cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Cost Estimating and Forecasting for Highway Work in Kentucky
Creators: name: Stevens, James D.
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: There is a need for a better cost estimating and forecasting for highway work in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. KRS45.245 grants the Interim Joint Committee on Transportation oversight of the biennial highway plan, including a review of all authorized highway project phases that exceed their estimates by 15%. In recent years, the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has suffered the loss of many resources necessary to produce good cost estimated.  Estimates developed using current methods are not sufficiently accurate to preclude cost overruns in excess of 15%. During the biennium 134 overruns, totaling over $69 million, have been submitted to the Committee. All have been approved for additional funding.  Current estimating practices in Kentucky and other states were studied, and the causes for cost overruns greater than 15% during the current biennium were analyzed. Preliminary recommendations, based on the first eight months of this three year study are presented.
Mott transition in bosonic systems: Insights from the variational approach
Creators: name: Capello, Manuela
name: Becca, Federico
name: Fabrizio, Michele
name: Sorella, Sandro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the Mott transition occurring for bosonic Hubbard models in one, two, and three spatial dimensions, by means of a variational wave function benchmarked by Green's function Monte Carlo calculations. We show that a very accurate variational wave function, constructed by applying a long-range Jastrow factor to the non-interacting boson ground state, can describe the superfluid-insulator transition in any dimensionality. Moreover, by mapping the quantum averages over such a wave function into the the partition function of a classical model, important insights into the insulating phase are uncovered. Finally, the evidence in favor of anomalous scenarios for the Mott transition in two dimensions are reported whenever additional long-range repulsive interactions are added to the Hamiltonian.
description: 12 pages and 19 figures. Related to arXiv:0705.2684
From pixels to notes: a computational implementation of synaesthesia for cultural artefacts
Creators: name: Kritikos, Dimitris
name: Karpouzis, Kostas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Synaesthesia is a condition that enables people to sense information in the form of several senses at once. This work describes a Python implementation of a simulation of synaesthesia between listening to music and viewing a painting. Based on Scriabin's definition, we developed a deterministic process to produce a melody after processing a painting, mimicking the production of notes from colours in the field of view of persons experiencing synaesthesia.
description: AVI2CH 2020: Workshop on Advanced Visual Interfaces and Interactions in Cultural Heritage, Ischia, Italy - Sept 28-October 2, 2020
Evaluation of Kentucky’s Policy on Tourist Information Signs
Creators: name: Pigman, Jerry G.
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: As a result of recommendations made by the Governor's Task Force on Signage and Tourism, the Transportation Cabinet requested that an evaluation be made of Kentucky's policy on tourist information signs. Among the tasks undertaken were a review of the formula tor Parks, Historic, and Recreation Area signs, a survey of interstates and parkways to determine the extent of the constraints imposed by the limitation of one supplemental sign tor each interchange approach, and an investigation of the potential for application of Tourist Oriented Directional signs (TODS).  The opportunity tor increased tourism through improvements in signing and accessibility was evaluated. Kentucky's policies on tourist-related signing were compared to those in other states and to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. In general, it was determined that Kentucky's policy was not unduly restrictive and major revisions were not justified. However, the following actions were taken by representatives of the Transportation and Tourism Cabinets to revise signing requirements and create the potential for increased tourism.      A formula used for determining signing eligibility for Parks, Historic or Recreation Areas was modified significantly to permit signing for more tourist attractions.     A fifth type of service sign for tourist attractions was approved for usage.     A policy for a TODS program was established.  In addition, an analysis of data from a survey of supplemental sign usage indicated that 305 of 532 interchanges surveyed were eligible for supplemental signing.
Additional file 6 of Evaluation of ‘Shisha No Thanks’ – a co-design social marketing campaign on the harms of waterpipe smoking
Creators: name: Chan, Lilian
name: El-Haddad, Nouhad
name: Freeman, Becky
name: MacKenzie, Ross
name: Woodland, Lisa
name: O’Hara, Blythe J.
name: Harris-Roxas, Ben F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 6: Appendix 6. Subgroup Analysis.
Additional file 5 of Evaluation of ‘Shisha No Thanks’ – a co-design social marketing campaign on the harms of waterpipe smoking
Creators: name: Chan, Lilian
name: El-Haddad, Nouhad
name: Freeman, Becky
name: MacKenzie, Ross
name: Woodland, Lisa
name: O’Hara, Blythe J.
name: Harris-Roxas, Ben F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 5: Appendix 5. Number of responses for before-after questions.
Additional file 4 of Evaluation of ‘Shisha No Thanks’ – a co-design social marketing campaign on the harms of waterpipe smoking
Creators: name: Chan, Lilian
name: El-Haddad, Nouhad
name: Freeman, Becky
name: MacKenzie, Ross
name: Woodland, Lisa
name: O’Hara, Blythe J.
name: Harris-Roxas, Ben F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 4: Appendix 4. Survey questions.
Enigmatic sub-luminous accreting neutron stars in our Galaxy
Creators: name: Wijnands, Rudy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: During the last few years a class of enigmatic sub-luminous accreting neutron stars has been found in our Galaxy. They have peak X-ray luminosities (2-10 keV) of a few times 1E34 erg/s to a few times 1E35 erg/s, and both persistent and transient sources have been found. I present a short overview of our knowledge of these systems and what we can learn from them.
description: Conference proceedings from 'A Population Explosion: The Nature and Evolution of X-ray Binaries in Diverse Environments', 28 Oct - 2 Nov, St. Petersburg Beach, FL
Unconditional preparation of squeezed vacuum from Rabi interactions
Creators: name: Hastrup, Jacob
name: Park, Kimin
name: Filip, Radim
name: Andersen, Ulrik L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Squeezed states of harmonic oscillators are a central resource for continuous-variable quantum sensing, computation and communication. Here we propose a method for the generation of very good approximations to highly squeezed vacuum states with low excess anti-squeezing using only a few oscillator-qubit coupling gates through a Rabi-type interaction Hamiltonian. This interaction can be implemented with several different methods, which has previously been demonstrated in superconducting circuit and trapped-ion platforms. The protocol is compatible with other protocols manipulating quantum harmonic oscillators, thus facilitating scalable continuous-variable fault-tolerant quantum computation.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures
Thiesbonenkamp, J.: Der Tod ist wie der Mond - niemand hat seinen Rücken gesehen
Creators: name: Sundermeier, Theo
Publisher: name: Ökumenische Rundschau
Year: 2025

description: Ökumenische Rundschau, Bd. 50 Nr. 4 (2001): Ökumenische Rundschau, Band 50, Heft 4
Μελέτη σκοπιμότητας υλοποίησης αστικού εμπορευματικού κέντρου στην περιοχή Θεσσαλονίκης:
Creators: name: Μυλωνά, Ευαγγελία Παναγιώτη
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2009
Subjects: Εμπορευματικό κέντρο
Αστικά εμπορευματικά κέντρα
Επιλογή θέσης αστικού εμπορευματικού κέντρου Θεσσαλονίκης
Μελέτη σκοπιμότητας
Εμπορευματικές μεταφορές
Urban freight consolidation centre
Feasibility study
Freight transport

description: Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία με θέμα «Μελέτη Σκοπιμότητας Αστικού Εμπορευματικού Κέντρου στη περιοχή Θεσσαλονίκης» έχει ως στόχο να εκτιμήσει την οικονομική βιωσιμότητα και σκοπιμότητα της ανάπτυξης ενός αστικού εμπορευματικού κέντρου στην Θεσσαλονίκη.Για την πληρέστερη και για την αρτιότερη ανάλυση του βασικού στόχου κρίθηκε σκόπιμο να πραγματοποιηθεί μια αναφορά, στο γενικότερο πλαίσιο των εμπορευματικών μεταφορών, των εμπορευματικών κέντρων και των αστικών εμπορευματικών κέντρων τοπικής σημασίας.Λόγω της στρατηγικής σημασίας της δημιουργίας ενός αστικού εμπορευματικού κέντρου για την περαιτέρω ανάπτυξη τόσο της αστικής περιοχής της Θεσσαλονίκης όσο και γενικότερα της αγοράς των εμπορευματικών μεταφορών της ευρύτερης περιοχής, προκύπτει η αναγκαιότητα εκπόνησης της συγκεκριμένης μελέτης.
description: The present Diploma Thesis entitled "Feasibility Study of Urban Freight Consolidation Centre in Thessaloniki", aims to evaluate the economic viability and feasibility development of an urban freight centre in Thessaloniki.For the analysis of the main objective it was saw fit to implement a reference to the general frame of the freight transport, freight centres and the urban freight consolidation centres.Due to the strategic importance of constructing an Urban Freight Consolidation Centre for the further growth of both the urban region of Thessaloniki and the general market of freight transports to the wider region, emerges the necessity of preparation this particular study.
Use of Flowable Fill (CLSM) for Trench Backfill
Creators: name: Meade, Bobby W.
name: Hunsucker, David Q.
name: Stone, Michael D.
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: Controlled Low Strength Material (CLSM), commonly referred to as flowable fill, has been used for years as a trench backfill for utility repairs in Kentucky, and is now being used by the Kentucky Department of Highways (KDOH) on a limited basis. Flowable fill, when used as trench backfill, typically consists of natural sand, fly ash, cement, and water with a design compressive strength of 50 to 100 psi at 28 days. Flowable fill was used on two KDOH projects in 1991. One project was new construction in the widening and realignment of Breckinridge Lane in Louisville and the other was a maintenance project involving the replacement of cross drains on US 25 in Fayette County. These two uses of flowable fill were monitored for material engineering performance and characteristics, construction procedures, and cost effectiveness. Field observation and testing, laboratory testing, and determination of remedial costs from sites not using flowable fill were all components of the study.
Development of an alternative biofilter system for odor treatment
Creators: name: Lee, Dal-Hoon
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Biofiltration has been used successfully to control odors, both organic and inorganic in nature. The most common and unsubstantiated assumption for packed bed operation is the plug flow behavior, which is impossible to duplicate in practice. The objectives of this study are: a) to investigate the residence time distribution (RTD) of a tracer gas passing through the biofilter; b) to determine a model to describe the hydraulic characteristics of the biofilter; c) to measure the ammonia removal efficiency and elimination capacity; and d) to determine the order of reaction and the related kinetic parameters. The standard biofilter with vertical gas upflow and the modified biofilter with horizontal gas flow were studied. The latter system design was novel. First, step tracer tests were conducted on these lab-scale biofilters to determine the RTD of CO2 passing through the filter. Both biofilters consisted of two layers. Matured compost materials were used as the filter medium. Next, the kinetic parameters were calculated from the break-through results and the RTD's as previously determined. The hydraulic characteristics can be modeled in terms of the number of continuous stirred tank reactors (CSTR) in series. The second bed had a better removal efficiency than the first bed. The merits of the modified system lie with a greater ammonia removal efficiency compared to the standard biofilter system. Given an improved removal efficiency, the size and therefore the capital cost of biofilter could be reduced. Porosity differences in the beds may explain the larger microbial population in the second bed. The modified biofilter was better than the standard biofilter, in terms of elimination capacity. The biodegradation of ammonia was found to be first-order at low substrate concentration. Each of the beds in the two-bed biofilter had significantly different reaction rate constants. These differences were explained by measurements of bacterial concentrations and surface area. These findings have helped in the development of a quantitative understanding of the principle and operation of a biofilter. This study is a first attempt in testing the RTD of non-column type reactors with practical measurements to model the flow as the number of CSTR's in series.
A fresh look at the RR Lyrae population in the Draco dwarf spheroidal galaxy with Gaia
Creators: name: Muraveva, Tatiana
name: Clementini, Gisella
name: Garofalo, Alessia
name: Cusano, Felice
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a catalogue of 285 RR Lyrae stars (RRLs) in the Draco dwarf spheroidal galaxy (dSph), obtained by combining data from a number of different surveys including the second data release (DR2) of the European Space Agency (ESA) cornerstone mission Gaia. We have determined individual distances to the RRLs in our sample using for the first time a Gaia G-band luminosity-metallicity relation (MG - [Fe/H]) and study the structure of the Draco dSph as traced by its RRL population. We find that the RRLs located in the western/south-western region of Draco appear to be closer to us, which may be a clue of interaction between Draco and the Milky Way (MW). The average distance modulus of Draco measured with the RRLs is 19.53 +/- 0.07 mag, corresponding to a distance of 80.5 +/- 2.6 kpc, in good agreement with previous determinations in the literature. Based on the pulsation properties of the RRLs we confirm the Oosterhoff-intermediate nature of Draco. We present an additional sample of 41 candidate RRLs in Draco, which we selected from the Gaia DR2 catalogue based on the uncertainty of their G-band magnitudes. Additional epoch data that will become available in the Gaia third data release (DR3) will help to confirm whether these candidates are bona-fide Draco RRLs.
description: 15 pages, 14 figures, 5 tables. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
A User’s Guide for By Product and Discarded Material Utilization in Highway Construction and Maintenance
Creators: name: Mahboub, Kamyar C.
name: Hunsucker, David Q.
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: This report presents a user's guide for an expert decision-making system that utilizes findings of an extensive literature search and review conducted as part of this study. The literature search and review were conducted to determine current attitudes and document available technical data relative to the use of recyclable and recoverable materials in highway construction and maintenance activities. Specifically, the literature search focused upon the engineering, economic, and performance aspects of using recyclable and recoverable materials in highway construction and maintenance projects. The effort centered upon asphalt and Portland cement concrete pavement recycling, discarded tire recycling, reuse of paint removal wastes, fly ash, glass, alternative fuels, and other miscellaneous recycled and recovered materials as related to construction and maintenance of highways. Additionally, regulatory and policy matters associated with the use of recyclable and recoverable materials in the transportation area were investigated during the review of pertinent literature.  The user's guide was developed for use by Kentucky Transportation Cabinet officials to address a large number of multi-disciplinary issues. These issues may include, but not be limited to, environmental impact legal or legislative mandates, performance, cost and implementation. Since the aforementioned variables change with time, there is a user-friendly updating feature for the expert decision-making system. This feature of the expert system format presentation represents a major advantage over the familiar report format. An expert system has three major parts: a user interface, an inference engine, and stored expertise. When consulting the expert system, the user states a problem and interacts with the system. An expert system's inference engine is software that actually carries out the reasoning needed to solve a problem. This software draws upon the stored expertise in order to reach its conclusions.
Inflation and late-time cosmic acceleration in non-minimal Maxwell-$F(R)$ gravity and the generation of large-scale magnetic fields
Creators: name: Bamba, Kazuharu
name: Odintsov, Sergei D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study inflation and late-time acceleration in the expansion of the universe in non-minimal electromagnetism, in which the electromagnetic field couples to the scalar curvature function. It is shown that power-law inflation can be realized due to the non-minimal gravitational coupling of the electromagnetic field, and that large-scale magnetic fields can be generated due to the breaking of the conformal invariance of the electromagnetic field through its non-minimal gravitational coupling. Furthermore, it is demonstrated that both inflation and the late-time acceleration of the universe can be realized in a modified Maxwell-$F(R)$ gravity which is consistent with solar system tests and cosmological bounds and free of instabilities. At small curvature typical for current universe the standard Maxwell theory is recovered. We also consider classically equivalent form of non-minimal Maxwell-$F(R)$ gravity, and propose the origin of the non-minimal gravitational coupling function based on renormalization-group considerations.
description: 20 pages, no figure, JCAP version
Simulation and control of a nonsmooth Cahn--Hilliard Navier--Stokes system with variable fluid densities
Creators: name: Gräßle, Carmen
name: Hintermüller, Michael
name: Hinze, Michael
name: Keil, Tobias
Publisher: name: Weierstrass Institute
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Two phase flow
subject: POD model order reduction
subject: adaptivity
subject: nonsmooth systems
subject: mathematical programming with equilibrium constraints
subject: optimal control
subject: 35B65
subject: 35J87
subject: 35K55
subject: 65K15
subject: 49K20

description: We are concerned with the simulation and control of a two phase flow model governed by a coupled Cahn--Hilliard Navier--Stokes system involving a nonsmooth energy potential.We establish the existence of optimal solutions and present two distinct approaches to derive suitable stationarity conditions for the bilevel problem, namely C- and strong stationarity. Moreover, we demonstrate the numerical realization of these concepts at the hands of two adaptive solution algorithms relying on a specifically developed goal-oriented error estimator.In addition, we present a model order reduction approach using proper orthogonal decomposition (POD-MOR) in order to replace high-fidelity models by low order surrogates. In particular, we combine POD with space-adapted snapshots and address the challenges which are the consideration of snapshots with different spatial resolutions and the conservation of a solenoidal property.
Η παραγωγή ταινιών από τα παιδιά στα πλαίσια της μεθόδου Project:
Creators: name: Χατζηθεοδωρίδου, Μαρία Αριστοκράτη
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2009
Subjects: Κριτικός γραμματισμός στα μέσα
Παραγωγή ταινιών από παιδιά
Μέθοδος Project
Critical media literacy
Film production by children
Project method

description: Η παρούσα μελέτη επιχειρεί να δείξει μέσα από δύο ερευνητικές παρεμβάσεις που διενεργήθηκαν σε δύο έκτες τάξεις δημοτικού σχολείου, εάν και πώς τα παιδιά όταν εμπλέκονται στη διαδικασία παραγωγής ταινιών μέσα από τη μέθοδο project μπορούν να αναπτύξουν κριτικό γραμματισμό στα μέσα. Η μελέτη είναι βασισμένη στις αρχές της προσέγγισης του κριτικού γραμματισμού στα μέσα, στην αντίληψη του Freire για την παιδαγωγική της απελευθέρωσης και στις αντιλήψεις του Giroux για την πολιτική των μαζικών μέσων. Tα παιδιά αφού προηγούμενα κατανόησαν ότι σε ορισμένες ταινίες, ομάδες ανθρώπων αναφορικά με το φύλο, τη φυλή και την κοινωνική τάξη υποαναπαριστώνται κι αυτό επιδρά στις αντιλήψεις τους γι’αυτούς, δημιούργησαν τις δικές τους εναλλακτικές ταινίες και επιχείρησαν να προβάλλουν μια κοινωνία χωρίς διακρίσεις.
description: This study attempts, through two research interventions that took place in two sixth grade elementary school classes, to present whether and how students when they are engaged in the process of film-production through the project-method could develop critical media literacy. The study is based on the principles of the critical media literacy approach, on Freire’s notion of liberating pedagogy and Giroux’s notions into the politics of the mass media. The children, having beforehand comprehended that in certain movies human groups are misrepresented regarding their sex, race and social class and that affects their conceptions about them, they created their own alternative films and they attempted to present a society without discrimination.
Flux-flow induced giant magnetoresistance in all-amorphous superconductor-ferromagnet hybrids
Creators: name: Bell, C.
name: Tursucu, S.
name: Aarts, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present magnetoresistance measurements on all-amorphous ferromagnet (F) / superconductor (S) heterostructures. The F/S/F trilayers show large magnetoresistance peaks in a small field range around the coercive field of the F layers, at temperatures within and below the superconducting transition. This is interpreted as flux flow of weakly pinned vortices induced by the stray field of Bloch magnetic domains in the F layers. Bilayers show much smaller effects, implying that the Bloch walls of the F-layers in the trilayer line up and focus the stray fields. The data are used to discuss the expected minimum F-layer thickness needed to nucleate vortices.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures
Additional file 3 of Evaluation of ‘Shisha No Thanks’ – a co-design social marketing campaign on the harms of waterpipe smoking
Creators: name: Chan, Lilian
name: El-Haddad, Nouhad
name: Freeman, Becky
name: MacKenzie, Ross
name: Woodland, Lisa
name: O’Hara, Blythe J.
name: Harris-Roxas, Ben F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 3: Appendix 3. Recruitment survey questions.
Μελέτη της χρήσης της αδαμαντανόνης ως προστατευτικής ομάδας της myo-ινοσιτόλης:
Creators: name: Μανουηλίδου, Μαλαματένια Δημητρίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2009
Subjects: Αδαμαντανόνη
Κετάλη
Προστατευτική οάδα
Μυο-ινοσιτόλη
Adamantanone
Ketal
Protective group
Myo-inositol

description: Τα φωσφολιπίδια και τα φωσφορικά παράγωγα της myo-ινοσιτόλης αποτελούν πολύ σημαντικά ενδιάμεσα στην ενδοκυττάρια επικοινωνία και πολλές άλλες διεργασίες. Εξαιτίας της περιορισμένης διάθεσης αυτών των προϊόντων στη φύση, η χημική τους σύνθεση είναι πολύ σημαντική. Σκοπός της μεταπτυχιακής διπλωματικής μου εργασίας ήταν η μελέτη της χρήσης της αδαμαντόνης ως προστατευτικής ομάδας της myo-ινοσιτόλης. Ακόμα, πραγματοποιήθηκαν διάφορες αντιδράσεις χρησιμοποιώντας ως πρώτη ύλη τις τρεις ισομερείς ακετάλες οι οποίες προέκυψαν από την αντίδραση της myo-ινοσιτόλης με την αδαμαντανόνη, ώστε να μελετηθεί η εκλεκτικότητα την οποία εμφανίζουν τα δύο εναπομείναντα ελεύθερα υδροξύλια των ακεταλών αυτών.
description: Phospholipids and phosphate derivatives of myo-inositol are considered to be important intermediates in cellular signal transduction. As a part of our going synthesis of inositol phosphates and phosphoinositides we initially investigated the formation of adamantanone diketals of myo-inositol. All three possible diketals were isolated and the next step was the synthesis of several derivatives of these three diketals.
Equivalent Single Axleload Computer Program Enhancements
Creators: name: Pigman, Jerry G.
name: Allen, David L.
name: Harison, Jack A.
name: Tollner, Neil
name: Cain, David H.
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: The objectives of the study were to review and modify previously used Equivalent Single Axleload (ESAL) prediction procedures and to develop a more efficient procedure. As part of the effort to simplify the procedure, a subtask was undertaken to reduce the number of highway functional classes being used to process data for the ESAL estimation procedure. Another objective was to develop a more definitive and accurate method for reflecting the effects of coal or heavy truck movements. Results of this task were documented as Research Report KTC-95-6.  Analyses were performed and validated to reduce the twelve functional classes to six aggregate categories. The overall ESAL estimating process, which was previously accomplished using mainframe computer programs, was converted to microcomputer/PC programs and documented in detail. A procedure for processing ESAL data by aggregate classes was documented and example output was presented. An analysis was performed to determine the reliability of traffic parameter estimates used in the ESAL estimating process. Results were produced to identify the number of volume, classification and weigh-in-motion stations required to adequately define the traffic characteristics of a specific functional or aggregate class.
Gäbler, Ulrich: Der Pietismus im neunzehnten und zwanzigsten Jahrhundert
Creators: name: Voigt, Karl Heinz
Publisher: name: Ökumenische Rundschau
Year: 2025

description: Ökumenische Rundschau, Bd. 50 Nr. 4 (2001): Ökumenische Rundschau, Band 50, Heft 4
Phase diagram for Coulomb-frustrated phase separation in systems with negative short-range compressibility
Creators: name: Ortix, C.
name: Lorenzana, J.
name: Di Castro, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using numerical techniques and asymptotic expansions we obtain the phase diagram of a paradigmatic model of Coulomb frustrated phase separation in systems with negative short-range compressibility. The transition from the homogeneous phase to the inhomogeneous phase is generically first order in isotropic three-dimensional systems except for a critical point. Close to the critical point, inhomogeneities are predicted to form a BCC lattice with subsequent transitions to a triangular lattice of rods and a layered structure. Inclusion of a strong anisotropy allows for second- and first-order transition lines joined by a tricritical point.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures. Improved figures and presentation
BBMRI-ERIC Directory Manual for data managers
Creators: name: Enckevort, David Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biobanking
Directory
Data management
MOLGENIS
BBMRI
BBMRI-ERIC
Manual

description: This manual is a technical description of the BBMRI-ERIC Directory data model and the process of updating data in the Directory. The intended audience of this manual is the National Node Data Manager.
Preliminary Evaluation, Artimis Reference Point Signs
Creators: name: Pigman, Jerry G.
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: The objectives of the preliminary evaluation were to determine if the installation of reference signs at intervals more frequent than one-mile increments would improve the ability of emergency personnel to respond to incidents or accidents on the freeway system in the Cincinnati-northem Kentucky area. A short-term evaluation was conducted of white on blue and white on green reference signs on a three-mile section of 1-275 in Cincinnati. Based on field observations and supplemented with subjective opinions of emergency response personnel, the reference signs were determined to be a beneficial addition to the location information available to the driving public. The blue signs placed in the median appeared to be more prominent than the green signs placed on the shoulders. Spacing of the signs did not create an impression of unnecessary clutter and eight-inch number size was appropriate. A recommendation was made to install the white on blue reference signs in the median at one-tenth mile intervals on all interstates in the ARTIMIS Project.
title: Toward Determining Minimal/Optimal Transportation Department Resource Requirements
title: An Examination of State Privatization Trends among Selected States
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Olberding, Douglas J.
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: The purpose of this project was to conduct a preliminary analysis of employment and privatization trends in state transportation departments. This project involved a review of recent literature on public sector privatization efforts, an analysis of all state transportation departments in order to locate a sample of states with transportation system characteristics similar to those of Kentucky, and a survey of the sample states· to determine privatization trends in the functional areas of administration, maintenance, design, engineering, enforcement and safety, and construction.  The study finds that among transportation departments in the 14 sample states, average annual increases in private sector service contracts and expenditures out-paces increase in state expenditures for transportation functional·areas and FTE's tenfold. In addition, while significant privatization activities were found in each functional area, privatization activities were most evident in the functional areas of maintenance and design.
Η μέθοδος της πολυδιάστατης κλιμακοποίησης-εφαρμογές:
Creators: name: Κωνσταντινίδης, Θωμάς Ιωάννη
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Πολυδιάστατη κλιμακοποίηση
subject: Κλιμάκωση
subject: Στατιστική
subject: Multidimensional
subject: Scaling
subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Στην παρούσα εργασία περιγράφεται η πολυδιάστατη κλιμακοποίηση, μια μέθοδος της στατιστικής ανάλυσης πολυμεταβλητών δεδομένων.Στο πρώτο κεφάλαιο αναφέρονται κάποια γενικά χαρακτηριστικά της μεθόδου, οι λόγοι για τους οποίους χρησιμοποιείται, το κύριο αντικείμενό της και τα πεδία εφαρμογών της.Στο δεύτερο κεφάλαιο της εργασίας γίνεται μια πιο αναλυτική περιγραφή των βασικών της χαρακτηριστικών της πολυδιάστατης κλιμακοποίησης και αναφέρονται μέθοδοι συλλογής two – way δεδομένων για την εφαρμογή της μεθόδου. Το κύριο μέρος του κεφαλαίου αυτού αφορά στην περιγραφή των δύο προσεγγίσεων πολυδιάστατης κλιμακοποίησης σε two – way δεδομένα, τη μετρική και τη μη – μετρική προσέγγιση, καθώς και κάποιες τεχνικές που βοηθούν στην ερμηνεία των αποτελεσμάτων και τη συμπερασματολογία. Οι περιγραφές πλαισιώνονται από απλές εφαρμογές σε two – way δεδομένα, ώστε να γίνει πιο κατανοητή η λειτουργία της μεθόδου.Στο τρίτο κεφάλαιο περιγράφεται η γενίκευση της χρήσης της πολυδιάστατης κλιμακοποίησης σε three – way δεδομένα με τη χρήση του ευκλειδείου μοντέλου βαρών. Στη συνέχεια αναλύονται τα μοντέλα ελαχίστων τετραγώνων INDSCAL και ALSCAL καθώς και το μοντέλο μέγιστης πιθανοφάνειας MULTISCALE, τα οποία έχουν ως βάση των αλγορίθμων τους το ευκλείδειο μοντέλο βαρών. Επιπλέον, επισημαίνονται κάποιοι τρόποι ερμηνείας των αποτελεσμάτων της three – way περίπτωσης. Τέλος, γίνεται μια αναλυτική παρουσίαση της χρήσης της μεθόδου σε three – way δεδομένα.
description: In this paper we describe the Multidimensional Scaling method which is a method of multivariate statistics.In the first chapter some general characteristics of the method are mentioned and the reasons for which the method is used are outlined. The main subject and the fields of its uses are also covered.In the second chapter, a more analytical description of the basic characteristics of multidimensional scaling is attempted together with the two – way method of selection of data for the usage of the method. The main part of this chapter refers to the description of the two approaches, those being metric and non – metric as well as other techniques which help to interpret the results. The descriptions are followed by simple applications in two – way data in order to clarify the function of this method.In the third chapter, the generalization of the use of multidimensional scaling in three – way data using the weighted Euclidean model is described, followed by analysis of the least squares models INDSCAL and ALSCAL, as well as the maximum likelihood model MULTISCALE, all of which are based on the weighted Euclidean model. In addition, some ways of interpretation of the three – way approach are underlined. Finally, an analytical presentation of the use of this method in three – way data is undertaken.
Impacts of the Extended-Weight Coal Haul Road System
Creators: name: Pigman, Jerry G.
name: Crabtree, Joseph D.
name: Agent, Kenneth R.
name: Graves, R. Clark
name: Deacon, John A.
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 1995
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: The Extended-Weight Coal Haul Road System, created by the Kentucky Legislature in 1986, consists of all roads which carry over 50,000 tons of coal in a calendar year. Trucks hauling coal on this system are authorized to exceed normal weight limits through the payment of an annual decal fee. A research study was initiated in July of 1992 to analyze the impacts of the extended-weight system.  Analyses in this report are based on the following: historical data on coal production and transportation: data from coal decal applications; interviews of legislators. transportation officials. coal company representatives. and coal trucking representatives: newspaper articles; vehicle classification data: analyses of pavement costs: pavement rideability data; and accident data.  Primary conclusions include: I) The extended-weight 5)'Stem has apparently been somewhat successful in accomplishing the objective of enhancing the competitiveness and economic viability of the Kentucky coal industry; 2) Overall accident rates did not increase as a result of implementation of the extended-weight system. but the fatal accident injury rates were significantly higher on the extended-weight system and for trucks operating with the coal decal; 3) Advance-warning flashers have been evaluated and recommended as a means of reducing intersection accidents involving heavy/coal trucks; 4) The coal-decal fee structure results in a net annual loss in Road Fund revenue of approximately S2 million; 5) Forty percent of revenue from decal fees are allocated to counties even though county-maintained roads comprise only eight percent of the extended-weight system; 6) Heavier weights of coal-decal trucks add approximately $9 million annually to the pavement overlay costs; 7) Road users throughout the state are subsidizing the movement of Kentucky coal by participating in the cost of maintaining and improving tile highway system; and 8) Possibly reflecting the increased funding of extended-weight roads., the rideability index. has risen to a level above the statewide average.  The primary recommendation was that the extended-weight system should evolve into a comprehensive trucking network. A "Resource and Commodity Highway System" was evaluated as a separate study and found to be a feasible and desirable means of providing a trucking highway network that is fully compatible with the dimensions and characteristics of large trucks.
Field Theoretic Description of Ultrarelativistic Electron-Positron Plasmas
Creators: name: Thoma, Markus H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ultrarelativistic electron-positron plasmas can be produced in high-intensity laser fields and play a role in various astrophysical situations. Their properties can be calculated using QED at finite temperature. Here we will use perturbative QED at finite temperature for calculating various important properties, such as the equation of state, dispersion relations of collective plasma modes of photons and electrons, Debye screening, damping rates, mean free paths, collision times, transport coefficients, and particle production rates, of ultrarelativistic electron-positron plasmas. In particular, we will focus on electron-positron plasmas produced with ultra-strong lasers.
description: 13 pages, 7 figures, 1 table, published version
Supporting structure prediction method development with Continuous Automated Model EvaluatiOn (CAMEO)
Creators: name: Juergen Haas
name: Robin, Xavier
name: Smolinski, Anna
name: Gumienny, Rafal
name: Ackermann, Flavio
name: Schwede, Torsten
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2019

description: Protein structure prediction has become widely used in the life sciences as methods have matured significantly over the past 10 years. Today, most structure prediction workflows are fully automated. Consequently, establishing an automatized assessment and benchmarking process is key to sustained high-paced development of emerging methods. Continuously assessing structure prediction servers e.g. allows scientists to leverage the accumulated data to retrospectively select the best tool for a given scientific question.
The Continuous Automated Model EvaluatiOn (CAMEO) platform is hinged on the weekly PDB release cycle allowing for a blind selection of prediction targets four days ahead of the release of the new deposition coordinates. It has been assessing predictions for over 6’700 targets in the 3D protein structure prediction category over 377 weeks, with currently about 20 new targets being assessed each week. CAMEO features baseline structure predictors in each of its categories. Additionally, we have recently implemented a “Best Single Template” baseline comparison resembling an upper “optimal alignment” limit by employing structural superposition to scan the ProteinDataBank (PDB) for the best available template at the time of target submission. This method helps identifying potential room for improvement of the template selection and alignment steps in automated protein structure modeling pipelines. Another integral part to CAMEO is the target selection, where we present the latest efforts on fully automated target validation
Lax pair and first integrals for two of nonlinear coupled oscillators
Creators: name: Kudryashov, Nikolay A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The system of two nonlinear coupled oscillators is studied. As partial case this system of equation is reduced to the Duffing oscillator which has many applications for describing physical processes. It is well known that the inverse scattering transform is one of the most powerful methods for solving the Cauchy problems of partial differential equations. To solve the Cauchy problem for nonlinear differential equations we can use the Lax pair corresponding to this equation. The Lax pair for ordinary differential or systems or for system ordinary differential equations allows us to find the first integrals, which also allow us to solve the question of integrability for differential equations. In this report we present the Lax pair for the system of coupled oscillators. Using the Lax pair we get two first integrals for the system of equations. The considered system of equations can be also reduced to the fourth-order ordinary differential equation and the Lax pair can be used for the ordinary differential equation of fourth order. Some special cases of the system of equations are considered.
description: 9 pages
LexMapr: a rule-based text mining tool for ontology-driven harmonization of short biomedical specimen descriptions
Creators: name: Gosal, Gurinder
name: Griffiths, Emma
name: Dooley, Damion
name: Gill, Ivan
name: Fornika, Dan
name: Tate, Heather
name: Sanchez, Maria
name: Timme, Ruth
name: Hsiao, William
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2019

description: Pathogen sample metadata contain important contextual information for the interpretation of whole genome sequencing-based analyses used for public health responses. This data is often encoded as inconsistent free text, and requires time-consuming and error-prone clean up before investigators can aggregate data for analyses. LexMapr is an open-source, ontology-driven, rule-based, text-mining system developed to harmonize short phrase sample descriptions. LexMapr combines basic lexicographic transformation with light Natural Language Processing and other functionality to standardized text to ontology terms, followed by mapping to different classification schemes. LexMapr performance has been tested for its public health utility on foodborne pathogen sample data from two different surveillance systems - The US FDA’s GenomeTrakr system and The US National Antimicrobial Resistance Monitoring System’s Resistome Tracker platform. LexMapr ontology term coverage, based on >2000 unique samples, was assessed at 89% (accuracy 95%) based on strict criteria. LexMapr is currently available as a locally installable command-line tool, and a user-friendly GUI is under development (https://anaconda.org/bioconda/lexmapr). These results indicate that LexMapr can help increase data interoperability, reusability, and computability for different public health analytical systems. We foresee the use of LexMapr for other content domains by adding selected domain-specific ontologies and rules.
Βιολειτουργικότητα λεπτών υμενίων:
Creators: name: Μελαχροινός, Αλέξανδρος
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2009
Subjects: Βιολειτουργικότητα
Τροποποίηση υποστρώματος
Λεπτά υμένια
Κατεργασία με χημικές μεθόδους
Καθήλωση πρωτεΐνης
Gfpem πρωτεΐνη
Biofunctionalisation
GFPem protein
Immobilazation
Thin films
Treatment with chemical wet mugs
Attachment of protein

description: Σε αυτήν την διπλωματική μεταπτυχιακή εργασία στόχος μας ήτανε η δημιουργία ενός νανοσυστήματος για μελέτες με ένα μόριο (Single molecule experiments). Ο στόχος αυτός πραγματοποιήθηκε 1) με την μεταφορά του γονιδίου της GFPem από το pRSET πλασμίδιο στο pAN5 πλασμίδιο όπου και είχαμε στην συνέχεια την υπερπαραγωγή και τον καθαρισμό της ανασυνδυασμένης πρωτεϊνης, 2) με την δημιουργία εκτεθειμένων αμινομάδων στην επιφάνεια του υποστώματος που χρησιμοποιήσαμε, 3) με την καθήλωση της βιοτινυλιωμένης πρωτεϊνης στα τροποποιημένα υποστρώματα με τον μηχανισμό μη-ομοιοπολικής αλληλεπίδρασης μεταξύ της βιοτίνης και της στρεπταβιδίνης Η ανίχνευση και η απεικόνιση των καθηλωμένων μορίων GFPem πραγματοποιήθηκε με συνεστιακή μικροσκοπία (Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy), με μικροσκοπία ατομικών δυναμέων (AFM) και με ελλειψομετρία. Η συγκεκριμένη τεχνική μπορεί να υιοθετηθεί μελλοντικά για την τροποποίηση και άλλων επιφανειών, πολυμερικών ή μη για ποικίλλες νανοτεχνολογικές χρήσεις.
description: In this thesis, our target was the creation of a nanosystem for single molecule experiments. This target was accoplished:1) With the transfer of GFPem gene from pRSET plasmid to pAN5 plasmid, overexpression and purification of the recombined protein,2) With the creation free exposed amino groups onto the surface of our substrate3) With the attachment of biotinylated GFPem onto the functionalized substrates by the mechanism between biotin and streptavidin.4) The observation and the appearance of the recombined protein onto the substrates made with Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy and ellipsometry.This technique can be used in the future for treatment and functionalization of surfaces not only polymeric but also surfaces of other types for application in nanotechnology.
Additional file 2 of Evaluation of ‘Shisha No Thanks’ – a co-design social marketing campaign on the harms of waterpipe smoking
Creators: name: Chan, Lilian
name: El-Haddad, Nouhad
name: Freeman, Becky
name: MacKenzie, Ross
name: Woodland, Lisa
name: O’Hara, Blythe J.
name: Harris-Roxas, Ben F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 2: Appendix 2. Recruitment material.
The effect of symmetry class transitions on the shot noise in chaotic quantum dots
Creators: name: Béri, B.
name: Cserti, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using the random matrix theory (RMT) approach, we calculated the weak localization correction to the shot noise power in a chaotic cavity as a function of magnetic field and spin-orbit coupling. We found a remarkably simple relation between the weak localization correction to the conductance and to the shot noise power, that depends only on the channel number asymmetry of the cavity. In the special case of an orthogonal-unitary crossover, our result coincides with the prediction of Braun et. al [J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. {\bf 39}, L159-L165 (2006)], illustrating the equivalence of the semiclassical method to RMT.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure
Supplemental material and data - Inhaled iloprost improves right ventricular load-independent contractility in pulmonary hypertension
Creators: name: Tello, Khodr
name: Kremer, Nils
name: Richter, Manuel J.
name: Gall, Henning
name: Muenks, Jonas
name: Ghofrani, Hossein Ardeschir
name: Schermuly, Ralph
name: Naeije, Robert
name: Kojonazarov, Baktybek
name: Seeger, Werner
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 110201 Cardiology (incl. Cardiovascular Diseases)
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material and data for reviewers and readers