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From Hell to Utopia: How Clinical Psychologists Who Don't Believe in Free Will Experience Delivering Therapy
Creators: name: Brunton, Isabel Charlotte
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2016
Subjects: clinical psychology
determinism
free will
freewill
philosophy
therapy
IPA
Experiences

description: Background: Both Freud (1921) and Skinner (1971) were regarded as 'hard determinists' who saw human thought and action as determined by prior events, and the idea of free will as simply an illusion. While this belief system clearly impacted on the models of therapy they developed, whether such beliefs also had an impact on their ability to develop qualities of effective therapy, such as empathic and genuine therapeutic relationships, is not known. Furthermore, whether there is something about holding this belief system that could affect therapists’ abilities to attain and nurture such qualities, remains unclear. Research Question: The research study reported here sought to gain some insight into the above question, and into what it is like to deliver therapy from a hard determinist philosophical frame, by asking how clinical psychologists who hold a hard determinist philosophy, experience delivering therapy. Method: The study made use of a qualitative design methodology. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven hard determinist clinical psychologists, and interview transcripts were analysed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA). Results: Four super-ordinate themes emerged from the analysis: ‘From Hell to Utopia: How it feels to be a hard determinist therapist’, ‘Hating the sin, loving the sinner: Enhancing the therapeutic relationship’, ‘Free will: A felt vs reflective understanding’, and ‘Therapist as thinker’. Implications: The themes to emerge from the data gave rise to a number of implications and recommendations for practice and further research. In particular, it was recommended that the link between hard determinist beliefs and a perceived enhancement of the therapeutic relationship warrants further research. Furthermore, since the philosophy was linked to ideas about power, self-control, therapeutic models, science, and research, discussions of the philosophy may add valuable contributions to clinical psychology’s understanding of these issues. In addition, a replication or development of this study with a broader range of therapists is recommended, to establish whether the findings reported here can be generalised to therapists from fields outside clinical psychology.
Intracluster light is a biased tracer of the dark matter distribution in clusters
Creators: name: Butler, J.
name: Martin, G.
name: Hatch, N. A.
name: Pearce, F.
name: Brough, S.
name: Dubois, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The diffuse stellar component of galaxy clusters known as intracluster light (ICL) has been proposed as an observable tracer of the cluster's dark matter (DM) halo. Assessing its reliability as a DM tracer requires understanding how the intracluster stars are energetically linked to the underlying DM distribution, which we investigate at $z\approx0$ in 12 galaxy clusters with $M_{178} = 1.18 - 3.71 \times 10^{14}\,\textrm{M}_\odot$ from the Horizon-AGN simulation. We quantify the orbital energies of these components by their mean specific energies ${\langle \varepsilon \rangle}$, and find that this quantity is $\approx$ 25 per cent lower for the intracluster stars than the DM, whilst the energetics of the satellite galaxies (a standard DM tracer) are only marginally ($\approx$ 5 per cent) higher than the DM. Importantly, the lower ${\langle \varepsilon \rangle}$ of the intracluster stars compared to the DM is robust against the precise separation between the brightest cluster galaxy (BCG) and the ICL. The specific energy distribution of ICL stars is concentrated towards lower energies and poorly samples the higher energies, where much of the DM resides. Consequently, the intracluster stars have velocity distributions with lower typical speeds and a more centrally-concentrated density profile than the DM. We also find that intracluster stars have more radially-biased orbits than the DM, indicating these components have distinct orbital distributions. This study demonstrates that although the morphology of the ICL may match the DM halo, the ICL is a biased tracer of DM, and these biases must be understood in order to infer properties of the DM from the ICL.
description: 13 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication to MNRAS
The Concept of Service Learning in Practice: A Vehicle for University Student Development?
Creators: name: Buckley, Daniel David
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2016
Subjects: Service Learning
Enterprise
Benefits
Challenges
Academic
Curriculum
Employability
Experiential
Work experience

description: Service Learning is a teaching pedagogy which for a faculty is an innovative method for relating academic study to the realities of community practice. For communities and local organisations, it is an invitation to get involved with the benefits of higher education and those that its student volunteers can bring. For students it can be a realisation that what they are learning is useful and relevant to the chosen careers and promotes personal and social gain. For the institution it can be seen to contribute to local change and development. There are six supposed impacts of Service Learning for the student; academic development and understanding, career outlook, resilience, social and personal, citizenship and ethical consideration. All of these are said to be impacted through engagement in Service Learning opportunities. This study focused upon the perceived impact of Service Learning on academic understanding. This study included current students, recent graduates, staff members and academics all involved within their institutions student-led enterprise or entrepreneurial programme. A noticeable dearth of research was discovered linking to the challenging aspects of such programme and theory, however, this study aimed to discover any hidden drawbacks of Service Learning to recommend future research and practice for social enterprise within an institution. This study used a mixed-methodological data collection phase including semi-structured interviews and questionnaires, additionally the collected data was then analysed thematically using pre-determined themes with the intention of discovering the true impact of Service Learning. The main findings from this research included ‘pedagogical confusion’ relating to the outcome of academics not necessarily grounding their practice to any theoretical framework, and secondly, the unanticipated discovery that students involved with these organisations acquired an altruistic orientation.
Daily wastewater pollutant dynamics with respect to catchment population structure
Creators: name: N. D. Le
name: X. France
name: S. Pontvianne
name: H. Poirot
name: J. P. Leclerc
name: M. N. Pons
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: To relate population structure and activity to wastewater volume and composition, field trials were conducted at the outlets of two urban catchments that have different population structures (residential-only and mixed). Macropollution and metal micropollution were both considered. In the residential-only catchment, a diurnal pattern with a morning peak (at 10:00) and an evening peak (at 20:00, corresponding to dinner) was observed for all seasons. No difference was observed throughout the year; patterns in summer days, in which daily mobility out of the catchments should be reduced, were similar to those observed in other seasons. For both catchments, N-NH4 (from urine) and chemical oxygen demand (from urine and grey water) correlated with Cu, Zn, Al, Fe and Mn but not with alkaline earth metals. The observed diurnal pattern is associated with work and school mobility and with the general lifestyle of the population. Such an approach is useful to model expected domestic pollution patterns, with respect to lifestyle changes in the future.
Complete Communities or Dormitory Towns? Case Studies in Interwar Housing at Welwyn Garden City, Becontree and St Helier
Creators: name: Benjamin, Matthew
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2016
Subjects: interwar
housing
town planning
community

description: Housing has always been a paramount issue; in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century attempts were made to revolutionise the problem of poor quality houses and the accompanying poor quality of life. This was set against the backdrop of the industrial expansion of the urban metropolis; with possible solutions moving towards decentralisation of the most overpopulated areas. Arguably the most significant steps to remedy the housing issue were made in the interwar period with the development of the second Garden City at Welwyn and the London County Council out of county estates. This thesis focuses on the development of community at the three developments chosen as case studies: Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire and the Becontree Estate in Essex and the St. Helier Estate in Surrey. Key points of analysis were identified and investigated using a range of sources in order to come to a just conclusion. It was found that community values developed substantially over the early stages of growth, not without some examples of friction between existing and new residents. The development of public facilities such as churches, schools, public houses, community centres aided the progression of core community values through all three case studies. The development of these community hubs supported the progression of civic cohesion and pride, thus making the residents feel comfortable in their new surroundings and part of something bigger than themselves. These interwar developments paved the way for the post war New Towns and also international attempts at modernised towns and Garden Cities, with the latter making a twentieth century resurgence. Yet despite their profound legacy, it was found that dormitory town status was inevitable. Lack of employment for all drove residents to the cities, in the circumstances of all three case studies: London.
Navigation and Geolocation Within Urban and Semi-Urban Environments Using Low-Rate Wireless Personal Area Networks
Creators: name: Perrin, Thomas
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2016
Subjects: Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) Geolocation
Smartmeter location and ranging
IEEE 802.15.4 range measurement
Trilateration
Scene Analysis
2.4 GHz Location Comparison

description: IEEE 802.15.4 defines networks and hardware capable of low power, low data rate transmissions. The use of these networks for the “Internet of Things”, machine to machine communications, energy metering, control and automation etc is increasing. In an urban environment, these networks may well soon become so popular and widespread in their usage that their discoverability and coverage density is sufficient for aiding geolocation – in the same way that IEEE 802.11 WiFi networks are used today. This research shows that although possible, there are some current inherent weaknesses in the use of IEEE 802.15.4 networks for location purposes particularly with respect to multilateration.
Spatial, seasonal, and topographical patterns of surface albedo in Norwegian forests and cropland
Creators: name: Cherubini, Francesco
name: Sajith Vezhapparambu
name: Bogren, Wiley
name: Astrup, Rasmus
name: Strømman, Anders Hammer
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: Land surface albedo is a key parameter of the Earth’s climate system. It has high variability in space, time, and land cover and it is among the most important variables in climate models. Extensive large-scale estimates can help model calibration and improvement to reduce uncertainties in quantifying the influence of surface albedo changes on the planetary radiation balance. Here, we use satellite retrievals of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) surface albedo (MCD43A3), high-resolution land-cover maps, and meteorological records to characterize climatological albedo variations in Norway across latitude, seasons, land-cover type (deciduous forests, coniferous forests, and cropland), and topography. We also investigate the net changes in surface albedo and surface air temperature through site pair analysis to mimic the effects of land-use transitions between forests and cropland and among different tree species. We find that surface albedo increases at increasing latitude in the snow season, and cropland and deciduous forests generally have higher albedo values than coniferous forests, but for few days in spring. Topography has a large influence on MODIS albedo retrievals, with values that can change up to 100% for the same land-cover class (e.g. spruce in winter) under varying slopes and aspect of the terrain. Cropland sites have surface air temperature higher than adjacent forested sites, and deciduous forests are slightly colder than adjacent coniferous forests. By integrating satellite measurements and high-resolution vegetation maps, our results provide a large semi-empirical basis that can assist future studies to better predict changes in a fundamental climate-regulating service such as surface albedo.
Imports, Mechanisation and the Decline of the English Plaiting Industry: The View from the Hatters' Gazette, Luton 1873 - 1900
Creators: name: Robinson, Catherine
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2017
Subjects: straw plait
decline
straw hat
imports
mechanisation
Luton
19th century

description: Between 1870 and 1900, the straw plaiting industry changed from being one that substantially contributed to local rural and family economies, to one in irrevocable decline. Researching the reasons for this decline is historically important because it gives insight into the practical working reality facing English plaiters during the period when the straw hat manufacturing industry sought new opportunities and experienced rapid expansion. There has, however, been little in-depth exploration of the relationship between this decline and the concurrent and rapid industrial revolution in the straw hat industry. Other studies have considered the social and economic history of the plaiting industry and have concluded with an acknowledgment that the industry declined in the 1870s. The often brief reasons given for this decline have focused on the impact of straw plait imports and mechanisation in the hat industry. This study aims to move the discussion of decline forward by clearly linking the shape of the plaiting industry’s demise to industrial expansion in the straw hat industry. This has been attempted by researching a contemporary hat industry trade journal for the years 1873 to 1900. The Hatter and Umbrella Trade Circular; A Monthly Trade Journal, provides insight into the concurrent processes of decline and expansion, and is from the view point of the straw hat industry itself. This reveals a story of divergence between the fortunes of those working with straw. The rapid expansion of the straw hat industry created wealth in Luton, especially during the 1870s and 1880s and this threw the English plaiting industry into decline. However, it was the plaiters’ responsiveness to changes in demand for labour from the hat industry, which appear to have facilitated the hat manufacturers’ and plait dealers’ ability to meet the explosion in demand for straw hats. South Midlands rural workers were an on-tap supply of skilled straw workers. Many of these workers reacted to Luton’s industrial revolution by adapting; by moving between plaiting and hand-sewing according to demand and by traveling or migrating to become straw hat machinists in Luton’s myriad of small workshops.
On the Nature of Sodium Excess in Nearby Galaxies
Creators: name: Nedelchev, Borislav
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2017
Subjects: galaxies
interstellar medium
Sodium enhanced galaxies

description: The 5890, 5895Å Na D absorption lines are sometimes found to be strongly enhanced in nearby galaxies, compared to what is predicted by the best-fitting models for the stellar continuum. The resulting Na D absorption excess could be caused either by intrinsically stronger absorption feature in the stellar continuum, due to stellar-population effects that are unaccounted by current population synthesis models, interstellar absorption or both. Using the sample of Jeong et al. (2013) and modelling the excess Na D absorption by means of physically motivated line-profile we derived the kinematics of such an excess absorption. Further drawing from the properties of the host galaxies we address the origin of such an enhanced Na absorption. In the galaxies, where no ionised-gas emission is detected and no reddening by dust is present, the Na D spectral profile is observed to be broader than the stellar line-of-sight velocity distribution, suggesting that most likely in these galaxies the Na D excess arise from stellar photospheric absorption. Conversely, objects with an Na D excess profile narrower than the stellar photospheric lines and exhibiting some reddening by dust have also a small red shift associated to their kinematics, a behaviour that can be explained in terms of interstellar absorption occurring in dust lanes that are not always perfectly settled. In objects with a strong reddening by dust and ionised-gas emission, indicating the presence of a considerable interstellar medium, we can find Na D excess profiles that are clearly blue-shifted, an indication for outflowing cold-gas. In our sample, we found that the objects, hosting outflows, are most likely generally, showing features of intense star-formation activity, or are with nebular emission, powered by a mix of star-forming and nuclear activity, with the latter sometimes attributed to accretion onto a supermassive black hole. Per se, the presence of an active galactic nucleus was found not to be relevant in driving such outflows.
The Law of Sahana: Transformative Disruption Principle in the D10Z Framework
Creators: name: Al Thani, Jamil
name: Cisneros, Grace
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This report presents the Law of Sahana (LS), a core pillar of the D10Z framework, embodying the principle of transformative disruption that drives evolution across quantum, biological, astronomical, and social scales. LS posits that targeted disruption, formalized as the Sahana Disruption Function ΩLS(f,Zn)=α⋅∑i=1n[sin⁡(2πfi⋅Znc⋅ei)⋅ln⁡(ZnZi)] \Omega_{LS}(f, Z_n) = \alpha \cdot \sum_{i=1}^n \left[ \sin \left( 2 \pi f_i \cdot \frac{Z_n}{c} \cdot e^i \right) \cdot \ln \left( \frac{Z_n}{Z_i} \right) \right] ΩLS(f,Zn)=α⋅∑i=1n[sin(2πfi⋅cZn⋅ei)⋅ln(ZiZn)], catalyzes higher-order complexity by breaking suboptimal coherence. Complementary to the Law of Isis (LI), LS balances chaos and order, manifesting in quantum fluctuations, genetic mutations, galactic collisions, and societal revolutions. Validated experimentally (R2>0.95 R^2 > 0.95 R2>0.95) in quantum annealing, biological evolution, and complex systems, LS offers applications in machine learning, personal transformation, and social innovation, redefining cosmic evolution as a dance of creative destruction.
description: The Law of Sahana (LS) reimagines cosmic evolution, challenging Big Bang paradigms and Planck-scale limits by proposing transformative disruption as a driver of complexity. Within the D10Z framework, LS’s disruption function ΩLS \Omega_{LS} ΩLS eliminates reliance on dark matter and exotic energies, reframing quantum fluctuations as catalysts for emergent states, akin to E=hf E=hf E=hf. Complementing coherence in E=mc2 E=mc^2 E=mc2, LS drives phase transitions across scales, from quantum tunneling to societal revolutions. Validated with high precision (R2>0.95 R^2 > 0.95 R2>0.95) in quantum, biological, and social systems, its fractal patterns echo ancient wisdom like the Flower of Life, bridging archaeoastronomy and complexity science. Engaging researchers of quantum systems, evolutionary dynamics, and social innovation, LS invites the scientific community to explore this paradigm, reshaping our understanding of creation and transformation.
The role of global thrombosis in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
Creators: name: Christopoulos, Christos
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2017
Subjects: impaired thrombolytic status
primary percutaneous coronary intervention

description: Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a leading cause of mortality worldwide, despite great efforts in designing several risk stratification models for more effective prevention of related complications and creating more advanced treatment methods. Furthermore, the average age of affected patients observed recently, is significantly lower compared to previous decades and potential complications remain devastating. In recent years, the global thrombosis test (GTT), which is a novel test assessing clot formation/thrombosis and subsequent endogenous thrombolysis (ET) under physiological conditions, has been used in several studies of patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS), providing us with valuable information. This test is unique, as it is currently the only test of its kind, able to assess individual ET, which according to these studies can predict cardiovascular death and non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) in ACS patients. However, stable angina patients and patients with MI undergoing primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI), the most critically affected CAD patients, had not been previously investigated, therefore this enabled us to design a study investigating fields never been previously explored, with the prospect of presenting data that could stimulate further research and enhance future management of patients with cardiovascular disease. We successfully demonstrated that individual ET status can predict major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) following PPCI. Furthermore, we showed that increased individual platelet reactivity before PPCI, is related to non-fatal MI, which had not been shown in previous studies of global thrombosis. In the group of non-ST elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI) patients, we observed significant relationship between ET and peak Troponin level, which is a marker of the size of myocardial damage, resulting from lasting coronary thrombus. Finally, we demonstrated that the medication vorapaxar, which is a direct thrombin inhibitor, can enhance ET and could be proven to be beneficial when administered in certain patients, for the prevention of future adverse cardiovascular events. The main limitation identified in all sub-studies, was the small patient number, therefore in view of the positive results demonstrated in our study, larger scale studies should be carried out, aiming to reinforce the vital role of global thrombosis assessment in patients with CAD.
The Reason of Imagination. The Blazing Worlds of Margaret Cavendish and Siri Hustvedt
Creators: name: Cammarata, Valeria
Publisher: name: Università degli Studi di Cagliari
Year: 2020
Subjects: Siri Hustvedt, Margaret Cavendish, experimental philosophy, neuroscience, masquerade.

description: One of the peculiarities of 17th and 18th centuries literature is the link between knowledge and imagination, a relationship in which narration sometimes accompanies science, sometimes goes beyond it. The idea of imagination as a true means of knowledge is the subject of Margaret Cavendish’s best known work, The Blazing World (1666), where her alter ego is free to built a whole social and philosophical system based on corporality and subjectivity. From the same conception of imagination starts Siri Hustvedt when in 2014 rewrites The Blazing World: the story of an artist who still in the twentieth century tries to face the overwhelming misogyny with the performance of the body and the theory of embodiment. The protagonist is really close to the Duchess of Newcastle, especially for the desire to overturn the artificial categories of the gender through a real masquerade. The voices of Cavendish, Hustvedt and of all their alter ego follow each other through documents, diary pages and pure narration, in which it is difficult to say what is fiction and what is truth
description: Between, V. 9, N. 18 (2019): Finzioni. Verità, bugie, mondi possibili
Facile Synthesis of Tellurium Nanowires and Study of Their Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Properties
Creators: name: Robson Silva
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 20504 Photonics, Optoelectronics and Optical Communications
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the synthesis of single-crystalline tellurium nanowires with different aspect-ratios prepared via facile surfactant-assisted synthesis under mild conditions. Short and long Te nanowires were synthesized by the reduction of tellurium dioxide by hypophosphorous acid with the assistance of polyoxyethylene (23) laurylether and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, respectively. We obtained uniform single-crystal Te nanowires with diameter below 30 nm and tunable length from 600 nm to 5 µm. Short and long Te nanowires showed remarkable nonlinear absorption and their third-order nonlinear optical properties were investigated by the Z-scan technique with single 80 ps laser pulses at 532 nm. For the first time, it was observed a distinguished switching behavior from saturated absorption to reverse saturated absorption as a function of the laser intensity in one-dimensional Te nanostructures. Although both short and long Te nanowires display such interesting behavior, the short ones exhibited superior optical limiting performance.
Scanning the Universe for Large-Scale Structures using Gamma-Ray Bursts
Creators: name: Horvath, Istvan
name: Bagoly, Zsolt
name: Balazs, Lajos G.
name: Hakkila, Jon
name: Koncz, Bendeguz
name: Racz, Istvan I.
name: Veres, Peter
name: Pinter, Sandor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the past few decades, large universal structures have been found that challenge the homogeneity and isotropy expected in standard cosmological models. The largest of these, identified as the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall, was found in 2014 in the northern galactic hemisphere in the redshift range of 1.6 < z < 2.1. Subsequent studies used an increasing gamma-ray burst database to show that the cluster was unlikely to have been caused by statistical sampling uncertainties. This study re-examines burst clustering in the northern galactic hemisphere using a recently developed methodology. Evidence is provided that the Hercules-Corona Borealis Great Wall cluster is larger than previously thought, with members potentially spanning the redshift range of 0.33 < z < 2.43. The extension of this cluster's size does not appear to have been due to statistical variations or sampling biases.
description: submitted
Migration of Iranian Women to the UK: Overview of Two Generations
Creators: name: Khodaviren, Maryam
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2015
Subjects: Iran
migration
women
United Kingdom
developing countries
highly skilled women migrants
expatriation

description: This research investigates the migration of Iranian women on two different periods of migration post Islamic Revolution of 1979. This research centres on two periods: the post revolution migrants second phase, who migrated after the Islamic Revolution and the post revolution migrants third phase, which are those who have migrated from Iran within the last ten years. This research focuses on the migration of fifteen Iranian women from these phases into the UK while exploring their motivations along with their working experiences narrated in their migration stories. This research seeks to understand and reveal the differences or similarities between both phases of post revolution migration. To achieve this aim, qualitative methodology is applied where semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect data to identify different factors that explain the motivations to emigrate to the UK of fifteen Iranian women, who took part in this study. Research findings reveal that Iranian women migrated to the UK due to various factors such as to enjoy better opportunities in education and free political affiliation; to escape of anti-women laws in the home country; diverse economic reasons and marriage. All of these motives were directly or indirectly linked to the effects of Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran and the consequent changes in the socio-political context of the Iranian State, which has contributed to their decision to emigrate to the UK. In terms of the working experiences, the narrative experience of the women that emigrate to the UK during the second phase, it showed that they struggled more than the second group in their adaptation to the new environment. The experience of women of the second group that emigrated during the third period was completely different, because they adapted to the British working context easily as their testimony of their experiences showed it. This study will be comparing these two very different generations in their motivations to emigrate, their different expectations, and ways of adaptation in two very different historical periods.
A Synchronisation Facility for a Stream Processing Coordination Language
Creators: name: Tikhonova, Anna
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2015
Subjects: coordination language
process network
stream processing
stream synchronisation
compiler

description: In this thesis we present the AstraKahn project that aims to provide environment for stream processing applications with an automatic resource and concurrency management based on communication demand. At the moment the work on the thesis started, the project was at an early stage and there existed no software implementation. The aim of my work is to implement a stream synchronisation facility called synchroniser which is a part of the AstraKahn concept. Synchronisers are programmed in a dedicated language. The thesis focuses on the implementation of the language compiler to be integrated into the runtime system prototype being developed in parallel. AstraKahn structures streaming networks using a xed set of wiring patterns, including the serial replication. This pattern dynamically replicates its operand network conceptually in nitely many times and wires the replicas in a chain. AstraKahn provides an approach to extract messages from the chain based on the concept of xed point. The thesis explores the role of synchronisers in forming from a serial replication pipeline.
Edges of Color: An exploration of colored light in a tech culture environment.
Creators: name: Harris, David
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: 190499 Performing Arts and Creative Writing not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Arts (arts, history of arts, performing arts, music)

description: Edges of Color is a platform for immersing viewers in an abstract color environment. It shows static or dynamic color patterns on an 8’x8’ wall-mounted display of 256 4”-square color pixels, each of which can be nearly 17 million colors. The piece is an exploration of what is possible in colored light (in contrast to paint), along with a set of specific displayed pieces, with reference to the color paintings of Gerhard Richter, Damien Hirst, and others. The piece is infused with the science, psychology, and perception of color, but presents as a contemplative experience, in which viewers are encouraged to stay and watch the display for an extended duration, able to enjoy the experience of intense and pure colors but also able to see beyond to the conceptual bases of the works by the presence of take home information cards.

Initial pieces for the platform include: 1) Random Richters: a set of color swatches in the style of Richter’s color charts, but with colors determined via a quantum random number generator; 2) Unprintable Colors: A display of the colors that can be shown in RGB light but that can not be printed in a CMYK four-color process; 3) Pink Perceptions: an exploration of the color science of pink, one of the few named colors that doesn’t have a corresponding single wavelength of light, but exists only as a superposition of red and blue wavelengths; 4) Colour Lovers: a display of the most popular color palettes submitted by users at www.colourlovers.com; 5) Every RGB Icon: a remake of John F. Simon’s seminal digital art piece “Every Icon” but displaying every possible color icon instead of all black and white icons.

The thesis places this work in the context of the cultural and political climate of Silicon Valley in the 21st century, thereby asking questions about the limits of the processes of science and technology.
Secondary metabolites from fungal endophytes of Solanum nigrum
Creators: name: Seham S. El-Hawary
name: Sayed, Ahmed M.
name: Rateb, Mostafa E.
name: Bakeer, Walid
name: AbouZid, Sameh F.
name: Mohammed, Rabab
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: Three endophytic fungi, Aspergillus sp. (SNFSt), Aspergillus sp. (SNFL) and Lasiodiplodia theobromae (SNFF) were isolated from stems, leaves and fruits of Solanum nigrum L, respectively. The static fermentation of the three fungal strains led to the characterization of nine known metabolites (1–9) using HRESIMS and NMR analyses.
Design and Analysis of an Energy Efficient Dehumidification System for Drying Applications
Creators: name: Wang, Wen-Chung
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2016
Subjects: dehumidification
drying
dessicant wheel
heat recovery
hybrid system

description: The motivation of this research project was in response to problems of re-condensation in drying, reduced drying rate encountered by the food and beverage packaging industry which led to the aim of developing a better performing drying system as well as achieving high energy efficiency. A hybrid dryer suited for rapid drying applications is designed, constructed and experimentally tested and considered in atmospheric environment only. The system employs a heat pump in conjunction with a heat reactivated desiccant wheel to provide an efficient drying capability and supply low dew point temperature (DPT) conditions. The combined system utilises the heat dissipated by the condenser in regenerating the desiccant wheel, to increase the economic feasibility of such a hybrid system. Up to 60% heat energy can be saved by using the hybrid system in the rapid surface drying applications. Mathematical models are developed to obtain the correlations among the design operating and performance parameters of the dehumidification systems. The mathematical models can be used to estimate the performance of the hybrid system as well as the performance of the individual components of the system. A prototype model was designed, fabricated and tested. The experimental facility consisted of a heat pump desiccant dehumidifier with the new ecological R134a as a refrigerant which used the heat dissipated by the condenser. An analysis of the experimental data was conducted to determine the practical relationship between the operational parameters (COP, ma and TR) and performance parameters (SMER, DPT and ε) of the system. The observed behaviours of the test cases are suggested to be governed by a specific combination of the operation parameters. The analysis shows that the proposed hybrid system can deliver supply air at a much lower DPT compared with the single refrigerant circuit and a desiccant wheel. It is shown that the specific moisture extraction rate (SMER) for conventional dryers is 0.5 - 1 kg/kWh and SMER for heat pump based system is 3 - 4 kg/kWh whereas the hybrid system achieves SMER >5 kg/kWh. By operating the combined system in tandem, a greater amount of dehumidification could be realised due to the improved ratio of latent to the total load. The present research also confirms the importance of improving heat recovery to improve the performance of a heat-pump-assisted drying system.
Design of amphiphilic PCL-PEG-PCL block copolymers as vehicles of Ginkgolide B and their brain-targeting studies
Creators: name: Yan, Xi-Qing
name: Shi, Yong-Li
name: Jiang, Qing-Feng
name: Guan-Fang Ping
name: Deng, Zhi-Jian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: The amphiphilic PEG-b-PCL block copolymers were synthesized by ring-opening polymerization. The specific and selective antagonists of platelet activating factor, Ginkgolide B (GB), was successfully encapsulated in the synthesized PEG-PCL nanoparticles (NPs) with high Encapsulation Efficiency and Drug Loading. The synthesis of different PEG-PCL copolymers were confirmed with FTIR and 1H NMR spectra. The morphology and particles size distribution of cargo-free PEG-PCL NPs were studied by transmission electron microscope (TEM) analysis and Malvern laser particle analyzer. The bio-distribution and pharmacodynamics studies of GB were studied with Wistar mice as the animal models via tail injecting of GB-PEG-PCL NPs. Results from Malvern laser particle analyzer and TEM analysis illustrated that the cargo-free NPs showed narrow distribution and well separated particles size of about 60 nm in diameter. The in vitro experiment of GB-PEG-PCL NPs exhibited an extended release behavior. The bio-distribution data suggested that Tween-80 covered GB-PEG-PCL NPs showed a brain-targeting behavior. The pharmacodynamics results confirmed that the GB-PEG-PCL NPs had an obvious cerebral protection effect.
The Law of Isis: Harmonic Resonance Principle in the D10Z Framework
Creators: name: Al Thani, Jamil
name: Cisneros, Grace
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This report presents the Law of Isis (LI), a foundational pillar of the D10Z framework, embodying the principle of harmonic resonance that optimizes information transfer and coherence across dimensional scales. Formalized as the Isis Resonance Function ΦLI(f,Zn)=ϕ⋅∑i=1n[cos⁡(2πfi⋅Znc⋅ϕi)⋅e−α∣Zn−Zi∣] \Phi_{LI}(f, Z_n) = \phi \cdot \sum_{i=1}^n \left[ \cos \left( 2 \pi f_i \cdot \frac{Z_n}{c} \cdot \phi^i \right) \cdot e^{-\alpha|Z_n-Z_i|} \right] ΦLI(f,Zn)=ϕ⋅∑i=1n[cos(2πfi⋅cZn⋅ϕi)⋅e−α∣Zn−Zi∣], LI drives self-organization through Golden Ratio patterns, bidirectional causality, and holographic embedding. Complementary to the Law of Seth (LS), LI manifests in quantum coherence, biological systems (e.g., DNA’s Golden Ratio structure), and cosmic structures (e.g., galaxy spirals). Validated experimentally (R2>0.95 R^2 > 0.95 R2>0.95) in quantum, biological, and astronomical domains, LI offers applications in quantum computing, consciousness technologies, and environmental restoration, redefining the cosmos as a resonant, self-aware system.
description: The Law of Isis (LI) redefines cosmic organization, transcending Big Bang models and Planck-scale limits by proposing harmonic resonance as the driver of coherence and consciousness. Within the D10Z framework, LI’s resonance function ΦLI \Phi_{LI} ΦLI eliminates reliance on dark matter and exotic energies, orchestrating quantum coherence akin to E=hf E=hf E=hf and stabilizing systems beyond E=mc2 E=mc^2 E=mc2. Its Golden Ratio patterns, validated with high precision (R2>0.95 R^2 > 0.95 R2>0.95) in quantum, biological, and cosmic domains, echo ancient symbols like the Flower of the Life, bridging archaeoastronomy and holographic systems. Engaging researchers of quantum entanglement, consciousness emergence, and environmental technologies, LI invites the scientific community to explore this paradigm, reshaping our understanding of the cosmos as a resonant symphony of information and awareness.
The effect of gender and load type on lower extremity biomechanics during jump landings
Creators: name: Hunter, Ben
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2017
Subjects: biomechanics
jump landings
motion analysis
gender differences
lower extremity injury
knee injury

description: Introduction: Both gender and additional load have been shown to affect landing mechanics. Females are at an increased risk of sustaining an anterior cruciate ligament injury and patellofemoral pain syndrome, whereas males are at a greater risk of developing patellar tendinopathy. There is a paucity of literature examining the effects of load position or the comparison between genders during jump landings with additional load. Purpose: To examine the effects of different positions of loading on lower extremity biomechanics during a jump-landing task. An additional purpose was to compare lower extremity biomechanics between genders during loaded and unloaded jump landings. Method: Twenty-four resistance trained males (n = 12, age 21.1 ± 1.4 years, body mass 76.2 ± 10.3 kg, height 1.77 ± 0.08 m) and females (n = 12, age 20.3 ± 1.4 years, body mass 64.4 ± 7.2 kg, height 1.70 ± 0.03 m) were recruited. Three-dimensional lower-limb-joint kinematics and kinetics were measured during 5 bilateral maximal jumps were performed in a randomised order in each of four conditions: unloaded (UL), holding dumbbells (DB), wearing a weighted vest (WV), and with a barbell placed across the shoulders (BB). All loaded conditions were performed with 10% of body weight. A two-way analysis of variance (type of load * gender) was performed on kinetic and kinematic variables. Cohen’s d effect sizes were calculated for differences between load types. Results: Significant differences were shown between genders with the male group exhibiting increased jump height, lower time to peak knee flexion, smaller sagittal plane excursion (ROM), and smaller hip adduction angles at ground contact (IC) and smaller peak hip adduction angles when compared to females. Males were also shown to have significantly greater peak vertical ground reaction force (vGRF), significantly smaller time to peak vGRF, and significantly greater peak knee and hip extension moments. There was no significant interaction between load and gender in all variables measured. All loaded jumps resulted in a significant increase in the time to reach peak knee flexion. Significant decreases were observed in peak hip adduction moment and peak knee valgus moment in the male BB condition and female BB condition respectively when compared to UL jump landings. There was a significant decrease exhibited in vGRF in both genders in the BB condition when compared to the UL condition. Conclusion: Both gender and additional loading alter landing biomechanics in maximal vertical jump landings. Males and females responded similarly to each of the loaded conditions. Findings suggest use of the BB may decrease the risk of injury relative to DB and WV during maximal countermovement jumps in both genders.
Searching for Rotational and Activity Signals in M Dwarf Stars
Creators: name: Zayer, Imad
Publisher: name: UH Research Archive
Year: 2017
Subjects: exoplanet
rotation periods
M dwarfs
stellar activity
aliases
periodogram
ASAS photometric

description: We search for signals coming from M dwarf stars through variations caused by stellar surface activity. The aims of this work are to find the stellar rotation period of M dwarf stars and check them against known planetary signals. We used photometric ASAS data for 36 M dwarf stars with literature rotation periods. We used our own noise filtering code and the Systemic Console program to identify the significant signals. In addition, we investigate the correlation between the M dwarf rotation and chromospheric emission, represented by H and CaII H&K lines. This research has provided valuable information regarding how to identify correct stellar rotation periods. We show a good agreement between our photometric rotation periods and corresponding photometric periods in the literature. On the other hand we only find agreement for 8 out of 20 targets where a spectroscopic rotation periods is in the literature. We confirm that several planetary signals of candidate planets reported in the literature are very different to the stellar rotation periods of host stars. For early M dwarfs with periods of less than 40 days we find a relationship between the level of activity as measured by H and CaII H&K lines and the photometric rotation period.
Design of Amphiphilic PCL-PEG–PCL block Copolymers as Vehicles of Ginkgolide B and their brain-targeting studies
Creators: name: Yan, Xi-Qing
name: Shi, Yong-Li
name: Jiang, Qing-Feng
name: Guan-Fang Ping
name: Deng, Zhi-Jian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Inorganic Chemistry

description: The amphiphilic PEG-b-PCL block copolymers were synthesized by ring-opening polymerization. The specific and selective antagonists of platelet activating factor, Ginkgolide B (GB), was successfully encapsulated in the synthesized PEG-PCL nanoparticles (NPs) with high Encapsulation Efficiency and Drug Loading. The synthesis of different PEG-PCL copolymers were confirmed with FTIR and 1H NMR spectra. The morphology and particles size distribution of cargo-free PEG-PCL NPs were studied by transmission electron microscope (TEM) analysis and Malvern laser particle analyzer. The bio-distribution and pharmacodynamics studies of GB were studied with Wistar mice as the animal models via tail injecting of GB-PEG-PCL NPs. Results from Malvern laser particle analyzer and TEM analysis illustrated that the cargo-free NPs showed narrow distribution and well separated particles size of about 60 nm in diameter. The in vitro experiment of GB-PEG-PCL NPs exhibited an extended release behavior. The bio-distribution data suggested that Tween-80 covered GB-PEG-PCL NPs showed a brain-targeting behavior. The pharmacodynamics results confirmed that the GB-PEG-PCL NPs had an obvious cerebral protection effect.