cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
STOCHASTIC MODELING FOR RISK FACTORS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES IN INDIAN COMMUNITY BASED SETTING
Creators: name: Dr. Newtonraj A
name: Senthamarai Kannan K
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Stochastic, Decision Tree, Diabetes, CVD and ICER.

description: Abstract

Objective: To assess the cost-effectiveness of implementing screening strategy and management for cardio-vascular diseases risk factors (Hypertension and Diabetes) in Indian community based setting. Methods: A stochastic decision tree model was developed to compare the cost effectiveness of screening for cardio-vascular diseases risk factors (Hypertension and Diabetes) and intervention strategy against standard of care for the known diabetes and hypertensive patients in Indian setting. Cost and health outcomes were calculated based on the proportion of health outcomes from our previous studies and literature review. Total costs, life year gained and incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of the intervention and comparator strategies were calculated with the stochastic decision tree model. Results: Considering the screening for cardio-vascular diseases risk factors and intervention strategy for the diabetes and hypertensive patients in a rural area will result in an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio of INR 41,615. With the life year gain of 216 per lakh population. Life year gain in the intervention arm was 69,244 per lakh population in the intervention arm and 69,028 per lakh population in the control arm. Conclusion: Active screening and appropriate intervention for Hypertension and Diabetes patients in the Indian setting could save lives and reduce out-of-pocket expenditures compared to passive screening.
THE IMPACT OF SANCTIONS ON DESTINATION IMAGE TOURISM OF IRAN
Creators: name: Akbarnataj, Hamid
name: Mirtaghyian, Mohammad
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2021

description: In current situation where Iran is struggling to get through consecutive sanctions, developing tourism industry and attracting foreign tourist and also the use of the exchange rate and low values of Rial can be a viable solution strategy. Iran can be a cheap destination for countries with high currency value which can be a successful factor in attracting tourism from other countries. Placed among the first ten countries with cultural and natural attractions, distinct hospitality and delivering cheaper services compared to other destinations are the main factors which can be used in creating a destination brand for Iran. On this basis, relying on real advantage of its unique attractions is much better than creating artificial spaces and short-term booms. The present study investigated the brand image of tourism in Iran, before and after the sanctions. Data are gathered using 5-point Likert scale in a questionnaire and results in the analysis and conclusions are presented.
description: tourismos, Vol. 10 No. 1 (2015)
Additional file 2 of A new protocol for absolute quantification of haemosporidian parasites in raptors and comparison with current assays
Creators: name: Huang, Xi
name: Huang, Di
name: Liang, Yuge
name: Zhang, Linlin
name: Yang, Guocheng
name: Liu, Boye
name: Peng, Yangyang
name: Deng, Wenhong
name: Dong, Lu
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2: Figure S1. Amplification results with new primers in seven samples by standard PCR. DNA marker: DL2000 (Sangon, Shanghai, China). Abbreviation: C, non-template control.
Dimer Crystallization Induced by Elemental Substitution in the Honeycomb Lattice of Ru1-xOsxCl3
Creators: name: Kataoka, Kota
name: Wulferding, Dirk
name: Yajima, Takeshi
name: Nishio-Hamane, Daisuke
name: Hirai, Daigorou
name: Lee, Seungyeol
name: Choi, Kwang-Yong
name: Hiroi, Zenji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Substitution effects of Os for Ru in α-RuCl3 are investigated in a wide composition range of 0 =< x =< 0.67 in Ru1-xOsxCl3 by X-ray and electron diffraction, magnetic susceptibility, heat capacity, and Raman spectroscopy measurements. Apart from the Kitaev physics with antiferromagnetic interactions increasing with x, a rich phase diagram is obtained, which includes an antiferromagnetic long-range order below 12 K for x =< 0.15, a dome-shaped spin-singlet dimer phase below 130 K for 0.15 =< x =< 0.40, and a magnetic short-range order for x > 0.40. A dimerization as similarly observed in α-RuCl3 under high pressure occurs in the spin-singlet phase. It is suggested that Ru-Os pairs in the solid solutions tend to form dimers with short bonds and trigger the first-order transition in the presence of pseudo-threefold rotational symmetry for dimerization around a substituted Os atom only at low substitutions. This is a rare example of molecular orbital crystallization induced by elemental substitution in a highly disordered system. The short-range order at high substitutions may be related to a random-singlet state stabilized by bond disorder in the honeycomb net.
description: 13 pages, 14 figures
SATISFACTION FORMATION AND TYPOLOGY OF BAR CUSTOMERS
Creators: name: Pantouvakis, Angelos
name: Patsiouras, Christos
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2015

description: The main purposes of this study is to identify the service features that determine overall customer satisfaction in the entertainment industry and to suggest a satisfaction-based typology of bar customers depending on their loyalty status. The research questions were examined using a sample of 1,263 multinational bar customers in Greece. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis coupled with cluster analysis were used to examine the extent to which elements of satisfaction may be identified and combined with loyalty rankings to segment the bar market’s customers. The results showed support for both hypotheses and confirmed that interactive and physical elements are antecedents of customer satisfaction. Moreover, results found that bar customers may be segmented into four distinct groups (enthusiastic, apathetic, peripheral and kinetic). The bar managers may better address their customers’ requirements by choosing whether to invest in refurbishing the establishment or better train their personnel to maximise patron satisfaction and loyalty.
description: tourismos, Vol. 10 No. 1 (2015)
Cluster Analyses of Technological Parameters of the Cherry Juice.pdf
Creators: name: Sotirov
name: Sotirov, Anton
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 300607
subject: Food technology

description: - Grouping varieties by similar technological and organoleptic indicators of clusters and associations can prevent losses for million euro, as can consumer confidence in the trademark. For example, it is known that varieties such as Bing, Stella, Lapins have excellent technological and organoleptic characteristics, which makes them interchangeable, and in the absence of supplies of certain varieties, they can be replaced by others, with similar taste or color and similar nutrition composition, with which they are found in one cluster. In production plants for the processing of fruits and vegetables, different products are produced, for example, juices with certain taste and nutritional qualities, exactly with a certain pleasant color and consistency. The mixing of varieties from different clusters can lead to a sharp amendment of the approved recipe approved by the food agencies of the respective countries, corresponding to the marketing studies, the HACCP food safety system, etc. Similarly, technologists and laboratory technicians in enterprises should be careful when making adjustments during the technological process and keep in mind, that the pH adjustment, for example, can also change the other parameters of the cluster such as TDS, Salt, etc. On the other hand, changing the sugar content will not affect these parameters, but will abruptly change the ratio Brix / pH as well as the other ratios in the cluster, which will directly affect the taste, already determined precisely by ratio Brix / pH
Cross-Correlating Probes of Primordial Gravitational Waves
Creators: name: Dodelson, Scott
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: One of the most promising ways of detecting primordial gravitational waves generated during inflation is to observe B-modes of polarization, generated by Thomson scattering after reionization, in the cosmic microwave background (CMB). Large scale foregrounds though are expected to be a major systematic issue, so -- in the event of a tentative detection -- an independent confirmation of large scale gravitational waves would be most welcome. Previous authors have suggested searching for the analogous mode of cosmic shear in weak lensing surveys but have shown that the signal to noise of this mode is marginal at best. This argument is reconsidered here, accounting for the cross-correlations of the polarization and lensing B-modes. A lensing survey can potentially strengthen the argument for a detection of primordial gravitational waves, although it is unlikely to help constrain the amplitude of the signal.
description: 13 pages, 8 figures
title: The Development of Hydrodynamic and Kinetic Models for the Plasmasphere Refilling Problem Following a Geomagnetic Storm
Creators: name: Chatterjee, Kausik
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: The objective of this dissertation is the development of computer simulation-based models for the modeling of upper ionosphere, starting from the first principles. The models were validated by exact analytical benchmarks and are seen to be consistent with experimentally obtained results. This area of research has significant implications in the area of global communication. In addition, these models would lead to a better understanding of the physical processes taking place in the upper ionosphere.
The use of dehydrated grass in rations for early weaned lambs and some physiological effects of a rapid ration changeover
Creators: name: France, Robert Thomas
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: A study was conducted to evaluate dehydrated grass pellets (Orchard grass — Ladino clover) as a feed for early-weaned lambs. Three groups of 8 Polled-Dorset lambs were weaned at 8 weeks of age and were fed either a) the dehydrated grass, b) a 50-50 mixture of the grass and protein-supplemented barley or c) a protein-supplemented barley ration. All rations were pelleted. Digestibility trials were also conducted and the effect of level of feed intake on nutrient digestibility investigated. The dehydrated grass resulted in rates of gain comparable to those produced by the pelleted barley ration. Feed conversion efficiency was lowest for the grass and highest for the barley ration. An interaction between the dehydrated grass and barley was observed in nutrient digestibility. Increasing the level of feed intake from approximately maintenance to appetite tended to result in slight depressions in the digestibility of energy and protein of all rations. It may be concluded from this experiment that dehydrated grass can be used successfully for intensive feeding of early weaned lambs and little nutritional advantage appears to be gained from combining dehydrated grass with barley. A second study was undertaken to measure the changes occurring in five parameters when the ration of lambs was rapidly changed from all-roughage to all-concentrate. The five parameters were blood plasma glucose, rumen lactate concentration, rumen ammonia level, rumen protozoa population and rumen pH. The main effect of the change over from roughage to concentrate was the accumulation of lactic acid in the rumen. This accumulation resulted in a lowered rumen pH and a decrease in protozoa numbers. During the change over an initial increase in rumen ammonia level was followed by a decline in this parameter. It is postulated that this may have been due to the increased nitrogen intake and a subsequent adjustment in the rumen microbe population leading to increased ammonia utilization. An increase in plasma glucose level was observed which was probably due to one of two factors, either the availability of lactate as a carbohydrate source in the rumen or to glucose formed by hydrolysis of starch in the intestine. From the latter part of the study it may be concluded that when ruminant rations are changed from high roughage to high concentrate the change should be slow enough to prevent a large accumulation of lactic acid. This would mean a period of 3 to 4 weeks under normal circumstances.
Articulating the Unspoken: A Critical Examination of Silence in Pat Barker's The Silence of the Girls
Creators: name: Zenith Malik
name: Dr. Diksha Sharma
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Intertextuality, Mythical Retelling, Trojan War, The Iliad, Homer, Briseis, Pat Barker.

description: Abstract

This research delves into The Silence of the Girls, a novel by Pat Barker which brings to light traditionally muted and marginalized voices of women within mythological narratives. Barker redirects the narrative from the celebrated exploits of male heroes in the Trojan War to the personal ordeals of enslaved women, especially Briseis, thus highlighting their trauma and resilience. Through Briseis’s perspective, Barker vividly portrays the trauma, resilience, and healing experienced by captive women. The study further elucidates Barker’s use of intertextuality to bridge historical and contemporary contexts, thereby giving voice to the subjugated women of epic tales. The novel’s feminist reinterpretation introduces a new form of female subjectivity that challenges and deconstructs phallocentric representations, critiquing the patriarchal foundations of traditional storytelling. Barker through her work presents an alternative narrative that exposes the passivity and suffering of women embedded within these long-standing traditions.
EVALUATING TOURIST SATISFACTION IN ACCORDANCE TO TOUR GUIDES PERFORMANCE: HERITAGE GUIDED TOURS IN EGYPT
Creators: name: El-Sharkawy, Omneya Khairy
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2021

description: Tourism is one of the top priorities for many countries, because of its contribution to economy in terms of foreign exchange earnings, creation of employment opportunities and promoting international understanding. Furthermore, Cultural heritage tourism has become an increasingly important factor for tourist destinations, and cultural tourist as the one who is interested in experiencing the culture of the destination spends money, time and other resources on a trip or visit to receive an experience that provides psychological benefits. Happy and satisfied customers are more likely to return and more likely to say positive things about the service they have experienced. If tour guiding service is a core component of heritage tour, then the tour guides (TGs) as being a frontline employee in the tourism industry play an important role in shaping tourist experience in a destination. This study evaluates the relationship between tour guide (TG) performance and tourist’s satisfaction in terms of psychological, spiritual and practical content during heritage guided tours in Egypt. A questionnaire was distributed among 200 tourists of different nationalities. Results derived from the respondents showed that (TG) performance affects tourist experience. For a satisfied tourist transmits his/her positive experience (word of mouth) to third persons as well as repeating his/her visit. Finally the study ends up by a set of recommendations for TGs to consistently emphasize a creative approach in order to maintain high standards of TG performance.
description: tourismos, Vol. 10 No. 1 (2015)
Detection of circular polarization in light scattered from photosynthetic microbes
Creators: name: Sparks, William B.
name: Hough, James
name: Germer, Thomas A.
name: Chen, Feng
name: DasSarma, Shiladitya
name: DasSarma, Priya
name: Robb, Frank T.
name: Manset, Nadine
name: Kolokolova, Ludmilla
name: Reid, Neill
name: Macchetto, F. Duccio
name: Martin, William
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The identification of a universal biosignature that could be sensed remotely is critical to the prospects for success in the search for life elsewhere in the universe. A candidate universal biosignature is homochirality, which is likely to be a generic property of all biochemical life. Due to the optical activity of chiral molecules, it has been hypothesized that this unique characteristic may provide a suitable remote sensing probe using circular polarization spectroscopy. Here, we report the detection of circular polarization in light scattered by photosynthetic microbes. We show that the circular polarization appears to arise from circular dichroism of the strong electronic transitions of photosynthetic absorption bands. We conclude that circular polarization spectroscopy could provide a powerful remote sensing technique for generic life searches.
description: 15 pages, 4 figures; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, in press
title: Understanding a Therapist's Way of Being: A Modified Delphi Study
Creators: name: Young, Kaity Pearl
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: Research has indicated that there are certain ingredients that make therapy successful. One of these ingredients may be the actual therapist providing the therapy. The concept of a person’s way of being appears in some literature, but the concept of therapist way of being has not been well developed and explored. The purpose of this study was to form a definition of therapist way of being, to gain an understanding of how way of being influences a client’s change in therapy, and to describe and ways of being that are beneficial and detrimental to a client’s journey of change.
Data were collected from panelists, who were all licensed clinicians and all reported being at least somewhat familiar with the concept of way of being. The results of the study include a proposed definition of way of being, descriptions of ways of being that promote and deter client change, questions that might be asked of a therapist to better understand his or her way of being, potential responses to these questions that might indicate a change-promoting or change-deterring way of being, and lastly, suggestions for future research on therapist way of being.
TRAINING OR VACATION? THE ACADEMIC CONFERENCE TOURISM
Creators: name: Veloutsou, Cleopatra
name: Chreppas, Chrysovalantis
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2015

description: The current study concentrates on factors affecting the intentions of academics attending an academic conference. It highlights the importance of academic conferences and academic conference tourism and discusses meetings, the convention industry and also their utility in the career development of academics. Through qualitative research and a review of the literature on conference tourism push and pull motivation factors are suggested. The power of these factors to predict the intention to attend an academic conference is examined through quantitative research and regression analysis. The results indicate that ‘pull’ factors are better predictors of the intention to attend an academic conference than motivational ‘push’ factors.
description: tourismos, Vol. 10 No. 1 (2015)
Supersonic Cloud Collision - I
Creators: name: Anathpindika, S. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It has long been suggested that shocks might play an important role in altering the form of the interstellar medium (ISM). Shocks enhance gas density and sufficiently dense regions may become self gravitating. Potential star forming clouds within larger molecular clouds, move randomly at supersonic speeds. Depending on the precollision velocity, colliding molecular clouds produce a slab that is either shock compressed or pressure confined. In a sequel of two papers (I & II), we simulate molecular cloud collision and investigate the dynamical evolution of such slabs. Shocked slabs are susceptible to hydrodynamic instabilities and in the present paper (I) we study the effect of strong shear between slab layers on the dynamic evolution of a shock compressed gas slab. Both, head-on and off-centre cloud collisions have been examined in this work. We include self gravity in all our simulations. Simulations presented here, are performed using the smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH) numerical scheme. Individual, pre-collision clouds are modelled as pressure confined Bonnor-Ebert spheres. However, in the interest of brevity the thermodynamic details of the problem are simplified and the gas temperature is simply evolved by a barytropic equation of state. Obviously, the gas, to some extent suffers from thermal inertial effects. However, we note that the dynamical timescale is much smaller than the local sound crossing time so that such effects should have minimum influence.
description: 16 pages, 13 figures, 1 table; A&A accepted Typographical errors have been attended to. The resolution of the figures has been deliberately lowered in order to accommodate them all within the prescribed size limits
title: Energy and Risk: Discourse, Framing, and Content
Creators: name: Taylor, Temis Gardner
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: This research examined how people communicate and create knowledge about energy-related risks. Analysis of the discourse, frames, and content surrounding unconventional energy policy and development in the Western United States was conducted using three case studies. The results contribute to an understanding of energy-related risk perceptions in social and historical contexts.
Discourses contained in newspapers and public comments to the Bureau of Land Management presented arguments on the basis of risks to the environment; climate; human health and safety; jobs and economic prosperity; property rights; and local governments. Governments were seen as risks when they were perceived to allow misuse of public resources or threatened to override democratic processes. The quantity of water, energy, and land resources that would be consumed in the production of unconventional fuels were perceived to be social and environmental risks.
Findings indicate that national identity and expectations of democracy were commonly-held values. Other entities, such as energy, the oil and gas industry, and property rights, were constructed in ways that created polarization and conflict among discourses. Different underlying assumptions about the role of government and what should be protected created social tensions and competing accounts of risks. Overall findings lend support to theories of risk and indicate possible communication and trust-building strategies for scientists and policy-makers.
THE ENRICHMENT OF TOUR OPERATORS’ PRODUCT BY INCORPORATING SUSTAINABLE ELEMENTS. A TOURISM AND TRAVEL MARKETING APPROACH
Creators: name: Vitouladiti, Ourania
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2015

description: The tour operators offering their services in established and traditional tourism destinations for a long time face the issue of the lack of sustainable elements in their holiday packages and their focus is mostly on the classic 3S model. However, either their target markets or the needs of destinations for sustainable approaches push for the enrichment of the offered packages. Therefore, this paper studies the potential for enrichment of classical tour packages by incorporating components of the destinations natural and cultural resources. To recognize these elements research has been conducted on the impressiveness of natural and cultural resources. The results indicate not only the potential for product enrichment with unused, till now, elements but also suggest the creation of new packages for targeted markets. Facts that are positive for both the tour operators and the prosperity of the destination.
description: tourismos, Vol. 10 No. 1 (2015)
The Shellless SNR B0532-67.5 in the Large Magellanic Cloud
Creators: name: Li, Chuan-Jui
name: Chu, You-Hua
name: Chuang, Chen-Yu
name: Li, Guan-Hong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The supernova remnant (SNR) B0532$-$67.5 in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) was first diagnosed by its nonthermal radio emission and its SNR nature was confirmed by diffuse X-ray emission; however, no optical SNR shell is detected. The OB association LH75, or NGC 2011, is projected within the boundary of this SNR. We have analyzed the massive star population in and around SNR B0532$-$67.5: using optical photometric data to construct color-magnitude diagrams (CMDs), using stellar evolutionary tracks to estimate stellar masses, and using isochrones to assess the stellar ages. From these analyses, we find a 20-25 Myr population in LH75 and a younger population less than 10 Myr old to the southwest of LH75. The center of SNR B0532$-$67.5 is located closer to the core of LH75 than the massive stars to its southwest. We conclude that the SN progenitor was probably a member of LH75 with an initial mass $\sim$15 $M_\odot$. The SN exploded in an H I cavity excavated by the energy feedback of LH75. The low density of the ambient medium prohibits the formation of a visible nebular shell. Despite the low density in the ambient medium, physical properties of the hot gas within the SNR interior do not differ from SNRs with a visible shell by more than a factor of 2-3. The large-scale H I map shows that SNR B0532$-$67.5 is projected in a cavity that appears to be connected with the much larger cavity of the supergiant shell LMC-4.
description: 14 pages, 2 tables, 9 figures, accepted for publication in The Astronomical Journal (AJ)
title: "In the Toils" or "Onward for Zion": Images of the Mormon Woman, 1852-1890
Creators: name: Casterline, Gail Farr
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1974

description: The purpose of this thesis is to identify and discuss various popular images of the Mormon women of Utah between 1852 and 1890, the period during which the Latter-day Saints openly practiced plural marriage. The phrase "in the toils" refers to the basic image present in the minds of many Americans--that the women of the church were an oppressed, unhappy, enslaved group of individuals. This image, expressed in different ways, is found in many published writings of the period examined.
After demonstrating the presence of this "in the toils" image, this study then attempts to analyze and evaluate its significance. Certainly this negative image had a bearing on anti-Mormon sentiment in general and opposition to the practice of polygamy. Moreover, the image seemed to generate more from nineteenth century values toward women and the family than it did from observable realities of the Mormon woman's condition. Several more realistic and historically valid images of the nineteenth century Mormon woman are suggested here. Another aspect of this subject is the manner in which the Mormon women themselves responded vii to their misrepresentation among non-Mormons. ' They identified themselves with an image of moving "onward for Zion," many of them, at least publicly, wholeheartedly endorsing their church and its teaching concerning plurality of wives.
This paper has been based on numerous types of primary sources published between 1852 and 1890, including periodical articles, novels, reformers' tracts, travel accounts, newspapers, and public documents. The Mormon perspective has been studied through sermons, public testimonials of Mormon women, the Woman's Exponent, and a number of secondary sources.
title: Ecografía y resonancia magnética en el estudio del sistema genitourinario fetal.
Creators: name: Gómez Huertas, María
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Ultrasound
subject: MR
subject: Paediatric

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
Bibliografía
description: Objetivo docente:
Revisar la anatomía ecográfica y en RM fetal del sistema genitourinario y su sistemática de estudio. Evaluar las indicaciones y utilidad de la ecografía y de la resonancia magnética fetal como principales técnicas de imagen. Describir las...
Non-linear Power Spectrum including Massive Neutrinos: the Time-RG Flow Approach
Creators: name: Lesgourgues, J.
name: Matarrese, S.
name: Pietroni, M.
name: Riotto, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Future large scale structure observations are expected to be sensitive to small neutrino masses, of the order of 0.05 eV or more. However, forecasts are based on the assumption that by the time at which these datasets will be available, the non-linear spectrum in presence of neutrino mass will be predicted with an accuracy at least equal to the neutrino mass effect itself, i.e. about 3%. Motivated by these considerations, we present the computation of the non-linear power spectrum of LambdaCDM models in the presence of massive neutrinos using the Renormalization Group time-flow approach, which amounts to a resummation of perturbative corrections to the matter power spectrum to all orders. We compare our results with those obtained with other methods, i.e. linear theory, one-loop perturbation theory and N-body simulations and show that the time-RG method improves the one-loop method in fitting the N-body data, especially in determining the suppression of the matter power spectrum when neutrino are massive with respect to the linear power spectrum.
description: 8 pages, 11 figures
title: Secuencias de sustracción de contraste en el estudio dinámico de RM de mama : ¿podemos rentabilizar nuestro tiempo con su uso?
Creators: name: Rocha Garcia, Ana Maria
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Breast
subject: MR
subject: Technical aspects

description: Objetivos
Material y método
Resultados
Conclusiones
Bibliografía
description: Objetivos:
...
PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL TRUST AS AN ANTECEDENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOUR: FINDINGS FROM LODGING ENTERPRISES IN TURKEY
Creators: name: Devrim Yilmaz, Ozgur
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2015

description: Two concepts that have just made their way into research on management of tourism enterprises are perceived organizational trust (POT) and organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB). Trust and citizenship behaviours of employees have become a central variable in regard to the well-being of organizations. Although the studies of these subjects have increased markedly in the past decade little effort has spotlighted on the relationship between POT and OCB from the point of tourism sector. Therefore in this study the relationship between POT and OCB is examined in Turkey with 412 participants. The analyses found support for 7 hypotheses, including support for a strong relationship between POT and OCB. Contrary to expectations, there were no significant differences between some dimensions of OCB and POT. By the help of findings it is expected to contribute to the theoretical studies in the field of tourism.
description: tourismos, Vol. 10 No. 1 (2015)
EVALUATING THE ROLE OF DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR- A CASE STUDY OF SITA, SOUTH AFRICA
Creators: name: LINDELWA KOMNA
name: SABELO  MPUNGOSE
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Digital Transformation, Public Sector, SITA, South Africa, Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) Framework, Service Delivery, Organisational Change, Advanced Technologies, Strategic Partnerships.

description: Abstract

The study aims to evaluate the digital transformation within SITA by examining the challenges faced, assessing the impact on service delivery, identifying employed strategies, and providing recommendations for enhancement. This qualitative study employs semi-structured interviews with SITA employees and a thematic analysis approach. Secondary data sources, including official SITA documents, were also analysed to provide context. The findings reveal systemic barriers such as resistance to change, technological constraints, and financial limitations. Despite these challenges, the implementation of security measures and the adoption of advanced technologies like cloud computing and big data analytics have shown potential for improving service delivery. The study provides actionable recommendations, including fostering strategic partnerships, enhancing organisational adaptation, and empowering employees through continuous training and clear communication. The study's limitations include a focus on a specific timeframe, reliance on qualitative data, and potential biases in stakeholder perspectives. Future research should, among others, explore long-term outcomes, and impact measurement to fully understand the implications of digital transformation in the public sector.
Network Reconfiguration Using Power System Analysis Toolbox (PSAT) for Loss Reduction in Distribution Systems.
Creators: name: Essa-J-Abdul, Zehra,
name: Moghavvemi, M
name: Maher M.I, Hashim,
name: Muttaqi, Kashem M.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 400802
subject: Electrical circuits and systems
classificationCode: 400803
subject: Electrical energy generation (incl. renewables, excl. photovoltaics)
classificationCode: 400804
subject: Electrical energy storage
classificationCode: 400806
subject: Electrical machines and drives
classificationCode: 400805
subject: Electrical energy transmission, networks and systems

description: Network reconfiguration in a distribution system involves altering the status of sectionalizing switches and is primarily conducted to reduce losses. Such reduction holds significant benefits for utility companies, including increased system capacity and potential deferral or elimination of capital expenditures for system improvements and expansions. Moreover, it enhances voltage regulation by mitigating feeder voltage drop. This paper's research focuses on employing the branch exchange method to minimize losses and resolve issues across various radial configurations. The algorithm for loss minimization comprises two stages. Initially, the algorithm identifies the loop associated with maximum loss reduction by comparing the sizes of circles for each loop, considering that a loop is linked by a tie-line, resulting in several loops within the system. To ascertain the maximum loss-reduction loop, the sizes of modified zero loss-change circles are compared, and the loop within the largest circle is pinpointed for maximum loss reduction. Subsequently, the second stage determines the optimal switching operations within that loop to achieve a network configuration with minimum losses, assessing the circle size for each branch exchange. The solution is refined by identifying the smallest circle, thereby minimizing losses. The efficiency of the proposed branch exchange method is evaluated using 16-bus distribution systems
title: tourismos, Vol. 10 No. 1 (2015)
Creators: name: Tourismos
Publisher: name: University of the Aegean
Year: 2015

description: THE IMPACT OF SANCTIONS ON DESTINATION IMAGE TOURISM OF IRAN...255-266 SECOND HOME TOURISM AND SUSTAINABLE RURAL DEVELOPMENT...235-253 TOURISM VERSUS THE VISITOR ECONOMY AND THE SHIFTING LANDSCAPE OF DESTINATION MANAGEMENT...219-234 ACHIEVING AUTHENTICITY THROUGH ETHNIC TOURISM, A CONSUMER PERSPECTIVE...205-218 PUBLIC PERCEPTION ON PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE ECOTOURISM AT GUNUNG RENG AREA, JELI DISTRICT, KELANTAN, MALAYSIA...179-204 TOURISM MARKET RESEARCH IN SPANISH HIGHER EDUCATION: ETYMOLOGICAL ISSUES...167-177 PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL TRUST AS AN ANTECEDENT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOUR: FINDINGS FROM LODGING ENTERPRISES IN TURKEY...149-155 THE ENRICHMENT OF TOUR OPERATORS’ PRODUCT BY INCORPORATING SUSTAINABLE ELEMENTS. A TOURISM AND TRAVEL MARKETING APPROACH...131-147 TRAINING OR VACATION? THE ACADEMIC CONFERENCE TOURISM...101-130 EVALUATING TOURIST SATISFACTION IN ACCORDANCE TO TOUR GUIDES PERFORMANCE: HERITAGE GUIDED TOURS IN EGYPT...81-99 SATISFACTION FORMATION AND TYPOLOGY OF BAR CUSTOMERS...63-80 APPRAISAL OF FAMILY-FRIENDLY TOURISM IN MALAYSIA...37-62 AN IMPORTANCE-PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL VISITORS TO PENANG ISLAND, MALAYSIA...15-36 Initial Pages & Editorial...i-xiii
Quantitative imaging of concentrated suspensions under flow
Creators: name: Isa, Lucio
name: Besseling, Rut
name: Schofield, Andrew B
name: Poon, Wilson C K
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review recent advances in imaging the flow of concentrated suspensions, focussing on the use of confocal microscopy to obtain time-resolved information on the single-particle level in these systems. After motivating the need for quantitative (confocal) imaging in suspension rheology, we briefly describe the particles, sample environments, microscopy tools and analysis algorithms needed to perform this kind of experiments. The second part of the review focusses on microscopic aspects of the flow of concentrated model hard-sphere-like suspensions, and the relation to non-linear rheological phenomena such as yielding, shear localization, wall slip and shear-induced ordering. Both Brownian and non-Brownian systems will be described. We show how quantitative imaging can improve our understanding of the connection between microscopic dynamics and bulk flow.
description: Review on imaging hard-sphere suspensions, incl summary of methodology. Submitted for special volume 'High Solid Dispersions' ed. M. Cloitre, Vol. xx of 'Advances and Polymer Science' (Springer, Berlin, 2009); 22 pages, 16 figs
title: Analysis of Cutthroat Flume Discharge Ratings
Creators: name: Ren, Liyan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1993

description: Sixteeen sets of original laboratory data collected by many investigators for various Cutthroat flume sizes are thoroughly reviewed and organized. Best-fit discharge parameters are obtained by performing the free-flow analysis and the submerged-flow analysis. Then, the transition submergence can be calculated. Afterwards, the unified free-flow and submerged-flow discharge parameter s are developed for each flume size in order to generalize the calibrations for Cutthroat flumes. This is a very tedious process requiring a trial-and-error approach. Finally, comparisons are made of the measured laboratory discharges with the predicted discharges for both free flow and submerged flow using both the best-fit and the unified discharge parameters.
The results proved quite good as measured by the standard deviation for each flume size. In most cases, the average standard deviation using the unified discharge parameters was only slightly greater than when using the best-fit discharge parameters. However, there is a significant difference in the accuracy of free-flow measurements compared with submerged-flow measurements. Using the unified discharge parameters, the mean standard deviation for all of the flumes was 2.1 percent for free flow and 6.5 percent for submerged flow.
Analysis of ion channel stochastic signals for biosensing
Creators: name: Lodesani, Francesco <1978>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2008
Subjects: ING-INF/06 Bioingegneria elettronica e informatica

description: In biological world, life of cells is guaranteed by their ability to sense and to respond to a
large variety of internal and external stimuli. In particular, excitable cells, like muscle or
nerve cells, produce quick depolarizations in response to electrical, mechanical or
chemical stimuli: this means that they can change their internal potential through a quick
exchange of ions between cytoplasm and the external environment. This can be done
thanks to the presence of ion channels, proteins that span the lipid bilayer and act like
switches, allowing ionic current to flow opening and shutting in a stochastic way. For a
particular class of ion channels, ligand-gated ion channels, the gating processes is
strongly influenced by binding between receptive sites located on the channel surface and
specific target molecules. These channels, inserted in biomimetic membranes and in
presence of a proper electronic system for acquiring and elaborating the electrical signal,
could give us the possibility of detecting and quantifying concentrations of specific
molecules in complex mixtures from ionic currents across the membrane; in this thesis
work, this possibility is investigated. In particular, it reports a description of experiments
focused on the creation and the characterization of artificial lipid membranes, the
reconstitution of ion channels and the analysis of their electrical and statistical properties.
Moreover, after a chapter about the basis of the modelling of the kinetic behaviour of
ligand gated ion channels, a possible approach for the estimation of the target molecule
concentration, based on a statistical analysis of the ion channel open probability, is
proposed. The fifth chapter contains a description of the kinetic characterisation of a ligand
gated ion channel: the homomeric α2 isoform of the glycine receptor. It involved both
experimental acquisitions and signal analysis. The last chapter represents the conclusions
of this thesis, with some remark on the effective performance that may be achieved using
ligand gated ion channels as sensing elements.
Electromagnetically induced transparency from first-order dynamical systems
Creators: name: Clementi, Marco
name: Galli, Matteo
name: O'Faolain, Liam
name: Gerace, Dario
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show how a strongly driven single-mode oscillator coupled to a first-order dynamical system gives rise to induced absorption or gain of a weak probe beam, and associated fast or slow light depending on the detuning conditions. We derive the analytic solutions to the dynamic equations of motion, showing that the electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) like response is a general phenomenology, potentially occurring in any nonlinear oscillator coupled to first-order dynamical systems. The resulting group delay (or advance) of the probe is fundamentally determined by the system damping rate. To illustrate the practical impact of this general theoretical framework, we quantitatively assess the observable consequences of either thermo-optic or free-carrier dispersion effects in conventional semiconductor microcavities in control/probe experiments, highlighting the generality of this physical mechanism and its potential for the realization of EIT-like phenomena in integrated and cost-effective photonic devices.
description: 13 pages, 7 figures, to appear in Physical Review B
AN IMPORTANCE-PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF INTERNATIONAL VISITORS TO PENANG ISLAND, MALAYSIA
Creators: name: Shida Irwana, Omar
name: Abukhalifeh, Ala`A Nimer
name: Badaruddin, Mohamed
Publisher: name: tourismos
Year: 2015

description: This paper examines international visitors’ perceived importance and performance of 12 destination attributes of Penang Island using an Importance- Performance Analysis (IPA). The result was drawn from a questionnaire survey of 803 respondents who visited the island between August and November 2012. The importance-performance analysis grids illustrate that Penang Island performs well in six attributes namely 1) safety and security; 2) image of destination; 3) friendliness of the people; 4) variety of tourism attractions; 5) value for money; and 6) accessibility to the destination. The attribute of cultural and historical uniqueness appears to get too much concentration, and five attributes fell into the Low Priority quadrant. Safety and security was found to be the determining attribute for international visitors. Implications and recommendations for Penang managers and marketers were discussed.
description: tourismos, Vol. 10 No. 1 (2015)
title: Insomnia and Use of Sleep Medications in Predicting Risk of Alzheimer's Disease in the Cache County Study
Creators: name: Vernon, Elizabeth Kathleen
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: Over 71 million Americans will be over the age of 65 by the year 2030. With this rise in adults aged 65 years and older also comes an exponential rise in the estimated number of individuals with Alzheimer’s disease (AD); this number is expected to exceed 24 million Americans by the year 2040. The number one risk factor for AD is older age; this factor is also associated with an increased risk in developing a sleep disturbance. Sleep disturbances have been associated with an increased risk of cancer, heart disease, and decline in overall health. Recent research has examined the association between sleep disturbance and risk for AD; however, these results are mixed. This project analyzed existing data from the population-based longitudinal Cache County Study on Memory and Aging (CCSMA), which included permanent residents of Cache County, Utah who were aged 65 years or older in 1995. The CCSMA consisted of 4-triennal waves and ran from 1995 until 2007; the aim of the original study was to examine antecedents of AD and other forms of dementia.
In this thesis, the first study examined whether sleep disturbance was associated with increased risk in developing AD. Sleep disturbance was associated with risk of developing AD, but the results differed between males and females. Among females, endorsing sleep disturbance was associated with a 54.5% decrease in the hazards of developing AD (Hazard Ratio [HR]= .455, p = .0001) compared to females without sleep disturbance. Among males, sleep disturbance was not associated with risk of developing AD (p = 0.498).
The second study evaluated if use of sleep medications was associated with increased risk of developing AD and if that association differed between males and females: males who reported use of sleep medication, regardless of having a sleep disturbance, were at increased risk of developing AD (for men without a sleep disturbance HR = 3.604; p = 0.0001). By contrast, in females, risk for developing AD varied by the presence of a sleep disturbance. Compared to the reference group (females without a sleep disturbance and no sleep medication use), females who reported a sleep disturbance and use of sleep medication were at a 35.2% reduced risk of developing AD (HR = 0.648; p = 0.011) while, those not reporting a sleep disturbance but were taking sleep medications were at 3.9 times increased risk in the hazards of developing AD (HR = 3.916; p = 0.0001). Although this study is observational in nature and therefore does not prove that the use of sleep medication is harmful, it is recommended that health care providers consider alternative, nonpharmacological approaches to treat sleep disorders in older adults. Further research is needed to examine sex differences and how they may relate to the differences associated with sleep disturbances and risk for AD.