cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The structure of the southern Milky Way
Creators: name: Whiteoak, John Bartlett
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1961
Subjects: stars distribution
Milky Way
structure

description: The skies of the Southern hemisphere contain many of the objects important in the studies of galactic structure and stellar evolution. Apart from the Magellanic Clouds, the two nearest galaxies, there is a most interesting area of the Milky Way - that near the direction of the galactic centre. The greater part of it can be observed at observatories situated in the Northern hemisphere, but the region between l11 = 290° and lII = 350° is inaccessible. There is a marked disparity between our knowledge of the Northern and Southern Milky Ways, and this is reflected particularly in our understanding of spiral structure, the optical interpretation of which depends almost entirely on Northern hemisphere observations.The main object of this thesis is to add to the knowledge of the structure of the Southern Milky Way by: (a) A study of the size and distribution of H II regions. (b) The studies of two star concentrations - a visual grouping of early-type stars, and a young cluster. In (a), a photographic survey for the detection of H II regions in the Southern Milky Way is carried out. Their distribution and apparent sizes as a function of galactic longitude are used to construct a qualitative representation of spiral structure which is compared with the current models. The aims of the investigations carried out in (b) are to study the characteristics of visual groupings of early-type stars and to aid the determination of distances of spiral arms in the Southern Milky Way.
Asteroid cratering families: recognition and collisional interpretation
Creators: name: Milani, Andrea
name: Knežević, Zoran
name: Spoto, Federica
name: Paolicchi, Paolo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We continue our investigation of the bulk properties of asteroid dynamical families identified using only asteroid proper elements (Milani et al. 2014) to provide plausible collisional interpretations. We focus on cratering families consisting of a substantial parent body and many small fragments. We propose a quantitative definition of cratering families based on the fraction in volume of the fragments with respect to the parent body; fragmentation families are above this empirical boundary. We assess the compositional homogeneity of the families and their shape in proper element space by computing the differences of the proper elements of the fragments with respect to the ones of the major body, looking for anomalous asymmetries produced either by post-formation dynamical evolution, or by multiple collisional/cratering events, or by a failure of the Hierarchical Clustering Method (HCM) for family identification. We identified a total of 25 dynamical families with more than 100 members ranging from moderate to heavy cratering. For three families (4, 15 and 283) we confirm the occurrence of two separate cratering events. For family 20, we propose a double collision origin, not previously identified. In four cases (31, 480, 163 and 179) we performed a dedicated search for dynamical resonant transport mechanisms that could have substantially changed the shape of the family. By using a new synthetic method for computation of secular frequencies, we found possible solutions for families 31, 480, and 163, but not for family 179, for which we propose a new interpretation, based on a secular resonance contaminating this family: the family of 179 should be split into two separate clusters, one containing (179) itself and the other, family (9506) Telramund, of fragmentation type, for which we have computed an age.
Evaluation of Forgotten Joint Score in total hip arthroplasty with Oxford Hip Score as reference standard
Creators: name: Larsson, Amanda
name: Rolfson, Ola
name: Kärrholm, Johan
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Background and purpose — Total hip arthroplasty (THA) is performed mainly because of pain. To evaluate the result after surgery, different questionnaires measuring the patient-reported outcome regarding quality of life are used. Forgotten Joint Score (FJS), designed to chart postoperative symptoms, was developed to find subtle differences between patients who report that their operated hip is “very good” or “excellent.” We evaluated whether FJS provides additional information compared with the Oxford Hip Score (OHS) and ceiling and floor effects with use of these instruments. We also studied level of internal consistency for OHS and FJS, and the reproducibility of the FJS. Patients and methods — 111 patients who underwent unilateral primary THA in 2015 were included. The participants answered 2 questionnaires: Forgotten Joint Score and Oxford Hip Score. Floor and ceiling effects were recorded for each of the instruments and agreement between them. The FJS was studied with respect to reproducibility and level of internal consistency. Results — OHS ceiling effect (31%) was higher compared with FJS (21%), whereas the OHS seemed to provide a more nuanced picture of patients with an inferior clinical result. Floor effect for FJS was 3% and 0% for OHS. The degree of explanation was 68% between the 2 questionnaires (linear regression, r2 = 0.68). FJS items had a high internal consistency (Cronbach’s a = 0.93) and reproducibility (Pearson correlation = 0.87, ICC = 0.93); 92 patients answered on 2 distributions of the FJS questionnaires, 19 patients had identical answers. Interpretation — OHS had a larger ceiling effect than FJS, which could indicate that FJS is a more fine-tuned instrument to separate patients with good to excellent outcome after THA. The high internal consistency of FJS indicates that the items of the instrument consistently cover the construct of joint awareness.
The Li7 (p,y) Be8 reaction and studies in photodisintegration
Creators: name: Mainsbridge, Bruce
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1960
Subjects: Scattering (Physics)
Photonuclear reactions
Beryllium
Lithium

description: In the investigation of the absorption (pr emission) of a gamma ray by a nucleus, a number of nuclear models have been proposed which can describe the process. A collective model of Goldhaver and Teller (Go 48) is a classical hydrodynamic model which assumes the protons to be moving in opposite directions to the neutrons in a nucleus, the gamma ray energy being stored in the form of a dipole vibration. This is essentially a compound nucleus description of absorption, In the model of Wilkinson (Wi 56) which is based on the independent particle model, a nucleon absorbs the gamma ray energy and moves to a higher shell, eventually sharing its energy by collision with other nucleons or escaping from the nucleus before this energy distribution can take place.
Additional file 2 of Application of a novel hybrid algorithm of Bayesian network in the study of hyperlipidemia related factors: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Wang, Xuchun
name: Pan, Jinhua
name: Ren, Zeping
name: Zhai, Mengmeng
name: Zhang, Zhuang
name: Ren, Hao
name: Song, Weimei
name: He, Yuling
name: Li, Chenglian
name: Yang, Xiaojuan
name: Li, Meichen
name: Quan, Dichen
name: Chen, Limin
name: Qiu, Lixia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 2: Table S1 Detection rate of hyperlipidemia with basic characteristics of different populations. Table S2. Comparison of detection rates and differences of hyperlipidemia in different lifestyles and eating habits. Table S3. Comparison of the detection rates and differences of hyperlipidemia in different physiological conditions and comorbidities. Table S4. Variables and their assignments. Table S5. Different BMI central type obesity detection rate. Fig. S1. Risk reasoning of BMI and central obesity. Fig. S2. Risk reasoning for hyperlipidemia and average daily oil intake.
Metal-Insulator Transition of Disordered Interacting Electrons
Creators: name: Si, Qimiao
name: Varma, C. M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the corrections to the conductivity and compressibility of a disordered metal when the mean free path is smaller than the screening length. Such a condition is shown to be realized for low densities and large disorder. Analysis of the stability of the metallic state reveals a transition to the insulating state in two-dimensions.
description: 11 pages, REVTEX, 1 figure included; Final version
Effects of sampling interaction partners and competitors in evolutionary games
Creators: name: Hauert, Christoph
name: Miȩkisz, Jacek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The sampling of interaction partners depends on often implicit modelling assumptions, yet has marked effects on the dynamics in evolutionary games. One particularly important aspect is whether or not competitors also interact. Population structures naturally affect sampling such that in a microscopic interpretation of the replicator dynamics in well-mixed populations competing individuals do not interact but do interact in structured populations. In social dilemmas interactions with competitors invariably inhibit cooperation while limited local interactions in structured populations support cooperation by reducing exploitation through cluster formation. These antagonistic effects of population structures on cooperation affect interpretations and the conclusions depend on the details of the comparison. For example, in the Snowdrift game, spatial structure may inhibit cooperation when compared to the replicator dynamics. However, modifying the replicator dynamics to include interactions between competitors lowers the equilibrium frequency of cooperators, which changes the conclusions and space is invariably beneficial, just as in the Prisoner's Dilemma. These conclusions are confirmed by comparisons with random matching models, which mimic population structures but randomly reshuffle individuals to inhibit spatial correlations. Finally, the differences in the dynamics with and without interactions among competing individuals underlies the differences between death-birth and birth-death updating in the spatial Moran process: death-birth supports cooperation because competitors tend not to interact whereas they tend to do for birth-death updating and hence cooperators provide direct support to competitors to their own detriment.
description: 14 pages, 6 figures
The methylation of aminopteridines and aminopyrimidines
Creators: name: Jacobsen, Noel William
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1961
Subjects: Pyrimidines Methylation
Pteridines Methylation

description: This thesis describes the methylation of a number of aminopteridines and aminopyrimidines. In actual fact however, it consists of much more than an investigation of one type of reaction, since emphasis has been placed upon the chemistry of the methylation products and the manner in which they can be degraded to recognisable compounds that show the position at which substitution occurred. Factors which may influence the site of methylation in these heterocyclic compounds are also discussed, but because of the diversity that exists in the conditions of methylation (both in this work and in the literature) this cannot be comprehensive. The main text of the thesis is preceeded by an historical account of the earlier methylations which are relevant to the work undertaken, and is followed by a discussion of the results of the physico-chemical measurements made during the investigations.
Opsiphanes cassiae
Creators: name: Piovesan, Mônica
name: Casagrande, Mirna Martins
name: Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Nymphalidae
Opsiphanes
Opsiphanes cassiae

description: Opsiphanes cassiae (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Figs 20–53)
 Diagnosis. Opsiphanes cassiae differs from Opsiphanes bogotanus and Opsiphanes mexicana stat. nov., the closest related species, in having the VHW with a smaller eyespot between Sc+R 1 and M 1, usually not reaching M 1, and in the absence of a dark-brown band extending from the base of the wing to this eyespot (Fig. 20a). Molecular analyses recovered Opsiphanes cassiae as closely related to Opsiphanes bogotanus and Opsiphanes mexicana stat. nov. (Fig. 2) (genetic distance 1.6–2.7% and 2.0–2.5%, respectively).
 Male genitalia. Tegumen in dorsal view with the anterior and posterior margins of equal width; anterior projection of saccus in lateral view less than twice as long as dorsal arms of saccus (Fig. 28).
 Female genitalia. Lamella antevaginalis membranous medially and sclerotized laterally; lamella postvaginalis pointed antero-medially and rounded postero-medially; ostium membranous (Fig. 29).
 Variation. Subspecies vary in the following characters: DFW, the width, length, and color of the oblique band; the discal cell may or may not have a small yellow spot. DHW, the marginal band ranges from faint to absent. HW, the crenulation of the outer margin; the anal region varies from rounded to slightly pointed. VFW, the width and color of the oblique band; EIII submarginal line extends or not to CuA 2. VHW, the size and shape of the eyespot between Sc+R 1 and M 1, and the width of its dark-brown ring; and the size and shape of the eyespot between M 3 and CuA 2 (Figs 20–27).
description: Published as part of Piovesan, Mônica, Casagrande, Mirna Martins & Mielke, Olaf Hermann Hendrik, 2022, Systematics of Opsiphanes Doubleday, [1849] (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, Brassolini): an integrative approach, pp. 1-278 in Zootaxa 5216 (1) on pages 34-35, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5216.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/7403532
Total hip arthroplasty, combined with a reinforcement ring and posterior column plating for acetabular fractures in elderly patients: good outcome in 34 patients
Creators: name: Lont, Tõnis
name: Nieminen, Jyrki
name: Reito, Aleksi
name: Toni-Karri Pakarinen
name: Pajamäki, Ilari
name: Eskelinen, Antti
name: Laitinen, Minna K
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Hematology

description: Background and purpose — Low-energy acetabulum fractures are uncommon, and mostly occur in elderly patients. Determining the optimal operative treatment for such fractures is challenging. Here we investigated whether acutely performed total hip arthroplasty plus posterior column plating (THA) reduced complications and reoperations compared with open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) in elderly patients with acetabular fractures. Patients and methods — We retrospectively reviewed the records of 59 patients, > 55 years of age, with complex acetabular fractures, caused by low-energy trauma, treated between January 2008 and September 2017. Of these patients, 34 underwent acute THA, and 25 ORIF alone. Patient and implant survival were compared between groups using Kaplan–Meier survival analysis and Cox multiple regression. Functional outcomes assessed by Oxford Hip Score (OHS) were compared between the THA patients and those 9 ORIF patients who underwent secondary THA due to posttraumatic hip osteoarthritis (OA) during follow-up. Results — Overall patient survival was 90% (95% CI 82–98) at 12 months, and 64% (CI 47–81) at 5 years. Of 25 ORIF patients, 9 required secondary THA due to posttraumatic OA. Large fragments on the weight-bearing acetabular dome upon imaging predicted ORIF failure and secondary THA. The acute THA group and secondary THA group had similar 12-month OHS. Interpretation — Acute THA including a reinforcement ring resulted in fewer reoperations than ORIF alone in elderly patients with acetabular fractures. These findings support acute THA as first-line treatment for complex acetabular fractures in elderly patients.
Suppressed Coherence due to Orbital Correlations in the Ferromagnetically Ordered Metallic Phase of Mn Compounds
Creators: name: Imada, Masatoshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Small Drude weight $D$ together with small specific heat coefficient $γ$ observed in the ferromagnetic phase of R$_{1-x}$A$_x$MnO$_3$ (R=La, Pr, Nd, Sm; A=Ca, Sr, Ba) are analyzed in terms of a proximity effect of the Mott insulator. The scaling theory for the metal-insulator transition with the critical enhancement of orbital correlations toward the staggered ordering of two $e_g$ orbitals such as $3x^2-r^2$ and $3y^2-r^2$ symmetries may lead to the critical exponents of $D \propto δ^{u}$ and $γ\propto δ^v$ with $u=3/2$ and $v=0$. The result agrees with the experimental indications.
description: 4 pages LaTeX using jpsj.sty. To appear in J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 67(1998)No.1
Multiobjective Coverage Path Planning: Enabling Automated Inspection of Complex, Real-World Structures
Creators: name: Ellefsen, Kai Olav
name: Lepikson, Herman A.
name: Albiez, Jan C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: An important open problem in robotic planning is the autonomous generation of 3D inspection paths -- that is, planning the best path to move a robot along in order to inspect a target structure. We recently suggested a new method for planning paths allowing the inspection of complex 3D structures, given a triangular mesh model of the structure. The method differs from previous approaches in its emphasis on generating and considering also plans that result in imperfect coverage of the inspection target. In many practical tasks, one would accept imperfections in coverage if this results in a substantially more energy efficient inspection path. The key idea is using a multiobjective evolutionary algorithm to optimize the energy usage and coverage of inspection plans simultaneously - and the result is a set of plans exploring the different ways to balance the two objectives. We here test our method on a set of inspection targets with large variation in size and complexity, and compare its performance with two state-of-the-art methods for complete coverage path planning. The results strengthen our confidence in the ability of our method to generate good inspection plans for different types of targets. The method's advantage is most clearly seen for real-world inspection targets, since traditional complete coverage methods have no good way of generating plans for structures with hidden parts. Multiobjective evolution, by optimizing energy usage and coverage together ensures a good balance between the two - both when 100% coverage is feasible, and when large parts of the object are hidden.
description: Video Summary available at: https://youtu.be/ESzqJsDusd8
Increased early mortality and morbidity after total hip arthroplasty in patients with socioeconomic disadvantage: a report from the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register
Creators: name: Weiss, Rüdiger J
name: Kärrholm, Johan
name: Rolfson, Ola
name: Hailer, Nils P
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Background and purpose — Socioeconomic status is associated with the outcome of major surgery. We investigated the association of socioeconomic status with the risk of early mortality and readmissions after primary total hip arthroplasty (THA). Patients and methods — We obtained information on income, education, immigration, and cohabiting status as well as comorbidities of 166,076 patients who underwent primary THA due to primary osteoarthritis (OA) from the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register, the Swedish National Inpatient Register and Statistics Sweden. Multivariable Cox regression models were fitted to estimate the adjusted risk of mortality or readmissions within 90 days after index surgery. Results — Compared with patients on a low income, the adjusted risk of 30-day mortality was considerably lower in patients on a high income (hazard ratio [HR] 0.5, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.3–0.7) and in those on a medium income (HR 0.7, CI 0.6–0.9). Similar risk reductions were found for the endpoint 90-day mortality. Patients with a high income had a lower adjusted risk of readmission for cardiovascular reasons than those with a low income (HR 0.7, CI 0.6–0.9), as had those with a higher level of education (adjusted HR 0.7, CI 0.6–0.9). Patients with higher socioeconomic status had a lower degree of comorbidities than socioeconomically disadvantaged patients. However, adjusting for socioeconomic confounders in multivariable models only marginally influenced the predictive ability of the models, as expressed by their area under the curve. Interpretation — Income and level of education are strongly associated with early mortality and readmissions after primary THA, and both parameters are closely connected to health status. Since adjustment for socioeconomic confounders only marginally improved the predictive ability of multivariable regression models our findings indicate that comorbidities may under certain circumstances serve as an acceptable proxy measure of socioeconomic background.
Disturbing the $q$-Dyson Conjecture
Creators: name: Sills, Andrew V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: I discuss the computational methods behind the formulation of some conjectures related to variants on Andrews' $q$-Dyson conjecture.
description: 8 pages
Gamma-ray bursts: afterglows from cylindrical jets
Creators: name: Cheng, K. S.
name: Huang, Y. F.
name: Lu, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nearly all previous discussion on beaming effects in GRBs have assumed a conical geometry. However, more and more observations on relativistic jets in radio galaxies, active galactic nuclei, and "microquasars" in the Galaxy have shown that many of these outflows are not conical, but cylindrical, i.e., they maintain constant cross sections at large scales. Thus it is necessary to discuss the possibility that GRBs may be due to highly collimated cylindrical jets, not conical ones. Here we study the dynamical evolution of cylindrical jets and discuss their afterglows. Both analytical and numerical results are presented. It is shown that when the lateral expansion is not taken into account, a cylindrical jet typically remains to be highly relativistic for \sim 10^8 - 10^9 s. During this relativistic phase, the optical afterglow decays as \propto t^{-p/2} at first, where p is the index characterizing the power-law energy distribution of electrons. Then the light curve steepens to be \propto t^{-(p+1)/2} due to cooling of electrons. After entering the non-relativistic phase (i.e., t > 10^{11} s), the afterglow is \propto t^{-(5p-4)/6}. But if the cylindrical jet expands laterally at co-moving sound speed, then the decay becomes \propto t^{-p} and \propto t^{-(15p-21)/10} - t^{-(15p-20)/10} in the ultra-relativistic and non-relativistic phase respectively. Note that in both cases, the light curve turns flatter after the relativistic-Newtonian transition point, which differs markedly from the behaviour of a conical jet. It is suggested that some GRBs with afterglows decaying as t^{-1.1} - t^{-1.3} may be due to cylindrical jets, not necessarily isotropic fireballs.
description: 19 pages(use mn.sty), 9 eps figures, MNRAS accepted
Stress Propagation in Sand
Creators: name: Cates, M. E.
name: Wittmer, J. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe a new continuum approach to the modelling of stress propagation in static granular media, focussing on the conical sandpile created from a point source. We argue that the stress continuity equations should be closed by means of scale-free, local constitutive relations between different components of the stress tensor, encoding the construction history of the pile: this history determines the organization of the grains, and thereby the local relationship between stresses. Our preferred model FPA (Fixed Principle Axes) assumes that the eigendirections (but not the eigenvalues) of the stress tensor are determined forever when a material element is first buried. Stresses propagate along a nested set of archlike structures within the medium; the results are in good quantitative agreement with published experimental data. The FPA model is one of a larger class, called OSL (Oriented Stress Linearity) models, in which the direction of the characteristics for stress propagation are fixed at burial. We speculate on the connection between these characteristics and the stress paths observed microscopically.
description: 8 pages, 4 .eps figures, LaTex, elsart.cls style file
Additional file 1 of The effects of family, society and national policy support on treatment adherence among newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Chen, Xu
name: Du, Liang
name: Wu, Ruiheng
name: Xu, Jia
name: Ji, Haoqiang
name: Zhang, Yu
name: Zhu, Xuexue
name: Zhou, Ling
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Questionnaire. Questionnaire on treatment adherence among newly diagnosed tuberculosis patients in Dalian. The questionnaire was composed of socio-demographic information, adverse drug reactions, medication adherence, family support, social support and national policy support factors.
The control of imports : Australia 1952-1960
Creators: name: Harris, Stuart F
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1963
Subjects: control
import
Australia
import quotas
Australia commerce

description: Summary - This thesis attempts to assess the effects of the control of imports on the allocation of resources in the Australian economy from 1952-1960. The control system and methods are described briefly in Chapters II and III. Chapters IV-VI analyse the theorectical implications of quantitative import controls and provide the framework for the empirical investigation. Chapter VII sets out the main lines of the enquiry, some general aspects of the period and some methodological consideration. The importance of the form and methods of control is exameined in Chapters VIII - X from three aspects: speed and accuracy of the controls; discrimination among countries and among goods; and protection provided to domestic industries. The effect of the method of operation of the controls on investment - domestics and overseas - is deferred for examination, together with other aspects of the effects on secondary industry in Chapters XI - XV. Consideration is given to the paptern of development in secondary industry during the preriond and implications of the concurrent operation of the tariff, Since the effects of the controlds depend importantly upon the policies of businessment, the price reactions of exporters are discussed in Chapter XVI and those of importers, along with other effects, in Chapter XVII. The concluding chapter - Chapter XVIII - attempts to assess the effects of the controls on the pattern of resource allocation during the period.
An examination of the relationship between knowledge management and absorptive capacity in the uae government sector
Creators: name: Ahmad Jawad, Abdulla
Publisher: name: University of Southern Queensland
Year: 2024
Subjects: Knowledge management
United Arab Emirates
Innovation
Absorptive Capacity

description: This thesis investigates the relationship between Knowledge Management (KM) practices and Absorptive Capacity (AC) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Government Sector. The study examines the important role of KM in enhancing performance and innovation in the public sector, particularly in an era marked by fast technological advancements and a knowledge-driven economy. The UAE is experiencing rapid and ongoing economic and investment development and therefore faces challenges as its government needs to plan for fast-paced change. This thesis intends to contribute to the existing body on KM and AC, most especially on the Government Organisations. The aim of this research is to contribute to the knowledge of how the Government Sector can continue investing in KM initiatives and strategies to enhance AC, leading to further improvement in the performance and innovation in the Public Sector. The methodology of this research combines quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews to explore the key dimension of KM and AC and their interplay within the UAE Government Sector. The quantitative phase involves a survey administered to a sample of government employees across different departments and levels of authority with the General Directorate of Residency and Foreign Affairs (GDRFA), a large and multi-faceted branch of the government sector. The survey data is analysed using statistical techniques of correlation analysis and regression analysis, to identify the significant factors and determine the strength of the relationship between KM practices and AC. The qualitative phase employs in-depth interviews with selected participants to gain a deeper understanding of the mechanisms through which KM initiatives contribute to the development of absorptive capacity. The interviews explore organisational processes, such as knowledge acquisition, assimilation, transformation, and exploitation, to identify the critical factors that facilitate or hinder the effective utilisation of knowledge. The findings of this research are expected to shed light on the relationship between KM and AC in the UAE Government Sector and provide insights into the strategies and practices that can enhance the organisational ability to acquire, assimilate, and exploit external knowledge. The results will contribute both theoretical and practical implications, providing recommendations for Government Leaders and Policy Makers to promote a knowledge-driven culture and improve the capacity of government organisations to adapt to dynamic environments. Furthermore, the research will identify the significance of KM and AC within the Government Organisations, specifically in GDRFA, aiming to understand broader implications for significant developments in the country.
Grunion data_Pan et al.xlsx
Creators: name: Yen-Ju Pan
name: Souissi, Sami
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 70401 Aquaculture
subject: FOS: Agriculture, forestry and fisheries

description: This database is uploaded for paper submission purpose.
The Ndu language family (Sepik district, New Guinea)
Creators: name: Laycock, Donald C
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1962
Subjects: Ndu languages
linguistic
Territory of New Guinea
Sepik District

description: This thesis is based on linguistic material collected during fieldwork in the Sepik District, Territory of New Guinea, during the period May 1959 to March 1960, Before my departure for the field no one, least of all myself, had more than an outline knowledge of what I might expect to find in the way of languages and their internal relationships throughout the Sepik District, Accordingly, fieldwork was planned as a survey of the languages of a large, geographically continuous segment of the Sepik River basin, the area to be enlarged or reduced as time and circumstances permitted. When it became apparent that the most profitable line of research was to concentrate on the large interrelated group of languages clustered around the Middle Sepik area, the survey plan was not abandoned, but was modified to include, as far as possible, only languages of the related group and those languages which surrounded this group on the northern, western and eastern sides - the southern side proving impossible to visit. A few exceptions were made because of prevailing circumstances. (First two paragraphs of Preface.)
Transport and commodity movements in southern New South Wales
Creators: name: Smith, Robert Henry Tufrey
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1961
Subjects: subject: transport
subject: commodity movements
subject: New South Wales
subject: Transportation
subject: New South Wales Commerce

description: Geographers have displayed very little interest in the various aspects of Australian transport. In contrast to the situation in the United States, the field of transport geography is not "undergoing a new development"; rather, studies of this nature are being undertaken for the first time, and to the knowledge of the authors, only one post-graduate geography thesis on an Australian transport subject has been completed. This lack of local studies is not as pronounced in other 'western' countries as in Australia, and a considerable body of methodology is available from research work by Americans and, to a lesser extent, from English geographers. Thus, in Australia, although one must work in a substantive field that is virtually untouched, one has no cause to lament a similar lack of material on approach and method in transport studies from overseas workers. The primary object of this thesis is to give an analytical account of the development and contemporary characteristics of transport and commodity movements in southern New South Wales (N.S.W.), the location of which in south eastern Australia is shown in Figure 1. The study seeks not only to make a contribution to an understanding of the complex land transport situation in Australian border areas, but also the methodology of transport geography. The basic idea for the study was formulated during and after a period of intensive study under a transport geographer in the United States. The body of the thesis, consisting of four chapters, id divided into two major parts. The competitive and historical backgrounds to transport and commodity movements are discussed in Chapters 1 and 2 of Part 1, while Chapters 3 ad 4 in Part 2 comprise a description and evaluation of present-day patterns of commodity flow. The remainder of this introductory discussion sets out generally the task of each chapter, and considers certain aspects of the selection and nature of the study area in southern N.S.W. (First three paragraphs of introduction).
Association between patient survival following reoperation after total hip replacement and the reason for reoperation: an analysis of 9,926 patients in the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register
Creators: name: Cnudde, Peter
name: Bülow, Erik
name: Szilard Nemes
name: Tyson, Yosef
name: Mohaddes, Maziar
name: Rolfson, Ola
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Science Policy

description: Background and purpose — The association between long-term patient survival and elective primary total hip replacement (THR) has been described extensively. The long-term survival following reoperation of THR is less well understood. We investigated the relative survival of patients undergoing reoperation following elective THR and explored an association between the indication for the reoperation and relative survival. Patients and methods — In this observational cohort study we selected the patients who received an elective primary THR and subsequent reoperations during 1999–2017 as recorded in the Swedish Hip Arthroplasty Register. The selected cohort was followed until the end of the study period, censoring or death. The indications for 1st- and eventual 2nd-time reoperations were analyzed and the relative survival ratio of the observed survival and the expected survival was determined. Results — There were 9,926 1st-time reoperations and of these 2,558 underwent further reoperations. At 5 years after the latest reoperation, relative survival following 1st-time reoperations was 0.94% (95% CI 0.93–0.96) and 0.90% (CI 0.87–0.92) following 2nd-time reoperations. At 5 years patients with a 1st-time reoperation for aseptic loosening had higher survival than expected; however, reoperations performed for periprosthetic fracture, dislocation, and infection had lower survival. Interpretation — The relative survival following 1st- and 2nd-time reoperations in elective THR patients differs by reason for reoperation. The impact of reoperation on life expectancy is more obvious for infection/dislocation and periprosthetic fracture.
Embedding variables in finite dimensional models
Creators: name: Ambrus, Marcel
name: Hajicek, Petr
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Global problems associated with the transformation from the Arnowitt, Deser and Misner (ADM) to the Kuchař variables are studied. Two models are considered: The Friedmann cosmology with scalar matter and the torus sector of the 2+1 gravity. For the Friedmann model, the transformations to the Kuchař description corresponding to three different popular time coordinates are shown to exist on the whole ADM phase space, which becomes a proper subset of the Kuchař phase spaces. The 2+1 gravity model is shown to admit a description by embedding variables everywhere, even at the points with additional symmetry. The transformation from the Kuchař to the ADM description is, however, many-to-one there, and so the two descriptions are inequivalent for this model, too. The most interesting result is that the new constraint surface is free from the conical singularity and the new dynamical equations are linearization stable. However, some residual pathology persists in the Kuchař description.
description: Latex 2e, 29 pages, no figures
The life and works of Hsieh Ling-yün, Duke of Kʻang-lo, 385-433 A.D
Creators: name: Frodsham, John David
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1962
Subjects: Xie, Lingyun,
Chinese biography
poets

description: Hsieh Ling-yun ($85-4-33) is a figure of considerable importance in the history of the Six Dynasties period* As poet, Buddhist philosopher and translator he exercised an important influence over the thought and culture of his time. As a member of one of the leading families of that era his life provides us with an excellent insight into the social and governmental mechanism of mediaeval China.This thesis is an attempt to construct the first adequate biography of Hsieh Ling-yun, to interpret his system of thought and to place his work in historical perspective. The first volume consists of Hsieh’s biography, reconstructed from a multiplicity of sources, along with an excursion into literary history which attempts to place his work in its proper cultural context. The second volume consists essentially of an annotated translation of his most important poetic works. Finally, material which could not conveniently be placed in the notes has been relegated to the Appendices. (First two paragraphs of Preface.)
Additional file 3 of Application of a novel hybrid algorithm of Bayesian network in the study of hyperlipidemia related factors: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Wang, Xuchun
name: Pan, Jinhua
name: Ren, Zeping
name: Zhai, Mengmeng
name: Zhang, Zhuang
name: Ren, Hao
name: Song, Weimei
name: He, Yuling
name: Li, Chenglian
name: Yang, Xiaojuan
name: Li, Meichen
name: Quan, Dichen
name: Chen, Limin
name: Qiu, Lixia
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Additional file 3. R codes for building the BNs.
Theoretical predictions on the clustering of SCUBA galaxies and implications for small-scale fluctuations at sub-mm wavelengths
Creators: name: Magliocchetti, M.
name: Moscardini, L.
name: Panuzzo, P.
name: Granato, G. L.
name: De Zotti, G.
name: Danese, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper investigates the clustering properties of SCUBA-selected galaxies in the framework of a unifying scheme relating the formation of QSOs and spheroids (Granato et al. 2000). The theoretical angular correlation function is derived for different bias functions, corresponding to different values of the ratio $M_{\rm halo}/M_{\rm sph}$ between the mass of the dark halo and the final mass in stars. SCUBA sources are predicted to be strongly clustered, with a clustering strength increasing with mass. We show that the model accounts for the clustering of Lyman-break Galaxies, seen as the optical counterpart of low- to intermediate-mass primeval spheroidal galaxies and is also consistent with the observed angular correlation function of Extremely Red Objects. Best agreement is obtained for $M_{\rm halo}/M_{\rm sph}=100$. We also consider the implications for small scale fluctuations observed at sub-mm wavelengths by current or forthcoming experiments aimed at mapping the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). The predicted amplitude of the clustering signal in the 350 GHz channel of the Planck mission strongly depends on the halo-to-bulge mass ratio and may be of comparable amplitude to primary CMB anisotropies for multipole numbers $l\simgt 50$.
description: 7 pages, 5 figures, to appear in MNRAS
European economic integration and its effects on Australia
Creators: name: Abbott, Paul Douglas
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1963
Subjects: European Economic Community
European federation
Australia Foreign economic relations

description: This thesis was started at a time when British negotiations for a free trade area had broken down and it was not at all clear that Britain was likely to go into Europe. When the thesis was substantially finished it became likely that Britain would make an early move into the Community and it was therefore considered advisable to delay completion until this move had been accomplished and the nature of the safeguards for Australian trade were known. Although this move has still not been made, published reports make it apparent that the Six regard any maintenance of preferences or arrangements of a preferential nature between Britain and Australia as being contrary to the Rome Treaty. In these circumstances it is apparent that no special safeguards for Australian trade can be anticipated. Although there has been some suggestion that global commodity agreements will be worked out it is apparent that it will not be for a considerable time that the terms of any such agreement will be finalised and even then their precise benefit to Australia will have to be determined in practice.
Classical and quantum dynamics of indirect excitons driven by surface acoustic waves
Creators: name: Grasselli, Federico
name: Bertoni, Andrea
name: Goldoni, Guido
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We perform explicit time-dependent classical and quantum propagation of a spatially indirect exciton (SIX) driven by surface acoustic waves (SAWs) in a semiconductor heterostructure device. We model the SIX dynamics at different levels of description, from the Euler-Lagrange propagation of structureless classical particles to unitary Schrödinger propagation of an electron-hole wave packet in a mean field and to the full quantum propagation of the two-particle complex. A recently proposed beyond mean-field self-energy approach, adding internal virtual transitions to the c.m. dynamics, has been generalized to time-dependent potentials and turns out to describe very well full quantum calculations, while being orders of magnitude numerically less demanding. We show that SAW-driven SIXs are a sensitive probe of scattering potentials in the devices originating, for example, from single impurities or metallic gates, due to competing length and energy scales between the SAW elastic potential, the scattering potential, and the internal electron-hole dynamic of the SIX. Comparison between different approximations allow us to show that internal correlation of the electron-hole pair is crucial in scattering from shallow impurities, where tunneling plays a major role. On the other hand, scattering from broad potentials, i.e., with length scales exceeding the SIX Bohr radius, is well described as the classical dynamics of a pointlike SIX. Recent experiments are discussed in light of our calculations.
description: 15 pages, 11 figures
A study of the novels of Patrick White : "Man and the individual experience."
Creators: name: Norton, Patricia Agnes
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 1963
Subjects: White, Patrick,

description: She thought of the narrowness of the limits within which a human soul may speak and be understood by its nearest of mental kin, of how soon it reaches that solitary land of the individual experience, in which no fellow footfall is ever heard. (Olive Schreiner). Epigraph to Part One of The Aunt's Story. The title of this study, 'Man and the Individual Experience1, has been taken from the passage quoted above, and the quotation itself serves admirably to suggest the main preoccupations of Patrick White in all his novels. For White, in spite of certain shifts of emphasis and diversity of treatment, has been concerned primarily with the problems of human existence; with the isolation of the individual, and his attempt to establish some communication with those nearest to him, and to arrive at a satisfying condition of personal integration and self-fulfilment. From his desire to suggest the ’’mystery and poetry” of life and to attempt an imaginative synthesis of some greater metaphysical reality with the observed realities of ordinary living, White has succeeded in adding another dimension to the novel in this country. Previous Australian novelists have belonged rather to the naturalistic tradition, and White's emphasis on the inner and spiritual life of the individual has introduced a new element; one, however, which has been evident for some time in Australian poetry. Through the exercise of iiis imaginative vision and the immediacy of his presentation he has attempted to open up for the reader the world of greater realities of which he himself is convinced. His concern is not vith nationalistic or social issues, but with man and his search for personal identity, for complete self-realization and for a share in some final and satisfying reality. (First two paragraphs of Introduction.)