cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Overlapping resonances in the control of intramolecular vibrational redistribution
Creators: name: Gerbasi, D.
name: Sanz, A. S.
name: Christopher, P. S.
name: Shapiro, M.
name: Brumer, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Coherent control of bound state processes via the interfering overlapping resonances scenario [Christopher et al., J. Chem. Phys. 123, 064313 (2006)] is developed to control intramolecular vibrational redistribution (IVR). The approach is applied to the flow of population between bonds in a model of chaotic OCS vibrational dynamics, showing the ability to significantly alter the extent and rate of IVR by varying quantum interference contributions.
description: 10 pages, 7 figures
The Photon collider at ILC: status, parameters and technical problems
Creators: name: Telnov, V. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Accelerator Physics (physics.acc-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper is the second part of my overview on photon colliders given at the conference ``The photon: its first hundred years and the future'' (PHOTON2005 + PLC2005). The first paper describes the first 25 years of the history and evolution of photon colliders. The present paper considers the photon collider at the ILC: possible parameters, technical problems and present status.
description: Talk at Photon: Its First Hundred Years And The Future, includes PHOTON2005 and PLC2005, Warsaw and Kazimierz, Poland, 30 Aug - 8 Sep 2005, to be published in Acta Physica Polonica B, 20 pp, Latex, 19 .eps figures
Entanglement, Dephasing, and Phase Recovery via Cross-Correlation Measurements of Electrons
Creators: name: Neder, I.
name: Heiblum, M.
name: Mahalu, D.
name: Umansky, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Determination of the path taken by a quantum particle leads to a suppression of interference and to a classical behavior. We employ here a quantum 'which path' detector to perform accurate path determination in a two-path-electron-interferometer; leading to full suppression of the interference. Following the dephasing process we recover the interference by measuring the cross-correlation between the interferometer and detector currents. Under our measurement conditions every interfering electron is dephased by approximately a single electron in the detector - leading to mutual entanglement of approximately single pairs of electrons.
description: 13 Pages, 5 Figures
The Impact of Item Readability on the Endorsement of the Midpoint Response in Surveys
Creators: name: Velez, Pauline
name: Ashworth, Steven D.
Publisher: name: European Survey Research Association
Year: 2007
Subjects: Midpoint; neutral response; surveys; item readability

description: Researchers have debated including a midpoint response in questionnaire scales, and they have
debated what the selection of that response option represents. Using data from employee opinion
surveys of a large financial services organization based primarily in the United States, this
study explored whether the endorsement of the midpoint response is related to an item’s readability
and its perceived clarity. The results showed the endorsement of the midpoint response
was significantly correlated with the Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level index, average letters per
word, and average number of syllables per word. The results also showed that as the perceived
clarity of an item increases, the endorsement of the midpoint response decreases. These findings
have important implications both to researchers and organizations that conduct surveys
with their employees.
description: Survey Research Methods, Vol 1, No 2 (2007)
Cross-sectional variance estimation for the French "Labor Force Survey"
Creators: name: Ardilly, Pascal
name: Osier, Guillaume
Publisher: name: European Survey Research Association
Year: 2007
Subjects: Multi-stage sampling; software POULPE; standard error; confidence interval; design effect

description: This paper describes the method that was implemented by the Statistical Office of France (INSEE)
to calculate cross-sectional variance estimates for the French “Labour Force Survey”
(LFS). A home-made SAS application, named POULPE, was used for the calculations. After
outlining the LFS sample design in the first part, the paper presents the software POULPE,
particularly its technical capabilities and the theoretical principles underlying the variance estimation
methods it implements. The third part develops how POULPE was utilized to compute
variance estimates for the LFS, focusing on the statistical problems which were met and how
they were solved. Finally, we provide estimated standard errors for totals and ratios and we
make comments about those values.
description: Survey Research Methods, Vol 1, No 2 (2007)
Errors Depending on Costs in Sample Surveys
Creators: name: Marella, Daniela
Publisher: name: European Survey Research Association
Year: 2007
Subjects: Sampling error; nonsampling error; nonresponse error; measurement error; total survey design

description: This paper presents a total survey error model that simultaneously treats sampling error, nonresponse
error and measurement error. The main aim for developing the model is to determine
the optimal allocation of the available resources for the total survey error reduction. More
precisely, the paper is concerned with obtaining the best possible accuracy in survey estimate
through an overall economic balance between sampling and nonsampling error.
description: Survey Research Methods, Vol 1, No 2 (2007)
Slow optical solitons via intersubband transitions in a semiconductor quantum well
Creators: name: Yang, Wen-Xing
name: Lee, Ray-Kuang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show the formation of bright and dark slow optical solitons based on intersubband transitions in a semiconductor quantum well (SQW). Using the coupled Schrodinger-Maxwell approach, we provide both analytical and numerical results. Such a nonlinear optical process may be used for the control technology of optical delay lines and optical buffers in the SQW solid-state system. With appropriate parameters, we also show the generation of a large cross-phase modulation (XPM). Since the the intersubband energy level can be easily tuned by an external bias voltage, the present investigation may open the possibility for electrically controlled phase modulator in the solid-state system.
Η σχέση των χρηματοοικονομικών αποδόσεων με τα αποτελέσματα εθνικών ομάδων ποδοσφαίρου
Creators: name: Μανουσαρίδου, Γενοβέφα Νικολάου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2019
Subjects: συμπεριφορική χρηματοοικονομική
διαδικασία λήψης επενδυτικής απόφασης
αθλητισμός - ποδόσφαιρο
behavioral finance
investment decision
sports - football

description: Η συμπεριφορική χρηματοοικονομική απαρτίζεται από ένα σύνολο επιστημών, κοινωνικών, οικονομικών και ψυχολογίας. Από την άλλη, ο αθλητισμός και ιδιαίτερα το ποδόσφαιρο επηρεάζει και επηρεάζεται έντονα από διάφορους παράγοντες. Το παρόν έγγραφο μελετάει την απόδοση των γενικών δεικτών των χρηματιστηρίων σε 15 υπό εξέταση χώρες σε σχέση με τα αποτελέσματα (νίκες ή ήττες) των Εθνικών ομάδων ποδοσφαίρου τους. Αρχικά γίνεται αναφορά στους παράγοντες που επηρεάζουν το άτομο κατά τη διαδικασία λήψης μιας απόφασης και συγκεκριμένα μίας επένδυσης. Επιπλέον, διατυπώνονται έρευνες που έχουν υλοποιηθεί στο χώρο του αθλητισμού και σχετίζονται με την αποδόσεις των μετοχών. Εξαρχής τέθηκαν δύο ερευνητικές υποθέσεις. Η πρώτη υποθέτει ότι το θετικό αποτέλεσμα στους ποδοσφαιρικούς αγώνες της Εθνικής ομάδας επηρεάζει θετικά το γενικό δείκτη του χρηματιστήριου της χώρας, ενώ η ήττα έχει αρνητικό αντίκτυπο τις αποδόσεις των μετοχών. Στη μεθοδολογία ακολουθήθηκαν δύο μοντέλα γραμμικής παλινδρόμησης. Το πρώτο μοντέλο εξετάζει δέκα (10) ευρωπαϊκές χώρες και τους γενικούς δείκτες των χρηματιστηρίων τους. Το δεύτερο μοντέλο μελετάει πέντε (3) χώρες από τρεις (3) διαφορετικές ηπείρους (Ευρώπη, Αμερική και Ασία). Τα αποτελέσματα των δύο ερευνών επαληθεύουν μόνο την επιρροή της νίκης όμως ποσοστιαία είναι πολύ μικρή. Τέλος, διαφαίνονται ορισμένες στατιστικά σημαντικές σχέσεις μεταξύ των μεταβλητών των μοντέλων που χρησιμοποιήθηκαν
description: Behavioral finance is comprised of a set of sciences, social, economic and psychology. On the other hand, sport and football in particular heavily influences and is being influenced by many various factors. This paper observes the performance of stock market indices in (15) countries, in relation to the results (win-loss) of their National soccer teams. Initially, a reference is made to the factors that affect an individual in the process of making a decision and in particular an investment. In addition, studies that have been carried out in sport and are related to the performance of stocks are formulated. Since the beginning two research cases were set. The former assumes that a positive outcome in the National team’s soccer matches positively affects the general indicators of the stock market of the country, while a defeat has a negative impact on the stock performance. Two linear regression models were followed in the methodology. The first model studies (10) European countries and stock market indices The second model studies (5) countries from 3 different continents (Europe, America, Asia).The results of the two studies only confirm the influence of win, but only by a small percentage. In conclusion, some statistically significant relations can be observed between the variables of the models used
Collection of Papers: The Hybrid (Virtual Offsite / Traditional 'Brick and Mortar') Work Environment
Creators: name: Zeller, Donna
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Organizational Design
Organizational Structure
Organizational Management
Human Resource Policies
Virtual and Traditional Workforce

description: The main topic of the collection of papers is the hybrid (virtual offsite / traditional ‘brick and mortar’) work environment and the effects, if any, on organizational design, structure, management, and human resource policies. Section One, the research papers, are titled: Organizational Design: The Hybrid (Combined Virtual / Traditional Office) Organization; The Hybrid Work Environment: The Business Process Argument for Adapting Organizational Structure; Organizational Management in the Hybrid (Combined Virtual Offsite / Traditional ‘Brick and Mortar’) Transnational Organizations; and The Virtual Workforce: Adapting Human Resource Policies. * Section Two, the stand-alone literature review, assembles, and in some cases edits, the reviews from each of the research papers listed in Section One. **  The objective of this section is to summarize, synthesize, and evaluate the current knowledge, as based on literature reviews of the research papers, regarding the impact of the hybrid (virtual offsite / traditional ‘brick and mortar’) practices on design, structure, management, and human resources.. * Note: All papers, including the stand-alone literature review, were written by Donna L.Zeller, previously posted individually and are available online. The objective of this text is to offer the information collectively in one resource. ** Note: Whereas “a literature review that forms part of a research proposal or project also describes the gaps in the current knowledge that the project aims to address; a stand-alone literature review aims to summarize and evaluate the current knowledge of a specific topic” (Monash.edu, 2018).
Διδακτικές προσεγγίσεις της διαχείρισης του πένθους στο Μάθημα των Θρησκευτικών της Δευτεροβάθμιας Εκπαίδευσης
Creators: name: Λελεντζή, Ιουλία Σπυρίδωνος
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2019
Subjects: Αντιμετώπιση πένθους και απώλειας
Θάνατος
Θρήνος
Εφηβική ηλικία
Confrontation with mourning and loss
Death
Lamentation
Teens

description: Η εργασία αυτή εντοπίζει και σταχυολογεί τα βασικότερα σημεία των επιστημών της Παιδαγωγικής, της Ψυχολογίας και της Θεολογίας, που αφορούν στο πένθος, ώστε να προσφέρουν μια πρώτη προσέγγιση του φαινομένου και να χρησιμοποιηθούν στη συνέχεια στο πλαίσιο του διδακτικού έργου και αυτό κυρίως στο πλαίσιο του μαθήματος των Θρησκευτικών, μέσα από το οποίο προβάλλεται η διδασκαλία και η εμπειρία της Ορθόδοξης Εκκλησίας. Με αυτόν τον τρόπο παρουσιάζουμε στα παιδιά το γεγονός του θανάτου ως μέρους της ζωής μας, ενώ παράλληλα προσπαθούμε να βοηθήσουμε όσο είναι δυνατό, τους μαθητές που ήδη βιώνουν ένα πένθος
description: The present study detects and gleans information on the most fundamental conclusions which have been drawn on the subject of mourning by the sciences of Pedagogy, Psychology and Theology. It aims at providing a first approach to this phenomenon and also at being used at the pedagogic act itself, in the context of the lesson of Religion, in which the instruction and the experience of the Orthodox Church are illustrated. On the one hand it provides ways and means by which the fact of death is presented to the children as part of human life and on the other hand it aims at supporting pupils who already taste mourning in their lives
Efficient Wildland Fire Simulation via Nonlinear Model Order Reduction
Creators: name: Black, Felix
name: Schulze, Philipp
name: Unger, Benjamin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science (cs.CE)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 80A25, 37L65, 35Q79

description: We propose a new hyper-reduction method for a recently introduced nonlinear model reduction framework based on dynamically transformed basis functions and especially well-suited for advection-dominated systems. Furthermore, we discuss applying this new method to a wildland fire model whose dynamics feature traveling combustion waves and local ignition and is thus challenging for classical model reduction schemes based on linear subspaces. The new hyper-reduction framework allows us to construct parameter-dependent reduced-order models (ROMs) with efficient offline/online decomposition. The numerical experiments demonstrate that the ROMs obtained by the novel method outperform those obtained by a classical approach using the proper orthogonal decomposition and the discrete empirical interpolation method in terms of run time and accuracy.
Daily site interpretation tools for different hierchical levels in a construction project
Creators: name: Yue, Benjamin Tsan-Pin
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This thesis is an extension of Fayek’s work (Fayek 1992) on the automated interpretation of a construction activity’s problems and suggestion of possible corrective actions. It consists of three major parts. First, an extensive field test was undertaken in order to obtain a real data set to test and validate both Fayek’s work and extensions to it. As part of this exercise, an attempt was made to capture the expertise of seasoned construction personnel regarding the selection of corrective actions as a function of problem source and prevailing job site conditions. The original problem source list was extended from seven problem sources to fifteen, and corrective actions for the new sources were identified. The second part of the thesis, which constitutes the core of the work, deals with the formulation of a general, higher-level analysis schema. It includes integrating across all problem sources and corrective actions at the activity level, and the detection of patterns of problems at the trade and overall project levels, along with the suggestion of higher-level corrective actions. One of the challenges confronted in this work is the need to deal with conflicting corrective actions arising from the diagnosis. Several examples are given to illustrate the workings of a prototype. Lastly, the graphical representation of daily site data is partially explored. Construction personnel are often overwhelmed by the amount of data that describes a project. The use of graphics, especially the stacking of different graphs, helps the user to identify patterns of problems and provides insights into causation. Various graphical images are presented, along with suggestions for more complex three dimensional representations.
Additional file 1 of Treatment initiation among tuberculosis patients: the role of short message service (SMS) technology and Ward-based outreach teams (WBOTs)
Creators: name: Mwansa-Kambafwile, Judith R. M.
name: Chasela, Charles
name: Levin, Jonathan
name: Ismail, Nazir
name: Menezes, Colin
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1: Table S1: Treatment initiation in SMS and SOC groups. Table S2: Time to treatment initiation in SMS and SOC groups. Table S3: Treatment initiation in WBOTs and SOC groups. Table S4: Time to treatment initiation in WBOTs and SOC groups. Table S5: Treatment initiation in SMS, WBOTs and SOC groups. Table S6: Time to treatment initiation in SMS, WBOTs and SOC groups.
Black Hole Deconstruction
Creators: name: Denef, Frederik
name: Gaiotto, Davide
name: Strominger, Andrew
name: Bleeken, Dieter Van den
name: Yin, Xi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A D4-D0 black hole can be deconstructed into a bound state of D0 branes with a D6-anti-D6 pair containing worldvolume fluxes. The exact spacetime solution is known and resembles a D0 accretion disk surrounding a D6-anti-D6 core. We find a scaling limit in which the disk and core drop inside an AdS_2 throat. Crossing this AdS_2 throat and the D0 accretion disk into the core, we find a second scaling region describing the D6-anti-D6 pair. It is shown that the M-theory lift of this region is AdS_3 x S^2. Surprisingly, time translations in the far asymptotic region reduce to global, rather than Poincare, time translations in this core AdS_3. We further find that the quantum mechanical ground state degeneracy reproduces the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy-area law.
description: 11 pages
Bias and Changes in Perceived Intensity of Verbal Qualifiers Effected by Scale Orientation
Creators: name: Hofmans, Joeri
name: Theuns, Peter
name: Baekelandt, Sven
name: Mairesse, Olivier
name: Schillewaert, Niels
name: Cools, Walentina
Publisher: name: European Survey Research Association
Year: 2007
Subjects: Category rating scales; orientation effects; primacy effect; cross-modality matching

description: The objective of this study is to examine whether manipulating the orientation of a rating
scale impacts on the perceived intensity of the verbal qualifiers. An experiment is designed to
assess the perception of intensities of verbal qualifiers in an agreement scale. A first finding
is that participants seem to adopt one of two response strategies. Those who show the ’extreme
null-point strategy’ report perceived intensities that monotonically increase along with
the scale from ’fully disagree’ to ’fully agree’. However, other respondents seem to adopt a
’middle null-point strategy’, where the highest perceived intensity coincides with both extreme
qualifiers of the scale and the lowest intensity is experienced for qualifiers near the middle.
An orientation effect is supported for the ’extreme null-point strategy’ group, and manifests
itself in less agreement about the intensity of the qualifiers when placed on a decremental scale
(e.g. fully agree - rather agree - neutral - rather disagree - fully disagree) as opposed to an
incremental scale (e.g. fully disagree - rather disagree - neutral - rather agree - fully agree).
Next, the existence of a primacy-effect, an orientation effect found in previous research, was
tested by means of a web survey-experiment and is rejected in favour of a more differentiated
effect.
description: Survey Research Methods, Vol 1, No 2 (2007)
Ο ʽάλλοςʼ κόσμος του Κλάιβ Στέιπλς Λιούις: Σχολιασμένη μετάφραση από τα αγγλικά προς τα ελληνικά του διηγήματος ʽThe Shoddy Landsʼ»
Creators: name: Χαιροπούλου, Ευαγγελία Γεωργίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2019
Subjects: Σχολιασμένη μετάφραση
Κλάιβ Στέιπλς Λιούις
Λογοτεχνική μετάφραση.
Annotated translation
Clive Staples Lewis
Literary translation

description: Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία με τίτλο «Ο ʽάλλοςʼ κόσμος του Κλάιβ Στέιπλς Λιούις: Σχολιασμένη μετάφραση του διηγήματος ʽThe Shoddy Landsʼ από τα αγγλικά προς τα ελληνικά» εκπονήθηκε στο πλαίσιο του μεταπτυχιακού προγράμματος «Επιστήμες της Γλώσσας και του Πολιτισμού» με κατεύθυνση «Μετάφραση, Επικοινωνία και Εκδοτικός Xώρος» του τμήματος Ιταλικής Γλώσσας και Φιλολογίας της Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης. Σκοπός της εργασίας είναι να παρουσιάσει τη μετάφραση του διηγήματος του Κλάιβ Στέιπλς Λιούις «The Shoddy Lands» με σχόλια πάνω σε μεταφραστικά προβλήματα που παρουσιάστηκαν κατά τη διαδικασία της μετάφρασης. Εκτός από τη σχολιασμένη μετάφραση, η εργασία περιλαμβάνει μια σύντομη ματιά στη ζωή και τα έργα του Κλάιβ Στέιπλς Λιούις. Επίσης εξετάζονται κάποιες ιδιαιτερότητες της λογοτεχνικής μετάφρασης
description: The current thesis with the title “The ʽotherʼ world of Clive Staples Lewis: Annotated translation of the short story ʽThe Shoddy Landsʼ from English into Greek” was written within the framework of the postgraduate program “Language and Cultural Studies” in the direction of “Translation, Communication and Publishing” of the Department of Italian Language and Literature, of the School of Philosophy, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The purpose of this thesis is to translate Clive Staples Lewis’s short story “The Shoddy Lands” and write annotations on specific translation problems encountered during the process of translation. In addition to the annotated translation, the thesis includes a brief look at Lewis’s life and works; it also discusses some of the characteristics specific to literary translation
The Pursuit of Happiness
Creators: name: Bechtel, Timothy G.
Publisher: name: European Survey Research Association
Year: 2007
Subjects: Life satisfaction; economic versus psychological determination; panel versus cross-sectional regression; cardinal versus ordinal regression (slope plot); subjective versus objective predictors; multiple-item indicators; revealed values

description: Contemporary cross-cultural comparisons of life satisfaction show that survey research, by going
to the people broadly and representatively, is a crucial complement to ethnography. Using
the survey approach, the present article poses the following research question: is happiness
driven more by economic or psychological factors? This question is investigated in the English
and German populations with the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS), the German
Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), and the European Social Survey (ESS). The results of the
present study show that English and German life satisfaction follow different time trends and
have different compositions. Both are driven more by psychological than economic factors, but
Germans are more economically sensitive. The R2 = .59, achieved here for explaining English
happiness, appears to be the highest yet recorded in the quality-of-life literature. This English
R2 increases to .78 when a personality effect is included in the multiple-item predictor. Moreover,
in the financial, housing and medical spheres of experience subjective representations of
physical variables, rather than the physical scales themselves, are the operational determinants
of life satisfaction. Finally, an important methodological result emerges in the present study;
namely, ordinary regression of cardinal satisfaction scales can replace logistic regression in
revealing the values of a nation.
description: Survey Research Methods, Vol 1, No 2 (2007)
Ο πρώτος Λόγος του Φιλοθέου Κοκκίνου κατά Ακινδύνου περί του Θαβωρείου Φωτός
Creators: name: Τουμανίδου, Ασημίνα Γεωργίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2019
Subjects: Φιλόθεος Κόκκινος
Θαβώρειο φως
Κριτική έκδοση
Philotheos Kokkinos
Tabor Light
Critical edition

description: Σκοπός της διπλωματικής είναι η κριτική έκδοση του πρώτου λόγου του Φιλοθέου Κοκκίνου κατά Ακινδύνου περί του Θαβωρείου Φωτός. Αρχικά, γίνεται αναφορά στο ιστορικο-θεολογικό πλαίσιο της εποχής του Φιλοθέου Κοκκίνου αρχομένης από τον Α΄ εμφύλιο πόλεμο μέχρι και την λήξη των ησυχαστικών ερίδων, το 1368. Εν συνεχεία, παρουσιάζεται εν συντομία ο βίος και τα έργα του μεγάλου Θεσσαλονικέα πατριάρχη. Στο τελευταίο μέρος της παρούσας εργασίας περιλαμβάνεται η κριτική έκδοση του λόγου, η οποία συνοδεύεται από τα περιστατικά συγγραφής και τη χειρόγραφη παράδοσή του
description: Aim of this thesis is to present a critical edition of the first homily of Philotheos Kokkinos against Akindynos on the Tabor Light. At the beginning a reference to the historical-theological context of Philotheos’ era is made, starting from the first civil war up until the end of the hesychast controversy in 1368. Next, the life and works of the great Thessalonian Patriarch are presented. The last part of this thesis consists of the homily’s critical edition in addition to the composition instances as well as its manuscript tradition
Refining Deutsch's approach to thermalization
Creators: name: Reimann, Peter
name: Dabelow, Lennart
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The ground breaking investigation by Deutsch [Phys. Rev. A 43, 2046 (1991)] of how closed many-body quantum systems approach thermal equilibrium is revisited. It is shown how to carry out some important steps which were still missing in that paper. Moreover, the class of admitted systems is considerably extended.
Classical world arising out of quantum physics under the restriction of coarse-grained measurements
Creators: name: Kofler, Johannes
name: Brukner, Caslav
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Conceptually different from the decoherence program, we present a novel theoretical approach to macroscopic realism and classical physics within quantum theory. It focuses on the limits of observability of quantum effects of macroscopic objects, i.e., on the required precision of our measurement apparatuses such that quantum phenomena can still be observed. First, we demonstrate that for unrestricted measurement accuracy no classical description is possible for arbitrarily large systems. Then we show for a certain time evolution that under coarse-grained measurements not only macrorealism but even the classical Newtonian laws emerge out of the Schroedinger equation and the projection postulate.
description: 4 pages, 1 figure, second revised and published version
Changes in the Radio Appearance of MWC 349A
Creators: name: Rodriguez, Luis F.
name: Gomez, Y.
name: Tafoya, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present new sensitive, high angular resolution 1.3, 2, and 6 cm observations of the continuum emission from the peculiar emission-line star MWC 349A, made with the Very Large Array. This radio emission is believed to originate in an ionized flow produced by the photoevaporation of a disk that surrounds the star. We determine for the first time the proper motion of this source, which is consistent with that expected for the location of the source in the galaxy. Our analysis of the images, that include the new observations as well as archive data covering a time interval of more than 20 years, indicates that the appearance of MWC 349A has been systematically changing over time. The well-defined ``hourglass'' shape that characterized the 2 and 1.3 cm appearance of the source in the early 1980's has disappeared to be replaced by a more ``square'' shape. We discuss if these changes can be accounted for by precession of the MWC 349A disk or by intrinsic changes in the parameters of the disk, but could not reach a satisfactory explanation.
description: 20 pages, 6 figures
Ιστορική περιήγηση στις μονές και τα ασκηταριά της Καλαβρίας & της Απουλίας. Συμβολή στον ορθόδοξο μοναχισμό της Κάτω Ιταλίας (8ος - 16ος αι.)
Creators: name: Τσελεγγίδου, Αικατερίνη Αθανασίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2019
Subjects: Μονές και Ασκηταριά
Ορθόδοξος Μοναχισμός
Κάτω Ιταλία
Monasteries and Grottoes
Orthodox Monasticism
Southern Italy

description: Σκοπός της διπλωματικής εργασίας ήταν η παρουσίαση του μοναχισμού μέσα από μια ιστορική περιήγηση των μονών και των ασκηταριών των επαρχιών της Καλαβρίας και της Απουλίας, τονίζοντας την έντονη παρουσία του ελληνικού στοιχείου, την μετέπειτα διατήρησή του, αλλά και την περίοδο της βυζαντινής επιρροής στην τέχνη. Αρχικά, παρουσιάστηκε το φαινόμενο του πρώτου αποικισμού των Ελλήνων στην Κάτω Ιταλία, καθώς και η μακροχρόνια ιστορία της Καλαβρίας και της Απουλίας. Ακόμη, δόθηκαν στοιχεία σχετικά για τη συνεισφορά του μοναχισμού στη διατήρηση της ελληνικής και ορθόδοξης πίστης, για τις σχέσεις της Κάτω Ιταλίας με την Ρωμαιοκαθολική Εκκλησία και το Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο, για τις επιρροές από το Άγιο Όρος, για την παρακμή του μοναχισμού και του ελληνικού και ορθόδοξου πολιτισμού, καθώς και για την μετέπειτα ιεραποστολή των περιοχών. Επιπλέον, εκτενής αναφορά έγινε στον μοναστικό βίο καταγράφοντας τα ιστορικά μοναστικά κέντρα με τις εναπομείναντες μονές που υπάρχουν μέχρι σήμερα και τους τόπους καταφυγής των μοναχών. Ένα άλλο θέμα, ήταν η ενδεικτική παρουσίαση των μεγάλων οσιακών μορφών, μορφές οι οποίες κατέχουν σημαντική θέση στην όλη πορεία του μοναχισμού αλλά και στην ορθόδοξη πίστη
description: The aim of the present thesis was the presentation of monasticism through a historical tour of the monasteries and grottoes of the provinces of Calabria and Apulia, highlighting the strong presence of the Greek element, its subsequent preservation and the period of Byzantine influence in art. Initially, the phenomenon of the first colonization of the Greeks in South Italy was presented, as well as the long history of Calabria and Apulia. Also, information was given on the contribution of monasticism to the preservation of Greek and Orthodox faith, on relations between Italy and the Roman Catholic Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate, on the influences from Mount Athos, on the decline of monasticism and Greek and Orthodox culture, as well as for the subsequent mission of the regions. In addition, an extensive reference was made to the monastic life, presenting the historical monastic centers with the remaining monasteries existing to this day and the places of refuge of the monks. Another issue was the indicative presentation of the great Byzantine saints, saints that occupy an important place in the whole course of monasticism, as well as in Orthodox faith
Eine Öffentliche Bibliothek mit Zukunft muss eine offene Bibliothek sein
Creators: name: Locher, Hans Ulrich
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Öffentliche Bibliothek
subject: Open Library
subject: Interessenvertretung
subject: Bibliothekspersonal
subject: Bibliotheksrecht
subject: Zukunft
subject: 020 Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaften

description: Der Begriff „Öffentliche Bibliothek“ ist vieldeutig und bedarf der Klärung sowie der juristischen Auslegung, eventuell auch der kommunikativen Vereinfachung. Als Brand oder Marke ist „Bibliothek“ nämlich ein starker Begriff von hohem Wert. Das scheint Bibliotheksverantwortlichen nicht immer genügend bewusst zu sein. Die Zukunft erfolgreich gestalten heißt, damit sofort zu beginnen. In der globalisierten 24-Stunden/7-Tage-Gesellschaft heißt das: eine Öffentliche Bibliothek ist eine offene Bibliothek – 24 Stunden pro Tag und 7 Tage in der Woche – und das nicht nur digital, sondern auch vor Ort, analog. Das ist nicht möglich? „Nicht möglich“ gibt es nicht in der Gegenwart und schon gar nicht in der Zukunft.
Η νέα καταστατική νομοθεσία της Ορθόδοξης Αυτοκέφαλης Εκκλησίας της Αλβανίας
Creators: name: Trebicka, Marko (Μάρκο Τρεμπίτσκα), Gjergji (Γκέργκι)
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2019
Subjects: Καταστατικός χάρτης
Εκκλησία της Αλβανίας
Νομοθεσία
Charter
Church of Albania
Legislation

description: O χριστιανισμός στην Αλβανία χρονολογείται από την εποχή του Αποστόλου Παύλου. Πολλά ιστορικά γεγονότα σημάδεψαν τη ζωή της Εκκλησίας στη χώρα με κυριότερο την εγκαθίδρυση του κομμουνιστικού καθεστώτος υπό τον Ενβέρ Χότζα και την υποχρεωτική αθεΐα των πολιτών (1967). Στα χρόνια αυτά δεν έλειψαν βέβαια οι κρυπτοχριστιανοί, οι οποίοι διατηρούσαν την πίστη τους, από φόβο όμως δεν τελούσαν φανερά τη λατρεία τους. Η χώρα γνώρισε δύο προγενέστερους του 2006 καταστατικούς χάρτες: Του 1929 και του 1950 οι οποίοι ήταν προϊόν επιβολής της εκάστοτε πολιτικής εξουσίας. Μετά την πτώση του κομμουνιστικού καθεστώτος στην Αλβανία, μετέβη στη χώρα μετά από πολλές αντιδράσεις των αλβανικών αρχών ο Μητροπολίτης Ανδρούσης Αναστάσιος Γιαννουλάτος ο οποίος εκλέχτηκε Αρχιεπίσκοπος Τιράνων, Δυρραχίου και πάσης Αλβανίας και ανέλαβε την ανασύσταση της Ορθόδοξης Αυτοκέφαλης Εκκλησίας της Αλβανίας. Τα άρθρα 10 και 24 του Συντάγματος της Αλβανίας (1998) παρείχαν τις προϋποθέσεις και τις εγγυήσεις στην ΟΑΕΑ για τη θέσπιση του σύγχρονου Καταστατικού Χάρτη του 2006. Ο εν λόγω χάρτης έγινε αποδεκτός ομόφωνα από την Κληρικολαϊκή Συνέλευση της 3-4 Νοεμβρίου του 2006 και ψηφίστηκε από την Ιερά Σύνοδο της ΟΑΕΑ δύο μέρες αργότερα. Ο νέος Χάρτης έχει να επιδείξει αρκετές καινοτομίες σε σχέση με τους προηγούμενους. Η Ορθόδοξη Αυτοκέφαλη Εκκλησία της Αλβανίας έχει συμβάλει κατά πολύ στην πνευματική και πολιτιστική ανάπτυξη της χώρας και έχει να επιδείξει πλούσιο έργο
description: Christianity in Albania dates back to the time of apostle Paul. Many historical events marked the Church in the country, with the most notable to be the establishment of the Communist regime under Enver Hoxha and the compulsory atheism of the citizens (1967). In those years, crypto-Christian groups, who kept their faith, existed, but they did not manifest their worship because of fear. The country had two charters prior to 2006: the one of 1929 and the one of 1950, which were a result of imposition by the ruling government. After the fall of the Communist regime in Albania, Anastasios Giannoulatos, Metropolitan of Androussa, who was elected Archbishop of Tirana, Durrës, and All Albania, went to the country after many reactions of the Albanian authorities and undertook the re-establishment of the Orthodox Authocephalus Church of Albania (1998). The articles 10 and 24 of the Constitution of Albania (1998) provided the OACA with the conditions and guarantees for the adoption of the contemporary 2006 Charter. This Charter was unanimously accepted by the Clerical and Public Convention of November 3-4, 2006 and was voted by the OACA Holy Synod two days later. The new Charter has several innovations in comparison with the previous ones. The Orthodox Autocephalus Church of Albania has greatly contributed to the spiritual and cultural development of the country and can display many actions
Hybrid phase-space simulation method for interacting Bose fields
Creators: name: Hoffmann, Scott E.
name: Corney, Joel F.
name: Drummond, Peter D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce an approximate phase-space technique to simulate the quantum dynamics of interacting bosons. With the future goal of treating Bose-Einstein condensate systems, the method is designed for systems with a natural separation into highly occupied (condensed) modes and lightly occupied modes. The method self-consistently uses the Wigner representation to treat highly occupied modes and the positive-P representation for lightly occupied modes. In this method, truncation of higher-derivative terms from the Fokker-Planck equation is usually necessary. However, at least in the cases investigated here, the resulting systematic error, over a finite time, vanishes in the limit of large Wigner occupation numbers. We tested the method on a system of two interacting anharmonic oscillators, with high and low occupations, respectively. The Hybrid method successfully predicted atomic quadratures to a useful simulation time 60 times longer than that of the positive-P method. The truncated Wigner method also performed well in this test. For the prediction of the correlation in a quantum nondemolition measurement scheme, for this same system, the Hybrid method gave excellent agreement with the exact result, while the truncated Wigner method showed a large systematic error.
description: 13 pages; 6 figures; references added; figures corrected
Thermal Schwinger Effect: Defect Production in Compressed Filament Bundles
Creators: name: Slepukhin, Valentin M
name: Levine, Alex J
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the response of biopolymer filament bundles bound by transient cross linkers to compressive loading. These systems admit a mechanical instability at stresses typically below that of traditional Euler buckling. In this instability, there is thermally-activated pair production of topological defects that generate localized regions of bending -- kinks. These kinks shorten the bundle's effective length thereby reducing the elastic energy of the mechanically loaded structure. This effect is the thermal analog of the Schwinger effect, in which a sufficiently large electric field causes electron-positron pair production. We discuss this analogy and describe the implications of this analysis for the mechanics of biopolymer filament bundles of various types under compression.
description: 16 pages, 8 figures
Measuring Altruistic Behavior in Surveys: The All-or-Nothing Dictator Game
Creators: name: Bekkers, Rene
Publisher: name: European Survey Research Association
Year: 2007
Subjects: Altruism, Dictator game, Field experiments

description: A field study of altruistic behaviour is presented using a modification of the dictator game in a large random sample survey in the  netherlands (n=1,964). In line with laboratory experiments, only 5.7% donated money. In line with other survey research on giving, generosity increased with age, education, income, trust, and prosocial value orientation.
description: Survey Research Methods, Vol 1, No 3 (2007)
Grammatical elicitation: Demonstratives
Creators: name: Gómez, María
name: Drummond, Emily
name: Bossi, Madeline
name: Dabkowski, Maksymilian
name: Grabowski, Emily
name: Jarvis, Rebecca
name: Khuu, Phuong
name: Michael, Lev
name: Russell, Katherine
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: gug

description: Using real-world prompts inspired by the Wilkins (1999) questionnaire.
Electronic parameters for the hole transfer in DNA duplex oligomers
Creators: name: Berashevich, Dr. Julia A.
name: Chakraborty, Tapash
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on our calculations of the inner-sphere reorganization energy and the interaction of the pi orbitals within DNA oligomers. The exponential decrease of the electronic coupling between the highest and second highest occupied base orbitals of the intrastrand nucleobases in the (A-T)n and (G-C)n oligomers have been found with an increase of the sequence number n in the DNA structure. We conclude that for realistic estimation of the electronic coupling values between the nucleobases within the DNA molecule, a DNA chain containing at least four base pairs is required. We estimate the geometry relaxation of the base pairs within the (A-T)n and (G-C)n oligomers (n=1-6) due to their oxidation. The decrease of the inner-sphere reorganization energy with elongation of the oligomer structure participating in the oxidation process have been observed. The maximum degree of geometry relaxation of the nucleobase structures and correspondingly the higher charge density in the oxidized state are found to be located close to the oligomer center.
Additional file 1 of How important is income in explaining individuals having forgone healthcare due to cost-sharing payments? Results from a mixed methods sequential explanatory study
Creators: name: Salampessy, Benjamin H.
name: Portrait, France R. M.
name: Donker, Marianne
name: Ismail, Ismail
name: van der Hijden, Eric J. E.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1.
Global microscopic calculations of ground-state spin and parity for odd-mass nuclei
Creators: name: Bonneau, Ludovic
name: Quentin, Philippe
name: Moller, Peter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Systematic calculations of ground-state spin and parity of odd-mass nuclei have been performed within the Hartree--Fock--BCS (HFBCS) approach and the Finite-Range Droplet Model for nuclei for which experimental data are available. The unpaired nucleon has been treated perturbatively, and axial and left-right reflection symmetries have been assumed. As for the HFBCS approach, three different Skyrme forces have been used in the particle-hole channel, whereas the particle-particle matrix elements have been approximated by a seniority force. The calculations have been done for the 621 nuclei for which the Nubase 2003 data set give assignments of spin and parity with strong arguments. The agreement of both spin and parity in the self-consistent model reaches about 80% for spherical nuclei, and about 40% for well-deformed nuclei regardless of the Skyrme force used. As for the macroscopic-microscopic approach, the agreement for spherical nuclei is about 90% and about 40% for well-deformed nuclei, with different sets of spherical and deformed nuclei found in each model.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures (three in color), 1 table, to be submitted to Physical Review C
Inhomogeneity driven by Higgs instability in gapless superconductor
Creators: name: Giannakis, Ioannis
name: Hou, Defu
name: Huang, Mei
name: Ren, Hai-cang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The fluctuations of the Higgs and pseudo Nambu-Goldstone fields in the 2SC phase with mismatched pairing are described in the nonlinear realization framework of the gauged Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model. In the gapless 2SC phase, not only Nambu-Goldstone currents can be spontaneously generated, but the Higgs field also exhibits instablity. The Nambu-Goldstone currents generation indicates the formation of the single plane wave LOFF state and breaks rotation symmetry, while the Higgs instability favors spatial inhomogeneity and breaks translation invariance. In this paper, we focus on the Higgs instability which has not drawn much attention yet. The Higgs instability cannot be removed without a long range force, thus it persists in the gapless superfluidity and induces phase separation. In the case of g2SC state, the Higgs instability can only be partially removed by the electric Coulomb energy. However, it is not excluded that the Higgs instability might be completely removed in the charge neutral gCFL phase by the color Coulomb energy.
description: 21 pages, 5 figures
Thermal Entanglement in Ferrimagnetic Chains
Creators: name: Wang, Xiaoguang
name: Wang, Z. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A formula to evaluate the entanglement in an one-dimensional ferrimagnetic system is derived. Based on the formula, we find that the thermal entanglement in a small size spin-1/2 and spin-s ferrimagnetic chain is rather robust against temperature, and the threshold temperature may be arbitrarily high when s is sufficiently large. This intriguing result answers unambiguously a fundamental question: ``can entanglement and quantum behavior in physical systems survive at arbitrary high temperatures?"
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Model Based Survey Design Using Logits: Estimating Lost Statistical Power from Random Alternative Sampling
Creators: name: Bhattacharya, Jay
name: Shang, Baoping
Publisher: name: European Survey Research Association
Year: 2007
Subjects: Random Alternative Sampling Conditional Logit; Statistical power, Monte Carlo simulation

description: McFadden’s random alternative sampling conditional logit estimator permits researchers and survey designers to estimate a random utility choice model observing information about a subset of available alternatives. We quantify the extent to which a small sample size and a reduction in the number of sample alternatives lead to bias and loss of statistical power. The sample size must be small and choice probabilities must be weakly correlated with choice characteristics for there to be substantial bias and low power. Finally, we find that there is a sharply decreasing marginal gain from increasing the number of sampled alternatives. We provide an empirical example on the choice of health insurance plans that verifies our conclusions.
description: Survey Research Methods, Vol 1, No 3 (2007)
Resolving the B[e] star Hen 3-1191 at 10 microns with VLTI/MIDI
Creators: name: Lachaume, Régis
name: Preibisch, Thomas
name: Driebe, Thomas
name: Weigelt, Gerd
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report spatially resolved, spectrally dispersed N-band observations of the B[e] star Hen 3-1191 with the MIDI instrument of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer. The object is resolved with a 40 m baseline and has an equivalent uniform disc diameter ranging from 24 mas at 8 microns to 36 mas at 13 microns. The MIDI spectrum and visibilities show a curvature which can arise from a weak silicate feature in which the object appears ~ 15% larger than in the continuum, but this could result from a change in the object's geometry within the band. We then model Hen's 3-1191 spectral energy distribution (.4-60 microns) and N-band visibilities. Because of the unknown nature for the object, we use a wide variety of models for objects with IR excesses. We find the observations to be consistent with a disc featuring an unusually high mass accretion and a large central gap almost void of matter, an excretion disc, and a binary made of two IR sources. We are unable to find a circumstellar shell model consistent with the data. At last, we review the different hypotheses concerning the physical nature of the star and conclude that it is neither a Be supergiant nor a symbiotic star. However, we could not discriminate between the scenario of a young stellar object featuring an unusually strong FU Orionis-like outburst of mass accretion (4 to 250 x 10^-4 solar mass per year) and that of a protoplanetary nebula with an equatorial mass excretion rate (>~ 4 x 10^-5 solar mass per year). In both cases, taking the additional presence of an envelope or wind into account would result in lower mass flows.
description: 9 pages, 8 figures, 4 tables, 1 SIMBAD object Accepted by Astronomy & Astrophysics (manuscript AA-2006-6026)