cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
SpectroGEM: a novel Neutron Spectrometer
Creators: name: Αζά, Ελένη Α.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2016
Subjects: Νετρόνιο
Φασματόμετρο
Ανιχνευτής αερίου γεμίσματος
Προσομοίωση
Neutron
Spectrometry
Gaseous detector
Simulation

description: Σκοπός της διατριβής είναι η παρουσίαση ενός νέου ανιχνευτή αερίου γεμίσματος για φασματοσκοπία νετρονίων. Η επονομασμένη ως SpectroGEM συσκευή σχεδιάστηκε, κατασκευάστηκε, και χρησιμοποιήθηκε για τη μέτρηση φασμάτων νετρονίων από θερμικές ενέργειες έως 100 MeV. Τα κύρια πλεονεκτήματά του είναι η απόκριση σε ευρύ ενεργειακό φάσμα, ικανοποιητική ανιχνευτική ικανότητα, βραχύ χρονικό διάστημα μέτρησης και χαμηλό βάρος. Η ανάγνωση του φασματόμετρου πραγματοποιείται με έναν τριπλό GEM ανιχνευτή, του οποίου η ανιχνευτική ικανότητα νετρονίων αποδεικνύεται μέσω πειραματικών διαδικασιών και προσομοιώσεων. Το SpectroGEM έχει επίπεδη γεωμετρία και στην ενεργό περιοχή του διακρίνονται περιοχές, καθεμία από τις οποίες αποκρίνεται σε συγκεκριμένο εύρος ενέργειας νετρονίων. Για τη μέτρηση του φάσματος νετρονίων χρησιμοποιείται αλγορυθμικός κώδικος αναδίπλωσης των δεδομένων που προκύπτουν από κάθε περιοχή. Ο σχεδιασμός του φασματόμετρου πραγματοποιήθηκε μέσω του κώδικα FLUKA, ο οποίος βασίζεται σε μέθοδο τυχαίων αριθμών, και η απόκριση του φασματόμετρου ελέγθηκε σε διάφορους τύπους φασμάτων νετρονίων. Βαση της γεωμετρίας του, εφαρμογές του φασματόμετρου προτείνονται στον τομέα προστασίας από τη ραδιενέργεια.
description: In this dissertation a novel gaseous detector for neutron spectrometry is presented. The device, called SpectroGEM, was designed, constructed and tested in order to measure neutron spectra in the energy range from thermal to 100 MeV. Having planar geometry, the main advantages are a response over a wide energy range, reasonable counting efficiency, short irradiation time and low weight. The read-out of the spectrometer is performed with a triple GEM detector, whose efficiency for neutron detection is demonstrated via experimental activities and simulations using several methods. The SpectroGEM consists of a neutron conversion board divided in regions, each one being dedicated to a specific energy range, and the neutron spectrum is acquired by unfolding the counts from each region. Its design in terms of geometry and material was performed via Monte Carlo simulations with the FLUKA code. Operational tests and spectra measurements are discussed following the construction of the spectrometer and possible applications based on the directional design of the spectrometer are introduced.
Cahiers de lexicologie. 2001-2, n° 79
Creators: name: (:Unap)
Publisher: name: Classiques Garnier
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Lexique
subject: Lexicographie
subject: Sémantique
subject: Traduction
subject: Linguistique historique

description: Les Cahiers de lexicologie, revue internationale de lexicologie et de lexicographie, s'intéressent au lexique dans ses relations avec les autres composantes de la langue (syntaxe, sémantique, morphologie, phonologie, discours…), tant du point de vue théorique que de leurs applications, notamment pour ce qui concerne le traitement informatique de la langue.
description: The Cahiers de lexicologie, international review of lexicology and lexicography, studies vocabulary in its relation to other aspects of language (syntax, semantics, morphology, phonology, speech...), both from a theoretical point of view and in practical applications, notably concerning computer treatment of language.
Wormholes in the accelerating universe
Creators: name: Gonzalez-Diaz, Pedro F
name: Martin-Moruno, Prado
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss different arguments that have been raised against the viability of the big trip process, reaching the conclusions that this process can actually occur by accretion of phantom energy onto the wormholes and that it is stable and might occur in the global context of a multiverse model. We finally argue that the big trip does not contradict any holographic bounds on entropy and information.
description: 2 pages, LaTex, to appear in the Proceedings of the 11th Marcel Grossmann Conference, 2006
Cahiers de lexicologie. 2002-1, n° 80
Creators: name: (:Unap)
Publisher: name: Classiques Garnier
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Lexique
subject: Lexicographie
subject: Sémantique
subject: Traduction
subject: Linguistique historique

description: Les Cahiers de lexicologie, revue internationale de lexicologie et de lexicographie, s'intéressent au lexique dans ses relations avec les autres composantes de la langue (syntaxe, sémantique, morphologie, phonologie, discours…), tant du point de vue théorique que de leurs applications, notamment pour ce qui concerne le traitement informatique de la langue.
description: The Cahiers de lexicologie, international review of lexicology and lexicography, studies vocabulary in its relation to other aspects of language (syntax, semantics, morphology, phonology, speech...), both from a theoretical point of view and in practical applications, notably concerning computer treatment of language.
Learners' conceptions of cross-cultural orientation
Creators: name: Liu, Diane M.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: With the increase in interaction among people of different cultures and the growing awareness of the importance of strong cross-cultural understanding and communication skills, the need for cross-cultural orientation programs continues to increase. Scholars and practitioners have only just begun to examine trends in cross-cultural orientations in an attempt to draw together theory and practice. Much of this research however, is presented from the perspective of instructors or program developers. Thus, the purpose of this study is to look at cross-cultural orientations from the learners' perspective. This study examines the learners' conceptions in an attempt to obtain a wider understanding of the cross-cultural orientation phenomenon. The research was guided by an interpretive perspective and a qualitative technique. Two series of interviews with the learners of a cross-cultural orientation program, classroom observations, interviews with the instructors and program documents provided the data for this study. Analysis of the data indicated that the learners' perspective, participation in and control of orientation programs were important themes to address.' Moreover, the learners' held varying conceptions of these two themes. With regards to the theme of participation, a few learners felt that orientation programs should mainly present information while the majority of them perceived that orientation programs should present information as well as provide opportunities for related experiences. Thus, some saw themselves as passive participants, while others emphasized the importance of being active. Two conceptions also emerged with regards to the theme of control of orientation programs. Again, there were learners who perceived that orientation programs should be controlled by the instructor, while majority clearly understood orientation programs to be controlled by both the instructor and the learners. Furthermore, the concepts of communication, collaboration and understanding in the orientation process were also emphasized. While these four varying conceptions represented different ways in which the learners understood the cross-cultural orientation phenomenon, the analysis of the data also indicated that in actual practice, these conceptions were further complicated by the dynamics and the complexities of the nature of cross-cultural orientations. In exploring the learners' conceptions of cross-cultural orientation programs, this study provided a different perspective to understanding the cross-cultural orientation phenomenon. It identified the importance of paying closer attention to the adult learner in orientations and the need for further research in the area.
Spheroidal and torsional modes of quasistatic shear oscillations in the solid globe models of nuclear physics and pulsar astrophysics
Creators: name: Bastrukov, S.
name: Chang, H-K.
name: Misicu, S.
name: Molodtsova, I.
name: Podgainy, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The past three decades of investigation on nuclear physics and pulsar astrophysics have seen gradual recognition that elastodynamic approach to the continuum mechanics of nuclear matter provides proper account of macroscopic motions of degenerate Fermi-matter constituting interior of the nuclear material objects, the densest of all known today. This paper focuses on one theoretical issue of this development which is concerned with oscillatory behavior of a viscoelastic solid globe in the regime of quasistatic, force-free, non-compressional oscillations less investigated in the literature compared to oscillations in the regime of standing shear waves. We show that in this case the problem of computing frequency and lifetime of spheroidal and torsional modes of non-radial shear vibrations damped by viscosity can be unambiguously resolved by working from the energy balance equation and taking advantage of the Rayleigh's variational method. The efficiency of this method is demonstrated by solid globe models of nuclear physics and pulsar astrophysics dealing with oscillations of a spherical mass of a viscoelastic Fermi-solid with homogeneous and non-homogeneous profiles of the bulk density, the shear modulus, and the shear viscosity.
description: 34 pages; 6 figures; Int.J.Mod.Phys.A.2007.Vol.22.N19.pp3261-3291
Water Waves and Integrability
Creators: name: Ivanov, Rossen I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Euler's equations describe the motion of inviscid fluid. In the case of shallow water, when a perturbative asymtotic expansion of the Euler's equations is taken (to a certain order of smallness of the scale parameters), relations to certain integrable equations emerge. Some recent results concerning the use of integrable equation in modeling the motion of shallow water waves are reviewed in this contribution.
description: LaTeX, 18 pages, 2 figures, Philos. Trans. Roy. Soc.: Ser. A, Theme Issue 'Water waves' (2007)
Αλήθειες και αναλήθειες στη βυζαντινή και οθωμανική ιστοριογραφία του 15ου αιώνα: (οθωμανικές κατακτήσεις στη Θράκη, Μακεδονία, Πελοπόννησο)
Creators: name: Τσιπτσές, Ηλίας Ν.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2016
Subjects: Βυζάντιο
Ιστοριογραφία
Οθωμανοί
Πηγές
Byzantium
Historiography
Ottomans
Sources

description: Σκοπός της παρούσης διατριβής είναι να διαμορφώσει ένα πλαίσιο μελέτης των γεγονότων του δεύτερου μισού του 14ου αιώνα με τη συγκριτική χρήση όλων των διαθέσιμων πηγών – βυζαντινών, οθωμανικών και δυτικών. Ως παραδείγματα μελέτης, εξετάσαμε 5 γεγονότα: την κοινή εξέγερση του Ανδρόνικου Δ΄ Παλαιολόγου και του Σαβτζί (1373), τη Σύναξη στις Σέρρες (1394), την κατάκτηση της Θεσσαλονίκης το 1394, την πρώτη οθωμανική πολιορκία της Κωνσταντινούπολης (1394-1402), τις οθωμανικές επιδρομές και κατακτήσεις στη Θεσσαλία, στην Αθήνα και στην Πελοπόννησο. Ένα άλλο θέμα της παρούσης διατριβής ήταν ο εντοπισμός των φίλτρων μέσω των οποίων οι ιστορικοί και οι χρονογράφοι του 15ου αιώνα συνέθεσαν τα έργα τους.
description: The aim of the present thesis was to establish a framework of a study of the events of the second half of the 14th century with the comparative use of all available sources - Byzantine, Ottoman and Western. Αs key studies, we examined five events: common uprising of Andronicus IV Palaiologos and Savtzi (1373), the assembly in Serres (1394), the conquest of Thessaloniki in 1394, the first Ottoman siege of Constantinople (1394-1402), the Ottoman invasions and conquests in Thessaly, Athens and the Peloponnese. Another aim of this study is the identifying of the filters through which historians and chroniclers of the 15th century composed their works.
Robust Price Optimization of Multiple Products under Interval Uncertainties
Creators: name: Hamzeei, Mahdi
name: Lim, Alvin
name: Xu, Jiefeng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 90B50, 90C17, 90-10

description: In this paper, we solve the multiple product price optimization problem under interval uncertainties of the price sensitivity parameters in the demand function. The objective of the price optimization problem is to maximize the overall revenue of the firm where the decision variables are the prices of the products supplied by the firm. We propose an approach that yields optimal solutions under different variations of the estimated price sensitivity parameters. We adopt a robust optimization approach by building a data-driven uncertainty set for the parameters, and then construct a deterministic counterpart for the robust optimization model. The numerical results show that two objectives are fulfilled: the method reflects the uncertainty embedded in parameter estimations, and also an interval is obtained for optimal prices. We also conducted a simulation study to which we compared the results of our approach. The comparisons show that although robust optimization is deemed to be conservative, the results of the proposed approach show little loss compared to those from the simulation.
Two-loop splitting in double parton distributions: the colour non-singlet case
Creators: name: Diehl, Markus
name: Gaunt, Jonathan R.
name: Ploessl, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: At small inter-parton distances, double parton distributions receive their dominant contribution from the splitting of a single parton. We compute this mechanism at next-to-leading order in perturbation theory for all colour configurations of the observed parton pair. Rapidity divergences are handled either by using spacelike Wilson lines or by applying the delta regulator. We investigate the behaviour of the two-loop contributions in different kinematic limits, and we illustrate their impact in different channels.
description: 67 pages, 16 figures. v2: added figure 10 and accompanying text, fixed a typo in ancillary file. v3: minor linguistic corrections
title: Baker Bay Pile Dike Repair
titleType: AlternativeTitle
title: Endangered Species Act Section 7(a)(2) Biological Opinion and Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act Essential Fish Habitat Response for the Baker Bay West Pile Dike Repair Project, HUC 170800060500, Pacific County, Washington
Creators: name: United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. West Coast Region
Publisher: name: United States. National Marine Fisheries Service. West Coast Region
Year: 2024

description: WCRO-2024-00028
Etrocorema nigrogeniculatum
Creators: name: Asiah, Wan Nur
name: W., M.
name: Salmah, M. R. Che
name: Sivec, Ignac
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2009
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Perlidae
Etrocorema
Etrocorema nigrogeniculatum

description: Etrocorema nigrogeniculatum (Enderlein) (Figs. 11-13) Ochtopetina nigrogeniculataEnderlein, 1909:400. Lectotype ♂, (Institute of Zoology, Polish Academy of Sciences) Malaka. Etrocorema nigrogeniculatum: Zwick, 1973:494. Etrocorema nigrogeniculatum: Zwick, 1982:104. Etrocorema nigrogeniculatum: Sivec et al., 1988:35. Remarks. This species is widespread (Zwick, 1982a, b) and has already been reported from Thailand, Sumatra and Borneo. Egg figures are from the same locality as the new species.
description: Published as part of Asiah, Wan Nur, W. M., Salmah, M. R. Che & Sivec, Ignac, 2009, Description Of Etrocorema Belumensis Sp. N. From Royal Belum State Park, Perak, Malaysia, pp. 182-187 in Illiesia 5 (17) on page 183, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4759434
description: {"references": ["Enderlein, G. 1909. Klassifikation der Plecopteren sowie Diagnosen neuer Gattungen und Arten. Zoologische Anzeiger (Leipzig), 34 (13 / 14): 385 - 419.", "Zwick, P. 1973. Die Plecopteren-Arten ENDERLEINS (Insecta); Revision der Typen. Annales Zoologici (Warszawa), 30: 471 - 507.", "Sivec, I., B. P. Stark & S. Uchida. 1988. Synopsis of the world genera of Perlinae (Plecoptera: Perlidae). Scopolia, 16: 1 - 66.", "Zwick, P. 1982 a. Notes on Plecoptera. (6). Etrocorema nigrogeniculatum (Enderlein). Aquatic Insects (Lisse), 4 (2): 104."]}
Audio Description from Image by Modal Translation Network
Creators: name: Ning, Hailong
name: Zheng, Xiangtao
name: Yuan, Yuan
name: Lu, Xiaoqiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: Multimedia (cs.MM)
subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Audio is the main form for the visually impaired to obtain information. In reality, all kinds of visual data always exist, but audio data does not exist in many cases. In order to help the visually impaired people to better perceive the information around them, an image-to-audio-description (I2AD) task is proposed to generate audio descriptions from images in this paper. To complete this totally new task, a modal translation network (MT-Net) from visual to auditory sense is proposed. The proposed MT-Net includes three progressive sub-networks: 1) feature learning, 2) cross-modal mapping, and 3) audio generation. First, the feature learning sub-network aims to learn semantic features from image and audio, including image feature learning and audio feature learning. Second, the cross-modal mapping sub-network transforms the image feature into a cross-modal representation with the same semantic concept as the audio feature. In this way, the correlation of inter-modal data is effectively mined for easing the heterogeneous gap between image and audio. Finally, the audio generation sub-network is designed to generate the audio waveform from the cross-modal representation. The generated audio waveform is interpolated to obtain the corresponding audio file according to the sample frequency. Being the first attempt to explore the I2AD task, three large-scale datasets with plenty of manual audio descriptions are built. Experiments on the datasets verify the feasibility of generating intelligible audio from an image directly and the effectiveness of proposed method.
Η Χωροφυλακή, η Εθνοφυλακή και η Εθνοφρουρά στην μετακατοχική Ελλάδα, 1944-1949
Creators: name: Κουσουλίνης, Παναγιώτης Α.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2016
Subjects: Εθνοφυλακή
Εθνοφρουρά
Χωροφυλακή
Εμφύλιος Πόλεμος
National Guard
Home Guard
Gendarmerie
Civil War

description: Η Χωροφυλακή κατά την διάρκεια του Εμφυλίου (1944-1949) έδρασε υπό τις εντολές των κυβερνήσεων και αγωνίστηκε κατά του Κομμουνιστικού Κόμματος. Η Εθνοφυλακή συγκροτήθηκε ως ένοπλο δύναμη το Δεκέμβριο 1944 και συνέχισε έως το 1947. Η Εθνοφρουρά συγκροτήθηκε ως ένοπλο δύναμη στα τέλη του 1947 και συνέχισε έως και την λήξη του Εμφυλίου. Η Εθνοφυλακή χαρακτηρίστηκε από την αναποτελεσματικότητα και από την σκληρότητα κατά των κομμουνιστών πολιτών. Η Εθνοφρουρά χαρακτηρίστηκε από την αμυντική στρατηγική της και την προσπάθεια αποτροπής κομμουνιστικής δράσης στις περιοχές ευθύνης της.
description: The Gendarmerie during the Civil War (1944-1949) acted under the authority of governments and fought against the Communist Party. The National Guard was formed as an armed force in December 1944 and continued until 1947. The Home Guard was formed as an armed force in late 1947 and continued until the end of the Civil War. The Home Guard was characterized by inefficiency and hardness against communist citizens. The National Guard was marked by the defensive strategy and attempt to prevent communist action in areas of responsibility.
Ο σχολικός κήπος ως πεδίο εισόδου αλλαγών για την εξέλιξη του σχολείου στην κατεύθυνση της αειφορίας
Creators: name: Γαρίτσης, Ιωάννης Δ.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2016
Subjects: Σχολικός κήπος
Αειφόρο βιώσιμο σχολείο
Αειφορία
School garden
Sustainable school
Sustainability

description: Σκοπός της εργασίας υπήρξε η διερεύνηση δράσεων οι οποίες μπορούν να προωθήσουν αλλαγές που να ανταποκρίνονται σε συγκεκριμένα κριτήρια εξέλιξης του σχολείου σε αειφόρο/βιώσιμο σχολείο, και οι οποίες αφορούν σε δύο επίπεδα σύμφωνα με την κατάταξη των Βreiting, Μayer και Mogensen (2005): στην αλλαγή της διδακτικής προσέγγισης και στο άνοιγμα του σχολείου στην τοπική κοινότητα. Το ερευνητικό ενδιαφέρον εστιάστηκε σε δράσεις των μαθητών/τριών για τη συμμετοχική αναμόρφωση του σχολικού υπαίθριου χώρου μέσω του σχεδιασμού, της κατασκευής, της συντήρησης και της εκπαιδευτικής αξιοποίησης του σχολικού κήπου. Ως ερευνητική μέθοδος χρησιμοποιήθηκε η έρευνα δράσης, η οποία εφαρμόστηκε για μια σχολική χρονιά στη Γ΄ τάξη ενός δημοτικού σχολείου ημιαστικής περιοχής του νομού Θεσσαλονίκης. Ο ερευνητής συμμετείχε με διττό ρόλο στην ερευνητική προσπάθεια, τόσο ως ερευνητής όσο και ως δάσκαλος της τάξης. Η κριτική, στοχαστική αποτίμηση των αποτελεσμάτων της έρευνας ανέδειξε ότι η εκπαιδευτική αξιοποίηση του συμμετοχικού σχεδιασμού, της κατασκευής και της συντήρησης ενός σχολικού κήπου μπορεί να οδηγήσει σε αλλαγές στις διδακτικές/μαθησιακές προσεγγίσεις, στο άνοιγμα του σχολείου στην τοπική κοινωνία και στην ενίσχυση των δεσμών σχολείου – οικογένειας, αλλαγές οι οποίες χαρακτηρίζουν την εξέλιξη του αειφόρου σχολείου.
description: This dissertation`s aim has been to scrutinize actions which may promote changes that meet certain criteria of evolution of the school to sustainable school, and which refer to two levels according the Breiting, Mayer and Mogensen (2005) classification: the change of the teaching approach and the opening of the school to the community. The interest of the research has been focused on the pupils` activities who participated in the reforming of the outdoor area of the school by planning, creating, maintaining and utilizing the school garden. The method used for the research is “action research” and it was implemented for one school year on the 3rd class of an elementary school in a semi-urban area in the Prefecture of Thessaloniki. The researcher played a dual role in the researching venture, as he was not only the researcher but the teacher of the class as well. The critical, thoughtful assessment of the participatory planning, creation and, maintenance of a school garden may lead to changes in teaching/learning approaches, in the opening of the school to the local society and the strengthening of the bonds between school and family, changes that characterize the evolution of the sustainable school.
An investigation of the relationship between reading ability and the development of story schema in adolescent written narratives
Creators: name: Hewitt, Margot Elizabeth
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The development of story schema in written narratives was correlated with reading comprehension ability. One hundred and two grade eight subjects were given a standardized reading test and asked to write an original story based on a picture stimulus. The stories were analyzed for number of propositions and for frequency of story structure categories according to a story grammar. A nine-point rating scale was employed to rate the narratives for story schema quality. Significant correlations were found for reading ability scores with frequency of story structure categories (r =.24, p<.01), number of propositions (r =.32, p<.001), and ratings of schema quality (r =.45, p<.001). Further analyses included gender differences, frequency profiles of structural categories and of schema ratings, and a crosstabulation of reading ability by schema quality. Results were discussed in terms of the implications for narrative schema as an important component for both reading and writing.
Storytelling : a classification of the elements identified in the oral storytexts of three- and four-year-old children
Creators: name: Filipenko, Margot Jessica
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Although research has probed the linguistic elements of the storytexts produced by children, it appears to have ignored the child's use of the paralinguistic elements of storytelling as a further indicator of the child's developing sense of story. The purpose of this study has been to identify what linguistic and paralinguistic elements are employed by three-and four-year-old children in episodes of spontaneous storytelling. In order to develop a practical structure which adequately described the linguistic and paralinguistic elements embedded in children's oral storytexts, the design of the study has involved the following procedure: collecting spontaneous storytellings from three- and four-year-old children; analysing and describing recurrent linguistic and paralinguistic elements embedded in the data; organizing this information into a classification system that clearly illustrates the linguistic and paralinguistic abilities of three- and four-year-old children. In the process of developing the classification system, the following general observations were made: 1. Three- and four-year-old children use a broad range of linguistic and paralinguistic elements in episodes of spontaneous storytelling. 2. Definite patterns emerged in individual children's storytelling style. Once developed, the classification system was used to identify whether there is a developmental pattern in the acquisition of skill in the linguistic and paralinguistic area and, whether context affects the storytelling ability of three- and four-year-old children. The findings showed 1. There appears to be a developmental pattern in acquisition of skill in the linguistic and paralinguistic area, however, it does not appear to be tightly linked to age. 2. The context in which a child is asked to tell story influences the outcome.
Τεχνικές μηχανικής μάθησης για πρόβλεψη πολλαπλών μεταβλητών
Creators: name: Σπυρομήτρος-Ξιούφης, Ελευθέριος Γ.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2016
Subjects: Μηχανική μάθηση
Ταξινόμηση πολλαπλών ετικετών
Παλινδρόμηση πολλαπλών στόχων
Ταξινόμηση εικόνων
Machine learning
Multi-label classification
Multi-target regression
Image classification

description: Η διατριβή μελετά μία κατηγορία προβλημάτων μηχανικής μάθησης στα οποία σκοπός είναι η κατασκευή μοντέλων πρόβλεψης πολλαπλών μεταβλητών-στόχων από ένα κοινό σύνολο μεταβλητών εισόδου. Στα πλαίσια της διατριβής αναπτύχθηκε ένα πλήρες λογισμικό μάθησης από δεδομένα πολλαπλών ετικετών και επιδείχθηκε η χρησιμότητά του τόσο ως ερευνητικό όσο και ως πρακτικό εργαλείο. Επίσης, μελετήθηκε το πρόβλημα της παλινδρόμησης πολλαπλών-στόχων και προτάθηκαν καινοτόμες μέθοδοι οι οποίες μεταχειρίζονται τις μεταβλητές-στόχους ως επιπρόσθετες μεταβλητές εισόδου. Οι προτεινόμενες μέθοδοι καταφέρνουν να μοντελοποιήσουν με επιτυχία τις εξαρτήσεις στον χώρο εξόδου, πετυχαίνοντας έτσι σημαντικά μεγαλύτερη ακρίβεια τόσο σε σχέση με τη βασική προσέγγιση όσο και σε σχέση με τέσσερις προηγμένες μεθόδους της βιβλιογραφίας. Τέλος, η διατριβή εστίασε σε ένα διαδεδομένο πρόβλημα ταξινόμησης πολλαπλών ετικετών, την αυτόματη επισήμανση εικόνων. Προτάθηκαν νέες μέθοδοι διανυσματικής αναπαράστασης των εικόνων οι οποίες πετυχαίνουν κορυφαίες επιδόσεις από άποψη ακρίβειας ενώ παράλληλα χαρακτηρίζονται από εξαιρετικές δυνατότητες κλιμάκωσης.
description: This thesis studies a category of machine learning problems where the aim is to construct models that predict multiple target variables based on a common set of input variables. We developed a complete software for learning from multi-label data and showed that it is useful as both a scientific as well as a practical tool. We also studied the problem of multi-target regression and proposed novel techniques that treat target variables as additional input variables. The proposed methods manage to successfully model dependencies in the output space, thus attaining significantly better accuracy than both the baseline approach as well as four state-of-the-art methods from the literature. Finally, the thesis focused at a popular multi-label classification problem, automated image annotation. We proposed new vectorized image representation methods that attain state-of-the-art accuracy while also being highly scalable.
Envisioning the Future: The Southeast Equine Community and Research Center - A Final Report
Creators: name: Pasalar, Celen
name: Morais, Duarte
name: Brookins, Craig Calvert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Rural Community Development
Community-Based Research

description: Final report (of 3) for the Southeast Equine Research and Education Partnership (SEREP).  SEREP arose from a partnership between North Carolina State University and Isothermal Community College (ICC) that was made possible by a grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission. Led by an interdisciplinary team of researchers from N.C. State, as well as stakeholders from across the Isothermal region of Western North Carolina, particularly in the counties of Polk and Rutherford, the goal of SEREP was to conduct a feasibility study to determine how an equine research, training and education facility could be established to build upon the historically strong equestrian economy in the area.

This report describes what we propose to be a model for Southeast Equine Research and Community Center. The center would accommodate the equine related education and research needs of local horse owners and farms, small businesses, and private and non-profit industry. The report provides conceptual and business models, as well as physical design scenarios that outline a community oriented, economically viable, and environmentally sustainable center for research and education in the area. The center would increase local capacity and provide synergy to the ongoing initiatives by ICC to provide training and other educational opportunities aimed at building the equine workforce. And finally, in the areas of equine-related research, the center would provide an opportunity to leverage the strengths of NC State University in the agricultural, animal, natural, social, and veterinary sciences.

Our research determined that one of the more promising areas of equine-related research, and one for which there are few other centers in the United States, is in equine assisted human activities (e.g. riding, learning, psychotherapy). In addition, the agricultural and technology needs of the local areas as well as the state of North Carolina would be well-served by research in the production of premium horse hay and other forages, manure and pasture management, and the development of a variety of agribusiness opportunities. Finally, a center would build on the increased equestrian-related visitors to the region and provide spaces for incubating small businesses and educating local communities and tourists on all aspects of the historical and present day relationship between horses and humans.
Model development and simulation of a prototype resistive soot sensor for OBD implementation
Creators: name: Φραγκιαδουλάκης, Παύλος Ε.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2016
Subjects: Αισθητήρας αιθάλης
Σύστημα αυτοδιάγνωσης αυτοκινήτων
Φίλτρο αιθάλης
Μηχανισμοί εναπόθεσης σωματιδίων αιθάλης
Soot sensor
OBD
DPF
Soot particles deposition mechanisms

description: Soot sensors are used in order to trace diesel particulate filter (DPF) failure that may result in exceedance of PM emission limits, which become increasingly stricter according to regulations for diesel vehicles. Accumulating sensors, also known as resistive electrode sensors, are considered to be a practical and low cost approach to estimate soot concentration in Diesel engine exhaust. Target of the current thesis, is the modeling of the deposition mechanisms in order to interpret and predict a prototype resistive soot sensor behavior. In order to predict the response of the soot sensor, a CFD model has been initially developed in order to investigate the flow field inside the sensor tip. The results of the CFD, in combination with a dataset of measurements are the inputs of the developed physical model of the soot deposition on the sensor electrode plate. The main investigated deposition mechanisms include thermophoresis, electrophoresis, Brownian diffusion, inertial impaction and turbulent impaction. Finally, the simulation results are validated with several sets of measurements of a diesel engine equipped with DPF based after-treatment systems. The developed model is found capable to predict the behavior of the sensor for a range of exhaust gas properties, taking into account a specific sensor geometry.
description: Οι αισθητήρες αιθάλης χρησιμοποιούνται για την ανίχνευση βλαβών φίλτρων αιθάλης (DPF), των οποίων η βλάβη οδηγεί στην υπέρβαση των επιτρεπτών εκπομπών σωματιδίων (PM), καθώς οι σχετικές νομοθεσίες γίνονται όλο και πιο αυστηρές. Οι σωρευτικοί αισθητήρες αιθάλης τύπου αντίστασης αποτελούν μία αποδοτική προσέγγιση για την εκτίμηση της συγκέντρωσης της αιθάλης στην εξάτμιση κινητήρων Diesel. Στόχος της διδακτορικής διατριβής είναι η μοντελοποίηση των μηχανισμών εναπόθεσης ενός πρωτότυπου σωρευτικού αισθητήρα αιθάλης τύπου αντίστασης, η οποία είναι απαραίτητη για την πρόβλεψη και την ερμηνεία της συμπεριφοράς του τελευταίου. Για την εκτίμηση του σήματος του πρωτότυπου αισθητήρα αιθάλης, ένα ρευστομηχανικό μοντέλο (CFD) αναπτύχθηκε αρχικά προκειμένου να διερευνηθεί το ροϊκό πεδίο εσωτερικά του κελύφους του αισθητήρα. Τα αποτελέσματα του CFD χρησιμοποιήθηκαν μαζί με ένα σύνολο μετρητικών δεδομένων, για το μοντέλο φυσικής εναπόθεσης των σωματιδίων της αιθάλης στην πλάκα ηλεκτροδίων του αισθητήρα. Οι κύριοι μηχανισμοί εναπόθεσης που έχουν μελετηθεί είναι η θερμοφόρεση, η ηλεκτροφόρεση, η διάχυση Brown, η αδρανειακή κρούση και η τυρβώδης εναπόθεση. Τελικά, το σήμα του αισθητήρα αιθάλης προσομοιώνεται και επικυρώνεται σε πραγματικά δεδομένα οχήματος εξοπλισμένου με DPF. Το αναπτυγμένο μοντέλο βρέθηκε ικανό να προβλέψει τη συμπεριφορά του αισθητήρα σε ένα εύρος συνθηκών του καυσαερίου, λαμβάνοντας υπόψη μία συγκεκριμένη γεωμετρία αισθητήρα.
Aplicación de la genética para mejorar la calidad de la leche
Creators: name: Laglaguano, Juan Carlos
name: Vásquez, María Mercedes
name: Changoluisa, Darwin
name: Freire-Paspuel, Byron
name: Burgos, Germán
name: Waard, Jacobus H. De
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Kappa-caseína
Beta-caseína
Lacto globulina

description: Beta-caseína (β-Cas), kappa-caseína (κ-Cas) y beta-lacto globulina (β-Lac) son proteínas de la leche que tienen importantes implicaciones a nivel de calidad, producción y para la salud de los seres humanos. Concerniente a β-Cas, en la digestión y producción de derivados de leche con β-Cas A1 se libera Beta-casomorfina-7 (BCM-7) (Fig.2). Se ha demostrado que el consumo de leche que contiene BCM-7 causa la inflamación del tracto gastrointestinal (1) por lo que es recomendable consumir leche A2 (Fig.3). La κ-Cas está relacionada con la formación de micelas, la leche que contiene leche con κ-Cas BB presenta una coagulación más rápida y firme, lo que aumenta la producción de queso un 10% (2,3). Con respecto β-Lac, las vacas que tiene el genotipo BB producen leche con bajo contenido de beta β-Lac. Ha sido establecido que la β-Lac produce alergia en los humanos. Además la leche que tiene bajo contenido de β-Lac, tiene un alto contenido de caseínas y otras proteínas que son importantes en la producción de queso (2,3). En este trabajo caracterizamos a nivel genético un rebaño de vacas Jersey y determinamos la frecuencia alélica de los genes para β-Cas, κ-Cas y β-Lac con el objetivo de mejorar en el futuro la calidad de leche según las exigencias del productor (queso o leche de consumo).
D2.9 – FLEXCoop Framework architecture including functional, technical and communication specifications – final version
Creators: name: Isakovic, K.
name: Hasse, P.
name: Keko, H.
name: Luttenberger, L.
name: Krstulović Opara, J.
name: Bačić, M.
name: Panopoulos, D.
name: Martinez, G.
name: Cipriano, J.
name: Gabaldon, E.
name: Valalaki, K.
name: Dialektakos, N.
name: Muñoz, A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: technical specifications
demand response
digital energy services
aggregator
prosumer

description: This deliverable describes in detail the design of the functional components of the FLEXCoop architecture. The interfaces of each component inside the framework as well as to external communication end points are the main focus of this document.
 Each component is described in a separate subsection of Section 3. These subsections are divided into five topics to provide a complete picture on how these components are designed and how they interact. In each component, the programming language as well as the libraries and frameworks used are described based on experience and problem domain. Also, the corresponding deployment strategies are covered in the component sections. The last section gives a short summary of the development since D2.6 - FLEXCoop Framework Architecture including functional, technical and communication specifications.
 As this is a follow up deliverable to D2.6 this document focuses on the changes since D2.6 and should be read with D2.6 at hand.
OCRTOC: A Cloud-Based Competition and Benchmark for Robotic Grasping and Manipulation
Creators: name: Liu, Ziyuan
name: Liu, Wei
name: Qin, Yuzhe
name: Xiang, Fanbo
name: Gou, Minghao
name: Xin, Songyan
name: Roa, Maximo A.
name: Calli, Berk
name: Su, Hao
name: Sun, Yu
name: Tan, Ping
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this paper, we propose a cloud-based benchmark for robotic grasping and manipulation, called the OCRTOC benchmark. The benchmark focuses on the object rearrangement problem, specifically table organization tasks. We provide a set of identical real robot setups and facilitate remote experiments of standardized table organization scenarios in varying difficulties. In this workflow, users upload their solutions to our remote server and their code is executed on the real robot setups and scored automatically. After each execution, the OCRTOC team resets the experimental setup manually. We also provide a simulation environment that researchers can use to develop and test their solutions. With the OCRTOC benchmark, we aim to lower the barrier of conducting reproducible research on robotic grasping and manipulation and accelerate progress in this field. Executing standardized scenarios on identical real robot setups allows us to quantify algorithm performances and achieve fair comparisons. Using this benchmark we held a competition in the 2020 International Conference on Intelligence Robots and Systems (IROS 2020). In total, 59 teams took part in this competition worldwide. We present the results and our observations of the 2020 competition, and discuss our adjustments and improvements for the upcoming OCRTOC 2021 competition. The homepage of the OCRTOC competition is www.ocrtoc.org, and the OCRTOC software package is available at https://github.com/OCRTOC/OCRTOC_software_package.
Extra force in $f(R)$ modified theories of gravity
Creators: name: Bertolami, Orfeu
name: Boehmer, Christian G.
name: Harko, Tiberiu
name: Lobo, Francisco S. N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The equation of motion for test particles in $f(R)$ modified theories of gravity is derived. By considering an explicit coupling between an arbitrary function of the scalar curvature, $R$, and the Lagrangian density of matter, it is shown that an extra force arises. This extra force is orthogonal to the four-velocity and the corresponding acceleration law is obtained in the weak field limit. Connections with MOND and with the Pioneer anomaly are further discussed.
description: Revtex4 file, 5 pages. Version to appear in Physical Review D
MPEC 2024-T42 : C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Domain Formation in v=2/3 Fractional Quantum Hall Systems
Creators: name: Shibata, Naokazu
name: Nomura, Kentaro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the domain formation in the v=2/3 fractional quantum Hall systems basing on the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) analysis. The ground-state energy and the pair correlation functions are calculated for various spin polarizations. The results confirm the domain formation in partially spin polarized states, but the presence of the domain wall increases the energy of partially spin polarized states and the ground state is either spin unpolarized state or fully spin polarized state depending on the Zeeman energy. We expect coupling with external degrees of freedom such as nuclear spins is important to reduce the energy of partially spin polarized state.
description: 7 pages, submitted to J. Phys. Soc. Jpn
A modern tale of Frankenstein? How to regulate non-consensual sexually explicit AI-generated deepfakes in the Metaverse
Creators: name: Kolen, Elise
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2024
Subjects: artificial intelligence
gender
sexual violence
technological innovations
social media
Council of Europe
European Union
legal aspects

description: Second semester University: University of Graz. Awarded thesis 2023/2024
description: This thesis examines the emerging issue of non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes (sexfakes) in the context of the Metaverse. The research focuses on two key issues: sexfakes as a gender-based phenomenon, and the applicability of current regulations on sexfakes in the Metaverse. The thesis takes a euro-centric approach and therefore analyses the current regulatory frameworks established by the Council of Europe (CoE) and the European Union (EU) on sexfakes and the Metaverse. The study reveals that while progress has been made in addressing sexfakes, current protections remain incomplete, leaving women inadequately safeguarded. The Metaverse presents further unique challenges in the regulation and enforcement of sexfakes, raising complex questions about identity, legal personality, avatar ownership, harm, perpetrator accountability, jurisdiction, and the right to be forgotten. This thesis argues that the EU's and CoE's stance that no new instruments are necessary may underestimate the transformative potential of the Metaverse, especially concerning gender-based cyber violence. It proposes to enhance current frameworks to specifically address sexfakes in the Metaverse by taking a proactive regulatory stance so that the Metaverse could be transformed into a safe and inclusive digital space for all. Keywords: artificial intelligence, gender-based violence, deepfakes, non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes, Metaverse, European Union, Council of Europe.
Rituals under debate. A culturally sensitive approach against FGM/C
Creators: name: Lazzaris, Clara Amalia
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2024
Subjects: female circumcision
cultural heritage
religious aspects

description: Second semester University: Université Libre de Bruxelles
description: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) has been practiced for thousands of years, but it is only recently that international organizations have committed to its eradication. Migration and growing awareness in the West have transformed a local concern into a global issue, turning what was once considered a traditional practice into a major human rights violation. Despite extensive discourse on cultural relativism, human rights, sexuality, and patriarchal oppression of women over the past decades, FGM/C remains widespread with more than three million girls at risk of being cut each year. Starting by understanding how FGM/C is currently framed and its significance for the practicing communities, this thesis aims to critically analyse the strategies and rhetoric used by the international human rights framework to counteract FGM/C in order to identify the most effective approach. An examination of the current zero-tolerance policy reveals that a radically condemning approach and straightforward criminalization often prove counterproductive, reinforcing FGM/C as a form of protest against Western intervention. The thesis suggests that a more culturally sensitive approach, which takes into consideration the cultural and religious concerns of immigrants, could be a more effective solution to end these deeply rooted practices.
Tensile Bond Strength between Three Hard Reline Materials and Denture Base Resin Influenced by Methyl Formate-Methyl Acetate
Creators: name: Tanasamanchoke, Chalita
Publisher: name: The Dental Association of Thailand
Year: 2019
Subjects: Chemical surface treatment
Denture base
Methyl acetate
Methyl formate
Reline material
Tensile bond strength

description: Journal of The Dental Association of Thailand, 69, Supplement Issue, 008-019
Effect of Various Pressure Cooker Curing conditions on Flexural Strength of Denture Hard Relining Materials
Creators: name: Suwannachote, Thassanee
Publisher: name: The Dental Association of Thailand
Year: 2019
Subjects: Acrylic resin
Flexural strength
Hard reline resin
Nitrogen gas
Pressure cooker

description: Journal of The Dental Association of Thailand, 69, Supplement Issue, 020-029
Effect of Methyl Formate-Methyl Acetate Treatment on Flexural Strength of Relined Denture Base
Creators: name: Puangpetch, Mongkol
Publisher: name: The Dental Association of Thailand
Year: 2019
Subjects: Acrylic denture base
Flexural strength
Hard reline materials
Methyl formate-methyl acetate
MMA

description: Journal of The Dental Association of Thailand, 69, Supplement Issue, 030-037
Supplementary Material for "3D Basin-scale groundwater flow modelling as a tool for geothermal exploration: Application to the Geneva basin, Switzerland-France"
Creators: name: , ALCANIE
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Geneva basin
geothermal exploration
groundwater flow modelling
3D Basin-scale dynamic model
modelling Alpine foreland basin
Fluid Flow modeling

description: Main code and attached functions to simulate the Final Model presented in the corresponding research publication. A table presenting all the simulation parameters is also attached. Supplementary Figures showing simulation results are also attached.
Calorimetry of Bose-Einstein condensates
Creators: name: Blakie, P. B.
name: Toth, E.
name: Davis, M. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We outline a practical scheme for measuring the thermodynamic properties of a Bose-Einstein condensate as a function of internal energy. We propose using Bragg scattering and controlled trap manipulations to impart a precise amount of energy to a near zero temperature condensate. After thermalisation the temperature can be measured using standard techniques to determine the state equation $T(U,N,ω)$. Our analysis accounts for interaction effects and the excitation of constants of motion which restrict the energy available for thermalisation.
description: 6 pages, 1 figure. Updated to published version