cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Lateral stability of continuous glulam beams
Creators: name: Everest, Edwin Albert
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This thesis presents the results of a theoretical and experimental study of the lateral buckling of straight beams of rectangular cross-section resting on columns, a type of structure commonly found in the roofing system of multi-bayed buildings. The structure is analyzed as a simply supported beam, uniformly loaded, restrained at one end against longitudinal torsion and resting near the other end on a flexible column which may provide various torsional and lateral restraints. Beyond the column is a cantilevered projection of various lengths and loads. The entire top edge of the beam is considered as fastened to a continuous decking which restrains it against horizontal displacement but permits free rotation about this edge. The method of solution of the theoretical lateral buckling load is by using a computer program to calculate the structure stiffness matrix's determinant at increasing load levels, and a plot of the determinant versus load level yields the critical load (at determinant equals zero). This theoretical approach is verified by model experiments in the laboratory. Design curves and equations are produced incorporating the usual flexural beam and axially loaded column strength concepts, with lateral buckling considerations. Recommended design code procedures are forwarded based on these curves which would permit more economical use of deep beams. Included in the thesis is the computer program listing used in the solution technique.
title: Effects of Graded Levels of Dietary Lasalocid on Performance of Holstein Cows During Early Lactation
Creators: name: Christensen, Dennis E.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1995

description: Thirty-six multiparous Holstein cows were assigned to one of three dietary levels of lasalocid· 0, 180, or 360 mg/hd/d in a completely randomized design Cows were assigned to treatments I wk postcalving and remained on treatment until II wk postcalving Basal diets were composed of ground corn, alfalfa hay, alfalfa haylage, corn silage, and soybean meal, fortified with vitamins and minerals as needed. All ingredients were ground and fed as a total mixed ration Daily rations were fed in two equal portions at 0500 and I 700 h at a rate to allow a 5- 10% refusal. Daily measurements included milk production and dry matter intake (OM 1). Milk composition (fat, protein, and somatic ii cells) was analyzed twice per week on Tuesdays and Fridays. Cow body weight (BW) and visual body condition were measured weekly. Production during previous lactation was used as a covariate in analyzing the data. Although milk production was not affected by dietary treatment, lasalocid tended to increase daily milk production by approximately 2.5 kg/d (P 13) at both the 180 and 360 mg/hd/d levels Percent milk fat and protein were not afl'ected by dietary lasalocid (P 84 and 78, respectively). Somatic cell count of the milk was not affected by dietary lasalocid (/' 17). Dietary lasalocid reduced DMI by approximately I 5 kg/d at both the 180 and 360 mg/hdld levels (P .02). At the 180 and 360 mg/hdld levels, lasalocid increased amount of milk produced per kg of DM consumed by 16 kg (I' 08). either BW (P 89) nor body condition (P = 90) were affected by dietary lasalocid at either level. No effect of treatments was observed on blood metabolites Glucose, nonesterified fatty acids, P-hydroxybutyrate, and cholesterol all tell within the normal ranges of blood serum.
Matching of the low-x evolution kernels
Creators: name: Fadin, V. S.
name: Fiore, R.
name: Grabovsky, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate that the ambiguity of the low-x evolution kernels in the next-to-leading order (NLO) permits one to match the Mobius form of the BFKL kernel and the kernel of the colour dipole model and to construct the Mobius invariant NLO BFKL kernel in N=4 supersymmetric Yang-Mills theory.
description: 17 pages, references added
The KAP study regarding Rural Mothers of Infants about Diarrhea In sheikh Zayed Hospital Rahim yar Khan
Creators: name: Dr.Fayyaz Hussain; Dr.Syed Imran Abbas Shah; Dr.Muhammad Imran Mazhar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 110303 Clinical Microbiology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110307 Gastroenterology and Hepatology
subject: 110801 Medical Bacteriology
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111699 Medical Physiology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Basic medicine

description: Diarrhea is leading cause of death in infants. 60% of Pakistan’s population lives in rural areas. It is therefore important to assess knowledge, attitude and practices of rural mothers of infants about diarrhea.
title: The Unconscious Workspace: How Designers Can Use Shared Virtual Spaces for Creative Problem Solving
Creators: name: Albutt, Roxanne
Publisher: name: Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Creative ability
subject: Problem solving
subject: Virtual reality

description: Design teams use online digital spaces to communicate when working remotely, varying from email to chat to video collaboration tools. Often, these spaces stifle the team’s creative problem-solving abilities. The opportunity space is explored through two focused explorations: Creativity in 3D virtual spaces, and collaboration and communication in 3D virtual spaces. The first focused exploration between virtual workflows and the creative model described by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi revealed a noteworthy difference between the two - the incubation phase. The incubation effect is described as a process of allowing the unconscious mind to process ideas indirectly while an individual participates in an unrelated task. These incubation periods often occur in physical spaces through play and discovery for a creative team before they can achieve a sense of creative flow. However, there is no clear emphasis to include a space in virtual team environments for incubation to occur. 3 Creativity is heavily influenced by our surroundings. Immersive virtual environments create an atmosphere that welcomes play and experimentation, as well as allowing developers to control sensory information given to the user. The flexibility of virtual spaces allows us to create an individual’s ideal creative space. Secondly, complex design problems often require novel ideas generated from the knowledge of more than one area of expertise. George de Mestral, a Swiss electrical engineer, had studied the unique form of cockleburs when he noticed they had gotten stuck in his dog’s fur during a hunting trip. This had led to the invention of the hook and loop fastener. People from different fields tend to interpret information differently due to learned convergent thinking methods, leading to different perspectives. Working in isolation can lead to misinterpretation of information or the problem space, which can misdirect what the team is solving for.
Dynamic maximum entropy reduction
Creators: name: Klika, Václav
name: Pavelka, Michal
name: Vágner, Petr
name: Grmela, Miroslav
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI AG
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Complex fluids
subject: Dynamic MaxEnt
subject: Heat conduction
subject: MaxEnt
subject: Model reduction
subject: Non-equilibrium thermodynamics
subject: Ohm's law
subject: 510

description: Any physical system can be regarded on different levels of description varying by how detailed the description is. We propose a method called Dynamic MaxEnt (DynMaxEnt) that provides a passage from the more detailed evolution equations to equations for the less detailed state variables. The method is based on explicit recognition of the state and conjugate variables, which can relax towards the respective quasi-equilibria in different ways. Detailed state variables are reduced using the usual principle of maximum entropy (MaxEnt), whereas relaxation of conjugate variables guarantees that the reduced equations are closed. Moreover, an infinite chain of consecutive DynMaxEnt approximations can be constructed. The method is demonstrated on a particle with friction, complex fluids (equipped with conformation and Reynolds stress tensors), hyperbolic heat conduction and magnetohydrodynamics. © 2020 by the authors.
Factorized Tree-level Scattering in AdS_4 x CP^3
Creators: name: Kalousios, Chrysostomos
name: Vergu, C.
name: Volovich, Anastasia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: AdS_4/CFT_3 duality relating IIA string theory on AdS_4 x CP^3 to N=6 superconformal Chern-Simons theory provides an arena for studying aspects of integrability in a new potentially exactly solvable system. In this paper we explore the tree-level worldsheet scattering for strings on AdS_4 x CP^3. We compute all bosonic four-, five- and six-point amplitudes in the gauge-fixed action and demonstrate the absence of particle production.
description: 23 pages, v2. references added
title: Modeling the Defect Density of States of Disordered SiO2 Through Cathodoluminescence
Creators: name: Jensen, Amberly Evans
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: This study measures the electron-induced luminescence (cathodoluminescence) for various samples of fused silica. With a band gap of ~8.9 eV, visible and near-IR (NIR) luminescence occurs only if there are states (localized defect or trap states) within the forbidden band gap for electrons to occupy. A model is presented based on the electronic band structure and defect density of states—used to explain electron transport in highly disordered insulating materials—which has been extended to describe the relative cathodoluminescent intensity and spectral bands as a function of incident beam energy and current density, sample temperatures, and emitted photon wavelength.
Tests were conducted on two types of disordered SiO2 samples, the first type containing two variations: (i) thin (~60 nm) coatings on reflective metal substrates, and (ii) ~80 μm thick bulk samples. Luminescence was measured using a visible range SLR CCD still camera, a VIS/NIR image-intensified video camera, a NIR video camera, and a UV/VIS spectrometer. Sample temperature was varied from ~295 K to 40 K. The results of these tests were fit with the proposed model using saturation dose rate and mean shallow trap energy as fitting parameters and are summarized below.
First, each incident energy has a corresponding penetration depth, or range, which determines the fraction of energy absorbed in the material. In the thinner samples, the range exceeds the thickness of the sample; therefore, the intensity decreases with increasing energy. However, for the thicker samples, the range is less than the sample thickness and the intensity increases linearly with incident energy.
Next, at low current densities, luminescent intensity is linearly proportional to incident current density through the dose rate. At very high current densities, saturation is observed.
Finally, the overall luminescent intensity increased exponentially as T decreased, until reaching an optimum temperature, where it falls off to zero (as the model predicts). The spectra show four distinct bands of emitted photon wavelengths, corresponding to four distinct energy distributions of defect states within the band gap, each behaving differently with temperature. The response of each band to temperature is indicative of the extent to which it is filled.
title: Landscape Evolution of the Needles Fault Zone, Utah, Investigated Through Chronostratigraphic and Terrain Analyses
Creators: name: Geiger, Faye L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Arcing eastward from the deep gorge of Cataract Canyon on the Colorado River is a series of aligned valleys (graben) and ridges (horst). This unusual landscape has formed as subsurface salt deforms toward the river and dissolves away, causing the overlying rocks to fault, slide, and subside. Geologists have long been interested in this actively evolving area they call the Needles fault zone, because understanding its mechanics and origin may shed light on how faults work in general and similar, yet inaccessible places like offshore rift zones or even the surface of the Moon. Despite this interest, the timing and long-term patterns of deformation here and are poorly constrained.
This study uses analysis of digital landscape models to better delineate these patterns and provide better age constraints on the development of the Needles fault zone. We find that the Colorado River incision that led to deformation here began as recently as 1 million years ago, and that faulting due to subsurface salt movement initiated between 700 and 200 thousand years ago.
The first part of this study takes advantage of how the development of graben valleys has changed the path of many of the streams in the study area, resulting in numerous captured streams terminating into a type of sinkhole, called a swallow hole, that develops above opening faults. These fissures are so named because, by ongoingopening, they are “swallowing” material that is flushed into them by local drainages. By recording and numerically dating the exposed upper 6-14 m of basin-fill strata, we determined that sediment was deposited to an alluvial fan and to ponded water. We also compared calculated sediment yields over time to paleoclimate records for the region to test extant hypotheses about how drylands respond to changing climate of the same scale as modern climate change. Against expectations, our results suggest that the greatest sediment yield and storage in these upper basins occurred during the relatively warm and dry time from 9 to 5 thousand years ago, when overland flow to transport sediment was weak. This implies that we are actually measuring sediment storage, as the faults that form swallow holes were relatively less active, allowing sediment to accumulate, rather than be flushed out of the basins.
Random Walk in Random Permutation Set Theory
Creators: name: Zhou, Jiefeng
name: Li, Zhen
name: Deng, Yong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Random walk is an explainable approach for modeling natural processes at the molecular level. The Random Permutation Set Theory (RPST) serves as a framework for uncertainty reasoning, extending the applicability of Dempster-Shafer Theory. Recent explorations indicate a promising link between RPST and random walk. In this study, we conduct an analysis and construct a random walk model based on the properties of RPST, with Monte Carlo simulations of such random walk. Our findings reveal that the random walk generated through RPST exhibits characteristics similar to those of a Gaussian random walk and can be transformed into a Wiener process through a specific limiting scaling procedure. This investigation establishes a novel connection between RPST and random walk theory, thereby not only expanding the applicability of RPST, but also demonstrating the potential for combining the strengths of both approaches to improve problem-solving abilities.
description: 27 pages, 8 figures; references added
Measurement of the ttbar Production Cross Section in ppbar Collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV using Soft Electron b-Tagging
Creators: name: CDF Collaboration
name: Aaltonen, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in ppbar collisions at sqrt(s)=1.96 TeV using a data sample corresponding to 1.7/fb of integrated luminosity collected with the Collider Detector at Fermilab. We reconstruct ttbar events in the lepton+jets channel. The dominant background is the production of W bosons in association with multiple jets. To suppress this background, we identify electrons from the semileptonic decay of heavy-flavor jets. We measure a production cross section of 7.8 +/- 2.4 (stat) +/- 1.6 (syst) +/- 0.5 (lumi) pb. This is the first measurement of the top pair production cross section with soft electron tags in Run II of the Tevatron.
description: accepted by Phys. Rev. D
title: Alkaloid Production by Hairy Root Cultures
Creators: name: Zhao, Bo
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: In the present research, nicotine alkaloid production by Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco) hairy roots and tropane alkaloid production by Hyoscyamus niger hairy roots were investigated. The first objective of this research was to improve the oxygen mass transfer in hairy root cultures with microbubbles. Oxygen was shown as a critical nutrient for the growth of tobacco and H. niger hairy roots. In a 1-liter fermentor, microbubble dispersion improved the oxygen mass transfer, tobacco hairy root growth, and nicotine production in the medium. In a novel ground-joint column bioreactor, microbubbles enhanced the oxygen mass transfer and the growth of H. niger hairy roots. The second objective of this research was to enhance the release of alkaloids from the hairy roots into the culture medium. In a l-liter fermentor, nicotine concentration in medium was improved by adjusting the medium pH to 6. Unlike the nicotine alkaloid, hyoscyamine concentration in medium was not detectable at medium pH 6, whereas hyoscyamine in medium increased to 42 mg l-1 at medium pH 3. Similar to the hyoscyamine, scopolamine in medium increased from 0.1 to 11 mg l-1 when the medium pH was adjusted from 6 to 3. The release of alkaloids into culture medium provides opportunities to isolate a high-value alkaloid directly from the culture fluid, and reduces the cost of product recovery.
title: Laboratory Modeling of Erosion Potential of Earthen Embankments in Contact With Open Bedrock Joints
Creators: name: Zaleski, Joseph T.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Earthen dams are often built into bedrock abutments and on bedrock foundations. Bedrock joints naturally occur in bedrock materials. These bedrock joints create voids for ground water to pass through. Historically earthen dams were sometimes built in direct contact with the bedrock joints, causing a contact point between the soil of the dam and the flowing water. It has been engineering practice to place grout into exposed bedrock joints for some time now. However, soil is not always cleaned out of bedrock joints before they are grouted, which leaves a weakness for water to push through.
The purpose of this study is to understand the point at which water flowing through bedrock joints will erode soil from the earthen dam embankment. The information of how much soil is eroded away in an amount of time is also crucial to the scope of this study.
The goals of this study were accomplished by building a physical model or apparatus of an earthen dam embankment on top of a simulated bedrock joint. Different soil types were tested in the apparatus to start a database of information about erosion rates of the soil along the bedrock joint and embankment interface. These results will be used to start a database for organizations that assign probabilities of dam failures. The purpose of the study is not to indicate when dams will fail, but to help with assigning probabilities of the likelihood of a serious problem being caused from this type of mechanism presented in this study.
OmniColor: A Global Camera Pose Optimization Approach of LiDAR-360Camera Fusion for Colorizing Point Clouds
Creators: name: Liu, Bonan
name: Zhao, Guoyang
name: Jiao, Jianhao
name: Cai, Guang
name: Li, Chengyang
name: Yin, Handi
name: Wang, Yuyang
name: Liu, Ming
name: Hui, Pan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A Colored point cloud, as a simple and efficient 3D representation, has many advantages in various fields, including robotic navigation and scene reconstruction. This representation is now commonly used in 3D reconstruction tasks relying on cameras and LiDARs. However, fusing data from these two types of sensors is poorly performed in many existing frameworks, leading to unsatisfactory mapping results, mainly due to inaccurate camera poses. This paper presents OmniColor, a novel and efficient algorithm to colorize point clouds using an independent 360-degree camera. Given a LiDAR-based point cloud and a sequence of panorama images with initial coarse camera poses, our objective is to jointly optimize the poses of all frames for mapping images onto geometric reconstructions. Our pipeline works in an off-the-shelf manner that does not require any feature extraction or matching process. Instead, we find optimal poses by directly maximizing the photometric consistency of LiDAR maps. In experiments, we show that our method can overcome the severe visual distortion of omnidirectional images and greatly benefit from the wide field of view (FOV) of 360-degree cameras to reconstruct various scenarios with accuracy and stability. The code will be released at https://github.com/liubonan123/OmniColor/.
description: 2024 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
title: An Evaluation of Current Applications of 3D Visualization Software in Landscape Architecture
Creators: name: Yan, Jie
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: The design process is important to all landscape architects. It helps generate ideas to solve problems in an efficient amount of time and insure that all stages of a project are completed. Generally, a design process includes project acquisition, inventory and site analysis, conflicts identification, public involvement, draft products, and final presentation. Among these elements, public involvement has been recognized as one of the most important elements in the landscape design process. It not only helps professionals get projects done smoothly, but it also helps with long-term client retention. Traditional two-dimensional communication methods using renderings, design plans, and maps have not been fully successful in their ability to engage and sufficiently inform clients and stakeholders. While professional planners are able to rely on their experience to help them visualize proposed landscapes, the average client is often overwhelmed by the relatively complex and abstract information, and unable to translate this information into landscape visions. Developments in the field of 3D graphics have dramatically extended possibilities to overcome this barrier by providing a tool that produces designs that are easy to comprehend and helps clients better visualize the end product that the designer has put forth. Some people argue that the high investment cost of 3D software such as ArcGIS, 3Dmax, etc., and its time-consuming process to master, is too great an obstacle for most designers and firms to use the software in their work with the average client or stakeholder. However, little research has been done to investigate the extent to which landscape architects have adopted the 3D software. We know even less about their opinions on the suitability of existing 3D software packages to meet their professional needs.
A nationwide survey about current use and future demand for 3D simulation software within the landscape profession was conducted for this thesis. Comprehensive online surveys were sent to two groups: (1) landscape architecture firms and freelance landscape architects; and (2) institutions with landscape architecture programs. In total, 3,434 firms and freelance architects were identified based on data from the American Society of Landscape Architecture. Names and contact information of ninety-one faculty members from institutions with landscape architecture programs were found on the Council of Educators in Landscape Architecture website.
The opportunities and challenges of 3D visualization technology and its potential applications in landscape and environmental planning have been examined based on the findings from survey results. The results are relevant to the future improvement and innovation of 3D visualization software in the landscape architecture profession and can assist landscape architecture educators with future curriculum development.
title: Policy Designs to Address Water Allocations During Societal Transitions: The Southern Nevada Water Authority's Groundwater Development Project
Creators: name: Welsh, Lisa W.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Although water is considered a renewable resource, there is only a fixed amount of water available. No additional water can be made, and we cannot easily control how fast water is recycled or in what form it will appear and where. With expected growth in the world’s population and economy, the same amount of water must supply more needs. Taking into account climate change projections and water-related environmental stresses, even less water might be available for human uses. People will need to decide how to serve a multitude of water needs. This dissertation uses the Southern Nevada Water Authority’s (SNWA) Groundwater Development Project to investigate how water policy designs handle the challenges of meeting urban and rural as well as human and ecological water needs when allocating scarce water supplies.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA) plans to build a pipeline to transfer groundwater from five rural basins in northeastern Nevada 300 miles south to the Las Vegas metropolitan area in Southern Nevada. SNWA has asked the Nevada State Engineer to approve its water right applications to develop and use groundwater from these rural basins. One of the basins, Snake Valley, straddles the border between Nevada and Utah. An interstate agreement allocating the groundwater between the two states is required before the State Engineer can approve water rights that would be diverted from Snake Valley.
We found that policy debates and people’s rationales for how water should be allocated revolved around disagreements over beneficial use. In addition, water agreements need to be designed so that the risks from hydrologic uncertainties and impacts from other users are also apportioned clearly and equitably. Policy designs are purposefully crafted and have enormous impact, yet analysis of the actual contents of policies and their societal impacts has not received adequate attention within the policy sciences. The significance of this research is that it focuses on the foundational principles and rules for the allocation of scarce water resources that must necessarily balance urban and rural interests as well as human and environmental needs.
Additional file 7 of LncRNA regulates tomato fruit cracking by coordinating gene expression via a hormone-redox-cell wall network
Creators: name: Xue, Lingzi
name: Sun, Mintao
name: Wu, Zhen
name: Yu, Lu
name: Yu, Qinghui
name: Tang, Yaping
name: Jiang, Fangling
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 7: Figure S1. Real-time PCR validation of high-throughput sequencing data. The x-axis represents the different time points of sampling, the left y-axis represents relative expression levels, and the right y-axis represents FPKM values. Blue bars represent data yielded by qRT-PCR, and red points represent data obtained by RNA sequencing. Different letters indicate significant differences (P < 0.05). (a) LA2683, (b) LA1698.
One-loop Electro-Weak Corrections to Three-jet Observables of b-quarks in e+e- Annihilations
Creators: name: Calame, C. M. Carloni
name: Moretti, S.
name: Piccinini, F.
name: Ross, D. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We compute the full one-loop EW contributions of O(α_S alpha_EM^3) entering the electron-positron into two b-quarks and one gluon cross section at the Z peak and LC energies. We include both factorisable and non-factorisable virtual corrections, photon bremsstrahlung but not the real emission of W^\pm and Z bosons. Their importance for the measurement of alpha_S from jet rates and shape variables is explained qualitatively and illustrated quantitatively. Their impact on the forward-backward asymmetry is also analysed.
description: 17 pages, 20 figures
title: Craft Engagement For Environmental Sustainability
Creators: name: Khosravi Farsani, Nasim
Publisher: name: Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Ritual
subject: Sustainability

description: This research incorporates cultural and traditional Persian practices in order to develop social engagement with environmental sustainability. Persian crafts and rituals are utilized as the means of engagement in developing tangible practices that nudge consciousness and lead to greater understanding of nature and ecology. Cultural rituals in Persian culture such as Nowrooz and Yalda inspired me to design a service that supports and amplifies their connection to nature. In the development of this service two facets of sustainability are explored: materiality and nature. Craft opens up fascinating possibilities that address sustainability. Locality is the remarkable aspect of Craft. Materials, methods of making and the meaning in a craft artwork talk about the specific characteristic of the place that it comes from. It helps us to identify the characteristics of our natural environment and understand how to benefit from its capacities. In this service design, people participate in traditional craft activities and learn how the materials and processes of these craft artifacts are in tune with ecological systems. They then use the crafts that they have created as artifacts for display in their own cultural rituals like Nowrooz and Yalda. This service promotes consciousness about sustainability in participants during their involvement with the practice. Key to the design is my belief that a viable service is inviting and provides an atmosphere for people to play an active role in addressing current ecological issues. This empowers citizens and helps to develop and nurture the culture of environmental sustainability in Persian society. By unlocking the roots and histories of traditional crafts in any given culture, and then tapping into the creative possibilities of how they can be re-combined and re-framed, a path to social innovation can be etched by applying the results to contemporary issues of environmental sustainability.
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Creators: name: Dr Mahwish Mustafa
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 110303 Clinical Microbiology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110307 Gastroenterology and Hepatology
subject: 110801 Medical Bacteriology
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 111699 Medical Physiology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Basic medicine

description: Diarrhea is leading cause of death in infants. 60% of Pakistan’s population lives in rural areas. It is therefore important to assess knowledge, attitude and practices of rural mothers of infants about diarrhea.
Effects of Strain on Electronic Properties of Graphene
Creators: name: Choi, Seon-Myeong
name: Jhi, Seung-Hoon
name: Son, Young-Woo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present first-principles calculations of electronic properties of graphene under uniaxial and isotropic strains, respectively. The semi-metallic nature is shown to persist up to a very large uniaxial strain of 30% except a very narrow strain range where a tiny energy gap opens. As the uniaxial strain increases along a certain direction, the Fermi velocity parallel to it decreases quickly and vanishes eventually, whereas the Fermi velocity perpendicular to it increases by as much as 25%. Thus, the low energy properties with small uniaxial strains can be described by the generalized Weyl's equation while massless and massive electrons coexist with large ones. The work function is also predicted to increase substantially as both the uniaxial and isotropic strain increases. Hence, the homogeneous strain in graphene can be regarded as the effective electronic scalar potential.
description: 4 pages, 6 figures; Published version
Multiscale thermodynamics of charged mixtures
Creators: name: Vágner, Petr
name: Pavelka, Michal
name: Esen, Oğul
Publisher: name: Berlin ; Heidelberg : Springer
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Continuum mechanics
subject: Electrodynamics
subject: GENERIC
subject: Hamiltonian mechanics
subject: Magnetization
subject: Multiscale modeling
subject: Non-equilibrium thermodynamics
subject: Polarization
subject: 530

description: A multiscale theory of interacting continuum mechanics and thermodynamics of mixtures of fluids, electrodynamics, polarization, and magnetization is proposed. The mechanical (reversible) part of the theory is constructed in a purely geometric way by means of semidirect products. This leads to a complex Hamiltonian system with a new Poisson bracket, which can be used in principle with any energy functional. The thermodynamic (irreversible) part is added as gradient dynamics, generated by derivatives of a dissipation potential, which makes the theory part of the GENERIC framework. Subsequently, Dynamic MaxEnt reductions are carried out, which lead to reduced GENERIC models for smaller sets of state variables. Eventually, standard engineering models are recovered as the low-level limits of the detailed theory. The theory is then compared to recent literature. © 2020, The Author(s).
The effectiveness of public open space systems within the \Radburn\"suburb. Case study: Rokeby"
Creators: name: Bresnehan, MA
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: The Radburn approach to suburban design and open space provlSlon emerged out of the popular movement, originating around the time of the industrial revolution, to limit pedestrian activity upon streets and avoid the conflicts resulting from increased levels of traffic: In Radburn layouts, pedestrian footpaths and recreation areas are so distinctively removed from the surrounding street network that often even visual connections between the two are avoided. The intemalisation of movement and recreational opportunities, and the orientations of dwellings towards these internal areas rather than those surrounding streets are the predominant features of many Radburn applications. Despite the meritorious objectives of the approach - those being to produce a safe, socially interactive environment where inhabitants feel comfortable to relax and move freely - its appropriateness is discredited by the quality of the urban environment that has often resulted. The internalisation of a community can have deleterious consequences. Too much open space can compromise the overall quality of the suburban environment and the conspicuous separation of vehicular and pedestrian activity does not guarantee an improved environment. Community appreciation and acceptance of communal concepts are difficult to sustain and the application of an inappropriate suburban typology can significantly impede and even compromise the development of a positive identity. The Radburn approach to open space provlslon lS inappropriate, particularly III the Australian context. Existing applications should undergo redevelopment works with an emphasis upon diminishing the internalisation and segregation of public areas.
title: Use of a Net Rate of Energy Intake Model to Examine Differences in Juvenile Steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Densities and the Energetic Implications of Restoration
Creators: name: Wall, C. Eric
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Fish and Wildlife Program mitigates for impacts of hydroelectric dams on ESA-listed salmon and steelhead populations in the Columbia River Basin (CRB). Considering the sizable investments in mitigation and the diversity of stream habitats within the CRB, there has been a pointed effort to develop and identify meaningful metrics relating to fish populations and trends in their habitat across the CRB. The Integrated Status and Effectiveness Monitoring Program (ISEMP) was developed in 2003 specifically for this purpose, and is tasked with developing and testing strategies for determining the status and trend of salmonid populations and their habitats in the CRB. This thesis was funded by the BPA, ISEMP, Eco Logical Research Inc., the Snake River Salmon Recovery Board, and the Intensively Monitored Watershed project in the Asotin Creek basin with the purpose of investigating the efficacy of foraging modeling as part of a large fish habitat monitoring program. The primary objectives were i) to assess a foraging model's ability to predict fish density in study sites involved in long-term monitoring and ii) to evaluate energetic implications of restoration design and progress after implementation using a foraging model.
To assess the foraging model's ability to predict fish density (objective i), we collected topography, drift, temperature, discharge, and fish population information to support foraging modeling, and we simulated flow patterns, drift, foraging, swimming costs, carrying capacity, and density. We then compared observed and predicted densities in 22 study sites from the John Day and Asotin Creek watersheds:

Linear regression between observed and predicted fish densities was significant (R2 = 0.61, p < 0.001).
When assuming spatially uniform drift densities and small fish territories, carrying capacity predictions were related to the number of foraging locations simulated, suggesting the model is highly sensitive to territory size assumptions.

To evaluate restoration design and monitor restoration progress (objective ii), we simulated foraging before restoration, after a virtual restoration (carried out using the restoration designs in a GIS environment), and again followinfg restoration implementation. We used raster differencing to compare the "before" results to the virtual restoration results and then the "before" results to the "after" results. Hydraulic and foraging models suggested:

Mean net energy intake increased following both simulated and actual restoration.
Restoration structures generally slowed water's progress through the study site or caused pooling, both resulting in an increase in energetically favorable areas.
Generally, more areas shifted from another state to having an acceptable energy balance than to an unacceptable energy balance.
One-flavor algorithm for Wilson and domain-wall fermions
Creators: name: Ogawa, Kenji
name: Chiu, Ting-Wai
name: Hsieh, Tung-Han
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct positive-definite pseudofermion actions for one fermion flavor in lattice field theory, for Wilson and domain-wall fermions respectively. The positive definiteness of these actions ensures that they can be simulated with the Hybrid Monte Carlo (HMC) method. For lattice QCD with optimal domain-wall quarks, we compare the efficiency of HMC simulations of 2-flavor and (1+1)-flavor, and find that the efficiency ratio is about 3:2.
description: 7 pages. Talk presented at the XXVII International Symposium on Lattice Field Theory, July 26-31 2009, Peking University, Beijing, China
title: The Benefits of Animal Traceability Systems on a Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak in Utah
Creators: name: Ukkestad, Christian Michael
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: In recent decades, a number of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) outbreaks have occurred in countries that had been FMD-free for many years. The last FMD outbreak in the United States occurred in 1929 and the country contains a naïve livestock population, meaning it is susceptible to an outbreak. In the event of an FMD outbreak in the United States, the speed at which the source and contacts between livestock can be identified impacts both the implementation and effectiveness of mitigation strategies. The purpose of this thesis was to analyze the impact of higher levels of animal traceability on the immediate welfare losses resulting from an FMD outbreak originating in Utah.
An epidemiological model was used to simulate the spread of the disease throughout the livestock population of Utah and estimate a mean number of animals depopulated over 1000 iterations for low, medium and high levels of trace intensity. This number of animals depopulated was then used to create supply shocks in an equilibrium displacement model. This model revealed the welfare losses across four marketing levels for beef, three for pork and two for pork. The research contained in this thesis determined that the adoption of a high intensity trace system can prevent immediate welfare losses of between $131 and $190 million for the United States beef industry, including $49 million to the Utah fed cattle, feeder cattle and market hog marketing levels
LCFI Vertex Package
Creators: name: Hillert, Sonja
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The LCFIVertex software, developed by the Linear Collider Flavour Identification (LCFI) collaboration and providing tools for vertexing, flavour tagging and quark charge determination for low-mass vertex detectors of high point resolution is presented. Particular emphasis is given to code extensions since the first release in April 2007. A recently developed new vertex finder, ZVMST, and its performance at sqrt(s) = 91.2 GeV are described in more detail.
description: Presented at the 17th International Workshop on Vertex detectors, July 28 - 1 August 2008, Sweden, submitted to the Proceedings; 10 pages, 2 figures
title: The 2007-2009 Recession, Employment, and Housing-Related Financial Stressors, and Marital Outcomes
Creators: name: Stewart, Robert C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: The primary objective of this research study was to examine employment and housing problems (stemming from the 2007-2009 Recession) and to see if there was a correlation between those problems and marital satisfaction and/or the perceived likelihood of future separation or divorce. A second purpose for this study was to see if feelings of financial stress (economic pressure) were mainly responsible for the projected drops in marital satisfaction or increases with divorce proneness. A final purpose for this study was to understand how other factors might additionally influence the relationships between recession-related employment problems and housing problems and the marital outcome variables. These factors included gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and existing debt load.
This study found that housing-related financial problems were associated with both lower marital satisfaction and a higher perceived likelihood of future separation or divorce. The economic pressure variable provided additional understanding regarding why couples with housing-related financial problems were more likely to have less desirable marital outcomes. Likewise, gender, race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and existing debt load also provided some modification of the existing relationships between housing-related financial problems and marital satisfaction and divorce proneness. However, this study did not find an association between employment-related financial problems and marital satisfaction or the perceived likelihood of future separation or divorce.
Boundary conditions for analysis of waterhammer in pipe systems
Creators: name: Chaudhry, Mohammad Hanif
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The transient flow in pipe networks is represented by a pair of quasi-linear hyperbolic partial differential equations. The method of characteristics is used to transform these equations to a set of ordinary differential equations, which are then solved, by a first order finite difference technique using suitable boundary conditions. The main purposes of these investigations are: 1) To derive suitable boundary conditions or boundary condition equations for valves, sprinklers, surge tanks and air chambers, and 2) To investigate the effect of these boundary conditions on the transient flow in pipe systems. Several numerical examples are solved on the digital computer using the method of characteristics. The results are compared with those obtained by the graphical method. Although in this thesis the developed boundary conditions are used to study the transient response of the irrigation pipe systems, the boundary conditions, without any modification, can be used to determine the transient conditions in water supply pipe networks or in pipes carrying other liquids.
Micromegas micro-TPC for direct Dark Matter search with MIMAC
Creators: name: Mayet, F.
name: Guillaudin, O.
name: Grignon, C.
name: Koumeir, C.
name: Santos, D.
name: Colas, P.
name: Giomataris, I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The MIMAC project is a multi-chamber detector for Dark Matter search, aiming at measuring both track and ionization with a matrix of micromegas micro-TPC filled with He3 and CF4. Recent experimental results on the first measurements of the Helium quenching factor at low energy (1 keV recoil) are presented, together with the first simulation of the track reconstruction. Recontruction of track of alpha from Radon impurities is shown as a first proof of concept.
description: 5 pages, Proc. of the fourth international symposium on large TPCs for low energy rare event detection, Paris, France, Dec. 2008. To appear in Journal of Physics