cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Benchmarking physical activity in Europe: lessons from the CO-CREATE project
Creators: name: Kokkorou, Margarita
name: Oldridge-Turner, Kate
name: Vlad, Ioana
name: Fanian, Diva
name: Klepp, Knut-Inge
name: Helleve, Arnfinn
name: Fismen, Anne-Siri
name: Malczyk, Sonia
name: Hendricks, Gaironeesa
name: Harbron, Janetta
name: Allen, Kate
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Global research shows a strong link between physical activity levels and the risk of developing non-communicable diseases. To increase physical activity, governments must design and implement a comprehensive set of policy actions. The MOVING benchmarking tool was developed to assess the strength of policies across three domains that make up a comprehensive approach to physical activity policy. Purpose: To assess the status of physical activity policy in five European countries participating in the CO-CREATE project: Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal and the UK. Methods: The MOVING benchmarking tool values the strength of policy design, based on evidence-informed and aspirational policy attributes. Physical activity policies in each participating country were identified based on a comprehensive scan, with a set methodology, and were benchmarked using this tool. Results: The benchmarks assessed the design of policies across the six policy areas of MOVING and identified where there was scope for improvement within each area. For example, all countries developed physical activity guidelines and community initiatives promoting physical activity. The benchmarking process evaluated the design of these policies and allowed a cross-country comparison of their strengths. When comparing the overall policy environment, we found a lack of policies promoting access to green spaces and weaknesses in designing effective physical education. Conclusions: The MOVING benchmarking tool can be used by policymakers, researchers and civil society to inform the development and implementation of policies promoting physical activity. Funding: Funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Renormalization of 3d quantum gravity from matrix models
Creators: name: Ambjorn, J.
name: Jurkiewicz, J.
name: Loll, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Lorentzian simplicial quantum gravity is a non-perturbatively defined theory of quantum gravity which predicts a positive cosmological constant. Since the approach is based on a sum over space-time histories, it is perturbatively non-renormalizable even in three dimensions. By mapping the three-dimensional theory to a two-matrix model with ABAB interaction we show that both the cosmological and the (perturbatively) non-renormalizable gravitational coupling constant undergo additive renormalizations consistent with canonical quantization.
description: 14 pages, 3 figures
Krohnia de Quatrefages 1865
Creators: name: Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.
name: Carrera-Parra, Luis F.
name: Muir, Alexander I.
name: León-González, Jesús Angel De
name: Piotrowski, Christina
name: Sato, Masanori
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Phyllodocida
Alciopidae
Krohnia

description: Krohnia de Quatrefages, 1865 angelini Kinberg, 1866: South China Sea. SMNH 555 (= Rhynchonerella angelini fide Hartman 1959)
description: Published as part of Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I., Carrera-Parra, Luis F., Muir, Alexander I., León-González, Jesús Angel De, Piotrowski, Christina & Sato, Masanori, 2014, Polychaete species (Annelida) described from the Philippine and China Seas, pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 3842 (1) on page 9, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3842.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4928482
Search for the Lepton Flavor Violation Processes $J/ψ\to$ $μτ$ and $eτ$
Creators: name: BES Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The lepton flavor violation processes $J/ψ\to μτ$ and $eτ$ are searched for using a sample of 5.8$\times 10^7$ $J/ψ$ events collected with the BESII detector. Zero and one candidate events, consistent with the estimated background, are observed in $J/ψ\to μτ, τ\to e\barν_eν_τ$ and $J/ψ\to eτ, τ\toμ\barν_μν_τ$ decays, respectively. Upper limits on the branching ratios are determined to be $Br(J/ψ\toμτ)<2.0 \times 10^{-6}$ and $Br(J/ψ\to eτ) < 8.3 \times10^{-6}$ at the 90% confidence level (C.L.).
description: 9 pages, 2 figures
Government Request for Transportation Memorandum
Creators: name: United States. War Department. Transportation Corps
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 1945
Subjects: subject: World War II
subject: 12th General Hospital
subject: Pullman Company
subject: Railroad tickets
subject: World War, 1939-1945
subject: Conner, James A. (James Augustus), 1903-2001
subject: Fort Sheridan (Ill.)
subject: Camp Myles Standish (Mass.)

description: Ticket issued to Major James A. Conner for travel from Camp Myles Standish, Mass. to Fort Sheridan, Ill.
Implementing the German National Recommendations for Physical Activity and Physical Activity Promotion: First Results Phase-2
Creators: name: Semrau, Jana
name: Helsper, Natalie
name: Kohler, Simone
name: Dippon, Lea
name: Abu-Omar, Karim
name: Rütten, Alfred
name: Pfeifer, Klaus
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: The aim of KOMBINE phase 2 (Community-based PA promotion to implement the National Recommendations) is to implement a co-produced action-oriented framework for community-based physical activity promotion (cPA) with a focus on health equity in six pilot communities using a participatory approach. Program Delivery: Steps of the co-produced action-oriented framework, developed in phase 1 of KOMBINE, include (1) preparation, (2) assessment, (3) setting up cooperative planning groups including steering committees, (4) organizing the planning process, (5) development and (6) implementation of measures. These steps are participatively delivered in three rural communities, two urban communities, and one metropolis. Evaluation: A participatory case study design is used. The process evaluation shows that the involvement of political stakeholders (n=2–15), basic experts (n=2–12), administration (n=8–25), multipliers (n=5–16), and citizens (n=0–6) in the cooperative planning groups varies across all six communities. The output evaluation shows a broad range of developed measures across all six pilot communities to promote personal skills (n=48), infrastructures (n=17), policy actions (n=9), and community action (n=7). Conclusions: The co-produced action-oriented framework proved to be partially suitable to promote cPA in the communities. However, adaptations are needed to accommodate the measures to the community-specific context. Involving individuals from a socially disadvantaged background remains a challenge. Funding: Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA) on behalf of and with funds from the statutory health insurances in accordance with Para.20a.SGB V within the GKV Alliance for Health (Number: Z2/1.01G/18).
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
On the Correlated Spectral and Timing Properties of 4U 1636-53: an Atoll Source at High Accretion Rates
Creators: name: Di Salvo, T.
name: Mendez, M.
name: van der Klis, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze ~600 ks data from the X-ray observatory Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer of the neutron star low mass X-ray binary and atoll source 4U 1636-53. These observations span almost three years, from April 1996 to February 1999. The color-color and hardness-intensity diagrams show significant secular shifts of the atoll track, similar to what is observed for some Z sources. These are most evident in the hardness-intensity diagram, where shifts in intensity up to 20% are observed. We find that the intensity shifts in the hardness-intensity diagram are responsible for the parallel tracks observed in the kilohertz quasi periodic oscillations frequency vs. intensity diagram. While the parallel tracks in the frequency vs. color plane partially overlap, systematic long term shifts are still evident. We also study the broad band power spectra of 4U 1636-53 as a function of the source position Sa along the track in the color-color diagram. These power spectra are all characteristic of the lower and upper banana state in atoll sources, showing very low frequency noise, band limited noise, and sometimes one or two kHz QPOs. We find that the very low frequency noise in some intervals is not well described by a power law because of an excess of power between 20 and 30 mHz, which can be fitted by a Lorentzian. Also, the characteristic frequency of the band limited noise shows a trend to decrease with increasing Sa at high Sa values.
description: 17 pages, including 9 figures. A&A, in press
Amorphous ZrO2 from Ab-initio molecular dynamics: Structural, electronic and dielectric properties
Creators: name: Zhao, Xinyuan
name: Ceresoli, Davide
name: Vanderbilt, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Realistic models of amorphous ZrO2 are generated in a ``melt-and-quench'' fashion using ab-initio molecular dynamics in a plane-wave pseudopotential formulation of density-functional theory. The structural properties of the resulting amorphous models are analyzed, with special attention to coordination statistics. The vibrational and dielectric properties of one of these models are then investigated from first principles using linear-response methods. The electronic dielectric constant and Born effective charges are found to be very similar to those of the crystalline phases. Encouragingly, the predicted total static dielectric constant is about 22, comparable to that of the monoclinic phase. This work is motivated by the search for improved gate dielectric materials for sub-0.1 micron CMOS technology, and may also have implications for HfO2 and for silicates of ZrO2 and HfO2.
description: 10 pages, with 10 postscript figures embedded. Uses REVTEX and epsf macros. Substantially revised relative to original version. Also available at http://www.physics.rutgers.edu/~dhv/preprints/zhao_az/index.html
STOCKS, BONDS, BILLS, AND FARM ASSETS: A PORTFOLIO ANALYSIS
Creators: name: Moss, Charles B.
name: Featherstone, Allen M.
name: Baker, Timothy G.
name: Moss, Charles B.
name: Featherstone, Allen M.
name: Baker, Timothy G.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1986
Subjects: Agricultural Finance
Farm Management
Risk and Uncertainty

description: This paper uses a portfolio model to investigate the desirability of agricultural assets in a portfolio including nonfarm investments. The results indicate that agricultural assets are a part of a risk efficient portfolio. One implication of the results is that nonfarm investors may be attracted to the risk return characteristics of farm assets.
Implementing the German National Recommendations for Physical Activity and Physical Activity Promotion: Results Phase-1
Creators: name: Kohler, Simone
name: Helsper, Natalie
name: Dippon, Lea
name: Abu-Omar, Karim
name: Rütten, Alfred
name: Pfeifer, Klaus
name: Semrau, Jana
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: German National Recommendations for Physical Activity (PA) and PA Promotion recommend community-based physical activity promotion (cPA) at the local level with a focus on health equity. However, the implementation in the local context remains a challenge. The aim of KOMBINE phase 1 (Community-based PA promotion to implement the National Recommendations) is to co-produce an action-oriented framework for cPA focusing on health equity. Program Delivery: (1) In a series of workshops, key stakeholders and researchers discussed facilitators, barriers, and needs of cPA focusing on health equity. (2) The research team used an inductive approach to cluster all findings and to identify key components and then (3) compared the key components with updated literature. (4) Key components were discussed and incorporated into a gradually co-produced framework by the participants. Evaluation: The first result of the co-production process was a catalogue of nine key components regarding cPA in German communities. The comparison of key components with scientific evidence showed a high overlap. Finally, a six-phase action-oriented framework including key components for cPA was co-produced. Conclusion: The six-phase action-oriented framework integrates practice-based and scientific evidence on cPA with a focus on health equity. It represents a shared vision for the implementation of National Recommendations for PA and PA Promotion in Germany. Funding: Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA) on behalf of and with funds from the statutory health insurances in accordance with Para.20a.SGB V within the GKV Alliance for Health (Number: Z2/1.01G/18).
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Charge density distributions and related form factors in neutron-rich light exotic nuclei
Creators: name: Antonov, A. N.
name: Gaidarov, M. K.
name: Kadrev, D. N.
name: Hodgson, P. E.
name: de Guerra, E. Moya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Charge form factors corresponding to proton density distributions in exotic nuclei, such as $^{6,8}$He, $^{11}$Li, $^{17,19}$B and $^{14}$Be are calculated and compared. The results can be used as tests of various theoretical models for the exotic nuclei structure in possible future experiments using a colliding electron-exotic nucleus storage ring. The result of such a comparison would show the effect of the neutron halo or skin on the proton distributions in exotic nuclei.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures, to be published in International Journal of Modern Physics E
Paralvinella Desbruyeres & Laubier 1982
Creators: name: Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.
name: Carrera-Parra, Luis F.
name: Muir, Alexander I.
name: León-González, Jesús Angel De
name: Piotrowski, Christina
name: Sato, Masanori
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Terebellida
Alvinellidae
Paralvinella

description: Paralvinella Desbruyères & Laubier, 1982 bactericola Desbruyères & Laubier, 1989: Mariana Back-Arc Basin Hydrothermal vents. MNHN 842. hessleri Desbruyères & Laubier, 1989: Mariana Back-Arc Basin Hydrothermal vents. USNM 119431, MNHN 1157
description: Published as part of Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I., Carrera-Parra, Luis F., Muir, Alexander I., León-González, Jesús Angel De, Piotrowski, Christina & Sato, Masanori, 2014, Polychaete species (Annelida) described from the Philippine and China Seas, pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 3842 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3842.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4928482
Detect and Correct Bias in Multi-Site Neuroimaging Datasets
Creators: name: Wachinger, Christian
name: Rieckmann, Anna
name: Pölsterl, Sebastian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The desire to train complex machine learning algorithms and to increase the statistical power in association studies drives neuroimaging research to use ever-larger datasets. The most obvious way to increase sample size is by pooling scans from independent studies. However, simple pooling is often ill-advised as selection, measurement, and confounding biases may creep in and yield spurious correlations. In this work, we combine 35,320 magnetic resonance images of the brain from 17 studies to examine bias in neuroimaging. In the first experiment, Name That Dataset, we provide empirical evidence for the presence of bias by showing that scans can be correctly assigned to their respective dataset with 71.5% accuracy. Given such evidence, we take a closer look at confounding bias, which is often viewed as the main shortcoming in observational studies. In practice, we neither know all potential confounders nor do we have data on them. Hence, we model confounders as unknown, latent variables. Kolmogorov complexity is then used to decide whether the confounded or the causal model provides the simplest factorization of the graphical model. Finally, we present methods for dataset harmonization and study their ability to remove bias in imaging features. In particular, we propose an extension of the recently introduced ComBat algorithm to control for global variation across image features, inspired by adjusting for population stratification in genetics. Our results demonstrate that harmonization can reduce dataset-specific information in image features. Further, confounding bias can be reduced and even turned into a causal relationship. However, harmonziation also requires caution as it can easily remove relevant subject-specific information. Code is available at https://github.com/ai-med/Dataset-Bias.
Good physical activity practices among young elderly
Creators: name: Kari, Tuomas
name: Makkonen, Markus
name: Carlsson, Christer
name: Walden, Pirkko
name: Frank, Lauri
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: The global population is aging and at the same time life expectancy at older ages is improving. Physical activity (PA) can ward off age-related illness and frailty. PA also aids in upkeeping the ability to function and contributes to better quality of life during senior years. However, insufficient PA is a global problem. In Finland, where our study was conducted, only one fourth of the people over 60 years meet national PA recommendations. However, many would like to be more physically active. Thus, it seems they lack good PA practices. Purpose: To find and study good practices among young elderly (age group 60–75 years), which support being physically active. Methods: We collected good PA practices from 142 participants in our DigitalWells (https://www.digitalwells.fi/) research program (35.4% male; 64.6% female; mean age 68.8 years) by using printed forms containing both open-ended and multiple-choice questions. The data was analyzed qualitatively using thematic analysis. Results: Five good PA practices and their features were identified: 1) A specific schedule for PA; 2) Multiple physical activities to choose from; 3) PA before noon; 4) PA with a friend or in a group; and 5) If PA feels unappealing, think about the resulting good feeling. Conclusions: The identified good PA practices have been presented to all the 600+ participants in our research program and have been well received. Funding: Study funded by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Drinfeld-Manin Instanton and Its Noncommutative Generalization
Creators: name: Tian, Yu
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Drinfeld-Manin construction of U(N) instanton is reformulated in the ADHM formulism, which gives explicit general solutions of the ADHM constraints for U(N) (N>=2k-1) k-instantons. For the N<2k-1 case, implicit results are given systematically as further constraints, which can be used to the collective coordinate integral. We find that this formulism can be easily generalized to the noncommutative case, where the explicit solutions are as well obtained.
description: 17 pages, LaTeX, references added, mailing address added, clarifications added
Digital Wellness Services for Young Elderly (DigitalWells) Program
Creators: name: Kari, Tuomas
name: Makkonen, Markus
name: Carlsson, Christer
name: Walden, Pirkko
name: Frank, Lauri
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: DigitalWells (https://www.digitalwells.fi) research and development program is carried out during 2019–2021 in Finland. DigitalWells aims to recruit over 1000 participants from the young elderly age group (60–75years) during 2019–2021 and then expand and continue as a national multi-year program. The main purpose is to promote the formation of sustainable everyday PA routines. Program Delivery: DigitalWells cooperates with the Finnish associations for retired people, through which local groups of 20–50 volunteers are formed. The groups are guided into the program either via meetings or remotely. A free DigitalWells mobile application is provided to the participants; the central features are related to logging PA and receiving reports about PA. Another key feature is the ability to transfer the logged personal PA data to My Kanta Personal Health Record (Kanta PHR), a Finnish national repository for personal wellness records. Participants carry out PA according to their own preferences. Evaluation: Efficiency is evaluated by examining the changes in PA levels. First published studies show that the participants have, on average, increased their PA during the participation despite Covid-19 restrictions, which in Finland caused temporal closure of exercise facilities and paused most group activities. 93% of the 610 participants (situation 2/2021) had integrated the application to Kanta PHR repository. Conclusions: DigitalWells seems effective in promoting free-living PA among young elderly. The use of Kanta PHR repository is widely accepted. Funding: Program funded by the Social Insurance Institution of Finland.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Accretion and Dynamical Interactions in Small-N Star-Forming Clusters: I. N=5 case
Creators: name: Delgado-Donate, E. J.
name: Clarke, C. J.
name: Bate, M. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present results from high-resolution hydrodynamical simulations which explore the effects of small scale clustering in star-forming regions. A large ensemble of small-N clusters with 5 stellar seeds have been modelled and the resulting properties of stars and brown dwarfs statistically derived and compared with observational data. Close dynamical interactions between the protostars and competitive accretion driven by the cloud collapse are shown to produce a distribution of final masses which is bimodal, with most of the mass residing in the binary components. When convolved with a suitable core mass function, the final distribution of masses resembles the observed IMF, both in the stellar and sub-stellar regime. Binaries and single stars are found to constitute two kinematically distinct populations, with about half of the singles attaining velocities > 2 km/s, which might deprive low mass star-forming regions of their lightest members in a few crossing times. The eccentricity distribution of binaries and multiples is found to follow a distribution similar to that of observed long period (uncircularized) binaries. We predict that many close binary stars should have wide brown dwarfs companions. Brown dwarfs and, in general, very low mass stars, would be rare as pure binary companions. The binary fraction should be a decreasing function of primary mass, with low-mass or sub-stellar primaries being scarce. Where such binaries exist, they are either expected to be close enough (semi-major axis ~ 10 AU) to survive strong interactions with more massive binaries or else born in very small molecular cloud cores.
description: 15 pages, 17 figures, accepted by MNRAS
Infant antibiotic exposure and food allergy development
Creators: name: Oda, Kyle
Publisher: name: Northwestern University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: public health
subject: antibiotic exposure
subject: food allergies
subject: Food Hypersensitivity
subject: Anti-Bacterial Agents
subject: Infant

description: A Northwestern University Capstone Project.

This paper is submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Public Health degree in the Spring of 2017.
description: Background: Food allergy prevalence is steadily increasing in the developed world, for reasons that are still being investigated. Epidemiological evidence suggests that insufficient microbial exposure early in life may increase the risk of developing allergic diseases. Antibiotics, which are a significant source of microbial deprivation, may be a risk factor for developing food allergies. Objective: The objective of this study was to characterize the association between antibiotic exposure in the first year of life and the subsequent development of food allergies by age five.  Methods: A cohort of 18,088 patients born between 01/01/2006 and 12/31/2010 was analyzed retrospectively. Poisson regression was used to analyze the time-weighted association between antibiotic prescriptions and food allergy diagnosis, while adjusting for sex and race/ethnicity. Results: In both the unadjusted and adjusted analyses, the risk of developing a food allergy for the group exposed to antibiotics in the first year of life was more than double that of the unexposed group. In the unadjusted Poisson regression model, the relative risk was 2.53 [1.96, 3.26]. In the model adjusted for sex and race/ethnicity, the relative risk was 2.33 [1.19, 4.56]. Neither sex nor race/ethnicity was found to be significantly associated with the likelihood of a food allergy diagnosis. Conclusion: There is a significant association between antibiotic exposure in the first year of life and food allergy development by age five. While the results of this study support an existing hypothesis that posits an antibiotic-allergy association mediated by reduced microbial exposure, they do not provide direct evidence of mediation. In order to more accurately characterize this association, additional studies will need to directly analyze the quantity and variety of intestinal microbiota in relation to food allergy prevalence.
Enhancing Pedagogical Competence: A Case Study of Pre-Service Teachers' Development in Experiential Learning and Hands-On Pedagogy Through ‘Ganitvishwam’ -A Mathematics Club
Creators: name: MORE, VINAYAK
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 390199
subject: Curriculum and pedagogy not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 390109
subject: Mathematics and numeracy curriculum and pedagogy
classificationCode: 390114
subject: Vocational education and training curriculum and pedagogy
classificationCode: 390303
subject: Higher education
classificationCode: 390306
subject: Secondary education
classificationCode: 390307
subject: Teacher education and professional development of educators
classificationCode: 390407
subject: Inclusive education
classificationCode: 490301
subject: Experimental mathematics

description: The twenty first century is the fastest century in terms of knowledge generation, innovations, and re-evolutions in many aspects of human being. The field of education is also constantly evolving, with an increasing emphasis on innovative pedagogical approaches that promote active learning and engagement among students. In this context, the development of pedagogical competence among pre-service teachers has become a critical focus area in teacher education programs. Experiential learning and hands-on pedagogy have emerged as effective instructional strategies that promote deeper understanding and long-term retention of mathematical concepts among students. These approaches encourage active participation, inquiry, and reflection, allowing students to construct their own knowledge through real-world experiences. But pre-service teachers were completed their entire education through the traditional ways of learning where main emphasis was to understand concepts and memorise it. So, making them unlearn old set of skills and by making space for new experiential learning and hands on pedagogy is not a one-day task. The researcher developed and implemented a series of objective oriented activities in a year of span for the main objective to develop pedagogical competence among pre-service teachers through the Mathematics Club- ‘Ganitvishwam’ which is a dedicated club focused on mathematics education. This research paper presents a case study that explores the impact of experiential learning and hands-on pedagogy on the development of pedagogical competence among pre-service teachers, within the framework of 'Ganitvishwam' - a dedicated Mathematics Club.
Using dance to increase physical activity and modify risk factors for falls in older people
Creators: name: Astill, Sarah
name: Nikolova, Silviya
name: Kaskirbayeva, Daliya
name: Britten, Laura
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Physical activity is a modifiable factor for preventing falls in older people. Engaging in dance, has the potential to modify risk factors such as levels of physical activity that are associated with falling. Purpose: To determine if a community-based dance programme; ‘Dance on’ can modify risk factors associated with falling including levels of physical activity. Methods: Older people, aged 55 years an over enrolled on the Dance On programme (June 2019-March 2020). Physical Activity (SALQ), Fear of Falling (FES-I), mobility and balance (Timed up and Go), life satisfaction, happiness, and perceived health state were collected and compared at baseline, 3 months and 6 months follow-up using inferential analyses. A health economic evaluation was also undertaken. Results: 114 adults (F=103; 76.73 ± 9.21yrs) enrolled on the programme (baseline) with data collected from N=86 at 3m and N=21 at 6 months. Adherence was 76.6 ± 17.50 and 76.5 ± 19.04% at 3 and 6m respectively. Fear of falling, timed-up-and-go, life satisfaction, happiness, perceived health state did not improve. However total minutes of physical activity increased from baseline 104.34 (± 27.62) to 3 and 6 months 186.84 (± 24.77) (F(1.10, 78.98)=4.58, p=0.032). The program was considered cost effective at 3 and 6m. Conclusions: Dance can increase levels of physical activity and this persists while engaged in the dance programme. Adherence to the programme was high but frequency and duration of sessions, and initial physical activity levels need to be considered to maximise benefits.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Face Hallucination with Finishing Touches
Creators: name: Zhang, Yang
name: Tsang, Ivor W.
name: Li, Jun
name: Liu, Ping
name: Lu, Xiaobo
name: Yu, Xin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Obtaining a high-quality frontal face image from a low-resolution (LR) non-frontal face image is primarily important for many facial analysis applications. However, mainstreams either focus on super-resolving near-frontal LR faces or frontalizing non-frontal high-resolution (HR) faces. It is desirable to perform both tasks seamlessly for daily-life unconstrained face images. In this paper, we present a novel Vivid Face Hallucination Generative Adversarial Network (VividGAN) for simultaneously super-resolving and frontalizing tiny non-frontal face images. VividGAN consists of coarse-level and fine-level Face Hallucination Networks (FHnet) and two discriminators, i.e., Coarse-D and Fine-D. The coarse-level FHnet generates a frontal coarse HR face and then the fine-level FHnet makes use of the facial component appearance prior, i.e., fine-grained facial components, to attain a frontal HR face image with authentic details. In the fine-level FHnet, we also design a facial component-aware module that adopts the facial geometry guidance as clues to accurately align and merge the frontal coarse HR face and prior information. Meanwhile, two-level discriminators are designed to capture both the global outline of a face image as well as detailed facial characteristics. The Coarse-D enforces the coarsely hallucinated faces to be upright and complete while the Fine-D focuses on the fine hallucinated ones for sharper details. Extensive experiments demonstrate that our VividGAN achieves photo-realistic frontal HR faces, reaching superior performance in downstream tasks, i.e., face recognition and expression classification, compared with other state-of-the-art methods.
description: 15 pages, 15 figures
Consumer Privacy Protection using Flexible Thermal Loads: Theoretical Limits and Practical Considerations
Creators: name: Chin, Jun-Xing
name: Baker, Kyri
name: Hug, Gabriela
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The increasing adoption of smart meters introduces growing concerns about consumer privacy risks stemming from high resolution metering data. To counter these risks, there have been various works in actively shaping the grid-visible energy consumption profile using controllable loads such as energy storage systems (ESSs) and flexible consumer loads. In this paper, we compare the use of flexible thermal-based consumer loads (FTLs) against ESSs for consumer privacy protection. By first assuming ideal conditions, and subsequently bringing them closer to reality, the limitations of using FTLs for privacy protection are identified. Through theoretical analyses and realistic simulations, it is shown that, due to the limitations in the operation of FTLs, without significant over-sizing of systems and sacrifices in consumer comfort, FTLs of much higher equivalent energy storage capacity are required to afford the same level of protection as ESSs. Nonetheless, given their increasing ubiquity, controllable FTLs should be considered for use in consumer privacy protection.
description: This is the accepted version of the article published in Applied Energy, and is shared under the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Amage Malmgren 1866
Creators: name: Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.
name: Carrera-Parra, Luis F.
name: Muir, Alexander I.
name: León-González, Jesús Angel De
name: Piotrowski, Christina
name: Sato, Masanori
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Terebellida
Ampharetidae
Amage

description: Amage Malmgren, 1866 auricula sibogae Caullery, 1944a: Lombok, Bali Sea. NML 1585
description: Published as part of Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I., Carrera-Parra, Luis F., Muir, Alexander I., León-González, Jesús Angel De, Piotrowski, Christina & Sato, Masanori, 2014, Polychaete species (Annelida) described from the Philippine and China Seas, pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 3842 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3842.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4928482
Tailor-made cardiac rehabilitation for patients with obesity: Results on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and weight
Creators: name: Den Uijl, Iris
name: Van Den Berg-Emons, Rita
name: Sunamura, Madoka
name: Lenzen, Mattie
name: Stam, Henk
name: Boersma, Eric
name: Kemps, Hareld
name: Brouwers, Rutger
name: Tenbült-Van Limpt, Nicole
name: Ter Hoeve, Nienke
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: Improving physical activity and sedentary behaviour are important goals of cardiac rehabilitation (CR). However, in patients with obesity, standard CR is not effective in achieving the recommended physical activity and sedentary behaviour levels, and results achieved in weight loss are unsatisfactory. Purpose: To describe the effectiveness of a new CR program, OPTICARE XL, for patients with obesity on physical activity, sedentary behaviour and weight. Methods: Patients with BMI≥30 were randomized to standard CR (n=99) or OPTICARE XL (n=102). Standard CR consists of a 10-week aerobic exercise program, supplemented with cardiovascular lifestyle education. OPTICARE XL is a one-year tailor-made group intervention including aerobic and strength exercise, behavioural coaching and an after-care program. Physical activity and sedentary behaviour were measured with an Actigraph GT3X+ and weight was measured with a calibrated weight scale. Results: Physical activity and sedentary behaviour improved within both groups, however, these improvements were not significantly different between groups. Patients in the OPTICARE XL group showed on average greater weight loss three months after the start of CR (mean change -3.6 kg versus -1.8 kg, respectively, p=0.002). Six months post CR, changes in body weight were equal (mean change -2.5 kg in both groups, p=0.959). Conclusions: OPTICARE XL had added value on the short-term, but this did not sustain on the long-term. We suggest to re-evaluate the after-care phase of the OPTICARE XL program to expand short-term effects. Funding: The Dutch Organization for Health Research and Development (843001792) and Capri Cardiac Rehabilitation.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
Ampharete Malmgren 1866
Creators: name: Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I.
name: Carrera-Parra, Luis F.
name: Muir, Alexander I.
name: León-González, Jesús Angel De
name: Piotrowski, Christina
name: Sato, Masanori
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Annelida
Polychaeta
Terebellida
Ampharetidae
Ampharete

description: Ampharete Malmgren, 1866 ampullata Imajima, Reuscher & Fiege, 2012: Tamioka Bay, Amakusa, Japan. NSMT 545, 546, SMF 21641
description: Published as part of Salazar-Vallejo, Sergio I., Carrera-Parra, Luis F., Muir, Alexander I., León-González, Jesús Angel De, Piotrowski, Christina & Sato, Masanori, 2014, Polychaete species (Annelida) described from the Philippine and China Seas, pp. 1-68 in Zootaxa 3842 (1) on page 10, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3842.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4928482
Regimento dos Grupos Técnicos da ABERGO
Creators: name: ABERGO
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: ABERGO

description: Regimento dos Grupos Técnicos da ABERGO
 Aprovada na Assembléia Geral Ordinária da ABERGO [4 de setembro de 2002 | Recife, Pernambuco]
 1ª. Revisão realizada na Reunião do Comitê Gestor dos Grupos Técnicos (CGGT) [14 de outubro de 2004 | São Paulo].
 2ª. Revisão realizada na Reunião do Comitê Gestor dos Grupos Técnicos (CGGT) [27 a 29 de Setembro de 2017 | Porto Alegre].
Brownian absolute continuity of the KPZ fixed point with arbitrary initial condition
Creators: name: Sarkar, Sourav
name: Virág, Bálint
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 82B23, 82C22, 60H15

description: We show that the law of the KPZ fixed point starting from arbitrary initial condition is absolutely continuous with respect to the law of Brownian motion $B$ on every compact interval. In particular, the Airy$_1$ process is absolutely continuous with respect to $B$ on any compact interval.
description: 21 pages. New references and a figure have been added, typos have been corrected, proof of Corollary 4.2 has been changed
Public Health with 'Moving Medicine' - a physical activity healthcare education programme in East London
Creators: name: Shahid, Farhan
name: Wynter Bee, William
name: Lester, Catherine
Publisher: name: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada
Year: 2022

description: Background: One of ISPAH’s eight investments for physical activity is healthcare promotion and education. However, it has been suggested there is a lack of confidence and knowledge on physical activity within the healthcare profession. Purpose: To study the impact in confidence of evidence-based educational delivery on physical activity and motivational interviewing for healthcare professionals. Methods: Educational sessions were delivered to medical professionals based in East London via webinar sessions. The topics introduced physical activity guidance and the positive impact on medical conditions. Teaching was also given regarding ‘Moving Medicine’ (https://movingmedicine.ac.uk/) which is an evidence based interactive toolkit to support conversations around of physical activity based on motivational interviewing. Webinar themes included Mental Health, Diabetes and Musculoskeletal conditions. Qualitative data was collated during the session and follow up survey, including data on clinician confidence with government guidance, and exercise prescription, as well as website datametrics. Results: 72% of participants felt confident in prescribing physical activity to patients after the educational sessions, compared with 32% beforehand (44% felt low in confidence). 86% of participants were confident with the government guidance for physical activity after the sessions, compared with 15% pre-webinars. Conclusions: The webinars demonstrated an improvement in knowledge around government guidelines and an improvement in clinician confidence in prescribing physical activity. Clinicians were more likely to utilise resources such has ‘Moving Medicine’. It is suggested that webinar-based educational delivery may contribute to behaviour change within healthcare professionals in engaging patients with physical activity. Funding: N/A.
description: The Health & Fitness Journal of Canada, Vol. 14 No. 3 (2021): Proceedings from the 8th International Society for Physical Activity and Health Congress
UBC Aquatic Centre Universal Change Rooms : Designing for Inclusivity
Creators: name: Arambarri, Abigail
name: Gupta, Pahul
name: Lam, Spencer
name: Lee, Zachary
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2019

description: PURPOSE - Our target was to identify the levels of comfortability, demographic factors and user experience with universal change-rooms at the ARC fitness facility at UBC. METHOD - We conducted in-person and online surveys which were posted in UBC social groups to gather our data. The survey started off with a Health Promotion and Physical Activity Research Consent form to ensure that the contributor decided to participate in the study off of their own accord and understood the purpose and use of the study. Our survey consisted of 10 statements regarding the quality of experience and feelings of comfortability/safety regarding universal change-rooms at the ARC fitness centre. Participants were asked to indicate their feelings on a 5-point Likert scale regarding each statement at the time of testing. After conducting the survey, we conducted statistical analysis on the data gathered and established mean and median values as well as percentages to determine which end of the Likert-scale the majority of the population was skewing towards. RESULTS - We found that eight out of the ten questions from the survey showed a positive response towards universal change-rooms whereas, areas regarding staff knowledge and preference of using the change-rooms had a more negative response. We also determined that most individuals that participated in the survey either strongly agreed with our statements or strongly disagreed. To mitigate the challenges regarding staff knowledge and influencing user preference positively towards universal change-rooms, we have proposed three recommendations including: 1) increasing the number of informative signs around universal change-rooms, 2) improve information advertisement to students regarding the use and purpose of universal change-rooms and 3) upgrading staff training to enhance the quality of student experience. By implementing these changes, ARC fitness can eventually increase user comfortability and enhance experience with universal change rooms. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Pentaquark Magnetic Moments In Different Models
Creators: name: Liu, Y. -R.
name: Huang, P. -Z.
name: Deng, W. -Z.
name: Chen, X. -L.
name: Zhu, Shi-Lin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the magnetic moments of the pentaquark states from different models and compare our results with predictions of other groups.
description: 17 pages, no figure
Institutional Repositories in the Health Sciences: A View of the Landscape
Creators: Kubilius, Ramune K.
Palmer, Lisa A.
Publisher: name: DigitalHub. Galter Health Sciences Library & Learning Center
Year: 2022

description: Brief introduction leading into a continuing education event entitled: CE 2: Panel discussion- Institutional Repositories- the joys and challenges, presented during the 2022 virtual Health Science Librarians of Illinois conference, September 8, 2022. The panel presenting use cases consisted of: Amanda Avery (Parkland College), Jennifer Deal (Advocate Aurora Health), Sandra De Groote (University of Illinois-Chicago), and Mingyan Li (University of Illinois-Chicago).
AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF THE RURAL COOPERATIVES' RESIDENTIAL DEMAND FOR ELECTRICITY
Creators: name: Maddigan, Ruth J.
name: Chern, Wen S.
name: Gallagher, Colleen A.
name: Maddigan, Ruth J.
name: Chern, Wen S.
name: Gallagher, Colleen A.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1981
Subjects: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy

description: This study examines the Rural Electric Cooperatives' (RECs`) residential demand for electricity using a simultaneous-equation, partial -adjustment model developed as a component of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory Rural Electric Energy Demand (REED) model. The residential sector is described by a pair of equations in which the quantity of electricity demanded and the average electricity price are endogenous. The structural equations are estimated using regionally pooled state-level, REC-specific data for the period 1969 to 1977 for five regions. The results indicate substantial variability among regions in both the short-run and long -run response to changing prices, income and weather conditions.