cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Too young to marry. Child marriage in Turkey : de jure and de facto obligations under international and European law
Creators: name: Karaca, Buket
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: marriage
children
Turkey

description: Second semester University: Maastricht University.
description: This thesis examines child marriages in Turkey by looking at the de jure and de facto obligations of Turkey under International and European Law. The individuals who can be considered as a child under international and national law are defined, however a common definition of a child as a person under the age of 18 does not exist in Turkey’s laws. The prevalence of child marriage in the statistics are provided by the “2008 Demographic and Health Survey” (TNSA). The results indicate that 3 out 10 women are child brides and those child marriages vary by urban/rural residence and regions as well as by demographic characteristics of women and marriage formation. The majority of marriages in Turkey take place both by religious and official marriage ceremonies. According to the 2008 TNSA study, the countrywide percentage of marriages conducted solely through religious ceremony among women of 15-49 years of age is 3,3. As there are no official data on religious marriages, accurate statistical data on child marriages in Turkey do not exist. The planned amendments to the Turkish Penal Code, which will criminalise forced marriages of girls under the age of 17, are part of a new 10 step programme of the Turkish government to eradicate underage and forced marriages in Turkey. The effectiveness of this programme will be for future assessment.
Extensive Spectroscopy and Photometry of the Type IIP Supernova 2013ej
Creators: name: Dhungana, G.
name: Kehoe, R.
name: Vinko, J.
name: Silverman, J. M.
name: Wheeler, J. C.
name: Marion, G. H.
name: Zheng, W.
name: Fox, O. D.
name: Akerlof, C.
name: Biro, B. I.
name: Borkovits, T.
name: Cenko, S. B.
name: Clubb, K. I.
name: Filippenko, A. V.
name: Ferrante, F. V.
name: Gibson, C. A.
name: Graham, M. L.
name: Hegedus, T.
name: Kelly, P.
name: Kelemen, J.
name: Lee, W. H.
name: Marschalko, G.
name: Molnár, L.
name: Nagy, A. P.
name: Ordasi, A.
name: Pal, A.
name: Sarneczky, K.
name: Shivvers, I.
name: Szakats, R.
name: Szalai, T.
name: Szegedi-Elek, E.
name: Székely, P.
name: Szing, A.
name: Takáts, K.
name: Vida, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present extensive optical ($UBVRI$, $g'r'i'z'$, and open CCD) and near-infrared ($ZYJH$) photometry for the very nearby Type IIP SN ~2013ej extending from +1 to +461 days after shock breakout, estimated to be MJD $56496.9\pm0.3$. Substantial time series ultraviolet and optical spectroscopy obtained from +8 to +135 days are also presented. Considering well-observed SNe IIP from the literature, we derive $UBVRIJHK$ bolometric calibrations from $UBVRI$ and unfiltered measurements that potentially reach 2\% precision with a $B-V$ color-dependent correction. We observe moderately strong Si II $\lambda6355$ as early as +8 days. The photospheric velocity ($v_{\rm ph}$) is determined by modeling the spectra in the vicinity of Fe II $\lambda5169$ whenever observed, and interpolating at photometric epochs based on a semianalytic method. This gives $v_{\rm ph} = 4500\pm500$ km s$^{-1}$ at +50 days. We also observe spectral homogeneity of ultraviolet spectra at +10--12 days for SNe IIP, while variations are evident a week after explosion. Using the expanding photosphere method, from combined analysis of SN 2013ej and SN 2002ap, we estimate the distance to the host galaxy to be $9.0_{-0.6}^{+0.4}$ Mpc, consistent with distance estimates from other methods. Photometric and spectroscopic analysis during the plateau phase, which we estimated to be $94\pm7$ days long, yields an explosion energy of $0.9\pm0.3\times10^{51}$ ergs, a final pre-explosion progenitor mass of $15.2\pm4.2$~M$_\odot$ and a radius of $250\pm70$~R$_\odot$. We observe a broken exponential profile beyond +120 days, with a break point at +$183\pm16$ days. Measurements beyond this break time yield a $^{56}$Ni mass of $0.013\pm0.001$~M$_\odot$.
description: 29 pages, 23 figures, 15 tables, Published in The Astrophisical Journal
Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Cultural Differences and Similarities in Executive Functioning in the United States
Creators: name: Rea-Sandin, Gianna
name: Korous, Kevin
name: Causadias, José
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: cognitive flexibility
subject: cultural differences hypothesis
subject: cultural similarities hypothesis
subject: culture
subject: executive function
subject: inhibitory control
subject: meta-analysis
subject: psychology
subject: working memory

description: Executive functioning has important implications for multiple developmental processes and outcomes. However, the degree to which executive functioning varies between and within racial/ethnic groups in the United States is less understood. To address this issue, we will conduct a systematic review and meta-analysis of overall executive functioning and its three core components: inhibitory control, working memory, and cognitive flexibility. Our goals are to: 1) examine differences across these components between Whites and minorities, as well as differences between- (e.g., African-Americans, Latinos) and within- (e.g., Latinos: Mexican-Americans, Cuban-Americans) minority groups; and 2) test potential moderators of these differences (e.g., sex, age, measure). We will address the implications of these findings in terms of support for the cultural differences and similarities hypotheses.
Ultrafast Carrier Relaxation and Second Harmonic Generation in a Higher-Fold Weyl Fermionic System PtAl
Creators: name: Saini, Vikas
name: Punjal, Ajinkya
name: Pandey, Utkarsh Kumar
name: Puranik, Ruturaj Vikrant
name: Sharma, Vikash
name: Dwij, Vivek
name: Vijay, Kritika
name: Kulkarni, Ruta
name: Banik, Soma
name: Dharmadhikari, Aditya
name: Singh, Bahadur
name: Prabhu, Shriganesh
name: Thamizhavel, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In topological materials, shielding of bulk and surface states by crystalline symmetries has provided hitherto unknown access to electronic states in condensed matter physics. Interestingly, photo-excited carriers relax on an ultrafast timescale, demonstrating large transient mobility that could be harnessed for the development of ultrafast optoelectronic devices. In addition, these devices are much more effective than topologically trivial systems because topological states are resilient to the corresponding symmetry-invariant perturbations. By using optical pump probe measurements, we systematically describe the relaxation dynamics of a topologically nontrivial chiral single crystal, PtAl. Based on the experimental data on transient reflectivity and electronic structures, it has been found that the carrier relaxation process involves both acoustic and optical phonons with oscillation frequencies of 0.06 and 2.94 THz, respectively, in picosecond time scale. PtAl with a space group of $P$$2_{1}$3 allows only one non-zero susceptibility element i.e. $d_{14}$, in second harmonic generation (SHG) with a large value of 468(1) pm/V, which is significantly higher than that observed in standard GaAs(111) and ZnTe(110) crystals. The intensity dependence of the SHG signal in PtAl reveals a non-perturbative origin. The present study on PtAl provides deeper insight into topological states which will be useful for ultrafast optoelectronic devices.
description: 10 pages, 5 figures
Implementation of Ion Beam-Pulsing at the Laboratory for Experimental Nuclear Astrophysics
Creators: name: Machado, Eric
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Of the two ion sources at LENA, the Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) ion source
is the more intense. The original acceleration column was able to produce a DC proton
beam on target of approximately 2 mA, which provided the requisite high-intensity beam
and facilitated several important measurements. However, lossy beam-transport exacerbated
several beam-transport difficulties which reduced the beam current arriving on
target and ultimately caused damage to the acceleration column itself. The first portion of
this thesis describes work performed to improve the beam transport efficiency.
The γ-ray spectrometer at LENA utilizes a sophisticated coincidence detection scheme to
reduce the radiation background. Details can be found in Longland et al. Nevertheless,
further reduction of background counts is desirable to improve the signal-to-noise ratio.
The second portion of this thesis describes work performed to quantify the improvement
in measurement signal-to-noise by implementing a new method for operating the ECR ion
source.
The strategy for further reducing background counts implemented at LENA involves
changing from a DC beam regime to a pulsed ion beam. Specifically, we desired a beam of
10% duty cycle, with 100 ms of beam on target followed by 900 ms of no beam. A software
gate in LENA’s data acquisition software, JAM, is then used to differentiate spectra
obtained when the beam is on from spectra obtained when the beam is off. This method
has been successfully implemented, with results discussed below.
Pulsing of the beam at 10% duty cycle is is equivalent to a 90% reduction in beam
current. The DC beam current must then be increased by a factor of ten, to roughly 20 mA,
to maintain an average beam current of approximately 2 mA when the beam is pulsed. This
increase in DC beam current will be achieved with a newly constructed accelerator column,
which is an ongoing project.
PENGARUH KUALITAS PELAYANAN TERHADAP KEPUASAN PELANGGAN DI PT.POS INDONESIA (PERSERO) CABANG SOREANG 40900
Creators: name: Cahyana, Dadang
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Kepuasan
subject: Kualitas Pelayanan
subject: Quality
subject: Satisfaction
subject: service

description: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui bagaimana pengaruh kualitas pelayanan terhadap kepuasan nasabah di PT. POS INDONESIA (PERSERO) Cabang Soreang 40900. Metode yang digunakan adalah metode kuantitatif dan teknik pengumpulan data dengan cara wawancara, observasi, penyebaran angket dan kajian pustaka yang memiliki hubungan erat dengan pokok permasalahan. Dari hasil penelitian diperoleh nilai koefisien korelasi Rank Spearman antara kualitas pelayanan terhadap kepuasan pelangan adalah 0.955 dan koefisien determinasi sebesar 91.33 % hal ini dapat dikatakan hubungan antara pengaruh kualitas pelayanan terhadap kepuasan pelanggan termasuk kategori sangat kuat. Dari penelitian yang dilakukan ternyata ditemukan permasalahan dalam pengaruh kualitas pelayanan terhadap kepuasan pelanggan antara lain 1). Pada pelayanan I-Pos atau pelayanan surat menyurat masih banyak konsumen yang kurang memahami tentang standarisasi pengiriman surat, dokumen, dan berang, 2). Belum tersedianya kotak saran maupu keluhan untuk konsumen. Adapun saran yang diberikan diantaranya : 1). Memasang papan informasi yang berisi prosedur – prosedur yang ada di PT. POS INDONESIA, 2). Disediakannya kotak saran maupun keluhan untuk konsumen.
The contribution of intercultural media to pluralism and diversity in the public discourse: necessary voices in contemporary democratic society : the case of Austria
Creators: name: Frauschner, Andrea
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2011
Subjects: intercultural communication
Austria
media

description: Second semester University: Université Libre de Bruxelles.
description: One of the most important challenges for our present society is the increase in ethnic and social heterogeneity, which also implies great effects on our communication. The democratic ideal of giving all people an equal voice in the decisions affecting them is getting harder to fulfil in the face of a heterogenic population, as there can be the risk that less influential and powerful groups such as migrants or ethnic groups have less possibilities to raise their voices. The media provide the public sphere for negotiating democratic decisions, but often have difficulty in offering equal access. I argue that adequate access for groups in society that have traditionally had disadvantaged access to the media such as migrants is crucial for the democratic discourse. I also advocate that intercultural media giving migrants and ethnic groups a voice in the public arena, could help mitigate the risk described above. The main characteristic of intercultural media is diversity. Firstly, they are produced by ethnic groups of different origins. Secondly, they address an audience with and without a migration background. Thirdly, the content is created with the particular perspective of their ethnic producers, mostly in the language of the host country. I will demonstrate my argument using the case of Austria, whose media are a “murky mirror” of the existing diversity of the country. Media concentration, a variety of channels without a real diversity of reflected opinions, unequal power relations are reasons that deprive the migrant population of adequate participation and representation in the public sphere. However, the state has responsibility to provide an environment for a media system that reflects the existing diversity in a country and does not disadvantage certain groups such as migrants. Human rights underscore this duty of the state to guarantee the right of freedom of expression, stressing the negative, but as well the positive obligations. The theoretical reasoning and the findings of the mapping of intercultural media in Austria illustrate that intercultural media hold a huge potential for a more democratic discourse, as they allow access to the public sphere for migrants, offer opportunities for self-representation, provide information with an intercultural focus for a general audience, create a bridging function, counter discriminatory reporting and strengthen the quality of media pluralism.
Dark matter implications of the WMAP-Planck Haze
Creators: name: Egorov, Andrey E.
name: Gaskins, Jennifer M.
name: Pierpaoli, Elena
name: Pietrobon, Davide
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Gamma rays and microwave observations of the Galactic Center and surrounding areas indicate the presence of anomalous emission, whose origin remains ambiguous. The possibility of dark matter (DM) annihilation explaining both signals through prompt emission at gamma-rays and secondary emission at microwave frequencies from interactions of high-energy electrons produced in annihilation with the Galactic magnetic fields has attracted much interest in recent years. We investigate the DM interpretation of the Galactic Center gamma-ray excess by searching for the associated synchrotron in the WMAP-Planck data. Considering various magnetic field and cosmic-ray propagation models, we predict the synchrotron emission due to DM annihilation in our Galaxy, and compare it with the WMAP-Planck data at 23-70GHz. In addition to standard microwave foregrounds, we separately model the microwave counterpart to the Fermi Bubbles and the signal due to DM, and use component separation techniques to extract the signal associated with each template from the total emission. We confirm the presence of the Haze at the level of 7% of the total sky intensity at 23GHz in our chosen region of interest, with a harder spectrum $I \sim ν^{-0.8}$ than the synchrotron from regular cosmic-ray electrons. The data do not show a strong preference towards fitting the Haze by either the Bubbles or DM emission only. Inclusion of both components provides a better fit with a DM contribution to the Haze emission of 20% at 23GHz, however, due to significant uncertainties in foreground modeling, we do not consider this a clear detection of a DM signal. We set robust upper limits on the annihilation cross section by ignoring foregrounds, and also report best-fit DM annihilation parameters obtained from a complete template analysis. We conclude that the WMAP-Planck data are consistent with a DM interpretation of the gamma-ray excess.
description: 34 pages, 9 figures
Impact of Hurricane Matthew on Diabetes Self-management and Outcomes
Creators: name: Travia, Kevin
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Individuals with diabetes require extensive self-management. Little is known about how a hurricane impacts diabetes self-management or outcomes and how it perpetuates health disparities in Robeson County, NC, a county where there is a high proportion of minority racial groups. Mixed methods were used to assess the impact of hurricanes on diabetes outcomes. Mean hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and frequency of diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) from the Southeastern Regional Medical Center from 6 months before and after Hurricane Matthew (HM) were compared using Student t-tests. Individuals with diabetes ≥ age 18 in Robeson County were recruited for focus groups and administered questionnaires to understand the perceived impact of the hurricane on diabetes self- management. Healthcare providers were recruited for parallel key informant interviews. 3,057 and 2,941 individuals had HbA1c measures available before and after HM, respectively. A demographic breakdown of 34.3% White, 21.7% Black or African American, and 21.4% American Indian or Alaska Native was observed in the sample representing 6 months after HM. No significant differences were found between mean HbA1c values before and after HM (before HM: mean HbA1c 8.34 ± 1.87%; after HM: mean HbA1c 8.31 ± 1.93 %; p=0.366). The period prevalence (PP) of DKA was higher in the 6 months after HM than before (before HM: 39 cases out of 4,025 visits, PP=0.010; after HM: 87 cases out of 3,779 visits, PP=0.023; p<0.0001). Significant themes from preliminary qualitative results highlight a lack of access to a balanced diet and diabetes medications that occurs during hurricanes in Robeson County, NC, especially for those of low socioeconomic position (SEP).  Individuals with diabetes were more likely to experience DKA after Hurricane Matthew than before. Future interventions may improve outcomes via increased access to healthful foods and diabetes medications, particularly for those of low SEP.
Interaction Vertex for Classical Spinning Particles
Creators: name: Rempel, Trevor
name: Freidel, Laurent
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a model of the classical spinning particle in which the coadjoint orbits of the Poincare group are parametrized by two pairs of canonically conjugate four vectors, one representing the standard position and momentum variables and the other which encodes the spinning degrees of freedom. This "Dual Phase Space Model" is shown to be a consistent theory of both massive and massless particles and allows for coupling to background fields such as electromagnetism. The on-shell action is derived and shown to be a sum of two terms, one associated with motion in spacetime and the other with motion in "spin space." Interactions between spinning particles are studied and a necessary and sufficient condition for consistency of a three-point vertex is established.
description: 26 pages, 2 figures
Exploring determinants of entrepreneurial performance
Creators: name: Thompson, Roy H.
Publisher: name: University of Derby
Year: 2013
Subjects: Entrepreneurship
Gender
household dynamics

description: This thesis reports research into elements of entrepreneurial performance with a particular focus on gender differences and their determinants. Inductive research during the initial literature review uncovered a range of factors affecting performance leading to an investigation of smallholder dairy entrepreneurs in Central Malawi. The primary research utilised a mix of both quantitative and qualitative instruments including innovative use of an adaptation of the ‘circle and stones’ proportional piling instrument. This participatory technique explored changes in the household economy following the introduction of the dairy enterprise, including projecting entrepreneurial intentions into the future. A notable feature of the research was the use of a range of context-specific performance measures developed from an outcomes model. These were both separately applied in a performance ranking exercise, and compiled into an overall performance rating (OPR) which was then compared with the initial post-interview field performance rating (FPR). The research involved extensive use of internal and external triangulation of information sources, comparing results from different instruments in the field research, and situating and comparing primary research findings with those from the academic literature and analysis of secondary data. Despite controlling for factors including industry-type, size of enterprise, provision of business and extension support, and taking into account differences in age and educational background, the research uncovered gender disparities in entrepreneurial performance. The performance disparity was greater for those females who are the de facto head of their households, and lesser for those who have the support of a resident male partner. The finding of female underperformance runs contrary to the a priori expectation of industry key informants in Malawi, and much of the academic literature. The research included exploration of risk mitigation strategies and their potential effect on entrepreneurial performance, as possible explanatory factors. Follow-on fieldwork then sought alternative explanations for the gender differentials through focus group discussions and key informant interviews, which uncovered time constraints of females as a potential factor in underperformance. Future research direction indicated includes an in-depth exploration of the intra-household dynamics of time allocation in managing enterprises.
Plant formations on ultramafic rocks in New Caledonia
Creators: name: Jaffré, Tanguy
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: New Caledonia is known for the diversity of its geological substrates, which have shaped its highly original and diverse flora. Here, the effect of the soil on the vegetation is described for several contact zones between ultramafic and other substrates. The main vegetation formations on soils derived from ultramafic rocks are described: low and medium altitude rainforests, high altitude rainforests, and maquis. The main types of maquis and the biological characteristics of maquis species are also presented.
Time for change in police culture : putting human rights at the centre of policing
Creators: name: Pastor Alonso, Sara
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: civil society
human rights
police

description: Second semester University: Queen's University, Belfast.
description: Police have the power to both protect and breach human rights. The purpose of international standards for policing is to leverage the positive connections between policing and human rights, and to minimise potential negative clashes between the two concepts (abuse of power, discriminatory treatment, arbitrariness). This can only be achieved by enacting a significant change in police culture. Holding that a human rights-based approach to policing is needed, this thesis argues that in order to have an impact on police behaviour patterns, international standards have to be implemented through comprehensive models aimed at putting human rights at the centre of policing, particularly through training and accountability measures. Through a parallel analysis of how these two elements are implemented in Spain and Northern Ireland, this thesis offers a guide for the identification of shortcomings and good practices in police training and accountability. Noting that a change in police culture faces multiple challenges at different levels, and taking into account the key role of civil society in the process, this thesis also proposes ways forward based on strategies of persuasion and mutual understanding between police and civil society organisations (CSOs), since true change will only come with the conviction of police officers that the protection of human rights is at the core of their job.
The Herbarium of New Caledonia (NOU): 60 years at the service of science for development
Creators: name: Bruy, David
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: The Herbarium of New Caledonia (NOU) was founded in 1961 within the Institut Français d’Océanie (now Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement) by J.P. Blanchon. Qualitatively and quantitatively enriched by the consecutive curators and associated staff, it is today rich of more than 90000 specimens including 834 nomenclatural types. These specimens represent a total of 6665 taxa coming essentially from New Caledonia but also from 15 other Pacific territories, and particularly from Vanuatu and Wallis and Futuna. With more than 300 citations on GoogleScholar and each year nearly 270 consultations, 100 requests for data and 3500 visits to the website, the NOU Herbarium is today an indispensable scientific, heritage and educational tool for New Caledonia. Its influence extends beyond the Pacific with exchanges of material with 70 international institutions. In the current context of global change and political and social instability, means must be found with all local actors so that the NOU Herbarium can continue to ensure its role in the service of sustainable development and heritage.
We Need to Talk: A Review of the Literature Addressing the Unmet Needs of Adolescent and Young Adult (AYA) Cancer Survivors
Creators: name: Balliot, Jacklyn
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Adolescence and young adulthood is a period of significant life decisions, changes, and developmental milestones. When cancer is added to this mix, it creates an increased risk for psychosocial complications, fertility issues, financial stress, and cancer recurrence risk and concerns, ultimately resulting in unmet needs for adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors of cancer. The purpose of this literature review is to identify commonly reported unmet needs of AYA cancer survivors, as well as effective strategies to combat these needs. A search of the literature using PsychInfo, CINAHL, PubMed, and Embase yielded a total of eight articles after screening of titles, full text reviews, and removing duplicates. The findings of these eight studies were organized into four common themes: recurrence and late effects concerns, psychosocial implications, fertility, and survivorship care planning. A main takeaway is that improved communication between healthcare providers and AYA cancer survivors can result in decreased unmet needs experienced by these survivors. This review can be added to the growing literature about AYA survivorship, and can be used to improve survivorship care and communication for this age group.
Implementation of the European Court of Human Rights judgments in the Armenian legal system
Creators: name: Safaryan, Tigran
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: administration of justice
Armenia
European Court of Human Rights

description: Second semester University: Université de Strasbourg
description: The Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms can be implemented in national legal systems only by prompt and effective implementation of the European Court of Human Right’s judgments. The need for effective implementation of the European Court’s judgments is one of actively discussed topics within the Council of Europe. It is extensively linked with the need to increase the efficiency of the European Court and the principal of subsidiarity. In this thesis the effectiveness of measures taken by Armenian authorities is examined. This research approaches the issue of effective implementation as a vital for Convention system. Indeed, if the judgments are not implemented in national legal systems, the authority and efficiency of the whole Convention system is at stake. It is argued that Armenia being relatively “new” member to the Council of Europe, experienced some gap with the European standards. Nonetheless, in last decade Armenia took some measures in order to create an effective system of implementation of the Court’s judgments and in some cases applied proactive approach by making conclusions from judgments against other member states. Nevertheless, it is concluded that there is a room for improvements and Armenian authorities should activate their efforts.
Kawaii Game Vocalics: A Preliminary Model
Creators: name: Seaborn, Katie
name: Rogers, Katja
name: Name, Somang
name: Kojima, Miu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Kawaii is the Japanese concept of cute++, a global export with local characteristics. Recent work has explored kawaii as a feature of user experience (UX) with social robots, virtual characters, and voice assistants, i.e., kawaii vocalics. Games have a long history of incorporating characters that use voice as a means of expressing kawaii. Nevertheless, no work to date has evaluated kawaii game voices or mapped out a model of kawaii game vocalics. In this work, we explored whether and how a model of kawaii vocalics maps onto game character voices. We conducted an online perceptions study (N=157) using 18 voices from kawaii characters in Japanese games. We replicated the results for computer voice and discovered nuanced relationships between gender and age, especially youthfulness, agelessness, gender ambiguity, and gender neutrality. We provide our initial model and advocate for future work on character visuals and within play contexts.
description: Accepted at CHI PLAY '23
Meaningful play and malicious delight: Exploring maldaimonic game UX
Creators: name: Seaborn, Katie
name: Iseya, Satoru
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Maldaimonia is a new experiential concept that refers to self-actualization and self-expression through egocentric, destructive, and/or exploitative activities. Still, it is unclear whether maldaimonia is an actual facet of real experience. As a subversive orientation, it may be rare or socially challenging to discuss openly. However, video games provide a space in which people can be expressive in different ways without the same repercussions as in real life. Indeed, game spaces may be one of the few contexts in which to study maldaimonic experiences. In this study, we examined whether and how maldaimonia exists as a feature of game user experiences by analyzing critical self-reports of gaming activities, confirming its existence. We contribute this new construct to work on "dark play" in games research.
description: Accepted at CHI PLAY '23
The impact of microfinance on democratisation
Creators: name: Scalise, Daniela
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2012
Subjects: democratisation
development
microfinance
poverty

description: Second semester University: Université du Luxembourg
description: Microfinance is said to play a role in the alleviation of poverty. If we think about it intuitively, providing poor people with some money for running their businesses can be of support in their battle against poverty. Indeed, there is some truth in this statement. There is extensive proof of the fact that microfinance boosts poor people’s entrepreneurial sense by providing them access to the market, learning them how to balance the spending and returning of money, for then being able to acquire means to escape poverty. However, microfinance does much more. Often acting at the community level, it makes people aware they can be the main agent of their destiny, developing economic social and cultural skills. On one hand, poor people can expand their land, buy a new house or own more cows. They thus ameliorate the material side of their lives. On the other hand, they learn that money for school expenses is a good investment. They have more care for their health conditions. They learn the value of savings. Hence, they develop in a more human and social sense, making an endogenous process of democratisation starting. This is the real power of microfinance as few reports have so far been able to explain.
Hopf measuring comonoids and enrichment
Creators: name: Hyland, Martin
name: Franco, Ignacio Lopez
name: Vasilakopoulou, Christina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Category Theory (math.CT)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary: 16T15, Secondary: 18D20, 18D10, 16T05

description: We study the existence of universal measuring comonoids $P(A,B)$ for a pair of monoids $A$, $B$ in a braided monoidal closed category, and the associated enrichment of a category of monoids over the monoidal category of comonoids. In symmetric categories, we show that if $A$ is a bimonoid and $B$ is a commutative monoid, then $P(A,B)$ is a bimonoid; in addition, if $A$ is a cocommutative Hopf monoid then $P(A,B)$ always is Hopf. If $A$ is a Hopf monoid, not necessarily cocommutative, then $P(A,B)$ is Hopf if the fundamental theorem of comodules holds; to prove this we give an alternative description of the dualizable $P(A,B)$-comodules and use the theory of Hopf (co)monads. We explore the examples of universal measuring comonoids in vector spaces and graded spaces.
description: 30 pages. Version 2: re-arrangement of material; expansion of previous section 6, splitting into current sections 6,7,8; fix of graded algebras example, section 11; appendix removed; other minor fixes and edits
Anisotropic scaling of random grain model with application to network traffic
Creators: name: Pilipauskaitė, Vytautė
name: Surgailis, Donatas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We obtain a complete description of anisotropic scaling limits of random grain model on the plane with heavy tailed grain area distribution. The scaling limits have either independent or completely dependent increments along one or both coordinate axes and include stable, Gaussian and some `intermediate' infinitely divisible random fields. Asymptotic form of the covariance function of the random grain model is obtained. Application to superposed network traffic is included.
Migration Management and Development Policy Issue-Linkage in European Union External Relations
Creators: name: Venturi, Emily
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: After establishing the emergence of migration as an EU foreign policy priority, this study evaluates the contributing factors and preliminary outcomes of the linkage of migration management to development policy in EU external governance after the African-European 2015 Valletta Summit on Migration. With Italy as an EU member state case-study and Senegal as a non-EU partner country case-study, the research draws evidence from expert interviews conducted between May 2017 and July 2017 with EU officials, Senegalese and Italian governments representatives, and civil society actors. The impacts of issue-linkage on development cooperation ranged from micro-level project management to macro-level tensions concerning conditionality and the EU’s role as a development actor. The impacts of issue-linkage on migration management included the stagnation of legal migration initiatives, human rights protection, and readmission efforts. Overall, the study argues that securitization compromises EU-Senegal joint efforts to link migration management and development policy. This research contributes to the emerging discussion on the long-term consequences of the EU’s current short-term security priority of reducing irregular migration.
Strengthening the human rights treaty body system
Creators: name: Koneva, Alexandra
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: human rights
treaties
United Nations

description: Second semester University: Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan.
description: The present thesis takes stock of the ongoing process to enhance the effectiveness of the human rights treaty body system, which has reached a critical juncture when concrete action needs to be taken by the main stakeholders – the States parties and the treaty bodies. The goals of the research are to present a holistic view of the current strengthening process and to make suggestions aimed at the effective functioning of the treaty body system that should ultimately contribute to the enjoyment of human rights by their holders. Making a diagnosis of the present stage of affairs, the author suggests a package of measures to address the overriding challenges of the treaty body system and proposes options to ensure the complementarity of the decision- making processes initiated by the stakeholders for the purpose of provision for the holistic approach to the effective strengthening of the treaty body system that should ultimately contribute to the enjoyment of human rights by their holders.
Survey and Mapping of the Fred Graves Site: Laying the Groundwork for Understanding a Rural Non-Plantation-Based Southern Community
Creators: name: King, Joel
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2018

description: This thesis is an investigation of the Fred Graves Site, an abandoned nineteenth century farmstead in Alamance County, North Carolina.  A standing dwelling, and other structures that are interpreted to be related to agricultural and commercial pursuits, are all that physically remain of a once thriving family’s base of operations.  Abandoned since 1928, the farmstead has become overgrown with trees and is unknown by most people outside the descendant community.  Archival research was used to discover what activities took place at the farmstead as well as insight into the lives of a community’s past population.  In addition to archival research, an archaeological survey was conducted to document structural remains and to enable mapping of the site.  Archival evidence depicts this site as the scene of distilling, leather tanning, blacksmithing, agricultural production, and the center of several community events.  Archaeological survey reveals structural remains that could represent the infrastructure needed to support and house those activities.  Mapping presents a picture of how one family utilized the landscape at their disposal.  Information acquired from this project will hopefully become the basis for a more in depth examination of a past community’s adaptation to cultural, societal, and technological changes over time.
Media freedom in Israel and in the Occupied Palestinian Territories : a legal framework
Creators: name: Maroni, Ilaria
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: media
freedom of expression
Israel
Palestine

description: Second semester University: Birzeit University, Palestine
description: Internship report: Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms - MADA
description: Established in 2006, the Palestinian Center for Development and Media Freedoms (MADA) is engaged in defending the rights of journalists and protecting freedom of expression in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). As a result of a two-month internship, this report will first describe the conferences that MADA joined and offer some criticism on the work and impact of most NGOs in Palestine. The second part will provide with the relevant legal framework for freedom of expression in Israel and in the OPT. After presenting the findings of Freedom House and Reporters Sans Frontiers, the report will examine the set of national and international obligations that are binding on the Israeli government and Occupation Forces and on the Palestinian Authority. MADA’s monitoring activity shows that abuses against journalists have increased significantly in the past year, despite the signing of international human rights treaties by Palestinian President Abbas. Violations perpetrated by the Israeli Forces have also expanded since the start of a new wave of struggle in the OPT in October 2015. The report will finally take into consideration a few case studies that prove how media outlets are often perceived as a threat and restrained both by Israel and the PA.
End states and subgap structure in proximity-coupled chains of magnetic adatoms
Creators: name: Ruby, Michael
name: Pientka, Falko
name: Peng, Yang
name: von Oppen, Felix
name: Heinrich, Benjamin W.
name: Franke, Katharina J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A recent experiment [Nadj-Perge et al., Science 346, 602 (2014)] provides evidence for Majorana zero modes in iron (Fe) chains on the superconducting Pb(110) surface. Here, we study this system by scanning tunneling microscopy using superconducting tips. This high-resolution technique resolves a rich subgap structure, including zero-energy excitations in some chains. We compare the symmetry properties of the data under voltage reversal against theoretical expectations and provide evidence that the putative Majorana signature overlaps with a previously unresolved low-energy resonance. Interpreting the data within a Majorana framework suggests that the topological gap is significantly smaller than previously believed. Aided by model calculations, we also analyze higher-energy features of the subgap spectrum and their relation to high-bias peaks which we associate with the Fe d-bands.
description: 5+5 pages, 5+6 figures
Plant communities of the maquis on ultramafic rocks of New Caledonia
Creators: name: Jaffré, Tanguy
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Hematology
subject: Plant Biology

description: The soils derived from ultramafic rocks in New Caledonia support a rich and unique sclerophyllous shrubby vegetation: the maquis. A phytosociolgical analysis was carried out to identify the different plant communities of this maquis. We surveyed areas of Plaine des Lacs, Mont Dore, Montagne des Sources, Mount Dzumac and Mount Humboldt (Great South region), and along a broad elevation gradient on Mount Boulinda (central-west region). Multivariate analyses revealed 17 plant associations grouped in 5 alliances and 3 orders. The distribution of these associations appears determined by several parameters, including elevation, precipitation, topography, and the local edaphic, physicochemical and hydric conditions. The diversity of plant associations observed in New Caledonia is one of the most remarkable among vegetations on ultramafic rocks globally.
Super Synthesis Pros., or why CHI PLAY needs research synthesis
Creators: name: Seaborn, Katie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Games user research is a-booming -- or maybe a-goomba-ing -- with a boundless parade of papers popping up from every nook and pipe. We may need a super power -- or super method -- from another world. I outline three motivations for jump-starting research synthesis in games user research. I argue that: research synthesis will validate this field of study and enrich primary research (meta-scholarship); we must level up both primary and secondary research (education); and we should reflect this epistemological stance in community structures and adopt established tools and protocols (standardization). I offer power-ups to get the toads rolling.
description: Accepted at CHI PLAY '23
Expanded generic concepts for Kermadecia and Persoonia, Proteaceae of New Caledonia and neighboring islands
Creators: name: Pillon, Yohan
name: Gotty, Karine
name: Hopkins, Helen C.F.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences

description: Proteaceae, the Macadamia nut family, are diverse in New Caledonia with c. 50 species distributed in nine genera in tribes Embothrieae, Macadamieae, Persoonieae, and Roupaleae, where they represent an important component of the rainforest and particularly the maquis. The family is also represented by a few species in the neighboring archipelagos of Vanuatu and Fiji, which marks the eastern limit of its distribution in the Pacific. Here, we address some issues regarding generic limits within Pacific Proteaceae, using new molecular data and a review of morphology. The generic limits within the tribe Macadamieae have long been problematic, particularly amongst Kermadecia, Sleumerodendron, and Turrillia, which are part of the subtribe Gevuininae. Molecular phylogenetics shows that they form a monophyletic group, while morphological data indicate that they are only weakly differentiated. We conclude that they are better treated as a single genus, Kermadecia, as has been done previously, with eight species. Kermadecia elliptica is placed in synonymy under K. rotundifolia for the first time, and several names in the genus are lectotypified. As previously observed, we found that the New Caledonian endemic Garnieria spathulifolia is nested in Persoonia (tribe Persoonieae) from which it differs only by the number of ovules and is therefore transferred to it and a lectotype is designated.
Link, user-centred designer: Game characters as transcendent models
Creators: name: Seaborn, Katie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Games allow us to construct and explore identities and offer us role models, good and bad. Game characters are a reflection of us -- players and creators alike -- or could be. But do games also encode identities, values, and orientations that transcend diegetic categories and player self-insertion? I explore the notion of game characters as conduits of transcendent models through the case study of Link from the Legend of Zelda series. I propose that designers embed tacit, nondiegetic patterns of praxis and complex value models, such as user-centred design, when crafting the embodiment of characters in gameplay, even unawares.
description: Accepted at CHI PLAY '23
Almost Men
Creators: name: Wibbelsman, Turner D.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Includes the following poems: Tim; On Movement and Cessation; Florida; Frontier; Reconciliation Pending; Observation and Inquiry; Sidewalk Song; Craft; Almost Men; Canopy; Chasm; Oceanview Wine & Spirits; First Year; Verbum Fugit; Home; A Love Poem; Pulse; Tuesday; On What My Body Says; Inflection; Ink; On Movement and Cessation; Nessun Dorma