cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Experimental study of the behavioural mechanisms underlying self-organization in human crowds
Creators: name: Moussaid, Mehdi
name: Helbing, Dirk
name: Garnier, Simon
name: Johansson, Anders
name: Combe, Maud
name: Theraulaz, Guy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Biological Physics (physics.bio-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In animal societies as well as in human crowds, many observed collective behaviours result from self-organized processes based on local interactions among individuals. However, models of crowd dynamics are still lacking a systematic individual-level experimental verification, and the local mechanisms underlying the formation of collective patterns are not yet known in detail. We have conducted a set of well-controlled experiments with pedestrians performing simple avoidance tasks in order to determine the laws ruling their behaviour during interactions. The analysis of the large trajectory dataset was used to compute a behavioural map that describes the average change of the direction and speed of a pedestrian for various interaction distances and angles. The experimental results reveal features of the decision process when pedestrians choose the side on which they evade, and show a side preference that is amplified by mutual interactions. The predictions of a binary interaction model based on the above findings were then compared to bidirectional flows of people recorded in a crowded street. Simulations generate two asymmetric lanes with opposite directions of motion, in quantitative agreement with our empirical observations. The knowledge of pedestrian behavioural laws is an important step ahead in the understanding of the underlying dynamics of crowd behaviour and allows for reliable predictions of collective pedestrian movements under natural conditions.
Perceptions of Little people, big world among members of Little People of America
Creators: name: Humphries, Lauren B.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2012

description: This paper examines the extent to which members of Little People of America perceive The Learning Channel?s Little People, Big World as a positive, realistic representation of dwarfism. The literature review discusses various communication theories and their applications in social research, and the recent use of the media to create positive, realistic perceptions of people with physical differences and different abilities. Research measures the impact of Little People, Big World, a series that portrays the unique experiences of people with dwarfism. This study uses a quantitative survey of current members of Little People of America. Research questions examine the effect of Little People, Big World on levels of involvement in the organization, and the perceived realism and evaluation of the series by Little People of America members. The survey also collects data regarding what types of media are most effective in creating positive perceptions of individuals and families with dwarfism.
description: (M.S.) -- Towson University, 2012.
Predicting quality of life in epilepsy: implications for psychological strategies for seizure management
Creators: name: Hether, Shandelle D.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: Epilepsy is a neurological disorder marked by recurrent seizure activity. This disorder occurs in approximately 1% of Americans (Centers for Disease Control, 2008). Quality of life (QOL) remains to be an issue for this population. Individuals with epilepsy are approximately three times more likely to commit suicide than the general public. Despite an abundance of research investigating predictors of QOL in this population a number of limitations must be acknowledged. The following study examined research on seizure awareness, perception of control, spontaneous management strategies, depression and anxiety for their ability to predict QOL in individuals with epilepsy. A number of established measures were adapted to create a battery of assessments that can assist clinicians working with individuals with epilepsy. Results of the present study suggest this battery is a significant predictor of QOL among individuals with epilepsy. PATH analysis was used to explore the interrelationships between these psychosocial variables and QOL. Additionally, this study provides that first explicit support of a negative correlation between QOL and suicide risk. The proposed model to predict QOL is used to predict suicide risk. The results of this study provide insight into the recent development of self-management programs geared towards teaching individuals with epilepsy to use cognitive, behavioral and emotional strategies to decrease seizure activity and psychological symptoms.
description: (M.A.) -- Towson University, 2012.
title: Rezension: Schreiter, Ina (2002), Schreibversuche. Kreatives Schreiben bei Lernern des Deutschen als Fremdsprache – Themenvorschläge, Arbeitsempfehlungen und viele authentische Beispiele für phantasievolle Texte
Creators: name: Rieger, Caroline
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: In der Einleitung zu ihrem Buch weist die Autorin – wie viele vor ihr (vgl. Bohn 1987; Faistauer 1997) – darauf hin, dass das Schreiben als vierte Fertigkeit im Fremdsprachenunterricht gewöhnlich als Stiefkind behandelt wird, zumindest wenn es um das so genannte freie oder kreative Schreiben geht. Doch seit die Kognitionspsychologie sich in den letzten Jahren verstärkt mit der Produktion fremdsprachlicher Texte befasst, beginnt sich die Einstellung zum kreativen Schreiben im fremdsprachlichen Unterricht zu ändern, zumal nachgewiesen werden konnte, dass das freie Schreiben das Lernen unterstützt (vgl. Becker-Mrotzek, 1997; Faistauer, 1997; Schreiter, 1998). Begrüßenswert sind in diesem Zusammenhang nicht nur die empirischen Studien, die auf die bedeutende Rolle des Schreibens für den Fremdsprachenerwerb hinweisen und dessen Wirkung belegen, sondern auch Veröffentlichungen wie die vorliegende, die Lehrende und Lernende zum Schreiben einladen, indem sie anhand von zahllosen authentischen Beispielen vorführen, was und wie im DaF-Unterricht geschrieben werden kann.
Talking gender: gendered language experiences of trans* individuals with medical providers
Creators: name: Hagen, D. Brienne
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2012

description: Gendered language can impact the way in which trans* individuals in the United States experience the healthcare they receive. This thesis highlights the experiences of trans* individuals with the gendered language used by their medical providers. A total of twenty individual interviews were conducted with trans* identified individuals. A thematic analysis was used to analyze participants? responses. Three primary themes emerged through the research: 1) the impact of medical forms in shaping the interactions with medical providers for trans* individuals, 2) the importance of Whole Person, Well Being care, and 3) the role of Misogyny and Privilege in shaping the experiences of trans* individuals. Recommendations for medical providers were created based on participants? responses. The concluding recommendations were direct communication, expanding forms, and creating healthcare focused on right care over right speech.
description: (M.S.) -- Towson University, 2012.
Additional file 4 of Metagenomic insights into the microbial communities of inert and oligotrophic outdoor pier surfaces of a coastal city
Creators: name: Tong, Xinzhao
name: Leung, Marcus H. Y.
name: Shen, Zhiyong
name: Lee, Justin Y. Y.
name: Mason, Christopher E.
name: Lee, Patrick K. H.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 4: Table S3. Statistics of beta-diversity analysis.
Reductionist thinking and ?Islamic? violence
Creators: name: Gentry, Bethany
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2012

description: Reductionist thinking explains a phenomenon, such as violence in Muslim states, with one cause. Reductionist thinking may erroneously reduce violence in the Muslim world to poverty or Islamic theology. Stathis Kalyvas distinguishes between master cleavages and local cleavages in a civil conflict. I examine civil conflicts in two Islamic states, Algeria and Afghanistan. Applying two theories of ?Islamic? violence I demonstrate how they do not account for local conflicts. I will conclude with non-Muslim cases from El Salvador and Argentina to show how reductionist thinking escalated violence. Local conflicts are not synonymous with the master cleavage. Local conflicts in El Salvador were not related to communism, the master cleavage. In the Muslim world, the local cleavages are not Islamic theology or poverty but often revenge or greed. Policy recommendations must address the roots of the violence and therefore must understand the local conflicts and avoid reductionist thinking.
description: (M.S.) -- Towson University, 2012.
An assessment of the efficacy of the Towson University hearing and speech-language screening
Creators: name: Farbman, Emily J.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: The efficacy of a college hearing screening program was examined by (1) completing an audiological assessment on 80 randomly selected students after they were screened in 2011 and (2) retrospectively examining hearing and speech-language screening results and follow-up return rates for all students screened over a 10-year period. Results indicated the hearing screening protocol had good specificity and sensitivity when considering the screening frequencies (1000, 2000, 4000 Hz) but missed many students with a high frequency "notch.? The retrospective file review for the hearing screenings showed a low positive predictive value (PPV) and a high over-referral rate (ORR). The speech-language screenings had a high PPV and a low ORR. Both screenings had poor follow-up return rates. Two main factors that contributed to the low sensitivity were high levels of ambient noise in the test rooms and the inability of the screener to detect high frequency hearing loss. Based on these findings, ambient noise levels surrounding the rooms where screenings take place should be monitored more closely. Also, college hearing screening program directors should carefully consider the purpose of the screening and adjust the protocol if they wish to identify noise induced hearing loss in college students and additionally, should propose ways to increase the follow-up return rate.
description: (Au. D.) -- Towson University, 2013.
Additional file 3 of Metagenomic insights into the microbial communities of inert and oligotrophic outdoor pier surfaces of a coastal city
Creators: name: Tong, Xinzhao
name: Leung, Marcus H. Y.
name: Shen, Zhiyong
name: Lee, Justin Y. Y.
name: Mason, Christopher E.
name: Lee, Patrick K. H.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 3: Table S2. Statistics of alpha-diversity analysis.
A multiscale view on inverse statistics and gain/loss asymmetry in financial time series
Creators: name: Siven, Johannes Vitalis
name: Lins, Jeffrey Todd
name: Hansen, Jonas Lundbek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Statistical Finance (q-fin.ST)
subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Researchers have studied the first passage time of financial time series and observed that the smallest time interval needed for a stock index to move a given distance is typically shorter for negative than for positive price movements. The same is not observed for the index constituents, the individual stocks. We use the discrete wavelet transform to illustrate that this is a long rather than short time scale phenomenon -- if enough low frequency content of the price process is removed, the asymmetry disappears. We also propose a new model, which explain the asymmetry by prolonged, correlated down movements of individual stocks.
Miners 'Train' Journalists
Creators: name: Pamba, Kevin
Publisher: name: Canberra, ACT : Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University
Year: 2014

description: This In Brief reports on the fourth annual Media Workshop (8–9 May 2014) sponsored by the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Chamber of Mines and Petroleum for journalists working in PNG’s mainstream media. The chamber is the peak representative body of the mining and petroleum industry, considered by many to be the backbone of the PNG economy.
title: Rezension: Neveling, Christiane (Hrsg.) (2002), Perspektiven für die zukünftige Fremdsprachendidaktik
Creators: name: Kranz, Dieter
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Am Freitag, 15. 2. 2002 fand an der FU Berlin anlässlich der Emeritierung von Professor Dr. Ludger Schiffler ein Symposium unter dem Titel „Perspektiven für die zukünftige Fremdsprachendidaktik“ statt. Die Beiträge zu dieser Festveranstaltung sind in dem vorstehend aufgeführten Sammelband erschienen, der von Christiane Neveling sachkundig ediert und informativ mit Kurzcharakteristiken der Ausführungen eingeleitet wurde. Es verwundert nicht, dass die besprochenen Interessenbereiche der Hochschullehrer weit gefächert und die Ansichten der Fachdidaktiker nicht in allen Belangen deckungsgleich sind. Spannungen und Widersprüche bei der Lektüre der Ausführungen zu entdecken ist ebenso reizvoll wie das Erkennen einer gemeinsamen wissenschaftlichen Zielsetzung und des Anliegens, zukunftweisende Wege zu beschreiten, die gesteckten Ziele zu erreichen.
Effects of real world background noise, song selection, and iPod volume levels on the audibility of songs to bystanders
Creators: name: Ecos, Melina
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2012

description: This research study investigated the effects of real world background noise, song selection, and volume level on audibility of a song as a bystander. The background noises included quiet (31.6 dB(A) of ambient noise), 45 dB(A) of speech babble, 60 dB(A) of restaurant noise, and 75 dB(A) of airplane noise. The five songs included ?Boom Boom? by The Blackeyed Peas, ?I Gotta Feeling? by The Blackeyed Peas, ?Love Game? by   Lady GaGa, ?You Know You Want Me? by Pit Bull, and ?Fire Burning? by Sean Kingston. The volume levels on an iPod touch included 0, 12.5, 25, 37.5, 50, 62.5, 75, 87.5, and 100%. The purpose of the research study was to determine if audibility of a song by a bystander indicated that the volume level was set at a dangerously loud level of greater than or equal to 85 dB(A) free field equivalent.       Fifty normal hearing adults participated in this study. Ten-second song clips for each of the five songs at the nine volume levels were convolved with the background noise conditions to create a total of 180 song clips. The participants were presented with randomized clips and their audibility of the songs was assessed. Results indicate that audibility varied among the five songs at the nine different volume levels in the four different background noise conditions. All of the songs were audible at volume levels greater than or equal to 85 dB(A) in all background noise conditions. A song with a high peak SPL was not more audible at a quiet volume level compared to another song with a lower peak SPL. As the background noise volume level increased, the audibility of the songs decreased. As volume level of the song increased, the audibility of the songs   increased. Therefore, a bystander 2?4? away from an individual listening to an iPod with standard iPod earbuds who indicates that the iPod song is audible does not necessarily indicate that the volume level is loud enough to damage a listeners hearing.
description: (Au. D.) -- Towson University, 2012.
Additional file 5 of Metagenomic insights into the microbial communities of inert and oligotrophic outdoor pier surfaces of a coastal city
Creators: name: Tong, Xinzhao
name: Leung, Marcus H. Y.
name: Shen, Zhiyong
name: Lee, Justin Y. Y.
name: Mason, Christopher E.
name: Lee, Patrick K. H.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 5: Figure S2. Species that contributed to pathways related to xenobiotics biodegradation and metabolism as well as energy metabolism on pier surfaces.
title: Rezension: Glück, Helmut 2002, Deutsch als Fremdsprache in Europa vom Mittelalter bis zur Barockzeit
Creators: name: Badstübner-Kizik, Camilla
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Das vorliegende Buch führt mitten hinein in ein Thema, das bislang für den Bereich des Fremdsprachenerwerbs vereinzelt behandelt wurde, für Deutsch als Fremdsprache aber so gut wie gar keine Rolle gespielt hat und das sich als sehr vielversprechend für Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaftler, für Fremdsprachendidaktiker und Historiker erweisen kann. Aufbau und Profil des Buches sind geprägt von der Tätigkeit der ‚Arbeitsstelle zur Geschichte des Deutschen als Fremdsprache’, die seit dem Jahre 2000 an der Universität Bamberg existiert und deren Leiter der Verfasser ist. Die Arbeitsstelle ist im Mai 2001 mit einem Symposium zum Thema Die Volkssprachen als Lerngegenstände in Europa im Mittelalter und in der frühen Neuzeit an die Öffentlichkeit getreten, sie betreut eine einschlägige Publikationsreihe und koordiniert Forschungsprojekte zum Erwerb des Deutschen als Fremdsprache vom Mittelalter bis in die Neuzeit. Der personelle und thematische Schwerpunkt der Arbeitsstelleliegt derzeit im süddeutschen Raum und in angrenzenden Gebieten, hauptsächlich in Böhmen und Mähren, in Norditalien, aber auch in der baltischen Region (Lettland) sowie in Russland und im skandinavischen Raum (v.a. Dänemark).
An evaluation of gender differences on tests of auditory processing
Creators: name: Daniel, Elizabeth M.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2012

description: When listening difficulties emerge despite a normal functioning peripheral auditory system and cognitive abilities, an auditory processing disorder (APD) can be diagnosed. This disorder can be seen in the older and younger populations, but it is more detrimental in children when language is being acquired. In addition, APD can present with other disorders affecting language, learning, and attention. In other developmental disorders, the prevalence of the disorder in males is higher than it is in females. The present study aimed to analyze gender differences on tests of auditory processing (AP). After a peripheral hearing assessment, children were tested in several areas to ensure they were typically developing. These areas included intelligence (Test of Nonverbal Intelligence ? version 3, TONI-3), language (Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals Screening Test ? version 4, CELF-4), reading (Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing, CTOPP), and attention (Integrated Visual and Auditory Continuous Performance Test, IVA-CPT). An AP test battery including dichotic digits test (DDT), frequency pattern test (FPT), duration pattern test (DPT), random gap detection test (RGDT), compressed and reverberated words (CRW), auditory figure ground +8 signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) (AFG+8), AFG 0 SNR, and listening in spatialized noise sentences test (LiSN-S) were utilized. No gender differences were observed in any of the AP tests. However, age differences were observed in almost every AP test. Further research is needed on a larger sample to help specify local normative data, by age and gender as warranted.
description: (Au. D.) -- Towson University, 2013.
MACHINE LEARNING COURSE
Creators: name: Karraz, George
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Linear Regression, Logistic Regression, Neural Networks, Deep Learning CNN, Support Vector Machine SVM, Decision Trees, Fuzzy C-Mean Clustering FCM, K- Nearest Neighbors KNN, Principal Component Analysis PCA, Performance Metrics in Machine Learning

description: 1- Machine Learning Is the use and development of computer systems that are able to learn and adapt without following explicit instructions, by using algorithms and statistical models to analyze and draw inferences from patterns in data. 2- Syllabus: Introduction (lecture I) Linear & Non-Linear Regression (Lecture II) & (Lecture II) Neural Networks (NN) (Lecture VI) … (Lecture X) Deep Learning (DL) (Lecture XI) Decision Trees (DT) (Lecture XII) Support Vector Machine (SVM) (Lecture XIII) Fuzzy C-mean Clustering (Lecture XIV) K- Nearest Neighbors (Lecture XV) Principal Components Analysis (PCA) (Lecture XVI) Performance Metrics in Machine Learning (Lecture XVII) 3-Machine Learning Requirements Statistics. Probability. Linear Algebra. Calculus. "The branch of mathematics that deals with the finding and properties of derivatives and integrals of functions, by methods originally based on the summation infinitesimal differences. The two main types are differential calculus and integral calculus.” Programming Languages.
Loop quantum gravity and the CMB: toward pre-Big Bounce cosmology
Creators: name: Barrau, Aurelien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This brief article sums up the possible imprints of loop quantum gravity effects on the cosmological microwave background. We focus on semi-classical terms and show that "Big Bounce" corrections, together with the "pre Big Bounce" state, could modify the observed spectrum.
description: Proceedings of the 12th Marcel Grossman Meeting on General Relativity. 3 pages, no figure
title: Rezension: Engel, Ulrich (2002), Kurze Grammatik der deutschen Sprache
Creators: name: Traoré, Salifou
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: Ungeachtet der Tatsache, dass sich in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten die Grammatik-Diskussion äußerst rasch entwickelt hat und heutzutage eine relativ reiche Forschungsliteratur vorliegt, hat diese Disziplin keineswegs an Aktualität verloren. Dies dürfte u. a. damit zusammenhängen, „dass verschiedene Schreiber von Grammatiken selten gleiche Ansichten haben und dass sie, wenn sie dasselbe zu sagen scheinen, oft nicht dasselbe meinen” (8). Deshalb warnt der Verfasser der hier vorliegenden Kurzen Grammatik der deutschen Sprache zu Recht von vornherein davor, eine bereits bekannte Grammatik „als Basis für den Einstieg in eine andere Grammatik zu verwenden” (8). Bei jeder Grammatik muss man also neu anfangen.
Physical Properties of Red Supergiants
Creators: name: Levesque, Emily
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Red supergiants (RSGs) are a He-burning phase in the evolution of moderately massive stars (10-25 solar masses). For many years, the assumed physical properties of these stars placed them at odds with the predictions of evolutionary theory. We have recently determined new effective temperatures and luminosities for the RSG populations of galaxies with a factor of ~8 range in metallicity, including the Milky Way, the Magellanic Clouds, and M31. We find that these new physical properties greatly improve the agreement between the RSGs and the evolutionary tracks, although there are still notable difficulties with modeling the physical properties of RSGs at low metallicity. We have also examined several unusual RSGs, including VY CMa in the Milky Way, WOH G64 in the LMC, and a sample of four RSGs in the Magellanic Clouds that show considerable variations in their physical parameters, most notably their effective temperatures. For all of these stars we reexamine their placement on the H-R diagram, where they have appeared to occupy the "forbidden" region to the right of the Hayashi track. We have updated current understanding of the physical properties of VY CMa and WOH G64; in the case of the unusual Magellanic Cloud variables, we conclude that these stars are undergoing an unstable evolutionary phase not previously associated with RSGs.
description: 10 pages, 2 figures; to appear in proceedings of "Hot and Cool: Bridging Gaps in Massive Star Evolution"
Social assistance and school dropouts : a study of the factors affecting school persistence of children in families receiving social assistance
Creators: name: Brown, Micaela Margaret
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: In the last half century the way to full self-development has become intimately bound up with the acquisition of an ever-lengthening formal education. Moreover, the successful operation of a democratic system demands a thinking people. Concern for the welfare of people on social assistance implies the promotion of equality of educational opportunity for their children. Failure to do so is both a betrayal of responsibility and a neglect of human resources which we can ill afford. The school dropout has been singled out as the object of a great deal of publicity in North America in recent years. Although numerous studies have been undertaken to identify the characteristics of school dropouts, few studies have dealt specifically with this problem as it is found in families in receipt of social assistance. The present study looks at the complex network of interacting forces: social, economic and educational, affecting these families and attempts to identify those factors which seem significant to school persistence. Illustrations of the way in which these various forces actually do combine to encourage early school withdrawal in public assistance families are cited. Two hundred and ninety families having children between the ages of 13 and 21 were selected from the public assistance caseload in one area of Vancouver. Information regarding age, length of time on assistance, and family composition were obtained from assistance application forms. A sample of 27 families having children between the ages of 15 and 21 were selected for interviewing. The interview schedules were designed to obtain specific items of information from the parents, the eldest child still in school and the eldest dropout and/or graduate, wherever they occurred. Analysis of these interviews shows that families on social assistance do not form a homogeneous group in their attitudes toward school continuance. The proportion of dropouts in public assistance families appears to be substantially higher than for the general population. School experience and parental motivation were found to be important factors in determining school persistence. Factors which were seen to be operative in determining the level of family motivation were feelings about receiving social assistance, parental attitudes to education, mobility, intra-familial relationships, health and social relationships. There was a group of students whose prospects of graduating could have been materially improved by a higher level of family income and a more encouraging approach by the school or the Social Service Department. There are disturbing indications that neither the school system nor other social resources are a sufficient counterforce to offset negative parental attitudes in families on public assistance.
Quons, coherent states and intertwining operators
Creators: name: Bagarello, Fabio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a differential representation for the operators satisfying the q-mutation relation $BB^\dagger-q B^\dagger B=\1$ which generalizes a recent result by Eremin and Meldianov, and we discuss in detail this choice in the limit $q\to1$. Further, we build up non-linear and Gazeau-Klauder coherent states associated to the free quonic hamiltonian $h_1=B^\dagger B$. Finally we construct almost isospectrals quonic hamiltonians adopting the results on intertwining operators recently proposed by the author.
description: Physics Letters A, in press
title: Antwort von Claus Altmayer auf Thomas Göllers Replik auf die in der Ausgabe 7/2 dieser Zeitschrift erschienenen Rezension seines Buches Kulturverstehen. Grundprobleme einer epistemologischen Theorie der Kulturalität und kul-turellen Erkenntnis
Creators: name: Altmayer, Claus
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: In den von Halliday herkommenden theoretischen Konzeptionen spricht man von „stance“, wenn man die Rahmung einer Proposition mit Ausdrücken für „attitudes“ oder „emotions“ im Sinne der traditionellen ‚propositional attitudes‘ meint. Nun ist dieses Konzept einzelsatzbezogen, d.h. Ausdrücke für „attitudes“ usw. werden zu einem isolierten Kernsatz als dessen „ungerade Lesung“ hinzugenommen. Bereits Frege (1892) unterschied in diesem Sinn die Bedeutung eines Satzes von seinem Sinn, den man erhält, wenn der Satz durch psychologische Ausdrücke in einen „indirekten Kontext“ gestellt wird. Im Folgenden soll dieses Konzept von der Diskursanalyse her befragt werden, indem ein Komplex grammatischer Mittel betrachtet wird, der global unter dem Terminus ‚MatrixKonstruktionen‘ 1 figuriert, und auch „complement constructions“ für die Realisierung der „stance“ namhaft gemacht werden (vgl. Biber, Johansson, Leech, Conrad & Finegan 1999). Dabei wird zunächst gefragt, ob und gegebenenfalls welche Art von Illokution durch derartige Konstruktionen umgesetzt wird, denn es ist klar, dass diese Ausdrucksformen, darunter die Matrix-Konstruktionen, mentale Prozesse versprachlichen. Eine empirische Analyse sprachlicher Realisierungsformen von Illokutionen muss zunächst den propositionalen Gehalt einer Äußerung isolieren, um sodann die Realisierung des illokutiven Akts zu erfassen. Dabei wird einer präsentiven Realisierung der Illokution der Äußerung eine deskriptive Verwendung gegenübergestellt, der nur schwer ein Modus zuzuordnen ist (§§1, 2). Kernpunkt des Artikels ist die sprachlich-prozedurale Architektonik derartiger Konstruktionen (§3), damit deutlich wird, mit welchen grammatischen Mitteln sie die Wiedergabe mentaler und interaktionaler Prozesse in die Sprechsituation integrieren. Zentrale sprachliche Prozeduren sind dem Symbolfeld (Bühler 1934) zuzurechnen. Aus dem Ensemble der Prozeduren wird unter dem Stichwort ‚Zweck‘ die Diskurs- und Textfunktion der Matrix-Konstruktion entwickelt (§4). Die verbalisierende Bezugnahme durch Ausdrücke des Symbolfeldes ist in vielen Fällen sprachspezifisch und weniger universell; daher ist ihre Übersetzung häufig schwierig; nicht zuletzt deshalb wird im Folgenden eine detaillierte Analyse von Matrix-Konstruktionen eines amerikanischen Textes mit seiner deutschen Übersetzung verglichen (§6). Matrix-Konstruktionen haben eine Tendenz zur Verfestigung zu sprachlichen Formeln, wenn in ihnen ein spezifischer Bezug auf die Konstellation abgebunden wird und der komplexe Ausdruck das sprachliche Feld wechselt: Dieser Vorgang ist ein sprachlicher Wandel der De-Grammatikalisierung (§7).
Additional file 6 of Metagenomic insights into the microbial communities of inert and oligotrophic outdoor pier surfaces of a coastal city
Creators: name: Tong, Xinzhao
name: Leung, Marcus H. Y.
name: Shen, Zhiyong
name: Lee, Justin Y. Y.
name: Mason, Christopher E.
name: Lee, Patrick K. H.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 6: Figure S3. Relative abundance of COG categories between the metal and concrete microbiomes. Each point represents a sample, colored by surface type. All pairwise comparisons were statistically significant (MW test, p < 0.05) except for categories [G], [I], and [T].
Additional file 7 of Metagenomic insights into the microbial communities of inert and oligotrophic outdoor pier surfaces of a coastal city
Creators: name: Tong, Xinzhao
name: Leung, Marcus H. Y.
name: Shen, Zhiyong
name: Lee, Justin Y. Y.
name: Mason, Christopher E.
name: Lee, Patrick K. H.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 7: Figure S4. Relative abundance of COG categories in the gene cluster D. The functional genes highly conserved in gene cluster D were grouped according to the COG categories.
Fidelity susceptibility in the two-dimensional transverse field Ising and XXZ models
Creators: name: Yu, Wing-Chi
name: Kwok, Ho-Man
name: Cao, Junpeng
name: Gu, Shi-Jian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the fidelity susceptibility in the two-dimensional(2D) transverse field Ising model and the 2D XXZ model numerically. It is found that in both models, the fidelity susceptibility as a function of the driving parameter diverges at the critical points. The validity of the fidelity susceptibility to signal for the quantum phase transition is thus verified in these two models. We also compare the scaling behavior of the extremum of the fidelity susceptibility to that of the second derivative of the ground state energy. From those results, the theoretical argument that fidelity susceptibility is a more sensitive seeker for a second order quantum phase transition is also testified in the two models.
description: 6 pages, 7 figures
title: Διερεύνηση της εφαρμογής των ψηφιακών διδύμων στους ευφυείς λιμένες
title: Investigation of the application of digital twins in smart ports
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Κούκος, Νικόλαος
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2023
Subjects: Ναυτιλία
Ψηφιακά δίδυμα
Ευφυείς λιμένες
Industry 4.0
Shipping
Digital twins
Smart ports

description: Η παρούσα εργασία αφορά την εξέταση της εφαρμογής των προηγμένων διατάξεων ψηφιακής προσομοίωσης (Ψηφιακών Διδύμων-DigitalTwins) για την υποστήριξη και βελτίωση των λειτουργιών σε εμπορικούς και επιβατικούς λιμένες με χαρακτηριστικών ευφυών (smart) λειτουργιών. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, η εργασία αποσκοπεί στη μελέτη παραδειγμάτων εφαρμογής Ψηφιακών Διδύμων σε λιμένες, την ανάδειξη των βελτιώσεων και των περιορισμών που σχετίζονται με την ανάπτυξη και παραγωγική εκμετάλλευση για το μεταφορικό έργο και τις λιμενικές υπηρεσίες, καθώς και την αποτύπωση των τεχνολογιών και μεθόδων που χρησιμοποιούνται. Στο πρώτο κεφάλαιο πραγματοποιείται διερεύνηση του όρου των Ψηφιακών Διδύμων, καθώς και αναφορά στα κύρια χαρακτηριστικά και πλεονεκτήματα τους. Το δεύτερο κεφάλαιο αφορά τους ευφυείς λιμένες, καθώς και στο τρόπο που αυτοί εκμεταλλεύονται τις νέες τεχνολογίες και πιο ειδικά αυτή των ψηφιακών διδύμων. Στο τρίτο κεφάλαιο παρουσιάζονται μελέτες περιπτώσεων Ευρωπαϊκών Ευφυών λιμένων, ενώ στο τέταρτο αναφέρονται κρίσιμα ζητήματα σχετικά με τα ψηφιακά δίδυμα στο παρόν και το μέλλον. Τέλος, εξάγονται τα συμπεράσματα και προτείνονται διαδικασίες που μπορούν να υιοθετήσουν τα ελληνικά λιμάνια, προκειμένου να συμβαδίσουν με τις νέες απαιτήσεις της σύγχρονης ναυτιλίας.
A normative study on the click vestibular evoked myogenic potential
Creators: name: Phillips, Sasha T.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials (VEMPs) were recorded at various intensities to click stimuli in 16 subjects with a negative self-reported history of vestibular pathology. At most, recordings were obtained to a total of six stimulus intensities (i.e., 90, 95, 70, 75, 80 and 85 dBnHL). From the VEMP waveforms collected at 90 and 95 dBnHL several response indices (i.e., absolute latency values for p13 and n23, peak-to-peak amplitude values, and amplitude asymmetry ratios) were assessed. Results from this study revealed no significant difference for latency, peak-to-peak amplitude, amplitude asymmetry ratio, and threshold between the left and right ears for the 90 and 95 dBnHL responses. Additionally, the tonic EMG RMS values ranged from 300 to 1250?V. All subjects were able to maintain and achieve tonic contractions within +10% of their established EMG tonic level for all stimulus intensities for each trial of the VEMP recordings. These findings provide a normative guideline for optimal stimulus and recording conditions to be used in the Speech, Language, and Hearing Center at Towson University.
description: (Au. D.) -- Towson University, 2013.
Mean-field dynamos in random Arnold-Beltrami-Childress and Roberts flows
Creators: name: Kleeorin, N.
name: Rogachevskii, I.
name: Sokoloff, D.
name: Tomin, D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study magnetic field evolution in flows with fluctuating in time governing parameters in electrically conducting fluid. We use a standard mean-field approach to derive equations for large-scale magnetic field for the fluctuating ABC-flow as well as for the fluctuating Roberts flow. The derived mean-field dynamo equations have growing solutions with growth rate of the large-scale magnetic field which is not controlled by molecular magnetic diffusivity. Our study confirms the Zeldovich idea that the nonstationarity of the fluid flow may remove the obstacle in large-scale dynamo action of classic stationary flows.
description: 7 pages, revised version to match published version
Putting social media to work: a comparative analysis of how businesses are incorporating social media
Creators: name: Pattik, Kristin M.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2012

description: Social media are emerging as a new form of communication that needs to be integrated into existing communication plans within organizations. In this study, an analysis of 85 pieces of content gathered from business publications, newspapers, magazines, blogs, and websites were analyzed to identify how the news media is presenting social media to business owners. A series of in-depth interviews were conducted with 10 local business owners to obtain information on where they turn to get inspiration on how to use social media for their businesses. A comparative analysis was conducted with the information obtained in the interviews and content analysis. Both business owner and news media agree that using social media in the workplace is beneficial as a marketing too, as well as to connect with potential and existing customers. However, no participant of this study reported consulting news articles for inspiration on how to use the tools.
description: (M.S.) -- Towson University, 2012.
The Why and How of Rural Zoning
Creators: name: Solberg, Erling D.
name: Solberg, Erling D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1958
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
Community/Rural/Urban Development
Land Economics/Use

description: This bulletin describes the various kinds of rural zoning regulations that can be used, how they are to be used, their purposes, and the benefits to the community and its people that will result from their use. It is intended to present an overall picture of the progress of zoning in the United States and of the problems and steps involved in zoning.
Development of a biodegradable subcutaneous implant containing acyclovir for the long-term suppression of hsv-1 reoccurrences
Creators: name: Nelson, Ashley
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013

description: Herpes simplex virus-1 (HSV-1) is a ubiquitous human pathogen that is usually associated with causing lesions on the dermal epithelium. Acyclovir (ACV) is commonly used to treat initial infections and suppress reactivations. Due to acyclovir?s low oral bioavailability, HSV-1-infected individuals need multiple daily doses of the drug. An ideal alternative to oral delivery would be to design a long term drug delivery system that is subject to biodegradation. This study aims to construct a biodegradable implant using polycaprolactone (PCL) for the long-term delivery of ACV. A series of implants were constructed with different polymer: drug ratios (60:40, 65:35, 70:30, and 75:25) and in vitro studies were conducted to determine which ratio exhibits the best antiviral activity. The implant?s release kinetics of ACV under various temperatures (4 ?C, 25 ?C, and 37 ?C) and pH (6, 7, and 8) was examined. We found that temperature, but not pH had a significant effect on release kinetics.
description: (M.S.) -- Towson University, 2012.
title: Voicing and Ventriloquizing - The Constructive Role of Discourse Representation in Political Interviews
Creators: name: Lauerbach, Gerda
Publisher: name: Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Darmstadt
Year: 2023

description: The constructive role of the media in political reporting has long been noted, as has the media’s changing function within democracies from mediator or watchdog to almost a political institution itself. Regarding election campaigns, Blumler and Gurevitch have noted that television editing often yields a severely boiled-down version of the campaign. One of the journalistic “packaging devices” employed is the juxtaposition of statements made by the parties: [...] in continually counterposing one party’s stand on an issue with that of its rivals the journalists appear to be promoting inter-party communication. It is as if the news personnel are trying to create a dialogue between the parties, where it otherwise might not have existed, and to trigger the politicians into comments and actions that might not have been forthcoming otherwise. Television journalists thus help to orchestrate the campaign, even if they did not write the original score. (Blumler & Gurevitch 1995: 134) What happens after the election, when the campaign has been fought, the polls have closed and the major television stations start their election night specials? A multitude of voices is orchestrated by one or more presenters in the studio, who communicate with experts, news personnel and interviewees both in the studio and on outside locations. For several hours, while the results of the election are taking shape, the live election night broadcast weaves a complex web of intertextual relations, made up of various media, formats and texts, in various semiotic modes. Processes that might be observed over the course of days and weeks during an election campaign may be condensed into the space of a few hours during election night. In this paper I will focus on the analysis of political interviews on election nights and on a particular interviewer practice, that of attributing utterances to other speakers. The practice is central to the “packaging device” of juxtaposing positions mentioned by Blumler and Gurevitch. It is prominent in election night interviews, where it serves different functions from those observed by Blumler and Gurevitch during election campaigns.
Propensity for experiencing flow: the roles of cognitive flexibility and mindfulness
Creators: name: Moore, Bryan A.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2012

description: The current study examined cognitive skills related to flow disposition. College students from Towson University (64 women and 41 men, Mage = 20 years, age range 18-28 years) were recruited from undergraduate classes. Participants completed a survey that contained the Cognitive and Affective Mindfulness Scale-Revised (CAMS-R; Feldman et al. 2007), the Cognitive Flexibility Scale (CFS; Martin & Ruben, 1995), the Dispositional Flow Scale-2 General (DFS2; Jackson & Eklund, 2002), and demographic questions. They were also asked if they had ever practiced mindfulness meditation. A hierarchical regression analysis showed that when demographic variables and history of mindfulness meditation were held constant cognitive flexibility and mindfulness were good predictors of flow disposition, R2 = .42, adjusted R2 = .39, F(5, 99) = 14.30, p
description: (M.A.) -- Towson University, 2012.
Catalog of Radio Galaxies with z>0.3. II: Photometric Data
Creators: name: Khabibullina, M. L.
name: Verkhodanov, O. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe the procedure of the construction of a sample of distant ($z>0.3$) radio galaxies using the NED, SDSS, and CATS databases. We believe the sample to be free of objects with quasar properties. This paper is the second part of the description of the radio galaxies catalog we plan to use for cosmological tests. We report the photometric parameters for the objects of the list, and perform its preliminary statistical analysis including the construction of the Hubble diagrams.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures, 2 tables
Enabling a renewed interest in metadata: a Maryland spatial data infrastructure perspective
Creators: name: Stevens, Tyler
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2012

description: This study examines users? attitudes towards metadata and identifies roadblocks in creating geospatial metadata. Metadata is important for understanding geospatial data; however, many users do not have an adequate understanding of metadata. Therefore, it is important to educate users and build a renewed interest in metadata. A self-administered Internet survey was created to measure users? behaviors and attitudes towards metadata. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics. Chi-square statistics were used to show if two groups (metadata adopters vs. non-metadata adopters) have significantly different answers. Results of the open-ended questions were coded and analyzed. The study revealed that 78.8% of participants use metadata. Novice users are less likely to use metadata compared to those with higher skill levels; therefore, the higher the metadata skill, the more likely the participant is to use metadata. Recommendations include improving metadata education, providing proper respirces for metadata creation and developing intuitive metadata authoring tools.
description: (M.A.) -- Towson University, 2012.
LLM Implications- one-pager
Creators: name: Okerlund, Johanna
name: Klasky, Evan
name: Middha, Aditya
name: Kim, Sujin
name: Rosenfeld, Hannah
name: Kleinman, Molly
name: Parthasarathy, Shobita
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: LLM, large language models, ChatGPT,
subject: Government, Politics and Law

description: LLMs have tremendous potential to empower communities and democratize knowledge. But given the concentrated development landscape and the datasets on which they are based, LLMs are unlikely to achieve these goals.