cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Co.habits: Co-creating a shared identity through cohabitation
Creators: name: Tsai, Katy
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Design

description: Abstract. Interested initially in how people develop and manage their identity over major life transitions, I decided to research cohabitation among unmarried couples, more specifically to understand how couples co-create a shared identity through this significant transition in their relationship. In recent years, emerging adults have increasingly turned to cohabitation as a necessary next step in determining long-term compatibility with their romantic partners. However, this transition is often marked by uncertainty and tension, as notions existing at multiple levels remain unclear and undefined. With the high rates of marital disruption driving this trend, many couples see cohabitation as a way to mitigate chances of divorce. Nonetheless, the statistics still remain the same. Many of the existing solutions designed for couples only facilitate day-to-day coordination or address issues after the fact. To understand this design space more deeply, I conducted several interviews and in-home observations to understand the characteristics and relational implications of couples cohabiting. Drawing from my exploratory research, I created a series of concepts that were tested with users in the form of storyboards, ultimately informing my final design. Through a human-centered design approach, I created co.habits, a comprehensive service that helps couples establish a mutual value system early in their relationship by helping them set shared goals and manage finances. By helping couples communicate more openly about their values, goals, and finances, couples can set more realistic expectations and create a shared vision of their future. While the service helps cohabiting couples reflect on and celebrate their shared achievements, it more importantly fosters the long-term planning required to keep a committed relationship propelling forward.
Current-induced magnetization hysteresis defines atom trapping in a superconducting atomchip
Creators: name: Diorico, Fritz
name: Minniberger, Stefan
name: Weigner, Thomas
name: Gerstenecker, Benedikt
name: Shokrani, Naz
name: Kurpias, Zaneta
name: Schmiedmayer, Jorg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The physics of superconducting films, and especially the role of remnant magnetization has a defining influence on the magnetic fields used to hold and manipulate atoms on superconducting atomchips. We magnetically trap ultracold ^{87}Rb atoms on a 200μm wide and 500nm thick cryogenically cooled niobium Z wire structure. By measuring the distance of the atomcloud to the trapping wire for different transport currents and bias fields, we probe the trapping characteristics of the niobium superconducting structure. At distances closer than the trapping wire width, we observe a different behaviour than that of normal conducting wire traps. Furthermore, we measure a stable magnetic trap at zero transport current. These observations point to the presence of a remnant magnetization in our niobium film which is induced by a transport current. This current-induced magnetization defines the trap close to the chip surface. Our measurements agree very well with an analytic prediction based on the critical state model (CSM). Our results provide a new tool to control atom trapping on superconducting atomchips by designing the current distribution through its current history.
description: 14pages, 7 figures
MEDIATING INFLUENCE OF FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY AND ENTREPRENEURIAL COMPETENCIES IN EXTENDED FINANCIAL LITERACY FRAMEWORK: A PLS-SEM EXPLORATION
Creators: name: MARLON A. MISA
name: CELBERT M. HIMANG
name: ALVIC A. ARNADO
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Financial Literacy, Financial Technology, Entrepreneurial Competencies, Financial Satisfaction, Partial Least Square, Structural Equation Model

description: Abstract

Financial literacy involves a person's capability to handle money, make well-informed choices, and tackle economic difficulties. It is grounded in strategic planning for key financial goals such as retirement and managing debt. Enhanced by financial technology and entrepreneurial competencies, this skill set aims to fortify future prosperity, contributing significantly to overall life satisfaction through improved financial well-being. The study's core objective is to examine the Mediating Role of Financial Technology and Entrepreneurial Competencies within the Extended Financial Literacy Model. For this investigation, the research employed Partial Least Square (PLS-SEM) path modeling, offering a comprehensive assessment by simultaneously measuring all paths in the research model. The results underscore a direct correlation between financial literacy, financial technology, entrepreneurial competencies, and financial satisfaction. This implies that individuals possessing a robust understanding of their finances are better positioned to attain fulfillment through the establishment of a sound financial foundation. Furthermore, entrepreneurial competencies directly relate to financial satisfaction, emphasizing that individuals who integrate these competencies with effective financial planning and decision-making experience heightened fulfillment on the financial front. The findings underscore the interconnected nature of financial literacy, technology, entrepreneurship, and satisfaction, shedding light on the nuanced dynamics of these elements in shaping financial well-being.
Schulsozialarbeit und Macht. Performanz von Akteur*innen gegenüber Wirkmächten in Beratungsgesprächen
Creators: name: Baier, Florian
Publisher: name: Beltz Juventa
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Schulsozialarbeit
subject: Macht
subject: Beratung
subject: Wirkungsforschung
subject: 300 - Sozialwissenschaften

description: Es wird auf der Grundlage empirischer Daten dargestellt, wie sich Machtverhältnisse in Beratungssituationen bei der Schulsozialarbeit konfigurieren und wie diese die Geschehnisse in und Wirkungen von Beratungen prägen.
Spectral and Homogenization Problems
Creators: name: Goncalves-Ferreira, Rita Alexandria
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this dissertation we will address two types of homogenization problems. The first one is a spectral problem in the realm of lower dimensional theories, whose physical motivation is the study of waves propagation in a domain of very small thickness and where it is introduced a very thin net of heterogeneities. Precisely, we consider an elliptic operator with "ε-periodic coefficients and the corresponding Dirichlet spectral problem in a three-dimensional bounded domain of small thickness δ. We study the asymptotic behavior of the spectrum as ε and δ tend to zero. This asymptotic behavior depends crucially on whether ε and δ are of the same order (δ ≈ ε), or ε is of order smaller than that of δ (δ = ετ , τ < 1), or ε is of order greater than that of δ (δ = ετ , τ > 1). We consider all three cases. The second problem concerns the study of multiscale homogenization problems with linear growth, aimed at the identification of effective energies for composite materials in the presence of fracture or cracks. Precisely, we characterize (n+1)-scale limit pairs (u,U) of sequences {(uεLN⌊Ω,Duε⌊Ω)}ε>0 ⊂ M(Ω;ℝd) × M(Ω;ℝd×N) whenever {uε}ε>0 is a bounded sequence in BV (Ω;ℝd). Using this characterization, we study the asymptotic behavior of periodically oscillating functionals with linear growth, defined in the space BV of functions of bounded variation and described by n ∈ ℕ microscales
ЙЎЛ ҲАРАКАТИ ХАВФСИЗЛИГИ ХИЗМАТИ ВА УНИ ТАШКИЛ ЭТИШНИНГ БУГУНГИ ҲОЛАТИ
Creators: name: Халилова, Малика
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Жамоат хавфсизлигини таъминлаш, ҳуқуқбузарликларнинг олдини олиш ва жиноятчиликка қарши курашишнинг яхлит тизимини шакллантириш, ички ишлар органларининг энг қуйи бўғинидан республика даражасигача самарали фаолиятини йўлга қўйиш ва замонавий иш услубларини жорий этиш орқали мамлакатимизда ҳуқуқ-тартибот ва қонунийликни мустаҳкамлаш, аҳолининг тинчлиги ва осойишталигини таъминлаш бўйича  кенг қамровли ишлар олиб борилмоқда.
Desperately Seeking Superstrings
Creators: name: Ginsparg, Paul
name: Glashow, Sheldon
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Popular Physics (physics.pop-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We provide a detailed analysis of the problems and prospects of superstring theory c. 1986, anticipating much of the progress of the decades to follow.
description: originally appeared as a Reference Frame in Physics Today, May 1986
Analysis of the angular dependence of time delay in gravitational lensing
Creators: name: Alchera, Nicola
name: Bonici, Marco
name: Cardinale, Roberta
name: Domi, Alba
name: Maggiore, Nicola
name: Righi, Chiara
name: Tosi, Silvano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider an alternative formula for time delay in gravitational lensing. Imposing a smoothness condition on the gravitationally deformed paths followed by the photons from the source to the observer, we show that our formula displays the same degrees of freedom as the standard one. In addition to this, it is shown that the standard expression for time delay is recovered when small angles are involved. These two features strongly support the claim that the formula for time delay studied in this paper is the generalization to the arbitrary angles of the standard one, which is valid at small angles. This could therefore result in a useful tool in Astrophysics and Cosmology which may be applied to investigate the discrepancy between the various estimates of the Hubble constant. As an aside, two interesting consequences of our proposal for time delay are discussed: the existence of a constraint on the gravitational potential generated by the lens and a formula for the mass of the lens in the case of central potential.
description: 16 pages, 2 figures
SpeechPy - A Library for Speech Processing and Recognition
Creators: name: Torfi, Amirsina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: SpeechPy is an open source Python package that contains speech preprocessing techniques, speech features, and important post-processing operations. It provides most frequent used speech features including MFCCs and filterbank energies alongside with the log-energy of filter-banks. The aim of the package is to provide researchers with a simple tool for speech feature extraction and processing purposes in applications such as Automatic Speech Recognition and Speaker Verification.
Topological phase transition measured in a dissipative metamaterial
Creators: name: Rosenthal, Eric I.
name: Ehrlich, Nicole K.
name: Rudner, Mark S.
name: Higginbotham, Andrew P.
name: Lehnert, K. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct a metamaterial from radio-frequency harmonic oscillators, and find two topologically distinct phases resulting from dissipation engineered into the system. These phases are distinguished by a quantized value of bulk energy transport. The impulse response of our circuit is measured and used to reconstruct the band structure and winding number of circuit eigenfunctions around a dark mode. Our results demonstrate that dissipation can lead to topological transport in a much wider class of physical systems than considered before.
description: Main text: 5 pages, 3 figures. Supplement: 6 pages, 4 figures
Monte-Carlo simulation of neutron transmission through nanocomposite materials for neutron-optics applications
Creators: name: Blaickner, M.
name: Demirel, B.
name: Drevenšek-Olenik, I.
name: Fally, M.
name: Flauger, P.
name: Geltenbort, P.
name: Hasegawa, Y.
name: Kurinjimala, R.
name: Ličen, M.
name: Pruner, C.
name: Sponar, S.
name: Tomita, Y.
name: Klepp, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nanocomposites enable us to tune parameters that are crucial for use of such materials for neutron-optics applications such as diffraction gratings by careful choice of properties such as species (isotope) and concentration of contained nanoparticles. Nanocomposites for neutron optics have so far successfully been deployed in protonated form, containing high amounts of $^1$H atoms, which exhibit rather strong neutron absorption and incoherent scattering. At a future stage of development, chemicals containing $^1$H could be replaced by components with more favourable isotopes, such as $^2$H or $^{19}$F. In this note, we present results of Monte-Carlo simulations of the transmissivity of various nanocomposite materials for thermal and very-cold neutron spectra. The results are compared to experimental transmission data. Our simulation results for deuterated and fluorinated nanocomposite materials predict a decrease of absorption- and scattering-losses down to about 2 % for very-cold neutrons.
description: submitted to NIMA
Supersymmetry as a Cosmic Censor
Creators: name: Kallosh, Renata
name: Linde, Andrei
name: Ortín, Tomás
name: Peet, Amanda
name: Van Proeyen, Antoine
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In supersymmetric theories the mass of any state is bounded below by the values of some of its charges. The corresponding bounds in case of Schwarzschild and Reissner-Nordström black holes are known to coincide with the requirement that naked singularities be absent. Here we investigate charged dilaton black holes in this context. We show that the extreme solutions saturate the supersymmetry bound of $N=4\ d=4$ supergravity, or dimensionally reduced superstring theory. Specifically, we have shown that extreme dilaton black holes, with electric and magnetic charges, admit super-covariantly constant spinors. The supersymmetric positivity bound for dilaton black holes, $M \geq \frac{1}{\sqrt 2}(|Q|+|P|)$, takes care of the absence of naked singularities of the dilaton black holes and is, in this sense, equivalent to the cosmic censorship condition. The temperature, entropy and singularity are discussed. The Euclidean action (entropy) of the extreme black hole is given by $2π|PQ|$. We argue that this result, as well as the one for Lorentzian signature, is not altered by higher order corrections in the supersymmetric theory. When a black hole reaches its extreme limit, it cannot continue to evaporate by emitting elementary particles, since this would violate the supersymmetric positivity bound. We speculate on the possibility that an extreme black hole may ``evaporate" by emitting smaller extreme black holes.
description: 42 pages (figures not included)
Availability of Essential Medicines at a University Hospital in Addis Ababa, a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Muluwork Sahile Berassa
name: Seblewengel Getachew Worku
Publisher: name: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development
Year: 2023

description: Abstract
Background:Though access to essential medicines(EMs) is a universal human right and the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends at least 80% availability of EMs in healthcare facilities, about one-third of the world population does not have access to EMs,particularly in Africa and Asia. In these regions, this figure reaches 50%. Studies in Ethiopia have also indicatedfrequent EMs shortages in public health facilities.The current study aimed to assess the availability of EMs and the facility’s ability to provide the needed necessary medicines in TikurAnbesa Specialized Hospital(TASH).
Methods:An institutional-based cross-sectional study design was employed in TASH from August to November 2020. Observational checklists were used to assess the availability of 26 tracer medicines that are expected to be available in tertiary hospitals. Additionally, 125 outpatient encounters were prospectively assessed to determine the percentage of medicines dispensed from outpatient pharmacies. SPSS 21.0.was utilized for the analysis.
Result: The availability of EMs and the facility’s ability to provide the required medication werefound to be 65.3% and 66.7%, respectively. Among the 26 tracer medicines assessed, 13(50%) experienced stockouts in the past six months. Specifically, Quinine injection, Z-KM(AM)-LF-Eto-Cs, and Glucose 40% were out of stock for six months,while Magnesium sulfate injection, Propranolol tablet, and Ketamine injection were stocked out for three months. Conclusion:The availability of EMs in TASH was found to be low, with fifty percent of tracer medicines being stocked out in the past six months. Thus, it is crucial for policymakers, pharmacy directors, hospital administrators, and logistic managers to work in harmony to ensure a continuous supply of these essential medicines to the patients.. [Ethiop. J. Health Dev. 2023; 37(3): 00-00]
Keywords: Essential medicine, stock-out, availability, TikurAnbessa Specialized Hospital, Ethiopia
description: The Ethiopian Journal of Health Development , Vol. 37 No. 3 (2023)
Static and Dynamic Robust PCA and Matrix Completion: A Review
Creators: name: Vaswani, Namrata
name: Narayanamurthy, Praneeth
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Principal Components Analysis (PCA) is one of the most widely used dimension reduction techniques. Robust PCA (RPCA) refers to the problem of PCA when the data may be corrupted by outliers. Recent work by Cand{è}s, Wright, Li, and Ma defined RPCA as a problem of decomposing a given data matrix into the sum of a low-rank matrix (true data) and a sparse matrix (outliers). The column space of the low-rank matrix then gives the PCA solution. This simple definition has lead to a large amount of interesting new work on provably correct, fast, and practical solutions to RPCA. More recently, the dynamic (time-varying) version of the RPCA problem has been studied and a series of provably correct, fast, and memory efficient tracking solutions have been proposed. Dynamic RPCA (or robust subspace tracking) is the problem of tracking data lying in a (slowly) changing subspace while being robust to sparse outliers. This article provides an exhaustive review of the last decade of literature on RPCA and its dynamic counterpart (robust subspace tracking), along with describing their theoretical guarantees, discussing the pros and cons of various approaches, and providing empirical comparisons of performance and speed. A brief overview of the (low-rank) matrix completion literature is also provided (the focus is on works not discussed in other recent reviews). This refers to the problem of completing a low-rank matrix when only a subset of its entries are observed. It can be interpreted as a simpler special case of RPCA in which the indices of the outlier corrupted entries are known.
description: To appear in Proceedings of the IEEE, Special Issue on Rethinking PCA for Modern Datasets. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1711.09492
Crossovers and critical scaling in the one-dimensional transverse-field Ising model
Creators: name: Wu, Jianda
name: Zhu, Lijun
name: Si, Qimiao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the scaling behavior of thermodynamic quantities in the one-dimensional transverse-field Ising model near its quantum critical point (QCP). Our study has been motivated by the question about the thermodynamical signatures of this paradigmatic quantum critical system and, more generally, by the issue of how quantum criticality accumulates entropy. We find that the crossovers in the phase diagram of temperature and (the non-thermal control parameter) transverse field obey a general scaling ansatz, and so does the critical scaling behavior of the specific heat and magnetic expansion coefficient. Furthermore, the Grüneisen ratio diverges in a power-law way when the QCP is accessed as a function of the transverse field at zero temperature, which follows the prediction of quantum critical scaling. However, at the critical field, upon decreasing the temperature, the Grüneisen ratio approaches a constant instead of showing the expected divergence. We are able to understand this unusual result in terms of a peculiar form of the quantum critical scaling function for the free energy; the contribution to the Grüneisen ratio vanishes at the linear order in a suitable Taylor expansion of the scaling function. In spite of this special form of the scaling function, we show that the entropy is still maximized near the QCP, as expected from the general scaling argument. Our results establish the telltale thermodynamic signature of a transverse-field Ising chain, and will thus facilitate the experimental identification of this model quantum-critical system in real materials.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures
"Infection Control Practices in Hospital Settings: A Comprehensive Review"
Creators: name: George Babu
Publisher: name: Brio Innovative Journal of Novel Research (BIJNR)
Year: 2025

description: Abstract: Infection control in hospital settings is a critical component of healthcare delivery, aimed at preventing and mitigating healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). This review article explores various infection control practices, including hand hygiene, personal protective equipment (PPE), sterilization and disinfection, isolation protocols, and environmental hygiene. The article also discusses the role of healthcare workers in infection prevention, challenges in maintaining infection control, and the impact of emerging infectious diseases on hospital settings. Recommendations for enhancing infection control strategies in healthcare institutions are also presented.
The effect of radiation pressure on dusty absorbing gas around AGN
Creators: name: Fabian, A. C.
name: Vasudevan, R. V.
name: Gandhi, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Many Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) are surrounded by gas which absorbs the radiation produced by accretion onto the central black hole and obscures the nucleus from direct view. The dust component of the gas greatly enhances the effect of radiation pressure above that for Thomson scattering so that an AGN which is sub-Eddington for ionized gas in the usual sense can appear super-Eddington for cold dusty gas. The radiation-pressure enhancement factor depends on the AGN spectrum but ranges between unity and about 500, depending on the column density. It means that an AGN for which the absorption is long-lived should have a column density N_H>5x10^23 lambda cm^-2, where lambda is its Eddington fraction L_bol/L_Edd, provided that N_H}>5x10^21 cm^-2. We have compared the distribution of several samples of AGN - local, CDFS and Lockman Hole - with this expectation and find good agreement. We show that the limiting enhancement factor can explain the black hole mass - bulge mass relation and note that the effect of radiation pressure on dusty gas may be a key component in the feedback of momentum and energy from a central black hole to a galaxy.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS Letters
Ghost-free theories with arbitrary higher-order time derivatives
Creators: name: Motohashi, Hayato
name: Suyama, Teruaki
name: Yamaguchi, Masahide
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct no-ghost theories of analytic mechanics involving arbitrary higher-order derivatives in Lagrangian. It has been known that for theories involving at most second-order time derivatives in the Lagrangian, eliminating linear dependence of canonical momenta in the Hamiltonian is necessary and sufficient condition to eliminate Ostrogradsky ghost. In the previous work we showed for the specific quadratic model involving third-order derivatives that the condition is necessary but not sufficient, and linear dependence of canonical coordinates corresponding to higher time-derivatives also need to be removed appropriately. In this paper, we generalize the previous analysis and establish how to eliminate all the ghost degrees of freedom for general theories involving arbitrary higher-order derivatives in the Lagrangian. We clarify a set of degeneracy conditions to eliminate all the ghost degrees of freedom, under which we also show that the Euler-Lagrange equations are reducible to a second-order system.
description: 28 pages; matches published version
title: Alpha-Band Lateralization and Microsaccades Elicited by Exogenous Cues Do Not Track Attentional Orienting
Creators: name: Balestrieri, Elio
name: Michel, René
name: Busch, Niko
Publisher: name: University of Muenster, Institutional Repository MIAMI
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 150 Psychology

description: We explore the world by constantly shifting our focus of attention toward salient stimuli and then disengaging from them in search of new ones. The alpha rhythm (8–13 Hz) has been suggested as a pivotal neural substrate of these attentional shifts, due to its local synchronization and desynchronization that suppress irrelevant cortical areas and facilitate relevant areas, a phenomenon called alpha lateralization. Whether alpha lateralization tracks the focus of attention from orienting toward a salient stimulus to disengaging from it is still an open question. We addressed it by leveraging the phenomenon of inhibition of return (IOR), consisting of an initial facilitation in response times (RTs) for stimuli appearing at an exogenously cued location, followed by a suppression of that location. Our behavioral data from human participants showed a typical IOR effect with both early facilitation and subsequent inhibition. In contrast, alpha lateralized in the cued direction after the behavioral facilitation effect and never re-lateralized compatibly with the behavioral inhibition. Furthermore, we analyzed the interaction between alpha lateralization and microsaccades: while alpha was lateralized toward the cued location, microsaccades were mostly oriented away from it. Crucially, the two phenomena showed a significant positive correlation. These results indicate that alpha lateralization reflects primarily the processing of salient stimuli, challenging the view that alpha lateralization is directly involved in exogenous attentional orienting per se. We discuss the relevance of the present findings for an oculomotor account of alpha lateralization as a modulator of cortical excitability in preparation of a saccade.
description: Finanziert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der Universität Münster.
Phase Ordering Dynamics of the O(n) Model - Exact Predictions and Numerical Results
Creators: name: Blundell, R. E.
name: Bray, A. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the pair correlation functions of both the order parameter field and its square for phase ordering in the $O(n)$ model with nonconserved order parameter, in spatial dimension $2\le d\le 3$ and spin dimension $1\le n\le d$. We calculate, in the scaling limit, the exact short-distance singularities of these correlation functions and compare these predictions to numerical simulations. Our results suggest that the scaling hypothesis does not hold for the $d=2$ $O(2)$ model. Figures (23) are available on request - email bray@v2.ph.man.ac.uk
description: 23 pages, Plain LaTeX, M/C.TH.93/26
RETURN To an Order of the House for a Return showing-- (1.) The total number of acres of land conveyed or alienated, or in process of conveyance or alienation, under chap. 14 of the "Island Railway Act" of 1884, and under all other railway aid or land grant Acts since that date: (2.) Total number of acres now under reserve for the purpose or with the object of being conveyed or alienated under any such Act.
Creators: name: British Columbia. Legislative Assembly
Publisher: name: Victoria, BC : Government Printer
Year: 2014

Abstract
Mini-indexes for literate programs
Creators: name: Knuth, Donald E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper describes how to implement a documentation technique that helps readers to understand large programs or collections of programs, by providing local indexes to all identifiers that are visible on every two-page spread. A detailed example is given for a program that finds all Hamiltonian circuits in an undirected graph.
Chasing Relevance: Reimagining the Digital-Physical Divide in the Library
Creators: name: Shree Lakshmi Rao
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2013
Subjects: Design

description: Abstract. Technologists, designers and researcher are constantly working towards digitization of physical materials. Consumers today can read and display books on virtual bookshelves; access news from around the world instantly on their smartphone; archive and share photos with their friends on social media platforms. This represents both a gain and a loss for the consumers: losing the joy and meaning of physical objects but gaining the immediacy, dynamism, and accessibility of the digital. Users have to constantly navigate between their physical environment and digital objects. The industry treats these the physical and the digital experiences separately and this creates a tension for interaction and complicated user’s understanding of products and services rooted in the physical. Designers end up designing disjointed experiences for their users as there is no existing framework in the community to help designers span this divide. In this master’s thesis project I seek to understand if Critical Design can be used as a design method to investigate the digital–physical divide. Further, I use critical design to explore the design opportunities associated with the digital–physical divide by creating and deploying a probe in two libraries in Pittsburgh. Library patrons were interviewed post interaction with the probe. Findings are presented in this document.
An Overview of Modest Models and Tools for Real Stochastic Timed Systems
Creators: name: Hartmanns, Arnd
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We depend on the safe, reliable, and timely operation of cyber-physical systems ranging from smart grids to avionics components. Many of them involve time-dependent behaviours and are subject to randomness. Modelling languages and verification tools thus need to support these quantitative aspects. In my invited presentation at MARS 2022, I gave an introduction to quantitative verification using the Modest modelling language and the Modest Toolset, and highlighted three recent case studies with increasing demands on model expressiveness and tool capabilities: A case of power supply noise in a network-on-chip modelled as a Markov chain; a case of message routing in satellite constellations that uses Markov decision processes with distributed information; and a case of optimising an attack on Bitcoin via Markov automata model checking. This paper summarises the presentation.
description: In Proceedings MARS 2022, arXiv:2203.09299
Advanced Models for the OSPF Routing Protocol
Creators: name: Darville, Courtney
name: Höfner, Peter
name: Ivankovic, Franc
name: Pam, Adam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We present two formal models for the OSPF routing protocol, designed for the model checker Uppaal. The first one is an optimised model of an existing model that allows to check larger network topologies. The second one is a specialised model for adjacency building, a complex subprocedure of OSPF, which is not part of any existing model and which is known to be vulnerable to cyber attacks. We illustrate how both models can be used to discover vulnerabilities in routing protocols.
description: In Proceedings MARS 2022, arXiv:2203.09299
Spatiotemporal Gene Networks from ISH Images
Creators: name: Kriti  Puniyani
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: 89999 Information and Computing Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: As large-scale techniques for studying and measuring gene expressions have been developed, automatically inferring gene interaction networks from expression data has emerged as a popular technique to advance our understanding of cellular systems. Accurate prediction of gene interactions, especially in multicellular organisms such as Drosophila or humans, requires temporal and spatial analysis of gene expressions, which is not easily obtainable from microarray data. New image based techniques using in-sit hybridization(ISH) have recently been developed to allowlarge-scale spatial-temporal profiling of whole body mRNA expression. However, analysis of such data for discovering new gene interactions still remains an open challenge. This thesis studies the question of predicting gene interaction networks from ISH data in three parts. First, we present SPEX2, a computer vision pipeline to extract informative features from ISH data. Next, we present an algorithm, GINI, for learning spatial gene interaction networks from embryonic ISH images at a single time step. GINI combines multi-instance kernels with recent work in learning sparse undirected graphical models to predict interactions between genes. Finally, we propose NP-MuScL (nonparanormal multi source learning) to estimate a gene interaction network that is consistent with multiple sources of data, having the same underlying relationships between the nodes. NP-MuScL casts the network estimation problem as estimating the structure of a sparse undirected graphical model. We use the semiparametric Gaussian copula to model the distribution of the different data sources, with the different copulas sharing the same covariance matrix, and show how to estimate such a model in the high dimensional scenario. We apply our algorithms on more than 100,000 Drosophila embryonic ISH images from the Berkeley Drosophila Genome Project. Each of the 6 time steps in Drosophila embryonic development is treated as a separate data source. With spatial gene interactions predicted via GINI, and temporal predictions combined via NP-MuScL, we are finally able to predict spatiotemporal gene networks from these images.
Fadeev-Popov Ghosts and 1+1 Dimensional Black Hole Evaporation
Creators: name: Strominger, Andrew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently Callan, Giddings, Harvey and the author derived a set of one-loop semiclassical equations describing black hole formation/evaporation in two-dimensional dilaton gravity conformally coupled to $N$ scalar fields. These equations were subsequently used to show that an incoming matter wave develops a black hole type singularity at a critical value $ϕ_{cr}$ of the dilaton field. In this paper a modification to these equations arising from the Fadeev-Popov determinant is considered and shown to have dramatic effects for $N<24$, in which case $ϕ_{cr}$ becomes complex. The $N<24$ equations are solved along the leading edge of an incoming matter shock wave and found to be non-singular. The shock wave arrives at future null infinity in a zero energy state, gravitationally cloaked by negative energy Hawking radiation. Static black hole solutions supported by a radiation bath are also studied. The interior of the event horizon is found to be non-singular and asymptotic to deSitter space for $N<24$, at least for sufficiently small mass. It is noted that the one-loop approximation is {\it not} justified by a small parameter for small $N$. However an alternate theory (with different matter content) is found for which the same equations arise to leading order in an adjustable small parameter.
description: 16 pages and 2 figures
Forgiveness and the Influence in Psychotherapy in Different Religious Traditions
Creators: name: I. Alkhouri, Khader
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 170111 Psychology of Religion
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: In this concise and general article, we give some basic conceptions of the forgiveness of the grand Religions, making at the same time a comparison of the concept of forgiveness between these Religions or cultures, in relation to the therapeutic dimension of the latter; something that in recent years ―under the science of the Psychology of Religion― has seen the light of day, hundreds of empirical researches, which confirm the most above claim.
Care Through Design
Creators: name: Amethyst  Saludo
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2015
Subjects: Design

description: Our material, social and natural worlds are at odds with each other, and their collision is leading to problems of a global scale. This current paradigm presents a dichotomy between the way we live and the notion of sustainment, posing a critical challenge for the disciplines of design. The matter of concern here is that if we have created this unsustainable state of affairs, how can we redress the situation? Design needs to discover new ways of thinking and acting, develop new approaches, and practice new methods to address these concerns. I argue that we need to move beyond a human-centric lens and engage a deeper, systemic knowledge of things (nonhumans) so as to think more holistically and understand what is happening in our society. In order to do so, I focused my attention on the philosophy of care and theories of things. This thesis lays the foundation for developing a means of thinking with things and care as a mode of inquiry for designing interactions that may guide us towards a more sustainable future. This document includes a preliminary set of heuristics derived from theory that designers can utilize as a means of applying such theoretical concepts as agency, reciprocity, temporality, and mediation to design practice. This is followed by an exploratory research through design project, in which the heuristics have been applied through the reflective practice of sketching. This helped generate insights and conclusions about the process, improvements to the methodology, and potential directions for future research.
Does circumgalactic OVI trace low-pressure gas beyond the accretion shock? Clues from HI and low-ion absorption, line kinematics, and dust extinction
Creators: name: Stern, Jonathan
name: Faucher-Giguère, Claude-André
name: Hennawi, Joseph F.
name: Hafen, Zachary
name: Johnson, Sean D.
name: Fielding, Drummond
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Large OVI columns are observed around star-forming, low-redshift ~L* galaxies, with a dependence on impact parameter indicating that most O^5+ particles reside beyond half the halo virial radius (>~100 kpc). In order to constrain the nature of the gas traced by OVI, we analyze additional observables of the outer halo, namely HI to OVI column ratios of 1-10, an absence of low-ion absorption, a mean differential extinction of E(B-V)~10^-3, and a linear relation between OVI column and velocity width. We contrast these observations with two physical scenarios: (1) OVI traces high-pressure (~30 cm^-3 K) collisionally-ionized gas cooling from a virially-shocked phase, and (2) OVI traces low-pressure (~100 kpc to offset the energy radiated by the cooling gas. In contrast, the low-pressure scenario can explain all considered observations with a single gas phase in thermal equilibrium, provided that the baryon overdensity is comparable to the dark-matter overdensity, and that the gas is enriched to >~Z_sun/3 with an ISM-like dust-to-metal ratio. The low-pressure scenario implies that OVI traces a cool flow with mass flow rate of ~5 M_sun yr^-1, comparable to the star formation rate of the central galaxies. The OVI line widths are consistent with the velocity shear expected within this flow. The low-pressure scenario predicts a bimodality in absorption line ratios at ~100 kpc, due to the pressure jump across the accretion shock.
description: 26 pages, 11 figures. Accepted to ApJ
Bracket notation for the `coefficient of' operator
Creators: name: Knuth, Donald E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: When $G(z)$ is a power series in $z$, many authors now write `$[z^n] G(z)$' for the coefficient of $z^n$ in $G(z)$, using a notation introduced by Goulden and Jackson in [\GJ, p. 1]. More controversial, however, is the proposal of the same authors [\GJ, p. 160] to let `$[z^n/n!] G(z)$' denote the coefficient of $z^n/n!$, i.e., $n!$ times the coefficient of $z^n$. An alternative generalization of $[z^n] G(z)$, in which we define $[F(z)] G(z)$ to be a linear function of both $F$ and $G$, seems to be more useful because it facilitates algebraic manipulations. The purpose of this paper is to explore some of the properties of such a definition. The remarks are dedicated to Tony Hoare because of his lifelong interest in the improvement of notations that facilitate manipulation.
Nonthermal states arising from confinement in one and two dimensions
Creators: name: James, Andrew J. A.
name: Konik, Robert M.
name: Robinson, Neil J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that confinement in the quantum Ising model leads to nonthermal eigenstates, in both continuum and lattice theories, in both one (1D) and two dimensions (2D). In the ordered phase, the presence of a confining longitudinal field leads to a profound restructuring of the excitation spectrum, with the low-energy two-particle continuum being replaced by discrete 'meson' modes (linearly confined pairs of domain walls). These modes exist far into the spectrum and are atypical, in the sense that expectation values in the state with energy $E$ do not agree with the microcanonical (thermal) ensemble prediction. Single meson states persist above the two meson threshold, due to a surprising lack of hybridization with the ($n\geq4$)-domain wall continuum, a result that survives into the thermodynamic limit and that can be understood from analytical calculations. The presence of such states is revealed in anomalous post-quench dynamics, such as the lack of a light cone, the suppression of the growth of entanglement entropy, and the absence of thermalization for some initial states. The nonthermal states are confined to the ordered phase - the disordered (paramagnetic) phase exhibits typical thermalization patterns in both 1D and 2D in the absence of integrability.
description: 15 pages (of which 11 are appendices). 8 figures
Resilience of scrambling measurements
Creators: name: Swingle, Brian
name: Halpern, Nicole Yunger
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Most experimental protocols for measuring scrambling require time evolution with a Hamiltonian and with the Hamiltonian's negative counterpart (backwards time evolution). Engineering controllable quantum many-body systems for which such forward and backward evolution is possible is a significant experimental challenge. Furthermore, if the system of interest is quantum-chaotic, one might worry that any small errors in the time reversal will be rapidly amplified, obscuring the physics of scrambling. This paper undermines this expectation: We exhibit a renormalization protocol that extracts nearly ideal out-of-time-ordered-correlator measurements from imperfect experimental measurements. We analytically and numerically demonstrate the protocol's effectiveness, up to the scrambling time, in a variety of models and for sizable imperfections. The scheme extends to errors from decoherence by an environment.
description: 14 pages (24 figures) + appendices. Close to published version. Added holographic calculation, compressed other information
EMBRACING CULTURAL CONNECTION: AN IN-DEPTH APPRAISAL OF INDIGENOUS EDUCATION PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS
Creators: name: MARIAN JOY L. CENIZA
name: MARSHA O. ARNADO
name: ALVIC A. ARNADO
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Indigenous Peoples Education Program, Implementation Assessment, Elementary Schools, Literacy Rate, Learning Materials, Teacher Training, Challenges, Action Plan.

description: Abstract

This study critically assesses the implementation of the Indigenous Peoples Education Program (IPEd) in elementary schools located within West Butuan District III of the Butuan City Division. The evaluation centers on three pivotal dimensions: literacy rates, the availability of educational resources, and teacher training. Moreover, it delves into the perspectives of learners, teachers, and school administrators regarding the program's level of execution, in addition to identifying challenges faced by participants. A quantitative research design, employing statistical measures like frequency counts, means, and analysis of variance, was utilized to analyze the data collected via a comprehensive survey questionnaire. The findings reveal a moderate level of IPEd program implementation concerning literacy rates, the availability of learning materials, and the quality of teacher training. The assessment, as perceived by participants, indicates an overall moderate level of implementation, with no significant disparities observed between different participant groups. Challenges identified throughout this study encompass the necessity for a more profound understanding of Indigenous Peoples' knowledge and culture, issues of inadequate learning materials, instances of discrimination, and an absence of instructional supervision. In response to these challenges, the study proposes an Action Plan on IPEd Program Implementation (APIPI), which underscores active involvement, collaboration, and partnerships with Indigenous Peoples' Elders or community representatives. The plan underscores the significance of continuous monitoring and evaluation to ensure the effective and sustainable implementation of the program.
VERMI-COMPOSTING: SUSTAINABLE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT
Creators: name: Tomar, Anita
name: Srivastav, Anubha
name: Shukla, S D
name: Khan, Faraz
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 70199 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other agricultural sciences
subject: 70304 Crop and Pasture Biomass and Bioproducts
subject: FOS: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries
subject: 70502 Forestry Biomass and Bioproducts

description: VERMI-COMPOSTING: SUSTAINABLE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT