cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Additional file 1 of LncRNA IMFlnc1 promotes porcine intramuscular adipocyte adipogenesis by sponging miR-199a-5p to up-regulate CAV-1
Creators: name: Wang, Jing
name: Chen, Ming-yue
name: Chen, Jun-feng
name: Ren, Qiao-ling
name: Zhang, Jia-qing
name: Cao, Hai
name: Xing, Bao-song
name: Pan, Chuan-ying
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 1 : Table S1. Read mapping to reference porcine genome (susScr3).
Starburst triggered by compressive tides in galaxy mergers
Creators: name: Renaud, Florent
name: Theis, Christian
name: Boily, Christian M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The tidal field of galaxies is known generally to be disruptive. However, in the case of galaxy mergers, a compressive mode of tidal wave may develop and last long enough to cocoon the formation of star clusters. Using an N-body simulation of the Antennae galaxies, we derive the positions of these compressive regions and the statistics of their duration. Excellent agreement between the spatial distribution of tides and observed young clusters is found, while the characteristic e-folding times of 10 to 30 Myrs derived for the tidal field compare well with cluster formation time-scales.
description: 3 pages, 5 figures, to be published in the proceedings of the "Galactic and Stellar Dynamics 2008" conference, Ed. C.M. Boily
Born-Oppenheimer-type Approximations for Degenerate Potentials: Recent Results and a Survey on the area
Creators: name: Truc, Francoise
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 35P20

description: This paper is devoted to the asymptotics of eigenvalues for a Schrö-dinger operator in the case when the potential V does not tend to infinity at infinity. Such a potential is called degenerate. The point is that the set in the phase space where the associated hamiltonian is smaller than a fixed energy E may have an infinite volume, so that the Weyl formula which gives the behaviour of the counting function has to be revisited. We recall various results in this area, in the classical context as well as in the semi-classical one and comment the different methods. In sections 3, 4 we present our joint works with A Morame, (Université de Nantes),concerning a degenerate potential V(x) =f(y) g(z), where g is assumed to be a homogeneous positive function of m variables, and f is a smooth and strictly positive function of n variables, with a minimum in 0. In the case where f tends to infinity at infinity, we give the semi-classical asymptotic behaviour of the number of eigenvalues less than a fixed energy . Then we give a sharp estimate of the low eigenvalues, using a Born Oppenheimer approximation. With a refined approach we localize also higher energies . Finally we apply the previous methods to a class of potentials which vanish on a regular hypersurface.
Condition monitoring of electric motors
Creators: name: Ho, SYS
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The aim of condition monitoring is to recognise the development of evolving motor faults at an early stage, so that the motor can be scheduled for repair or replacement before catastrophic failure occurs. Often in a modem industrial plant, the cost of an unscheduled shutdown of the process is very much greater than the cost of the motor itself. This thesis concentrates on the detection of stator and rotor defects in squirrel cage induction motors. Very little work has been done on the detection of these faults when the motor is supplied at variable frequency. Hardware and software approaches have previously been attempted but with limited success. An alternative method put forward here is to compute the instantaneous input power of the motor from the two line-to-line voltages and two line currents. In order to do this, specialised hardware has been developed, including a study of the suitability of different types of current transducers. The effects of open circuit and short circuit armature coils, and poor commutation of DC motors have been examined. Because the conventional current transformer cannot be used for DC, and the electrical noise inside the control cubicle of a thyristor-controlled DC motor prevents successful operation of a Hall Effect clip-on ammeter, an air core clip-on \Rogowski\" coil was designed to monitor fault-related frequencies in armature and field current. In order to study the effect of open-circuit or short-circuit coil steady-state models for the DC motor were developed using inductively coupled coils theory. Individual field and armature coils can be modelled and the effect of faulty armature coils on the amplitude of frequency components that are introduced into armature and field current can be predicted. To summarise the main achievements described in this thesis are as follows: Voltage current and power monitoring of the induction motor ‚Äö Design of fully shielded linear phase shift clip-on current transducer for power monitoring (It was initially designed by Mr Langman and modified by the author). ‚Äö Design of a voltage and current monitoring hardware system for induction motors with assistance from the technical support group in the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of Tasmania. ‚Äö Theory and implementation of using input motor power for the overall check of induction motors. ‚Äö Use of spectrum analysis of current or power signal to attempt to detect bearing faults. ‚Äö Use of the instantaneous input power signal to detect stator and rotor defect of the motor with variable frequency supply. Current monitoring of the DC motor ‚Äö Frequency spectrum analysis of armature and field current waveforms of DC motors. ‚Äö Investigation of the effect of incorrect interpole strength open-circuit and shortcircuit armature coils on the armature and field currents. ‚Äö Numerical modelling of DC motor with open-circuit armature coil for steadystate conditions. ‚Äö Numerical modelling of DC motor with short-circuit armature coil for steadystate conditions."
Necessary and sufficient conditions for weak exponential instability of evolution operators
Creators: name: Lupa, Nicolae
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 34D05, 34D20

description: In this paper we give some necessary and sufficient characterizations for weak exponential instability of evolution operators. Variants for the classical results due to Datko and Lyapunov are obtained.
title: Benchmark Experiments for Natural Convection in Nuclear Fuel Rod Bundles
Creators: name: Jones, Kyle L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Natural convection is a phenomenon in which a flow of the fluid surrounding a body is induced by a change in density due to the temperature difference between the body and the fluid. This flow can be highly non-linear and turbulent, generating eddies. The complex interaction between the convective, viscous and buoyant forces requires the use of modern turbulent simulation tools for simulation. The accuracy of these tools, due to non-linearity, is difficult to assess. The present study investigates natural convection in nuclear fuel rod bundles using heated rods to simulate the storage of spent fuel in dry casks as a benchmark for simulation validation. Four heated, aluminum cylinders are instrumented and suspended in a rotatable, open-circuit wind tunnel. Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) is used to non-obtrusively measure the velocity fields for various heating and flow conditions. The system response quantities (SRQs) and inflow conditions are acquired using PIV for use in validation of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models. All measurements are reported with uncertainties and are repeated for multiple flow conditions and heating scenarios. The boundary conditions, initial conditions and SRQs are compiled and made available for public use in validating CFD models.
Felis chaus Schreber 1777
Creators: name: Aidek, Ahmad E.
name: Ibrahim, Amir
name: Amr, Zuhair
name: Hutterer, Rainer
name: Kryštufek, Boris
name: Serra, Gianluca
name: Benda, Petr
name: Shkaky, Yesra
name: Barbanera, Filippo
name: Al-Sheikhly, Omar F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Felidae
Felis
Felis chaus

description: 88. Jungle Cat, Felis chaus Schreber, 1777
(Fig. 96)
(IUCN Red List: LC)
Subspecies: F. c. chaus (F. c. furax de Winton, 1898 is synonym).
Distribution: Fairly widespread but uncommon; populations are possibly decreased due to extensive persecution. The species occurs along the marshes, riparian thickets and riverbanks of the lower Euphrates Valley and Mesopotamia. The locals of Deir Ez-Zor refer to this species as “ nimr al Furat ” (the leopard of the Euphrates) (Aidek 2010) (Fig. 97).
Previous records: Tell Abiad and Ain Arous (headwaters of Al-Balikh River) (Misonne 1957), Palmyra (Serra et al. 2009a, b), along lower Syrian Euphrates and Hawaeijts (river islets) (Aidek 2010), and vicinity of Deir ez-Zor (Masseti 2009; Murdoch & Aidek 2012).
Recent records: at-Tebni, Muhasan and Hatla (2007–2008), Mueileh and Haweijt Shraideh (2010), Al-Mri’iyah (2009), and Al-Mayadin (2021).
description: Published as part of Aidek, Ahmad E., Ibrahim, Amir, Amr, Zuhair, Hutterer, Rainer, Kryštufek, Boris, Serra, Gianluca, Benda, Petr, Shkaky, Yesra, Barbanera, Filippo & Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., 2025, Checklist of Mammals of Syria, pp. 1-130 in Zootaxa 5580 (1) on page 92, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5580.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14797597
Message Passing for Optimization and Control of Power Grid: Model of Distribution System with Redundancy
Creators: name: Zdeborová, Lenka
name: Decelle, Aurélien
name: Chertkov, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We use a power grid model with $M$ generators and $N$ consumption units to optimize the grid and its control. Each consumer demand is drawn from a predefined finite-size-support distribution, thus simulating the instantaneous load fluctuations. Each generator has a maximum power capability. A generator is not overloaded if the sum of the loads of consumers connected to a generator does not exceed its maximum production. In the standard grid each consumer is connected only to its designated generator, while we consider a more general organization of the grid allowing each consumer to select one generator depending on the load from a pre-defined consumer-dependent and sufficiently small set of generators which can all serve the load. The model grid is interconnected in a graph with loops, drawn from an ensemble of random bipartite graphs, while each allowed configuration of loaded links represent a set of graph covering trees. Losses, the reactive character of the grid and the transmission-level connections between generators (and many other details relevant to realistic power grid) are ignored in this proof-of-principles study. We focus on the asymptotic limit and we show that the interconnects allow significant expansion of the parameter domains for which the probability of a generator overload is asymptotically zero. Our construction explores the formal relation between the problem of grid optimization and the modern theory of sparse graphical models. We also design heuristic algorithms that achieve the asymptotically optimal selection of loaded links. We conclude discussing the ability of this approach to include other effects, such as a more realistic modeling of the power grid and related optimization and control algorithms.
description: 10 pages
Additional file 1 of Intrathecal chemotherapy combined with systemic therapy in patients with refractory leptomeningeal metastasis of non-small cell lung cancer: a retrospective study
Creators: name: Zhou, Tao
name: Zhu, Shaofeng
name: Xiong, Qiang
name: Gan, Jiongli
name: Wei, Jianping
name: Cai, Jing
name: Liu, Anwen
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: Supplementary Material 1
Quantum Algorithm for Obtaining the Energy Spectrum of Molecular Systems
Creators: name: Wang, Hefeng
name: Kais, Sabre
name: Aspuru-Guzik, Alán
name: Hoffmann, Mark R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Simulating a quantum system is more efficient on a quantum computer than on a classical computer. The time required for solving the Schrödinger equation to obtain molecular energies has been demonstrated to scale polynomially with system size on a quantum computer, in contrast to the well-known result of exponential scaling on a classical computer. In this paper, we present a quantum algorithm to obtain the energy spectrum of molecular systems based on the multi-configurational self-consistent field (MCSCF) wave function. By using a MCSCF wave function as the initial guess, the excited states are accessible; Entire potential energy surfaces of molecules can be studied more efficiently than if the simpler Hartree-Fock guess was employed. We show that a small increase of the MCSCF space can dramatically increase the success probability of the quantum algorithm, even in regions of the potential energy surface that are far from the equilibrium geometry. For the treatment of larger systems, a multi-reference configuration interaction approach is suggested. We demonstrate that such an algorithm can be used to obtain the energy spectrum of the water molecule.
description: 7 pages, 2 figures
Apetalous canola (Brassica napus) hybrid seed production
Creators: name: Hogarth, Corey Robert
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Canola has become an important crop in Australia as demand for its oil continues to increase and the benefits of including it in cropping rotations are recognised. During flowering canola produces an inefficient crop canopy of bright yellow flowers, which reduces radiation penetration. This results in increased leaf senescence and slower crop growth during this stage of development. In an attempt to alleviate this effect the apetalous characteristic (absence of flower petals) was introduced into breeding lines, and incorporated into a cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) system. The ogura CMS used was a newly developed system which had been introduced from radish (Raphanus sativus) . This study investigated the yields obtained from apetalous male sterile canola lines, in order to determine if apetalous hybrid seed can be produced commercially. Over three years of field trials the yields obtained from apetalous male sterile lines were significantly lower than those of a male sterile petalled line also containing the ogura CMS. The low yields were attributed to the apetalous male sterile lines setting a low percentage of pods from potential pod sites, and very few seeds/pod. Apetalous male sterile plants showed a strong response to hand pollination, by setting more pods and seeds/pod than plants which were not artificially pollinated, while there was no effect seen in the petalled control. This implied that the apetalous male sterile plants were not being adequately pollinated in the field by insect vectors, which in this study was primarily honey bees. Observations made in the field of bee numbers and behaviour showed that the apetalous lines attracted a similar number of bees as the petalled line, however a high percentage of apetalous flowers were 'side-worked' and therefore unlikely to be pollinated. Pollen transfer experiments conducted in the glasshouse investigated the effect of bees side-working flowers and showed that the amount of pollen deposited on apetalous male sterile flowers was 60% lower than on flowers with petals, this appeared to be the major reason that apetalous flowers produced fewer seeds/pod. Both the apetalous and petalled male sterile lines were found to produce fewer seeds/m2 from each row the further it was situated from the pollen source. Logarithmic regression equations were calculated which were able to explain a large proportion of the variation in the number of seeds/m2 between rows. It was proposed that these regression models could be useful in determining A:R line ratios for hybrid seed production blocks.
The Vainshtein mechanism in the Decoupling Limit of massive gravity
Creators: name: Babichev, E.
name: Deffayet, C.
name: Ziour, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate static spherically symmetric solutions of nonlinear massive gravities. We first identify, in an ansatz appropriate to the study of those solutions, the analog of the decoupling limit (DL) that has been used in the Goldstone picture description. We show that the system of equations left over in the DL has regular solutions featuring a Vainshtein-like recovery of solutions of General Relativity (GR). Hence, the singularities found to arise integrating the full nonlinear system of equations are not present in the DL, despite the fact those singularities are usually thought to be due to a negative energy mode also seen in this limit. Moreover, we show that the scaling conjectured by Vainshtein at small radius is only a limiting case in an infinite family of non singular solutions each showing a Vainshtein recovery of GR solutions below the Vainshtein radius but a different common scaling at small distances. This new scaling is shown to be associated with a zero mode of the nonlinearities left over in the DL. We also show that, in the DL, this scaling allows for a recovery of GR solutions even for potentials where the original Vainshtein mechanism is not working. Our results imply either that the DL misses some important features of nonlinear massive gravities or that important features of the solutions of the full nonlinear theory have been overlooked. They could also have interesting outcomes for the DGP model and related proposals.
description: 52 pages, 7 figures; v3: minor typos corrected, discussion of the validity of the Decoupling Limit extended; accepted for publication in JHEP
Comparison of Self-Consistent Skyrme and Gogny Calculations for Light Hg Isotopes
Creators: name: Warda, M.
name: Staszczak, A.
name: Próchniak, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ground-state properties of neutron-deficient Hg isotopes have been investigated by the constrained self-consistent Hartree-Fock-Bogoliubov approach with the Skyrme and Gogny effective forces. In the case of the Skyrme interaction we h ave also applied the Hartree-Fock+BCS model with the state-dependent $δ$-pairing interaction. Potential energy surfaces and pairing properties have been compared for the both types of forces.
description: 7 pages, 3 figures, Proc. of 16th Nuclear Physics Workshop in Kazimierz Dolny, Poland
title: Utah's Rural Communities: Planning for the Future
Creators: name: Kurtzman, Judith A.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1999

description: Two of the biggest concerns facing communities in the Intermountain West are the dichotomies of rapid growth and development as opposed to economic decline and stagnation. Numerous strategies have been developed by social and economic scientists to help communities manage the many problems associated with these concerns. One strategy recommended by many researchers and used by numerous communities to stabilize their economies is economic diversification. For many rural communities in Utah, tourism and recreation have been used as part of that diversification effort. Recreation and tourism also play a role in the dichotomies of rapid growth and development by often serving as the antecedent to rapid growth, or serving as the antidote for economic stagnation and decline.
This thesis examined four rural communities in Utah which have diversified or are attempting to diversify their economies through incorporating tourism and recreation into their economies, which also include agriculture, ranching, and extraction of natural resources, as well as other industries such as manufacturing and services. Our purpose was to examine strategies used by these communities to make recreation and tourism compatible with other activities, as well as determining what tactics they drew upon to preserve the small town atmosphere and unique characteristics of their communities. Through understanding and sharing the problems encountered and strategies used by these four communities, we hoped to assist other communities attempting to integrate tourism and recreation into their economies and lifestyles.
title: A Study of the Manufacture of Frozen Desserts from Dry Ingredients
Creators: name: Dajani, Shihadeh H.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1963

description: In many parts of the world where milk production is limited, there is an opportunity to process dairy foods from imported concentrated milk products. Dry ingredients can be shipped conveniently and some can be stored several months generally without deterioration. In these milk deficient areas, dried ingredients of good quality and with proper processing should increase the use and consumption of dairy products.
A large supply of high quality milk by-products which are fit for human consumption are available in the world today.
Many investigators and manufacturers have used dried milk by-products as a source of milk solids in frozen desserts with favorable results.
It is possible to process ice cream mix using dry ingredients only. Such ingredients include nonfat dry milk, dried buttermilk, dried whey or dried whole milk. Butter oil or vegetable oils may be used as the source of fat.
Dried dairy ingredients can be used to make a good quality ice cream which has a relatively low cost and is convenient to process. In countries where fluid milk is scarce the use of dried products in frozen desserts allows more fresh milk to be marketed as such.
In this study it is planned to investigate the sources, uses in processing, and quality results of dry ingredients in ice cream.
title: The Effect of Behavioral Skills Training on Teachers Conducting the Recess-to-Classroom Transition
Creators: name: Smith, Sarah C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Elementary school teachers transition their students from recess to the classroom multiple times a day. When students do not line up quickly or are disruptive in line, teachers often spend valuable instructional time trying to manage students’ inappropriate behaviors. The result is a loss of instructional time that could lead to a decrease in student performance. The current study examined how teachers could use behavioral skills training with their students as a way to reduce the length of the recess-to-classroom transition. Participants included general education second – fourth grade teachers and their students. Target behaviors included teacher implementation of behavioral skills training and student behavior of transitioning from recess to the classroom. Procedures involved first using behavioral skills training as a method of instruction for teachers, who, in turn, used behavioral skills training as a method of instruction for their students. After training, teachers were able to proficiently provide their students with instruction, modeling, rehearsal, and feedback, and students began to line up more quickly at the teacher’s signal and use their hands and feet appropriately for the duration of the transition. These results imply that training teachers to better train their students can decrease the amount of time students spend on transitions and increase the amount of time teachers spend on instruction.
Scaling of the Anomalous Boost in Relativistic Jet Boundary Layer
Creators: name: Zenitani, Seiji
name: Hesse, Michael
name: Klimas, Alex
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the one-dimensional interaction of a relativistic jet and an external medium. Relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations show an anomalous boost of the jet fluid in the boundary layer, as previously reported. We describe the boost mechanism using an ideal relativistic fluid and magnetohydrodynamic theory. The kinetic model is also examined for further understanding. Simple scaling laws for the maximum Lorentz factor are derived, and verified by the simulations.
description: typos corrected; fortran 77/90 codes are attached; see ancillary files in the "Other formats" link
title: Humans versus models: a comparative assessment of ecosystem services models and stakeholders’ perceptions
Creators: name: David, João
name: Cabral, Pedro
name: Campos, Felipe S.
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Land use changes
subject: Ecosystem services indicators
subject: Landscape planning
subject: Stakeholders’ perception
subject: Sustainable management
subject: Ecological modelling
subject: Ecosystem services
subject: Environmental impact
subject: Sustainability
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik
subject: 600 Technik und Technologie

description: Mapping the production of Ecosystem Services (ES) is imperative for sustainable ecosystem management. Likewise, incorporating expert knowledge enhances ES research. Here, we calculate eight multi-temporal ES indicators for mainland Portugal using a spatial modelling approach. These indicators are then integrated into the novel ASEBIO index—Assessment of Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity—which depicts a combined ES potential based on CORINE Land Cover, using a multi-criteria evaluation method with weights defined by stakeholders through an Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP). Outputs from the modelling show how ES have changed in Portugal in relation to land use changes, including trade-offs between 1990 and 2018. The composed ASEBIO index is compared against the stakeholders’ valuation of ES potential for the year 2018. The results reveal a significant mismatch between the ES potential perceived by stakeholders and the models, with stakeholder estimates being 32.8% higher on average. All the selected ES were overestimated by the stakeholders. Drought regulation and erosion prevention have the highest contrasts, while water purification, food production and recreation are the most closely aligned among both approaches. Providing the first national overview about the status of multiple ES over a 28 year-period, our findings highlight potential disparities between data-driven and stakeholder-based evaluations. Therefore, we suggest the need for integrative strategies that consider scientific models with expert knowledge for more effective ES assessments and land-use planning. This approach could help bridge the gap between data-driven models and human perspectives, resulting in more balanced and inclusive decision-making.
The development, implementation and evaluation of a teaching/learning model in design and technology education : the V-, A-, L-, U-, E-, D- Model
Creators: name: Hodgman, Judy
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Design and Technology in industry and society has changed in the past decade and school curriculum needs to change to account for new approaches. A major reason for school curriculum change is the integration of a number of different subject areas under the one title ‚ÄövÑvÆ Technology ‚ÄövÑvÆ requiring curriculum review and renewal in Design and Technology education. Curriculum development is important in adapting to changes in the wider society. There was a need to develop a curriculum that responded to changing societal needs and that provided students with a comprehensive understanding of design and technology that focused on values in the design decision making-process, reflecting a range of human processes, physical products, environmental ecosystems and industry. The purpose of the study was to design, develop, implement and evaluate a teaching/learning model in design and technology education, for use at the Post-Compulsory education levels that supported the development of design decision-making processes. A case study was selected to examine the curriculum development process that occurred in identifying skills and processes for design decision-making. A four-phase evaluation process based on Stufflebeam's Context, Input, Process and Product (CIPP) evaluation model (Madaus et al., 1983) was used. The study was designed to draw upon the knowledge and experiences of designers, design and technology educators and to involve students and teachers in the curriculum development process in a practical context. Results of the study, which included a process of learning for design and technology education and the relationship of items within the process, focussed on characteristics of design evaluation for design and technology education ‚ÄövÑvÆ the V-, A-, L-, U-, E-, D- Model which utilised an interactive assessment process within the design decision-making process. The study's findings would be relevant to curriculum designers and professionals in the design and technology teaching/learning area.
Felis lybica Forster 1780
Creators: name: Aidek, Ahmad E.
name: Ibrahim, Amir
name: Amr, Zuhair
name: Hutterer, Rainer
name: Kryštufek, Boris
name: Serra, Gianluca
name: Benda, Petr
name: Shkaky, Yesra
name: Barbanera, Filippo
name: Al-Sheikhly, Omar F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Felidae
Felis
Felis lybica

description: 89. African Wildcat, Felis lybica Forster, 1780
(IUCN Red List: LC)
Subspecies: F. l. tristrami (Pocock, 1944).
Distribution: Widespread but uncommon; populations are possibly decreased due to extensive persecution; confined to the wooded mountains and forests of the coastal region, arid steppes of Al-Badia south of Deir Ez-Zor to Palmyra, around Damascus, and in the southwestern region (Fig. 98).
Previous records: Dariyya and near Al-Quneitra (Harrison 1971), between Al-Quneitra and Rwihinah (Shehab 2002), Palmyra (Serra et al. 2009a), Palmyra and surrounding Damascus (Masseti 2009).
Recent records: Jabal Al-Bishri (2007–2008), Palmyra (2009), Bmalkah (2016), Al-Kadmous (2020), Al-Nabk, Al-Makhbotah and Salkhad (2021).
description: Published as part of Aidek, Ahmad E., Ibrahim, Amir, Amr, Zuhair, Hutterer, Rainer, Kryštufek, Boris, Serra, Gianluca, Benda, Petr, Shkaky, Yesra, Barbanera, Filippo & Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., 2025, Checklist of Mammals of Syria, pp. 1-130 in Zootaxa 5580 (1) on page 93, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5580.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14797597
Observations of 44 extragalactic radio sources with the VLBA at 92cm: A List of Potential Calibrators and Targets for LOFAR and RadioAstron
Creators: name: Rampadarath, H.
name: Garrett, M. A.
name: Polatidis, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Aims. We have analysed VLBA 92cm archive data of 44 extragalactic sources in order to identify early targets and potential calibrator sources for the LOFAR radio telescope and the RadioAstron space VLBI mission. Some of these sources will also be suitable as in-beam calibrators, permitting deep, wide-field studies of other faint sources in the same field of view. Methods. All publicly available VLBA 92cm data observed between 1 January 2003 to December 31 2006 have been analysed via an automatic pipeline, implemented within AIPS. The vast majority of the data are unpublished. Results. The sample consists of 44 sources, 34 of which have been detected on at least one VLBA baseline. 30 sources have sufficient data to be successfully imaged. Most of the sources are compact, with a few showing extended structures. Of the 30 sources imaged, 13 are detected on the longest VLBA baselines (approx. 9 Mega wavelengths), while all were detected on baselines greater than 2 Mega wavelengths (the maximum baseline of LOFAR including the current international baselines).
description: 21 pages, 15 images
title: Towards Alternative Pathways: Nontraditional Student Success in a Distance-delivered, Undergraduate Engineering Transfer Program
Creators: name: Minichiello, Angela L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: Today, postsecondary engineering education stands perched on the edge of transformation. A precursor to impending change is national recognition that nontraditional students—adults and working students with socioeconomic backgrounds not currently well-represented in engineering education—possess untapped potential to improve the diversity as well as increase the size of the U.S. engineering workforce. To support nontraditional student participation in engineering, a qualitative investigation was undertaken to examine the ways in which nontraditional engineering undergraduates defined and experienced success during their engineering education. It is thought that, through a deeper, richer understanding of the ways in which the nontraditional engineering undergraduates overcome barriers and experience success, newer, more impactful alternative pathways that assist nontraditional students in becoming part of the engineering profession can be envisioned and developed.
During this study, 14 nontraditional student participants were purposefully sampled from the population of undergraduates who participated in a distance-delivered, alternative engineering transfer program offered at a western, land-grant, public university between 2009-2015. Qualitative data from in-depth interviews were used to co-develop life history–style narratives for each of the participants. Completed narratives chronologically ordered and richly described the participants’ experiences leading up to, happening during, and occurring after their engineering education. Narrative analysis revealed that the nontraditional student participants viewed their own educational success contextually, relationally, and in terms of their long-term goals for social mobility through engineering careers. Additionally, the distance-delivered alternative engineering transfer program was seen to promote their educational success in three ways: a) working to promote long-range career goals through job market signaling, b) enabling academic bootstrapping in an adult learning environment, and c) maintaining connection to community-based support through place. Recommendations for engineering programs that seek to broaden nontraditional student participation are offered.
Interstellar Plasma Turbulence Spectrum Toward the Pulsars PSR B0809+74 and B0950+08
Creators: name: Smirnova, T. V.
name: Shishov, V. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Interstellar scintillations of pulsars PSR B0809+74 and B0950+08 have been studied using observations at low frequencies (41, 62, 89, and 112 MHz). Characteristic temporal and frequency scales of diffractive scintillations at these frequencies have been determined. The comprehensive analysis of the frequency and temporal structure functions reduced to the same frequency has shown that the spectrum of interstellar plasma inhomogeneities toward both pulsars is described by a power law. The exponent of the spectrum of fluctuations of interstellar plasma inhomogeneities toward PSR B0950+08 (n = 3.00 +- 0.05) appreciably differs from the Kolmogorov exponent. Toward PSR B0809+74 the spectrum is a power law with an exponent n = 3.7 +- 0.1. A strong angular refraction has been detected toward PSR B0950+08. The distribution of inhomogeneities along the line of sight has been analyzed; it has been shown that the scintillations of PSR B0950+08 take place on a turbulent layer with enhanced electron density, which is localized at approximately 10 pc from the observer. For PSR B0809+74 the distribution of inhomogeneities is quasi-uniform. Mean-square fluctuations of electron density on inhomogeneities with a characteristic scale rho_0 = 10^7 m toward four pulsars have been estimated. On this scale the local turbulence level in the 10-pc layer is 20 times higher than in an extended region responsible for the scintillations of PSR B0809+74.
description: 13 pages, 11 figures
Open and closed boundaries in large-scale convective dynamos
Creators: name: Käpylä, P. J.
name: Korpi, M. J.
name: Brandenburg, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context. Earlier work has suggested that large-scale dynamos can reach and maintain equipartition field strengths on a dynamical time scale only if magnetic helicity of the fluctuating field can be shed from the domain through open boundaries. Aims. Our aim is to test this scenario in convection-driven dynamos by comparing results for open and closed boundary conditions. Methods. Three-dimensional numerical simulations of turbulent compressible convection with shear and rotation are used to study the effects of boundary conditions on the excitation and saturation of large-scale dynamos. Open (vertical-field) and closed (perfect-conductor) boundary conditions are used for the magnetic field. The shear flow is such that the contours of shear are vertical, crossing the outer surface, and are thus ideally suited for driving a shear-induced magnetic helicity flux. Results. We find that for given shear and rotation rate, the growth rate of the magnetic field is larger if open boundary conditions are used. The growth rate first increases for small magnetic Reynolds number, Rm, but then levels off at an approximately constant value for intermediate values of Rm. For large enough Rm, a small-scale dynamo is excited and the growth rate of the field in this regime increases as Rm^(1/2). Regarding the nonlinear regime, the saturation level of the energy of the total magnetic field is independent of Rm when open boundaries are used. In the case of perfect conductor boundaries, the saturation level first increases as a function of Rm, but then decreases proportional to Rm^(-1) for Rm > 30, indicative of catastrophic quenching. These results suggest that the shear-induced magnetic helicity flux is efficient in alleviating catastrophic quenching when open boundaries are used. The horizontally averaged mean field is still weakly decreasing as a function of Rm even for open boundaries.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures, published version
title: Computational Studies of Microscopic Superfluidity in the 4He Clusters
Creators: name: Wairegi, Angeline R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2016

description: The physics that result in the decoupling of a molecule from a bosonic solvent at 0 K are studied. Fixed-node diffusion Monte Carlo (FNDMC) coupled with a Genetic Algorithm is used to perform simulations of the bosonic droplets doped with various molecules. The efficacy and accuracy of this approach is tested on a strongly coupled 2-dimensional quartic oscillator with excellent results. This algorithm is then applied to 4He-CO and 4He-HCN clusters respectively in an effort to determine the factors that result in the onset of microscopic superfluidity. The decoupling of the doped molecule from the bosonic solvent is found to be, primarily, a result of the combined effect of the repulsive interaction between the helium atoms and bose symmetry. The effects of rotor size versus molecular anisotropy in a NH3 molecule seeded into a 4He droplet is studied as well. Simulations are done using the accurate rotational constants (B0=9.945 cm-1, C0=6.229 cm-1) and using "fudged" versions of the rotational constants (Bfudged=0.9945 cm-1, Cfudged=0.6229 cm-1) for the |0011〉state. The simulations done with the fudged rotational constants experience a slightly smaller reduction than those done using the accurate rotational constants. This is attributed to the importance of molecular anisotropy versus the size of larger rotational constants in molecules whose rotational constants fall in an intermediate regime.
Contract Between Daniel L. Edwards and Zachariah Benjamin, January 19, 1848
Creators: name: Edwards, Daniel
name: Benjamin, Zachariah
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1848
Subjects: Edwards Family
Contracts

description: Contract Between Daniel L. Edwards and Zachariah Benjamin, dated for January 19, 1848. This item is part of the Isaac Edwards Deed Collection, donated by Bess Rattray in December 2020.
The layered iron arsenides Sr2CrO3FeAs and Ba2ScO3FeAs
Creators: name: Tegel, Marcus
name: Hummel, Franziska
name: Lackner, Sebastian
name: Schellenberg, Inga
name: Poettgen, Rainer
name: Johrendt, Dirk
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Polycrystalline samples of the layered iron arsenides Sr2CrO3FeAs and Ba2ScO3FeAs were synthesized by high temperature solid state reactions and their crystal structures determined by the X-ray powder diffraction. Their structures are tetragonal (P4/nmm; Sr2CrO3FeAs: a = 391.12(1) pm, c = 1579.05(3) pm; Ba2ScO3FeAs: a = 412.66(5) pm, c = 1680.0(2) pm, Z = 2) and isotypic to Sr2ScO3CuS. Iron arsenide layers are sandwiched between perowskite-like oxide blocks and separated by ~1600 pm, which is much larger compared to the 1111 iron arsenide superconductors. The bond length and angles within the FeAs layers are adapted to the space requirements of the oxide blocks. Measurements of the magnetic susceptibility and electrical resistivity show no hint for a SDW-like anomaly in both compounds. Sr2CrO3FeAs shows Curie-Weiss paramagnetism above 160 K with an effective magnetic moment of 3.83(3) muB in good agreement with the theoretical value of 3.87 muB for Cr3+. Antiferromagnetic ordering was detected below TN ~ 31 K. 57Fe Moessbauer spectra of Sr2CrO3FeAs show a single signal that broadens below the magnetic ordering temperature due to a small transferred hyperfine field induced by the magnetic ordering of the chromium atoms. 57Fe-Moessbauer spectra of Ba2ScO3FeAs show single signals at 298, 77, and 4.2 K which are only subject to weak quadrupole splitting.
description: substantial addititions and corrections, references updated 19 pages, 7 figures
The Republican push : a sociological study of political reform
Creators: name: Krawec-Wheaton, AS
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The spread of civic nationalism and the push for an Australian republic became inextricably linked in the 1990s. Specific socio-historical and socio-political factors provided the impetus for both in the post-WVV II period. In the early 1990s civic national sentiments were harnessed by public intellectuals and activists of the ARM in the push for an Australian republic. The push started with Citizens for Democracy in the 1970s and it culminated in a referendum on November 6th 1999. The referendum for Australia to move to a republic was unsuccessful ‚ÄövÑvÆ which is surprising considering the pro-republican public sentiments and the successful mobilization of the Australian Republican Movement. This study addresses this puzzle of the 'surprising defeat'. It proposes a sociological model identifying the key factors necessary for major political reform. The model includes three sets of conditions of success and assesses the presence of these conditions empirically. The conditions include conducive public sentiments, the programmatic articulation of these sentiments by a social movement organization, and a high degree of strategic and tactical consensus among political elites, including the leaders of the republican movement. The study concludes that this consensus amongst republican and political elites was weak or missing on the eve of the referendum.
Additional file 1 of Global burden of type 2 diabetes attributable to non-high body mass index from 1990 to 2019
Creators: name: Wu, Jingjing
name: Feng, Zeying
name: Duan, Jingwen
name: Li, Yalan
name: Deng, Peizhi
name: Wang, Jie
name: Yang, Yiping
name: Meng, Changjiang
name: Wang, Wei
name: Wang, Anli
name: Wang, Jiangang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1: Supplementary method. Supplementary Figure 1. ASDR of T2DM attributable to non-high BMI and high BMI for 21 regions, in 2019.
Felis silvestris Schreber 1777
Creators: name: Aidek, Ahmad E.
name: Ibrahim, Amir
name: Amr, Zuhair
name: Hutterer, Rainer
name: Kryštufek, Boris
name: Serra, Gianluca
name: Benda, Petr
name: Shkaky, Yesra
name: Barbanera, Filippo
name: Al-Sheikhly, Omar F.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Felidae
Felis
Felis silvestris

description: 90. European Wildcat, Felis silvestris Schreber, 1777
(IUCN Red List: LC)
Subspecies: F. s. caucasica (Satunin, 1905).
Distribution: North of the coastal region. (Fig. 98)
Previous records: Al-Furunlok (Daoud & Khalil 2009b).
Recent records: Al-Shardoub Forest (2008).
description: Published as part of Aidek, Ahmad E., Ibrahim, Amir, Amr, Zuhair, Hutterer, Rainer, Kryštufek, Boris, Serra, Gianluca, Benda, Petr, Shkaky, Yesra, Barbanera, Filippo & Al-Sheikhly, Omar F., 2025, Checklist of Mammals of Syria, pp. 1-130 in Zootaxa 5580 (1) on page 94, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5580.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/14797597
Policy Brief: How to Promote Energy Efficiency and Energy Conservation in Ethiopia
Creators: name: Hassen, Sied
name: Seifemichael, Robel
name: Anandarajah, Gabrial
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Ethiopia
Energy Efficiency
Household survey
Energy Conservation

description: In this policy brief we investigate a research question on " Why do households use energy efficient appliances and other energy conservation methods? How can adoption be improved in Ethiopia? " We provide insights from the energy systems development pathways for Ethiopia (PATHWAYS) project, based on a survey of urban households.