cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Reinforcement Strategies in General Lotto Games
Creators: name: Paarporn, Keith
name: Chandan, Rahul
name: Alizadeh, Mahnoosh
name: Marden, Jason R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Computer Science and Game Theory (cs.GT)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Strategic decisions are often made over multiple periods of time, wherein decisions made earlier impact a competitor's success in later stages. In this paper, we study these dynamics in General Lotto games, a class of models describing the competitive allocation of resources between two opposing players. We propose a two-stage formulation where one of the players has reserved resources that can be strategically pre-allocated across the battlefields in the first stage of the game as reinforcements. The players then simultaneously allocate their remaining real-time resources, which can be randomized, in a decisive final stage. Our main contributions provide complete characterizations of the optimal reinforcement strategies and resulting equilibrium payoffs in these multi-stage General Lotto games. Interestingly, we determine that real-time resources are at least twice as effective as reinforcement resources when considering equilibrium payoffs.
description: 14 pages. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2209.06090
On the properties of the density matrix of the $\mathfrak{sl}_{n+1}$-invariant model
Creators: name: Juergens, Henrik
name: Boos, Hermann
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 82B20 (Primary) 81R50 (Secondary)

description: We present an ansatz of generalizing the construction of recursion relations for the correlation functions of the $\mathfrak{sl}_2$-invariant fundamental exchange model in the thermodynamic limit by Jimbo, Miwa, Smirnov, Takeyama and one of our present authors in 2004 for higher rank. Due to the structure of the correlators as functions of their inhomogeneity parameters, a recursion formula for the reduced density matrix was proven. In the case of $\mathfrak{sl}_3$, we use the explicit results of Kluemper and Ribeiro, and Nirov, Hutsalyuk and one of our present authors for the reduced density matrix of up to operator length three to verify whether it is possible to relate the residues of the density matrix of length $n$ to the density matrix of length smaller than $n$ as in $\mathfrak{sl}_2$. This is unclear, since the reduced quantum Knizhnik--Zamolodchikov equation splits into two parts for higher rank. In fact, we show two relations, one of which is a straightforward generalisation to the $\mathfrak{sl}_2$ case and one which is completely new. This allows us to construct an analogue of the operator $X_k$ which we call Snail Operator. In the $\mathfrak{sl}_2$-case, this operator has many nice properties including in particular the fact that only one irreducible representation of the Yangian $Y(\mathfrak{sl}_2)$, the Kirillov--Reshetikhin module $W_k$, contributed the residue at $λ_i-λ_j=-(k+1)$. Here, we give an overview of the mathematical background, T-systems, and show a new application of the extended T-systems introduced by Mukhin and Young in 2012 regarding the Snail Operator.
description: 42 pages, 24 figures
"A chiare lettere". L’editto e la dote: un anniversario della libertà religiosa?
Creators: name: Colaianni, Nicola
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2013

description: Nicola Colaianni è ordinario di Diritto ecclesiastico nel Dipartimento di
Giurisprudenza dell’Università degli Studi “Aldo Moro” di Bari.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2013: 14 gennaio
Active-travel modelling: a methodological approach to networks for walking and cycling commuting analysis
Creators: name: Schlosser, Ivann
name: Maureira, Valentina Marín
name: Milton, Richard
name: Arcaute, Elsa
name: Batty, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Walking and cycling, commonly referred to as active travel, have become integral components of modern transport planning. Recently, there has been growing recognition of the substantial role that active travel can play in making cities more liveable, sustainable and healthy, as opposed to traditional vehicle-centred approaches. This shift in perspective has spurred interest in developing new data sets of varying resolution levels to represent, for instance, walking and cycling street networks. This has also led to the development of tailored computational tools and quantitative methods to model and analyse active travel flows.
 In response to this surge in active travel-related data and methods, our study develops a methodological framework primarily focused on walking and cycling as modes of commuting. We explore commonly used data sources and tools for constructing and analysing walking and cycling networks, with a particular emphasis on distance as a key factor that influences, describes, and predicts commuting behaviour. Our ultimate aim is to investigate the role of different network distances in predicting active commuting flows.
 To achieve this, we analyse the flows in the constructed networks by looking at the detour index of shortest paths. We then use the Greater London Area as a case study, and construct a spatial interaction model to investigate the observed commuting patterns through the different networks. Our results highlight the differences between chosen data sets, the uneven spatial distribution of their performance throughout the city and its consequent effect on the spatial interaction model and prediction of walking and cycling commuting flows.
La “ricerca dell’effettività”: dalla lotta per l’attuazione dei principi costituzionali all’obiettivo della “massima espansione delle tutele”
Creators: name: Cassetti, Luisa
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2013

description: Il contributo - che introduce il volume collettaneo a cura di L. Cassetti, Diritti, principi e garanzie sotto la lente dei giudici di Strasburgo, Jovene editore, Napoli, 2012, p. 19 ss. - si pubblica per la cortesia dell’Autrice e dell’Editore.SOMMARIO: Premessa – 1. La CEDU e l’integrazione del parametro costituzionale (art. 117, co. 1 Cost.): i confini del vincolo derivante dalla interpretazione della Corte europea di Strasburgo – 2. Il bilanciamento tra l’interpretazione vincolante della Corte europea ed il “sistema “ dei diritti e dei principi costituzionali: la lotta per l’effettività della Costituzione e l’equilibrio tra i poteri – 2.1. Il sistema dei diritti e gli spazi del legislatore: la soluzione (inammissibilità) che lascia al Parlamento la piena responsabilità di dare forma al “diritto di vivere la coppia omosessuale” – 2.2. Il sindacato sulle scelte legislative alla luce dell’evoluzione dei principi fondamentali dell’ordinamento maturati in ambito CEDU – 3. Il bilanciamento alla luce del sistema costituzionale dei diritti: le trasformazioni dei principi e la ricerca del massimo livello di tutela nel sistema del processo penale. La variegata forza delle additive di principio – 4. L’effettività dei diritti nelle dinamiche tra il livello statale ed il livello regionale dell’intervento legislativo. Il ruolo degli standard omogenei di tutela a livello nazionale ed il potenziamento a livello locale delle garanzie fondato sulla illegittima discriminazione tra i destinatari dei benefici – 5. Un occhio a Strasburgo e un occhio alla storia della Corte costituzionale.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2013: 14 gennaio
Origin of the Inclusions in Production-Scale Electrodes, ESR Ingots, and PESR Ingots in a Martensitic Stainless Steel
Creators: name: Sjöqvist Persson, Ewa
name: Karasev, Andrey
name: Mitchell, A. (Alec)
name: Jönsson, Pär G.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: The focus of the study was to define the origin of the inclusions in production-scale electro-slag remelting, (ESR) and electro-slag remelting under a protected pressure controlled atmosphere, (PESR), ingots. The inclusion characteristics in production samples were studied using both polished sample surfaces (two-dimensional (2-D) investigations) and inclusions extracted from steel samples by electrolytic extraction (three-dimensional (3-D) investigations) using SEM in combination with EDS. The results were compared to results from previously reported laboratory-, pilot-, and production-scale trials including electrode, remelted, and conventional ingots. The results show that primary, semi-secondary, and secondary inclusions exist in the remelted ingots. The most probable inclusion to survive from the electrode is a MgO-Al2O3 (spinel). It was also found that the ESR/PESR process slag acts in a similar way to a calcium treatment modification of alumina inclusions. On the whole, the most significant finding is that the overall cleanliness of the electrode including the inclusions in the electrode has an influence on the inclusion content of the ESR and PESR ingots.
Riappare un “déjà vu” nella giurisprudenza: la responsabilità oggettiva del vescovo per gli atti illeciti dei suoi sacerdoti
Creators: name: Licastro, Angelo
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2013

description: Contributo sottoposto a valutazioneSOMMARIO: 1. La “novità” dell’ordinanza del Tribunale di Lecce 8 ottobre 2012 – 2. Il precedente belga – 3. Uno sguardo sulla dottrina civilistica del respondeat superior nell’esperienza americana – 4. La fattispecie esaminata dai giudici salentini e la questione della soggettività della Curia arcivescovile – 5. (segue) Il riconoscimento della responsabilità indiretta ex art. 2049 c.c. – 6. Le ragioni della non configurabilità di una posizione di responsabilità del vescovo ex art. 2049 c.c. - Appendice.It’s “Déjà vu” in Case Law: Vicarious Liability of the Diocesan Bishopfor the Intentional Torts committed by his Priests

ABSTRACT: This Article addresses the issue of a Diocesan Curia’s liability for the intentional torts (sexual assault) committed by his parish priest. The paper takes as a starting point a recent Italian ruling that found a master-servant relationship between the Diocesan Curia and parish priest. The Court also held that a parish priest who committed a intentional tort (sexual assault), causally connected to the relationship, is acting within the scope of employment, so that the Diocesan Curia is vicariously liable. The Author suggests a comparative approach to the guidelines of Belgian and American case law on the subject of sexual abuse committed by clergy and examines the legal aspects of the topic as they are ruled by Italian law, which should lead to reject the conclusion of imputing a vicarious liability upon the Diocesan Curia.KEYWORDS: Vicarious liability of churches for sexual misconduct; Respondeat superior liability; Master-servant relationship in the religious organizations.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2013: 14 gennaio
Thermotropic reentrant isotropy and antiferroelectricity in the ferroelectric nematic material RM734
Creators: name: Chen, Xi
name: Shuai, Min
name: Zhong, Bingchen
name: Martinez, Vikina
name: Korblova, Eva
name: Glaser, Matthew A.
name: Maclennan, Joseph E.
name: Walba, David M.
name: Clark, Noel A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report a transition from the ferroelectric nematic liquid crystal ($N_F$) phase to a lower-temperature, antiferroelectric fluid phase having reentrant isotropic symmetry ($I_A$), in the liquid crystal compound RM734 doped with small concentrations of the ionic liquids BMIM or EMIM. Even a trace amount of ionic liquid dopant facilitates the kinetic pathway for the transition from the $N_F$ to the $I_A$, enabling simple cooling to produce this isotropic fluid phase rather than resulting in crystallization. The $I_A$ was also obtained in the absence of specific ionic liquid doping by appropriate temperature cycling in three distinct, as-synthesized-and-purified batches of RM734, two commercial and one from our laboratory. An additional birefringent, lamellar-modulated, antiferroelectric phase with the director parallel to the layers, resembling the smectic $Z_A$, is found between the paraelectric and ferroelectric nematic phases in RM734/BMIM mixtures.
description: 45 pages, including Supplementary Information
Development of Parallel Linear Solvers for CFD Applications in Turbomachinery
Creators: name: Chan, Li Juan
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023
Subjects: CFD
Linear Solver

description: In the steady-state Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) applications, a large percentage
description: of time is spent solving a large, sparse linear system of equations at every pseudo time-step.
description: This thesis focuses on improving the parallel performance of the linear solvers for solving
description: compressible flow CFD problems. The Alternating-Anderson Richardson (AAR) method was
description: recently proposed, which offers lower number of operations and number of global
description: communications, when compared to the Generalised Minimal Residual (GMRES) method.
description: However, its performance was investigated by solving matrices from matrix repository and
description: solving Helmholtz and Poisson equations with structured mesh. This thesis contributes by
description: investigating the performance of AAR in solving compressible flow problems. Results show
description: that the maximum speedup of AAR with respect to GMRES is around 17%. However, the
description: speedup increases with the number of linear iterations due to the slower growth of oper-
description: ations in AAR when compared to GMRES. Due to the load and cache misses imbalance,
description: the speedup of having lower number of global communications is only around 2% when 10
description: processes is used, but increases to a maximum speedup of around 10% when 640 processes
description: is used. In addition, this research investigates the efficiency and stability of mixed precision
description: linear solvers in solving compressible flow problems. The mixed precision arithmetic offers
description: lower cost of operations and lower cost of data transfer between memory hierarchy and
description: interconnect.

description:

description: This thesis proposes a novel framework of inner-outer flexible GMRES (FGMRES), which is
description: named as the two-stage preconditioned FGMRES. The two-stage preconditioned FGMRES-
description: GMRES shows maximum speedup of around 70% with respect to GMRES in double preci-
description: sion and an additional speedup of around 50% can be achieved in mixed precision without
description: sacrificing the numerical stability of the linear solver. The speedup shown by the linear
description: solvers developed in this thesis allows faster CFD simulation of Hydra and thus reduces
description: the cost of turbomachinery design for Rolls-Royce. Future work should focus on imple-
description: menting the two-stage preconditioned FGMRES in GPUs by exploring the potential of
description: half-precision arithmetic. In addition, the potential of the two-stage preconditioned FGM-
description: RES can be explored in other applications, such as the linear analysis of aeroelasticity and
description: aerodynamic shape optimisation. These applications usually require the solution of the
description: linear systems of equations to be more accurate and thus larger number of linear iterations
description: is needed.
Ordered SnO2@C Flake Array as Catalyst Support for Improved Electrocatalytic Activity and Cathode Durability in PEMFCs
Creators: name: Yang, Zhaoyi
name: Chen, Ming
name: Fang, Baizeng
name: Liu, Gaoyang
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: Pt-SnO₂@C-ordered flake array was developed on carbon paper (CP) as an integrated cathode for proton exchange membrane fuel cell through a facile hydrothermal method. In the integrated cathode, Pt nanoparticles were deposited uniformly with a small particle size on the SnO₂@C/CP support. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy analysis revealed lower impedance in a potential range of 0.3–0.5 V for the ordered electrode structure. An electrochemically active surface area and oxygen reduction peak potential determined by cyclic voltammetry measurement verified the synergistic effect between Pt and SnO₂, which enhanced the electrochemical catalytic activity. Besides, compared with the commercial carbon-supported Pt catalyst, the as-developed SnO₂@C/CP-supported Pt catalyst demonstrated better stability, most likely due to the positive interaction between SnO₂ and the carbon coating layer.
Improving Classification and Attribute Clustering: An Iterative Semi-supervised Approach
Creators: name: Seifi, Farid
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Attribute Clustering
Classification
Big Data
Semi-supervised Learning
Machine Learning
Multi-view Learning
Missing Attribute-value Handling

description: This thesis proposes a novel approach to attribute clustering. It exploits the strength of semi-supervised learning to improve the quality of attribute clustering particularly when labeled data is limited. The significance of this work derives in part from the broad, and increasingly important, usage of attribute clustering to address outstanding problems within the machine learning community. This form of clustering has also been shown to have strong practical applications, being usable in heavyweight industrial applications. Although researchers have focused on supervised and unsupervised attribute clustering in recent years, semi-supervised attribute clustering has not received substantial attention. In this research, we propose an innovative two step iterative semi-supervised attribute clustering framework. This new framework, in each iteration, uses the result of attribute clustering to improve a classifier. It then uses the classifier to augment the training data used by attribute clustering in next iteration. This iterative framework outputs an improved classifier and attribute clustering at the same time. It gives more accurate clusters of attributes which better fit the real relations between attributes. In this study we proposed two new usages for attribute clustering to improve classification: solving the automatic view definition problem for multi-view learning and improving missing attribute-value handling at induction and prediction time. The application of these two new usages of attribute clustering in our proposed semi-supervised attribute clustering is evaluated using real world data sets from different domains.
From cornstalks to microspheric hydrochar adsorbent for efficient removal of mesotrione from water
Creators: name: Jingmin, Yang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Environmental Chemistry

description: The mesotrione was extensively applied in agriculture, which caused a series of environmental problems. The microspheric structure of hydrochar (HC) was synthesized via hydrothermal method with the cornstalk. The hydrochar displayed an extreme capacity for adsorption of mesotrione from aqueous solution. The adsorption capacity of hydrochar was higher compared with that of pyrolysed biochar. The initial pH of solution was important factor for adsorption. The adsorption data of mesotrione were further analyzed by Langmuir, Freundlich and Temkin model, and the Langmuir model provided the best description of the adsorption process on mesotrione. This study demonstrated that the adsorption of mesotmrione onto hydrochar closely followed the quasi-second-order model, attributing to the "L-type" adsorption isotherm. The hydrochar has potential to create effective and energy-saving adsorbents to mesotrione relevant to reduce environmental pollution.
Three-Dimensional Quantum Hall Effect in Topological Amorphous Metals
Creators: name: Wang, Jiong-Hao
name: Xu, Yong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Weyl semimetals have been theoretically predicted to become topological metals with anomalous Hall conductivity in amorphous systems. However, measuring the anomalous Hall conductivity in realistic materials, particularly those with multiple pairs of Weyl points, is a significant challenge. If a system respects time-reversal symmetry, then the anomalous Hall conductivity even vanishes. As such, it remains an open question how to probe the Weyl band like topology in amorphous materials. Here, we theoretically demonstrate that, under magnetic fields, a topological metal slab in amorphous systems exhibits three-dimensional quantum Hall effect, even in time-reversal invariant systems, thereby providing a feasible approach to exploring Weyl band like topology in amorphous materials. We unveil the topological origin of the quantized Hall conductance by calculating the Bott index. The index is carried by broadened Landau levels with bulk states spatially localized except at critical transition energies.The topological property also results in edge states localized at distinct hinges on two opposite surfaces.
description: 21 pages, 10 figures, including the appendix
Blossoming Bit by Bit: Exploring the Role of Theatre Initiatives in the Lives of Criminalized Women
Creators: name: Merrill, Elise
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: theatre initiatives
criminalized women
arts-based practices
Clean Break Theatre Company
interdisciplinary research
feminist framework

description: This thesis explores to role of theatre in the lives of criminalized women. It seeks to better understand the ways in which theatre initiatives can be used as a tool for participants through various means, such as potentially being a form of self-expression, or a way to gain voice. This exploration was facilitated by conducting a case study of the Clean Break Theatre Company, a theatre company for criminalized women in London, England. Data was collected through performance and course observations and interviews with twelve women. The final themes shape the exploration as participants identify the importance of self expression through theatre, and its ability to aid in personal transformation or growth. Theatre initiatives are important because they create a unique lens into the experiences of these women, as well as being used as a tool for change in their lives.
Le ragioni dell’ordinamento canonico come contributo critico alla scienza giuridica laica
Creators: name: Bilotti, Domenico
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2013

description: contributo sottoposto a valutazione SOMMARIO: 1. Ineliminabile interesse del diritto canonico nella riflessione ius-religiosa del post-moderno - 2. L’ermeneutica del rinnovamento nella continuità e la metodologia suggerita dal Concilio Vaticano II: pregi e difetti di una transizione permanente - 3. La richiesta di riconsiderazione delle istanze poste dall’umana coscienza - 4. Una proposta alternativa rispetto a canoni e confini delle (presunte) leggi di mercato - 5. Prime conclusioni: verso un approccio assiologico e razionale sull’analisi degli istituti.ABSTRACT The fundamental reasons of Canon Law to be considered as theoretical contribution to the secular juridical scienceThe aim of this article is to underline how secular Law surprisingly shows a great influence on Canon Law’s theories and how doctrines and disciplines introjected from ecclesiastical Orders have moulded and modified civil institutions. The most controversial points, in the last decade, still seem the interpretation and the application of the Second Vatican Council, properly because many scholars are daily arguing about inner aftermath of the event, if in consistent behaviour, or in an unpredicted disagreement, with Roman Catholic Church and generally Christianity’s history. Anyhow, current debates, concerning the crisis of liberal politics and the decline of a meaningful conception of sovereignty, should be cleared up by considering how controversies about jurisdiction, power and its legitimacy were composed during the past.PAROLE CHIAVE Ordinamento Canonico; Concilio Vaticano II; Fonti del Diritto; Secolarizzazione.KEY-WORDS Canon Law; Second Vatican Council; Sources of Law; Secularization.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2013: 21 gennaio
Supplementary document for Theoretical analysis of glide-Z₂ magnetic topological photonic crystals - 5431461.pdf
Creators: name: Kim, Heejae
name: Cheng, Hengbin
name: lu, ling
name: Murakami, Shuichi
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Supplemental Document on details and tables in the calculations in the main text
A Thesis of Clinical Research and Practice: Part A: Understanding the Psychological Experiences of Children and Young People with Coeliac Disease and their Relationship with Food; Part B: Development and Preliminary Validation of the Child Coeliac Disease Food Attitudes and Behaviours Scale (Child CD-FAB) Measuring Hypervigilance to the Gluten-Free Diet; Part C: Summary of Clinical Practice and Assessments
Creators: name: Maddison-Roberts, Heather Louise
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2023

description: Individuals with Coeliac Disease (CD) are required to follow a strict lifelong gluten-free diet (GFD), however research suggests the approach individuals take to managing the GFD can impact their quality-of-life and psychological wellbeing. Advances in the literature have focused on hypervigilance to the GFD in adults with CD, but there has been a lack of research with children and young people (CYP), whose experience of CD likely differs to that of adults. This thesis aimed to increase understanding of CYP’s approaches to GFD management and improve identification of CYP with hypervigilant approaches. Part One of this portfolio presents a reflexive thematic analysis of CYP with CD interactions and experiences with food. Two themes were generated: need for control over others and the environment; and heightened threat and hypervigilance. The findings were applied to an existing model of gluten-related distress and unhelpful eating patterns developed from research with adults, resulting in an adaptation of the model to reflect the experiences of CYP in the current study. Part Two presents a mixed-methods study to develop and preliminarily validate a CYP version of the Coeliac Disease Food Attitudes and Behaviours Scale (CD-FAB), measuring hypervigilance to the GFD. Content analysis and statistical analysis informed the development of the child CD-FAB, which has good internal reliability, discriminant validity and known groups validity, though convergent validity was limited. Recommendations for clinical and research implications are presented for each paper.
Impaired Cardiac cAMP-specific PDE4, β1-AR, and NE in an Ischemia-Reperfusion Rat Model
Creators: name: Vaskas, Jonas
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: PDE4
B-AR
NE
Cardiac
Sympathetic nervous system
Heart failure
Ischemia reperfusion injury

description: Ischemic injury in the heart is followed by an increase in SNS activity and the higher this activity, the poorer patient outcomes. An index of SNS activity in models of ischemia can be achieved by measuring NE, β-AR, and perhaps indirectly PDE4 to give an intracellular aspect on SNS signaling. A 20 minute ischemia-reperfusion was induced in a rat model with physiological measurements at 2-5 weeks post IR. At 3 weeks post IR, rats displayed increased PDE4 expression, decreased β 1-AR expression, increased plasma NE, decreased tissue NE storage, increased Doppler E/A ratio and unchanged LV ejection fraction. PET analysis with FDG revealed no infarct at 2 weeks, while analysis with [13N]NH3 displayed no resting flow defect but revealed trends in flow reserve impairment as early as 2.5 weeks with recovery at 5 weeks post-surgery. Applications of this model could be non-invasive imaging of PDE4 with (R)-[11C]Rolipram PET at early time points for development towards prognostic and therapy guidance in humans.
La tutela delle esigenze religiose
Creators: name: Bolgiani, Isabella
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2013

description: Il contributo, sottoposto a valutazione, costituisce il capitolo I dell’opera monografica di I. BOLGIANI, Regioni e fattore religioso. Analisi e prospettive normative, Vita e Pensiero, Milano, 2012, qui riprodotto per la cortesia dell'Editore.SOMMARIO: 1. Gli interessi religiosi nella Costituzione – 2. La rappresentanza delle esigenze religiose tra centro e periferia - 3. Il principio di tutela della libertà religiosa nella tavola dei valori costituzionali - 4. La collaborazione tra pubblici poteri ed autorità religiose quale chiave di volta del sistema - 5. L’apporto offerto dal principio di sussidiarietà.
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2013: 21 gennaio
Alla ricerca di una politica del diritto sui rapporti con l’Islam (Carta dei valori e Dichiarazione di intenti)
Creators: name: Colaianni, Nicola
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2013

description: Riscrittura, aggiornata con qualche nota, degli appunti di un intervento svolto al convegno al Convegno su Identità religiosa e integrazione dei Musulmani in Italia e in Europa, omaggio alla memoria di Francesco Castro (Roma, 22 maggio 2008), destinato alla pubblicazione negli Atti.SOMMARIO: 1. Inizio dei rapporti tra Stato e Islam italiano – 2. Costituzione e Carta dei valori – 3. Carta dei valori e dichiarazione di intenti – 4. Dichiarazione di intenti e intese (nonché legge sulla libertà di religione).
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2009: 12 gennaio
Understanding the basis for African horse sickness virus pathogenicity using a murine infection model
Creators: name: JONES, LUKE MATTHEW
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: African horse sickness virus (AHSV) is a highly lethal arbovirus of horses, with severe economic impacts associated with the spread and control of the disease. Due to the difficulties of performing experimental studies with horses, this project utilised a mouse model to better study the factors associated with AHSV pathogenicity. The project began by characterising in-depth the pathological features of two different AHSV strains in the interferon-receptor deficient IFNAR-/- mouse model. This study showed that the different clinical outcomes of these AHSV infections were linked with different lesions observed in infected mice. This was corroborated with a multiple-strain infection experiment performed in advance of this project but analysed herein. Finally, this led to investigating how pathological differences and variations in growth kinetics and cellular tropism are linked to genetic differences between viral strains, using next-generation sequencing techniques and a variety of in vitro and ex vivo experiments.
description: Nucleotide sequencing of the genomes of gene-segment reassortant AHSV strains tested in IFNAR-/- mice indicated that genes encoding the proteins VP1, VP2 and NS4 could play a central role in AHSV pathogenicity. Even though the spleen was commonly targeted by all strains of AHSV in the IFNAR-/- mouse, the severity of spleen pathology differed between AHSV strains that varied in some of these particular proteins. AHSV infection was also frequently associated with pulmonary oedema and pneumonia but neurological lesions were observed only in AHSV-4 infections, again indicating a genetic basis of AHSV pathogenicity. Reassortant viruses that swapped VP1, VP2 and NS4 coding segments showed different tropism and replication capacity in monocyte-macrophage and hepatocyte cell lines and in ex vivo splenocytes.
description: In conclusion, this IFNAR-/- mouse model can be used to study in detail the molecular determinants of AHSV pathogenicity and would enable further pathogenesis studies in horses with a more targeted approach.
Brevi note in teme di vigenza delle leggi italiane nello Stato della Città del Vaticano
Creators: name: Colella, Pasquale
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2013

description: già ordinario di Diritto ecclesiastico nella Facoltà di Giurisprudenza dell’Università degli Studi di Salerno
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2009: 12 gennaio
La reconnaissance des droits indigènes en Amérque latine
Creators: name: Martin, Arnaud
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: droits indigènes, Amérique latine, indigénisme

description: La découverte de l’Amérique latine en 1492 marqua, pour les peuples amérindiens, le début d’une longue descente aux enfers. Massacrées, réduites en esclavage ou condamnées à choisir entre l’exclusion et l’assimilation, les populations indigènes semblaient condamnées à disparaître. Cinq siècles plus tard, le constat est tout autre et l’on peut parler d’un « retour des peuples indigènes ». Le droit international et interne reflète cette transformation et reconnait la légitimité des droits indigènes et leur accordant une protection imparfaite, mais qui constitue un progrès considérable. The discovery of Latin America in 1492 marked, for the Amerindian peoples, the beginning of a long descent into the underworld. Massacred, enslaved or condemned to choose between exclusion and assimilation, the indigenous populations seemed doomed to disappear. Five centuries later, the situation is quite different and we can speak of a "return of the indigenous peoples. International and domestic law reflects this transformation and recognizes the legitimacy of indigenous rights and grants them imperfect protection, but it is a significant step forward.
description: {"references": ["Martin, Arnaud, \"Chapitre introductif : la reconnaissance des droits indig\u00e8nes en Am\u00e9rique latine\", in Arnaud Martin (dir.), Les droits indig\u00e8ne en Am\u00e9rique latine, Paris, L'Harmattan, 2015, p. 11-77"]}
Value Added by Venture Capitalists: The Case of EDC
Creators: name: Rostamkalaei, Seyedeh Anoosheh
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: Value added
venture capital
venture capitalists
Internationalization
Export
Export development Canada
Syndication

description: It is generally well understood that venture capital (VC) is an important and significant source of financing for small firms. Questions revolving around the increased likelihood of a firm backed by Venture Capitalists (VCs) to be export oriented have yet to be fully explored. Responding to this research gap, a sample of Canadian VC backed firms is used to compare the performance of Canadian VC firms in terms of facilitating internationalization among their portfolio companies. The particular reference of this study is Export Development Canada (EDC), a crown corporation mandated to promote export among Canadian firms. This research finds that EDC as a VC investor and export-oriented consultant has no association with the increased probability of exporting. Also, stage of the investment does not show any relationship with internationalization. These results run contrary to previous speculation that syndication of VCs increases the probability of internationalization among portfolio firms.
$Q$-voter model with independence on signed random graphs: homogeneous approximations
Creators: name: Krawiecki, Andrzej
name: Gradowski, Tomasz
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The $q$-voter model with independence is generalized to signed random graphs and studied by means of Monte Carlo simulations and theoretically using the mean field approximation and different forms of the pair approximation. In the signed network with quenched disorder, positive and negative signs associated randomly with the links correspond to reinforcing and antagonistic interactions, promoting, respectively, the same or opposite orientations of two-state spins representing agents' opinions; otherwise, the opinions are called mismatched. With probability $1-p$, the agents change their opinions if the opinions of all members of a randomly selected $q$-neighborhood are mismatched, and with probability $p$, they choose an opinion randomly. The model on networks with finite mean degree $\langle k \rangle$ and fixed fraction of the antagonistic interactions $r$ exhibits ferromagnetic transition with varying the independence parameter $p$, which can be first- or second-order, depending on $q$ and $r$, and disappears for large $r$. Besides, numerical evidence is provided for the occurrence of the spin-glass-like transition for large $r$. The order and critical lines for the ferromagnetic transition on the $p$ vs. $r$ phase diagram obtained in Monte Carlo simulations are reproduced qualitatively by the mean field approximation. Within the range of applicability of the pair approximation, for the model with $\langle k \rangle$ finite but $\langle k \rangle \gg q$, predictions of the homogeneous pair approximation concerning the ferromagnetic transition show much better quantitative agreement with numerical results for small $r$ but fail for larger $r$. A more advanced signed homogeneous pair approximation is formulated which distinguishes between classes of active links with a given sign connecting nodes occupied by agents with mismatched opinions...
description: 20 pages, 10 figures
The role of diet in the pathogenesis of Buruli ulcer
Creators: name: Loglo, Aloysius Kodjo Dzigbordi
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024

description: Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) affect over 2 billion people worldwide, and there is limited information on the association between nutrition and NTDs. This study aimed to determine the role of diet in the pathogenesis of NTDs, particularly in Buruli ulcer (BU), a subcutaneous skin infection caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans.

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description: I conducted a systematic review with meta-analysis to summarize existing knowledge on the association between nutrition and NTDs. I also conducted a case-control study of 40 BU patients and controls using a food frequency and multi-pass 24-hour recall questionnaires to determine their dietary patterns and nutrition status. Based on the outcome of the diet survey, I quantified the serum levels of selected micronutrients and inflammatory biomarkers using ELISA, cytometric bead array and colorimetric assays in 80 BU patients and controls.

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description: The systematic review revealed that, of the 20 NTDs, the links between diet and disease have been explored only for a very few with a paucity of data from low and middle-income countries and least developed countries where the NTD burden is high. In the dietary survey, the diets of the participants were found to be inadequate for their daily needs and many of them had an inadequate intake of macro- and micronutrients (excepting dietary carbohydrate). We found significantly reduced intake of several dietary micronutrients intake among BU cases compared to controls [zinc 5.57 vs. 6.90mg/day (p=0.011), selenium 52.14 vs. 77.32 mg/day (p=0.005) and vitamin B12 0.89 vs. 2.332 µg/day (p=0.002), respectively]. The biomarker study revealed that BU patients had significantly lower levels of serum zinc and vitamin C than controls [zinc 47.63 vs. 63.08 µg/dL (p=0.0001) and vitamin C 0.199 vs. 0.254 mg/dL (p=0.0365), respectively]. There was some evidence for systemic inflammation in a minority of the study population, but these did not differ between patients and controls and IL-6 levels did not correlate with either zinc or vitamin C in the study cohort.

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description: More research into nutrition and infection is recommended, especially for BU since my research showed that micronutrient deficiency is a contributing factor for disease susceptibility. Excitingly, nutritional interventions may have prospects for an adjunct to BU antibiotic treatment.
Inside the box: exploring audience experiences of an immersive mental health art installation
Creators: name: CHANDLER, CLARE
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2021

description: Objectives: There is a lack of research exploring how the lived experience of emotional distress and mental health difficulties, communicated through immersive art design installations, are received and understood by others. This research aimed to explore the experience of the viewer of a bespoke art installation (“Blackout”), which offered a solo, immersive experience that provided a personal account of what it is like to live with Bipolar II disorder and emotional distress.
description: Method: A Qualitative design was adopted and individual semi-structured interviews took place with 15 audience members who experienced the “Blackout” design installation. The interviews were transcribed and the data was analysed using Thematic Analysis.
description: Findings: The Thematic Analysis highlighted three main themes: The first theme highlighted participants understanding and awareness of mental health conditions and their own proximity to mental health. The exhibition was seen as a learning experience regardless of participant’s relationships to people with mental health condition or their own lived experiences regarding mental health. The second theme highlighted how communicating through words and language about mental health is a difficult thing to do and that immersive art like the type in this exhibition, offers an opportunity to communicate something that is very difficult to put into words in a completely different way. The third theme highlighted how the immersive design created a sensory, emotion inducing experience, which gave participants a glimpse of what it is like to live with episodes of emotional distress and imagine themselves in the shoes of the person who experiences these things.
description: Conclusions: The exhibition seemed to create the opportunity for an increase in understanding and awareness of mental health difficulties but in addition fostered more compassion and empathy towards people who experience emotional distress, which is an effective way of also challenging stigma surrounding mental health. The implications of this are that offering flexibility in communicating about mental health allows alternative perspectives which can challenge the common narratives. Potential benefits are that those experiencing mental health will experience less prejudice and more empathy and compassion from others and therefore would be more likely to talk about their experiences and seek support when necessary.
Lo Stato della Città del Vaticano rifiuta le leggi italiane
Creators: name: Tozzi, Valerio
Publisher: name: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale
Year: 2013

description: ordinario di Diritto ecclesiastico nella Facoltà di Scienze Politiche dell’Università degli Studi di Salerno
description: Stato, Chiese e pluralismo confessionale, 2009: 12 gennaio
Electronic Supplementary Material from Super-spreading events initiated the exponential growth phase of COVID-19 with ℛ0 higher than initially estimated
Creators: name: Kochańczyk, Marek
name: Grabowski, Frederic
name: Lipniacki, Tomasz
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 10202 Biological Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: The PDF file contains supplementary figures S1 and S2, and supplementary listing S1 (BNGL code).
Global Sensitivity Analysis of Mathematical Models with Constraints
Creators: name: Demis, Panagiotis
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Global sensitivity analysis
Uncertainty quantification
mathematical modelling
Monte Carlo
adaptive sampling
Gaussian process
random field
design space

description: Global sensitivity analysis of mathematical model outputs is recommended for the systematic and holistic quantification of the effects of uncertain model inputs on model outputs. In the field of global sensitivity analysis, a variance-based method called constrained global sensitivity analysis (cGSA) has been introduced for wider classes of models with inequality constraints. The approach of cGSA is highly applicable to chemical and process engineering, where constraints play a pivotal role in the simulation of physicochemical processes as well as the design, control and optimisation of systems subject to key quality, safety, sustainability or economic indicators. However, the computational requirements of cGSA are significantly high and for this reason the wide adoption and development of cGSA applications may be hindered.

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description: The current thesis elaborates on the computational framework and implementation of cGSA and contributes to the development of computational approaches to sampling constrained subspaces, such as process design spaces, and metamodelling techniques that reduce the computational requirements of cGSA. The application of cGSA is demonstrated in the context of Quality-by-Design in biopharmaceuticals manufacturing and the benefits as well as the computational challenges of cGSA are identified and compared with conventional global sensitivity analysis without constraints. The results of the thesis aid the advancement of methods towards computationally efficient cGSA by introducing a novel adaptive sampling method, design space modelling techniques, and metamodelling approaches based on an algorithm of adaptive Gaussian random fields.
Convex Embeddability and Knot Theory
Creators: name: Iannella, Martina
name: Marcone, Alberto
name: Ros, Luca Motto
name: Weinstein, Vadim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Logic (math.LO)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 03E15, 06A05, 57K10, 57M30

description: We consider countable linear orders and study the quasi-order of convex embeddability and its induced equivalence relation. We obtain both combinatorial and descriptive set-theoretic results, and further extend our research to the case of circular orders. These results are then applied to the study of arcs and knots, establishing combinatorial properties and lower bounds (in terms of Borel reducibility) for the complexity of some natural relations between these geometrical objects.
description: 46 pages
A Brief Review Article on Caper Berries
Creators: name: Patil VS*
name: Shaikh SR
name: Patil DR
name: Jain AS
name: Shaikh AZ
name: Dr. Pawar SP
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Abstract

One of the most popular medicinal plants, Caparisspinosa L., is widely used throughout the world to treat a variety of human ailments. With reference to C. spinosa's traditional usage, growing methods, and phytochemical components, this research attempts to critically analyze the pertinent scientific literature. Iranian diabetes patients customarily consume the fruit of the caper plant, Capparis spinosa L. No controlled human investigation has yet been done to evaluate its effectiveness in treating hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetic patients. The caper, or Capparisspinosa L., is an aromatic plant that grows in the majority of the Mediterranean basin and certain areas of western Asia. C. spinosa L. has been used in traditional phytomedicine for a very long time as a medicinal herb. Extracted from C.spinosaL are polyphenols and many bioactive compounds. reveal a variety of medicinal qualities that have drawn attention to this plant as a potential health booster.

Keywords: caper berries, Alkaloids, Flavonoids, Type 2 Diabetic, Antioxidant Activity