deberes y prevenir el fracaso escolar.
Creators: name: Sanz Pérez, Cristina
Publisher: name: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría
Year: 2021

description: Psicosomàtica y Psiquiatría, Núm. 19 (2021): octubre-noviembre-diciembre
Kristina Rzehak, Macht und Literatur bei Timuriden und Habsburgern. Politischer Übergang und kulturelle Blüte in den Selbstzeugnissen Baburs und Maximilians I., Baden-Baden (Ergon) 2019
Creators: name: Krajicek, Nadja
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Kristina Rzehak, Macht und Literatur bei Timuriden und Habsburgern. Politischer Übergang und kulturelle Blüte in den Selbstzeugnissen Baburs und Maximilians I., Baden-Baden (Ergon) 2019, 378 S. (Religion und Politik, 19), ISBN 978-3-95650-499-0, EUR 58,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Fabien Roucole, Prélats et hommes de guerre dans la France du XVe siècle, Aix-en-Provence (Presses universitaires de Provence) 2020
Creators: name: Paviot, Jacques
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Fabien Roucole, Prélats et hommes de guerre dans la France du XVe siècle, Aix-en-Provence (Presses universitaires de Provence) 2020, 307 p. (Le temps de l’histoire), ISBN 979-10-320-0255-1, EUR 26,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
A Non-Standard Semantics for Kahn Networks in Continuous Time
Creators: name: Beauxis, Romain
name: Mimram, Samuel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: Category Theory (math.CT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In a seminal article, Kahn has introduced the notion of process network and given a semantics for those using Scott domains whose elements are (possibly infinite) sequences of values. This model has since then become a standard tool for studying distributed asynchronous computations. From the beginning, process networks have been drawn as particular graphs, but this syntax is never formalized. We take the opportunity to clarify it by giving a precise definition of these graphs, that we call nets. The resulting category is shown to be a fixpoint category, i.e. a cartesian category which is traced wrt the monoidal structure given by the product, and interestingly this structure characterizes the category: we show that it is the free fixpoint category containing a given set of morphisms, thus providing a complete axiomatics that models of process networks should satisfy. We then use these tools to build a model of networks in which data vary over a continuous time, in order to elaborate on the idea that process networks should also be able to encompass computational models such as hybrid systems or electric circuits. We relate this model to Kahn's semantics by introducing a third model of networks based on non-standard analysis, whose elements form an internal complete partial order for which many properties of standard domains can be reformulated. The use of hyperreals in this model allows it to formally consider the notion of infinitesimal, and thus to make a bridge between discrete and continuous time: time is "discrete", but the duration between two instants is infinitesimal. Finally, we give some examples of uses of the model by describing some networks implementing common constructions in analysis.
description: 2010
Yossef Rapoport, Islamische Karten. Der andere Blick auf die Welt. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Jörg Fündling, Darmstadt (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft) 2020
Creators: name: Schieweck, Sandra
Publisher: name: Francia-Recensio
Year: 2020

description: Yossef Rapoport, Islamische Karten. Der andere Blick auf die Welt. Aus dem Englischen übersetzt von Jörg Fündling, Darmstadt (Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft) 2020, 191 S., zahlr. Abb., ISBN 978-3-534-27205-1, EUR 50,00.
description: Francia-Recensio, 2020/4
Saying Yes: Collaboration and Scenography of Man Equals Man
Creators: name: DeGroot, Anton
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Theater
subject: Design
subject: Scenography
subject: Brecht
subject: Man
subject: Equals
subject: Set
subject: Light

description: The following artist’s statement discusses the early inspirations, development, execution of, and reflections upon the scenographic treatment of Bertolt Brecht’s Man Equals Man, directed by Tim Sutherland and produced by the University of Calgary in February of 2015. It details the processes of the set, lights, and properties design, with a focus on the director / scenographer relationship, and an examination of the outcomes.
Skilled Behaviour and Bilateral Motor Map Expression
Creators: name: Rodych, Justin
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Neuroscience
subject: Psychology--Experimental
subject: Epilepsy
subject: Motor Map
subject: Reversible Cooling Inactivation
subject: Seizures
subject: HCN Channel

description: Multiple seizures cause changes to both cortical movement representations (motor maps) and behavioural impairment. The contribution of seizures to motor map alterations and impaired skilled forelimb movement was studied using the electrical kindling model and short-duration intracortical microstimulation (SD-ICMS). Forelimb motor map movements changed considerably from contralateral in sham-kindled rats to ipsilateral and bilateral in rats kindled for over 5 sessions. Furthermore, bilateral movement representations were related to impairments in skilled forelimb subcomponents. Finally, skilled forelimb impairment was also related to the number of bilateral seizures experienced as well as the duration of bilateral seizures. Next, the role of the ipsilateral hemisphere in bilateral movement representations was examined using SD-ICMS and reversible cooling inactivation. Bilateral representations were produced using electrical kindling as well as pharmacological HCN channel blocker ZD7288. Inactivating the cortex ipsilateral to the skilled forelimb completely eliminated ipsilateral and bilateral movement, indicating its role in bilateral movement representations.
A computational approach to a doped antiferromagnet: correlations between two spin-polarons in the lightly doped CuO$_2$ plane
Creators: name: Lau, Bayo
name: Berciu, Mona
name: Sawatzky, George. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We extend the methods recently introduced in Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 036401 (2011) to investigate correlations between two spin-polarons in a quasi-two-dimensional CuO2 layer. The low-energy wavefunctions for two doped holes introduced in a half-filled CuO2 plane with 32 copper and 64 oxygen sites are calculated explicitly using an efficient yet accurate truncation scheme to model the antiferromagnet background. The energetics and wavefucntions show that the charges form three-spin polarons and the spin is carried by a disturbance around the three-spin polaron core. The low-energy band results from the competition between the kinetic energy and a local attractive potential which favors d(x^2-y^2) states. Lastly, we point out features that are expected to be robust for larger systems.
description: 15 pages, 7 figures, to appear in PRB
An Analysis of a Cohort of Surgical-Related Intra-Abdominal Sepsis with PIRO
Creators: name: Posadas Calleja, Juan Gabriel
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Surgery
subject: Sepsis
subject: PIRO
subject: Septic shock
subject: Severe sepsis
subject: Surgical sepsis

description: Introduction: Sepsis constitutes an important cause of morbidity and mortality; mortality in patients with intraabdominal sepsis remains high. The PIRO concept is a classification scheme for sepsis. Methods: Retrospective analysis of a prospective observational cohort. Results: 905 patients were analyzed. A PIRO score was developed including the following variables: age > 65 years, comorbidities, leukopenia, hypothermia, cardiovascular, renal, respiratory, and CNS failure, one point was given for each present feature. The mean PIRO score was significantly higher in nonsurvivors than in survivors (3.9 vs. 2.3 respectively, p < 0.0001). When the patients were distributed according PIRO scoring, mortality rate increased (p <0.0001). The aROC showed consistent mortality discrimination by PIRO score (0.80, 95%CI 0.79 to 0.83), outperforming APACHE II (0.72, 95%CI 0.68 to 0.75) and SOFA (0.72, 95%CI 0.68 to 0.76) p <0.0001. Conclusion: The PIRO score performed well as an ICU mortality predictor tool for surgical related intra-abdominal sepsis.m
Hedychrum Latreille 1802
Creators: name: Paukkunen, Juho
name: Rosa, Paolo
name: Soon, Villu
name: Johansson, Niklas
name: Ødegaard, Frode
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Chrysididae
Hedychrum

description: 7. Genus Hedychrum Latreille, 1802
Hedychrum Latreille, 1802: 317. Type species: Chrysis lucidula Fabricius, 1775 [= Hedychrum nobile (Scopoli, 1763)], by monotypy.
description: Published as part of Paukkunen, Juho, Rosa, Paolo, Soon, Villu, Johansson, Niklas & Ødegaard, Frode, 2014, Faunistic review of the cuckoo wasps of Fennoscandia, Denmark and the Baltic countries (Hymenoptera: Chrysididae), pp. 1-67 in Zootaxa 3864 (1) on page 18, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3864.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4930433
Forecasting of Energy Requirements for Planetary Exploration Habitats Using a Modulated Neural Activation Method
Creators: name: Engler, Simon
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence
subject: Machine Learning
subject: long term short memory
subject: planetary habitat
subject: energy forecast

description: Human travel to other planetary bodies will have duration of years, with little to no possibility of resupply. Consequently, the monitoring and forecasting of resource consumption is a mission critical capability. The actions of a single crew member can heavily influence small environments and throw forecasting models off to the point of total failure. It is hypothesized that the inclusion of variables accounting for daily astronaut activities and psychological state will allow for higher accuracy in forecasting. Utilizing consumption data from the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog Simulation in the form of electricity, and psychological data from the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, a generalized artificial neural-modulation method is introduced which allows the incorporation of emotional response into machine learning applied to forecasting. It is found that the changes in the activation functions correlate to observed crew behavior, and show significant improvement of forecasting results.
Biophysical Evidence for a Molecular Interaction between Proteoglycan 4 and Hyaluronan in Solution: Effect of Exposure to a Zwitterionic Detergent on Cartilage Boundary Lubricating Function
Creators: name: Morin, Alyssa
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: Engineering--Biomedical

description: Proteoglycan 4 (PRG4) and hyaluronan (HA) are key synovial fluid constituents that contribute synergistically to cartilage boundary lubrication through an undefined mechanism. PRG4 monomers and multimers have previously been separated using size exclusion chromatography with a buffer containing the zwitterionic detergent CHAPS. However, CHAPS may alter the ability of PRG4 to interact with HA and synergistically reduce friction. The objectives of this thesis were to (1) assess the size distribution of PRG4, HA, and PRG4+HA in solution, and (2) determine the effect of exposing PRG4 to CHAPS on the size distribution, cartilage boundary lubricating ability, and cartilage adsorption of PRG4+HA. The size distribution of PRG4+HA was less than PRG4 and HA. Exposure to CHAPS irreversibly altered the size distribution, cartilage boundary lubricating ability, and cartilage adsorption of PRG4+HA. These results suggest a hydrophobic molecular interaction exists between PRG4 and HA, both in solution and at the articular cartilage surface.
Vitamin D status of pregnant women in Vancouver
Creators: name: Li, Wangyang
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Obtaining adequate vitamin D during pregnancy is important for health of both mother and child. Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (250HD) concentrations, the best indicator of vitamin D status, have been reported in pregnant women in several countries; yet, there are few studies of pregnant women in Canada. We determined vitamin D status, based on 250HD concentrations, of pregnant women living in Vancouver and explored the determinants of 250HD such as ethnicity, season and vitamin D intake. A convenience sample of 336 pregnant women was recruited from Greater Vancouver (49°N). Participants completed a demographic and lifestyle questionnaire as well as a food frequency questionnaire to estimate vitamin D intake. A blood sample was collected and analyzed for plasma 250HD and parathyroid hormone (PTH). Overall the mean (95% CI) 250HD was 66.7 (64.2, 69.1) nmol/L. Only 1% of women had a 250HD concentration indicative of deficiency (<25 nmol/L). However; 24% and 65% of women were vitamin D insufficient based on cutoffs of 50 and 75 nmol/L, respectively. Over 90% of women took vitamin D containing supplements and the median intake of vitamin D from food and supplements was 16.0 μg/d. In adjusted analysis, women of European ethnicity had higher mean 250HD concentrations than women of Other ethnicity [69.1 (62.8, 75.3) cf. 59.0 (52.2, 65.8) nmol/L; P = 0.004]. However, there were no differences between Europeans, Chinese, and South Asians. Mean 250HD was lower in winter [55.1 (47.7, 62.5) nmol/L] than spring [64.7 (57.7, 71.7) nmol/L] and summer [67.4 (59.9, 74.9) nmol/L] but not fall [63.2 (55.6, 70.8) nmol/L]. Only 5% of women had elevated PTH concentrations (>6.4 nmol/L) and plasma PTH was only weakly inversely related to 250HD) (R² = 0.034; P = 0.001) with no apparent inflection point. Despite high supplement use, vitamin D insufficiency appears to be common in this group of pregnant women. Ethnicity and season were determinants of 250HD but the magnitude of their effect was less pronounced than in other studies. Strategies to improve the vitamin D status of pregnant women may be required, such as increasing the amount of vitamin D in maternal supplements.
Joint Ventures in the Oil and Gas Industry
Creators: name: Almohsen, Abdulmohsen Saleh
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Education--Business
subject: Business Administration--Management
subject: Economics--Finance
subject: Engineering--Civil
subject: Joint Ventures
subject: Oil and Gas
subject: Strategic Risks
subject: Success Measurements
subject: Risk Management

description: The oil and gas industry is considered one of the largest economic drivers in the world. This industry is responsible for the employment of millions of people and revenues of billions of dollars. These facts indicate the importance of this industry and its impact on the world. Oil and gas projects, especially unconventional ones, encounter a great deal of obstacles that organizations and companies are not willing to face alone. Joint ventures can, therefore, be utilized to execute projects and overcome these problems; and, joint ventures have become a crucial part of oil and gas industry. Joint ventures, however, are complex and contain many risks that can result in their failure. Assessing major risk factors that can impact the success of a joint venture before entering into a deal would allow organizations and companies to make informed decisions. The main objective of the study; therefore, was the development of a framework that supports oil and gas companies in making decisions to successfully executive joint venture projects by evaluating the involved strategic risk factors. Joint ventures in the oil and gas industry were examined, joint venture success measures were established, and the risk factors that affect the likelihood of joint venture success were investigated. As a result, a tool has been developed that can help participants evaluate a potential joint venture. This research followed a robust research approach which consisted of both qualitative and quantitative methods. Many steps were involved in the research methodology, including a pilot study, document examination, interviews, questionnaires and analysis. These steps were done to obtain more information regarding the risks and their implications upon entering into joint venture deals. As a result, two success measures were established and verified: 1) financial measures and 2) a sustainability measure. The statistics extraction method then was used to generate three major risk components from 23 risk factors: 1) joint venture boundary, 2) governance and management, and 3) external issues. These outcomes and their relationships were utilized to develop the final model.