cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Le pensioni tra efficienza economica e giustizia sociale: un connubio possibile (The Pensions System between Economic Efficiency and Social Justice: A Possible Mix)
Creators: name: Corsi, Marcella
name: D'Ippoliti, Carlo
Publisher: name: Moneta e Credito
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Pension, Social justice, discrimination
subject: J26; J14; B31

description: Partendo dall'idea di Sylos Labini di interazione tra azione dello Stato e mercato, gli autori analizzano il sistema pensionistico italiano in termini di efficienza economica e redistribuzione del reddito.

Testo del discorso tenuto alla conferenza "Paolo Sylos Labini e la politica delle riforme", tenutasi all'Università La Sapienza di Roma il 4 dicembre 2015, organizzata dall'Accademia dei Lincei e da Economia civile.

Starting from Sylos Labini’s idea of interaction between State action and the market, the authors analyse the Italian pension system in terms of economic efficiency and income redistribution.

Text of the speech given at the conference "Paolo Sylos Labini e la politica delle riforme", held at Sapienza University of Rome on 04 December 2015, organized by the Accademia dei Lincei and Economia civile.

JEL code: J26; J14; B31
description: Moneta e Credito, V. 69, N. 274 (2016): giugno
title: Three Essays on the Economics of Postsecondary Alternative Learning
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2021

description: This dissertation advances the field of education economics by describing the limits of competition between traditional and alternative postsecondary credentials in the United States. The results and conclusions contained in this set of three papers forms a substantive basis for change in policy, research, education provider behavior, and education consumer behavior. Evidence-based solutions that leverage these insights offer a solution to the student debt crisis, better social and private returns to education, education access improvements, and improvements to the quality and pace of learning. The first essay, Conformity and Soft Skills as Determinants of Alternatively Credentialed Non-College Graduate Hireability, compares the skills gaps for college graduate and alternatively credentialed non-college graduate (ACNG) job applicants. I provide evidence that employers perceive a soft skills gap in ACNGs, and I demonstrate that employers see ACNGs as a labor pool with high quality variance, rather than a labor pool of general low quality. This paper provides a skill-level diagnostic that can be used by education providers to improve curricula. The signaling model of education provides an ideal foundation for the questionnaire design that is utilized in all three essays. Where signaling model theorists have previously suggested that nonconformity creates a stigma for ACNG labor, I show that nonconformity is viewed as a net value add by employers. I propose that productivity variance risk aversion is a better explanation than stigma for the relatively weak average performance of alternative credentials to the traditional degree on the labor market. The second essay, Hirability and Educational Prestige, tests the hypothesis that educational prestige explains hirability better than accreditation. Ordinary least squares and linear mixed model analyses provide evidence that prestige does explain a greater share of variance in hirability compared to accreditation, but the effect of accreditation also remains independently important. This paper identifies rules of thumb that education consumers can use to identify meaningfully high-prestige learning providers. These meaningful categories can also be used for further research into the return on investment in alternative education. Results suggest a need for accreditation reform to allow maximal social surplus in the market for education. The third paper, COVID-19 and Alternative Postsecondary Learning, investigates the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social favorability to remote learning and alternative credentials. Results indicate that the pandemic increased favorability to remote learning and alternative credentials. The conclusion provides some reasons to think that high favorability will persist over time.
In memoriam Sándor Tóth (1932-2024)
Creators: name: Fazekas, Imre
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Dr Sándor Tóth(1932 1932–2024) secondary schoolteacher specializing in biology and geography, zo-ologistologist-museologist and museum director joinedthe Bakonyi Museum in Veszprém in 1970 to or-ganize and create the unique rural natural historymuseum dreamed up by his predecessor, JenőPapp. The new institution opened on 17 May 1972on the second floor of the Cistercian Abbey. Sán-dor was the museum's director and entomologistmuseologist for two decades, and between 1978and 1980 he also served as county museum direc-tor. During its professional and managerial work,the museum achieved such a rank that in 1992 itwas able to become an independent county institu-tion after it had been separated from the MuseumDirectorate of Veszprém County.
title: Cultural History of Cranial Modification in the Lambayeque Valley Complex of Peru
Creators: name: Gómez Isaac, Mónica T
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Bioarchaeology
subject: Cranial
subject: Peru
subject: Modification
subject: Lambayeque
subject: North Coast

description: This thesis serves as a bioarchaeological investigation of cranial modification spanning three millennia and originating from several different archaeological sites found on the north coast of Peru. Utilizing perspectives from cultural anthropology, archaeology, and biology to interpret the nature, variation, and meanings associated with this particular form of body ritualization, this study seeks to translate the emic motivations exercised by indigenous groups long ago of Latin America and specifically the central Andes. Since a single standard interpretation of head shaping is not representative of all cultures that performed this tradition, analysis of data collected from the Lambayeque Valley will provide vital contextual information about the body and this transformative process as regarded by native groups specific to this region. For these reasons, a set of hypotheses addressing cranial modification will address broader questions of social complexity, class, and difference while assessing their relevance to head shaping practices on the north coast of Peru.
survey questionnaire
Creators: name: Bakhurji, Eman
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 429999
subject: Other health sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The survey will consist of three sections with close-ended questions: 1) demographical information (age, gender, education level, income level, area of residence). 2) questions about knowledge about e-cigarettes. 3) attitude regarding current and future practices.
The Willmore Conjecture
Creators: name: Nowaczyk, Nikolai
Publisher: name: Mathematisches Forschungsinstitut Oberwolfach
Year: 2016
Subjects: Geometry and Topology
Physics
Reflections on Mathematics

description: The Willmore problem studies which torus has the least amount of bending energy. We explain how to think of a torus as a donut-shaped surface and how the intuitive notion of bending has been studied by mathematics over time.
description: Snapshots of modern mathematics from Oberwolfach; No. 11/2016
title: IMMERSIVE DEEP MAPS FOR ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES: PRESENCE AND PLACE ACROSS TIME AND SPACE THROUGH VIRTUAL REALITY
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2021

description: Presenting complex spatiotemporal environmental and cultural archaeological site information in traditional museum exhibits is a challenge. The site data exists, meticulously documented in modern archaeological mapping processes, but is not always effectively communicated to the public. Often, archaeology-and-history-focused exhibits highlight one period, person, or artifact and neglect to convey the many stories often connected to significant sites. Deep map exhibits that link multifaceted archaeological data are one answer to presenting more inclusive histories. Immersive virtual reality (IVR) systems (e.g., Oculus Rift) take deep map exhibits a step further, offering audiences opportunities to learn about history by virtually being in representations of past environments. IVR experiences achieve this sense of being in the past by accessing an audience’s sense of presence (i.e., the perception of being somewhere else); this sensation connected to user learning motivation and knowledge acquisition. Besides these educational benefits, IVR exhibits offer museum visitors requested technology-based novel experiences that encourage audience engagement with typically inaccessible archaeological materials. This research details the IVR deep map exhibit development process using accessible platforms and IVR systems for Clark’s Branch, an archaeological site in Northern Virginia’s Riverbend Park. Preliminary user testing suggests that audiences respond positively to the deep mapping concept and that the experience enhanced user understanding of the multidimensional information related to the site’s different periods. Archaeological sites, parks, and museums can use the IVR deep mapping framework introduced in this work to create custom experiences that educate and engage with Digital Age audiences and better communicate complex histories connected to place.
title: The Effect of Zinc and Zinc Plus Copper on Memory
Creators: name: Perez-Casillas, Tizoc
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Zinc
subject: Copper
subject: Memory
subject: Minerals

description: Trace metals exist in low quantities in the human body. Zinc and copper are two trace metals that are essential in the body, yet they must be balanced; otherwise, negative side effects emerge. Zinc has an antagonistic effect on copper, in that an excess amount of zinc absorbed by the body causes a copper deficiency. Furthermore, previous studies have also shown that exposing rats to zinc given both prenatally to the mother and after birth leads to cognitive impairments in adult rats and increased levels of zinc in the rat temporal cortex and hippocampus, which can be rescued in part by adding copper to the diet (Flinn et al., 2005). This experiment examined the effect of giving zinc and zinc plus copper to adult rats in the drinking water. I raised forty-five rats on zinc (15), zinc plus copper (15), and lab water (15). Zinc and zinc plus copper were dissolved in the rats’ drinking water. The group of rats that had no metals added in the water was measured as a baseline (control). Previous experiments have shown that rats raised on zinc could not learn to extinguish a learned fear. The rats in this experiment were subjected to a fear-conditioning task, and I measured the duration of time to extinguish the learned fear. When dosed with zinc, the rats took the longest to extinguish the learned fear when a stimulus was no longer fearful. Since copper partly remediates the zinc effects, the rats dosed with zinc plus copper extinguished faster than the rats dosed solely with zinc and, in some cases, extinguished faster than the rats dosed exclusively on lab water. This experiment further elucidates the effects of zinc on cognitive abilities and the remediation of zinc’s effects when copper is present. From a larger perspective, this study emphasizes that an excess of indispensable minerals and nutrients, which are found in several food products, does not necessarily imply better human functioning.
title: Recursive Parameter Estimation for Continuous-time Bivariate Markov Chains
Creators: name: Li, Zhuxuan
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Bivariate Markov chain
subject: Markov modulated Poisson process
subject: Recursive parameter estimation
subject: EM algorithm

description: A continuous-time bivariate Markov chain comprises a pair of continuous-time random processes which are jointly Markov. One of the two processes is an underlying process while the other is assumed observable. An important special bivariate Markov chain is given by the continuous-time Markov modulated Poisson process (MMPP). The underlying process of an MMPP is a Markov chain, and the observable process is conditionally Poisson. Discretetime bivariate Markov chains may also be de ned, but they shall not be studied in this thesis. Bivariate Markov chains are useful in modeling ion-channel currents in living cells, Internet tra c, and in other problems in queuing theory. In this thesis we focus on recursive estimation of the parameter of a bivariate Markov chain which comprises its in nitesimal generator. We study a stochastic approximation approach using a newly developed recursion for the gradient of the log-likelihood function of the observed signal. The recursive algorithm is compared with a batch expectation-maximization (EM) algorithm developed earlier. The bias and mean squared error obtained in estimating each component of the parameter using each algorithm are evaluated and compared. The recursive algorithm requires far more data to provide an estimate comparable to that obtained by the EM algorithm, but the EM algorithm iterates over the entire data multiple times. The main advantage of the recursive estimator is its ability to adapt to slow changes in the underlying statistics of the model. The EM algorithm is a batch approach which must be re-applied whenever new data becomes available or there is a change in the underlying statistics of the model.
THE ROLE OF SPECIALIST OBLIGATIONS IN LEGAL STATUS DURING  THE EVIDENTIARY PROCESS
Creators: name: Abduvahobov, Sherzodbek
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This article analyzes the rights and obligations of specialists in criminal proceedings, opinions and considerations expressed by legal scholars regarding the concept of obligations in criminal proceedings, the role of specialists in collecting, recording, and evaluating evidence, differences between the legal status of specialists and experts, similarities in their obligations, the position of specialists in criminal procedural legislation, and their current status. Additionally, the article highlights the main obligations of specialists and their additional responsibilities in the evidentiary process.
Supplementary document for Neural Network Architectures for Optical Channel Nonlinear Compensation in Digital Subcarrier Multiplexing Systems - 6391210.pdf
Creators: name: Bakhshali, Ali
name: Najafi, Hossein
name: Hamgini, Behnam Behinaein
name: Zhang, Zhuhong
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Additional graphs omitted from the paper
A MODERN VIEW OF THE PROBLEM OF REACTIVE ARTHRITIS IN ADULTS
Creators: name: Pulatov, Ulugbek
name: Shopulotov, Shokhrukh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Reactive arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory joint disease that develops as a response to an infection in the body, and the infection itself may not directly affect the joints. Reactive arthritis often occurs a few weeks after a urogenital or intestinal infection.  In recent years, the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) has been quite high. According to WHO estimates, 330 million new cases of STDs are registered annually in the world, among which there is a rapid increase in the number of diseases caused by trichomonas, chlamydia, ureaplasmas, mycoplasmas, as well as herpes, human papillomavirus and others.
title: Diel and seasonal patterns in water quality continuously monitored at a fixed site on the tidal freshwater Potomac River
Creators: name: Jones, R. Christian
name: Graziano, Alexander P.
Publisher: name: Freshwater Biological Association
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Continuous monitoring
subject: Dissolved oxygen
subject: PH
subject: Specific conductance
subject: Submersed aquatic vegetation
subject: Temperature
subject: Temporal variation
subject: Tidal

description: Recent advances in water quality monitoring have facilitated the acquisition of temporally rich datasets that allow comprehensive analysis of patterns and underlying processes and drivers at multiple scales. We analyzed data from a continuous water quality monitor on the tidal Occoquan River, a tributary of the tidal Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay. Temperature, conductivity, dissolved oxygen (DO), and pH were collected at 15 minute intervals from April through early November of 2010. Results of time series analysis indicate that, on a short-term basis, conductivity manifested an underlying semidiel pattern, presumably driven by tidal excursion. In comparison, DO, pH, and temperature exhibited a diel pattern correlated with the daily light and temperature cycle. Longer-term patterns were related to longer-term climatic factors such as a dry summer with low freshwater inputs, seasonal progressions of light and temperature, and a river discharge spike in early October. Examination of multiday patterns in DO and pH using 15 minute data during a climatically stable period illustrated both diel and semidiel patterns. Patterns in a period of strong hydrological forcing revealed a disruption of diel and semidiel patterns for several days with a general restoration of patterns thereafter. Both diel and seasonal data suggest that abundant submerged aquatic vegetation in the study area was the main primary producer component driving diel and seasonal DO and pH patterns.
Kant and the supposed right to lie
Creators: name: Timmermann, Jens
Publisher: name: The University of St Andrews
Year: 2025
Subjects: Immanuel Kant
Moral dilemmas
Lying
History of philosophy

description: 1. Timmermann, Jens (2013). Kantian Dilemmas? Moral Conflict in Kant’s Ethical Theory. Archiv für Geschichte der Philosophie 95, 36–64. Ca. 12,000 words. Abstract: This paper explores the possibility of moral conflict in Kant’s ethics. An analysis of the only explicit discussion of the topic in his published writings confirms that there is no room for genuine moral dilemmas. Conflict is limited to non-conclusive ‘grounds’ of obligation. They arise only in the sphere of ethical duty and, though defeasible, ought to be construed as the result of valid arguments an agent correctly judges to apply in the situation at hand. While it is difficult to determine in theory what makes some of them stronger than others, these ‘grounds’ can account for practical residue in conflict cases and for a plausible form of agent regret. The principle that ‘ought implies can’ survives intact. 2. Timmermann, Jens (2025). Kant and the Supposed Right to Lie. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Ca. 103,000 words (main body of text) + 4,300 words (appendix). Abstract: In his 1797 essay ‘On a Supposed Right to Lie from Love of Humanity’, Kant argues that when only a con dent lie might save a friend, one must, if asked, reply truthfully and thus betray his hiding-place to the person who wants to kill him. This is the first monograph to explore Kant’s essay in detail. Jens Timmermann examines the background of the piece (Kant was provoked by Benjamin Constant and his translator, Carl Friedrich Cramer); the history of the example (which was also discussed by, amongst others, Augustine, Fichte and Johann David Michaelis); the peculiarities of Constant’s version of the case; and Kant’s core argument against Constant: lying, or a right to lie, would undermine contractual rights and spell disaster for all humanity. This rich interpretative resource, which includes a facing-page translation of Kant’s essay, will be of wide interest to Kant scholars and moral philosophers.
Winter cruises to sunshine lands : season 1927-28
Creators: name: Canadian Pacific Railway Company
name: Crawford, Lawrence
Publisher: name: United States : Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Year: 2018

description: Pamphlet advertising round-the-world cruises, as well as cruises to South America and Africa, the Mediterranean, and the West Indies. Assembled by Lawrence Crawford, orchestra leader on the Canadian Pacific second Empress of Japan, Princess Louise, and Princess Alice.
title: Advancing genetic tools for Desulfovibrio spp. in nanoparticle synthesis and metal recovery
Creators: name: Eggington, Ian James
Publisher: name: The University of Edinburgh
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Desulfovibrio spp.
subject: Nanoparticles
subject: Metal recovery
subject: CRISPR-Cas9
subject: Plasmids

description: The increasing demand for platinum group metals (PGMs) and rare earth elements (REEs) necessitates sustainable metal recovery methods. One such way is the use of bacteria to recover metals as metallic nanoparticles which are nano-sized and highly catalytic. This thesis explores the potential of Desulfovibrio alaskensis G20 (Da G20) and Desulfovibrio desulfuricans 27774 (Dd 27774), for the synthesis of nanoparticles and critical metal recovery, and their genetic adaption towards industrial applications. Efforts focused on developing new shuttle plasmids for these non-model organisms as well characterisation of the pre-cursor plasmid; pMO9075, demonstrating the feasibility of dual plasmid transformation. This opens new avenues for genetic manipulation and provides a framework for understanding the impact and flexibility of these genetic tools in Desulfovibrio spp. Significant advances were made in the understanding of CRISPR-Cas9 machinery and its potential applications in Da G20, although no knockout mutants were successfully created. This work lays the groundwork for further exploration and optimisation of CRISPR systems in these bacteria. The potential for upscaling Desulfovibrio spp. for industrial applications was demonstrated, including the ability to grow in non-standard media while producing nanoparticles. Notably, Dd 27774 produced smaller and more controlled nanoparticles than the well-studied Da G20 These nanoparticles were analysed and found to be equally crystalline, with Pt nanoparticles displaying similar structural characteristics. Furthermore, Pd nanoparticles were found to be equally catalytically active, providing similar yields in the Sonogashira reaction to those reported in published data for Da G20. Although Da G20 cannot grow in the conditions to replicate the smaller nanoparticles produced by 27774, the addition of a plasmid enabled enough temporary growth in these conditions to replicate the results observed and provides a very promising avenue for future work. This work advances the tools and techniques for harnessing Desulfovibrio spp. in nanoparticle synthesis and metal recovery, contributing to the development of sustainable biotechnological solutions in metal recycling and recovery.
Digital Transformation of Incumbent Companies: an integrative systematic literature review from 2012 to 2021
Creators: name: Gonçalves, Érika Rocha
name: Santos, Glicia Vieira dos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Digital transformation. Industry 4.0. Incumbent companies.

description: The ongoing fourth industrial revolution has given new meanings to the widely consolidated concepts of business management. As new digital technologies advance, companies are forced to adapt to the new reality to survive in an increasingly competitive market. The objective is conducting an integrative systematic review of the literature to identify the main authors who are researching the digital transformation, of companies that weren’t born digital, in the period from 2012 to 2021. A systematic integrative literature review was carried out using the Emerald, Scopus and Web of Science databases. The inclusion methods include scientific articles and books published between 2012 and 2021, in Portuguese and English, with the keywords in the title, subject, abstract or in the keywords of the publications. Two other criteria are peer-reviewed journals classified as A1, A2, B1 or B2 according to the CAPES foundation classification. Through the analysis of the literature, it’s concluded a consensus of the main authors who research the digital transformation of incumbent companies. First, although it is a strategic choice, is evidenced the necessity of implementing this process to survive in the current scenario. Second, it’s established that the advent of the internet and the development of technologies changed the entire dynamics of the organizational environment. This fact forces incumbent companies to invest in innovation and adapt their digital management activities. Third, for companies that were not born digital, digital technologies should not be seen as a sentence of bankruptcy, but as tools that can open up new channels of creation, delivery and capture of value (through the creation of new businesses), renewal and reintegration of business in the market.
Local Investments in Workforce Development: 2011 Evaluation Update
Creators: name: Smith, Tara Carter
name: King, Christopher T.
name: Schroeder, Daniel G.
Publisher: name: Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources
Year: 2011
Subjects: Labor Market and Industry Studies
Workforce Development

description: For more than fifteen years, Travis County has invested between $1-2.5 million in workforce development programs for disadvantaged residents. The purpose of the evaluation is to examine outcomes and impacts for participants in Travis County-funded community-based workforce programs over time and to provide recommendations and support for County and provider staff based on data analysis and best practice research. Seven providers with long standing County contracts have been the focus of an ongoing evaluation of the outcomes and impacts of local workforce services investments led by the Ray Marshall Center since 2006.
Rapid Employment Model Evaluation - 2011 Update
Creators: name: Smith, Tara Carter
name: King, Christopher T.
name: Schroeder, Daniel G.
Publisher: name: Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources
Year: 2011
Subjects: Labor Market and Industry Studies
Workforce Development

description: For more than fifteen years, Travis County has invested between $1-2.5 million in workforce development programs for disadvantaged residents. The purpose of the evaluation is to examine outcomes and impacts for participants in Travis County-funded community-based workforce programs over time and to provide recommendations and support for County and provider staff based on data analysis and best practice research. Seven providers with long standing County contracts have been the focus of an ongoing evaluation of the outcomes and impacts of local workforce services investments led by the Ray Marshall Center since 2006.
Local Investments in Workforce Development: Evaluation Update #2
Creators: name: Smith, Tara Carter
name: King, Christopher T.
name: Schroeder, Daniel G.
Publisher: name: Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources
Year: 2010
Subjects: Labor Market and Industry Studies
Workforce Development

description: For more than fifteen years, Travis County has invested between $1-2.5 million in workforce development programs for disadvantaged residents. The purpose of the evaluation is to examine outcomes and impacts for participants in Travis County-funded community-based workforce programs over time and to provide recommendations and support for County and provider staff based on data analysis and best practice research. Seven providers with long standing County contracts have been the focus of an ongoing evaluation of the outcomes and impacts of local workforce services investments led by the Ray Marshall Center since 2006.
Local Investments in Workforce Development: Evaluation Update
Creators: name: Smith, Tara Carter
name: King, Christopher T.
name: Schroeder, Daniel G.
Publisher: name: Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources
Year: 2008
Subjects: Labor Market and Industry Studies
Workforce Development

description: For more than fifteen years, Travis County has invested between $1-2.5 million in workforce development programs for disadvantaged residents. The purpose of the evaluation is to examine outcomes and impacts for participants in Travis County-funded community-based workforce programs over time and to provide recommendations and support for County and provider staff based on data analysis and best practice research. Seven providers with long standing County contracts have been the focus of an ongoing evaluation of the outcomes and impacts of local workforce services investments led by the Ray Marshall Center since 2006.
Rapid Employment Model Evaluation: Update
Creators: name: Smith, Tara Carter
name: King, Christopher T.
name: Schroeder, Daniel G.
Publisher: name: Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources
Year: 2008
Subjects: Labor Market and Industry Studies
Workforce Development

description: For more than fifteen years, Travis County has invested between $1-2.5 million in workforce development programs for disadvantaged residents. The purpose of the evaluation is to examine outcomes and impacts for participants in Travis County-funded community-based workforce programs over time and to provide recommendations and support for County and provider staff based on data analysis and best practice research. Seven providers with long standing County contracts have been the focus of an ongoing evaluation of the outcomes and impacts of local workforce services investments led by the Ray Marshall Center since 2006.
Local Investments in Workforce Development: Initial Findings
Creators: name: Smith, Tara Carter
name: King, Christopher T.
name: Schroeder, Daniel G.
Publisher: name: Ray Marshall Center for the Study of Human Resources
Year: 2007
Subjects: Labor Market and Industry Studies
Workforce Development

description: For more than fifteen years, Travis County has invested between $1-2.5 million in workforce development programs for disadvantaged residents. The purpose of the evaluation is to examine outcomes and impacts for participants in Travis County-funded community-based workforce programs over time and to provide recommendations and support for County and provider staff based on data analysis and best practice research. Seven providers with long standing County contracts have been the focus of an ongoing evaluation of the outcomes and impacts of local workforce services investments led by the Ray Marshall Center since 2006.
INKLYUZIV TA"LIMNI AMALIYOTGA JORIY QILISHNISHI - YUTUQ VA MUAMMOLARI
Creators: name: Maxmudov, Jasur
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Maqolada inklyuziv ta"limni amaliyotga joriy qilinishi, imkoniyati cheklangan bolalarning ta"lim olishiga qaratilgan e’tibor, maxsus yordamga muhtoj bolalarni umumta’lim muassasalari tizimida o'qitish borasida davlatimiz tomonidan chiqarilgan qarorlar va amalga oshirilgan yutuqlar bilan birga ayrim hal etilishi kerak bo’lgan muammolar haqida fikrlar bildirilgan.
title: Epipericardial fat necrosis: An unusual cause of acute chest pain
Creators: name: Teixeira, Ana Teresa
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Chest imaging
subject: Emergency
subject: Mediastinum
subject: Thorax
subject: CT
subject: Clinical Case

description: Clinical History: A 35-year-old man, non-smoker, presented to the emergency department of our institution with a three-day history of left pleuritic chest pain, exacerbated by deep breathing and accompanied by diaphoresis and nausea. The laboratory findings and electrocardiogram (ECG) were normal, and his past medical history was unremarkable.

description: 35 years, male
Smart and Sustainable Cities: analysis of tools for providing health services to the population of the city of Vitória (ES)
Creators: name: Borel, Flávia Miranda Sarmento
name: Santos, Glicia Vieira dos
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Public Management. Information Technology. Smart cities. Public health. Smart strategies in health.
subject: Public health
subject: Smart cities
subject: Public services
subject: Public administration
subject: Public policies

description: Nowadays, when thinking about the development of cities, Information Technology (IT) is one of the mechanisms used to achieve smart strategies. and an innovative service in the area of health becomes necessary to reach an smart city. O objective of the research proposes to verify if the City Hall of Vitória uses tools considered smart to provide services to the population in the health area. To the achievement of answers, were done semi structured interviews to the Deputy Secretary of Management, Planning and Communication, the Secretary of Health and the Undersecretary of Information Technology, responsible for the respective sectors that were articulated in the implementation of health innovation, beyond surveys in the City Hall website to obtain data and information about the tools that were elaborated by this City Hall. The research was qualitative and the analysis was of content. It was concluded that the City Hall uses tools considered smart, such as the 'Online Scheduling', which after the implementation of these and other smart tools significantly changed the service provided to the residents of that city with great advances in quality. These tools also brought significant cost savings. Reflections of an smart city.
Taxonomic evaluation of aizoaceae in western and southwestern Saudi Arabia: insights into morphology, anatomy, and palynology with records of two new species
Creators: name: Amal Y Aldhebiani
name: Modhi M Alotaibi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Taxonomy, Sesuvium, Mesembryanthemum, Malephora، Zaleya, New Species, New record

description: Aizoaceae is a leaf-succulent family represented by 132 genera and approximately 1,900 species, originating from South Africa and known as the ice family. This research investigates selected genera of Aizoaceae found in Saudi Arabia, focusing on their morphology, anatomy, and palynology. Specimens were collected from various regions in western and southwestern Saudi Arabia, representing different ecological conditions. The study involved field observations, laboratory analysis, and numerical evaluation using Principal Coordinates Analysis (PCoA) through the Multivariate Statistical Package (MVSP). Results revealed the identification of five genera from the western and southwestern regions, including the new record species Malephora crocea and Mesembryanthemum cordifolium. Both species were included under the subfamily Mesembryanthemoidea, while Sesuvium verrucosum and Zaleya pentandra were classified under Sesuvioideae. Morphological, anatomical, and palynological data were crucial in distinguishing these taxa, demonstrating the need for using diverse taxonomic approaches.
title: Letter: Wayne F. Buckle to C. Harrison Mann, Jr., February 18, 1960
Creators: name: Buckle, Wayne F.
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Sterilization

description: Letter: 1 pg, typescript signed, 11" x 8.5" (27.9 cm x 21.6 cm)
description: Letter from Wayne F. Buckle to C. Harrison Mann, Jr. urging him to reject House Bills 494 and 495 in the Virginia House of Delegates. The bills proposed sterilization for women who had certain mental illness or had the potential to give birth to more than one illegitimate child. C. Harrison Mann, Jr. Collection 39.08
Supplementary document for Detection speed optimization of OI-RD microscope for ultra-high throughput screening - 6391709.pdf
Creators: name: Zhang, Hang
name: Xu, MengJing
name: Li, Haofeng
name: han, Mai
name: Mi, Lan
name: ma, jiong
name: Zhu, Xiangdong
name: Fei, Yiyan
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: detailed mathematical derivation and auxiliary data
title: Detection of Early Changes in White Matter Degeneration Using Texture Analysis of Magnetic Resonance Images
Creators: name: Biswas, Debosmita
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: White matter
subject: Early detection
subject: White matter degeneration
subject: Alzheimer's diease
subject: Neurodegeneration

description: In the absence of permanent cure, early detection and diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases are of utmost importance to make use of palliative measures for enhancing the quality of life of millions of Americans. However, a large number of people are not diagnosed at an early enough stage where medications can delay the full onset of the diseases (NIA 2013). While various techniques to analyze brain images of subjects have been proposed to address this challenge, none of the techniques provide a robust and reliable solution. In this thesis, we present a novel technique using texture analysis of T2magnetic resonance (MR) images to lay the foundation for an effective solution, using Alzheimer's disease (AD) as the case study. The technique consists of the following four steps. First, we utilize the textural property of the MR images to obtain a set of features that encode statistically meaningful information about the spatial distributions of the gray tone variations. Second, we compute texture feature maps (a feature value stored at every image voxel) on the white matter regions of the images that xii are segmented into regions of interest (ROIs) based on the anatomical structure of the brain. Third, we identify the subset of relevant and uncorrelated features from our initial feature set by using statistical measures like mean, coefficient of variance, and mutual information. These features yield statistically different values in the different ROIs and also in the different subjects for the same ROI, and the variations in the values are independent of each other. Thus, they are expected to afford better predictive powers in terms of detecting early signs of AD than the complementary set of features. Last, we validate the utility of the relevant features by carrying out statistical hypothesis tests on two groups of subjects, where the first group consists of subjects who have the APOE ε4 genes that are often found in AD patients, and the other group comprises of subjects who do not have the APOE ε4 genes. Results show that the entropy-type features yield promising results and are able to distinguish between the two types of subjects in many cases. It is hypothesized that the lack of statistical differences for certain subjects belonging to the two groups is due to the non-advent of neurodegeneration in those subjects. Hence, we believe that this technique provides a valuable first step towards early detection of neurodegenerative diseases without requiring genetic information and functional imaging modalities. Further work will involve more effective feature set generation and extensive validation and verification using ground truth information and long-duration trials involving monitoring of subjects who are predicted to have early symptoms of the diseases.
Suppl. material to: The pleasing lacewings (Neuroptera: Dilaridae) of Africa: systematics, new distribution records, and biogeographical implications on the Old World fauna of the family (ISE)
Creators: name: Li, Di
name: Aspöck, Horst
name: Aspöck, Ulrike
name: Gruppe, Axel
name: Liu, Xingyue
Publisher: name: Brill Online
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 310401
subject: Animal systematics and taxonomy

description: Dilaridae is a distinctive Neuroptera family with remarkable characters, such as sexually dimorphic antennaeand the elongated ovipositor. This family comprises four genera and 115 so far described species,ranging across main zoogeographical realms except the Australian one. Due to limited dispersal capacity,dilarid species are often distributed in a relatively narrow area. Despite inhabiting diverse ecosystems,only two dilarid species have been known from Africa so far: one from northern Africa (western Palearcticrealm) and one from southern Africa (Afrotropical realm). In this study, we provide re-descriptions andillustrations of the two African dilarid species, i.e., Dilar bolivari Navás, 1903, and Neonallachius krooni(Minter, 1986), with the first record of N. krooni from northern East-Africa. Additionally, we summarizedall the records of the three genera of Dilaridae from the Old World and present the distribution map.Furthermore, we discuss the historical biogeography of the family.
title: Memo: Arthur A. Davis and Frederick A. McLaughlin, Jr. to Samuel C. Jackson, "The Goals of the New Communities Program," March 17, 1969
Creators: name: Davis, Arthur A.
name: McLaughlin, Frederick A.
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
subject: New Communities

description: Textual: Memo, copy with red pencil marks; 11” x 8.5” (27.9 cm x 21.6 cm)
description: Memo by Arthur A. Davis, Director of Community Resources Development Administration, and Frederick A. McLaughlin, Jr., Director of Office of Plans, Programs and Evaluationn, to Samuel C. Jackson with the subject line "The Goals of the New Communities Program" dated March 17, 1969. This memo discusses the main goal of the New Community Program and ten subgoals that are either mentioned in the New Communities Act of 1968 or could be enacted by the adminisrative policy. Planned Community Archives Collection, 484.20
title: Who Rebuilds? Civil Society in Post-Disaster Recovery in China and Japan
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2019

description: This dissertation explains how and why the work of civil society in post-disaster recovery varies under the ‘strong state’ settings, comparing recovery efforts of Wenchuan Earthquake in Sichuan, China (2008) and the Tohoku Disasters – officially known as Great East Japan Earthquake (2011). Drawing upon data collected through interviews, participant observation, as well as primary and secondary sources, I analyze the varying relationship between the state and civil society and the factors leading to civil society survival. I find that while China’s centralized and quick rebuilding left little space for civil society organizations to operate for long after the immediate relief phase, Japanese government’s decentralized recovery planning and centralized decision-making specifically incorporated local civic associations to be part of the planning process. I argue that the relationship between civil society and the state is not only important but critical in determining the survival of civil society activities.
title: Conceptions of the World Order: Building Peace in the Third Millennium
Creators: name: Rapoport, Anatol
Publisher: name: School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution
Year: 1997

description: Tenth Annual Vernon M. and Minnie I. Lynch Lecture on Conflict Resolution, ICAR, George Mason University April 23, 1997
description: "...It is a very great pleasure to welcome Dr. Anatol Rapoport to George Mason University to deliver the Tenth Annual Vernon M. and Minnie I. Lynch Lecture, "Conceptions of World Order: Building Peace in the Third Millennium," in this, the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution's Fifteenth Anniversary Year.
DIGITAL GAMES WHICH HAS SENSIBLE INFLUENCE ON IMPROVING PERSONAL VOCABULARY
Creators: name: Burieva, Umida
name: Burieva, Kibriyo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Extramural English (EE) activities, which include learner-initiated activities outside the classroom such as playing digital games, have been shown to positively impact vocabulary size and English language proficiency (Sundqvist, 2009; Sundqvist & Sylvén, 2012). This study examines the gaming habits, experiences, and perceptions of Pakistani high school students regarding incidental English vocabulary acquisition through online multiplayer video games. Data was collected through an online questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. Of the 88 students who responded to the survey, 23 volunteered for interviews, and five were selected based on their survey responses. The survey data was quantitatively analyzed, and thematic narrative analysis was applied to the interview data. The findings indicate a consensus on the beneficial role of video games in incidental vocabulary acquisition, attributed to the low-pressure context, heightened attention and engagement, and the shift from incidental learning to self-directed learning.
Symbolic Biology Alpha Sim: A Recursive Thermodynamic Simulator for Drift Collapse and Coherence in Cellular Fields
Creators: name: Steven Lanier-Egu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: symbolic biology
entropy simulation
recursion
drift collapse
ERF v2.0
SFT v3.0
Alpha Framework
negentropy
symbolic physics
coherence field
symbolic gravity
biofield simulation
memory propagation
Order Core

description: This simulator models biological agents as symbolic recursion engines navigating entropy-saturated environments. Grounded in the Entropic Recursion Framework (ERF v2.0), Symbolic Field Theory v3.0, and Alpha Framework 3.0, it computes symbolic efficiency (Ψₑₓᶠ), drift pressure (γₑₓᶠ), and field coherence (Ωₑₓᶠ) across biologically inspired environments. The system simulates entropy injection, symbolic collapse, memory propagation, and Order Core formation. Outputs include curvature fields, symbolic event logs, and recovery maps. This release marks the first biologically aligned application of symbolic thermodynamics and recursive negentropy modeling.
title: Screening and Characterization of Anti-HIV Small Molecule Inhibitors
Creators: name: Deng, Jiaoying
Publisher: name: George Mason University
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Anti-HIV
subject: HIV life cycle
subject: Inhibitors
subject: Mechanism
subject: Drug screening

description: The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) afflicts over 30 million people worldwide. The current anti-retroviral therapy has been proved effective and improved the life expectancy of HIV infected individuals. However, it still has numerous limitations, including side effects, drug interactions, poor drug absorption and viral drug resistance. Discovery and development of novel anti-HIV drugs that overcome current limitations is in great demand and still one of the major interests and focuses in the field of HIV therapy. Great efforts have been put on identifying effective anti-HIV drugs and studying the action mechanisms of the drugs on HIV in this research work. Up to forty compounds from different research institutes have been screened using a HIV Rev-dependent indicator T cell line, Rev-CEM-GFP-Luc. Eight drugs that inhibited HIV infection at non-toxic dosages have been identified through the screening. Further mechanism study has then been performed on the identified drugs and two of them (NSC377384 and NSC44556) are selected and studied in details. The study has revealed that these two selected drugs have totally different mechanisms of action on HIV. NSC377384 targets the late steps of HIV life cycle, and inhibits HIV replication most likely by inhibiting viral assembly and budding, causing a decrease in viral particle release. NSC44556, in contrast, targets the early steps of HIV life cycle, and likely specifically inhibits the function of HIV reverse transcriptase, leading to a decrease in viral DNA synthesis. The discoveries in this research work will provide useful help to the development of better anti-HIV drugs overcoming some current limitations. It is also expected that this research work can contribute to the future research in better meeting the societal demand on novel anti-HIV drugs.
Supplementary document for Coexistence of Dirac points and nodal chains in photonic metacrystal - 6391760.pdf
Creators: name: XIA, LINGBO
name: Long, Sheng
name: Yang, Jie
name: Wang, Hanyu
name: Yu, Zhide
name: Yang, Biao
name: Guo, Qinghua
name: Xiang, Yuanjiang
name: Zhang, Shuang
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications

description: Supporting content
title: Duodenal laceration with biliary leak following motorcycle crash
Creators: name: Nunes, Andreia
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Abdominal imaging
subject: Abdomen
subject: Biliary Tract / Gallbladder
subject: Emergency
subject: CT
subject: MR
subject: MR-Cholangiography
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: Acute
subject: Fistula
subject: Clinical Case

description: Clinical History: A 30-year-old man was admitted following a motorcycle accident involving a frontal collision with a car. The patient was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit, sedated and ventilated, with a nasogastric tube and peritoneal drainage.

description: 30 years, male