cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Is there any evidence that ionised outflows quench star formation in type 1 quasars at z<1?
Creators: name: Balmaverde, B.
name: Marconi, A.
name: Brusa, M.
name: Carniani, S.
name: Cresci, G.
name: Lusso, E.
name: Maiolino, R.
name: Mannucci, F.
name: Nagao, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The aim of this paper is to test the basic model of negative AGN feedback. According to this model, once the central black hole accretes at the Eddington limit and reaches a certain critical mass, AGN driven outflows blow out gas, suppressing star formation in the host galaxy and self-regulating black hole growth. We consider a sample of 224 quasars selected from the SDSS at z<1 observed in the infrared band by Herschel. We evaluate the star formation rate in relation to several outflow signatures traced by the [OIII]4959,5007 and [OII]3726,3729 emission lines in about half of the sample with high quality spectra. Most of the quasars show asymmetric and broad wings in [OIII], which we interpret as outflow signatures. We separate the quasars in two groups, ``weakly'' and ``strongly'' outflowing, using three different criteria. When we compare the mean star formation rate in five redshift bins in the two groups, we find that the SFRs are comparable or slightly larger in the strongly outflowing quasars. We estimate the stellar mass from SED fitting and the quasars are distributed along the star formation main sequence, although with a large scatter. The scatter from this relation is uncorrelated with respect to the kinematic properties of the outflow. Moreover, for quasars dominated in the infrared by starburst or by AGN emission, we do not find any correlation between the star formation rate and the velocity of the outflow, a trend previously reported in the literature for pure starburst galaxies. We conclude that the basic AGN negative feedback scenario seems not to agree with our results. Although we use a large sample of quasars, we did not find any evidence that the star formation rate is suppressed in the presence of AGN driven outflows on large scale. A possibility is that feedback is effective over much longer timescales than those of single episodes of quasar activity.
description: 18 pages, new version that implements the suggestions of the referee and matches the AA published version
An investigation of co-operative error correction in Asian education settings.
Creators: name: Cousins, Bradley John
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Error correction in writing remains a controversial topic in literature on English language teaching. While the premise that writing should be corrected often conforms to student expectations, many doubts still remain about the most efficient way to conduct written error correction. Due to the demands of time and the large class sizes involved, current teacher based methods do not necessarily address the needs of weaker students in Asia. The current study investigated teachers’ beliefs and practices in written error correction by comparing and contrasting two qualitative case studies in two different East Asian contexts. Two English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers were introduced to a new method of error correction that promoted an increase in self and peer correction of writing. Both teachers were then interviewed, to elicit their practices, local adaptations and beliefs on the effects of this method. Responses of the participants were recorded in interviews, transcribed and analysed. The teachers were found to believe that an increase in self and peer correction held advantages, such as increased student cooperation, and new friendships were formed. The teachers were also found to appreciate the time saved using self and peer correction.
Heat flux for semi-local machine-learning potentials
Creators: name: Langer, Marcel F.
name: Knoop, Florian
name: Carbogno, Christian
name: Scheffler, Matthias
name: Rupp, Matthias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The Green-Kubo (GK) method is a rigorous framework for heat transport simulations in materials. However, it requires an accurate description of the potential-energy surface and carefully converged statistics. Machine-learning potentials can achieve the accuracy of first-principles simulations while allowing to reach well beyond their simulation time and length scales at a fraction of the cost. In this paper, we explain how to apply the GK approach to the recent class of message-passing machine-learning potentials, which iteratively consider semi-local interactions beyond the initial interaction cutoff. We derive an adapted heat flux formulation that can be implemented using automatic differentiation without compromising computational efficiency. The approach is demonstrated and validated by calculating the thermal conductivity of zirconium dioxide across temperatures.
description: 6 pages, 3 figures, excluding supplement (12 pages, 10 figures), v2: fixed figures. Additional information at https://marcel.science/gknet
Stationary states and quantum quench dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates in a double-well potential
Creators: name: Wen, Linghua
name: Zhu, Qizhong
name: Xu, Tianfu
name: Jing, Xili
name: Liu, Chengshi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the properties of stationary states and the dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) in a double-well (DW) potential with pair tunneling by using a full quantum-mechanical treatment. Furthermore, we study the quantum quench dynamics of the DW system subjected to a sudden change of the Peierls phase. It is shown that strong pair tunneling evidently influences the energy spectrum structure of the stationary states. For relatively weak repulsive interatomic interactions, the dynamics of the DW system with a maximal initial population difference evolves from Josephson oscillations to quantum self-trapping as one increases the pair tunneling strength, while for large repulsion the strong pair tunneling inhibits the quantum self-trapping. In the case of attractive interatomic interactions, strong pair tunneling tends to destroy the Josephson oscillations and quantum self-trapping, and the system eventually enters a symmetric regime of zero population difference. Finally, the effect of the Peierls phase on the quantum quench dynamics of the system is analyzed and discussed. These new features are remarkably different from the usual dynamical behaviors of a BEC in a DW potential.
description: 9 pages,7 figures,accepted for publication in Journal of Physics B
RICHARD GILBERT WEST - Bibliography from RICHARD GILBERT WEST. 31 May 1926 — 30 December 2020
Creators: name: Gibbard, P. L.
name: Turner, C.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Richard West was undoubtedly the greatest British Quaternary geologist of his generation. Following National Service in India, he was admitted to Clare College, Cambridge in 1948 to study the Natural Sciences Tripos. Considering Geology for Part II, he finally selected Botany and was awarded First Class Honours. Under the supervision of Professor Harry Godwin FRS, in the Subdepartment of Quaternary Research (SDQR) for his PhD thesis he studied Pleistocene interglacial deposits in East Anglia. His detailed investigations at Hoxne and Ipswich led to a lifetime unravelling the environmental, geological and vegetational history of Quaternary deposits in Britain, particularly in East Anglia. In the course of this work, he was responsible for recognizing and defining the majority of the cold or glacial and interglacial stages into which the Quaternary Period in Britain is subdivided. His expertise extended from pollen and plant macrofossil analysis to physical geological evidence, glacial deposits, periglacial phenomena, and sea-level change. These studies required extensive cooperation with specialist colleagues, to the extent that the majority of his investigations are determinedly multi-disciplinary, an approach in which he was undoubtedly a leader. At Cambridge, becoming Director of the SDQR and later Professor of Botany, he supervised, nurtured and inspired numerous research and Master's students and influenced many others, both academics and amateurs alike. His research articles (over 150) and books provide a lasting legacy in Quaternary research. After retirement and up to the time of his death he continued to research, producing several important publications, principally on the evolution of the East Anglian Fenland.
Spelling matters
Creators: name: Robins, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Researchers describe spelling as complex to learn (Ehri, 2003; Schlagal, 2001; Templeton & Morris, 1999), with understandings of the English language developing over time, but it is important to literacy proficiency (Adoniou, 2013). Researchers have also stated that when teaching spelling, teachers needed to do so explicitly, systematically, and by linking students’ spelling knowledge to reading and writing (Bear & Templeton, 1998; Invernessi & Hayes, 2004). This study set out to investigate why teaching spelling was causing concern for teachers in a primary school in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne. Those who took part in this study were interested in their teaching of spelling and agreed that spelling needed to be taught, but lacked confidence in the effectiveness of their instructional approaches. This lack of confidence was centred on their observations that not all of their students’ spelling development was at the age-appropriate level. This qualitative study explored the views of eight participants, seven teachers and an aide, who shared their views on spelling learning and teaching. Data were collected via focus group interviews and individual interviews. The data were coded, sorted, and interpreted following grounded theory analysis techniques. This study found that the participants recognised they were lacking in understanding of phonology and, subsequently, when they sought knowledge in this area, they believed they were more effective in their spelling teaching. The participants observed that teaching spelling involved building up understanding of the linguistic features of English words, which developed over time. In this way, students could acquire insights into the regularities which are evident in the English language and could draw on these insights when spelling. This study also found that the participants were knowledgeable about their spelling pedagogy and how students learn to spell. They had valid reasons for teaching spelling the way they did and were also able to implement new knowledge into their spelling teaching. The implications for this thesis were that knowledge of English language, and pedagogical knowledge are equally important. Teachers need understandings of phonology, orthography, and morphology to be able to teach spelling. At the same time, they need to have a repertoire of pedagogical approaches to assist all learners.
The future of public sector vocational education and training: the 2012 Queensland and Victorian case for reform
Creators: name: Simmons, Virginia
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Through the late twentieth century there was a shift from government to governance in education. The development of network governance saw public sector providers of vocational education and training (VET) move to an increasingly privatised form of training, as all the Australian States and Territories became signatories to national competitive neutrality principles. The subsequent policy changes authorised the opening up of government funding so that it became accessible to a growing private VET sector and also diminished the role for public sector VET as the vehicle through which governments across Australia implemented their training policy objectives. This reform trajectory raises questions about Technical and Further Education (TAFE) and whether this public VET sector has any distinctive role or public value. The term ‘marketised governance’ is adopted to convey how this shift in VET in Australia has been characterised by networks dominated by private sector actors and neo-liberal principles such as privatisation, competition, deregulation, and efficiency, leading to a competitive training market. The concept of ‘public value’ and how governments have interpreted it since TAFE came into being as a discrete tertiary sector is used to understand how the governance and role of TAFE has shifted. The ‘strategic triangle’ developed by Moore (1995) is used as a means to recognise public value. Reviews commissioned by the governments of Queensland and Victoria during 2012 were selected as case studies of public sector TAFE reform. The arguments for reforming TAFE were analysed in order to investigate the impact of the shift to marketised governance and the significance of public value. Both reviews recommended increased competition in the VET sector, with significant changes to TAFE. The methodology of political discourse analysis developed by Fairclough and Fairclough (2012) is applied to selected texts drawn from the resulting reports. The analyses make it possible to evaluate the arguments presented in the reviews and to identify the extent to which the concept of public value is seen as relevant. The research shows that the tenets of marketised governance dominate the discourse in both case studies, although the arguments used in support of competition and privatisation are open to serious question. With public providers expected to compete on the same terms as private providers, the research reveals little to no acknowledgement of the concept of public value or recognition of a distinct role to be played in this regard by TAFE. The thesis concludes by noting the continued trajectory towards privatisation of VET in the context of marketised governance but also flaws in the arguments for increased competition. It would seem that unless these flaws in the argument become more apparent and VET policy-makers become more engaged with the discourse on public value, the future of TAFE is uncertain.
Leave it at the door: how teachers manage their emotions as they support children during prep transition.
Creators: name: Ewens, Maxine
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Authors acknowledge the importance of emotional well-being for children during the transition from pre-school to primary school, with the dominant body of research contending that children will adapt more successfully into classrooms where teachers promote a positive learning environment. However, there is significantly less research focusing on the emotions of teachers around the time of transition. The purpose of this study was to discover how teachers manage their emotions in the classroom as they support children in their first year of primary school. Four preparatory grade (‘prep’) teachers from two different primary schools in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia, participated in this research project. Participants’ conversations were audiotaped on two separate occasions and framed as narrative accounts using a Narrative Inquiry Method. An inductive approach to data analysis highlighted specific themes whereby teachers managed their emotions under specific conditions. This study is a timely investigation of the emotional lives of teachers at a critical point in young children lives. Findings suggest that teachers are concerned about displaying negative emotions within the school environment for fear of projecting an unsuitable image and will suppress their emotions to continue to provide a positive learning experience for children.
Why does gender matter?
Creators: name: Lee, Janeanne Dawn
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: There has been debate for many years about a range of issues related to Gender and Mathematics. A key issue has been the discussion surrounding the Gender Gap- the difference between the scores achieved by males and females when completing Standardised Assessment tasks. Results from international studies, designed to examine the most recent PISA and TIMSS results, continue to show that a Gender Gap exists and that a larger percentage of males correctly answer the questions than females. Analysis of Australian NAPLAN data also shows evidence of a Gender Gap favouring males. This research investigates the results obtained by a year 9 cohort at a multi campus school in Australia at which a gender gap had been identified and aims to identify and clarify whether Standardised Assessment Tests, in particular NAPLAN, privilege a gendered way of thinking. The students at this school are taught at year 9 level in single gender classes. The study comprised an analysis of the NAPLAN tests, the administration of an anonymous survey and interviews with two focus groups using students from a year 9 cohort. The results of this study, for this sample of students, replicated those of previous studies indicating that the style of questions being asked and the content of the tasks are more suited to males. The investigation found that that within each task the questions had a gender bias and that the female students used a different strategy to solve multiple choice questions than did males. A key suggestion was that the male strategy was more successful and female students should be encouraged to use a different process. The issue of confidence with mathematics was also investigated and, amongst this group of students, it was found that the females were more successful if they felt confident with the content being assessed.
title:  Al cospetto di Dante. La politicità di Petrarca nel Novecento
Creators: name: Mitarotondo  ,  Laura
Publisher: name: Roma TrE-Press
Year: 2022

description: Il saggio affronta il tema della politicità di Petrarca a partire dal confronto con Dante, durante la prima metà del XX secolo. Viene dunque esaminato un capitolo di storia del pensiero politico e di storia intellettuale italiana, per verificare se, e in quali forme, l’accostamento fra i due grandi classici abbia contribuito al divenire di una riflessione critica sul Petrarca politico, valorizzando quelle culture che hanno ricalibrato il rapporto fra i due autori, nel segno della modernità di Petrarca. In un contesto scandito dalla tradizione del neoidealismo italiano e dalla storiografia del pensiero politico primo novecentesca, un singolare interesse rivestono i saggi di Giovanni Gentile e Rodolfo De Mattei, che leggono in Petrarca il dissolvitore della Scolastica e il moderno pioniere di una filosofia dell’uomo, ma anche il promotore di una dimensione spirituale e non naturalistica della politica.
description: Dante e la politica: dal passato al presente
Traduzione e trasmissione dell’agiografia di santa Caterina da Siena in catalano, en Alessandra Bartolomei (a cura di), Santa Caterina d'Europa. Edizioni e traduzioni antiche e moderne del corpus cateriniano. Quaderni del Centro Internazionale di Studi Cateriniani. Roma, Campisano editore, 2024
Creators: name: Peirats Navarro, Anna
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 470514
subject: Literary theory
classificationCode: 470599
subject: Literary studies not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 470507
subject: Comparative and transnational literature

description: In queste pagine ci concentreremo sulla biografia di santa Caterina da Siena di Miquel Peres, in valenciano, pur descrivendo anche altre traduzioni in catalano. Ci interessa la traduzione di Miquel Peres perché è una versione letteraria, amplificata dal traduttore. Vedremo, di riflesso, anche l’importanza che il culto di Caterina da Siena ha avuto nelle terre della Corona d’Aragona.
What is a street gang? A Victoria police case study.
Creators: name: Boyle, Patrick Thomas
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This thesis surveys the tacit knowledge held by forty-three Victoria Police Officers to determine what constitutes a street gang. The officers, from a broad range of operational policing positions within metropolitan and country police stations, provide both an insight into how street gang presence is recognised and evidence that community perceptions of safety, is influenced by gang behaviour. This is the first research of its kind conducted in this country within Australian law enforcement agencies and the new knowledge gained will provide agencies who have the responsibility in addressing this phenomenon, with an empirically-based aid for determining what is or isn’t a street gang. Analysis of data identifies eight key themes of which three were primary to identifying gang presence – Core, Purpose and Grouping. These themes comprised twelve sub themes and were central to the development of a descriptor based on what attracted police interest, the bond that is central to the reason for the gangs existence and finally the composition of a gang. This study recognises the importance of a multidisciplinary collaborative response, informed through education and training, to ensure there is an agreed approach to determine if a gang is one that is social or criminal, historically held up by inability for all parties to agree on a definition of what constitutes a gang. A key finding of this research is that a descriptor of a criminal gang is operationally preferable to that of a definition. This thesis contributes significantly to the capacity of agencies (police, justice, corrective services and non- government organisations,) to make accurate identification, providing a clear descriptor to answer the central problematic ‘What is a Street Gang?’
Translating “Signposts for Building Better Behaviour Program” to the Malay language
Creators: name: Nasir, Nasriah
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The research aimed to determine an effective process of translating an Evidenced Based Program (EBP) that was developed in the English language to the Malay language. The EBP that was being studied was the “Signposts for Building Better Behaviour” program. A literature review was conducted to examine the available translation processes. Answers to the question of whether cultural adaptation of the program materials were sought in order for materials to be effectively translated, understood and readable for the targeted participants were pursued. Through the research an effective process of translating the Signposts program to Malay was established and recommendations on a model for effectively translating an English based Evidence Based Program to other languages were made.
Mutations in KDSR Cause Recessive Progressive Symmetric Erythrokeratoderma
Creators: name: Goldsmith, Lowell A.
name: Hu, Ronghua
name: Diaz, Luis A.
name: Paller, Amy S.
name: Rosman, Ilana S.
name: Bayliss, Susan J.
name: Zhou, Jing
name: Vincent, Nicholas G.
name: Craiglow, Brittany G.
name: Baserga, Susan J.
name: Lifton, Richard P.
name: Choate, Keith A.
name: Boyden, Lynn M.
name: Lucky, Anne W.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Supplemental Data Supplemental Data include five figures and three tables and can be found with this article online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.05.003. Supplemental Data Document S1. Figures S1–S5 and Tables S1–S3 Download Document S2. Article plus Supplemental Data Download Web Resources 1000 Genomes, http://www.internationalgenome.org/ ANNOVAR, http://annovar.openbioinformatics.org/en/latest/ BWA-MEM, http://bio-bwa.sourceforge.net/index.shtml Database of Genomic Variants, http://dgv.tcag.ca/dgv/app/home dbSNP, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/projects/SNP/ Exome Aggregation Consortium (ExAC) Browser, http://exac.broadinstitute.org/ ExonPrimer, https://ihg.helmholtz-muenchen.de/ihg/ExonPrimer.html GenBank, https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/genbank/ Genome Analysis Toolkit (GATK), https://software.broadinstitute.org/gatk/ Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV), http://software.broadinstitute.org/software/igv/ OMIM, https://www.omim.org/ SNPmasker, http://bioinfo.ebc.ee/snpmasker/ UCSC Genome Browser, https://genome.ucsc.edu/index.html Variant Effect Predictor, http://useast.ensembl.org/info/docs/tools/vep/index.html The discovery of new genetic determinants of inherited skin disorders has been instrumental to the understanding of epidermal function, differentiation, and renewal. Here, we show that mutations in KDSR (3-ketodihydrosphingosine reductase), encoding an enzyme in the ceramide synthesis pathway, lead to a previously undescribed recessive Mendelian disorder in the progressive symmetric erythrokeratoderma spectrum. This disorder is characterized by severe lesions of thick scaly skin on the face and genitals and thickened, red, and scaly skin on the hands and feet. Although exome sequencing revealed several of the KDSR mutations, we employed genome sequencing to discover a pathogenic 346 kb inversion in multiple probands, and cDNA sequencing and a splicing assay established that two mutations, including a recurrent silent third base change, cause exon skipping. Immunohistochemistry and yeast complementation studies demonstrated that the mutations cause defects in KDSR function. Systemic isotretinoin therapy has achieved nearly complete resolution in the two probands in whom it has been applied, consistent with the effects of retinoic acid on alternative pathways for ceramide generation.
Information in feedback ratchets
Creators: name: Ruiz-Pino, Natalia
name: Villarubia-Moreno, Daniel
name: Prados, Antonio
name: Cao-García, Francisco J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: H.4; E.4
subject: 82

description: Feedback control uses the state information of the system to actuate on it. The information used implies an effective entropy reduction of the controlled system, potentially increasing its performance. How to compute this entropy reduction has been formally shown for a general system, and has been explicitly computed for spatially discrete systems. Here, we address a relevant example of how to compute the entropy reduction by information in a spatially continuous feedback-controlled system. Specifically, we consider a feedback flashing ratchet, which constitutes a paradigmatic example for the role of information and feedback in the dynamics and thermodynamics of transport induced by the rectification of Brownian motion. A Brownian particle moves in a periodic potential that is switched on and off by a controller, with the latter performing the switching depending on the system state. We show how the entropy reduction can be computed from the entropy of a sequence of control actions, and also discuss the required sampling effort for its accurate computation. Moreover, the output power developed by the particle against an external force is investigated, which -- for some values of the system parameters -- is shown to become larger than the input power due to the switching of the potential: the apparent efficiency of the ratchet thus becomes higher than one, if the entropy reduction contribution is not considered. This result highlights the relevance of including the entropy reduction by information in the thermodynamic balance of feedback controlled devices, specifically when writing the second principle: the inclusion of the entropy reduction by information leads to a well-behaved efficiency over all the range of parameters investigated.
description: 17 pages, 13 figures
Performance Analysis of Opportunistic Relaying Over Imperfect Non-identical Log-normal Fading Channels
Creators: name: Kalantari, Ashkan
name: Mohammadi, Mohammadali
name: Ardebilipour, Mehrdad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Motivated by the fact that full diversity order is achieved using the "best-relay" selection technique, we consider opportunistic amplify-and-forward and decode-and-forward relaying systems. We focus on the outage probability of such a systems and then derive closed-form expressions for the outage probability of these systems over independent but non-identical imperfect Log-normal fading channels. We consider the error of channel estimation as a Gaussian random variable. As a result the estimated channels distribution are not Log-normal either as would be in the case of the Rayleigh fading channels. This is exactly the reason why our simulation results do not exactly matched with analytical results. However, this difference is negligible for a wide variety of situations.
description: IEEE 22nd International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC), Toronto, ON, Canada, September 11-14, 2011
Determination of $m_c$ and $m_b$ from quarkonium 1S energy levels in perturbative QCD
Creators: name: Kiyo, Yuichiro
name: Mishima, Go
name: Sumino, Yukinari
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We update determination of the $\overline{\rm MS}$ masses of the charm and bottom quarks, from comparisons of the masses of the charmonium and bottomonium $1S$ states with their perturbative predictions up to next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order in $\varepsilon$ expansion and using the $\overline{\rm MS}$ masses. Effects of non-zero charm-quark mass in the bottomonium masses are incorporated up to next-to-next-to-leading order. We obtain $\overline m_c=1246\pm 2 (d_3) \pm 4 (α_s) \pm 23 (\text{h.o.} )~{\rm MeV} $ and $\overline m_b=4197\pm 2 (d_3) \pm 6 (α_s) \pm 20 (\text{h.o.} )\pm 5 (m_c)~ {\rm MeV} $, which agree with the current Particle Data Group values.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures, 1 table. v2: Typo corrected in Eq.(3); no change of final results
Search for an interaction mediated by axion-like particles with ultracold neutrons at the PSI
Creators: name: Ayres, N. J.
name: Bison, G.
name: Bodek, K.
name: Bondar, V.
name: Bouillaud, T.
name: Chanel, E.
name: Chiu, P. -J.
name: Clement, B.
name: Crawford, C. B.
name: Daum, M.
name: Doorenbos, C. B.
name: Emmenegger, S.
name: Fertl, M.
name: Flaux, P.
name: Griffith, W. C.
name: Harris, P. G.
name: Hild, N.
name: Kasprzak, M.
name: Kirch, K.
name: Kletzl, V.
name: Koss, P. A.
name: Krempel, J.
name: Lauss, B.
name: Lefort, T.
name: Mohanmurthy, P.
name: Naviliat-Cuncic, O.
name: Pais, D.
name: Piegsa, F. M.
name: Pignol, G.
name: Rawlik, M.
name: Rienäcker, I.
name: Ries, D.
name: Roccia, S.
name: Rozpedzik, D.
name: Schmidt-Wellenburg, P.
name: Severijns, N.
name: Shen, B.
name: Svirina, K.
name: Dinani, R. Tavakoli
name: Thorne, J. A.
name: Touati, S.
name: Weis, A.
name: Wursten, E.
name: Yazdandoost, N.
name: Zejma, J.
name: Ziehl, N.
name: Zsigmond, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on a search for a new, short-range, spin-dependent interaction using a modified version of the experimental apparatus used to measure the permanent neutron electric dipole moment at the Paul Scherrer Institute. This interaction, which could be mediated by axion-like particles, concerned the unpolarized nucleons (protons and neutrons) near the material surfaces of the apparatus and polarized ultracold neutrons stored in vacuum. The dominant systematic uncertainty resulting from magnetic-field gradients was controlled to an unprecedented level of approximately 4 pT/cm using an array of optically-pumped cesium vapor magnetometers and magnetic-field maps independently recorded using a dedicated measurement device. No signature of a theoretically predicted new interaction was found, and we set a new limit on the product of the scalar and the pseudoscalar couplings $g_sg_pλ^2 < 8.3 \times 10^{-28}\,\text{m}^2$ (95% C.L.) in a range of $5\,μ\text{m} < λ< 25\,\text{mm}$ for the monopole-dipole interaction. This new result confirms and improves our previous limit by a factor of 2.7 and provides the current tightest limit obtained with free neutrons.
title:  Gentile e Dante: visioni comunitarie e confronto
Creators: name: Stocchi-Perucchio  ,  Donatella
Publisher: name: Roma TrE-Press
Year: 2022

description: Questo saggio si propone di confrontare aspetti del pensiero sociale e politico di Giovanni Gentile, riassumibile nel concetto di ‘Stato in interiore homine’, col pensiero politico di Dante Alighieri quali emergono sia dagli scritti del filosofo su Dante, sia da alcuni passaggi sparsi tra i più significativi del suo pensiero comunitario. Questa operazione, che prende le mosse dalla nozione di comunitarismo espressa da Costanzo Preve (2006), mira da un lato a svincolare il comunitarismo di Gentile dal Fascismo e a riportarlo alla sua matrice medievale e dall’altro a suggerire, in questa linea di pensiero che lo accomuna a Dante e che chiameremo con Gentile ‘profetica’, una prospettiva ancora valida per superare l’atomismo contemporaneo pur preservando libertà e diritti.
description: Dante e la politica: dal passato al presente
An investigation of effective feedback processes involving the writing skill in VCE second language classrooms
Creators: name: Thomas, Miki
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: This thesis describes an investigation of feedback processes during Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) second language writing classes. The research explored the various feedback methods used for VCE second language students’ writing; the findings suggest possible effective feedback methods that effectively develop and maintain students’ writing skills. My research was based on the premise that the “voice” of students is vital to both the analysis and discussion of specific feedback methods and how these are valued in their writing. I reviewed feedback methods and sought to document and identify the benefits of feedback on students’ writing compositions. Existing literature indicates that feedback is a consequence of performance on tasks. The function of feedback is based around three important questions: Where am I going? How am I going? Where to next? (Hattie, 2009, p. 177). Students and teachers seek answers to those three questions in any feedback process; it is with these answers that they are able to create a productive and effective learning environment. Recent research points to levels and steps that can be used to answer the three feedback questions. These steps are in accordance with Hattie’s (2009) well-known study in the field. The first, ‘Task’ level, relates to how well tasks are understood by the learner. The ‘Process’ level links understanding of the effective process needed to understand. The third level, ‘Self-regulation’ or ‘Self-monitoring’, involves modifying and adapting learner skills towards actions and self; this also involves the level and skill of personal evaluation. The research question at the heart of this thesis is: how does Hattie’s feedback model translate into actual feedback processes commonly used for VCE second language writing? What are VCE students’ perceptions and understandings of the most effective feedback strategies on second language writing tasks? My study involved the analysis of responses from students in their last year of secondary education studying Chinese, French and Japanese as second languages. A mixed methods research design involving surveys and semi-structured interviews was used to collect data.
Analytic models of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect for arbitrary eclipser/star size ratios and arbitrary multiline stellar spectra
Creators: name: Baluev, Roman V.
name: Shaidulin, Vakhit Sh.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an attempt to improve models of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect by relaxing several restrictive assumptions. We consider the entire multiline stellar spectrum rather than just a single line, use no assumptions about the shape of the lines profiles, and allow arbitrary size ratio for the star and its eclipser. However, we neglect the effect of macro-turbulence and differential rotation. We construct our model as a power series in the stellar rotation velocity, $V\sin i$, giving a closed set of analytic formulae for up to three terms, and assuming quadratic limb-darkening law. We consider three major approaches of determining the Doppler shift: cross-correlation with a predefined template, cross-correlation with an out-of-transit stellar spectrum, and parametric modelling of the spectrum. A numerical testcase revels that our model preserves good accuracy for the rotation velocity of up to the limit of $2-3$ times the average linewidth in the spectrum. We also apply our approach to the Doppler data of HD 189733, for which we obtain an improved model of the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect with two correction terms, and derive a reduced value for $V\sin i$.
description: Accepted to MNRAS; 23 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables
Students’ relative age in a cohort and academic achievemnt of science
Creators: name: Lewis, Nicole Karen
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: There is an increasing need, not only in science but in all disciplines, for research into what it is that contributes to a student having success in that subject, not least because success in itself can be defined and understood in many ways. This study investigates whether a student’s relative age (SRA) in a cohort impacts on her academic achievement in the subject of science. The study was undertaken at an Australian private school, researching 113 female students in Years 7 and 8 and interviewing three teachers. The data suggested that a moderate, significant, negative correlation exists between academic achievement and SRA. Also, five student characteristics associated with academic achievement (SCAAA) are proposed. They are regarding the student; possessing or not an aptitude for science, being motivated or indifferent, being confident or unsure, having a disposition or a reluctance to question, and possessing an accurate or an inaccurate perception of self.
Analytic solution of Chemical Evolution Models with Type Ia SNe
Creators: name: Palicio, P. A.
name: Spitoni, E.
name: Recio-Blanco, A.
name: Matteucci, F.
name: Peirani, S.
name: Greggio, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Context: In the last years, a significant number of works have focused on finding analytic solutions for the chemical enrichment models of galactic systems, including the Milky Way. Some of these solutions, however, cannot account for the enrichment produced by Type Ia SNe due to the presence of the delay time distributions (DTDs) in the models. Aims: We present a new analytic solution for the chemical evolution model of the Galaxy. This solution can be used with different prescriptions of the DTD, including the single and double degenerate scenarios, and allows the inclusion of an arbitrary number of pristine gas infalls. Methods: We integrate the chemical evolution model by extending the instantaneous recycling approximation with the contribution of Type Ia SNe. For those DTDs that lead to non-analytic integrals, we describe them as a superposition of Gaussian, exponential and 1/t functions using a restricted least-squares fitting method. Results: We obtain the exact solution for a chemical model with Type Ia SNe widely used in previous works. This solution can reproduce the expected chemical evolution of the alpha and iron-peak elements in less computing time than numerical integration methods. We compare the pattern in the [Si/Fe] vs. [Fe/H] plane observed by APOGEE DR17 with that predicted by the model. We find the low alpha sequence can be explained by a delayed gas infall. We exploit the applicability of our solution by modelling the chemical evolution of a simulated Milky Way-like galaxy from its star formation history. The implementation of our solution is released as a python package. Conclusions: Our solution constitutes a promising tool for the Galactic Archaeology and is able to model the observed trends in alpha element abundances versus [Fe/H] in the solar neighbourhood. We infer the chemical information of a simulated galaxy modelled without Chemistry.
description: Accepted for publication in A&A. 22 pages, 16 figures. ChEAP code available at https://bitbucket.org/pedroap/cheap/src/master/
Complexity of Conditional Term Rewriting
Creators: name: Kop, Cynthia
name: Middeldorp, Aart
name: Sternagel, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.4.2

description: We propose a notion of complexity for oriented conditional term rewrite systems satisfying certain restrictions. This notion is realistic in the sense that it measures not only successful computations, but also partial computations that result in a failed rule application. A transformation to unconditional context-sensitive rewrite systems is presented which reflects this complexity notion, as well as a technique to derive runtime and derivational complexity bounds for the result of this transformation.
description: This is an extended and improved version of "Conditional Complexity" as published in the proceedings of RTA 2015. It has been submitted for journal publication in LMCS
title: MRI findings in the diagnosis of central nervous system vasculitis
Creators: name: Jerbi, Saida
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Vascular
subject: MR
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Inflammation

description: Aims and objectives Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information References
description: Aims and objectives: Vasculitis are rare inflammatory diseases resulting in the alteration of the vascular wall in the central nervous system. They may be primary or most often secondary to systemic inflammatory auto-immune, infectious or para neoplastic diseases. In...
Möglichkeiten der Bildauswertung digitalisierter historischer Gemälde-Röntgenaufnahmen am Beispiel des wissenschaftlichen Nachlasses des Künstlers, Maltechnikers und Restaurators Kurt Wehlte (1897–1973)
Creators: name: Kammer, Monika
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Röntgenaufnahme
subject: Kunsttechnologie
subject: Digitalisierung
subject: Kurt Wehlte
subject: 060 Allgemeine Organisationen und Museumswissenschaft

description: Der Beitrag stellt eine kürzlich abgeschlossene Dissertation zur Geschichte der kunstwissenschaftlichen Radiographie an der Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK) Dresden vor. Die Untersuchung beruht wesentlich auf der Nutzung eines historischen Bestandes von Gemälderadiographien. Beschrieben wird die Vorgehensweise bei der Digitalisierung und die Anwendung einer Bildauswertungsmethode für die wissenschaftsgeschichtliche Bewertung des Wirkens von Kurt Wehlte als Maltechniker, Kunsttechnologe und Gutachter. Sie ist sowohl für moderne digitale als auch für (digitalisierte) historische Röntgenbilder von Gemälden eines Künstlers oder einer Epoche anwendbar und basiert auf einer systematischen Erfassung kunsttechnologischer Bildinformationen. Erfasst werden hierbei nicht nur sichtbare Phänomene im Röntgenbild, wie beispielsweise Grundierungs- oder Farbaufträge, sondern auch das Fehlen bestimmter Erscheinungen. Die Methode kann damit weiterführende Hinweise zum künstlerischen Schaffensprozess geben und liefert Erkenntnisse, die über die reine Bildbetrachtung hinausreichen. Als Fallbeispiel, das die Möglichkeiten dieser Methode an historischen Röntgenbild-Digitalisaten untersucht, wird die Auswertung des Konvolutes von Gemälden des Künstlers Vincent van Gogh und deren Fälschungen aus dem sogenannten Wacker-Prozess in Berlin 1932 vorgestellt.
Primary school children and the perceived benefits of choir participation
Creators: name: Hayes, Michele
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The purpose of this research was to establish what motivated children aged eight to ten to participate in a school choral group and what they perceived as the benefits of being part of such a group. Children's perspectives have taken more prominence in music education researchers' work in the last ten years and my goal was to contribute to this within the specific area of primary school singing, and choir in particular. I was unable to locate any research that specifically examined the perspectives of children aged eight to ten years singing in a choir, hence the significance of this particular study. This research project focused on a group of students who participated in a weekly choir session which was a timetabled activity. The students that were involved were in Years Three and Four at an Independent school in Melbourne, Australia. A questionnaire was given to the students, followed by two observations of rehearsals and two focus group interviews. The results of the study revealed six themes - student preference for individual or group singing; children are positive about choir rehearsals and performing as a choir; children's metacognition and awareness of their own learning; repertoire and its significance to children in terms of learning and enjoyment; effective teaching strategies and behaviour management; and fun: - learning, rehearsing and performing with peers. The children in the eight to ten year old age group were able to clearly articulate their preferences, beliefs and perspectives. This could lead to developments and/or improvements in the ways in which choir and singing are implemented with this age group. Further research into the area of metacognition and music learning in primary school could be beneficial, as would comparative studies of singing in primary school.
Das Gefallen am Dreidimensionalen
Creators: name: Burger, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Stereoskopie
subject: Ästhetik
subject: Psychologie
subject: 3D
subject: 060 Allgemeine Organisationen und Museumswissenschaft

description: Eine der frühesten Formen der 3D-Darstellung sind stereoskopische Bildkarten des 19. Jahrhunderts, die in dieser Zeit zugleich ein weltweit beliebtes Unterhaltungsmedium waren. Bislang ist aus psychologischer Sicht jedoch noch nicht weitgehend erforscht, was zur Begeisterung an den Raumbildern der damaligen Zeit beigetragen hat. Im hier vorgestellten Fallbeispiel wird mithilfe von Digitalisaten historischer stereoskopischer Aufnahmen und experimenteller Methodik dieser Frage nachgegangen. Im Rahmen des Sammlungsprojekts „INSIGHT“ wurden dafür stereoskopische Bildkarten aus dem Bestand des Zentrums für Geschichte der Psychologie an der Universität Würzburg als Untersuchungsgegenstand für die experimentelle Erforschung von Einflussfaktoren auf das Gefallen an stereoskopischen Medien verwendet. Um den zuvor noch gänzlich unerschlossenen Bestand an Bildkarten für diese Forschung nutzbar zu machen, fand hier eine Aufbereitung mit digitalen Methoden statt. Ziel war es, die Bilder anschließend als Reize in psychologischen Versuchen einzusetzen. Hierdurch war es möglich, die Bildkarten sowohl als authentisches Bildmaterial zu verwenden als auch sie anhand bestimmter Dimensionen gezielt zu manipulieren. Der Schwerpunkt der Studie liegt dabei auf der Untersuchung des Einflusses der Disparität, die zum Tiefeneindruck in den stereoskopischen Bildkarten beiträgt, auf den ästhetischen Eindruck stereoskopischer Aufnahmen.