cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Ermittlung (Entwicklung) von Grundlagen für das Controlling in öffentlichen Bauverwaltungen. Herleitung von Bestandteilen des strategischen und operativen Controllings für kommunale Bauverwaltungen [online]
Creators: name: Meysenburg, Christian
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2002

description: Kurzfassung

Der Prozeß des öffentlichen Bauens verläuft oft
unzufriedenstellend für alle Beteiligten.
Die Mitarbeiter der öffentlichen Bauverwaltungen sehen sich
immer wiederdem Vorwurf ausgesetzt, sie gingen nicht
wirtschaftlich mit den Mitteln der öffentlichen Hand um, ebenso
stehen Politiker in der Kritik, wenn es zu
Baukostenüberschreitungen oder Terminverzögerungen gekommen ist,
da der Bürger nicht verstehen kann, wie es zu diesen
Planabweichungen kommen kann.
Abgesehen von wenigen Ausnahmen mußte im Rahmen einer ersten
Untersuchung festgestellt werden, daß Ansätze, die in der
Literatur als Beispiele für Controlling in
Bauverwaltungen dargestellt werden, in der Regel nicht als
solche bezeichnet werden können, da sie weder eine strategische
Komponente beinhalten, die z.B. auch weiche Ziele
berücksichtigt, noch Informationen generieren, die es
ermöglichen, zielgerichtet zu führen.
Aus diesem Grund wurde das vorliegende Controllingmodell zur
Steuerung kommunaler Bauvorhaben erarbeitet, das diese
Randbedingungen berücksichtigt, und sowohl den operativen als
auch den strategischen Bereich der Steuerung von
Bauverwaltungen berücksichtigt.
Ausgehend von einer Untersuchung der spezifischen Problematik
kommunaler Bauverwaltungen werden Lösungsansätze erarbeitet, die
sich im Bereich des strategischen Controllings am Ansatz der
Balanced Scorecard orientieren, und im operativen Bereich auf
Erfahrungen aus der Bauwirtschaft basieren.
Mit dem hier dargestellten Modell wird ein solches
ganzheitliches Verfahren vorgestellt, das ausgehend von
Kennzahlensystemen eine Möglichkeit bietet, öffentliche
Bauverwaltungen strategisch und operativ sowohl wirtschaftlich
als auch effizient zielgerichtet zu führen.
Der Anspruch besteht darin, mit diesem Modell ein Hilfsmittel
bereitzustellen, das es  angepaßt an die jeweiligen
Verhältnisse einzelner Kommunen hinsichtlich der Zielsetzung
und der Struktur  ermöglicht, festgelegte Planziele von
Bauvorhaben zu erreichen.
Ein Hauptergebnis der Arbeit ist, daß die weitere Entwicklung
des Controllings für kommunale Bauverwaltungen in großem Maße
von der gewählten Vision abhängt.
Um solche Visionen zu artikulieren und den Grad der
Zielerreichung zu messen, bietet sich der hier erstmals auf das
kommunale Bauwesen angewandte theoretische Ansatz der Balanced
Scorecard an.
Die vorliegende Arbeit stellt eine Basis dar, auf die aufbauend
öffentliche Verwaltungen Controlling auf die jeweiligen
Bedürfnisse maßgeschneidert entwickeln und einführen können.
title: Pediocactus simpsonii
title: Mountain ball cactus
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Cactaceae
Pediocactus
simpsonii

description: Family: Cactaceae
description: Genus: Pediocactus
description: Species: simpsonii
Anisotropic two-orbital Hubbard model: single-site versus cluster dynamical mean-field theory
Creators: name: Lee, Hunpyo
name: Zhang, Yu-Zhong
name: Jeschke, Harald O.
name: Valenti, Roser
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The anisotropic two-orbital Hubbard model with different bandwidths and degrees of frustration in each orbital is investigated in the framework of both single-site dynamical mean-field theory (DMFT) as well as its cluster extension (DCA) for clusters up to four sites combined with a continuous-time quantum Monte Carlo algorithm. This model shows a rich phase diagram which includes the appearance of orbital selective phase transitions, non-Fermi liquid behavior as well as antiferromagnetic metallic states. We discuss the advantages and drawbacks of employing the single-site DMFT with respect to DCA and the consequences for the physical picture obtained out of these calculations. Finally, we argue that such a minimal model may be of relevance to understand the nature of the antiferromagnetic metallic state in the iron-pnictide superconductors as well as the origin of the small staggered magnetization observed in these systems.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures, and accepted in Annalen der Physik
Structure and Feedback in 30 Doradus I: Observations
Creators: name: Pellegrini, Eric W.
name: Baldwin, Jack A.
name: Ferland, Gary J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have completed a a new optical imaging and spectrophotometric survey of a 140 x 80 pc$^2$ region of 30 Doradus centered on R136, covering key optical diagnostic emission lines including \Ha, \Hb, \Hg, [O III] $λλ$4363, 4959, 5007, [N II] $λλ$6548, 6584, [S II] $λλ$6717, 6731 [S III] $λ$6312 and in some locations [S III] $λ$9069. We present maps of fluxes and intensity ratios for these lines, and catalogs of isolated ionizing stars, elephant-trunk pillars, and edge-on ionization fronts. The final science-quality spectroscopic data products are available to the public. Our analysis of the new data finds that, while stellar winds and supernovae undoubtedly produce shocks and are responsible for shaping the nebula, there are no global spectral signatures to indicate that shocks are currently an important source of ionization. We conclude that the considerable region covered by our survey is well described by photoionization from the central cluster where the ionizing continuum is dominated by the most massive O stars. We show that if 30 Dor were viewed at a cosmological distance, its integrated light would be dominated by its extensive regions of lower surface-brightness rather than by the bright, eye-catching arcs.
description: 42 pages, 16 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJS
Triangular decomposition of right coideal subalgebras
Creators: name: Kharchenko, V. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Let $\mathfrak g$ be a Kac-Moody algebra. We show that every homogeneous right coideal subalgebra $U$ of the multiparameter version of the quantized universal enveloping algebra $U_q(\mathfrak{g}),$ $q^m\neq 1$ containing all group-like elements has a triangular decomposition $U=U^-\otimes_{{\bf k}[F]} {\bf k}[H] \otimes_{{\bf k}[G]} U^+$, where $U^-$ and $ U^+$ are right coideal subalgebras of negative and positive quantum Borel subalgebras. However if $ U_1$ and $ U_2$ are arbitrary right coideal subalgebras of respectively positive and negative quantum Borel subalgebras, then the triangular composition $ U_2\otimes_{{\bf k}[F]} {\bf k}[H]\otimes_{{\bf k}[G]} U_1$ is a right coideal but not necessary a subalgebra. Using a recent combinatorial classification of right coideal subalgebras of the quantum Borel algebra $U_q^+(\mathfrak{so}_{2n+1}),$ we find a necessary condition for the triangular composition to be a right coideal subalgebra of $U_q(\mathfrak{so}_{2n+1}).$ If $q$ has a finite multiplicative order $t>4,$ similar results remain valid for homogeneous right coideal subalgebras of the multiparameter version of the small Lusztig quantum groups $u_q({\frak g}),$ $u_q(\frak{so}_{2n+1}).$
title: Eriogonum caespitosum
title: Matted buckwheat
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Polygonaceae
Eriogonum
caespitosum

description: Family: Polygonaceae
description: Genus: Eriogonum
description: Species: caespitosum
Hamiltonian ADM Gravity in Non-Harmonic Gauges with Well Defined Non-Euclidean 3-Spaces: How Much Darkness can be Explained as a Relativistic Inertial Effect?
Creators: name: Lusanna, Luca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In special and general relativity the synchronization convention of distant clocks may be simulated with a mathematical definition of global non-inertial frames (the only ones existing in general relativity due to the equivalence principle) with well-defined instantaneous 3-spaces. For asymptotically Minkowskian Einstein space-times this procedure can be used at the Hamiltonian level in the York canonical basis, where it is possible for the first time to disentangle tidal gravitational degrees of freedom from gauge inertial ones. The most important inertial effect connected with clock synchronization is the York time {}^3K(τ, σ^r), not existing in Newton gravity. This fact opens the possibility to describe some aspects of {\it darkness} as a relativistic inertial effect in Einstein gravity by means of a Post-Minkowskian reformulation of the Celestial Reference System ICRS.
description: Talk at the Workshop "Cosmology, the Quantum Vacuum and Zeta Functions" for the celebration of Emilio Elizalde's sixtieth birthday, Barcelona, March 8-10, 2010. 10 pages
title: Monarda fistulosa
title: Wild bergamot
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Lamiaceae
Monarda
fistulosa

description: Family: Lamiaceae
description: Genus: Monarda
description: Species: fistulosa
title: Exploring the Relations between Social Presence and Individual and Social/Shared Metacognition in Learners within a Global Graduate Online Programme
Creators: name: Jaber, RM
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2018

description: This thesis research is a qualitative case study that addressed online students and tutors in an international doctorate programme. The aim of this research project is to explore whether and how social presence and metacognition are related while devoting attention to the social aspect of the metacognitive process. Further, the thesis research aims at extracting practical insights in terms of online learning designs and theoretical insights regarding the development of the main concepts of the study. Data was collected using both individual and group semi-structured interviews with four tutors and ten students at the same online doctorate programme. The thematic analysis led to findings that support that, although a level of social presence was experienced by students and tutors, this level was not satisfactory for them. Indications of metacognition were present although socially shared metacognition was less evident. In general, participants expressed the belief that effective social presence supports deep learning outcomes such as metacognition. As for theoretical and practical insights, the findings support that identity performance is key to understanding social presence and the learning dynamics in online learning contexts. Furthermore, the findings led to the adoption of a new definition of social presence and some suggestions for online learning design.
title: PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS OF THE BARRIERS TO ‎ICT ‎INTEGRATION IN THEIR FUTURE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE IN A GULF STATE
Creators: name: Al-Sharef, Tojan
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2018

description: ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to assess pre-service teachers‟ confidence with technological pedagogical knowledge, their attitude toward ICT integration in education, intention to integrate ICT in their future career, and their evaluation of their teacher education program in terms of preparing pre-service teachers to utilize ICT in their future instructional practice. Furthermore, this study explores the relationship between TPK confidence, and the attitude toward and intent to integrate ICT among pre-service teachers. A quantitative method was employed to gather data from pre-service teachers at their senior year at their College of Education during the academic year 2014/2015. The evidence was then analyzed based on the original research questions. The study findings show that approximately half of the participants had neither the confidence nor the intention to utilize ICT in their future instructional practice. However, the majority of them also had positive attitudes toward ICT. The results show that there is a significant relationship between confidence and intention, with participants with less confidence about ICT skills in their instructional practice having no intention to utilize it in their future instructional practice. In addition, a significant relationship was evident between attitudes and confidence as participants believe that the use of ICT in teaching leads to better student learning outcomes. Evidence is mixed as to whether teacher education programs have a positive role in pre-service teachers‟ preparedness to use ICT in their future instructional practice. The research, therefore, suggests the need for effort on the part of both faculty members and policy makers to improve the teacher education program in the area of technology integration.
title: Hymenopappus newberryi
title: Newberry's hymenopappus
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Asteraceae
Hymenopappus
newberryi

description: Family: Asteraceae
description: Genus: Hymenopappus
description: Species: newberryi
The speed of justice : summary execution and legal culture in Qing dynasty China, 1644-1912
Creators: name: Guo, Weiting
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: This dissertation examines the history of summary execution in the Qing dynasty (1644-1912) and its significant impact upon Chinese politics and legal culture. The practice of this extraordinary punishment initially increased in the eighteenth century, when the Qing Empire encountered the challenges of a growing population, an overburdened judicial system, and an increased number of popular protests. The Qianlong emperor (1711-1799) extensively used expedient procedures and bestowed upon regional authorities the power of summary execution to battle the threats from both borderland and inland—including the emerging underclass and the protesters. However, the problems remained unresolved and the court continued to institutionalize this informal punishment. In the nineteenth century, the increasing social turmoil and continuously overwhelmed judicial system led to several reforms at the regional level. Following the trend of local militarization, the spread of men using force became an inevitable trend. The authorities continued to rely on braves in order to quench local revolts and save government expenditures. Yet this approach blurred the boundary between legality and illegality and forced the authorities to severely punish soldiers and unorganized “roaming braves” (youyong 游勇) through the informal procedure of summary execution. Although the practice of summary execution helped the authorities to overcome the lack of judicial resources and suppress the threats in an efficient manner, it also evaded central authority over death penalty and enhanced political intervention in the judicial process. The extensive use of this punishment created a space for not only the state but also regional authorities and local forces to manipulate judicial expediency and the death penalty. It also led to the rise of what I call the “economy of punishment”—the spread and distribution of penal resources related to crime and violence. This trend shifted the practice of Chinese death penalty toward a system where routinized and exceptional, centralized and decentralized, and formal and informal forces consistently negotiated judicial expediency and mutually shaped one another. More importantly, it reveals that a series of significant reforms predated the Westernization of law and continued to influence Chinese criminal justice during the first half of the twentieth century.
Structure and Complexity in Planning with Unary Operators
Creators: name: Brafman, R. I.
name: Domshlak, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Unary operator domains -- i.e., domains in which operators have a single effect -- arise naturally in many control problems. In its most general form, the problem of STRIPS planning in unary operator domains is known to be as hard as the general STRIPS planning problem -- both are PSPACE-complete. However, unary operator domains induce a natural structure, called the domain's causal graph. This graph relates between the preconditions and effect of each domain operator. Causal graphs were exploited by Williams and Nayak in order to analyze plan generation for one of the controllers in NASA's Deep-Space One spacecraft. There, they utilized the fact that when this graph is acyclic, a serialization ordering over any subgoal can be obtained quickly. In this paper we conduct a comprehensive study of the relationship between the structure of a domain's causal graph and the complexity of planning in this domain. On the positive side, we show that a non-trivial polynomial time plan generation algorithm exists for domains whose causal graph induces a polytree with a constant bound on its node indegree. On the negative side, we show that even plan existence is hard when the graph is a directed-path singly connected DAG. More generally, we show that the number of paths in the causal graph is closely related to the complexity of planning in the associated domain. Finally we relate our results to the question of complexity of planning with serializable subgoals.
A comparison of the biofouling potential of field-collected and laboratory-cultured Ulva
Creators: name: Kurtz, Kayla R.
name: Green-Gavrielidis, Lindsay
name: Maranda, Lucie
name: Thornber, Carol S.
name: Moloney, Danielle M.
name: Oyanedel-Craver, Vinka
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The marine algae Ulva spp. are commonly used as model biofouling organisms. As biofouling studies are primarily conducted using field-collected specimens, factors including species identity, seasonal availability, and physiological status can hinder the replicability of the results. To address these limitations, a protocol was developed for the on-demand laboratory culture and release of Ulva zoospores. The biofouling potential of laboratory-cultured and field-collected Ulva blades was compared using a waterjet. No significant differences were found between field and laboratory-cultured samples in either spore adhesion (before waterjet) or the proportion of spores retained after waterjet exposure. However, there was significant variability within each session type in pre- and post-waterjet exposures, indicating that spore adhesion and retention levels vary significantly among trial runs. In addition, all our laboratory cultures were Ulva Clade C (LPP complex). In contrast, our field samples contained a mix of Ulva Clade C, U. compressa clade I, and U. flexuosa Clade D. This protocol for on-demand production of Ulva spores can improve biofouling research approaches, enables comparison of results across laboratories and regions, and accelerate the development of anti-biofouling strategies.
Dynamic compensation and sensor fusion for a GSM-based water quality monitoring network
Creators: name: Chen, Zhuo
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: With the increasing demand for water, access to clean water is becoming a more challenging problem for people, in both rural and urban communities. The quantity and quality of fresh water resources, both surface water and ground water, are of major concern worldwide. A continuous water quality monitoring system with access to accurate real-time data can play an important role in water quality tracking and environmental protection. However, evaluation of water quality is complicated; on the one hand, a great number of physical, chemical and biological parameters are usually involved. Hence, multi-sensors network is often deployed for collecting a variety of useful water quality information, such as pH value, ammonia concentration, oxidation-reduction potential, temperature, electrical conductivity, turbidity, and the concentration of dissolved oxygen. On the other hand, objectives of in situ testing are complex and dynamic, and the testing environment in the field is also dynamic and harsh. This thesis develops a wireless data transmission platform to solve the communication problem between the monitoring sensor nodes in the field and the base station. What’s more, an individual sensor is only able to make a judgment using a single parameter as evidence. Simplex information is neither sufficient nor reliable, and some parameters also have mutual interference with each other to some extent. Specifically, there should be a systematic way to integrate information from multiple sensors to obtain more accurate and reliable water quality information. Furthermore, allowance has to be made for the variation in the conditions of a sensor, which will affect the sensor accuracy. Therefore, compensation and fusion of sensory data from disparate sources are very necessary to secure a reliable, accurate, and comprehensive monitoring result. By applying Dempster-Shafer theory and Euclidean Distance, this thesis presents a method of assigning four different parameters in the same scale, and combining them into an integrated and reliable quality evaluation result. The necessary methodologies are systematically presented. They are applied to realistic sensory data to illustrate their application and effectiveness.
title: Berberis fendleri
title: Colorado barberry
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Berberidaceae
Berberis
fendleri

description: Family: Berberidaceae
description: Genus: Berberis
description: Species: fendleri
title: Eremogone hookeri
title: Hooker's sandwort
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Caryophyllaceae
Eremogone
hookeri

description: Family: Caryophyllaceae
description: Genus: Eremogone
description: Species: hookeri
title: Opuntia polyacantha
title: Plains pricklypear
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Cactaceae
Opuntia
polyacantha

description: Family: Cactaceae
description: Genus: Opuntia
description: Species: polyacantha
U_A(1) Symmetry Restoration from an In-Medium eta' Mass Reduction in sqrt(s(NN)) = 200 GeV Au+Au Collisions
Creators: name: Csorgo, T.
name: Vertesi, R.
name: Sziklai, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A reduction of the mass of the eta'(958) meson may signal restoration of the U_A(1) symmetry in a hot and dense hadronic matter, corresponding to the return of the 9th, "prodigal" Goldstone boson. We report on an analysis of a combined PHENIX and STAR data set on the intercept parameter of the two-pion Bose-Einstein correlation functions, as measuremed in sqrt(s(NN)) = 200 GeV Au + Au collisions at RHIC. To describe this combined PHENIX and STAR dataset, an in-medium eta' mass reduction of at least 200 MeV is needed, at the 99.9 % confidence level in a broad model class of resonance abundances.
description: 12 pages, 5 figures, to appear in the Proceedings of the Gribov'80 Memorial Workshop
Additional file 2 of Neurotransmitter-stimulated neuron-derived sEVs have opposite effects on amyloid β-induced neuronal damage
Creators: name: Dou, Yunxiao
name: Xie, Junchao
name: Tan, Yan
name: Zhang, Min
name: Zhao, Yanxin
name: Liu, Xueyuan
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Mental Health

description: Additional file 2: Fig. S2. Internalization of PKH26 labeled sEVs in primary cultured neurons. (A) sEVs were labeled with PKH26 (red) and added to primary neurons. A control group (only PKH26 without sEVs) was established to exclude false-positive staining caused by the dye. Then, the neurons were immunostained with βIII-tubulin (green) and visualized under a confocal microscope. PKH26 -labeled sEVs were indicated by white arrows. n = 3.
title: Dryopteris expansa
title: Spreading woodfern
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Dryopteridaceae
Dryopteris
expansa

description: Family: Dryopteridaceae
description: Genus: Dryopteris
description: Species: expansa
The Optical Counterpart of NGC 1313 X-1
Creators: name: Yang, Lin
name: Feng, Hua
name: Kaaret, Philip
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We identify the optical counterpart of the ultraluminous X-ray source (ULX) NGC 1313 X-1 and discuss constraints on its physical nature from multiband optical spectra. There is a single object on Hubble Space Telescope (HST) images within the aspect-corrected Chandra X-ray error circle; a fainter, possibly extended, feature lies near the edge of the error circle. The brighter object showed prominent variation in the F555W band, but was constant in the F814W band. The spectrum was consistent with a single power-law on 2003 Nov 17, but deviated from this on 2004 Jul 17, suggestive of more than one emission component. Based on the location, magnitudes, spectral shape, and variability of the bright object, it is likely the ULX counterpart. The red wing of the spectrum around F814W may be due to emission from the companion star, and the blue wing is likely from disk emission. The stellar population around X-1 has an age older than 30 Myr, without very blue stars or young clusters. This places a constraint on the companion mass of the ULX as no more than 10 solar masses.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
Efficient synthesis of substituted pyrroles through iron-mediated oxidation reaction of 3-methylenehexane-2,5-dione with primary amines
Creators: name: Chen, Xi
name: Yuan, JiaCheng
name: Zhou, Min
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Virology

description: An efficient route has been developed for the synthesis of multiple substituted pyrrole derivatives from the readily available agents through iron-mediated oxidative aromatization process in good to excellent yields. This method is well tolerated with a diverse broad range of substrates and a complementary approach to currently available synthetic methods.
title: Townsendia microcephala
title: Smallheaded Townsend daisy
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Asteraceae
Townsendia
microcephala

description: Family: Asteraceae
description: Genus: Townsendia
description: Species: microcephala
Klinische Studien. Soll ich an einer klinischen Studie teilnehmen?
Creators: name: Ärztliches Zentrum Für Qualität In Der Medizin (ÄZQ)
Publisher: name: Bundesärztekammer (BÄK); Kassenärztliche Bundesvereinigung (KBV); Ärztliches Zentrum für Qualität in der Medizin (ÄZQ)
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 610 Medical sciences; Medicine

description: Kurzinformationen für Patienten
DEP Bulletin: Volume 40 Issue 23
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: The DEP bulletin is a semi-monthly publication of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. It contains a list of construction permit applications recently filed or acted upon by the Department along with a calendar of events of interest, a schedule of public hearings, and Environmental Impact Statements acted upon during the period.
Microwave conductivity of heavy fermions in UPd2Al3
Creators: name: Scheffler, Marc
name: Dressel, Martin
name: Jourdan, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Heavy-fermion compounds are characterized by electronic correlation effects at low energies which can directly be accessed with optical spectroscopy. Here we present detailed measurements of the frequency- and temperature-dependent conductivity of the heavy-fermion compound UPd2Al3 using broadband microwave spectroscopy in the frequency range 45 MHz to 40 GHz at temperatures down to 1.7 K. We observe the full Drude response with a relaxation time up to 50 ps, proving that the mass enhancement of the heavy charge carriers goes hand in hand with an enhancement of the relaxation time. We show that the relaxation rate as a function of temperature scales with the dc resistivity. We do not find any signs of a frequency-dependent relaxation rate within the addressed frequency range.
description: 14 pages, 4 figures
Investigation of harbor craft activities for emission inventory calculation
Creators: name: Frederickson, Chas
name: Miller, J. Wayne
name: Jung, Heejung
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Pharmacology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Science Policy
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Plant Biology

description: Total emissions from all sources need to be accurately quantified in an emission inventory in order for a basin to develop their air pollution management plan. The best approach is to measure both the real-world emissions and activity for a source; however, often only emissions are measured and activity is estimated from historical factors. This report focuses on harbor craft and presents data showing that using measured emissions and historical factors for activity will lead to inaccurate emission contributions. In this research, real-world activity data were collected from the engine control module (ECM) and from a surrogate method that relied on exhaust temperature. Measured real-world activity values from 10 harbor craft were compared with historical values found in the certification cycle. The vessels included four tugboats, three pilot boats, two police boats, and one supply vessel. The results showed the activity values used in the certification cycle did not reflect the real-world activity of the 10 harbor craft vessels. On average, real-world NOx emissions were only 46% of the NOx emissions estimated by ISO 8178-E3 weighting factor. In contrast, inclusion of significantly lower load factors leads to 31% higher in-use NOx emission factors on average. CARB/EPA load factor ranges from 0.45 to 0.51 while in-use load factor ranged from 0.14 to 0.44. From this finding, researchers are cautioned about accepting the activity values in a certification test cycle, like ISO 8178 E3, and instead should measure real world activity data. This change would improve the accuracy of the emission contribution from harbor craft to the local inventory. Implications: Real-world measurements of activity and emissions are the best way to get an accurate emission contribution to emission inventory. This paper reports on the differences between the use of the traditional certification cycle and real-world activity of harbor craft. Engine control module (ECM) and exhaust temperature data from 10 harbor crafts with different types of operation were used to compare real-world activity data to certification cycle.
Answer Set Planning Under Action Costs
Creators: name: Eiter, T.
name: Faber, W.
name: Leone, N.
name: Pfeifer, G.
name: Polleres, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Recently, planning based on answer set programming has been proposed as an approach towards realizing declarative planning systems. In this paper, we present the language Kc, which extends the declarative planning language K by action costs. Kc provides the notion of admissible and optimal plans, which are plans whose overall action costs are within a given limit resp. minimum over all plans (i.e., cheapest plans). As we demonstrate, this novel language allows for expressing some nontrivial planning tasks in a declarative way. Furthermore, it can be utilized for representing planning problems under other optimality criteria, such as computing ``shortest'' plans (with the least number of steps), and refinement combinations of cheapest and fastest plans. We study complexity aspects of the language Kc and provide a transformation to logic programs, such that planning problems are solved via answer set programming. Furthermore, we report experimental results on selected problems. Our experience is encouraging that answer set planning may be a valuable approach to expressive planning systems in which intricate planning problems can be naturally specified and solved.
title: Characterisation and manufacturing of glass fibre diffuser with ultrashort pulse laser
Creators: name: Abelein, Beat Dominik
Publisher: name: FH Vorarlberg
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften

description: In recent years, much research has been done on medical laser applications inside the human body, as they are minimally invasive and therefore have fewer side effects and are less expensive than conventional therapies. In order to bring the laser light into the human body, a glass fibre with a diffuser is needed. The goal of this master thesis is the characterization and production of fibre optic diffusers that can be used for the three therapeutic applications: photodynamic therapy, laser-induced thermotherapy and endovenous laser therapy. For this purpose the following goals have to be achieved: - Optimization of the efficiency and homogeneity of internally structured diffusers - Examine damage thresholds of the diffusers in the tissue using a crash test - Achieving a better understanding of the decouple mechanism with a simulation Using an ultra-short pulse laser, modifications could be introduced into the fibre in this way that the radiation profile is homogeneous and the decoupling efficiency is 68.3 %. It was discovered that the radiation profile depends on the wavelength. Attempts have been made to improve the decoupling efficiency by mirroring the distal end of the fibre. The mirror reflects the remaining light back into the fibre, so that it is also decoupled lateral on the modifications. Vapor-deposited aluminum with physical vapor deposition is a promising approach. However, the adhesion of the coating must be improved or the coating must be protected by a mechanical cover, otherwise it will flake off too quickly. In a crash test, it was shown that the glass fibre diffusers can withstand 20 W laser power for 300 s without visible change. In an ex vivo test, the coagulation zone in the tissue was examined and it was showed that the diffusers radiate radially homogeneously. Using a ray trace simulation, the course of the light rays in the fibre was examined and the correlation of modification width and length with the decoupling efficiency was investigated. It was discovered that there are helical light rays in the fibre, which cannot be decoupled by modifications in the fibre centre.
title: Philadelphus microphyllus
title: Little leaf mock orange
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Hydrangeaceae
Philadelphus
microphyllus

description: Family: Hydrangeaceae
description: Genus: Philadelphus
description: Species: microphyllus
Photocatalytic hydrogen production in a UV-irradiated fluidized bed reactor
Creators: name: Reilly, Kevin
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2016

description: Growing global energy demands and an increased environmental awareness have resulted in a demand for renewable energy sources. Photocatalytic water splitting has long been explored as a direct solar-to-chemical energy conversion method in the hopes of creating a sustainable, emissions-free hydrogen production process. In this thesis we present the first focused effort on hydrogen production via photocatalytic water splitting in a UV-irradiated fluidized bed reactor. This novel approach was taken to address the mass-transfer effects, poor radiation distribution, parasitic back-reaction and photocatalyst handling difficulties that limit the efficiency and scalability of existing water splitting systems. By fluidizing platinum-deposited TiO₂ spheres in a 2.2M Na₂CO₃ solution, steady hydrogen production rates of 211 μmol/hr with an apparent quantum efficiency of 1.33% were achieved upon UV-irradiation. This represents a marked 44% increase in efficiency when compared to results obtained by suspended slurry TiO2 photocatalysts in the same reactor. A mathematical model describing the performance of the fluidized bed water splitting system was derived and then employed to estimate several key parameters. From the model, it was found that high rates of mass transfer in the separator unit could minimize the negative effects of the parasitic back reaction and greatly improve the overall rate of hydrogen evolution. Indeed, it was demonstrated experimentally that slight modifications to the liquid-gas separator to improve mass transfer resulted in a 350% increase in the rate of hydrogen evolution. The application of the model to the design of fluidized bed water splitting systems is described. Advanced, fluidizable nanowire and nanorod photocatalysts that can withstand the rigors of fluidization are described here for the first time. We present two novel, scalable methods that allow for the growth of anatase nanowires or rutile nanorods on porous glass particles, whose deep surface features protect the nanostructured films from mechanical attrition. It was found that the photocatalytic activity of anatase nanowires grown via a chemical bath deposition process was over three times greater than that of hydrothermally grown rutile nanorods when employed for photocatalytic hydrogen production and degradation of a model contaminant (Rhodamine B). The factors controlling nanowire growth and performance are discussed.
RoboSTEAM Project December 2020 videoconference
Creators: name: Conde-González, M. Á.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: RoboSTEAM, Erasmus+, STEAM, Robots, Computational Thinking, EU

description: Presentation and agenda of the December 21st 2020 videoconference of the RoboSTEAM Erasmus+ Project (Ref. 2018-1-ES01-KA201-050939).
description: RoboSTEAM (Integrating STEAM and computational thinking development by using robotics and physical devices) is a project funded under European Union ERASMUS+ KA2 – Cooperation and Innovation for Good Practices. Strategic Partnerships for school education Programme (2018-1-ES01-KA201-050939). The European Commission support for the production of this publication does not constitute an endorsement of the contents which reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
title: Abies lasiocarpa
title: Subalpine fir
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Pinaceae
Abies
lasiocarpa

description: Family: Pinaceae
description: Genus: Abies
description: Species: lasiocarpa
Missing Iron Problem and Type Ia Supernova Enrichment of Hot Gas in Galactic Spheroids
Creators: name: Tang, Shikui
name: Wang, Q. Daniel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Type Ia supernovae (Ia SNe) provide a rich source of iron for hot gas in galactic stellar spheroids. However, the expected super-solar iron abundance of the hot gas is not observed. Instead, X-ray observations often show decreasing iron abundance toward galactic central regions, where the Ia SN enrichment is expected to be the highest. We examine the cause of this missing iron problem by studying the enrichment process and its effect on X-ray abundance measurements of the hot gas. The evolution of Ia SN iron ejecta is simulated in the context of galaxy-wide hot gas outflows, in both supersonic and subsonic cases, as may be expected for hot gas in galactic bulges or elliptical galaxies of intermediate masses. SN reverse-shock heated iron ejecta is typically found to have a very high temperature and low density, hence producing little X-ray emission. Such hot ejecta, driven by its large buoyancy, can quickly reach a substantially higher outward velocity than the ambient medium, which is dominated by mass loss from evolved stars. The ejecta is gradually and dynamically mixed with the medium at large galactic radii. The ejecta is also slowly diluted and cooled by {\sl insitu} mass injection from evolved stars. These processes together naturally result in the observed positive gradient in the average radial iron abundance distribution of the hot gas, even if mass-weighted. This trend is in addition to the X-ray measurement bias that tends to underestimate the iron abundance for the hot gas with a temperature distribution.
description: 18 pages, 9 figures, MNRAS in press
Equilibrium and hysteresis formation of water vapor adsorption on microporous adsorbents: Effect of adsorbent properties and temperature
Creators: name: Jia, Lijuan
name: Niu, Ben
name: Jing, Xiaoxia
name: Wu, Yangfang
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Space Science
subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: Water vapor has been one of the vital problems in purification of volatile organic compounds. In this study, the adsorption-desorption equilibrium of water vapor were conducted at 298, 308, 318, and 328 K on three adsorbents: hypercrosslinked polymeric adsorbents (HPA), activated carbon fiber (ACF) and granular activated carbon (GAC). The obtained isotherms were type V and the adsorption capacity at the same condition was: GAC>ACF>HPA. cluster formation induced micropore filling (CIMF) model was adopted to fit the adsorption isotherms and the fitting parameters showed that adsorption capacities of water vapor on micropores and functional groups had a negative logarithmic linear relationship with temperature. The existence of functional groups could weaken the negative influence of temperature on the water adsorption performance, while the influence of temperature had negligible relationship with microporous volume. The hysteresis loops at different temperatures on three adsorbents had similar shape, the size of which were also: GAC>ACF>HPA. They mainly occurred in micropore adsorption, but their size had positive relationships with both functional groups and microporous volume. The hysteresis became smaller along with the increase of temperature, closely related with the stability of water clusters. In conclusion, temperature, functional groups and porous structure played crucial roles for water vapor adsorption and the formation of hysteresis. Implications: Water vapor is one of the vital influence for VOCs recovery, so studying the adsorption mechanism of water vapor is important to weaken its negative effect. Adsorption capacities of water vapor on both micropores and functional groups had a negative logarithmic linear relationship with temperature. The existence of functional groups could weaken the negative influence of temperature on the water adsorption performance, while the influence of temperature had negligible relationship with microporous volume. The hysteresis loops on three adsorbents mainly occurred in micropore adsorption, but their size had positive relationships with both functional groups and microporous volume.
title: Pectis angustifolia
title: Lemonscent
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Asteraceae
Pectis
angustifolia

description: Family: Asteraceae
description: Genus: Pectis
description: Species: angustifolia_
DEP Bulletin: Volume 40 Issue 24
Creators: name: No Name Supplied
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2016

description: The DEP bulletin is a semi-monthly publication of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. It contains a list of construction permit applications recently filed or acted upon by the Department along with a calendar of events of interest, a schedule of public hearings, and Environmental Impact Statements acted upon during the period.
Invariant higher-order variational problems
Creators: name: Gay-Balmaz, F.
name: Holm, D. D.
name: Meier, D. M.
name: Ratiu, T. S.
name: Vialard, F. -X.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We investigate higher-order geometric $k$-splines for template matching on Lie groups. This is motivated by the need to apply diffeomorphic template matching to a series of images, e.g., in longitudinal studies of Computational Anatomy. Our approach formulates Euler-Poincaré theory in higher-order tangent spaces on Lie groups. In particular, we develop the Euler-Poincaré formalism for higher-order variational problems that are invariant under Lie group transformations. The theory is then applied to higher-order template matching and the corresponding curves on the Lie group of transformations are shown to satisfy higher-order Euler-Poincaré equations. The example of SO(3) for template matching on the sphere is presented explicitly. Various cotangent bundle momentum maps emerge naturally that help organize the formulas. We also present Hamiltonian and Hamilton-Ostrogradsky Lie-Poisson formulations of the higher-order Euler-Poincaré theory for applications on the Hamiltonian side.
description: 46 pages, 8 figures, First version -- comments welcome!
title: Tamarix chinensis
title: Five-stamen tamarisk
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Tamaricaceae
Tamarix
chinensis

description: Family: Tamaricaceae
description: Genus: Tamarix
description: Species: chinensis
title: Ptelea trifoliata
title: Common hoptree
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dorn, Robert
name: Dorn, Jane
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming
Year: 2006
Subjects: Rutaceae
Ptelea
trifoliata

description: Family: Rutaceae
description: Genus: Ptelea
description: Species: trifoliata