cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Great Recession and the Developing World
Creators: name: Ocampo, Jose A.
name: Griffith-Jones, Stephany
name: Noman, Akbar
name: Ortiz, Ariane
name: Vallejo, Juliana
name: Tyson, Judith
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2010
Subjects: Finance
Economics

description: This essay analyzes the effects of the crisis in the developing world, which in the definition that we used encompasses what in the literature are called "emerging economies" (a concept that lacks a clear definition) and encompasses the so called "transition economies" of Central and Eastern Europe (including those that are now members of the European Union) as well as Central Asia. It is divided in five parts. The first briefly looks at the nature and phases of the crisis as seen from a global perspective. The second analyzes all the channels of transmission to the developing world. The third considers the performance of developing countries. The fourth considers the policy responses by the international community. The last draws some policy conclusions.
In the Blacklight of Media: An Analysis of Black Celebrity Anti-Racist Activism
Creators: name: Moghtader, Shabnam
Publisher: name: Arts
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Anti-racist activism, Celebrity anti-racist activism
subject: Mass Communications

description: This thesis examines black celebrity anti-racist activism as a significant part of contemporary popular culture. Using Beyoncé’s 2016 Superbowl 50 halftime show and NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s 2016 “Take a Knee” protest as case studies, I employ discursive textual analysis to thematically unpack how these celebrities and their political activism is articulated and debated within mainstream news media. My analysis reveals multiple competing discourses that situate Beyoncé and Kaepernick as both inspiring political leaders and dangerous, militant figures. Based on this analysis, I argue that news media coverage of Beyoncé and Kaepernick function as a site for negotiation over meanings around historical and contemporary racial politics, pointing to the important work that black celebrity activism does within media cultures today.
Revisiting the ABC flow dynamo
Creators: name: Bouya, Ismaël
name: Dormy, Emmanuel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ABC flow is a prototype for fast dynamo action, essential to the origin of magnetic field in large astrophysical objects. Probably the most studied configuration is the classical 1:1:1 flow. We investigate its dynamo properties varying the magnetic Reynolds number Rm. We identify two kinks in the growth rate, which correspond respectively to an eigenvalue crossing and to an eigenvalue coalescence. The dominant eigenvalue becomes purely real for a finite value of the control parameter. Finally we show that even for Rm = 25000, the dominant eigenvalue has not yet reached an asymptotic behaviour. Its still varies very significantly with the controlling parameter. Even at these very large values of Rm the fast dynamo property of this flow cannot yet be established.
title: The Paris Peace Conference and its Consequences
title: The Paris Peace Conference and its Consequences
Creators: name: Sharp, Alan
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: Friedensvertrag
subject: Paris Peace Conference (1919-1920)

description: This article offers an overview of peacemaking after the First World War from the armistices of 1918 until 1923. It considers the outcomes of the five Parisian treaties (Versailles, St. Germain and Neuilly in 1919 and Trianon and Sèvres in 1920) together with the renegotiated settlement with Turkey at Lausanne in 1923. It analyzes the organization of the conference and the aims and ambitions of the leading personalities involved, concluding with an appraisal of reparations, self-determination and the reputation of the settlements.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Cultural and Academic Emigrations from Eurasia and Their Impact
Creators: name: Nepomnyashchy, Catharine S.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: International relations

description: For three weeks in June, 2011, Columbia University hosted "America Engages Eurasia: Studies, Teaching, and Resources," a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute.  This Institute examined the evolution of "academic" engagement with Eurasia: the historic personalities, institutions, organizations, and research resources that collectively constituted the foundation of Eurasian studies in America.  These components were considered within the broad framework of the geopolitical relations of America and Eurasia over more than 150 years, with the goal of establishing a more broadly applicable paradigm of area studies development in the United States (for Middle Eastern, East Asian, African, Latin American studies, etc.), suggesting avenues of comparative research. This presentation was delivered on June 18, 2011, by Catherine S. Nepomnyashchy, Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Russian, Barnard College.
title: Sweden
title: Sweden
Creators: name: Qvarnström, Sofi
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Schweden
subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: World War, 1914-1918--Sweden

description: For Sweden, the impact of the war was twofold. On the one hand, it was a test to the neutrality policy. Concessions and violations of neutrality got consequences for both foreign affairs and the economy. On a domestic level, it meant shortages and inflation. On the other hand, war influenced the democratization process, as the unrest at home and abroad made people want changes. The constitutional reform in 1919 resulted in universal suffrage and the adoption of the principles of parliamentarism.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Regulation and Supervision
Creators: name: Nakajima, Takeshi
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: Economics
Finance

description: Why did Lehman Brothers have to go bankrupt? This question has often been asked since the bankruptcy of Lehman was recognized as having a hugely disruptive effect on the financial system and the economy around the world beyond expectations. For that question, a broad range of materials have provided various answers from each viewpoint. FCIC‘s report indicates that risky trading activities, enormous leverage, reliance on short-term funding, problems in its corporate governance including risk management as well as inadequate regulatory oversight can be significant causes of Lehman‘s collapse. However, why could such common weaknesses not be easily corrected or improved but be overlooked for a long time, and lead to such a huge calamity? A more in-depth investigation or a study from a different viewpoint may be required to grasp the essence of this problem and to find the right way and direction of regulatory reforms. In this essay, from the case studies of Bear Sterns, Lehman Brothers, and AIG, some of the essential weaknesses in their risk management and in the Federal Reserve‘s supervision especially over their liquidity risk are pointed out. Then, by comparing with the framework and conduct of the BOJ‘s monitoring of financial institutions‘ liquidity, the reasons why the Federal Reserve could not sufficiently exert its regulatory and supervisory power over those financial institutions‘ liquidity risk management will be examined. Finally, based on the analysis above, some assessment of Dodd-Frank regulatory reforms will be added.
Polymere Mikropartikel mit unterschiedlichen Oberflächenladungen als Adjuvans-Plattform für die aktive Vakzinierung : Formulierungsentwicklung und in-vitro/in-vivo Charakterisierung ; kumulative Dissertation
Creators: name: Riehl, Markus
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Impfung
subject: Mikropartikel
subject: Adjuvans
subject: 615

description: Potente und gut charakterisierte Adjuvantien zur aktiven Immunisierung sind weiterhin gefragt, gerade auch durch den neuartigen Ansatz der therapeutischen Krebsvakzinierung. Es war Ziel dieser Arbeit, ein Adjuvantien-System zu entwickeln und zu charakterisieren, welches sich für eine Vielzahl von Antigenen eignet und entsprechend für verschiedene Indikationen anwendbar ist. Daher wurde eine Plattform aus PLGA Mikropartikeln (MP) entwickelt, welche durch verschiedene Stabilisatoren unterschiedliche Oberflächenladungen tragen. Diese Ladungen können genutzt werden, Antigene auf der Oberfläche zu adsorbieren. Im Rahmen der Dissertation wurde eine neuartige analytische Methode (HPLC-UV-ELSD) entwickelt, welche die Quantifizierung der geladenen MP erlaubt. Die MP-Plattform wurde in-vitro an unreifen dendritischen Zellen weiter charakterisiert. Nach Beladung mit dem Modellantigen Ovalbumin konnten im Mausmodell starke Antikörpertiter für 2 von 3 Mikropartikelspezies gemessen werden.
description: Potent and well characterized adjuvants for active immunization are still desirable, especially under consideration of newly emerging cancer vaccination approaches. It was aim of this thesis to develop and consecutively characterize an adjuvant system suitable for many different antigens. Therefore, a platform consisting of PLGA microparticles (MP) has been developed. Surface-modification was done by introducing different stabilizers during manufacturing. It could be shown that these surface charges were beneficial when adsorbing a model antigen, ovalbumin (OVA). A newly developed analytical method (HPLC-UV-ELSD) was capable of quantifying the stabilizer/particle ratios of the charged MP. Further characterization has been done in-vitro on immature dendritic cells. After OVA-load, strong antibody titers could be measured for 2 out of the 3 developed MP species after s.c. application in mice, showing that the developed platform is a potent adjuvant for humoral immune response.
Dynamic Stark Effect in Strongly Coupled Microcavity Exciton-Polaritons
Creators: name: Hayat, Alex
name: Lange, Christoph
name: Rozema, Lee A.
name: Darabi, Ardavan
name: van Driel, Henry M.
name: Steinberg, Aephraim M.
name: Nelsen, Bryan
name: Snoke, David W.
name: Pfeiffer, Loren N.
name: West, Kenneth W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present experimental observations of a non-resonant dynamic Stark shift in strongly coupled microcavity quantum well exciton-polaritons - a system which provides a rich variety of solid-state collective phenomena. The Stark effect is demonstrated in a GaAs/AlGaAs system at 10K by femtosecond pump-probe measurements, with the blue shift approaching the meV scale for a pump fluence of 2 mJcm^-2 and 50 meV red detuning, in good agreement with theory. The energy level structure of the strongly coupled polariton Rabi-doublet remains unaffected by the blue shift. The demonstrated effect should allow generation of ultrafast density-independent potentials and imprinting well-defined phase profiles on polariton condensates, providing a powerful tool for manipulation of these condensates, similar to dipole potentials in cold atom systems.
title: The Way to War
title: The Way to War
Creators: name: Williamson, Samuel R.
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: Kriegsursache
subject: World War, 1914-1918--Causes

description: Imperialism shaped almost every facet of international politics from 1898 to 1914. Imperial concerns brought Britain into entente relationships with France and Russia. This Triple Entente often sparred over imperial issues with the older Triple Alliance: Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Germany. After 1911 an armaments race also set much of the agenda. The Balkan Wars reshaped the political situation for both groupings but had a stronger impact on the Triple Alliance. Berlin increasingly felt threatened while Vienna worried about protecting its imperial gains in Bosnia and Herzegovina from its Serbian neighbor. Then came Archduke Franz Ferdinand’s assassination in Sarajevo. Vienna and Berlin resolved to punish Serbia for this act of transnational terrorism. Six weeks later Europe was at war.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
HIV risk among male migrant workers in central Asia: do masculinity beliefs about sexuality and marriage matter?
Creators: name: Muchomba, Felix Muchiri Daudi
name: El-Bassel, Nabila
name: Gilbert, Louisa
name: Ismayilova, Leyla
name: Terlikbayeva, Assel
name: Mergenova, Gaukhar
name: Shaw, Stacey A.
name: Merali, Natasha
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: Public health
Social psychology

description: The world's HIV epidemic is growing fastest in Central Asia. Migration and mobility have been found to increase HIV vulnerability in the region. There is, however, limited research on the drivers of HIV infection and transmission among migrant and mobile populations in Central Asia. This qualitative study with male migrant workers in Kazakhstan examines how beliefs about masculinity influence HIV sexual risk behavior among a sample of migrant workers recruited from the largest market place in Central Asia.
Samuel N. Gillian's Beckerian Educational Philosophy of Fear/Terror
Creators: name: Fisher, Robert M.
Publisher: name: Werklund School of Education
Year: 2020
Subjects: Samuel Nathan Gillian, Ernest Becker, Otto Rank, education, terror, fear, critical pedagogy, fear education, fearlessness, existential philosophy

description: text as original form
description: The author, who had been corresponding with Sam Gillian (2004-05), an important radical educator for our times, suggests it is time to re-evaluate Gillian’s offerings of a philosophy of fear/terror, which is primarily based on the work of Ernest Becker. The paper gives a brief biography and concentrates on the relevance of Gillian’s critical pedagogy, which is so far virtually unknown in the field of Education, especially in academia.
Global attractor and asymptotic dynamics in the Kuramoto model for coupled noisy phase oscillators
Creators: name: Giacomin, Giambattista
name: Pakdaman, Khashayar
name: Pellegrin, Xavier
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 37N25, 37B25, 92B25, 82C26

description: We study the dynamics of the large N limit of the Kuramoto model of coupled phase oscillators, subject to white noise. We introduce the notion of shadow inertial manifold and we prove their existence for this model, supporting the fact that the long term dynamics of this model is finite dimensional. Following this, we prove that the global attractor of this model takes one of two forms. When coupling strength is below a critical value, the global attractor is a single equilibrium point corresponding to an incoherent state. Conversely, when coupling strength is beyond this critical value, the global attractor is a two-dimensional disk composed of radial trajectories connecting a saddle equilibrium (the incoherent state) to an invariant closed curve of locally stable equilibria (partially synchronized state). Our analysis hinges, on the one hand, upon sharp existence and uniqueness results and their consequence for the existence of a global attractor, and, on the other hand, on the study of the dynamics in the vicinity of the incoherent and synchronized equilibria. We prove in particular non-linear stability of each synchronized equilibrium, and normal hyperbolicity of the set of such equilibria. We explore mathematically and numerically several properties of the global attractor, in particular we discuss the limit of this attractor as noise intensity decreases to zero.
description: revised version, 28 pages, 4 figures
title: Union of Zemstvos and Towns
title: Union of Zemstvos and Towns
Creators: name: Peeling, Siobhan
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Russland
subject: Semstwo
subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: World War, 1914-1918
subject: )
subject: Local government--Russia--History

description: The Unions of Zemstvos and of Towns mobilised local self-government bodies and professional specialists to provide medical aid to soldiers, relief for refugees and orphans and assistance in army provisioning and food supply. Internal divisions and government ambivalence, however, hampered their efforts to address Russia’s wartime social and economic dislocation.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
When Fear Meets Fearlessness: 25 Years of 100 Technical Papers
Creators: name: Fisher, Robert M.
Publisher: name: Werklund School of Education
Year: 2020
Subjects: fear, fearlessness, research, education, In Search of Fearlessness Research Institute, In Search of Fearlessness Project

description: text as original form
description: The purpose of this paper is to describe the origin of R. Michael Fisher’s writing on the topic of “when fear meets fearlessness.” Although, he had written on the topic since late-1989, it was a significant move to self-publish what he called “Technical Papers” through the In Search of Fearlessness Research Institute he founded in 1991. After 25 years, there are now 100 such technical papers in circulation, most of which are easily accessible for free on the Internet. He reviews some of the major themes of these papers here in Technical Paper 100 and shares some of his vision for what will follow in the years ahead. The original 1989 In Search of Fearlessness Project, now called Fearlessness Movement, has more than ever grown to serve more and more people and causes but there is still so much work to be done as clearly fear/terror in excess increases and threatens all life on this planet.
title: Du Bois, W.E.B.
title: Du Bois, W.E.B.
Creators: name: Sambaluk, Nicholas Michael
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Du Bois, William E. B.
subject: Du Bois, W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt), 1868-1963

description: W.E.B. Du Bois, sociologist, historian, and socialist, promoted African American advancement and expected the war to improve the position of nonwhite minorities in the United States and globally. He was the editor of the NAACP magazine, which protested against racial discrimination in the U.S. Armed Forces, and was a key organizer of the 1919 Pan-African Congress.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Navigation and Obstacle Avoidance Help (NOAH) for elderly wheelchair users with cognitive impairment in long-term care
Creators: name: Viswanathan, Pooja
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Cognitive impairments prevent older adults from using powered wheelchairs because of safety concerns, thus reducing mobility and resulting in increased dependence on caregivers. An intelligent powered wheelchair system (NOAH) is proposed to help restore mobility, while ensuring safety. Machine vision and learning techniques are described to help prevent collisions with obstacles, and provide reminders and navigation assistance through adaptive audio prompts. The intelligent wheelchair is initially tested in various controlled environments and simulated scenarios. Finally, the system is tested with older adults with mild-to-moderate cognitive impairment through a single-subject research design. Results demonstrate the high diversity of the target population, and highlight the need for customizable assistive technologies that account for the varying capabilities and requirements of the intended users. We show that the collision avoidance module is able to improve safety for all users by lowering the number of frontal collisions. In addition, the wayfinding module assists users in navigating along shorter routes to the destination. Prompting accuracy is found to be quite high during the study. While compliance with correct prompts is high across all users, we notice a distinct difference in the rates of compliance with incorrect prompts. Results show that users who are unsure about the optimal route rely more highly on system prompts for assistance, and thus are able to improve their wayfinding performance by following correct prompts. Improvements in wheelchair position estimation accuracy and joystick usability will help improve user performance and satisfaction. Further user studies will help refine user needs and hopefully allow us to increase mobility and independence of several elderly residents.
title: War Aims and War Aims Discussions (Austria-Hungary)
title: War Aims and War Aims Discussions (Austria-Hungary)
Creators: name: Williamson, Samuel R.
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Österreich-Ungarn
subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: Kriegsziel
subject: World War, 1914-1918--Territorial questions--Austria

description: In July 1914 the Habsburg monarchy went to war with Serbia declaring it sought no territorial gain from the struggle. Soon discussions of possible territorial acquisitions, along with economic and political aims, started among the governing elite and continued until the monarchy collapsed. This article explores the continual process of redefining Habsburg war aims as the struggle progressed and dependence on Germany increased. By late 1917 Vienna moved essentially from ally to satellite. By mid-1918 the monarchy’s chief goal was simply to survive, whether or not under virtual German dominance. In November 1918 peace brought total disaster.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Computing functions of imprecise inputs using query models
Creators: name: Suyadi, Simon Aloysius
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Suppose we want to compute some function (such as convex hull or k-th smallest element), but the input values are imprecise. Can we compute the answer? Perhaps we need some of the input values to be more precise. What is the smallest additional input precision we need for each input to compute the function? We explore a model in which a query to an input allows us to uncover one more "unit" of its precision, at unit cost. Unfortunately, we cannot predict the results of a query in advance. This motivates us to study online algorithms that attempt to minimize the number of queries to compute the function. We compare the cost of online algorithms against the minimum query cost to compute the function. We obtain lower bounds on the ratio of these costs for a variety of simple functions, and create algorithms with matching upper bounds. We also consider a kinetic model in which the results of a query become more imprecise over time (i.e., the inputs move) and our goal is to compute the function of the inputs at some fixed time.
Managing firms and families : small businesses in provincial Russia in times of flexible accumulation
Creators: name: Tereshina, Daria
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 300

description: Auf der Basis einer ethnographischen Studie über private Kleinbetriebe in Smolensk untersucht die Dissertation die moralischen Dimensionen des russischen Kleinkapitalismus. Die moralischen Orientierungen von Geschäftsleuten werden mit den Veränderungen der lokalen und globalen politökonomischen Restrukturierungsprozesse in Bezug gesetzt. Es wird untersucht, wie veränderte Vorstellungen vom Individuum, des Verständnisses von moralischer Verantwortung und Verpflichtung sowie Auffassungen von Arbeit und Leistung im heutigen Russland mit dem Produktionsprozess und dem Kampf um soziale Reproduktion verbunden sind. Es wird argumentiert, dass die moralischen Orientierungen russischer Kleinunternehmer viele unterschiedliche und konfligierende Werte enthalten. Die komplexen Muster des konkreten wirtschaftlichen Verhaltens werden als Antwort auf den durch den Kapitalismus geschaffenen Druck auf die lokalen und globalen Verhältnisse interpretiert. Auf diese Weise können postsozialistische Entwicklungen in größere Prozesse der Akkumulation und Ausbreitung von Kapital eingeordnet werden.
description: Drawing on an ethnographic enquiry into the small-scale private sector in the city of Smolensk, this dissertation investigates the moral dimensions of Russian petty capitalism. It situates the moral frameworks of businesspeople within the broader dynamics of local and global politico-economic restructurings by examining how changing ideas of personhood, understandings of moral responsibilities and obligations, and conceptions of work and labour are entangled in circuits of production and struggles for reproduction in present-day Russia. The dissertation argues that the moral frameworks of Russian entrepreneurs incorporate multiple discrete and conflicting values. It views such complexities in actual economic behaviour as responses to the local and global pressures that are generated by capitalism, thereby helping us to incorporate post-socialist developments into the larger processes of expansion and the accumulation of capital.
A Usable Past: International Studies Before the Fall
Creators: name: McCaughey, Robert A.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: International relations

description: For three weeks in June, 2011, Columbia University hosted "America Engages Eurasia: Studies, Teaching, and Resources," a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute.  This Institute examined the evolution of "academic" engagement with Eurasia: the historic personalities, institutions, organizations, and research resources that collectively constituted the foundation of Eurasian studies in America.  These components were considered within the broad framework of the geopolitical relations of America and Eurasia over more than 150 years, with the goal of establishing a more broadly applicable paradigm of area studies development in the United States (for Middle Eastern, East Asian, African, Latin American studies, etc.), suggesting avenues of comparative research. This presentation was delivered on June 13, 2011, by Robert A. McCaughey, Janet H. Robb Professor of History and Social Sciences, Barnard College.
Transforming an interactive systematic review methods workshop series from face-to-face to the virtual environment: Tools and strategies for synchronous instruction
Creators: name: Premji, Zahra A.
name: Hayden, Katharine Alix
Publisher: name: Libraries and Cultural Resources
Year: 2020
Subjects: Instructional design, Systematic reviews, Workshops

description: Presented at ACRL HSIG Interactive Online Learning Webinar Series: Part 1, July 10th, 2020 via Zoom webinar.
description: Presented at ACRL HSIG Interactive Online Learning Webinar Series: Part 1, July 10th, 2020 via Zoom webinar. Abstract: How do you take a series of interactive scaffolded Systematic Reviews workshops that were designed around group activities and active learning, and transform them for the virtual learning environment? We will discuss how our activities were redesigned and how we chose which tool or software to use to facilitate each activity. Existing features of video conferencing software and common tools/applications such as those of the Google suite can be leveraged to create either collaborative group-based or individual activities to use in the virtual environment. The lesson plans mentioned in this presentation can be found at this link: http://hdl.handle.net/1880/112307
Italian Sculpture and Sculptors at the French Court, between Charles VIII and François I
Creators: name: Mozzati, Tommaso
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2011
Subjects: Art

description: This paper synthesizes in a very abbreviated form the results of my fellowships at the Italian Academy of the Columbia University but also the achievements of my work during these last five years in the context of a national project (Prin) followed by the Università degli Studi of Perugia (2006-2008) and of a collaboration with Dr. Flaminia Bardati. This last partnership brought to a first contribution about the activity of Girolamo Paciarotto and the Giusti brothers presented at the international meeting "Sculpture française du XVIe siècle" held at the INHA, Paris, and at the Conseil général de l’Aube, Troyes from 1st to 3rd October 2009. A more extended study about the same group of artists, co-signed with Flaminia Bardati, will be published in "Studiolo", the review of the Academie de France in Rome (Villa Medici).
Meson photoproduction from a transversely polarised target at MAMI
Creators: name: Barrientos, P. Hall
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A new transversely polarised frozen spin target has been developed at MAMI which will be used in conjunction with the photon tagger and the Crystal Ball detector. The new target permits a major new programme of accurate measurement of polarisation observables in meson photoproduction. This contribution presents some of the preliminary analysis from experimental data taken near the threshold and in the region of the $Δ(1232)$ resonance. Observables will be obtained for the $pπ^0$ and $nπ^+$ final states.
description: 6 pages, IOP Rutherford Centennial Manchester 2011 Proceedings
Diffusion pathway across stratum corneum via the corneocytes and quantification of free amino acids and urea in the isolated corneocytes
Creators: name: Hussain, Hina
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 615

description: Es wird berichtet, dass freie Aminosäuren (FAAs) und Urea, die in den Hautkorneozyten vorhanden sind, bei trockener Haut von atopisher Dermatits, Psoriasis und bei alternder Haut, vermindert sind. Die vorliegende Arbeit zielte auf die Entwicklung eines Standard-Extraktionsprotokolls für FAAs/Urea aus Korneozyten ab. Nach der Extraktion von FAAs und Urea wurden diese quantifiziert und analysiert. Die Ergebnisse zeigten die signifikant höchsten Konzentrationen von FAAs/Urea in gealterter Haut im Vergleich zu allen anderen Gruppen. Die erhöhten Mengen an FAAs/Urea in erkrankten Gruppen verglichen mit gesunder junger Haut, waren auf den hohen Haut-pH zurückzuführen. Das kann durch topische Verabreichung von AAs/Urea korrigiert werden. Es wurden 19 AAs und Urea untersucht, wobei neun AAs und Urea eine Diffusion von mehr als 90% in die Korneozyten zeigten. AAs/Urea sind vielversprechende Moleküle zur Aufrechterhaltung des pH-Werts der erkrankten Haut und damit des Zustands trockener Haut.
description: Free amino acids (FAAs) and urea, present in the skin corneocytes, are reported to be decreased in dry skin associated with atopic dermatitis (AD), psoriasis (PS) and in ageing skin. The present work was aimed at the development of a standard extraction protocol for FAAs/urea from the isolated corneocytes of healthy, aged and diseased (AD and PS) skin. Extraction of FAAs and urea was followed by quantification using LC-ESI-MS/MS MRM and coupled enzyme reaction, respectively. Results showed significantly highest concentrations of FAAs/urea in aged skin compared to all groups. While the higher quantities of FAAs/urea in diseased groups than healthy young skin was due to the high skin pH in diseased groups, which can be corrected by topical administration of AAs/urea. 19 AAs and urea were investigated, where nine AAs and urea showed more than 90 % diffusion into the corneocytes. AAs/urea are promising molecules for maintaining the pH of the diseased skin and hence dry skin condition.
title: War Finance (Russian Empire)
title: War Finance (Russian Empire)
Creators: name: Marks, Steven G.
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Russland
subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: Kriegsfinanzierung
subject: World War, 1914-1918--Russia
subject: War finance

description: World War I was financially ruinous for the Russian government. Its decision to abolish the lucrative state spirits monopoly left a gaping hole in the budget. The Ministry of Finance opted to cover expenses through a combination of new taxes, foreign and domestic loans, and printing money. Price controls on food and German territorial conquests amplified the inflationary effect of paper currency emissions. Shortages of staples and the rising cost of living fomented riots that brought down the regime. The financial crisis only worsened under the Provisional Government, which was too beleaguered to put in place an effective stabilization policy.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
title: War Finance (Japan)
title: War Finance (Japan)
Creators: name: Sakamoto, Yuichiro
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Japan
subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: Wirtschaft
subject: World War, 1914-1918--Japan
subject: War finance

description: The majority of Japan’s direct war expenditures during World War I were spent from a Special Account for Emergency War Expenditures. Most of the annual revenues for the Special Account for Emergency War Expenditures were covered by an existing treasury surplus from Japan’s policies of fiscal austerity, natural tax increases, and a wartime excess profits tax without heavily depending on borrowing. In the end, the Special Account spent over 881,660,000 yen on World War I and the Siberian Intervention, and the combined wars cost Japan a total of 1.553 billion yen.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
VindKraftNet :: Tall Turbines 13th April 2023 Vestas; Aarhus, Denmark
Creators: name: Landberg, Lars
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: VindKraftNet :: Tall Turbines 13th April 2023 Vestas; Aarhus, Denmark Programme 10:00 Welcome and presentation of participants Lars Landberg, DNV 10:10 Lidars to 300 m <01> Martin Richter-Rose, PAVANA 10:40 Offshore turbulence in inflow and wakes <02> Jakob Mann, DTU 11:10 Accuracy of WRF simulations vs tall met mast measurements: an initial investigation <03> Jean BASTIN, DTU 11:40 interactive session on tall towers <04> Søren Holm and Mark Zagar, Vestas 12:10 Lunch  13:10 Zenodo, Next meeting (place and topic) Lars Landberg, DNV 13:40 Icing losses for tall turbines. More or less? <05> Morten Thøgersen and : Lasse Svenningsen, EMD 14:10 Break 14:40 Using observed and modelled heat fluxes for improved extrapolation of wind distribution <06> Rogier Floors, DTU 15:10 veer via shear: from theory to practical statistical relations <07> Mark Kelly, DTU online 16:00 End
Academic integrity in online exams
Creators: name: Denham, Tod
name: Langlois, Sarah
name: Dyck, Matt
name: DeJong, Wilma
name: Martin, Paul
Publisher: name: Werklund School of Education
Year: 2020
Subjects: academic integrity
academic misconduct
exam cheating
online learning
e-learning

description: In this webinar, presenters from Thompson Rivers University shared their expertise about how to uphold academic integrity in online courses. Presenters: Tod Denham, Sarah Langlois, Matt Dyck, Wilma DeJong and Paul Martin, Thompson Rivers University Host: Sarah Elaine Eaton, Educational Leader in Residence, Academic Integrity, University of Calgary Webinar offered by: Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Calgary on February 21, 2020 Slides have been shared with persmission.
Adherence to topical microbicides and oral pre-exposure prophylactic HIV preventative treatments: what are the barriers and how are they addressed?
Creators: name: Muchomba, Felix Muchiri Daudi
name: Gearing, Robin E.
name: El-Bassel, Nabila
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: Public health
Epidemiology

description: The HIV prevention field has made progress in the use of oral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and topical microbicides.1 For preventive treatments to be effective, adherence to intervention protocols is required.2 However, adherence to oral PrEP and microbicides has not been sufficiently studied and recommendations on promoting adherence are needed. This systematic review sought to identify: 1) how adherence was measured; 2) barriers to adherence; and 3) strategies used to promote adherence to these HIV preventative treatments.
Precision Jet Substructure from Boosted Event Shapes
Creators: name: Feige, Ilya
name: Schwartz, Matthew D.
name: Stewart, Iain W.
name: Thaler, Jesse
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Jet substructure has emerged as a critical tool for LHC searches, but studies so far have relied heavily on shower Monte Carlo simulations, which formally approximate QCD at leading-log level. We demonstrate that systematic higher-order QCD computations of jet substructure can be carried out by boosting global event shapes by a large momentum Q, and accounting for effects due to finite jet size, initial-state radiation (ISR), and the underlying event (UE) as 1/Q corrections. In particular, we compute the 2-subjettiness substructure distribution for boosted Z -> q qbar events at the LHC at next-to-next-to-next-to-leading-log order. The calculation is greatly simplified by recycling the known results for the thrust distribution in e+ e- collisions. The 2-subjettiness distribution quickly saturates, becoming Q independent for Q > 400 GeV. Crucially, the effects of jet contamination from ISR/UE can be subtracted out analytically at large Q, without knowing their detailed form. Amusingly, the Q=infinity and Q=0 distributions are related by a scaling by e, up to next-to-leading-log order.
description: 5 pages, 7 figures
Die G-Protein-Rezeptor-Kinase 2 bei der homologen Desensitivierung von humanen 5-HT4a-Rezeptoren in Herzvorhöfen von transgenen Mäusen
Creators: name: Christ, Josepha Brigitte
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Sachsen-Anhalt
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: 615

description: G-Protein-gekoppelte Rezeptoren können desensitivieren, wenn sie dauerhaft hohen Agonisten-Konzentrationen ausgesetzt sind. Die Desensitivierung der β1-Adrenozeptoren (β1-AR) wird durch die G-Protein-Rezeptor Kinase 2 (GRK2) vermittelt, was zur Entkopplung des Rezeptors von der intrazellulären Signalkaskade führt. Im menschlichen Herzen gibt es Rezeptoren für Serotonin (5-HT), die ähnlich wie β1-AR cAMP/PKA-vermittelte positiv inotrope und positiv chronotrope Effekte vermitteln. In der vorliegenden Arbeit sollte die Frage geklärt werden, ob kardiale 5-HT4-Rezeptoren nicht nur eine ähnliche Signalkaskade wie β1-AR benutzen, sondern ebenso einer Desensitivierung durch GRK2 unterliegen. Als Modell dienten isolierte Herzvorhöfe transgener Mäuse (TG), die humane 5-HT4a¬-Rezeptoren in Kardiomyozyten exprimieren. An elektrisch gereizten linken Vorhöfen wurde die Kontraktionskraft aufgezeichnet. Eine 60minütige Exposition gegenüber 10 µM 5-HT reduzierte sowohl die Potenz von 5-HT als auch die maximale Effektgröße. Eine Vorbehandlung mit Paroxetin, welches die GRK2 hemmt, konnte diese Desensitivierung vollständig verhindern. Die Ergebnisse dieser Arbeit deuten auf die Rolle der GRK2 in der Regulation des kardialen 5-HT4a-Rezeptors hin und schaffen Grundlagen für das bessere Verständnis der Serotonin-Wirkung in Physiologie, Pathophysiologie und bei der Entwicklung neuer Therapien kardiovaskulärer Erkrankungen.
description: G protein-coupled receptors may desensitize when being exposed to high agonist concentrations constantly. The desensitization of β1-adrenoceptors (β1-AR) is mediated via G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2), resulting in the uncoupling of the intracellular singaling cascade. In the human heart there are receptors for serotonin (5-HT), which mediate positive inotropic and chronotropic effects via cAMP/PKA-activation similar to β1-AR. This thesis adressed the question, whether cardiac 5-HT4-receptors not only mediate their effects via a signaling cascade similiar to β1-AR, but also may desensitize via GRK2. Experiments were performed in isolated atria from transgenic mice (TG) expressing human 5-HT4a-receptors in cardiac myocytes. In electrically driven left atrial preparations isometric force developement was measured. After exposure to a high concentration of 5-HT (10 µM for 60 min), both efficacy and potency were reduced. When paroxetine (10 µM) to inhibit GRK2 was given before, both EC50 and Emax were preserved. The findings of this thesis do suggest a relevant role of GRK2 in regulation of cardiac 5-HT4a-receptors and thereby they contribute to a better understanding of 5-HT effects in physiology, pathophysiology and in the context of the creation of new therapies of cardiovascular diseases.
title: War Finance (Austria-Hungary)
title: War Finance (Austria-Hungary)
Creators: name: Pogány, Ágnes
Publisher: name: BSB - Bavarian State Library
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Österreich-Ungarn
subject: Weltkrieg [1914-1918]
subject: Kriegsfinanzierung
subject: World War, 1914-1918--Austria
subject: War finance

description: The article presents a new estimate of the war costs and an overview of war finances in Austria and Hungary. Both countries of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy were unprepared to meet growing war expenditures. Ordinary public revenues as a means of covering war costs were of limited significance, and war loans and the credits of the joint Central Bank became the main source to cover growing budget deficits. Following the summer of 1914, neither Austria nor Hungary could borrow abroad, with the exception of smaller credits that could be raised in Germany and the neutral countries.
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
description: 1914-1918-Online International Encyclopedia of the First World War
Characterization of Seven Ultra-Wide Trans-Neptunian Binaries
Creators: name: Parker, Alex H.
name: Kavelaars, JJ.
name: Petit, Jean-Marc
name: Jones, Lynne
name: Gladman, Brett
name: Parker, Joel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The low-inclination component of the Classical Kuiper Belt is host to a population of extremely widely-separated binaries. These systems are similar to other Trans-Neptunian binaries (TNBs) in that the primary and secondary components of each system are of roughly equal size. We have performed an astrometric monitoring campaign of a sample of seven wide-separation, long-period TNBs and present the first-ever well-characterized mutual orbits for each system. The sample contains the most eccentric (2006 CH69, e=0.9) and the most widely-separated, weakly bound (2001 QW322, a/Rh~0.22) binary minor planets known, and also contains the system with lowest-measured mass of any TNB (2000 CF105, M~1.85E17 kg). Four systems orbit in a prograde sense, and three in a retrograde sense. They have a different mutual inclination distribution compared to all other TNBs, preferring low mutual-inclination orbits. These systems have geometric r-band albedos in the range of 0.09-0.3, consistent with radiometric albedo estimates for larger solitary low-inclination Classical Kuiper Belt objects, and we limit the plausible distribution of albedos in this region of the Kuiper Belt. We find that gravitational collapse binary formation models produce a similar orbital distribution to that currently observed, which along with a confluence of other factors supports formation of the cold Classical Kuiper Belt in situ through relatively rapid gravitational collapse rather than slow hierarchical accretion. We show that these binary systems are sensitive to disruption via collisions, and their existence suggests that the size distribution of TNOs at small sizes remains relatively shallow.
description: 22 pages, 14 Figures, in press in the Astrophysical Journal, updated to reflect bibliographic corrections and additional table added in proof
title: U Have Integrity: Educator Resource Academic Integrity in Large Classes
title: You Have Integrity: Educator Resource Academic Integrity in Large Classes
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Eaton, Sarah Elaine
Publisher: name: Werklund School of Education
Year: 2020
Subjects: academic integrity
academic misconduct
academic dishonesty
large class
large lecture
higher education

description: 1-page handout with strategies to maintain academic integrity in large classes. Strategies can be applied in face-to-face or online courses. This resource was developed in response to the need for increased support to prevent academic misconduct and uphold integrity in large lectures during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. The strategies themselves are "evergreen" and are applicable at any time.
Is Japan Really a "Buy"? The Corporate Governance, Cash Holdings, and Economic Performance of Japanese Companies
Creators: name: Li, Meng
name: Kato, Kazuo
name: Skinner, Douglas J.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: Commerce
Asians

description: Over the past ten years there has been much discussion about whether corporate governance in Japan has improved and, if so, whether this results in improved corporate performance. We investigate whether observed changes in Japanese firms' cash holdings and payout policy are consistent with improved governance. To do this, we benchmark Japanese firms against U.S. firms. We find mixed evidence on whether Japanese governance has improved overall, in that, conditional on firm characteristics, the cash holdings of Japanese firms are still systematically higher than those of U.S. firms. There is evidence, however, of a strong increase in total payouts (dividends and repurchases) for Japanese firms, especially those that make repurchases. We also find that there is an inverse relation between changes in (excess) cash holdings and changes in performance for Japanese firms, consistent with improvements in governance being associated with improved performance. Further, we find that the market valuation of cash holdings was lower for Japanese firms than U.S. firms in the 1990s, which is indicative of poorer governance, but that this difference largely reverses in the 2000s. Overall, the evidence suggests that governance practices in Japan have improved for some firms, and that when governance does improve it is associated with improvements in performance and valuation.
Agricultural Productivity Across Prussia During the Industrial Revolution: A Thünen Perspective
Creators: name: Kopsidis, Michael
name: Wolf, Nikolaus
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: 330 Wirtschaft
subject: 943 Deutschland und benachbarte mitteleuropäische Länder

description: This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
description: This article explores the pattern of land rents and agricultural productivity across nineteenth-century Prussia to gain new insights on the causes of the “Little Divergence” between European regions. We argue that agriculture reacted to urban and industrial development rather than shaping it. In the spirit of Johann von Thünen and Ernst Engel, we develop a theoretical model to test how access to urban demand affected agricultural development. We show that the effect of urban demand is causal and that it is in line with recent findings on a limited degree of interregional market integration in nineteenth-century Prussia.