cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Towards a Conceptual and Practice Framework for Statutory Kinship Care in Victoria
Creators: name: Borenstein, Juliette
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 480402
subject: Family law
classificationCode: 500104
subject: Human rights and justice issues (excl. law)
classificationCode: 520102
subject: Educational psychology
classificationCode: 420601
subject: Community child health
classificationCode: 420303
subject: Family care

description: Submitted in fulfilment of the total requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Department of Social Work and Social Policy, College of Science, Health and Engineering, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.

This thesis was a recipient of the Nancy Millis Award for theses of exceptional merit.
Hypercomplex structures on Kaehler manifolds
Creators: name: Verbitsky, Misha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 53C26; 53C55; 53C80

description: Let (M,I) be a compact Kaehler manifold admitting a hypercomplex structure. We show that (M, I) admits a natural HKT-metric. This is used to construct a holomorphic symplectic form on (M,I).
description: 10 pages, minor errors corrected
Roles of credit institutions in the improvement of rural livelihood and poverty alleviation in Mangu local government area, Plateau State
Creators: name: Ejembi, S. A.
name: Attah, A. J.
name: Damulak, J. S.
name: Ejembi, S. A.
name: Attah, A. J.
name: Damulak, J. S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Roles
subject: credit institutions
subject: improvement
subject: rural
subject: livelihood
subject: poverty alleviation

description: Successive Nigerian governments have made great efforts toward the improvement of rural welfare through poverty alleviation. These efforts translated into the establishment of several rural development programmes including Agricultural Credit Guaranteed Scheme (ACGS) and Nigerian Agricultural Cooperative and Rural Development Bank (NARCDB). This study is an assessment of the roles of these financial institutions in improving the lives of the rural people of Mangu Local Government in Plateau state in terms of provision of credit to enable adoption of technologies. The specific objectives were to identify the technologies available to the people, examine farmers’ accessibility to the credit facilities and determine the extent to which accessibility of credit facilities has helped adoption of innovation in the area. A total of 106 respondents were selected using a stratified random sampling technique. Structured questionnaire was used to collect data from respondents. Data were analysed using percentages and frequency distribution. The results of the analysis show that 87.5% of the respondents agreed that very few of the technologies available were adopted because of financial constraints. Also, 80.0% indicated that it was quite difficult to access the credit due delay in document processing (41.96%, unattainable collaterals (27.68% and other corrupt practices 25%). He financial institutions helped the very few to adopt technologies that were capital intensive by providing the required credit. It was concluded based on the findings that the establishment of credit institutions has not helped the Mangu people much, because of the inaccessibility of the facilities. Consequently, it is recommended that farmers in this area should reduce their dependence on the formal financial/credit institutions by adopting technologies that are less capital intensive or alternatively form their own traditional credit systems. Technology development for farmers should take into account the social and economic capacity of the people to have the desired impact on the people.
title: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: a literature review on radiological-histopathological correlation
Creators: name: Sanchez Rodriguez, Jaime
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Dementia
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Neuroradiology brain

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: 1. Through examples, show the radiological - histopathological correlation in Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, and how this knowledge helps in the understanding and diagnosis of the disease. 2. Understand the imaging findings useful to diagnose...
The Effect of Technological Innovation Among Rural Women In Nigeria: A Case Study of "Gari" Processing in Slected Villages of BEndel State, Nigeria
Creators: name: Williams, C.E.
name: Williams, C.E.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1982
Subjects: Community/Rural/Urban Development

description: The paper identifies the technological improvements/innovations which can support the socio-economic well-being of rural women in Nigeria. It is a participatory observation study with some rural women in selected villages in Bendel State, Nigeria involved in gari processing. The study shows that there are positive and adverse effects of gari pro­cessing. The.introduction of the gari processing machine has eliminated some of the drudgery associated with the traditional method of processing and the processing is now done in a shorter time. It has however transferred part of the processing work which traditionally belongs to the women, to the men and has therefore deprived them of a source of income.
Οι Αραβικές και Βυζαντινές επιδράσεις στην κοσμική αρχιτεκτονική της Νορμανδικής Σικελίας
Creators: name: Παπανικολάου, Ελένη Κωνσταντίνου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2021
Subjects: Κοσμική Αρχιτεκτονική
Νορμανδοί
Σικελία
Secular architecture
Normands
Sicily

description: Σκοπός της μεταπτυχιακής εργασίας ήταν η μελέτη της κοσμικής αρχιτεκτονικής του Νορμανδικού βασιλείου της Σικελίας. Μελετήθηκαν τα σημαντικότερα παλάτια της πρωτεύουσας του βασιλείου αυτού, του Παλέρμο, στα οποία εντοπίστηκε η ιδιαίτερη, αρχιτεκτονική ώσμωσης, όπως χαρακτηρίζεται. Αρχικά παρουσιάστηκε το ιστορικό πλαίσιο, για την καλύτερη κατανόηση των συνθηκών εδραίωσης του νέου αυτού φύλλου, και στη συνέχεια η λεπτομερής ανάλυση της αρχιτεκτονικής των Νορμανδικών παλατιών. Στη συνέχεια έγινε αναλυτική παρουσίαση των αραβικών και βυζαντινών στοιχείων επίδρασης, όπως αυτά αποτυπώθηκαν στα συγκεκριμένα παλάτια, βρίσκοντας παράλληλα στους αντίστοιχους πολιτισμούς για την ασφαλέστερη εξαγωγή συμπερασμάτων. Έτσι ο συνδυασμός αυτών των, πολλές φορές αποκλινόντων, στοιχείων των δύο αυτών πολιτισμών συνέθεσε το μοναδικό αυτό «υβριδικό» αποτέλεσμα, του οποίου παράλληλο δεν έχει εντοπιστεί σε κάποιον άλλο πολιτισμό. Η μοναδική αυτή αρχιτεκτονική, διήρκεσε μόνο για έναν αιώνα, τον 12ο, καθώς η βασιλεία των Νορμανδών ανατράπηκε από την δυναστεία των Staufen, η οποία επηρέασε και την αρχιτεκτονική της νήσου
description: The purpose of the thesis was to study the secular architecture of the Norman kingdom of Sicily. The most important palaces of the capital of this kingdom, named Palermo, were studied, in which the particular, osmosis, architecture, as it is characterized, was observed. Initially, the historical framework was presented, in order to better understand the conditions for the consolidation of this new tribe, and the detailed analysis of the architecture of the Norman palaces. Afterwards, there was a detailed presentation of the Arabic and Byzantine elements of influence, as reflected in these palaces, finding parallels in the respective cultures, for more accurate conclusions. Consequently, the combination of those, often divergent, elements of these two cultures composed this unique "hybrid" architecture, parallels of which have not been detected in any other civilization. This unique architecture endured only for a century, during the 12th, as the reign of the Normans was overthrown by the Staufen dynasty, which changed the architecture of the island
title: Feasibility of a novel early dark cortical band sign on CT for differentiating clear cell renal cell carcinoma from fat poor angiomyolipoma
Creators: name: Ogawa, Yuko
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: CT
subject: Kidney
subject: Abdomen

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: A peritumoral pseudocapsule, composed of fibrous connective tissue and compressed adjacent renal parenchyma, is frequently observed in renal cell carcinoma (RCC) pathologically [ 1 ]. Compared to MRI, CT is less sensitive in detecting pseudocapsules...
What is a Question?
Creators: name: Knuth, Kevin H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A given question can be defined in terms of the set of statements or assertions that answer it. Application of logical inference to these sets of assertions allows one to derive the logic of inquiry among questions. There are interesting symmetries between the logics of inference and inquiry; where probability describes the degree to which a premise implies an assertion, there exists an analogous measure that describes the bearing or relevance that a question has on an outstanding issue. These have been extended to suggest that the logic of inquiry results in functional relationships analogous to, although more general than, those found in information theory. Employing lattice theory, I examine in greater detail the structure of the space of assertions and questions demonstrating that the symmetries between the logical relations in each of the spaces derive directly from the lattice structure. Furthermore, I show that while symmetries between the spaces exist, the two lattices are not isomorphic. The lattice of assertions is described by a Boolean lattice 2^N, whereas the lattice of assuredly real questions is shown to be a sublattice of the free distributive lattice 2^(2^N). Thus there does not exist a one-to-one mapping of assertions to questions, there is no reflection symmetry between the two spaces, and questions in general do not possess complements. Last, with these lattice structures in mind, I discuss the relationship between probability, relevance, and entropy.
description: 16 pages, 6 figures
Quantum and classical diffusion in small-world networks
Creators: name: Kim, Beom Jun
name: Hong, H.
name: Choi, M. Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study numerically quantum diffusion of a particle on small-world networks by integrating the time-dependent Schrödinger equation with a localized initial state. The participation ratio, which corresponds to the number of visited sites in the case of classical diffusion, as a function of time is measured and the corresponding diffusion time $τ$ is computed. In a local regular network, i.e., in the network with the rewiring probability $p=0$, the diffusion time depends on the network size $N$ as $τ\sim N$, while the behavior $τ\sim \log N$ is observed as $p$ becomes finite. Such fast diffusion of a particle on a complex network suggests that the small-world transition is also the fast-world transition from a dynamic point of view. The classical diffusion behavior is also studied and compared with the quantum behavior.
description: 5 pages, to appear in PRB
title: Major and ancillary features according to LI-RADS in the assessment of combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma
Creators: name: Simonetti, Igino
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Neoplasia
subject: Comparative studies
subject: MR
subject: Oncology

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: The aim of the study was to investigate the performance of the Liver Imaging Reporting and Data System (LI-RADS) v2018 for combined hepatocellular-cholangiocarcinoma (cHCC-CCA) identifying the features that allow an accurate...
Τα μέτρα δικονομικού καταναγκασμού κατά τον Κώδικα Ποινικής Δικονομίας και τα πρωτεία της προσωρινής κράτησης
Creators: name: Πρίσκα, Ευγενία Ευάγγελου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2021
Subjects: Μέτρα δικονομικού καταναγκασμού
Κώδικας Ποινικής Δικονομίας
Προσωρινή κράτηση
Procedural coercion measures
Criminal Procedure Code
Ρrovisional detention

description: Σκοπός της παρούσας εργασίας ήταν η μελέτη της φύσεως και των εκφάνσεων επιβολής των μέτρων δικονομικού καταναγκασμού κατά τον Κώδικα Ποινικής Δικονομίας, καθώς και η περιγραφή του ρόλου τους εν γένει στην ποινική διαδικασία. Ιδιαίτερη έμφαση δόθηκε στην θεματική της προσωρινής κράτησης του κατηγορουμένου, η οποία αποτελεί το επαχθέστερο μέτρο δικονομικού καταναγκασμού που δύναται να επιβληθεί στον κατηγορούμενο, αλλά και αυτό που συναντάται συχνότερα στην δικαστηριακή πρακτική. Αντικείμενο μελέτης αποτέλεσαν επίσης, οι προϋποθέσεις επιβολής των μέτρων δικονομικού καταναγκασμού, η διάρκειά τους και ο έλεγχος της εφαρμογής τους, οι δυνατότητες άμυνας του κατηγορουμένου, η σχέση των μέτρων δικονομικού καταναγκασμού με την αρχή της αναλογικότητας και το τεκμήριο αθωότητας του κατηγορουμένου, καθώς και επιμέρους ζητήματα που αφορούν τα κατ’ ιδίαν μέτρα δικονομικού καταναγκασμού, την περίπτωση συρροής εγκλημάτων καθώς και τα μέτρα που αφορούν τους ανήλικους δράστες
description: The purpose of this thesis was to examine the nature and aspects of procedural coercion measures provided by the Greek Criminal Procedure Code, as well as to describe their role in criminal procedure. Emphasis was given particularly on issues regarding the provisional detention of the defendant, which is the most oppressive procedural coercion measure that may be imposed on them, besides being the one mainly enforced by investigation authorities. Moreover this thesis focused on issues concerning the conditions of procedural coercion measures’ imposition, its duration and its monitoring, the defendant’s defensive options, the connection between procedural coercion measures and the principle of proportionality as well as the presumption of innocence of the defendant, in addition to specific matters about procedural coercion measures in particular, the case of concurrent offences, and last but not least, the provisions about juvenile crime
Pion-induced production of $Λ(1520)$ hyperons on nuclei near threshold
Creators: name: Paryev, E. Ya.
name: Kiselev, Yu. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the pion-induced inclusive $Λ(1520)$ hyperon production from nuclei near threshold within a nuclear spectral function approach accounting for incoherent primary $π^-$ meson--proton ${π^-}p \to K^0Λ(1520)$ production processes. We calculate the absolute differential and total cross sections for the production of $Λ(1520)$ hyperons off carbon and tungsten nuclei at laboratory angles of 0$^{\circ}$--10$^{\circ}$, 10$^{\circ}$--45$^{\circ}$ and 45$^{\circ}$--85$^{\circ}$ by $π^-$ mesons with momentum of 1.7 GeV/c as well as their relative (transparency ratio) differential and integral yields from these nuclei within four scenarios for their total in-medium width. We demonstrate that these absolute observables, contrary to the relative ones, reveal some sensitivity to the $Λ(1520)$ in-medium width. Therefore, their measurement in a dedicated experiment at the GSI pion beam facility will allow to shed light on this width.
description: 14 pages
Semi-inclusive decays Lambda_b -> X_c + D_s^* at O(alpha_s) including Lambda_b and D_s^* polarization effects
Creators: name: Fischer, M.
name: Groote, S.
name: Körner, J. G.
name: Mauser, M. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the leading order of the (1/m_b)-expansion in HQET the dominant contribution to the semi-inclusive decays of polarized Lambda_b baryons into the charm-strangeness mesons D_s and D_s^* is given by the partonic process b(up) -> c + (D_s^-, D_s^{*-}). Using standard values for the parameters of the process one expects a rather large branching ratio of approx. 8% into these two channels. In the factorization approximation the semi-inclusive decay of a polarized Lambda_b is governed by three unpolarized and four polarized structure functions for which we determine the nonperturbative O(1/m_b^2) corrections and the O(alpha_s) radiative corrections. We find that the perturbative and nonperturbative corrections amount to approx. 10% and approx. 3%, respectively. The seven structure functions can be measured through an analysis of the joint decay distributions of the process involving the polarization of the Lambda_b and the decays D_s^{*-} -> D_s^- + gamma and D_s^{*-} -> D_s^- + pi^0 for which we provide explicit forms. We also provide numerical results for the Cabibbo suppressed semi-inclusive decays Lambda_b -> X_u + (D_s, D_s^*).
description: 19 pages in LaTeX, including 5 encapsulated Postscript figures, published version
Conservation of Ecosystem Services : (Annotated bibliography)
Creators: name: Echeverri Ochoa, Alejandra
name: Chan, Kai Ming Adam, 1975-
Publisher: name: Oxford University Press
Year: 2017

description: As the processes by which nature renders benefits for people, ecosystem services are fundamental to healthy and thriving human life, and include climate regulation, flood mitigation, and clean water provision. At the turn of the 21st century, the “ecosystem services” term was coined to help the biological conservation movement broaden beyond its traditional reliance upon the intrinsic values of nature, and thus emerged a vibrant and burgeoning field of research and practice on the ecological provision of such services, their economic valuation, and management. The concept has become central to the quantification and communication of the consequences of environmental management generally. Assessments of legal frameworks and regulations have revealed the ways in which existing laws and policies protect some ecosystem services but do so in a patchy and incomplete manner. Accordingly, much attention has been focused on the development of new institutions for ecosystem services conservation, particularly incentive programs like payments for ecosystem services (PES). The ethical considerations of the concept and its application have been a constant source of passionate debate, including concerns associated with the underlying anthropocentric utilitarian framing, the appropriateness of a production metaphor for ecosystems, and the valuation and commodification of nature. Recently, a diverse swath of social scientists has contributed crucial insights regarding the cultural context for ecosystem services and the appropriate representation of the nonmaterial (or “extra­material”) values associated with nature. Perhaps the recent more inclusive engagement with values could enable ecosystem services to attain a long­sought normalization of conservation.
title: Diffusion kurtosis imaging and conventional diffusion weighted imaging to assess electrochemotherapy response in locally advanced pancreatic cancer
Creators: name: Simonetti, Igino
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cancer
subject: Imaging sequences
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Oncology

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: The aim of the study was to evaluate diagnostic performance of functional parameters derived by conventional mono-exponential approach of diffusion weighted imaging (DWI) and by diffusion kurtosis imaging (DKI) in the assessment of pancreatic...
Phenomenological theory of cuprate superconductivity
Creators: name: Rabinowitz, Mario
name: McMullenb, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Reasonably good agreement with the superconducting transition temperatures of the cuprate high-Tc superconductors can be obtained on the basis of an approximate phenomenological theory. In this theory, two criteria are used to calculate the superconducting transition temperature. One is that the quantum wavelength is of the order of the electron-pair spacing. The other is that a very small fraction of the normal carriers exist as Cooper pairs at Tc. The resulting simple equation for Tc contains only two parameters: the normal carrier density and effective mass. We calculate specific transition temperatures for twelve cuprate superconductors.
description: 7 pages, 1 table
Σύγχρονη βιβλιογραφική ανασκόπηση αναφορικά με τις επιδράσεις των φθαλικών ενώσεων στη γονιμότητα των ανδρών αναπαραγωγικής ηλικίας
Creators: name: Σάββα Ευαγγελία Παντελή
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2021
Subjects: Κλινική Φαρμακολογία
Φθαλικές Ενώσεις
Γονιμότητα
Clinical Toxicology
Phthalates
Fertility

description: Πρόκειται για μία μελέτη της σύγχρονης βιβλιογραφίας με σκοπό την επίδραση της χρήσης φθαλικών στον άνθρωπο και στον πίνακα που ακολουθεί συνοψίζονται οι πιο συχνά ανιχνεύσιμες χημικές ενώσεις που ανήκουν στην κατηγορία των φθαλικών, καθώς και οι βασικότεροι μεταβολίτες τους. Ο στόχος της μελέτης μας είναι να αξιολογήσει την έκθεση του ανθρώπου σε φθαλικούς εστέρες σε άνδρες ώριμης αναπαραγωγικής ηλικίας σε σχέση με την κινητικότητα του σπέρματος, την υγεία του ανθρώπου και τις επιλογές τρόπου ζωής του. Οι φθαλικοί εστέρες και οι μεταβολίτες τους, έχουν ανιχνευθεί στο ανθρώπινο σπέρμα και στα ούρα, αντίστοιχα σε σημαντικές και δυνητικά τοξικές συγκεντρώσεις. Η παρουσία του φθαλικού σχετίζεται με χαμηλά επίπεδα γονιμότητας, σύμφωνα με τη βιβλιογραφία. Οι φθαλικοί εστέρες είναι συνθετικές οργανικές ενώσεις που χρησιμοποιούνται κυρίως ως πλαστικοποιητές σε καταναλωτικά προϊόντα, είναι χρήσιμοι στον τρόπο ζωής (π.χ. προϊόντα που σχετίζονται με PVC, συσκευασίες τροφίμων, φαρμακευτικές επιστρώσεις , αποσμητικά κ.λπ.)
description: Over the past two decades numerous epidemiological studies worldwide describe the correlation of the human exposure to phthalates with the fertility of men and women in reproductive age, monitoring parameters such as impaired sperm motility and low sperm count. Phthalates are synthetic organic compounds (e.g.: Dimethyl phthalate, Butyl benzyl phthalate, Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate etc.) predominately used as plasticizers in consumer products, are useful in lifestyle (e.g.: PVC-related products, food packaging, pharmaceutical coatings, deodorants etc.). Phthalates and their metabolites, have been detected in human semen and urine, respectively in considerable and potentially toxic concentrations. Phthalates’s presence is correlated with low fertility levels, according to bibliography. The aim of our study is to assess human exposure to phthalate esters in men of mature reproductive age with respect to sperm mobility, human health and lifestyle choices
Enabling the Analysis of Personality Aspects in Recommender Systems
Creators: name: Yakhchi, Shahpar
name: Beheshti, Amin
name: Ghafari, Seyed Mohssen
name: Orgun, Mehmet
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: Computers and Society (cs.CY)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: H.3.3; H.4.0; J.4; E.0

description: Existing Recommender Systems mainly focus on exploiting users' feedback, e.g., ratings, and reviews on common items to detect similar users. Thus, they might fail when there are no common items of interest among users. We call this problem the Data Sparsity With no Feedback on Common Items (DSW-n-FCI). Personality-based recommender systems have shown a great success to identify similar users based on their personality types. However, there are only a few personality-based recommender systems in the literature which either discover personality explicitly through filling a questionnaire that is a tedious task, or neglect the impact of users' personal interests and level of knowledge, as a key factor to increase recommendations' acceptance. Differently, we identifying users' personality type implicitly with no burden on users and incorporate it along with users' personal interests and their level of knowledge. Experimental results on a real-world dataset demonstrate the effectiveness of our model, especially in DSW-n-FCI situations.
description: This article contains 3 figures and 14 pages
Casimir-Polder forces: A non-perturbative approach
Creators: name: Buhmann, Stefan Yoshi
name: Dung, Ho Trung
name: Knöll, Ludwig
name: Welsch, Dirk-Gunnar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Within the frame of macroscopic QED in linear, causal media, we study the radiation force of Casimir-Polder type acting on an atom which is positioned near dispersing and absorbing magnetodielectric bodies and initially prepared in an arbitrary electronic state. It is shown that minimal and multipolar coupling lead to essentially the same lowest-order perturbative result for the force acting on an atom in an energy eigenstate. To go beyond perturbation theory, the calculations are based on the exact center-of-mass equation of motion. For a nondriven atom in the weak-coupling regime, the force as a function of time is a superposition of force components that are related to the electronic density-matrix elements at a chosen time. Even the force component associated with the ground state is not derivable from a potential in the ususal way, because of the position dependence of the atomic polarizability. Further, when the atom is initially prepared in a coherent superposition of energy eigenstates, then temporally oscillating force components are observed, which are due to the interaction of the atom with both electric and magnetic fields.
description: 23 pages, 3 figures, additional misprints corrected
Minutia Modelling and Secure Fingerprint Authentication with Applications to the IoT
Creators: name: Bedari, Aseel
Publisher: name: La Trobe
Year: 2022
Subjects: classificationCode: 461299
subject: Software engineering not elsewhere classified

description: A thesis submitted in total fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Engineering, School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia.

This thesis was a recipient of the Nancy Millis Award for theses of exceptional merit.
Rural Households' perception of solar energy as an alternative source of household electrical energy in Oyo State, Nigeria
Creators: name: Ajao, I. E.
name: Oyesola, O. B.
name: Ajao, I. E.
name: Oyesola, O. B.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Solar energy
subject: Alternative energy sources
subject: perception
subject: rural households

description: Electrical energy is important for sustainable livelihood within rural households of Nigeria. Inconsistent and lack of electricity supply from the national grid is problematic. This study investigated rural households’ perception of solar energy as an alternative source of electrical energy in Oyo State. A multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 130 rural households. Data were collected using structured interview schedule and analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. Majority (68.8%) of the respondents were male and 66.7% earned less than N20,000 in a month. Majority (67.2%) were connected to the national electricity grid (PHCN) with average electricity supply of 4 hours in 3 days per week. Most households spent N13,163.40 per month in fuelling their generators. The major household appliances respondents were willing to power with solar energy were light bulbs (95.2%), television (92.0%), charging of phone (87.2%), standing fan (66.4%), rechargeable lamp (60.0%), radio (55.2%), and DVD (52.9%) for 6-12 hours per day. Majority (52.8%) had an unfavourable perception towards use of solar energy as an alternative source of household electrical energy. There were significant relationships between respondents’ monthly income (r=0.269, p=0.002), religion (=0.244, p=0.019), education (=0.238, p=0.050) and perception toward the use of solar energy as an alternative source of household electrical energy. It was concluded that the respondents in the study area had an unfavourable perception towards solar energy as an alternative source of household electrical energy, therefore, rural households’ should be enlightened about solar energy.
title: Key Points for Differential Diagnosis of the “Reversed Halo Sign” on CT
Creators: name: Kosar Tunc, Melis
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Education and training
subject: Education
subject: CT
subject: Thorax
subject: Pulmonary vessels
subject: Lung

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: To describe and illustrate the spectrum of diseases that can cause reversed halo sign (RHS) on computed tomography (CT). To learn the key points for differential diagnosis among the pathologies that cause RHS on...
Social factors affecting livelihood strategies of rural households in South-East Nigeria: Implication for rural development
Creators: name: Nwaogwugwu, O. N.
name: Matthews-Njoku, E. C.
name: Nwaogwugwu, O. N.
name: Matthews-Njoku, E. C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Community/Rural/Urban Development
subject: Social factors
subject: livelihood strategies
subject: rural households
subject: Southeast Nigeria

description: Negative social values have hampered the various rural development efforts for sustainable livelihoods in rural Nigeria over the years. This study analyzed the social factors affecting livelihood strategies of rural households in Southeast Nigeria. The specific objectives of the study were to identify the predominant livelihood strategies of rural households and analyses the social factors affecting livelihood strategies of rural households in the study area. With the aid of a structured and validated interview schedule, data were collected from a sample size of 180 household-heads selected from a population of 754,702 households in the study area using a multistage sampling procedure. The statistical tools used in data analysis included mean, frequency, percentage and factor analysis. The result indicated that the predominant agricultural livelihood strategies found among rural households in southeast Nigeria include crop farming (mean = 3.47), livestock farming (mean = 3.13) while the predominant non-agricultural livelihood strategies includes petty trading (mean =3.13) and remittances from relatives (mean = 2.70). The social factors affecting livelihood strategies of farm-families in the study area include lack of trust and dependability among members of the community (mean = 3.02), misappropriation of resources by corrupt political appointees at both state and local levels (mean = 3.27. Factor analysis result showed 2 major social factor loadings affecting livelihood strategies of households in the study area as corrupt social order and insecurity. It is concluded that social factors affected the livelihood strategies of households in Southeast Nigeria. It is therefore recommended that sustainable programmes on social reformation, transformation and re-orientation of national values should be designed and mounted by government at all tiers, groups and organisations.
Crossed two Higgs-doublet models: reduction of Yukawa parameters in the low-scale limit of left-right symmetry and other avatars
Creators: name: Branco, Gustavo C.
name: Das, Dipankar
name: Levy, Miguel
name: Pal, Palash B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present new variants of the Two Higgs-Doublet Model where all Yukawa couplings with physical Higgs bosons are controlled by the quark mixing matrices of both chiralities, as well as, in one case, the ratio between the two scalar doublets' vacuum expectation values. We obtain these by imposing approximate symmetries on the Lagrangian which, in one of the cases, clearly reveals the model to be the electroweak remnant of the Minimal Left-Right Symmetric Model. We also argue for the benefits of the bidoublet notation in the Two Higgs-Doublet Model context for uncovering new models.
description: 15 pages, 2 figures
title: Diagnostic evaluation of infectious, inflammatory and ischemic colitis: How can we help?
Creators: name: Alves, Sofia
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Ischaemia / Infarction
subject: Inflammation
subject: Infection
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: PACS
subject: CT
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: Colon

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: - To review the computed tomography (CT) technique for examining the colon and outline its normal anatomic features. - To describe and illustrate the CT findings of infectious, inflammatory, and ischemic forms of colitis, with emphasis on...
Charge-based quantum computing using single donors in semiconductors
Creators: name: Hollenberg, L. C. L.
name: Dzurak, A. S.
name: Wellard, C.
name: Hamilton, A. R.
name: Reilly, D. J.
name: Milburn, G. J.
name: Clark, R. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Condensed Matter (cond-mat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Solid-state quantum computer architectures with qubits encoded using single atoms are now feasible given recent advances in atomic doping of semiconductors. Here we present a charge qubit consisting of two dopant atoms in a semiconductor crystal, one of which is singly ionised. Surface electrodes control the qubit and a radio-frequency single electron transistor provides fast readout. The calculated single gate times, of order 50ps or less, are much shorter than the expected decoherence time. We propose universal one- and two-qubit gate operations for this system and discuss prospects for fabrication and scale up.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, updated version submitted to Physical Review B
Εθνοτικές διαφορές και ιδεολογικά κόμματα σε προνεωτερικές κοινωνίες. Η μελέτη περίπτωσης της Κενυας
Creators: name: Τσαβαλιάς Κωνσταντίνος Βασιλείου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2021
Subjects: Πολιτικές Ιδεολογίες
Εθνοτισμός
Υποσαχάρια Αφρική
Κένυα
Political Ideologies
Ethnicity
Sub-Saharian Africa
Kenya

description: Σκοπός της παρούσας διπλωματικής εργασίας είναι να εξεταστεί η τριγωνική σχέση των πολιτικών κομμάτων με τις πολιτικές ιδεολογίες και τον εθνοτισμό σε κοινωνίες που χαρακτηρίζονται απο προνεωτερικά πολιτικά και κοινωνικά χαρακτηριστικά, και συχνά είναι διαιρεμένες με βάση την εθνοτική ταυτότητα. Με πιο απλά λόγια, στόχος είναι να εξεταστεί αν τα πολιτικά κόμματα που αναπτύσσονται σε αυτό το πλαίσιο, και με δεδομένη την πολιτικοποίηση και την επιρροή του εθνοτισμού, δύναται να επηρεαστούν και να αναλάβουν δράση στη βάση συγκεκριμένων πολιτικών ιδεολογιών
description: The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the triangular relationship of political parties with political ideologies and ethnicity in societies characterized by progressive political and social characteristics, and are often divided on the basis of ethnic identity. In simpler terms, the aim is to examine whether political parties developing in this context, and given the politicization and influence of ethnicity, can be influenced and act on the basis of specific political ideologies
Exact solutions for ground effect
Creators: name: Baddoo, Peter J.
name: Kurt, Melike
name: Ayton, Lorna J.
name: Moored, Keith W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: "Ground effect" refers to the enhanced performance enjoyed by fliers or swimmers operating close to the ground. We derive a number of exact solutions for this phenomenon, thereby elucidating the underlying physical mechanisms involved in ground effect. Unlike previous analytic studies, our solutions are not restricted to particular parameter regimes such as "weak" or "extreme" ground effect, and do not even require thin aerofoil theory. Moreover, the solutions are valid for a hitherto intractable range of flow phenomena including point vortices, uniform and straining flows, unsteady motions of the wing, and the Kutta condition. We model the ground effect as the potential flow past a wing inclined above a flat wall. The solution of the model requires two steps: firstly, a coordinate transformation between the physical domain and a concentric annulus, and secondly, the solution of the potential flow problem inside the annulus. We show that both steps can be solved by introducing a new special function which is straightforward to compute. Moreover, the ensuing solutions are simple to express and offer new insight into the mathematical structure of ground effect. In order to identify the missing physics in our potential flow model, we compare our solutions against new experimental data. The experiments show that boundary layer separation on the wing and wall occurs at small angles of attack, and we suggest ways in which our model could be extended to account for these effects.
description: Main body: 10 pages & 3 figures; supplementary material: 6 pages & 5 figures. Submitted to JFM Rapids
title: Influence of pulse width on blurring and ghost artifact, visibility of pulmonary nodules, and measurement of diaphragmatic movement in dynamic chest radiography
Creators: name: Hashimoto, Naoya
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Chronic obstructive airways disease
subject: Cancer
subject: Technology assessment
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: Digital radiography
subject: Lung

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Dynamic Chest Radiography (DCR) system has been clinically introduced since November 2018. DCR system consists of a conventional radiography system (RadSpeed Pro; Shimadzu, Kyoto, Japan), a flat-panel detector (FPD) (AeroDr fine; Konica Minolta,...
The Necessity of Establishing a Food Policy Council and Some Considerations for Its Setting in Korea
Creators: name: Kim, Jongduk
name: Kim, Jongduk
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: food saftey
subject: food security
subject: food policy council
subject: global food system

description: In this paper, I will survey American and Canadian FPCs (Food Policy Council) and show importance of setting one in Korea. Concerning American and Canadian FPCs, this paper reviews their background, status, members, model, characteristic, activities, merits, and accomplishments, along with problems. To contend why such a council is needed in Korea, I discuss several reasons: dealing with food holistically, coping with food security and food safety in the region, making rural economy viable, transforming conventional farming into ecologically friendly farming and integrating farmers in suburban areas. This paper also gives some practical considerations for setting up FPCs in Korea: initiatives, members, unit of establishment, role of regional government, vision and budget problems.
Submillimeter Array Observations of CS J=14--13 Emission from the Evolved Star IRC+10216
Creators: name: Young, K. H.
name: Hunter, T. R.
name: Wilner, D. J.
name: Gurwell, M. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present imaging observations of the evolved star IRC+10216 in the CS J=14--13 line at 685.4 GHz and associated submillimeter continuum at about 2'' resolution made with the partially constructed Submillimeter Array. The CS J=14--13 line emission from the stellar envelope is well resolved both spatially and spectrally. The strong central concentration of the line emission provides direct evidence that CS is a parent molecule that forms close to the stellar photosphere, in accord with previous images of the lower excitation CS J=2--1 line and inferences from unresolved observations of vibrationally excited transitions. The continuum emission is dominated by a compact, unresolved component, consistent with the photospheric emission, that accounts for about 20% of the broadband 450 micron flux. These are the first interferometer imaging observations made in the semi-transparent 450 micron atmospheric window.
description: accepted for publication in ApJ Letters, 12 pages, 3 figures
Additional file 2 of The Ckd. Qld fabRy Epidemiology (aCQuiRE) study protocol: identifying the prevalence of Fabry disease amongst patients with kidney disease in Queensland, Australia
Creators: name: Mallett, Andrew
name: Kearey, Phoebe
name: Cameron, Anne
name: Healy, Helen
name: Denaro, Charles
name: Thomas, Mark
name: Lee, Vincent
name: Stark, Samantha
name: Fuller, Maria
name: Hoy, Wendy
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 2: Supplementary Document 2. Case Report 2: Testing and Referral for Fabry Disease
Comparison of Satisfaction for Environmental Friendly Agricultural Products among Life Styles
Creators: name: Ro, Chaeyeong
name: Ro, Chaeyeong
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: life styles
subject: environmental friendly agricultural products
subject: degree of satisfaction
subject: multiple regression analysis

description: This study was designed to find out determinant factors in selecting environmentally friendly agricultural products and to analyze the degree of consumer's satisfaction toward the products depending on life styles. 310 questionnaires were collected, and frequency, percentage, one-way ANOVA, and multiple regression analysis was conducted using SPSS WIN 10.0. As a result, it was found that: First, consumers show a high degree of satisfaction for environmentally friendly agricultural products. The degree of satisfaction was significantly different depending on age, residence, and families. It was also found that substantial and environmental protection types are significant variables. Second, it was proved that the degree of satisfaction for environmentally friendly agricultural products is a determinant factor to consumers. Age, residence, families, substantial types and environmental protection types are significant variables. Accordingly, the degree of satisfaction is a positive factor, and consumers will regard environmentally friendly cultivation as a very important factor.
Purchasing Behavior of Urban Households on Greenhouse-Fruits
Creators: name: Kim, Kyungphil
name: Kim, Kyungphil
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Crop Production/Industries
subject: greenhouse-grape
subject: greenhouse-tangerine
subject: substitute fruit
subject: consumer behavior

description: There are two main purposes of this study. One is to grasp substitute items for the fruits cultivated in greenhouse. The other is to grasp the consumer's preference and present its implication for fruit production in Korea. The items studied include grapes and tangerines. For the study method, a consumer survey for urban households was conducted. The survey result reveals that greenhouse-cultivated grape tends to be substituted with watermelon, peach, and tomato. And the substitute items of greenhouse-cultivated tangerine are orange, watermelon, peach, and tomato. The consumer's satisfaction in the quality of greenhouse-cultivated fruits is generally high.
Consumer Food Safety Practices: Raw Milk Consumption and Food Thermometer Use
Creators: name: Rhodes, M. Taylor
name: Kuchler, Fred
name: McClelland, Ket
name: Hamrick, Karen S.
name: Rhodes, M. Taylor
name: Kuchler, Fred
name: McClelland, Ket
name: Hamrick, Karen S.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: Health Economics and Policy
subject: food safety
subject: risks of foodborne illness
subject: nonpasteurized milk
subject: raw milk
subject: food thermometer use
subject: at-home meals
subject: food at home
subject: consumer food safety practices
subject: meal preparation
subject: eating patterns
subject: food intake
subject: American Time Use Survey
subject: Eating and Health Module

description: Providing consumers with recommendations on specific food safety practices may be a cost effective policy option, acting either as a complement to or substitute for additional food safety regulations on food suppliers, but it would require a detailed understanding of consumer food safety practices. Using data from the 2014 to 2016 American Time Use Survey–Eating and Health Module, we examine two food safety practices in which Government health and safety officials, as well as the broader food safety community, have offered unequivocal advice: meal prepares should always use a thermometer to verify that meat has reached a recommended temperature and consumers should avoid raw (unpasteurized) milk. We found that 2 percent of at-home meal preparers in the United States served raw milk during a typical week; of which 80 percent lived with two or more people, 44 percent were married, 36 percent lived with one or more children, and 28 percent lived with at least one person age 62 or older, indicating the potential that at-risk populations are consuming raw milk. While preparing meals with meat, poultry, or seafood, 14 percent of at-home meal preparers in the United States used a food thermometer. Meal preparers who use a food thermometer typically earned more, reported better physical health, were more likely to exercise, were more likely married, and had larger and younger households. Last, rates of food thermometer usage were higher for at-home meal preparers whose occupation was food-preparation related, suggesting food safety training or awareness at work may influence food safety behavior at home.