cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Charge‐Polarized Selenium Vacancy in Nickel Diselenide Enabling Efficient and Stable Electrocatalytic Conversion of Oxygen to Hydrogen Peroxide
Creators: name: Wang, Yingming
name: Huang, Hui
name: Wu, Jie
name: Yang, Hongyuan
name: Kang, Zhenhui
name: Liu, Yang
name: Wang, Zhaowu
name: Menezes, Prashanth W.
name: Chen, Ziliang
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften
subject: anion vacancy
subject: charge polarization
subject: hydrogen peroxide
subject: oxygen reduction reaction
subject: transition metal chalcogenide

description: Vacancy engineering is deemed as one of the powerful protocols to tune the catalytic activity of electrocatalysts. Herein, Se‐vacancy with charge polarization is created in the NiSe2 structure (NiSe2‐VSe) via a sequential phase conversion strategy. By a combined analysis of the Rietveld method, transient photovoltage spectra (TPV), in situ Raman and density functional theory (DFT) calculation, it is unequivocally discovered that the presence of charge‐polarized Se‐vacancy is beneficial for stabilizing the structure, decreasing the electron transfer kinetics, as well as optimizing the free adsorption energy of reaction intermediate during two‐electron oxygen reduction reaction (2e− ORR). Benefiting from these merits, the as‐prepared NiSe2‐VSe delivered the highest selectivity of 96% toward H2O2 in alkaline media, together with a selectivity higher than 90% over the wide potential range from 0.25 to 0.55 V, ranking it in the top level among the previously reported transition metal‐based electrocatalysts. Most notably, it also displayed admirable stability with only a slight selectivity decay after 5000 cycles of accelerated degradation test (ADT).
華埠通訊 Vol. 04, Issue 04, October 1998
Creators: name: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Neighborhoods
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1715963
subject: Associations, institutions, etc.
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/819166
subject: Communities
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1430092
subject: Immigrants
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/967712
subject: Group identity
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/948442
subject: Small business
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1121223
subject: Community development
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/870818

description: Start of the newsletter with vol. 1, issue 1 in April of 1993. Published bi-monthly by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association.
Bacterial profile, antimicrobial susceptibility pattern and associated risk Factors among septicemia suspected pediatrics patients at Zewuditu Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Tsega, Daniel
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Introduction: Septicemia defined as the presence of bacteria in the blood and is often associated with severe infections. It causes great impact in terms of mortality, morbidity and increased in healthcare cost. There are many risk factors of septicemia among different patient groups. Objectives: The study was designed to assess bacterial profile, antibiotic susceptibility pattern and associated risk factor of pediatrics septicemia at Zewuditu Memorial Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Methods: A hospital based cross sectional study design; conducted at Zewuditu Memorial Hospital from June 5, 2016 to March 8, 2017.A total of 309 study participants who were suspected for septicemia recruited .Socio-demographic and clinical data were collected from each patient. Blood was drawn aseptically and inoculated at bedside on Trypto Soya Broth. Gram stain was performed and the specimen was sub cultured every other day on to blood agar, chocolate agar and MacConkey agar plates. For culture positive; colony characteristics and Biochemical tests used for species identification. All the isolatestested for susceptibility by using Kirby-Bauer's disk diffusion method. All data entered to EPIINFO version 3.5.1 and then exported to SPSS statistical software version 20 for data analysis. Multiple Logistic regression analysis was used to see the association between dependent and independent variables. Results: Out of 309 samples, 113(36.5%) showed bacterial growth, 84(74.3%) gram positive and 29(25.3%) gram negative bacteria. Commonly isolated organisms were Staphylococcus aureus 57(50.4%),Coagulase negative Staphylococci25(22%) and Klebsiellapneumoniae21(18.5%). Birth weight, underlying chronic disease, congenital anomalies, neutrophil percentage, source of infection and age of the pediatrics were associated with positive blood culture. Both Gram positive and negative bacteria showed resistance for commonly prescribed antibiotics. Clindamycin was the most effective antibiotic for gram positive bacteria while for gram negative bacteria cefotetan and ceftraxion were effective drugs for gram negative bacteria. Conclusion: The pattern of organism that cause pediatrics septicemia changes over time and in geographical location. High prevalence of antimicrobial resistance was noted in this study, especially in gram negative bacteria. Moreover multi-drug resistance of the isolate was surprisingly high (89.3%). Keyword: septicemia, bacteriological profile, antimicrobial susceptibility pattern, blood culture
Semiparametric Estimation with Data Missing Not at Random Using an Instrumental Variable
Creators: name: Sun, BaoLuo
name: Liu, Lan
name: Miao, Wang
name: Wirth, Kathleen
name: Robins, James
name: Tchetgen, Eric Tchetgen
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Methodology (stat.ME)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Missing data occur frequently in empirical studies in health and social sciences, often compromising our ability to make accurate inferences. An outcome is said to be missing not at random (MNAR) if, conditional on the observed variables, the missing data mechanism still depends on the unobserved outcome. In such settings, identification is generally not possible without imposing additional assumptions. Identification is sometimes possible, however, if an instrumental variable (IV) is observed for all subjects which satisfies the exclusion restriction that the IV affects the missingness process without directly influencing the outcome. In this paper, we provide necessary and sufficient conditions for nonparametric identification of the full data distribution under MNAR with the aid of an IV. In addition, we give sufficient identification conditions that are more straightforward to verify in practice. For inference, we focus on estimation of a population outcome mean, for which we develop a suite of semiparametric estimators that extend methods previously developed for data missing at random. Specifically, we propose inverse probability weighted estimation, outcome regression-based estimation and doubly robust estimation of the mean of an outcome subject to MNAR. For illustration, the methods are used to account for selection bias induced by HIV testing refusal in the evaluation of HIV seroprevalence in Mochudi, Botswana, using interviewer characteristics such as gender, age and years of experience as IVs.
Modulating the immune response to a plant-made measles vaccine through antigen composition
Creators: name: Pickering, Raelene Jane
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Identification of Marker Peptides for the Whey Protein Quantification in Edam-Type Cheese
Creators: name: Von Oesen, Tobias
name: Treblin, Mascha
name: Clawin-Rädecker, Ingrid
name: Martin, Dierk
name: Maul, Ronald
name: Hoffmann, Wolfgang
name: Schrader, Katrin
name: Wegner, Benjamin
name: Bode, Katja
name: Zink, Ralf
name: Rohn, Sascha
name: Fritsche, Jan
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie::540 Chemie und zugeordnete Wissenschaften
subject: dairy products
subject: proteomic approach
subject: food authenticity
subject: food analysis
subject: marker peptide selection
subject: whey protein quantification

description: Several technologies are available for incorporating whey proteins into a cheese matrix. However, there is no valid analytical method available to determine the whey protein content in matured cheese, to date. Consequently, the aim of the present study was to develop a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for the quantification of individual whey proteins based on specific marker peptides (‘bottom-up’ proteomic approach). Therefore, the whey protein-enriched model of the Edam-type cheese was produced in a pilot plant and on an industrial scale. Tryptic hydrolysis experiments were performed to evaluate the suitability of identified potential marker peptides (PMPs) for α-lactalbumin (α-LA) and β-lactoglobulin (β-LG). Based on the findings, α-LA and β-LG appeared to be resistant to proteolytic degradation during six weeks of ripening and no influence on the PMP was observed. Good levels of linearity (R2 > 0.9714), repeatability (CVs < 5%), and recovery rate (80% to 120%) were determined for most PMPs. However, absolute quantification with external peptide and protein standards revealed differences in model cheese depending on the PMP, e.g., 0.50% ± 0.02% to 5.31% ± 0.25% for β-LG. As protein spiking prior to hydrolysis revealed differing digestion behavior of whey proteins, further studies are required to enable valid quantification in various cheese types.
Assessment of Power Interruptions in Addis Ababa
Creators: name: Tesfaye, Yohannes
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: This research project is done for the primary purpose of assessing electric power interruptions in Addis Ababa. Power interruption becomes a serious problem in the city in everywhere. The number of outages is very high and it takes long time for service restoration. Due to this every aspects of business and non business activities and day to day lives of the city residents are negatively affected and highly complained with this problem. Moreover the power interruptions cause wastage of power or power losses significantly. The objective of this research project is identifying the root causes of power interruption and identifying and forwarding the appropriate remedies for the identified problems. For this end primary and secondary data are collected, a subsequent four year power interruptions secondary data are collected from the service provider. A primary data is collected through open ended and close ended questionnaires, interviews and observations. Questioner is developed for electric power customers, for the service provider distribution and transmission operation staffs. Representative sample is determined based on random sampling method at 95% confidence level and at 5% margin of error. As per this 384 samples is determined out of 523,944 electric power customers and 184 sample employees from a total 362 employees. The analysis is done based on descriptive research analysis by using both qualitative and quantitative methods. Problems identifications are also done through SWOT analysis and root cause analysis. Root cause identifications are done through problem tree analysis. The research analysis find outs that power interruptions, power drops and poor customer services are major problems in electric power service. The root causes of the existing power interruptions are infrastructure capacity limitations, poor infrastructure & design, infrastructure management problem, poor planning & forecasting, exposure of infrastructures for theft & accidents, natural accident and water shortages. The company can minimize the power interruption problems by upgrading power supply infrastructure capacity, improving power infrastructure & design, improving infrastructure management practices, developing effective planning & forecasting practices: establishing preventive maintenance systems, applying power infrastructure rehabilitations works, supplying adequate and standard quality inputs, minimizing operational interruptions, developing infrastructure capacities, improving human resource management Practices and by making further studies. Electric power interruption is power outages and blackouts due to various reasons. Frequency of power interruption indicates the rate of occurrence or the number of repetition of the power interruptions in the grid systems. Whereas interruption duration indicates the length of time the power interruption continues or exists in the power grid systems.
華埠通訊 Vol. 04, Issue 01, April 1998
Creators: name: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Immigrants
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/967712
subject: Group identity
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/948442
subject: Associations, institutions, etc.
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/819166
subject: Community development
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/870818
subject: Communities
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1430092
subject: Small business
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1121223
subject: Neighborhoods
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1715963

description: Start of the newsletter with vol. 1, issue 1 in April of 1993. Published bi-monthly by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association.
Financial Management III FIM31B0 FIM31P1 FIM31Z1 FIM36M1
Creators: name: Dwayi, Ntsikelelelo
name: Yeboah, Abor
name: Mtayisi, Nobuntu
Publisher: name: Walter Sisulu University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Finance

description: Subject: Financial Management III FIM31B0 FIM31P1 FIM31Z1 FIM36M1 Date: June 2022 Exam Type: Main Examination
The effects of trimetazidine on lipopolysaccharide-induced oxidative stress in mice
Creators: name: Abdel-Salam, Omar M.E.
name: Mohammed, Nadia A.
name: Sleem, Amany A.
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: lipopolysaccharide
subject: mice
subject: oxidative stress
subject: trimetazidine
subject: 610

description: The effects of trimetazidine, a novel anti-ischemic agent, on the development of oxidative stress induced in mice with lipopolysaccharide endotoxin were investigated. The drug was administered orally once daily at doses of 1.8, 3.6 or 7.2 mg/kg for two days prior to intraperitoneal (i.p.) injection of lipopolysaccharide E (200 μg/kg) and at time of endotoxin administration. Mice were euthanized 4 h after administration of the lipopolysaccharide. Lipid peroxidation (malondialdehyde; MDA), reduced glutathione (GSH) and nitric oxide (nitrite/nitrate) concentrations were measured in brain and liver. The administration of lipopolysaccharide increased oxidative stress in both the brain and liver tissue. MDA increased by 33.9 and 107.1 %, GSH decreased by 23.9 and 84.3 % and nitric oxide increased 70.3 and 48.4 % in the brain and liver, respectively. Compared with the lipopolysaccharide control group, brain MDA decreased by 26.2 and 36.7 %, while GSH increased by 18.2 and 25.8 % after the administration of trimetazidine at 3.6 and 7.2 mg/kg, respectively. Brain nitric oxide decreased by 45.3, 50.8 and 57.0 % by trimetazidine at 1.8, 3.6 and 7.2 mg/kg, respectively. In the liver, MDA decreased by 18.7, 30.7 and 49.4 % and GSH increased by 150.3, 204.8 and 335.4 % following trimetazidine administration at 1.8, 3.6 and 7.2 mg/kg. Meanwhile, nitric oxide decreased by 17.3 % by 7.2 mg/kg of trimetazidine. These results indicate that administration of trimetazidine in the presence of mild systemic inflammatory response alleviates oxidative stress in the brain and liver.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 10, 2011
An electron nuclear double resonance study of selected defects in silicate minerals
Creators: name: Barker, Peter Robert
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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REMODEL/CrD/D5.1/Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication Plan.pdf
Creators: name: Arsoy, Aylin Poroy
name: Yücel, Elif
name: Kılınçarslan, Tuba Bora
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: REMODEL Project
Dissemination
Communication
Exploitation

description: This document covers a range of dissemination, communication and exploitation activities necessary for the REMODEL project funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation program under Grant Agreement No 101079203 and also acts as the first deliverable of work package 5 of this project. This plan consists of 8 main sections. General Information about REMODEL Target Audience of the Project Dissemination Planning Communication Planning Exploitation Planning Intellectual Property Protection Monitoring Dissemination and Communication Activities Project Visual Identity
Assessment of E- Banking Service Quality on Customer Satisfaction in Commercial Bank of Ethiopia
Creators: name: Kebede, Girum
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: The major objective of this study was an amassment of E- Banking Service Quality in the selected district of commercial bank of Ethiopia in Addis Ababa area. Purposive sampling was used to select branches. Moreover, random sampling was applied to select respondents. Data collection instrument which was used in this study was questionnaire and interviews. The research design was mixed approach and various statistical tools like chi- square test, frequency, percentage, Cronbach's Alpha was applied and the following findings were identified. The respondents confirmed the presence of trust in E-banking services. E-banking was reliable with CBE. E-banking has impact on customer satisfaction. Moreover, assessment was made on quality service of e-banking in the context of five dimensions of service quality which are reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy and tangibles. In order to describe further the researcher designed hypothetical statement to be tested by chi- square and all the hypothetical statements failed to be accepted and alternative hypothetical statements were accepted. List of recommendations has been presented based on the finding of the survey conducted. The CBE should improve provision of ATM, internet banking and POS services to satisfy all customers in standard and functional manner. It should also decrease the down time of the network at all levels, retain the existing e- banking customers and to improve e- banking service quality, the bank should continuously maintain error - free transactions through e-banking. Moreover, the bank management should improve e- banking quality service so as to satisfy customers' needs and pay attention to e-banking customer complaints in order to satisfy the customer expectation. The management of the bank should regularly run research activities in order to keep a regular truck of customer satisfaction level of e- banking services quality and conduct further on the impact of e-banking service quality dimensions on technological trust and usage by customers of commercial bank of Ethiopia. Key words: Commercial Bank of Ethiopia, E- banking, service quality dimension, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, empathy, tangibles and customer perception
Zu Analyse und Entwurf evolutionärer Algorithmen
Creators: name: Droste, Stefan
Publisher: name: Universität Dortmund
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: Entwurfsmethode
subject: Evolutionäre Algorithmen
subject: Klassenbildung
subject: Modellbildung
subject: Mutation
subject: NFL-Theorem
subject: Optimierung
subject: Suchverfahren
subject: Theoretische Analyse
subject: 004

description: Evolutionäre Algorithmen sind randomisierte Suchheuristiken, die Prinzipien der natürlichen Evolution verwenden, um Optimierungsprobleme zu lösen. Sie sind auch ohne genaueres Wissen über die Struktur der zu lösenden Probleme schnell einsetzbar, doch sind die Mechanismen, die evolutionäre Algorithmen funktionieren oder scheitern lassen, kaum verstanden. In dieser Arbeit werden evolutionäre Algorithmen zuerst in einem allgemeinen Kontext als Vertreter allgemeiner Suchverfahren untersucht. Hier zeigt sich, dass allgemeine Suchverfahren nur auf relativ kleinen Klassen von Optimierungsproblemen sinnvoll untersucht oder entworfen werden können. Dies motiviert die folgende theoretisch genaue Untersuchung auf klar definierten Funktionsklassen. Da theoretische Grundlagen für evolutionäre Algorithmen recht spärlich gesät sind, wird ein einfacher, aber wichtige Prinzipien verkörpernder evolutionärer Algorithmus, der sogenannte (1+1) EA bezüglich seiner Laufzeit, der Anzahl der Schritte bis zum Erreichen eines Optimums, untersucht. In diesem Hauptteil der Arbeit werden manche Vermutungen bestätigt (für lineare zu optimierende Funktionen) bzw. widerlegt (für unimodale Funktionen). Dabei können auch manche Methoden verallgemeinert werden, um zu untersuchen, wie eine Veränderlichkeit der Akzeptanzwahrscheinlichkeit von Verschlechterungen den Suchprozess beeinflusst oder eine dem bekannten MAXSAT-Problem entspringende Funktion für alle mutationsbasierten evolutionären Algorithmen schwierig ist. Wegen der mangelnden theoretischen Grundlagen gibt es für den Entwurf evolutionärer Algorithmen nur wenige empirisch belegte Daumenregeln. Für den Entwurf problemspezifischer evolutionärer Algorithmen stellen wir Richtlinien vor, in die das Problemwissen in Form einer Metrik auf dem Suchraum eingeht. Die so definierten Metrik-basierten evolutionären Algorithmen sind somit auf die Zielfunktion abgestimmt, ohne dass die Anschaulichkeit der evolutionären Operatoren verloren geht. Empirische Resultate anhand eines Systems der genetischen Programmierung zeigen, dass die Richtlinien zumindest für das betrachtete Benchmark-Problem eine deutliche Leistungsverbesserung bedeuten. Zuletzt wird mittels der Übertragung eines Resultats der Lerntheorie, dem so genannten Occam's Razor Theorem gezeigt, wie für das Lernen nur teilweise bekannter Funktionen mittels genetischer Programmierung nicht-triviale Fehlergarantien gezeigt werden können.
華埠通訊 Vol. 11, Issue 01, December 2009
Creators: name: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Communities
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1430092
subject: Neighborhoods
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1715963
subject: Associations, institutions, etc.
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/819166
subject: Community development
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/870818
subject: Small business
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1121223
subject: Group identity
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/948442
subject: Immigrants
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/967712

description: Start of the newsletter with vol. 1, issue 1 in April of 1993. Published bi-monthly by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association.
Spin-Orbit Coupling in the Mott Insulator Ca2RuO4
Creators: name: Ghiringhelli, G.
name: Mizokawa, T.
name: Sawatzky, G. A.
name: Tjeng, L. H.
name: Tjernberg, O.
Publisher: name: The American Physical Society
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: 530

description: Physical Review Letters
Eigenvalues of Robin Laplacians in infinite sectors
Creators: name: Khalile, Magda
name: Pankrashkin, Konstantin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: For $α\in(0,π)$, let $U_α$ denote the infinite planar sector of opening $2α$, \[ U_α=\big\{ (x_1,x_2)\in\mathbb R^2: \big|\arg(x_1+ix_2) \big|0$. The essential spectrum of $T^γ_α$ does not depend on the angle $α$ and equals $[-γ^2,+\infty)$, and the discrete spectrum is non-empty iff $α0$, and the $n$th eigenvalue $E_n(T^γ_α)$ of $T^γ_α$ behaves as \[ E_n(T^γ_α)=-\dfrac{γ^2}{(2n-1)^2 α^2}+O(1) \] and admits a full asymptotic expansion in powers of $α^2$. The eigenfunctions are exponentially localized near the origin. The results are also applied to $δ$-interactions on star graphs.
description: 34 pages
Air Travel I TTP15B1
Creators: name: Mboyi, Mr Mfundo
name: Fernandez, John
Publisher: name: Walter Sisulu University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Tourism management
Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified

description: Subject name and code: Air Travel TTP15B1 and TTB15P1 Year :June 2022 Exam type : Main examination
Episodic Simulation to Reduce Temporal Discounting: The Role of Temporal Orientation and Vividness
Creators: name: Knauth, Kilian
name: Herbertz, Annika
name: Brands, Angela
name: Peters, Jan
name: Marteau, Annabelle
name: Shebotinova, Elena
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Temporal Discounting
subject: Vividness
subject: Episodic Simulation
subject: Episodic Future Thinking

description: The purpose of this study is to replicate classical temporal discounting (TD) effects, as well as effects of episodic future thinking (EFT), and exploratory, test for effects of episodic past cues on TD. Additionally, we will try to link these effects to the vividness of cue-evoked associations during the TD task, as well as exploratory, individual VVIQ2-scores.
Applicability of Appreciative Inquiry as Leadership Model in Public Organizations: the Case of Bureau of Health, Addis Ababa City Government
Creators: name: Kagnew, Haimanot
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: The quest for public service leadership practices are constantly changing in line with dynamics in resource scarcity and the growing demand for quality services. Theoretical lenses that are informed by transactional and transformational leadership practices are also revisited. More efficient and strength based approaches are recommended under resource constraints and growing service demand. More strength based approaches look for flexibility that accommodates diverse interests and possibilities, wider participation for consensus-building and using work place problems as learning opportunity. These aspects of leadership strengths are proposed from findings of empirical studies. These leadership strengths constitute the 4-D parameters and 8- assumptions of Appreciative Inquiry Model which are unique features of appreciative inquiry approach to leadership and are important in leadership development in public organizations. This study was aimed at analyzing the applicability of the Appreciative Inquiry Model in the Addis Ababa Health Bureau. The study employed qualitative research approach and conducted key informants interview with purposively selected top leaders and administered questionnaires for staffs. The result of the study showed that strength based approach is practiced within the bureau. The result also confirmed that staffs were not participating in major organizational decisions. Top leaders that participated in the key informant interview argued that the bureau has put in place bottom-up planning and evaluation system and "all" actors at all levels were participating. Flexibility in handling office matters and constructive learning opportunities from the problems and challenges of the bureau are found to be limited. The study concluded that the Addis Ababa bureau of health is practicing aspects of the Appreciative Inquiry Model as part of leadership development. This was evidenced by the efforts of the bureau in setting conducive working environment for staffs which will improve quality of health services to clients. The study thus recommends that the health bureau has to enhance participation of staff in key decisions and promote constructive learning opportunities from problems facing the sector. In order to make this happen the 4D-8-assumption appreciative inquiry practices should be implemented side by side with conventional transactional and transformational leadership practices. Key Words: Appreciative inquiry model, leadership development, public organizations
Mesa-top quantum dot single photon emitter arrays: growth, optical characteristics, and the simulated optical response of integrated dielectric nanoantenna-waveguide systems
Creators: name: Zhang, Jiefei
name: Chattaraj, Swarnabha
name: Lu, Siyuan
name: Madhukar, Anupam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Nanophotonic quantum information processing systems require spatially ordered, spectrally uniform single photon sources (SPSs) integrated on-chip with co-designed light manipulating elements providing emission rate enhancement, emitted photon guidance, and lossless propagation. Towards this goal, we consider systems comprising an SPS array with each SPS coupled to a dielectric building block (DBB) based multifunctional light manipulation unit (LMU). For the SPS array, we report triggered single photon emission from GaAs(001)/InGaAs single quantum dots (SQDs) grown selectively on top of nanomesas using the approach of substrate-encoded size-reducing epitaxy (SESRE). Systematic temperature and power dependent photoluminescence (PL), PL excitation, time-resolved PL, and emission statistics studies reveal high spectral uniformity and single photon emission at 8 K with g(2)(0) of 0.19 plusminus 0.03. The SESRE based SPS arrays, following growth of a planarizing overlayer, are readily integrable with LMUs fabricated subsequently using either the 2D photonic crystal approach or, as theoretically examined here, DBB based LMUs. We report the simulated optical response of SPS embedded in DBB based nanoantenna-waveguide structures as the multifunctional LMU. The multiple functions of emission rate enhancement, guiding, and lossless propagation derive from the behavior of the same collective Mie resonance (dominantly magnetic) of the interacting DBB based LMU tuned to the SPS targeted emission wavelength of 980 nm. The simulation utilizes an analytical approach that provides physical insight to the obtained numerical results. Together, the combined experimental and modelling demonstrations open a rich approach to implementing co-designed on-chip integrated SPS-LMU that, in turn, serve as basic elements of integrated nanophotonic information processing systems.
description: 24 pages, 11 figures
The eruption dynamics of an explosive caldera-forming event : the 151 ka Sutri eruption, Vico Volcano, central Italy
Creators: name: Bear, Adele N.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Reflection symmetries of Isolated Self-consistent Stellar Systems
Creators: name: An, J.
name: Evans, N. W.
name: Sanders, J. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Isolated, steady-state galaxies correspond to equilibrium solutions of the Poisson--Vlasov system. We show that (i) all galaxies with a distribution function depending on energy alone must be spherically symmetric and (ii) all axisymmetric galaxies with a distribution function depending on energy and the angular momentum component parallel to the symmetry axis must also be reflection-symmetric about the plane $z=0$. The former result is Lichtenstein's Theorem, derived here by a method exploiting symmetries of solutions of elliptic partial differential equations, while the latter result is new. These results are subsumed into the Symmetry Theorem, which specifies how the symmetries of the distribution function in configuration or velocity space can control the planes of reflection symmetries of the ensuing stellar system.
description: MNRAS, in press
華埠通訊 Vol. 05, Issue 03, April 2000
Creators: name: Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association (Victoria, B.C.)
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Group identity
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/948442
subject: Associations, institutions, etc.
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/819166
subject: Small business
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1121223
subject: Communities
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1430092
subject: Community development
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/870818
subject: Immigrants
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/967712
subject: Neighborhoods
valueUri: http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1715963

description: Start of the newsletter with vol. 1, issue 1 in April of 1993. Published bi-monthly by the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association.
Three-Dimensional Ab Initio Quantum Dynamics of the Photodesorption of CO from Cr2O3(0001)
Creators: name: Freund, H.-J.
name: Klüner, T.
name: Kosloff, R.
name: Pykavy, M.
name: Thiel, S.
Publisher: name: The American Physical Society
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: 530

description: Physical Review Letters
Ergebnisbericht zur Gästebefragung im Use Case Nordsee Schleswig-Holstein - Sylt
Creators: name: Bergler, Marina
name: Lorenz, Verena
name: Niemeijer, Christiaan
name: Keller, Robert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: tourism
crowding
survey
visitor management

description: Im Rahmen des Forschungsprojektes AIR – AI-basierter Recommender für nachhaltigen Tourismus – wurden Gästebefragungen in Form von Face to Face-Interviews in allen sechs Use Cases durchgeführt. Diese Form der Bedarfsanalyse soll dazu dienen, Informationen über die Demographie der Gäste, touristische Verhaltensmuster, Gründe für die Zielauswahl und Wahrnehmung des Zielgebiets und das Informationsverhalten zu erhalten. Die Ergebnisse der Befragungen im Use Case Nordsee Schleswig-Holstein - Sylt werden in diesem Bericht dargestellt.
Cunllinary studies and Nutrition III CUT31B1 CUT31M1
Creators: name: Sandlana, Nomathemba
name: Mbili, Adelaide
Publisher: name: Walter Sisulu University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other commerce, management, tourism and services not elsewhere classified

description: Subject :Cullinry studies and nutrition III CUT31B1 CUT31M1 Date: June 2022 Exam type: main
Bacterial production in the Murray, Ovens and Goulburn rivers
Creators: name: Beattie, Gillian
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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A recursive skeletonization factorization based on strong admissibility
Creators: name: Minden, Victor
name: Ho, Kenneth L.
name: Damle, Anil
name: Ying, Lexing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65R20 (primary), 65F08, 65F05 (secondary)

description: We introduce the strong recursive skeletonization factorization (RS-S), a new approximate matrix factorization based on recursive skeletonization for solving discretizations of linear integral equations associated with elliptic partial differential equations in two and three dimensions (and other matrices with similar hierarchical rank structure). Unlike previous skeletonization-based factorizations, RS-S uses a simple modification of skeletonization, strong skeletonization, which compresses only far-field interactions. This leads to an approximate factorization in the form of a product of many block unit-triangular matrices that may be used as a preconditioner or moderate-accuracy direct solver, with dramatically reduced rank growth. We further combine the strong skeletonization procedure with alternating near-field compression to obtain the hybrid recursive skeletonization factorization (RS-WS), a modification of RS-S that exhibits reduced storage cost in many settings. Under suitable rank assumptions both RS-S and RS-WS exhibit linear computational complexity, which we demonstrate with a number of numerical examples.
description: 29 pages, 11 figures
MPEC 2023-E88 : 2023 EJ1
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2023 EJ1

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Small-$x$ asymptotics of the quark helicity distribution
Creators: name: Kovchegov, Yuri V.
name: Pitonyak, Daniel
name: Sievert, Matthew D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct a numerical solution of the small-$x$ evolution equations recently derived in \cite{Kovchegov:2015pbl} for the (anti)quark helicity TMDs and PDFs as well as the $g_1$ structure function. We focus on the case of large $N_c$ where one finds a closed set of equations. Employing the extracted intercept, we are able to predict directly from theory the behavior of the helicity PDFs at small $x$, which should have important phenomenological consequences. We also give an estimate of how much of the proton's spin may be at small $x$ and what impact this has on the so-called "spin crisis."
description: 5 pages, 4 figures; minor changes, to appear in PRL
The physico-chemical examination of natural saline brines and the factors affecting the harvesting of algal carotenoids
Creators: name: Booth, Warren Alexander
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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Gorenstein duality for Real spectra
Creators: name: Greenlees, J. P. C.
name: Meier, Lennart
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 55P91, 55Q91, 55U30, 55P43

description: Following Hu and Kriz, we study the $C_2$-spectra $BP\mathbb{R}\langle n \rangle$ and $E\mathbb{R}(n)$ that refine the usual truncated Brown-Peterson and the Johnson-Wilson spectra. In particular, we show that they satisfy Gorenstein duality with a representation grading shift and identify their Anderson duals. We also compute the associated local cohomology spectral sequence in the cases $n=1$ and $2$.
description: Minor revision. 61 pages, 3 figures
Spending doesn't happen in a vacuum : three essays on psychological factors of consumer spending
Creators: name: Alberhasky, Max
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2023
Subjects: Financial decision making
Relationships

description: If you are anything like me, the days that go by without spending any money at all are few and far between. As societies have developed, it would seem that spending money on a frequent basis has become a way of life for many consumers. A seemingly endless and ever-increasing number of brands, social occasions, and websites/applications provide an abundance of opportunities for us to part ways with our money. Scenarios such as grabbing a couple of drinks with a friend after work, buying a gift for an upcoming birthday celebration, or purchasing tickets online to an upcoming sporting event all involve seemingly straightforward transactions which involve spending money. My dissertation contributes to the consumer financial decision-making literature by examining how interpersonal features (between consumers, essays 1 & 2, between business and consumer, essay 3) of a purchasing scenario may impact the decisions consumers make or the satisfaction consumers derive from spending their money. In this dissertation, I explore how the method of payment consumers use to pay for a shared experience can impact the enjoyment of an experience (essay 1), how income inequality in relationships can impact spending on gifts (essay 2), and how the pricing structure retailers offer to consumers can impact their perceived trustworthiness and purchase intent (essay 3). In my first essay, we propose that the method of payment consumers use to pay for shared experience can impact how transactional the payment is perceived to be, which has downstream consequences on the enjoyment of an experience. My second essay examines how relative income, or income inequality, in social relationships can impact the amount of money consumers spend on gifts. We find that when gift-givers earn relatively more than the gift recipient, they engage in more prosocial spending via buying more expensive gifts, on average, compared to buying a gift for a recipient who earns relatively more than themselves. In my third essay, we study how the pricing structure retailers choose to convey to customers can impact how trustworthy the retailer appears, which subsequently influences purchase intentions.
Comparison of direct microscopy (ziehl neelsen) and light-emitting diode fluorescent microscopy) against Xpert MTB/RIF for the diagnosis of pulmonary tuberculosis and assessing facility infrastructure in Assosa general hospital Benishangul- gumuz region, Western Ethiopia
Creators: name: Legesse, Ashebir
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2019

description: Background: Globally TB is associated with a lot of morbidity and mortality .More so in high burden like Countries like Ethiopia and other African Countries where high prevalence of HIV has further compounded this problem leading to resurgence of TB. Moreover, the emergence of MDR- and XDR-TB coupled with inefficient diagnosis is a major challenge to TB control leading to TB being one of the major public health problems in poor resource countries like Ethiopia. Objective: This study aimed to evaluate performance of smear microscopy with X-pert/Rif and facility infrastructure assessment was carried out in Benishugul regional sate, Assosa General Hospital, western Ethiopia Methods: Hospital based cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted on a total of 331 sputum samples collected from Assosa General Hospital. The sputum samples were analyzed using gene expert, ZN and FM methods. Kappa value, Sensitivity, Specificity, Positive Predictive Value (PPV) and Negative Predictive Value (NPV) of iLED-FM and ZN were calculated against the gene xpert. And real practice of current Tb laboratory diagnosis was assessed from nineteen periphery health centers Results: The sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of LED-FM was 97%, 100%, 100% and 100% respectively. The measure of agreement and percent agreement between the LED-FM and reference standard results were substantial with kappa value (k=0.99) and 99 respectively. The sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of ZN when compared to Gene expert, were 81%, 100 %, 100 %, 99% respectively with percent agreement 89 and kappa value of 0.89 Conclusion: The overall performance of LED microscopy is superior compared to ZN TB microscopy. The sensitivity and specificity of LED is comparable with GeneXpert and use of combined LED –Gen-expert methods can increase case detection of PTB particularly in resource limited settings.
Handgrip strength prediction using behavioural and anthropometric features in 179K individuals from the UK Biobank
Creators: name: Nazarzadeh, Kimia
name: Eickhoff, Simon
name: Antonopoulos, Georgios
name: Raimondo, Federico
name: Hensel, Lukas
name: Grefkes, Christian
name: Patil, Kaustubh
Publisher: name: Forschungzentrum Jülich
Year: 2023

description: Helmholtz AI, Hamburg, University of Cologne, Germany, 12 Jun 2023 - 14 Jun 2023
description: Handgrip strength (HGS) is an inexpensive, and non-invasive biomarker for assessing motor performance and identifying individuals at risk of motor impairment. Normative models can be used to identify abnormalities and brain changes that affect HGS and other motor functions. The current work examined machine learning-based approaches to predict HGS using a wide range of behavioural phenotypes and anthropometric measures. The data were obtained from healthy controls in the UK Biobank. Participants with dominant handgrip strength < 4 kg were excluded. We included 30 behavioural phenotypes, such as cognitive functions, anxiety, depression, and neuroticism. Anthropometric measures included BMI, height, and waist-to-hip circumference ratio. These features were analysed with or without the inclusion of gender as an additional feature, as males and females are known to show HGS differences. Linear SVM and Random Forest were used as predictive models. The performance was evaluated using the R2 score. The cross-validation scheme consisted of 10 repetitions and 5 folds. We also examined sample size effects. The study included 2,143 subjects with completed assessments of all behavioural phenotypes. The behavioural features had the lowest R2 score (median = 0.09), while anthropometric features showed a relatively higher R2 score (median = 0.49). Adding gender as a feature significantly increased the prediction scores but building the model separately for males and females decreased accuracy. In males, predictions were better than in females with anthropometric features. Furthermore, (non-)dominant HGS could be predicted, but the Left + Right HGS predictions were more accurate. Also, the sample size effects were analysed for anthropometrics from 10% (N=17,957) to 100% (N=179,542). The results demonstrate that the lower sample size of anthropometric features shows a high variance and the performance saturates around N=71k. Gender is a strong confound when modelling HGS. Anthropometric features are better predictors of HGS than behavioural features. Future work involves applying the pipeline to stroke patients to identify brain correlates, such as white matter intensity, and assessing its feasibility in clinical settings. In conclusion, HGS prediction using anthropometric and behavioural features can inform future research in the field of motor performance and have implications for early disease diagnosis and treatment.