cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Gremlin Graph Traversal Machine and Language
Creators: name: Rodriguez, Marko A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Databases (cs.DB)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: G.2

description: Gremlin is a graph traversal machine and language designed, developed, and distributed by the Apache TinkerPop project. Gremlin, as a graph traversal machine, is composed of three interacting components: a graph $G$, a traversal $Ψ$, and a set of traversers $T$. The traversers move about the graph according to the instructions specified in the traversal, where the result of the computation is the ultimate locations of all halted traversers. A Gremlin machine can be executed over any supporting graph computing system such as an OLTP graph database and/or an OLAP graph processor. Gremlin, as a graph traversal language, is a functional language implemented in the user's native programming language and is used to define the $Ψ$ of a Gremlin machine. This article provides a mathematical description of Gremlin and details its automaton and functional properties. These properties enable Gremlin to naturally support imperative and declarative querying, host language agnosticism, user-defined domain specific languages, an extensible compiler/optimizer, single- and multi-machine execution models, hybrid depth- and breadth-first evaluation, as well as the existence of a Universal Gremlin Machine and its respective entailments.
description: To appear in the Proceedings of the 2015 ACM Database Programming Languages Conference
Scrophularia erzincanica R. Mill
Creators: name: Uzunhisarcikli, M. Erkan
name: Güner, Ebru Doğan
name: Ekici, Murat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Scrophulariaceae
Scrophularia
Scrophularia erzincanica

description: 40. Scrophularia erzincanica R. Mill in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 36: 13 (1978)
 Type:— [TURKEY. B 7 Erzincan] inter Sürek et Albuschik, in herbidis, 6 May 1890, Sintenis 2157 (holotype LD!).
 Specimens seen:— TURKEY. Erzincan: Refahiye ‒ Erzincan, 500 m from Sakaltutan pass, roadsides, stony slopes, 2116 m, 23 May 2013, M. E. Uzunhisarcıklı 2373 (GAZI); Refahiye-Erzincan yolu, 25 km to Erzincan, slopes, 1536 m, 30 May 2014, M. E. Uzunhisarcıklı 2528 (GAZI); Sakaltutan pass, 1980 m, 28 June 2013, M. E. Uzunhisarcıklı 2466 (GAZI).
 Flowering time: —May–June.
 Habitat: —Roadsides, stony slopes. 1530‒2200 m elevation.
 Distribution: —Endemic. Irano-Turanian element.
description: Published as part of Uzunhisarcikli, M. Erkan, Güner, Ebru Doğan & Ekici, Murat, 2018, Synopsis of the genus Scrophularia (Scrophulariaceae) in Turkey, pp. 151-187 in Phytotaxa 333 (2) on page 177, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.333.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13721306
title: Notions fondamentales pour la conception des toitures
Creators: name: Garden, G. K.
Publisher: name: Conseil national de recherches du Canada. Division des recherches en construction
Year: 1967
Subjects: subject: Moisture performance
valueUri: urn:ircsubjects:IRC0374
subject: Performance hygrométrique
valueUri: urn:ircsubjects:IRC0374
subject: roofing
subject: couvertures
subject: roofs
subject: toiture
subject: rain penetration
subject: penétration de la pluie

description: La plupart des problèmes présentés par les toitures peuvent être éliminés ou tout au moins minimisés par l'obéissance aux principes suivants lors de leur conception: -- 1. Étudier toutes les exigences, tant individuellement qu'en groupe, et ne pas négliger l'une au bénéfice de l'autre sans en connaî tre les conséquences. -- 2. Concevoir la toiture de facon que les mouvements et les affaissements structuraux soient réduits au minimum, économiquement, et tenir compte pour les éléments associés des mouvements qui se produiront inévitablement. -- 3. Avoir une bonne connaissance du milieu environnant dans lequel chaque matériau travaillera et de son action sur le matériau. -- 4. Faciliter le travail de chaque élément par un choix judicieux de leur nature et de leur emplacement dans la toiture.
Integrative approaches for large-scale transcriptome-wide association studies
Creators: name: Boomsma, Dorret I
name: Alvarez, Marcus
name: Wright, Fred A
name: Nikkola, Elina
name: Shi, Huwenbo
name: Sullivan, Patrick F
name: Lusis, Aldons J
name: Jansen, Rick
name: Pasaniuc, Bogdan
name: Seppälä, Ilkka
name: Civelek, Mete
name: Lehtimäki, Terho
name: Pajukanta, Päivi
name: Bhatia, Gaurav
name: De Geus, Eco J.C.
name: Raitakari, Olli T
name: Penninx, Brenda W.J.H.
name: Laakso, Markku
name: Chung, Wonil
name: Ko, Arthur
name: Price, Alkes L
name: Kähönen, Mika
name: Gusev, Alexander
name: Kuusisto, Johanna
name: Raitoharju, Emma
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Many genetic variants influence complex traits by modulating gene expression, thus altering the abundance levels of one or multiple proteins. Here, we introduce a powerful strategy that integrates gene expression measurements with summary association statistics from large-scale genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to identify genes whose cis-regulated expression is associated to complex traits. We leverage expression imputation to perform a transcriptome wide association scan (TWAS) to identify significant expression-trait associations. We applied our approaches to expression data from blood and adipose tissue measured in ~3,000 individuals overall. We imputed gene expression into GWAS data from over 900,000 phenotype measurements to identify 69 novel genes significantly associated to obesity-related traits (BMI, lipids, and height). Many of the novel genes are associated with relevant phenotypes in the Hybrid Mouse Diversity Panel. Our results showcase the power of integrating genotype, gene expression and phenotype to gain insights into the genetic basis of complex traits.
Population dynamics of Protea laurifolia in Koue Bokkeveld, western slope of Skurweberg, site 3319AD/4
Creators: name: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Centre
Koue Bokkeveld
Population dynamics
Protea laurifolia
Skurweberg

description: This is a scanned copy of a document noting the population dynamics of Protea laurifolia in Koue Bokkeveld, western slope of Skurweberg, site 3319AD/4. The Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center (part of the former South African Forestry Research Institute) was established in 1935 at Jonkershoek, near Stellenbosch, under the directorship of Dr C. L. Wicht. The initial aim was to determine how forestry activities in state plantations would affect climate, water conservation and erosion, and was later expanded to include studies of fynbos ecology, fire and alien species. Studies from the 1930s to the early 1990s saw the accumulation of a large amount of data dealing with fire experiments, detailed vegetation plot surveys, rare plant surveys and ecological studies, hydrological studies and the development of management plans for catchments around the Western Cape. SAEON now houses the archive of data collected by the Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center, which was originally held by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
title: A Critical Examination of Student Centred Learning Policy in the European Higher Education Area
Creators: name: Vanarsdale, Richard
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2020

description: As part of its mission to enhance the quality and relevance of teaching and learning, the European Higher Education Area (EHEA) has identified student-centred learning (SCL) as an educational reform priority. Research indicates however that uptake is weak, and key stakeholders lack commitment. In response to discrepancy between EHEA rhetoric and reality on the ground, limited policy research, and calls for increased advocacy and dissemination of information, the research critically investigates SCL policy enactment. Drawing inspiration from social constructionism and a critical, participatory and reflexive approach to design-based research, the design and development of a website facilitated data collection comprising 17 semi-structured interviews with EHEA academics, institutional leaders and higher education policy experts. In response to the research question, thematic data analysis led to the development of three major themes and four policy recommendations. The research offers potential originality and significance for higher education theory and practice in the EHEA and beyond.
Detecting the Influence of Spreading in Social Networks with Excitable Sensor Networks
Creators: name: Pei, Sen
name: Tang, Shaoting
name: Zheng, Zhiming
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Detecting spreading outbreaks in social networks with sensors is of great significance in applications. Inspired by the formation mechanism of human's physical sensations to external stimuli, we propose a new method to detect the influence of spreading by constructing excitable sensor networks. Exploiting the amplifying effect of excitable sensor networks, our method can better detect small-scale spreading processes. At the same time, it can also distinguish large-scale diffusion instances due to the self-inhibition effect of excitable elements. Through simulations of diverse spreading dynamics on typical real-world social networks (facebook, coauthor and email social networks), we find that the excitable senor networks are capable of detecting and ranking spreading processes in a much wider range of influence than other commonly used sensor placement methods, such as random, targeted, acquaintance and distance strategies. In addition, we validate the efficacy of our method with diffusion data from a real-world online social system, Twitter. We find that our method can detect more spreading topics in practice. Our approach provides a new direction in spreading detection and should be useful for designing effective detection methods.
Changes in Crop Production Anticipated from Proposed Irrigation and Reservoir Development in the Missouri River Basin
Creators: name: Henderson, Sidney
name: Henderson, Sidney
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1950
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Land Economics/Use
Productivity Analysis
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Excerpts from the report: It is the purpose of this report to summarize and interpret present data in the hands of the development agencies so as to (1) estimate the increase in crop and pasture production and the numbers of new farms likely to result from the proposed irrigation, (2) estimate the probable loss in crop and pasture production in reservoir sites and the number of farm families who may have to be relocated, and (3) indicate the approximate rate at which these changes may be expected if the proposed irrigation and reservoir developments are carried out as planned.
description: To facilitate the analysis of data given in this report, the Missouri River Basin has been divided into four major areas on the basis, primarily, of climate, topography, and land use (see cover map). These are (1) the Upper Watershed where the land is high and frequently mountainous, (2) the Western Plains in which grazing is the principal land use, (3) the Eastern Plains which have sufficient rainfall for extended dry-crop farming, and (4) the Lower Basin which is a general farming area with little need for irrigation. The Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, and the Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army, provided the basic data used in this study and reviewed the manuscript.
Scrophularia mersinensis Lall
Creators: name: Uzunhisarcikli, M. Erkan
name: Güner, Ebru Doğan
name: Ekici, Murat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Scrophulariaceae
Scrophularia
Scrophularia mersinensis

description: 42. Scrophularia mersinensis Lall in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 30: 133 (1970)
 Type:— TURKEY. C4 Içel, distr. Gülnar, Bozağaç-Ahirini, between Gülnar and Gilindire, 700 m, 14 April 1956, Davis & O. Polunin, D. 26041 (holotype K!; isotypes B, M, E).
 Specimens seen:— TURKEY. Mersin: Aydıncık-Gülnar, Yeniyörük Village-Bozağaç, under and in clearings Quercus forest, calcareous rocky, 737 m, 21 April 2013, M. E. Uzunhisarcıklı 2340 (GAZI); ibid., 15 June 2013, M. E. Uzunhisarcıklı 2436 (GAZI).
 Flowering time: —April–June.
 Habitat: —Calcareous rocky, under and in clearings Quercus forest. 700‒750 m elevation.
 Distribution: —Endemic. Mediterranean element.
description: Published as part of Uzunhisarcikli, M. Erkan, Güner, Ebru Doğan & Ekici, Murat, 2018, Synopsis of the genus Scrophularia (Scrophulariaceae) in Turkey, pp. 151-187 in Phytotaxa 333 (2) on pages 177-178, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.333.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13721306
A note on the definition of sliding block codes and the Curtis-Hedlund-Lyndon Theorem
Creators: name: Sobottka, Marcelo
name: Gonçalves, Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: History and Overview (math.HO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 37B10, 37B15

description: In this note we propose an alternative definition for sliding block codes between shift spaces. This definition coincides with the usual definition in the case that the shift space is defined on a finite alphabet, but it encompass a larger class of maps when the alphabet is infinite. In any case, the proposed definition keeps the idea that a sliding block code is a map with a local rule. Using this new definition we prove that the Curtis-Hedlund-Lyndon Theorem always holds for shift spaces over countable alphabets.
description: 5 pages
Hard Lefschetz Theorem for Vaisman manifolds
Creators: name: Cappelletti-Montano, Beniamino
name: De Nicola, Antonio
name: Marrero, Juan Carlos
name: Yudin, Ivan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53C25, 53C55, 53D35

description: We establish a Hard Lefschetz Theorem for the de Rham cohomology of compact Vaisman manifolds. A similar result is proved for the basic cohomology with respect to the Lee vector field. Motivated by these results, we introduce the notions of a Lefschetz and of a basic Lefschetz locally conformal symplectic (l.c.s.) manifold of the first kind. We prove that the two notions are equivalent if there exists a Riemannian metric such that the Lee vector field is unitary and parallel and its metric dual $1$-form coincides with the Lee $1$-form. Finally, we discuss several examples of compact l.c.s. manifolds of the first kind which do not admit compatible Vaisman metrics.
description: 18 pages
Supplementary documentation for SAEON's field instrument data collected at the Cathedral Peak 6B station
Creators: name: South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) Grasslands-Forests-Wetlands Node
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: SAEON field instruments
Standard Operating Procedures
Calibration
Cathedral Peak
Meteorological
Tipping bucket
Precipitation

description: This package contains supporting information for the meteorological data collected at Cathedral Peak's 6B station, as part of the South African Environmental Observation Network's monitoring projects.
Scrophularia trichopoda Boiss. & Bal., Diagn. Pl. Orient.
Creators: name: Uzunhisarcikli, M. Erkan
name: Güner, Ebru Doğan
name: Ekici, Murat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Scrophulariaceae
Scrophularia
Scrophularia trichopoda

description: 43. Scrophularia trichopoda Boiss. & Bal., Diagn. Pl. Orient. ser. 2(3): 156 (1856)
 Type:— [TURKEY. C 5 Içel] in fauce Guzel Dere (Güzel De.) Ciliciae littoral supra Sedichig, May 1855. Balansa (holotype G, isotype K!).
 Specimens seen:— TURKEY. Mersin: Erdemli-Silifke, 27 km to Silifke, Kız Castle, walls, 0 m, 20 April 2013, M. E. Uzunhisarcıklı 2338 (GAZI); ibid., 08 May 2014, M. E. Uzunhisarcıklı 2504 (GAZI); ibid., 15 June 2013, M. E. Uzunhisarcıklı 2430 (GAZI); Silifke-Kırobası, 1‒2 km from Uzuncaburç crossroad, rocky, 1245 m, 15 June 2013 M. E. Uzunhisarcıklı 2433 (GAZI).
 Flowering time: —April–June.
 Habitat: —Ruins, calcareous rocky, walls, roadsides, slopes. 10‒1245 m elevation.
 Distribution: —Endemic. Mediterranean element.
description: Published as part of Uzunhisarcikli, M. Erkan, Güner, Ebru Doğan & Ekici, Murat, 2018, Synopsis of the genus Scrophularia (Scrophulariaceae) in Turkey, pp. 151-187 in Phytotaxa 333 (2) on page 178, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.333.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13721306
title: Gonflements dûs au gel du sol des salles de patinage et des entrepôts frigorifiques
Creators: name: Brown, W. G.
Publisher: name: Conseil national de recherches du Canada. Division des recherches en construction
Year: 1967
Subjects: subject: frost heaving
subject: foisonnement par le gel
subject: skating rinks
subject: patinoire
subject: cold stores
subject: entrepôt frigorifique
subject: thermal insulation
subject: isolation thermique
subject: heating equipment
subject: installation de chauffage
subject: ducts (hvac)
subject: gaine de chauffage
subject: soils
subject: sol (terre)

description: A condition de comprendre le mécanisme des gonflements dûs au gel, on peut, à un coût raisonnable, prévenir les difficultés qu'ils entraînent. Pour les établissements en service continu à des températures inférieures au point de congélation, il est probable que la solution la plus satisfaisante consiste dans un apport de chaleur. Dans le cas d'une utilisation saisonnière, l'emploi conjugué d'un remblayage insensible au gel et de matériaux isolants semble être préférable.
Scrophularia subaequiloba Lall
Creators: name: Uzunhisarcikli, M. Erkan
name: Güner, Ebru Doğan
name: Ekici, Murat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Scrophulariaceae
Scrophularia
Scrophularia subaequiloba

description: 44. Scrophularia subaequiloba Lall in Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 30: 135, f. 1 b (1970)
 Type:— TURKEY. B 7 Tunceli: Munzur dağ above Ovacik, 2800 m, rocky limestone slopes, 17 July 1957, Davis & Hedge, D. 31231 (holotype E, isotype B, M, K!).
 Specimens seen:— TURKEY. Erzincan: Ergan Mountain, rocky, 2900 m, 23 July 2007, A. Kandemir 8010 (GAZI); Ergan Mountain, calcareous stony and scree slopes, 2980 m, 20 July 2014, M. E. Uzunhisarcıklı 2623 (GAZI); Keşiş Mountain, Aksu river, 2728 m, 19 April 2004, A. Kandemir 6856 (GAZI); Tunceli: Ovacık, Munzur, ca. 2800 m, Davis & Hedge 31231 (K).
 Flowering time: —April–July.
 Habitat: —Calcareous stony and scree slopes, rocky. 2720‒2980 m elevation.
 Distribution: —Endemic. Irano-Turanian element.
description: Published as part of Uzunhisarcikli, M. Erkan, Güner, Ebru Doğan & Ekici, Murat, 2018, Synopsis of the genus Scrophularia (Scrophulariaceae) in Turkey, pp. 151-187 in Phytotaxa 333 (2) on page 178, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.333.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13721306
Characterization of the health status of a cork oak stand
Creators: name: Rodrigues, André
name: Serrano, Inês
name: Neves, Joana
name: Pacheco, Rita
name: Camacho, Verónica
name: Bonifácio, Luis
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Portugal has the perfect environmental conditions for the cork oak (Quercus suber}, which covers more than 700 thousand ha, mainly south of the Tagus river, and is frequently exploited in agrosilvopastoral systems. The phytosanitary evaluation of the cork-oak stands and the identification of decline factors and mortality agents is essential for the accurate choice of the control measures that must be implemented. 106 cork oaks in a peri-urban recreation area near Alhos Vedros, Setubal, Portugal, were characterized, their phytosanitary condition evaluated and signs and symptoms of biotic agents of decline identified. Over two-thirds of the trees were in overall good conditions, showing a defoliation index under 50% and less than 25% revealed severe defoliation. The most common biotic sign of activity was the Coroebus undatus larvae galleries on the cork surface (in 65% of the trees, representing 90% of debarked oaks}. Al six dead trees were contaminated by the Charcoal disease (Biscogniauxia mediterrdnea} and half were under attack by Platypus cylindrus, Since the 1980's this ambrosia beetle has become the main mortality cause in Portuguese cork-oak stands and is frequently associated with the charcoal disease since often it carries the spores. This evaluation was carried out by a group of students on the last year before admission to the University, with the support of the Biology teacher and INIAV researcher, as part af a Citizen-science project and introduction to scientific research.
 Students are expected to study scientific papers on the proposed research subject, to develop the experimental methodology,
 perform the field work and present the results in the classroom to their colleagues, teacher and scientific supervisor with an oral
 presentation and a poster, which is presented at this meeting.
Dissipative properties of hot and dense hadronic matter in excluded volume hadron resonance gas model
Creators: name: Kadam, Guru Prakash
name: Mishra, Hiranmaya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We estimate dissipative properties viz: shear and bulk viscosities of hadronic matter using relativistic Boltzmann equation in relaxation time approximation within ambit of excluded volume hadron resonance gas (EHRG) model. We find that at zero baryon chemical potential the shear viscosity to entropy ratio ($η/s$) decreases with temperature while at finite baryon chemical potential this ratio shows same behavior as a function of temperature but reaches close to Kovtun-Son-Starinets (KSS) bound. Further along chemical freezout curve, ratio $η/s$ is almost constant apart from small initial monotonic rise. This observation may have some relevance to the experimental finding that the differential elliptic flow of charged hadrons does not change considerably at lower center of mass energy. We further find that bulk viscosity to entropy density ($ζ/s$) decreases with temperature while this ratio has higher value at finite baryon chemical potential at higher temperature. Along freezout curve $ζ/s$ decreases monotonically at lower center of mass energy and then saturates.
description: Results corrected, 2 new figures, abstract, discussion and conclusion revised, references added, accepted for publication in Physical Review C
The Development of Model for Online Autonomous Decision Support Systems for Managing the Study Plan of Students in Higher Education
Creators: name: ชุติมา อุตมะมุณีย์
Publisher: name: Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Mahanakorn University of Technology
Year: 2010
Subjects: Data Mining
Bayes Net
Decision Support Systems

description: Journal of Information Science and Technology, 1, 2, 39-48
A Phase-Space Approach for Propagating Field-Field Correlation Functions
Creators: name: Gradoni, Gabriele
name: Creagh, Stephen
name: Tanner, Gregor
name: Smartt, Christopher
name: Thomas, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show that radiation from complex and inherently random but correlated wave sources can be modelled efficiently by using an approach based on the Wigner distribution function. Our method exploits the connection between correlation functions and theWigner function and admits in its simplest approximation a direct representation in terms of the evolution of ray densities in phase space. We show that next leading order corrections to the ray-tracing approximation lead to Airy-function type phase space propagators. By exploiting the exact Wigner function propagator, inherently wave-like effects such as evanescent decay or radiation from more heterogeneous sources as well as diffraction and reflections can be included and analysed. We discuss in particular the role of evanescent waves in the near-field of non-paraxial sources and give explicit expressions for the growth rate of the correlation length as function of the distance from the source. Furthermore, results for the reflection of partially coherent sources from flat mirrors are given. We focus here on electromagnetic sources at microwave frequencies and modelling efforts in the context of electromagnetic compatibility.
description: 11 pages, 13 figures, under review in Physical Review E
Supplementary documentation for SAEON's field instrument data collected at the Cathedral Peak CAT3 #3 station
Creators: name: South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) Grasslands-Forests-Wetlands Node
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: SAEON field instruments
Standard Operating Procedures
Calibration
Cathedral Peak
Hydrological
Soil Diviner tube
Soil water content

description: This package contains supporting information for the hydrological data collected at Cathedral Peak's CAT3 #3 station, as part of the South African Environmental Observation Network's monitoring projects.
On Improvement of Greedy Routing Protocol (GRP) for InterVehicle Communication
Creators: name: มัณฑนา ธรรมรักษา
Publisher: name: Faculty of Information Science and Technology, Mahanakorn University of Technology
Year: 2010
Subjects: MANET
VANET
routing protocol
AODV
GRP

description: Journal of Information Science and Technology, 1, 2, 49-59
Ferromagnetic and underscreened Kondo behavior in quantum dot arrays
Creators: name: Andrade, J. A.
name: García, D. J.
name: Cornaglia, Pablo S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the low energy properties of a device with $N+1$ quantum dots in a star configuration. A central quantum dot is tunnel coupled to source and drain electrodes and to $N$ quantum dots. Extending previous results for the $N=2$ case we show that, in the appropriate parameter regime, the low energy Hamiltonian of the system is a ferromagnetic Kondo model for a $S=(N-1)/2$ impurity spin. For small enough interdot tunnel coupling, however, a two-stage Kondo effect takes place as the temperature is decreased. The spin $1/2$ in the central quantum dot is Kondo screened first and at lower temperatures the antiferromagnetic coupling to the side coupled quantum dots leads to an underscreened $S=N/2$ Kondo effect. We present numerical results for the thermodynamic and spectral properties of the system which show a singular behavior at low temperatures and allow to characterize the different strongly correlated regimes of the device.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures, to be published in Phys. Rev. B
Protea neriifolia flowering seasons in Hottentots Holland, Jakkalsrivier Catchment, site 3419AA/1/M/4
Creators: name: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: Jonkershoek Forestry Research Centre
Hottentots Holland
Protea neriifolia
Jakkalsrivier Catchment

description: This is a scanned copy of a document on Protea neriifolia flowering seasons in Hottentots Holland, Jakkalsrivier Catchment, site 3419AA/1/M/4. The Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center (part of the former South African Forestry Research Institute) was established in 1935 at Jonkershoek, near Stellenbosch, under the directorship of Dr C. L. Wicht. The initial aim was to determine how forestry activities in state plantations would affect climate, water conservation and erosion, and was later expanded to include studies of fynbos ecology, fire and alien species. Studies from the 1930s to the early 1990s saw the accumulation of a large amount of data dealing with fire experiments, detailed vegetation plot surveys, rare plant surveys and ecological studies, hydrological studies and the development of management plans for catchments around the Western Cape. SAEON now houses the archive of data collected by the Jonkershoek Forestry Research Center, which was originally held by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Orientational ordering and phase behaviour of a binary mixture of hard spheres and hard spherocylinders
Creators: name: Wu, Liang
name: Malijevský, Alexandr
name: Jackson, George
name: Müller, Erich A.
name: Avendaño, Carlos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study structure and fluid-phase behaviour of a binary mixture of hard spheres (HSs) and hard spherocylinders (HSCs) in isotropic and nematic states using the $NP_nAT$ ensemble Monte Carlo (MC) method in which a normal pressure tensor component is fixed in a system confined between two hard walls. The method allows one to estimate the location of the isotropic-nematic phase transition and to observe the asymmetry in the composition between the coexisting phases, with the expected increase of the HSC concentration in the nematic phase. This is in stark contrast with the previously reported MC simulations where a conventional isotropic $NPT$ ensemble was used. We further compare the simulation results with the theoretical predictions of two analytic theories that extend the original Parsons-Lee theory using the one-fluid and the many-fluid approximation [Malijevský {\it at al} J. Chem. Phys. \textbf{129}, 144504 (2008)]. In the one-fluid version of the theory the properties of the mixture are mapped on an effective one-component HS system while in the many-fluid theory the components of the mixtures are represented as separate effective HS particles. The comparison reveals that both the one- and the many-fluid approaches provide a reasonably accurate quantitative description of the mixture including the predictions of the isotropic-nematic phase boundary and degree of orientational order of the HSC-HS mixtures.
title: Decision Making in the Oil and Gas Construction Project Management: Structured VS Discretionary
Creators: name: Al-Hachami, Zeiad
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2021

description: Background: The oil industry in southern Iraq suffers from significant and unreasonable delays in construction project execution. The project's planning part goes to its final stages, but the implementation phase gets stagnated due mostly to delay in decision-making. Objectives/Amis: Investigating the potential impact of five factors influencing the decision-making process; Project management methodology/system, organizational context, bureaucratical/procedural practices, project context, and the role of experience and competence. Developing an action plan for change through understanding the impact of these factors. Methodology: An action research conducted by a native researcher utilizing a qualitative approach to inquiry through semi-structured interviews with eleven project management professionals in a major international oil and gas company in southern Iraq in addition to observation and field notes. Findings: Findings presented direct and indirect linkage between project management methodology and delay in decision making. There was evidence of system impact on project leadership and lack of decision ownership regardless of project size and type. Findings also presented that the oil and gas industry attempt to mechanize project execution through standardized procedures with a weak matrix organizational structure where the design of such procedures best be left to field experienced individuals. There was also strong evidence of a relationship between the project organization and decision speed attributed to a significant impact on communication speed. Originality: Aside from planning and project selection decisions, the execution decision research framework in this thesis broadens the human element decision-making understanding, thereby enabling project managers in identifying factors and attributes that optimize their decision-making process under standardized work requirements in a time-pressured and dynamic construction execution. Conclusion and Implications: This thesis investigated five areas with a potential impact on execution decision-making in southern Iraq's oil and gas industry. Based on the empirical findings, Key practical implications identified and an action plan presented in this study, if applied, could have a substantial improvement in decision speed and accuracy.
title: Sautages d'explosifs et dégâts aux bâtiments
Creators: name: Northwood, T. D.
name: Crawford, R.
Publisher: name: Conseil national de recherches du Canada. Division des recherches en construction
Year: 1967
Subjects: subject: Vibrations
valueUri: urn:ircsubjects:IRC0810
subject: Vibrations
valueUri: urn:ircsubjects:IRC0810
subject: Basements and foundations
valueUri: urn:ircsubjects:IRC0320
subject: Sous-sol et fondations
valueUri: urn:ircsubjects:IRC0320
subject: blasting operations
subject: travaux explosifs
subject: blasts (explosions)
subject: souffle d'explosion
subject: basement walls
subject: soubassement
subject: crackings (breaking)
subject: fissuration
subject: windows
subject: fenêtre

description: Les sautages d'explosifs peuvent causer des dommages, et il en existe des exemples. On va étudier dans le présent digeste les circonstances dans lesquelles ils peuvent se produire.
Scrophularia variegata M. Bieb., Tabl. Prov. Mer Casp.
Creators: name: Uzunhisarcikli, M. Erkan
name: Güner, Ebru Doğan
name: Ekici, Murat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Scrophulariaceae
Scrophularia
Scrophularia variegata

description: 47. Scrophularia variegata M.Bieb., Tabl. Prov. Mer Casp.: 58 (1798)
 Type:— [GEORGIA] in saxosis Caucasi, circa thermas Constaninamontana frequens, Marschall von Bieberstein (LE).
 Specimens seen:— TURKEY. Van: Özalp-Saray, 6 km from Özalp, rocky, 2000 m, 01 June 2014, M. E. Uzunhisarcıklı 2547 (GAZI); Özalp-Saray, 6 km from Özalp, rocky, 2250 m, 05 June 1966, Davis 44286 (B).
 Flowering time: —April–June.
 Habitat: —Rocky. 2000‒2250 m elevation.
 Distribution: —Irano-Turanian element.
description: Published as part of Uzunhisarcikli, M. Erkan, Güner, Ebru Doğan & Ekici, Murat, 2018, Synopsis of the genus Scrophularia (Scrophulariaceae) in Turkey, pp. 151-187 in Phytotaxa 333 (2) on page 179, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.333.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13721306
Neither sustainable nor inclusive: a political economy of agricultural policy and livelihoods in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia
Creators: name: Ofori, Alesia
name: Mdee, Anna
name: Chasukwa, Michael
name: Manda, Simon
Publisher: name: AfricArXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 140201 Agricultural Economics
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 70199 Agriculture, Land and Farm Management not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Other agricultural sciences
subject: 160605 Environmental Politics
subject: FOS: Political science

description: Abstract: The food crisis of 2007/8, alongside rapid population growth, and the uncertainties of climate change propelled African agricultural transformation back into the development mainstream. New narratives of ‘climate-smart agriculture’ and ‘sustainable intensification’ underlie this contemporary transformation. We present a political economy analysis of agricultural policy and livelihoods in Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia, and use this to assess the challenge of achieving ‘sustainable and inclusive intensification’. We find little evidence that agricultural institutions have the capacity to deliver sustainable intensification in agriculture, or that agricultural policy drives changes in agricultural livelihoods that will make them either more sustainable or inclusive.
Graphene Transverse Electric Surface Plasmon Detection using Nonreciprocity Modal Discrimination
Creators: name: Chamanara, Nima
name: Caloz, Christophe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a magnetically biased graphene-ferrite structure discriminating the TE and TM plasmonic modes of graphene. In this structure, the graphene TM plasmons interact reciprocally with the structure. In contrast, the graphene TE plasmons exhibit nonreciprocity. This nonreciprocity is manifested in unidirectional TE propagation in a frequency band close to the interband threshold frequency. The proposed structure provides a unique platform for the experimental demonstration of the unusual existence of the TE plasmonic mode in graphene.
Scrophularia xylorrhiza Boiss. & Hausskn.
Creators: name: Uzunhisarcikli, M. Erkan
name: Güner, Ebru Doğan
name: Ekici, Murat
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Lamiales
Scrophulariaceae
Scrophularia
Scrophularia xylorrhiza

description: 48. Scrophularia xylorrhiza Boiss. & Hausskn. in Boiss., Fl. Orient. 4: 406 (1879)
 Lectotype (designated by Lall 1970): — [TURKEY. C7 Urfa] Gebel Takta Mesopotamiae (Tektek Da.), Haussknecht 737 (G!).
 Specimens seen:— TURKEY. Şanlıurfa: Nemrut Mountain, rocky, 959 m, 13 June 2013, M. E. Uzunhisarcıklı 2428 (GAZI); ibid., 11 April 2014, M. E. Uzunhisarcıklı 2499 (GAZI); Akçakale-Urfa, 15‒20 km from Akçakale, 1‒2 km to Uğurlu, damaged steppe, 407 m, 19 April 2013, M. E. Uzunhisarcıklı 2332 (GAZI); Hilvan-Şanlıurfa, 10 km from Hilvan, rocky, shady places, 730 m, 11 April 2014, M. E. Uzunhisarcıklı 2500 (GAZI); ibid., M. E. Uzunhisarcıklı 2498 (GAZI); ibid., 736 m, 18 April 2013, M. E. Uzunhisarcıklı 2330 (GAZI).
 Flowering time: —March–June.
 Habitat: —Shady places, calcareous rocky, roadsides, damaged steppe. 407‒960 m elevation.
 Distribution: —Irano-Turanian element.
description: Published as part of Uzunhisarcikli, M. Erkan, Güner, Ebru Doğan & Ekici, Murat, 2018, Synopsis of the genus Scrophularia (Scrophulariaceae) in Turkey, pp. 151-187 in Phytotaxa 333 (2) on page 180, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.333.2.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13721306
Proposed Practices for Economic Analysis of River Basin Projects; Report to the Federal Inter-Agency River Basin Committee
Creators: name: Benefits, Subcommittee On
name: Benefits, Subcommittee On
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1950
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development
Public Economics
Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: Excerpts from the Foreword: In 1946 the Federal Inter-Agency River Basin Committee appointed a Subcommittee on Benefits and Costs for the purpose of formulating mutually acceptable principles and procedures for determining benefits and costs for water resources projects. After consideration of the benefit-cost practices currently in use and of an objective analysis of the economics of river-basin projects uninfluenced by current practices and legal or administrative limitations, the Subcommittee considered various approaches to the problem and presented its conclusions in this report Proposed Practices for Economic Analysis of River Basin Projects. There are appended summaries of previous Subcommittee reports on the qualitative aspects and measurement aspects of benefit-cost practices which were in use when the reports were issued.
Supplementary documentation for SAEON's field instrument data collected at the Jonkershoek 5B station
Creators: name: South African Environmental Observation Network (SAEON) Fynbos Node
Publisher: name: South African Environmental Observation Network
Year: 2022
Subjects: SAEON field instruments
Standard Operating Procedures
Calibration
Jonkershoek
Meteorological
Tipping bucket rain gauge
Rainfall
air temperature

description: This package contains supporting information for the meteorological data collected at Jonkershoek's 5B station, as part of the South African Environmental Observation Network's monitoring projects.
title: Action Research on Barriers and Success Factors in Leading Virtualisation in a Small Enterprise
Creators: name: Dah, Immanuel
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2021

description: The research context is a small private TV station with about fifteen employees in a developing country. The organisation is undergoing virtualisation in that on both the strategic level and on the operational level, communication and working processes increasingly rely on the possibilities the internet offers. The research objective is to arrive at a systematic understanding of the factors that influence virtual teamwork and determine how virtual leaders can act on these factors. The action research thesis builds on four propositions put forward by Snellman (2014). According to these propositions, leaders who improve trust and cohesion in a virtual team and at the same time mitigate the adverse effects of virtuality and diversity contribute towards team success and organisational value creation. The framework established in this study is based on these four propositions. The framework was used as a guideline for the literature review, for action in the ongoing virtualisation process and finally as the source for the research questions used for the data analysis. The data on which this study is based stems from chat protocols of communication on both the strategical and operational levels, on interviews done after the analysis of the chat protocols and on personal observations gathered in journal notes and meeting records. The qualitative thematic analysis was done using NVivo, a computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software (CAQDAS). A narrative of the ongoing business development project immerses the reader is into the context. Elements from the narrative are later analysed against the framework. There is evidence in the data of an increase in trust, cohesion and virtuality following the interventions proposed by Snellman (2014). There is also evidence of actions geared toward mitigating the effects of diversity and their impact on the virtualisation process. However, this research does not yield clear evidence for the causal links between the framework’s proposed actions and the expected outcomes. Andriessen’s (2002) Dynamic Group Interaction model is more precise than the proposed framework, but it is too complex to be actionable in practice. A weakness of the framework is its failure to address dynamic factors of change and development over time. In the context of this action research project, the framework was deemed to be actionable in simultaneously understanding the context and in leading transformation. In the thesis, I reflect on how academic literature and trade literature contributed in different ways towards creating actionable knowledge. There is also a reflection on how the action research process extended my understanding and use of theoretical models; moreover, I became aware of myself transferring knowledge on business theories to others involved in the project through analogies.
title: Hybrid Strategy Implementation in a Hybrid Youth-Training Organisation: A framework for hybrid strategy implementation based on a case-study of a hybrid youth training organisation in Lagos, Nigeria.
Creators: name: Azinge, Chukwuemeka
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2022

description: Background: A lingering organisational problem among hybrid youth training organisations in Lagos, Nigeria, is the lack of any clear-cut initial competitive strategy that ultimately affects the competitiveness of the organisation. Empirical evidence suggests that sole strategy implementation is less efficient than hybrid strategy implementation due to the dynamic business environment leading to a change in consumer behaviour and expectations. Purpose: To apply Action Research methodology to developing and applying a framework for hybrid competitive strategy implementation in a hybrid youth training organisation hitherto without a competitive strategy. Design/Methodology/Approach: This qualitative action research study will focus on Emedith Consulting Nigeria Limited (ECNL) as the single case-study and will involve Action Learning (AL) collaboration with managers from other hybrid youth training organisations within Lagos, consultants employed at ECNL, as well as semi-structured open-ended interviews with target customers. Findings: The results from this study are a framework for implementing a hybrid competitive strategy in a hybrid youth training organisation, a customer-driven hybrid competitive strategy implementation process for ECNL, and indices by which the efficacy of ECNL training services can be measured. Originality/Value: This study on hybrid competitive strategy implementation in a hybrid youth-training organisation reveals practical conclusions and provides a basis for improved competitiveness through implementation of the identified customer-oriented framework.
title: Revêtements des toits en agrégats minéraux
Creators: name: Tibbetts, D. C.
name: Baker, M. C.
Publisher: name: Conseil national de recherches du Canada. Division des recherches en construction
Year: 1967
Subjects: subject: Roofs
valueUri: urn:ircsubjects:IRC0770
subject: Toits
valueUri: urn:ircsubjects:IRC0770
subject: Roofs
valueUri: urn:ircsubjects:IRC0370
subject: Toitures
valueUri: urn:ircsubjects:IRC0370
subject: roofing
subject: couvertures
subject: gravel
subject: gravier
subject: roofing products
subject: produit de couverture
subject: roofs
subject: toiture
subject: crushed clay
subject: laitier concassé
subject: crushed aggregates
subject: granulat concassé
subject: fire hazards
subject: risque d'incendie

description: En vue de protéger le revêtement contre le rayonnement solaire directe et de réflichir la radiation solaire, on applique sur les toitures multicouches des revêtements en aggrégats minéraux. Ils provoquent une décroissance de la température superficielle maximale; ils réduissent aussi l'éventail des températures saisonnières et les fluctuations rapides de température sur la surface noire. Ils empêchent ainsi que les intempéries ne déteriorent le bitume et les feutres bitumineux du revêtement d'étanchéité de toiture. Le surfacage par agrégats minéraux présente certains désavantages. Si on met à part le poids mort supplémentaire que doivent supporter le tablier et la charpente du toit, la principale difficulté concerne l'inspection et l'entretien. Le surfacage par agrégats dissimule les défauts et solutions de continuité du revêtement d'étanchéite et l'agrégat doit naturellement être enlevé lorsqu'on exécute des réparations.
Untangling blame and responsibility for service delivery and local governance performance: testing a grounded social accountability approach in Tanzania
Creators: name: Mdee, Anna
name: Mushi, Andrew
Publisher: name: AfricArXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Abstract: We examine the gap between theory and practice in social accountability mechanisms to improve local governance performance in Tanzania. We do so through drawing on an ethnographic investigation tracing lines of blame and responsibility for service delivery, from individual citizens up to the central state incorporating a total of 340 interviews and 12 focussed group discussions. We have two keys findings: Firstly, that there is a wide divergence between formal lines of accountability and where actors direct blame for performance failure in practice. Secondly, building a collective understanding of this divergence provides an effective starting point for intervention to improve performance. Our conclusion is that dominant assumptions on social accountability interventions require significant revision in light of our findings.