cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Isotopic data reveal a localist Roman population in late Roman Albintimilium, Liguria
Creators: name: Defant, Sarah
name: Carabia, Alessandro
name: Fetner, Rafał
name: Craig-Atkins, Elizabeth
name: Fernandes, Ricardo
name: Martino, Gian Piero
name: Costa, Stefano
name: Sołtysiak, Arkadiusz
name: Izdebski, Adam
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Archaeology
subject: Biogeochemistry
subject: Biological anthropology
subject: Environmental sciences
subject: Stable isotope analysis
classificationCode: 930
subject: Geschichte des Altertums bis ca. 499, Archäologie

description: This study investigates human diet and mobility to understand the socio-economic organisation of a Late Roman community in Liguria, a transitional region between Italy and Gaul, during the 3rd–5th century CE. By combining archaeological, historical, osteological, and isotopic data with novel Bayesian modelling of multi-isotope data (collagen δ13C, δ15N, bioapatite 87Sr/86Sr) from human and animal skeletal remains, as well as modern plant samples, we provide new insights into this hitherto under-researched region. Our findings suggest the community followed a C3-based diet, heavily reliant on plant resources and carbohydrates, supplemented by animal protein, likely from omnivorous pigs. This characteristically Roman diet contrasts with ancient written sources that claimed Ligurians had a “barbarian” diet and lifestyle. We also identified significant sex-based dietary differences, with men consuming more animal-derived protein than women, reflecting traditional Graeco-Roman societal ideals. Although the overall dietary pattern aligns with Roman norms, there is no isotopic evidence of long-distance migration or consumption of significant amounts of imported food. This indicates that the community may have been more localist, prioritising locally available resources over long-distance imports, which is unexpected given the prevalent idea of a large-scale interconnected food network within the Roman Empire.
X-Ray Emission from Young Stars in the Massive Star Forming Region IRAS 20126+4104
Creators: name: Anderson, Crystal Nicole
name: Hofner, Peter
name: Shepherd, Debra
name: Creech-Eakman, Michelle
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a $40\,$ks Chandra observation of the IRAS$\,$20126+4104 core region. In the inner $6^{\prime\prime}$ two X-ray sources were detected, which are coincident with the radio jet source I20S and the variable radio source I20Var. No X-ray emission was detected from the nearby massive protostar I20N. The spectra of both detected sources are hard and highly absorbed, with no emission below $3\,$keV. For I20S, the measured $0.5-8\,$keV count rate was $4.3\,$cts$\,$ks$^{-1}$. The X-ray spectrum was fit with an absorbed 1T APEC model with an energy of kT$\,=10\,$keV and an absorbing column of N$_H = 1.2\times 10^{23}\,$cm$^{-2}$. An unabsorbed X-ray luminosity of about $1.4\times 10^{32}\,$erg$\,$s$^{-1}$ was estimated. The spectrum shows broad line emission between 6.4 and 6.7\, keV, indicative of emission from both neutral and highly ionized iron. The X-ray lightcurve indicates that I20S is marginally variable; however, no flare emission was observed. The variable radio source I20Var was detected with a count rate of $0.9\,$cts$\,$ks$^{-1}$ but there was no evidence of X-ray variability. The best fit spectral model is a 1T APEC model with an absorbing hydrogen column of N$_H = 1.1\times 10^{23}\,$cm$^{-2}$ and a plasma energy of kT = 6.0$\,$keV. The unabsorbed X-ray luminosity is about $3\times 10^{31}\,$erg$\,$s$^{-1}$.
description: 17pages, 4 figures to appear in Astronomical Journal
Population Circulation in the Ilorin Area of Nigeria, 1978-1981
Creators: name: Watts, S., University Of Ilorin (Nigeria)
name: Prothero, R. M.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 1983

description: This survey was designed to identify the mobility system of rural and urban residents of the Ilorin area and of those people who had left to seek economic opportunities elsewhere but who were still considered to be members of local households. Adult male and female residents were asked about their most recent journeys beyond their settlement of residence, and about their past long-term movements for periods of three months or more. Data on non-residents' place of current residence, occupation, duration of absence, and time of last visit to the home place were collected from the resident household head in an attempt to link the mobility system of residents and non-residents. Non-residents were considered, by virtue of their membership in resident households, to have residence rights there and to be engaged in long-term circulation rather than permanent migration. Residents were asked about other houses which they owned or in which they had residence rights in an attempt to identify the dimensions of multilocality and its relationship to population circulation.
title: Self-regulated Learning in the Digitally Enhanced Science Classroom: Toward an Early Warning System
Creators: name: Kubsch, Marcus
name: Strauß, Sebastian
name: Grimm, Adrian
name: Gombert, Sebastian
name: Drachsler, Hendrik
name: Neumann, Knut
name: Rummel, Nikol
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Self-regulated learning
subject: Machine learning
subject: Technology-enhanced classroom
subject: Early warning system
classificationCode: 370
subject: Bildung und Erziehung

description: Recent research underscores the importance of inquiry learning for effective science education. Inquiry learning involves self-regulated learning (SRL), for example when students conduct investigations. Teachers face challenges in orchestrating and tracking student learning in such instruction; making it hard to adequately support students. Using AI methods such as machine learning (ML), the data that is generated when students interact in technology-enhanced classrooms can be used to track their learning and subsequently to inform teachers so that they can better support student learning. This study implemented digital workbooks in an inquiry-based physics unit, collecting cognitive, metacognitive, and affective data from 214 students. Using ML methods, an early warning system was developed to predict students’ learning outcomes. Explainable ML methods were used to unpack these predictions and analyses were conducted for potential biases. Results indicate that an integration of cognitive, metacognitive, and affective data can predict students’ productivity with an accuracy ranging from 60 to 100% as the unit progresses. Initially, affective and metacognitive variables dominate predictions, with cognitive variables becoming more significant later. Using only affective and metacognitive data, predictive accuracies ranged from 60 to 80% throughout. Bias was found to be highly dependent on the ML methods being used. The study highlights the potential of digital student workbooks to support SRL in inquiry-based science education, guiding future research and development to enhance instructional feedback and teacher insights into student engagement. Further, the study sheds new light on the data needed and the methodological challenges when using ML methods to investigate SRL processes in classrooms.
Identifying Luminous AGN in Deep Surveys: Revised IRAC Selection Criteria
Creators: name: Donley, J. L.
name: Koekemoer, A. M.
name: Brusa, M.
name: Capak, P.
name: Cardamone, C. N.
name: Civano, F.
name: Ilbert, O.
name: Impey, C. D.
name: Kartaltepe, J. S.
name: Miyaji, T.
name: Salvato, M.
name: Sanders, D. B.
name: Trump, J. R.
name: Zamorani, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Spitzer IRAC selection is a powerful tool for identifying luminous AGN. For deep IRAC data, however, the AGN selection wedges currently in use are heavily contaminated by star-forming galaxies, especially at high redshift. Using the large samples of luminous AGN and high-redshift star-forming galaxies in COSMOS, we redefine the AGN selection criteria for use in deep IRAC surveys. The new IRAC criteria are designed to be both highly complete and reliable, and incorporate the best aspects of the current AGN selection wedges and of infrared power-law selection while excluding high redshift star-forming galaxies selected via the BzK, DRG, LBG, and SMG criteria. At QSO-luminosities of log L(2-10 keV) (ergs/s) > 44, the new IRAC criteria recover 75% of the hard X-ray and IRAC-detected XMM-COSMOS sample, yet only 38% of the IRAC AGN candidates have X-ray counterparts, a fraction that rises to 52% in regions with Chandra exposures of 50-160 ks. X-ray stacking of the individually X-ray non-detected AGN candidates leads to a hard X-ray signal indicative of heavily obscured to mildly Compton-thick obscuration (log N_H (cm^-2) = 23.5 +/- 0.4). While IRAC selection recovers a substantial fraction of luminous unobscured and obscured AGN, it is incomplete to low-luminosity and host-dominated AGN.
description: 22 pages, 15 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ, full resolution version available at http://www.stsci.edu/~donley/iragn_paper/
Labour and Machinery on Large Arable Farms, 1978-1980
Creators: name: Walford, N. S.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 1983

description: The aim of this study was to investigate the relationships between land, labour and machinery on large arable farms with a view to modelling these relationships. These computer models were used to examine the effects of changing the levels and performance of these resources. The study also aimed to describe the levels of labour and machinery use on such farms.
 A later study by the same Principal Investigator uses a subset of part of these data - 'Large-scale Commercial Farming in South East England, 1941, 1978, 1981 and 1998-1999', held at the UK Data Archive under SN:4154.
Differing Perceptions of Technological Innovations According to Management Levels, 1977-1980
Creators: name: Hayward, G.
name: Masterson, J. J.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 1984

description: The purpose of this study was to analyse the perception of innovation of those involved in the collective adoption of technological innovation within manufacturing companies. It attempted to implement the `differential perception of innovation' notion and examined the group adoption of innovation.
Publicly Announced Job Losses in Named Corporations in the UK, 1976-1981
Creators: name: Peck, F. W.
name: Townsend, A. R.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 1983

description: To assemble a computerised data set containing details of all locatable job losses occurring within named corporations in the U.K. between 1976 and 1981, using reports in the Financial Times. The data set has been used in two ways:
 (a) to analyse aggregate patterns of job loss among leading corporations;
 (b) as a basis for depth case studies of selected corporations.
Relativistic chiral representation of the πN scattering amplitude
Creators: name: Alarcón, J. M.
name: Camalich, J. Martín
name: Oller, J. A.
name: Alvarez-Ruso, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have analyzed pion-nucleon scattering using the manifestly relativistic covariant frameworks of Infrared Regularization (IR) and Extended-On-Mass-Shell (EOMS) up to O(q^3) in the chiral expansion, where q is a generic small momentum. We describe the low-energy phase shifts with a similar quality as previously achieved with Heavy Baryon Chiral Perturbation Theory, being the EOMS description better than the IR one. The Goldberger-Treiman discrepancy is extracted from data of partial wave analyses using both schemes, obtaining an unacceptable large value for the case of IR due to the loop contribution. On the other hand, EOMS gives small values compatible with other phenomenological approaches. Finally, we have unitarized the amplitudes provided by both schemes to extend the range of our description obtaining a good agreement with the data up to energies of \sqrt{s}\approx 1.3 GeV for the EOMS scheme while IR can not go beyond energies of \sqrt{s}\approx 1.25 GeV due to the unphysical cut that this scheme introduces.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures. Proceeding of XIV International Conference on Hadron Spectroscopy (hadron2011). A shorter version of this work was also presented in the 8th International Workshop on the Physics of Excited Nucleons (NSTAR 2011)
Global structure and kinematics of stellar haloes in cosmological hydrodynamic simulations
Creators: name: McCarthy, Ian G.
name: Font, Andreea S.
name: Crain, Robert A.
name: Deason, Alis J.
name: Schaye, Joop
name: Theuns, Tom
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the Galaxies-Intergalactic Medium Interaction Calculation (GIMIC) suite of cosmological hydrodynamical simulations to study the global structure and kinematics of stellar spheroids of Milky Way mass disc galaxies. Font et al. have recently demonstrated that these simulations are able to successfully reproduce the satellite luminosity functions and the metallicity and surface brightness profiles of the spheroids of the Milky Way and M31. A key to the success of the simulations is a significant contribution to the spheroid from stars that formed in situ. While the outer halo is dominated by accreted stars, stars formed in the main progenitor of the galaxy dominate at r < ~30 kpc. In the present study we show that this component was primarily formed in a proto-disc at high redshift and was subsequently liberated from the disc by dynamical heating associated with mass accretion. As a consequence of its origin, the in situ component of the spheroid has different kinematics (namely net prograde rotation with respect to the disc) than that of the spheroid component built from the disruption of satellites. In addition, the in situ component has a flattened distribution, that is due in part to its rotation. We make comparisons with measurements of the shape and kinematics of local galaxies, including the Milky Way and M31, and stacked observations of more distant galaxies. We find that the simulated disc galaxies have spheroids of the correct shape (oblate with a median axis ratio of ~0.6 at radii of < ~30 kpc, but note there is significant system-to-system scatter in this quantity) and that the kinematics show evidence for two components (due to in situ vs. accreted), as observed. Our findings therefore add considerable weight to the importance of dissipative processes in the formation of stellar haloes and to the notion of a 'dual stellar halo'.
description: 20 pages, 14 figures, MNRAS, in press
Study of Attitudes to Public and Private Welfare, 1984
Creators: name: Papadakis, E.
name: Taylor-Gooby, P.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 1984

description: The purpose of this study was to analyse public attitudes to welfare provision in the main areas of pensions, health care and education. The principal focus is on ambivalence in support for public and private provision and on explanations that suggest (a) the experience of coercion by officials and professionals; (b) self-interest; (c) party identification as major reasons for this.
Alcoholic Drinks: Imagery and Consumption, 1982
Creators: name: Jackson, K. S.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 1983

description: The purpose of this study was to provide a practical exercise for students of market research. Alcoholic drinks were chosen as the subject area, because most people are involved as consumers and because it is a market with high consumer interest and sharply differentiated, image-intensive products.
Public Attitudes towards Sentenced Offenders and Abortion, 1982
Creators: name: Walker, N.
name: Marsh, C.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 1983

description: The survey was designed as a randomised experiment with four conditions:
 (1) To test certain hypotheses about the influence of (i) the choice of sentence; (ii) judges' moral evaluation of offences; (iii) peers' moral evaluation of them; (iv) adult householders' moral evaluation of them.
 (2) To intestigate whether public opinion polls on abortion have any influence over individual attitudes towards abortion.
title: Water and ions binding to extracellular matrix drives stress relaxation, aiding MRI detection of swelling-associated pathology
Creators: name: Kollert, Matthias R.
name: Krämer, Martin
name: Brisson, Nicholas M.
name: Schemenz, Victoria
name: Tsitsilonis, Serafeim
name: Qazi, Taimoor H.
name: Fratzl, Peter
name: Vogel, Viola
name: Reichenbach, Jürgen R.
name: Duda, Georg N.
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: biomedical engineering
subject: ligaments
subject: permeation and transport
classificationCode: 610
subject: Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Swelling-associated changes in extracellular matrix (ECM) occur in many pathological conditions involving inflammation or oedema. Here we show that alterations in the proportion of loosely bound water in ECM correlate with changes in ECM elasticity and stress relaxation, owing to the strength of water binding to ECM being primarily governed by osmolality and the electrostatic properties of proteoglycans. By using mechanical testing and small-angle X-ray scattering, as well as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to detect changes in loosely bound water, we observed that enhanced water binding manifests as greater resistance to compression (mechanical or osmotic), resulting from increased electrostatic repulsion between negatively charged proteoglycans rather than axial contraction in collagen fibrils. This indicates that electrostatic contributions of proteoglycans regulate elasticity and stress relaxation independently of hydration. Our ex vivo experiments in osmotically modulated tendon elucidate physical causes of MRI signal alterations, in agreement with pilot in vivo MRI of inflammatory Achilles tendinopathy. We suggest that the strength of water binding to ECM regulates cellular niches and can be exploited to enhance MRI-informed diagnostics of swelling-associated tissue pathology.
Hearing and Vision Screening in Pre-School Children, 1982-1983
Creators: name: Miers, M. E.
name: Edwards, J. M.
name: Farrow, S.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 1984

description: The purpose of this study was to provide an account and assessment of screening for vision and hearing defects in pre-school children, concentrating on the role of the health visitor. In particular, the objectives were:
 1. To investigate the nature of vision and hearing defects found in school entry children with no previous eye or ear referrals;
 2. To test the hypothesis that these children had received a pattern of attention from pre-school health services which differed from a matched `normal' group;
 3. To provide an accurate account of the uptake of pre-school screening tests.
Testing a model for the puzzling spin 0 mesons
Creators: name: Schechter, Joseph
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: After a brief historical discussion of meson quantum numbers, we examin the possibility of additional internal meson structure. Experimental tests of this structure using the semi-leptonic decays of the $D_s^+n$(1968) meson are discussed.
description: Contribution to Shoichi Sakata Centennial Symposium (SAKATA100), 27-28 Nov. 2011, Nagoya University
Overexpression of RCAN1, a Gene on Human Chromosome 21, Alters Cell Redox and Mitochondrial Function in Enamel Cells .pdf
Creators: name: Rothermel, Beverly
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Cell metabolism
Signal transduction

description: These results provide insight into the role of RCAN1 in enamel and suggest that increased RCAN1 levels in the ameloblasts of individuals with DS may impact enamel formation by altering both the redox environment and mitochondrial function, as well as decreasing the expression of enamel-specific genes.
title: Educational Strategies of Displaced Ukrainians in Berlin and Warsaw: The Role of Transnational Opportunity Structure
Creators: name: Teney, Céline
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: displaced migration
subject: education
subject: Germany
subject: Poland
subject: transnational practices
subject: Ukraine
classificationCode: 301
subject: Soziologie, Anthropologie

description: This paper investigates the educational strategies of displaced Ukrainian parents regarding their school-age children who fled to Poland and Germany after the 2022 full-scale Russian invasion. The study is based on an abductive analysis of a unique longitudinal qualitative panel data set of 82 semi-structured interviews with displaced Ukrainians with school-age children in Berlin and Warsaw in summer 2022, as well as 60 and 44 follow-up interviews in spring 2023 and spring 2024, respectively. Three distinct educational strategies are identified: (1) online enrolment in the Ukrainian school system while living in the destination country; (2) exclusive incorporation into the education system of the destination country; (3) return to Ukraine and continuing the Ukrainian school curriculum on site. The extent to which interviewees endorse one strategy over the others varies between Warsaw and Berlin and between the three interview waves. The paper highlights the relevance of “transnational opportunity structure” to better understand migrant's agency and strategies of action. This is conceptualised as the set of opportunities and constraints provided by the contexts in which migrants navigate.
O papel do E-Learning nas Redes Sociais - Geração Z
Creators: name: Alexandra Lopes, Beatriz Oliveira
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: No âmbito da Unidade Curricular de Sistemas de E-Learning, lecionada pela docente Paula Peres, no Mestrado de Assessoria em Comunicação Digital do ISCAP, foi-nos proposto realizar uma infografia sobre o contexto do E-Learning em Portugal, em ambientes corporativos.

 Eu e as minhas colegas de grupo, Alexandra Lopes, Beatriz Oliveira e Rebecca Firmino, decidimos então escolher a geração Z como o nosso público-alvo, com o intuito de perceber qual o papel que o E-Learning tem nas redes sociais, nesta mesma geração.

 Atualmente, as previsões indicam que o mercado da educação online continuará a crescer nos próximos anos motivado pelas oportunidades trazidas com as novas tecnologias digitais e de conectividade, como também pelas condições criadas pela pandemia que aceleraram a inovação no setor da educação.

 #digital #learning #education #elearning #socialmedia #geraçãoz
A classification of invariant distributions and convergence of imprecise Markov chains
Creators: name: Skulj, Damjan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60J10, 93B35, 47N30

description: We analyse the structure of imprecise Markov chains and study their convergence by means of accessibility relations. We first identify the sets of states, so-called minimal permanent classes, that are the minimal sets capable of containing and preserving the whole probability mass of the chain. These classes generalise the essential classes known from the classical theory. We then define a class of extremal imprecise invariant distributions and show that they are uniquely determined by the values of the upper probability on minimal permanent classes. Moreover, we give conditions for unique convergence to these extremal invariant distributions.
title: Electronic structure of mononuclear and radical-bridged dinuclear cobalt(II) single-molecule magnets
Creators: name: Hunger, David
name: Netz, Julia
name: Suhr, Simon
name: Thirunavukkuarasu, Komalavalli
name: Engelkamp, Hans
name: Fåk, Bjorn
name: Albold, Uta
name: Beerhues, Julia
name: Frey, Wolfgang
name: Sarkar, Biprajit
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Ligands
subject: Magnetic materials
subject: Magnetic properties and materials
subject: Quantum chemistry
classificationCode: 540
subject: Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften

description: Metal-organic compounds that feature magnetic bistability have been proposed as bits for magnetic storage, but progress has been slow. Four-coordinate cobalt(II) complexes feature high inversion barriers of the magnetic moment, but they lack magnetic bistability. Developing radical-bridged polynuclear systems is a promising strategy to encounter this; however detailed investigations of such species are scarce. We report an air-stable radical-bridged dinuclear cobalt(II) complex, studied by a combination of magnetometry and spectroscopy. Fits of the data give D = −113 cm−1 for the zero-field splitting (ZFS) and J = 390 cm−1 for the metal–radical exchange. Ab initio investigations reveal first-order spin–orbit coupling of the quasi-degenerate dx2-y2 and dxy orbitals to be at the heart of the large ZFS. The corresponding transitions are spectroscopically observed, as are transitions related to the exchange coupling. Finally, signatures of spin-phonon coupling are observed and theoretically analyzed. Furthermore, we demonstrate that the spectral features are not predominantly spin excitations, but largely vibrational in character.
Band-edge problem in the theoretical determination of defect energy levels: the O vacancy in ZnO as a benchmark case
Creators: name: Alkauskas, Audrius
name: Pasquarello, Alfredo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Calculations of formation energies and charge transition levels of defects routinely rely on density functional theory (DFT) for describing the electronic structure. Since bulk band gaps of semiconductors and insulators are not well described in semilocal approximations to DFT, band-gap correction schemes or advanced theoretical models which properly describe band gaps need to be employed. However, it has become apparent that different methods that reproduce the experimental band gap can yield substantially different results regarding charge transition levels of point defects. We investigate this problem in the case of the (+2/0) charge transition level of the O vacancy in ZnO, which has attracted considerable attention as a benchmark case. For this purpose, we first perform calculations based on non-screened hybrid density functionals, and then compare our results with those of other methods. While our results agree very well with those obtained with screened hybrid functionals, they are strikingly different compared to those obtained with other band-gap corrected schemes. Nevertheless, we show that all the different methods agree well with each other and with our calculations when a suitable alignment procedure is adopted. The proposed procedure consists in aligning the electron band structure through an external potential, such as the vacuum level. When the electron densities are well reproduced, this procedure is equivalent to an alignment through the average electrostatic potential in a calculation subject to periodic boundary conditions. We stress that, in order to give accurate defect levels, a theoretical scheme is required to yield not only band gaps in agreement with experiment, but also band edges correctly positioned with respect to such a reference potential.
A Study of Francis Poulenc's melodic style as found in the Sonata for flute and piano (1956-57), t
Creators: name: Wyber, Jana Lynn
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1990

description: Bibliography: p. 104-109.
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description: Francis Poulenc preferred a less technical approach to composition, one in which the traditionally French qualities of textural transparency and timbral variation predominate. Much of this directness of expression is due to Poulenc's melodic gifts for it is in the melodies of his works that we consistently find the most important source of his inspiration and originality. Three works that are ideally suited to a study of melodic style are the Sonata for Flute and Piano (1956-57), the Sonata for Clarinet and Piano (1962) and the Sonata for Oboe and Piano (1962), The combination of a single woodwind instrument and piano is perfect for the expression of pure melodic line, given the strictly monodic capabilities of each woodwind and the absence of a poetic text. These works were also written within six years of Poulenc's death and as late compositions, they are undoubtedly representative of the composer's most mature style. Lastly, chamber music is the only genre which includes works written in Poulenc's early, middle and late years. The developnental continuity apparent within this genre not only makes the selection of the late wind sonatas an obvious one for a detailed study of this sort but also provides a representative body of similar, earlier works with which to compare Poulenc's mature melodic style. The aspects of Poulenc's melodic writing to be discussed in the following pages fall into four broad, interrelated categories. First, the underlying melodic contours responsible for determining the fundamental shape of Poulenc's melodies will be examined. Next, ornamentation surrounding these melodic contours in the form of neighbor tones, arpeggiations and cadential ornaments provide important clues to the nature of Poulenc's melodic individualism. An investigation of the relationship between theme and motive will reveal that motivic manipulation is essential to thematic recognition and that a substantial amount of the fonnal cohesiveness of each movement relies on motivic repetition. Finally, the nature of Poulenc's melodic rhythm must be examined. The subtle combination of motivic manipulation, phrase structure and meter changes accounts for one of the most innovative but underrated characteristics of these works. Only when all these aspects are taken into consideration can one fully assess the sophistication of Poulenc's melodic writing as it is manifested in these three mature sonatas.
title: From Manual to Semi-Automated Safety and Security Requirements Engineering: Ensuring Compliance in Industry 4.0
Creators: name: Bhole, Mukund
name: Kastner, Wolfgang
name: Sauter, Thilo
Publisher: name: TU Wien
Year: 2024
Subjects: Safety and Security
Standard requirements compliance
Industry 4.0
Automation

description: In response to the growing need for compliance with diverse safety and security regulations, crucial for safeguarding both humans and machines in the era of Industry 4.0 (I4.0), it has also become increasingly crucial for industries to ensure adherence to safety and security standards. However, navigating the complexities of regulations and standards can be daunting, often leading to inefficiencies in compliance processes. Our goal is to foster a comprehensive understanding of an effective approach to meeting compliance requirements in these related fields. Therefore, this paper introduces a semi-automated method for ensuring compliance with unified safety and security standards within the context of I4.0. This approach empowers management teams to thoroughly analyze the specific requirements necessary to maintain a protected environment. Compliance can be achieved at both the asset component and system levels, aligning with the relevant standards. Additionally, we present a detailed analysis of a use case and its output, demonstrating the practical application and efficacy of our approach.
Everything You Always Wanted To Know About The Cosmological Constant Problem (But Were Afraid To Ask)
Creators: name: Martin, Jerome
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This article aims at discussing the cosmological constant problem at a pedagogical but fully technical level. We review how the vacuum energy can be regularized in flat and curved space-time and how it can be understood in terms of Feynman bubble diagrams. In particular, we show that the properly renormalized value of the zero-point energy density today (for a free theory) is in fact far from being 122 orders of magnitude larger than the critical energy density, as often quoted in the literature. We mainly consider the case of scalar fields but also treat the cases of fermions and gauge bosons which allows us to discuss the question of vacuum energy in super-symmetry. Then, we discuss how the cosmological constant can be measured in cosmology and constrained with experiments such as measurements of planet orbits in our solar system or atomic spectra. We also review why the Lamb shift and the Casimir effect seem to indicate that the quantum zero-point fluctuations are not an artifact of the quantum field theory formalism. We investigate how experiments on the universality of free fall can constrain the gravitational properties of vacuum energy and we discuss the status of the weak equivalence principle in quantum mechanics, in particular the Collela, Overhausser and Werner experiment and the quantum Galileo experiment performed with a Salecker-Wigner-Peres clock. Finally, we briefly conclude with a discussion on the solutions to the cosmological constant problem that have been proposed so far.
description: 89 pages, 14 figures, Accepted review article to appear in a special volume of the "Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences" about Dark Energy and Dark Matter
Statistical Analysis in Genetic Studies of Mental Illnesses
Creators: name: Zhang, Heping
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Identifying the risk factors for mental illnesses is of significant public health importance. Diagnosis, stigma associated with mental illnesses, comorbidity, and complex etiologies, among others, make it very challenging to study mental disorders. Genetic studies of mental illnesses date back at least a century ago, beginning with descriptive studies based on Mendelian laws of inheritance. A variety of study designs including twin studies, family studies, linkage analysis, and more recently, genomewide association studies have been employed to study the genetics of mental illnesses, or complex diseases in general. In this paper, I will present the challenges and methods from a statistical perspective and focus on genetic association studies.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/11-STS353 the Statistical Science (http://www.imstat.org/sts/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Timing and spectral study of XB 1254-690 using new RXTE PCA data
Creators: name: Mukherjee, Arunava
name: Bhattacharyya, Sudip
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have analyzed the new Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer Proportional Counter Array data of the atoll neutron star (NS) low-mass X-ray binary (LMXB) system XB 1254-690. The colour-colour diagram shows that the source was in the high-intensity banana state. We have found two low-frequency candidate peaks with single trial significances of ~ 2.65 X 10^{-8} and ~ 7.39 X 10^{-8} in the power spectra. After taking into account the number of trials, the joint probability of appearance of these two peaks in the data set only by chance is ~ 4.5 X 10^{-4}, and hence a low-frequency QPO can be considered to be detected with a significance of ~ 4.5 X 10^{-4}, or, ~ 3.5σfor the first time from this source. We have also done the first systematic X-ray spectral study of XB 1254-690, and found that, while one-component models are inadequate, three-component models are not required by the data. We have concluded that a combined broken-powerlaw and Comptonization model best describes the source continuum spectrum among 19 two-component models. The plasma temperature (~ 3 keV) and the optical depth (~ 7) of the Comptonization component are consistent with the previously reported values for other sources. However, the use of a broken-powerlaw component to describe NS LMXB spectra has recently been started, and we have used this component for XB 1254-690 for the first time. We have attempted to determine the relative energy budgets of the accretion disc and the boundary layer using the best-fit spectral model, and concluded that a reliable estimation of these budgets requires correlations among time variations of spectral properties in different wavelengths.
description: 16 pages, 6 figures, 4 tables; published in MNRAS
Abuse variables and degree of dissociation: an exploratory study
Creators: name: Yasenik, Lorri A.
Publisher: name: Social Work
Year: 1990

description: Bibliography: p. 157-169.
description: The purpose of the study was to explore the various patterns of intrafamilial and extrafamilial sexual and physical abuse in relation to the degree an adult female survivor dissociates. The guidelines for this study were derived from the literature review. Factors indicating specific properties of abuse that were considered for this study were: frequency, duration and age of onset of sexual and physical abuse; physical force; roles of offenders; multiple victimization; and kinds of sexually and physically abusive experiences. The experience of dissociation was seen as existing on a continuum from "normal to extreme". Although criteria from the medical model were used to differentiate the five dissociative states, this study was conducted with the perspective that dissociation is a "healthy" adaptive coping skill used to partialize extremely painful, abusive experiences in order to survive. The five dissociative disorders examined were: psychogenic amnesia; psychogenic fuge; depersonalization disorder; multiple personality disorder; and atypical dissociative disorder. Three non-dissociative disorders were also assessed: somatization disorder; depressive episode; and borderline personality. Two structured and one semi-structured instruments were chosen to facilitate receipt of information. A subject sample of 20 adult female survivors of sexual abuse volunteered for the study. All of the women were at least 18 years old and in treatment at a community agency. The data were analyzed descriptively and patterns of abuse and dissociation were identified. The information was organized in relation to similarities and differences in individual reports of the degree of dissociation experienced. The major findings were that four different groups emerged based on the respondents' experiences of dissociation and abuse. The groups are: 1) Non-dissociative/ serious abuse; 2) Dissociative/more serious abuse; 3) Highly dissociative/very serious abuse; 4) Extremely dissociative/extremely serious abuse. A further analysis of characteristics of abuse differentiating the four groups revealed eight characteristics that in various combinations helped to create greater traumatization: 1) disclosure/support; 2) number of offenders; 3) caregivers as perpetrators; 4) family members as sexual abuse perpetrators; 5) abused into adulthood by family members; 6) kinds of sexually abusive experiences and types of physically abusive experiences. In addition to the identification of these factors as relevant to understanding the situations of these women, a continuum of dissociation/abuse was developed and presented descriptively as well as by illustration. As a result of these findings, a number of recommendations for treatment and further research are made.
Cardiff Consumer Panel Survey, 1982
Creators: name: Guy, C. M.
name: Wrigley, N.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 1983

description: The Cardiff survey was undertaken for geographical/planning research purposes, in particular to create the geographical data base required by two associated research projects at the University of Bristol and UWIST. These projects are concerned with analysing the characteristics of urban shopping behaviour in the 1980s and developing predictive models which can be used for retail planning purposes.
Employment in the Inner City: Attitudes, Aspirations and Opportunities, 1979
Creators: name: Cousins, J. M.
name: Brown, R. K.
name: Curran, M. M.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 1984

description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the employment experience and work-related attitudes of the economically active residents of three small areas of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, two of them inner city areas, and one an outer suburban area of predominantly `working class' housing; to compare the responses of the residents of the three areas; and to investigate changes in respondents' labour market experiences and attitudes and aspirations by means of follow-up interviews approximately 18 months after the initial survey ( follow-up interview data not included in this deposition).
Reynolds numbers in the early Universe
Creators: name: Giovannini, Massimo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: After electron-positron annihilation and prior to photon decoupling the magnetic Reynolds number is approximately twenty orders of magnitude larger than its kinetic counterpart which is, in turn, smaller than one. In this globally neutral system the large-scale inhomogeneities are provided by the spatial fluctuations of the scalar curvature. Owing to the analogy with the description of Markovian conducting fluids in the presence of acoustic fluctuations, the evolution equations of a putative magnetic field are averaged over the large-scale flow determined by curvature perturbations. General lessons are drawn on the typical diffusion scale of magnetic inhomogeneities. It is speculated that Reynolds numbers prior to electron-positron annihilation can be related to the entropy contained in the Hubble volume during the various stages of the evolution of the conducting plasma.
description: 9 pages, 2 figures
Down Syndrome Critical Region 1 Gene, Rcan1, Helps Maintain a More Fused Mitochondrial Network.pdf
Creators: name: Rothermel, Beverly
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Signal transduction
Cell metabolism
Cell development, proliferation and death

description: RCAN1 helps maintain a more interconnected mitochondrial network, and maintaining appropriate RCAN1 levels is important to human health and disease.
The Structure of Eu-III
Creators: name: Husband, R. J.
name: Loa, I.
name: Stinton, G. W.
name: Evans, S. R.
name: Ackland, G. J.
name: McMahon, M. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Previous x-ray diffraction studies have reported Eu to transform from the hcp structure to a new phase, Eu-III, at 18 GPa. Using x-ray powder diffraction we have determined that Eu remains hcp up to 33 GPa, and that the extra peaks that appear at 18 GPa are from an impurity phase with space group R-3c . Above 33 GPa the diffraction pattern becomes very much more complex, signalling a transition to a phase with a distorted hcp structure.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, AIRAPT-23 Conference, Mumbai, 2011
Recovering the reader: literary theory, mass culture, and the modern romance
Creators: name: Brown, Lisa L.
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1990
Subjects: subject: PN 3448 L67 B76 1990
subject: Love stories - History and criticism
subject: Popular literature - History and criticism
subject: Feminist literary criticism
subject: Women - Books and reading

description: Bibliography: p. 109 -117.
Sick Children's Nurses : DHSS Study of the Career Patterns of RSCN's, 1980-1982
Creators: name: Hutt, R.
Publisher: name: UK Data Service
Year: 1983

description: The aim of this survey was to find out what happened to RSCNs after they qualified, their subsequent careers, the reasons for their job decisions, and to suggest possible ways of retaining more of them in sick children's nursing.
Big Data Management- From Cern/Lhc To Personalised Medicine
Creators: name: Di Meglio, Alberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Big data
CERN openlab
Medical applications

description: p>Presented at MEDAMI 2016/p>

p>The transformations that have taken place in Information and Communication Technology in the past 20 years have given rise to a new form of scientific research paradigm where data-intensive, large-scale projects combine experiment, theory and computing to address fundamental questions about ourselves and our universe. The large-scale computing and data analysis infrastructure set up by the High Energy Physics community to support the research of the LHC Experiments at CERN and in the hundreds of collaborating facilities worldwide is one of the foremost examples of this paradigm./p>

p>Today the HEP community is not anymore the only place where increasingly large amounts of data are produced. Biomedical and healthcare research and practice could benefit from a broader use of big data analysis and simulation platforms. However, the biomedical domain requires a new focus on careful governance and use of data and information in the respect of the social and human value of such data and the design and deployment of collaborative frameworks where medical research, clinical practice and modern information technologies can constructively interact with each other to deliver personalized care./p>

p>This talk briefly describes the state of the art of large-scale data analytics platforms as used in the HEP community and the ongoing work to adapt and extend such platforms for the benefit of medical applications./p>
Imaging of isotope diffusion using atomic-scale vibrational spectroscopy
Creators: name: Senga, Ryosuke
name: Lin, Yung-Chang
name: Morishita, Shigeyuki
name: Kato, Ryuichi
name: Yamada, Takatoshi
name: Hasegawa, Masataka
name: Suenaga, Kazu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The spatial resolutions of even the most sensitive isotope analysis techniques based on light or ion probes are limited to a few hundred nanometres. Although vibration spectroscopy using electron probes has achieved higher spatial resolution, the detection of isotopes at the atomic level has been challenging so far. Here we show the unambiguous isotopic imaging of 12C carbon atoms embedded in 13C graphene and the monitoring of their self-diffusion via atomic level vibrational spectroscopy. We first grow a domain of 12C carbon atoms in a preexisting crack of 13C graphene, which is then annealed at 600C for several hours. Using scanning transmission electron microscopy electron energy loss spectroscopy, we obtain an isotope map that confirms the segregation of 12C atoms that diffused rapidly. The map also indicates that the graphene layer becomes isotopically homogeneous over 100 nanometre regions after 2 hours. Our results demonstrate the high mobility of carbon atoms during growth and annealing via selfdiffusion. This imaging technique can provide a fundamental methodology for nanoisotope engineering and monitoring, which will aid in the creation of isotope labels and tracing at the nanoscale.
Positive Quantum Brownian Evolution
Creators: name: Tameshtit, Allan
name: Sipe, J. E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the independent oscillator model with an arbitrary system potential, we derive a quantum Brownian equation assuming a correlated total initial state. Although not of Lindblad form, the equation preserves positivity of the density operator on a restricted set of initial states.