cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Quantification of Flame Heat Feedback in Cone Calorimetry Tests
Creators: name: Tilles, Jessica
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Engineering
subject: cone calorimeter
subject: heat flux

description: In order to understand material flammability, accurate pyrolysis models must be developed. Understanding flame heat feedback is essential in developing accurate pyrolysis models. The most widely used standard to quantitatively assess material flammability is the cone calorimeter. The goal of this project was to develop a spatially-resolved flame heat feedback model for 10 cm square horizontal specimens under buoyancy-driven flames to represent the conditions of the cone calorimeter and reasonably, the Fire Propagation Apparatus (FPA). Standard cone calorimeter experiments were performed on several thermoplastics in order to obtain heat release rate (HRR) and mass loss rate (MLR) data. In addition to standard cone calorimetry, side and center flame heat flux was measured under the cone calorimeter using two water-cooled heat flux gauges. The heat flux results show relatively good agreement with prior studies. Heat transfer coefficients were developed from the heat flux measurements in order to quantify heat feedback. It was found that the heat flux in the center of the burning materials is dominated by radiation and the side is dominated by convection. A two-zone heat feedback model with one convection and one radiation dominated zone was then developed, using a heat transfer correlation from the literature. The heat feedback model developed in this study will later be implemented into an in-house numerical pyrolysis model, ThermaKin.
ANALYSIS OF SLACK TIME FOR A REAL-TIME RIDESHARE SYSTEM
Creators: name: Saeedi, Rahil
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Transportation
subject: Cost function
subject: Ridesharing
subject: Slack time
subject: Stochastic arrivals
subject: Transfer coordination

description: Ridesharing and carpooling are effective traffic demand management strategies with many benefits comparable to other highway management methods. As a safety factor can increase the reliability of transit systems, a slack time can be added to the passenger pickup schedule to increase the system stability and reliability. This thesis focuses on a driver-passenger system, modeling three objective cost functions using similar steps and assumptions. These modeled cost functions yield the optimal slack time for passenger and vehicle and reflect the user’s and supplier’s behavior towards changes in different model components.

The numerical results of the cost models are presented to show the relations between different model components and to test the behavior of the cost models. The sensitivity analysis of these relationships reveal that factors such as the value of time, maximum waiting time, the penalty of missed pickup, and the standard deviation of the distribution of arrivals, affect the optimum slack time for the driver and passenger. The findings of these cost models can be integrated with matching algorithms to be used in real-time ridesharing applications. The distributions of arrivals for the passenger and vehicle are both assumed to be normal in this study, but other probability distributions can be substituted to investigate the costs associated with any connection among multiple vehicles or modes.

The method presented in this study is applicable when passengers take advantage of advanced scheduling for pickups. A rideshare system might provide some incentives for users to schedule their pickup with substantial lead time rather than requesting a ride with minimal advanced notice, on an as-needed basis.
Additional file 2 of Continuous estimation of respiratory system compliance and airway resistance during pressure-controlled ventilation without end-inspiration occlusion
Creators: name: Chen, Yuqing
name: Yuan, Yueyang
name: Chang, Qing
name: Zhang, Hai
name: Li, Feng
name: Chen, Zhaohui
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Supplementary Material 2
Thermal Characterization of Firebrand Piles
Creators: name: Hakes, Raquel Sara Pilar
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Engineering
subject: Burning embers
subject: Firebrands
subject: Heat transfer
subject: Wildfire
subject: Wildland fire

description: Over the past several decades, the severity of wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires has increased drastically, resulting in thousands of structures lost globally each year. The cause of the majority of structure losses is ignition via firebrands, small pieces of burning material which are generated from burning vegetation and structures. In this thesis, a methodology for studying the heating to recipient fuels by firebrands is developed. Small-scale experiments designed to capture heating from firebrand piles and the process of ignition were conducted using laboratory-fabricated cylindrical wooden firebrands. The methodology compares two heat flux measurement methods. Experimental results compare the effects of varying firebrand diameter, pile mass, and wind speed. An ignition condition is described using temperature and heat flux.
avila - famous walled town
Creators: name: feldmann, peter
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: urban archeology, fortification, city walls, heritage, reconquista, avila, plasencia, zamora, bauarchäologie, stadtmauer, denkmalpflege, murallas medievales

description: Short analytic description of the fortress wall and an attempt to clear its construction phases. With hints to criticise the sources and some computer drawings made with BLENDER.
Deep Neural Networks for End-to-End Optimized Speech Coding
Creators: name: Kankanahalli, Srihari
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Artificial intelligence
subject: Acoustics

description: Modern compression algorithms are the result of years of research; industry standards such as MP3, JPEG, and G.722.1 required complex hand-engineered compression pipelines, often with much manual tuning involved on the part of the engineers who created them. Recently, deep neural networks have shown a sophisticated ability to learn directly from data, achieving incredible success over traditional hand-engineered features in many areas. Our aim is to extend these "deep learning" methods into the domain of compression.

We present a novel deep neural network model and train it to optimize all the steps of a wideband speech-coding pipeline (compression, quantization, entropy coding, and decompression) end-to-end directly from raw speech data, no manual feature engineering necessary. In testing, our learned speech coder performs on par with or better than current standards at a variety of bitrates (~9kbps up to ~24kbps). It also runs in realtime on an Intel i7-4790K CPU.
Additional file 1 of Exploring existing malaria services and the feasibility of implementing community engagement approaches amongst conflict-affected communities in Cameroon: a qualitative study
Creators: name: Ebob Besem E.O, Margaret
name: Chestnutt, Elisabeth G.
name: Donovan, Laura
name: Stratil, Ann-Sophie
name: Counihan, Helen
name: Nkfusai, Claude Ngwayu
name: Hawkings, Helen
name: Homolova, Blanka
name: Maxwell, Kolawole
name: Baker, Kevin
name: Zoungrana, Yakouba
name: Tanue, Elvis Asangbeng
name: Ayuk, Glennise
name: Modjenpa, Noukeme Bibiche
name: Metuge, Alain
name: Nganmou, Isabelle
name: Achu, Dorothy
name: Wanji, Samuel
name: Berryman, Elizabeth
name: Omam, Lundi-Anne
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Additional file 1. Topic guide for focus group discussions with male and female community members and community health workers to assess health-seeking behaviour and knowledge surrounding malaria prevention and control and preference for community engagement approaches in conflict-affected communities of Cameroon.
sj-pdf-1-cpj-10.1177_00099228221132020 – Supplemental material for Physician Self-Reported Practice Patterns: Midazolam for Minor Procedures in Pediatric Patients
Creators: name: Trotter, Zola
name: Mecham, Cherisse
name: Bhattarai, Bikash
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 111403 Paediatrics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-cpj-10.1177_00099228221132020 for Physician Self-Reported Practice Patterns: Midazolam for Minor Procedures in Pediatric Patients by Zola Trotter, Cherisse Mecham and Bikash Bhattarai in Clinical Pediatrics
title: Phase-field modeling of fracture with a spatially varying length variable and adaptive mesh refinement
title: Phasenfeldmodellierung von Brüchen mit einer räumlich variierenden Längenvariablen und adaptiver Netzverfeinerung
Creators: name: Phansalkar, Dhananjay
Publisher: name: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU)
Year: 2024

description: Phase-field models of brittle fracture introduce smeared cracks of width commensurate with a regularisation length parameter ϵ. These regularised fracture model obey a minimum energy principle. Mesh adaptivity naturally suggests itself as a means of supplying spatial resolution were needed while simultaneously keeping the computational size of the model as small as possible. Here, a variational-based spatial adaptivity is proposed for a phase-field model of fracture. An extension of the conventional phase-field model is achieved by allowing spatial variation of the regularisation length ϵ in the domain. The regularisation length ϵ is therefore treated as a variable in the energy functional. Similar to the displacement and phase fields, the regularisation length is obtained by minimising the energy functional. This extended phase-field model serves as the foundation for an adaptive mesh refinement strategy, in which the mesh size is determined locally by the regularisation length. The resulting procedure is implemented in the framework of the finite element library FEniCS. According to the selected numerical experiments, the spatially adaptive phase-field model converges marginally faster than the conventional phase-field model but with a vastly superior constant, resulting in significant computational savings.
description: In Phasenfeldmodellen für spröde Brüche werden verschmierte Risse mit einer Breite eingeführt, die einem Regularisierungslängenparameter ϵ entspricht. Diese regulierten Bruchmodelle gehorchen dem Prinzip der minimalen Energie. Die Netzanpassung bietet sich als geeignets natürlich Mittel an, um die erforderliche räumliche Auflösung zu erreichen und gleichzeitig den Rechenaufwand des Modells so klein wie möglich zu halten. Hier wird eine variationsbasierte räumliche Adaptivität für ein Phasenfeldmodell für Brüche vorgeschlagen. Eine Erweiterung des konventionellen Phasenfeldmodells wird dadurch erreicht, dass die räumliche Variation der Regularisierungslänge ϵ im Gebiet zugelassen wird. Die Regularisierungslänge ϵ wird daher als eine Variable im Energiefunktional behandelt. Ähnlich wie bei den Verschiebungs- und Phasenfeldern wird die Regularisierungslänge durch Minimierung des Energiefunktionals ermittelt. Dieses erweiterte Phasenfeldmodell dient als Grundlage für eine adaptive Netzverfeinerungsstrategie, bei der die Netzgröße lokal durch die Regularisierungslänge bestimmt wird. Das resultierende Verfahren wird im Rahmen der Finite-Elemente-Bibliothek FEniCS implementiert. Die ausgewählte numerischen Experimente zeigten, dass das räumlich adaptive Phasenfeldmodell geringfügig schneller konvergiert als das konventionelle Phasenfeldmodell, jedoch mit einer deutlich besseren Konstanten, was zu erheblichen Rechenzeiteinsparungen führt.
MakerWear: A Tangible Construction Kit for Young Children to Create Interactive Wearables
Creators: name: Kazemitabaar, Majeed
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Educational technology
subject: Computer science
subject: children
subject: construction kit
subject: e-textile
subject: makerwear
subject: toolkit
subject: wearable

description: Wearable construction toolkits have shown promise in broadening participation in computing and empowering users to create personally meaningful computational designs. However, these kits present a high barrier of entry for some users, particularly young children (K-6). In this thesis, we introduce MakerWear, a new wearable construction kit for children that uses a tangible, modular approach to wearable creation. We describe our participatory design process, the iterative development of MakerWear, and results from single- and multi-session workshops with 32 children (ages 5-12; M=8.3 years). Our findings reveal how children engage in wearable design, what they make (and want to make), and what challenges they face. As a secondary analysis, we also explore age-related differences.
Determining the Air-Side Performance of Small-Diameter, Enhanced Tube-Fin Heat Exchangers through Numerical and Experimental Methods
Creators: name: Nasuta, Dennis
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Mechanical engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering
subject: Energy
subject: Air-side correlation
subject: CFD correlation
subject: Heat Exchangers
subject: Louver Fin
subject: Slit Fin
subject: Tube Fin

description: New correlations for the air-side pressure drop and heat transfer coefficient (HTC) of slit and louver fin heat exchangers with 3-5 mm outer diameter tubes were developed based on Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations of small, symmetric fin sections using Design of Experiments (DOE) techniques. The prediction accuracy of these CFD-based correlations was validated by experimental testing of 16 unique 5 mm slit and louver fin heat exchangers under a range of air velocities. The experimental results indicate that the proposed CFD-based correlation with correction factors for air-side pressure drop can predict 100% of the experimental observations with 20% error or less. After a new data reduction procedure accounting for fin conduction was implemented and a single correction factor applied, the HTC correlations could predict 98% of accepted test data with 20% error or less regardless of fin type.
Additional file 2 of Exploring existing malaria services and the feasibility of implementing community engagement approaches amongst conflict-affected communities in Cameroon: a qualitative study
Creators: name: Ebob Besem E.O, Margaret
name: Chestnutt, Elisabeth G.
name: Donovan, Laura
name: Stratil, Ann-Sophie
name: Counihan, Helen
name: Nkfusai, Claude Ngwayu
name: Hawkings, Helen
name: Homolova, Blanka
name: Maxwell, Kolawole
name: Baker, Kevin
name: Zoungrana, Yakouba
name: Tanue, Elvis Asangbeng
name: Ayuk, Glennise
name: Modjenpa, Noukeme Bibiche
name: Metuge, Alain
name: Nganmou, Isabelle
name: Achu, Dorothy
name: Wanji, Samuel
name: Berryman, Elizabeth
name: Omam, Lundi-Anne
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Additional file 2. Topic guide for in-depth interviews with key local and regional stakeholders to assess health-seeking behaviour and knowledge surrounding malaria prevention and control and preference for community engagement approaches in conflict-affected communities of Cameroon.
PARENTAL PERCEPTIONS ON HEALTH & SOCIAL NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH NEURO-DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES
Creators: name: Ashikabanu Mujibur Rahman
name: Lal Devayani Vasudevan Nair
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Special Needs, Neurodevelopment Disorders, Child Development, Social Problem, Family Problem.

description: Abstract

INTRODUCTION: The Special needs of children result in a considerable load- physical, monetary, and mental to the parents. The health and social needs of children have been studied in the past, but how a parent perceives such needs has not been pondered much. With the considerable increase in children with Neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDD), there is a need for such information; hence this study. AIMS AND OBJECTIVES: The study aims to analyse the parental perception of health and social needs, awareness of the availability of social support initiatives and their utilization by families, and the impact of disability on families. MATERIALS AND METHODOLOGY: This multicentre study was conducted at 3 units of Vistara CDC and Saveetha CDC, Saveetha Medical College. Considering the paucity of data, it was decided to do a qualitative study with a semi-structured questionnaire as the main tool. The interview was transcribed and thematic content analysis was done. RESULT: There was considerable pressure on the parents along with social and familial problems. The special needs care was neither sufficient nor qualitatively good in most places. Lack of awareness of support and the importance of early assessment were glaring. The skills affected in each child, difficulties in rearing a special needs child, and response of other family members and society were studied. The impact of having such a child on the family and also it has on relationships within the family been found to be profound. Families were not supportive of care. CONCLUSION: Challenges faced by parents in spite of support offered at governmental level is high and support systems are inadequate to attend to the needs. Drastic changes are needed at the policy level and implementation level at institutions as well as families. There should be greater support for families caring for young children with NDDs, improving the process of service delivery and services itself. Regulation of NGOs and therapy centers to offer quality services, reducing the financial burden on families, and integrated therapies under the supervision of qualified personnel are some of the recommendations that came out of this study.
Supplemental Material - Association of Race and Income with Incident Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias among Black and White Older Adults
Creators: name: Keohane, Laura M.
name: Nikpay, Sayeh
name: Braun, Kyle
name: Cheng, Audrey
name: Stevenson, David
name: Buntin, Melinda B.
name: Yu, Danxia
name: Blot, William J.
name: Lipworth, Loren
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 110306 Endocrinology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110308 Geriatrics and Gerontology
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material for Association of Race and Income with Incident Diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias among Black and White Older Adults by Laura M. Keohane, Sayeh Nikpay, Kyle Braun, Audrey Cheng, David Stevenson, Melinda B. Buntin, Danxia Yu, William J. Blot, and Loren Lipworth in Journal of Applied Gerontology.
Additional file 1 of Knowledge, attitudes and practices of critical care unit personnel regarding pediatric palliative care: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Lu, Hua
name: Jin, Linfei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1
Supplemental Material - AAV2-hAADC (Eladocagene Exuparvovec) Biodistribution and Expression: Superiority of Intraputaminal versus Intracerebroventricular and Intrathecal (Lumbar) Routes of Administration
Creators: name: Compton, David R
name: DeMarco, Steven J
name: Yalamanchili, Padmaja
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 111599 Pharmacology and Pharmaceutical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Supplemental Material for AAV2-hAADC (Eladocagene Exuparvovec) Biodistribution and Expression: Superiority of Intraputaminal versus Intracerebroventricular and Intrathecal (Lumbar) Routes of Administration by David R Compton, Steven J DeMarco, Padmaja Yalamanchili in International Journal of Toxicology
sj-docx-2-jtr-10.1177_00472875221134031 – Supplemental material for A Magic Leap in Tourism: Intended and Realized Experience of Head-Mounted Augmented Reality in a Museum Context
Creators: name: Bird, Jonathan M.
name: Smart, Philip A.
name: Harris, David J.
name: Phillips, Laura A.
name: Giannachi, Gabriella
name: Vine, Samuel J.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150402 Hospitality Management

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-2-jtr-10.1177_00472875221134031 for A Magic Leap in Tourism: Intended and Realized Experience of Head-Mounted Augmented Reality in a Museum Context by Jonathan M. Bird, Philip A. Smart, David J. Harris, Laura A. Phillips, Gabriella Giannachi and Samuel J. Vine in Journal of Travel Research
Additional file 2 of Knowledge, attitudes and practices of critical care unit personnel regarding pediatric palliative care: a cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Lu, Hua
name: Jin, Linfei
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 2
sj-docx-5-jtr-10.1177_00472875221134031 – Supplemental material for A Magic Leap in Tourism: Intended and Realized Experience of Head-Mounted Augmented Reality in a Museum Context
Creators: name: Bird, Jonathan M.
name: Smart, Philip A.
name: Harris, David J.
name: Phillips, Laura A.
name: Giannachi, Gabriella
name: Vine, Samuel J.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 150310 Organisation and Management Theory
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: 150402 Hospitality Management

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-5-jtr-10.1177_00472875221134031 for A Magic Leap in Tourism: Intended and Realized Experience of Head-Mounted Augmented Reality in a Museum Context by Jonathan M. Bird, Philip A. Smart, David J. Harris, Laura A. Phillips, Gabriella Giannachi and Samuel J. Vine in Journal of Travel Research
sj-docx-1-wmr-10.1177_0734242X221138733 – Supplemental material for Application of a sustainable location index approach to landfill site selection in Monterrey, Mexico
Creators: name: Rueda-Avellaneda, Juan Felipe
name: Gomez-Gonzalez, Ricardo
name: Rivas-García, Pasiano
name: Benitez-Bravo, Reyes
name: Botello-Álvarez, José Enrique
name: Wang, Zhao
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
Engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-wmr-10.1177_0734242X221138733 for Application of a sustainable location index approach to landfill site selection in Monterrey, Mexico by Juan Felipe Rueda-Avellaneda, Ricardo Gomez-Gonzalez, Pasiano Rivas-García, Reyes Benitez-Bravo, José Enrique Botello-Álvarez and Zhao Wang in Waste Management & Research
title: Hydraulics of Neerharen Lock’s side drainage: pre‐design of inlet and outlet constructions
Creators: name: López Castaño, Santiago
name: Vercruysse, Jeroen B.
Publisher: name: Flanders Hydraulics Research
Year: 2022

description: The present report describes the pre‐design of the inlet and outlet structures for a projected side drainage adjacent to the Neerharen lock (BE). An initial estimation of the discharge is provided by de Vlaamse Waterweg (dVW) and verified here using depth‐discharge relationships. Furthermore, this study contemplates the provisional dimensioning of the conduit comprising the drainage, plus the revision of the flow control structure suggested by Kwaliteits Waterbeheersing Techniek (KWT) and the conception of an outlet structure towards the main channel downstream. Additional suggestions are given for each of the features just described. Tools of classical hydraulics and numerical simulations are used for the dimensioning and verification of the structures suggested, and sketches of the flow profiles proposed. This study needs to be revisited once the final design of the drainage is available.
description: Title : FHR reports. Flanders Hydraulics Research: Antwerp Volume : 21_083_1 Issue : Pagination : VIII, 30
Caterpillars: the masters of mimicry
Creators: name: Pokharel, Prayan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Insect Mimicry
Caterpillars

description: As it is said that ‘good things come in small packages’, caterpillars have evolved their defenses to ward off potential predators in several smart ways. And mimicry is one of them; it is a creative twist of evolution. It is a lifesaving strategy of animals to camouflage themselves to avoid being eaten by predators.
sj-pdf-1-pss-10.1177_09567976221134476 – Supplemental material for Preferential Attraction Effects With Visual Stimuli: The Role of Quantitative Versus Qualitative Visual Attributes
Creators: name: Brendl, C. Miguel
name: Atasoy, Özgün
name: Samson, Coralie
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 110904 Neurology and Neuromuscular Diseases
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 170199 Psychology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 110319 Psychiatry (incl. Psychotherapy)
subject: Neuroscience

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-pss-10.1177_09567976221134476 for Preferential Attraction Effects With Visual Stimuli: The Role of Quantitative Versus Qualitative Visual Attributes by C. Miguel Brendl, Özgün Atasoy and Coralie Samson in Psychological Science
sj-docx-3-jiv-10.1177_08862605221139196 – Supplemental material for Not Ideal, But Still Acknowledged: A 10-Country Survey on Empathy for Victims of Anti-LGBT Violence
Creators: name: Godzisz, Piotr
name: Mazurczak, Jacek
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 160299 Criminology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Law

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-3-jiv-10.1177_08862605221139196 for Not Ideal, But Still Acknowledged: A 10-Country Survey on Empathy for Victims of Anti-LGBT Violence by Piotr Godzisz and Jacek Mazurczak in Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Estimation du coût d'adoption du Compte Unique du Trésor au Bénin
Creators: name: DOSSA, Alfred B.K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Modèle - Sélection – Temps - Travail – CUT.

description: La lutte contre la dispersion des fonds publics dans plusieurs comptes bancaires, le souci du paiement à tout moment des dépenses publiques par le Trésor et le recours à l’emprunt au moment opportun et au coût réduit, ont conduit l’Etat béninois à mettre en œuvre le Compte Unique du Trésor (CUT). C’est est une structure unifiée des comptes bancaires de l’État qui donne une vue d’ensemble de ses liquidités. Son principal but est de maximiser l’utilisation de la trésorerie à travers la centralisation et la réduction des coûts de trésorerie. L’objectif du présent article, est d’estimer, en termes de temps de travail, le coût d’adoption du CUT par les comptables – financiers (CF) chargés de sa mise en œuvre. Pour y parvenir, l’évaluation contingente a été utilisée. En estimant le consentement moyen à adopter le CUT par le modèle probit, le modèle tobit est testé par la méthode à deux étapes de Heckman pour contrôler le biais de sélection des CF. Le coût moyen d’adoption du CUT pour 90% des CF ayant accepté la réforme est de 11h 51 mn et pour l’ensemble de l’échantillon, il était estimé à 10h 40 mn /mois /CF, soit 128h /an.
Espacios de formación y comercialización agroecológica lecciones aprendidas en la universidad central del Ecuador
Creators: name: Haro, Nicole
Publisher: name: unknown
Year: 2024

description: La feria ecológica por la Universidad Central del Ecuador. Esta iniciativa promueve la producción sostenible sin agroquímicos, creando un vínculo directo entre productores y consumidores. La feria sirve como espacio de formación para estudiantes de agronomía, incentivando prácticas agrícolas respetuosas con el medio ambiente. Se destacan beneficios como la soberanía alimentaria, la sostenibilidad ambiental y la oferta de alimentos más sanos, apoyados por estudios sobre las características del consumidor.
MATERNAL DIETARY PATTERN AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH BIRTHWEIGHT IN TERTIARY CARE CENTER IN SOUTH INDIA: A HOSPITAL-BASED CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY
Creators: name: Rajani Merlin Sam
name: Dr. R. Naganandini
name: Dr. Esther John
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Maternal Nutrition, Birth Weight, Maternal Health, Pregnancy, BMI, Gestational Weight Gain.

description: Abstract

Background: Nutritional deficits and the lack of sufficient food consumption among pregnant women not only adversely affect the mother's health but also impact the development and even the birth weight of the foetus. Aim: This study examined the connections between a mother's dietary variety score and her eating patterns during pregnancy, as well as the likelihood of having a low birth weight baby at the Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals in Coimbatore, Tamilnadu. Methods: Mothers who will be present at the postnatal clinic at the Ganga Medical Centre and Hospitals in Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, from January 2023 to August 2023. Anthropometric parameters including pre-pregnancy weight, height, BMI, total weight gain, and birth weight of the babies during pregnancy was taken and added along with mothers' interview to measure the bio-social variables of the mothers. The main measure of interest was low birth weight, which was defined as a weight of less than 2500 g at the time of birth. SPSS was used to conduct a statistical analysis the frequency or occurrence rate. Results: The incidence of neonates with low birth weight was 63.33%. Those born earlier (68%) were predominantly preterm borns while those born late were due to intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) (32%). What is more, approximately 45% of mothers who gave birth to babies with lower birth weights had a low BMI during the whole pregnancy and before it started. The data indicated that the mean weight at birth was about 2.463 grams.  Conclusion: Mother's health is crucial for baby birth weight, and nutrition programs should focus on screening and treating at-risk women, reducing low-birth-weight infant burden, and promoting better maternal protein.
sj-docx-1-hpp-10.1177_15248399221121131 – Supplemental material for “Flesh”
Creators: name: Lee, Grace Jahng
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 111708 Health and Community Services
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111799 Public Health and Health Services not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-hpp-10.1177_15248399221121131 for “Flesh” by Grace Jahng Lee in Health Promotion Practice
FULL SCALE STUDY OF PATHOGEN, METAL POLLUTANTS, NUTRIENTS, AND POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS IN CLASS A BIOSOLIDS STABILIZED BY THERMAL HYDROLYSIS AND ANAEROBIC DIGESTION PROCESSES
Creators: name: Wang, Xuanzhao
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Environmental engineering
subject: FOS: Environmental engineering
subject: anaerobic digestion
subject: biosolids
subject: PBDEs
subject: thermal hydrolysis

description: Class A biosolids are solid by-product of wastewater treatment which meet Environmental Protection Agency requirements to be used as fertilizer in farms, vegetable gardens, and can be sold directly to consumers. In 2014, this study’s target nutrient recovery facility adopted thermal hydrolysis pretreatment and anaerobic digestion to upgrade biosolids quality from Class B (previously lime-stabilized) to Class A. In order to certify if this newly produced material met all regulatory requirements, we performed laboratory analysis to characterize fecal coliforms, volatile solids, and metals content. In addition, we showed a baseline for nutrient management of total nitrogen, phosphorus, and the change in levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs). Samples were collected for over a year since the start of THP-AD operation. Results were compared with the Class B biosolids produced at the same facility. Based on EPA standards, Class A biosolids were produced with stable quality after March, 2015, 16 weeks after process initiation. This work suggests that THP-AD is effective in producing Class A biosolids. In general, PBDEs in biosolids decreased from 1790 ± 528 (Class B) to 720 ± 110 µg/kg d.w. Our results suggest that the total levels of PBDEs decrease, however, the impact of the THP-AD on specific congeners are complex.
Reservoir Scour as a Major Source of Bioavailable Phosphorus to a Coastal Plain Estuary?
Creators: name: Vulgaropulos, Zoe L.
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Environmental science

description: Suspended sediment and particulate phosphorus (P) loads from the Susquehanna River, the largest tributary to the Chesapeake Bay, have been increasing due to the infilling of the Lower Susquehanna reservoirs and event-driven scour of sediment from behind the dams. A synthesis of sediment-water exchange data along the Bay salinity gradient confirmed that P likely remains associated with particles except under sulfate reducing conditions in the mid-Bay, where the formation of iron sulfides releases iron-bound phosphate to the water column. To estimate what fraction of scoured particulate P could become bioavailable through iron sulfide formation, P was extracted from reservoir sediment samples using a sulfide solution. Other extractions were used to quantify total P, inorganic P, and iron. Sulfide-extractable P ranged up to about 35% of total P. Findings showed that the reactivity of scoured particulate P would likely be limited and dependent on environmental conditions at the site of deposition.
COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS OF A PIPELINE ROTOR-STATOR MIXER
Creators: name: Minnick, Benjamin Austin
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Chemical engineering
subject: FOS: Chemical engineering
subject: Engineering
subject: Mechanical engineering
subject: FOS: Mechanical engineering
subject: CFD
subject: High-shear
subject: LES
subject: Mixer
subject: RANS
subject: Rotor-stator

description: Rotor-stator mixers provide high deformation rates to a limited volume, resulting in intensive mixing, milling, and/or dispersion/emulsification. CFD simulations of mixers provide flow field information that benefit designers and end users. This thesis focuses on transient three-dimensional simulations of the Greerco pipeline mixer, using ANSYS FLUENT. The modeled unit consists of two conical rotor-stator stages aligned for axial discharge flow. Flow and turbulence quantities are studied on a per stator slot and per rotor stage basis. Comparisons are made between the LES and RANS realizable k-ε model predictions at various mesh resolutions. Both simulations predict similar mean velocity, flow rate, and torque profiles. However, prediction of deformation rates and turbulence quantities, such as turbulent kinetic energy and its production and dissipation rates, show strong dependencies on mesh resolution and simulation method. The effect of operating conditions on power draw, throughput, and other quantities of practical utility are also discussed.
Unravelling the eurythmic cage
Creators: name: Boyd, Dermot
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 330102
subject: Architectural design

description: My study lies in the primordial. It is an exploration of instinct and intuition and how they are exercised in the making of space. I use the device of the eurythmic cage to explain my direct relationship with architecture, which is primarily visual and wholly immersive. I research the underpinning of design strategies informing the work of Boyd Cody Architects and uncover persisting influences of childhood memories inflected by systems of eurythmic proportioning.
EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF DIFFERENT CARBON SOURCE AND COD/NO3-N RATIO ON COUPLING PARTIAL DENITRIFICATION AND ANAMMOX
Creators: name: Peng, Bo
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Environmental engineering
subject: FOS: Environmental engineering
subject: alternative external carbon sources
subject: anammox
subject: COD/N ratio
subject: final polishing
subject: mainstream deammonification
subject: partial denitrification

description: As the nitrogen discharge limit gets more stringent, ammonium and nitrate residual in the effluent of mainstream deammonification process are becoming an issue that need to be addressed. Thus, developing a post-deammonification polishing process is necessary to promote the implementation of mainstream deammonification. In this study, a final polishing process coupling anammox with partial denitrification is proposed to simultaneously remove ammonium and nitrate, and the long-term (120 days) impact of carbon type and COD/N ratio on promoting partial denitrification was evaluated. Results suggested that acetate and glycerol displayed a good potential for promoting partial denitrification. However, methanol showed challenges of establishing efficient partial denitrification in long-term operation. The key factor for a successful concurrent operation of anammox and partial denitrification lies on controlling the balance between denitrifier rate and AnAOB rate to simultaneously remove residual ammonium and nitrate.
Assessment of Zero-Valent Iron Capabilities to Reduce Food-borne Pathogens via Filtration and Residual Activities in Irrigation Water
Creators: name: Bradshaw, Rhodel
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Environmental health
subject: Irrigation
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Remediation methods
subject: Water quality

description: Inadequate disinfection of contaminated freshwater that is used to irrigate food crops that are eaten raw can result in foodborne illnesses. Therefore, in this study we assessed the efficacy of a low-cost, water treatment technology, zero-valent iron (ZVI), in reducing microbiological contamination of synthetic irrigation water. Specifically, we compared the capabilities of a ZVI-sand filter versus a sand filter in reducing levels of Salmonella Newport MDD314 and E. coli TVS 353 through filtration or residual disinfection. Our data showed that ZVI-sand filtration was more effective than sand filtration alone in reducing levels of both of these microorganisms. Our results also showed that, after filtration, there seemed to be no residual disinfection capabilities associated with either the ZVI-sand system or the sand system alone. Our findings suggest that ZVI-sand filtration can effectively reduce microbial contaminants in irrigation water; however, there seem to be no residual disinfection capabilities after filtration.
Contested objects: redeploying commonplace objects to create new insights into notions of territoriality
Creators: name: Slatter, Bruce
Publisher: name: RMIT University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 360602
subject: Fine arts

description: Identifying with the field of sculptural practice this project explores the potential of commonplace objects to unfold and communicate understandings of territoriality. Territoriality is the behavioural manner of making claim to and defending of territory or ideas and is an influencing factor in many forms of human interaction and endeavour, as space and concepts are constantly negotiated and redefined. Drawing on the research of social geography, anthropology and sociology this project explores the defining characteristics of territoriality that pertain to the individual and a wider societal context.

Primarily concerned with objects this project references the long history of objects that runs parallel to the history of humans. Despite thousands of years of development and civilisation the need and use of some objects may be unchanged to the way our early ancestors used defence and offence in the implementing of territoriality. In contemporary forms of human endeavour like sport, the bat used in defence and offence has as its distant antecedents the most basic of implements like the caveman’s club. This relationship through history and the potential for an object to be used and misused are key to their development and highlight the transformational potential of objects as material and subjects within this project.

Exploring the commonplace necessitates the consideration of mass-production, distribution and consumption of objects as globalisation that has provided a proliferation of choice. The profusion of objects manifests a familiarity of utility that is common experience and promotes to a greater understanding the language of commonplace objects. These collective relationships to commonplace objects are further explored through historical and contemporary examples of artists that use pre-existing objects and explore the language of objects.

Commonplace objects are repositories of meaning with associated historical, cultural, social, and functional information that can be understood as shared knowledge. They can also be customised and individualised with additional personal information further embedding our personal experience, narrative and knowledge. This creative project uses the reconfiguration and redeployment of commonplace objects to explore and provide insights into territoriality through a series of sculptures that represent and communicate characteristics of territoriality through the parameters of conflict, sport and commemoration. These subthemes are the basis for articulating and extending conventional notions of territoriality to create new insights and mediate a greater understanding of its influence.
A WAVE CHAOTIC STUDY OF QUANTUM GRAPHS WITH MICROWAVE NETWORKS
Creators: name: FU, ZIYUAN
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Electromagnetics
subject: Electromagnetic Coupling
subject: Impedance Statistics
subject: Microwave Networks
subject: Non-universal Features
subject: Quantum Graphs
subject: Random Coupling Model

description: Quantum graphs provide a setting to test the hypothesis that all ray-chaotic systems show universal wave chaotic properties. I study the quantum graphs with a wave chaotic approach. Here, an experimental setup consisting of a microwave coaxial cable network is used to simulate quantum graphs. Some basic features and the distributions of impedance statistics are analyzed from experimental data on an ensemble of tetrahedral networks. The random coupling model (RCM) is applied in an attempt to uncover the universal statistical properties of the system. Deviations from RCM predictions have been observed in that the statistics of diagonal and off-diagonal impedance elements are different. Waves trapped due to multiple reflections on bonds between nodes in the graph most likely cause the deviations from universal behavior in the finite-size realization of a quantum graph. In addition, I have done some investigations on the Random Coupling Model, which are useful for further research.
sj-pdf-1-ajs-10.1177_03635465221135769 – Supplemental material for Depressed Protein Synthesis and Anabolic Signaling Potentiate ACL Tear–Resultant Quadriceps Atrophy
Creators: name: Keeble, Alexander R.
name: Brightwell, Camille R.
name: Latham, Christine M.
name: Thomas, Nicholas T.
name: Mobley, C. Brooks
name: Murach, Kevin A.
name: Johnson, Darren L.
name: Noehren, Brian
name: Fry, Christopher S.
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 110314 Orthopaedics
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110604 Sports Medicine
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 110323 Surgery

description: Supplemental material, sj-pdf-1-ajs-10.1177_03635465221135769 for Depressed Protein Synthesis and Anabolic Signaling Potentiate ACL Tear–Resultant Quadriceps Atrophy by Alexander R. Keeble, Camille R. Brightwell, Christine M. Latham, Nicholas T. Thomas, C. Brooks Mobley, Kevin A. Murach, Darren L. Johnson, Brian Noehren and Christopher S. Fry in The American Journal of Sports Medicine
sj-docx-1-pit-10.1177_15269248221145044 - Supplemental material for Tacrolimus Formulation, Exposure Variability, and Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients
Creators: name: Lai, Elaine F.
name: Nguyen, Huong Thao
name: Famure, Olusegun
name: Li, Yanhong
name: Kim, S. Joseph
Publisher: name: SAGE Journals
Year: 2022
Subjects: Emergency Medicine
Nursing not elsewhere classified
Surgery

description: Supplemental material, sj-docx-1-pit-10.1177_15269248221145044 for Tacrolimus Formulation, Exposure Variability, and Outcomes in Kidney Transplant Recipients by Elaine F. Lai, Huong Thao Nguyen, Olusegun Famure, Yanhong Li and S. Joseph Kim in Progress in Transplantation