cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Das Konzept der Ökosystemleistungen - ein Gewinn für den Bodenschutz
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Ökosystemdienstleistung
subject: Bodenschutz
subject: Bodenfunktion
subject: Schutzgut
subject: Ökosystemleistung
subject: TEEB-Studie
subject: Boden | Fläche

description: Zum Schutz des Bodens wird verstärkt auf den Ansatz der Ökosystemleistungen hingewiesen. Mit diesem Ansatz sollen die Leistungen des Bodens deutlicher sichtbar gemacht und Bodenbelange besser in der Öffentlichkeit kommuniziert werden. Die Kommission Bodenschutz greift diese Diskussionen auf, ordnet sie in das deutsche Regelungssystem ein und leitet erste Empfehlungen zum Umgang mit dem Ökosystemleistungsansatz ab. Quelle: Bericht
description: Zum Schutz des Bodens wird verstärkt auf den Ansatz der ⁠Ökosystemleistungen⁠ hingewiesen. Mit diesem Ansatz sollen die Leistungen des Bodens deutlicher sichtbar gemacht und Bodenbelange besser in der Öffentlichkeit kommuniziert werden. Die Kommission Bodenschutz greift diese Diskussionen auf, ordnet sie in das deutsche Regelungssystem ein und leitet erste Empfehlungen zum Umgang mit dem Ökosystemleistungsansatz ab.
Stakeholders' Perceptions of Risk for Gentrification in Atlanta's Pittsburgh Neighborhood
Creators: name: Holmes, David
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2011

description: The 2008-2010 foreclosure crisis and the Beltline project present two significant forces shaping neighborhoods throughout Atlanta.  Both the high foreclosure rates and the promise of public and private investment create conditions for the displacement of existing residents and for the gentrification of the southwest Atlanta neighborhood of Pittsburgh in particular.  Through qualitative analysis, including interviews with residents, community leaders, and government officials, the development of overlay analysis maps of Pittsburgh, as well as studying the various stakeholders' perception of risk for gentrification in Pittsburgh, this research examines how and why these stakeholders' perception of the risk of gentrification in Pittsburgh varies, and what these various perceptions mean.  Furthermore, it suggests that scholars of the gentrification process should more fully consider the ways in which residents of impacted neighborhoods understand both local and more ?global? dynamics of property markets and how various policies seek to mitigate the deleterious effects of gentrification.
A Geochemical Analysis: Application of a Chelating Agent on Potential ASR Reactive Aggregates
Creators: name: Garcia, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2011

description: Alkali Silica Reaction (ASR) is a deleterious, expansive reaction in concrete. Several ASTM methods test potential aggregates for ASR risk. One method uses NaOH digestion, followed by spectroscopic methods, to estimate the amount of reactive silica present in an aggregate. NaOH, however, can digest both crystalline (i.e. quartz) and non-crystalline (e.g. opal), or poorly crystalline silica, potentially yielding falsely high estimates of reactive silica. Studies in soil and plant sciences have used Tiron, an alkaline chelating agent (C6H4S2O8Na2), as a method of digesting opaline silica for spectroscopic analysis.  Here we test this approach by analyzing reactive silica in road aggregate. Tiron extraction of reactive silica is more selective, in some cases extracting only ~ 30% of the silica compared to the harsher NaOH extraction: variation is due to differences in aggregate mineralogy, specifically SiO2.  In conducting chelation analyses, UV/VIS seems to be a better approach than AA.
Idalus tumara Schaus 1921
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Idalus
Idalus tumara

description: Idalus tumara Schaus, 1921
Idalus tumara Schaus, 1921: 164.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Guyana, [Potaro-Siparuni], Rio Potaro.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype female no. 24 906 (USNM).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 157, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
The Effect of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Unrelated Allogeneic Hematopoietic Donor Collections and Safety
Creators: name: Parmar, Gaganvir
name: Allan, David S.
name: Morris, Gail
name: Dibdin, Nicholas
name: Ganz, Kathy
name: Mostert, Karen
name: Paulson, Kristjan
name: Petraszko, Tanya
name: Stevens, Nora
name: Seftel, Matthew D.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2023

description: Background and Objectives: The COVID-19 pandemic profoundly influenced unrelated donor (UD) allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) collections. Changes included efforts to minimize COVID-19 exposure to donors and cryopreservation of products. The extent to which the efficacy and safety of PBSC donations were affected by the pandemic is unknown. Methods: Prospective cohort analysis of PBSC collections comparing pre-pandemic (01 April 2019–14 March 2020) and pandemic (15 March 2020–31 March 2022) eras. Results: Of a total of 291 PBSC collections, cryopreservation was undertaken in 71.4% of pandemic donations compared to 1.1% pre-pandemic. The mean requested CD34+ cell dose/kg increased from 4.9 ± 0.2 × 106 pre-pandemic to 5.4 ± 0.1 × 106 during the pandemic. Despite this increased demand, the proportion of collections that met or exceeded the requested cell dose did not change, and the mean CD34+ cell doses collected (8.9 ± 0.5 × 106 pre-pandemic vs. 9.7 ± 0.4 × 106 during the pandemic) remained above requested targets. Central-line placements were more frequent, and severe adverse events in donors increased during the pandemic. Conclusion: Cryopreservation of UD PBSC products increased during the pandemic. In association with this, requested cell doses for PBSC collections increased. Collection targets were met or exceeded at the same frequency, signaling high donor and collection center commitment. This was at the expense of increased donor or product-related severe adverse events. We highlight the need for heightened vigilance about donor safety as demands on donors have increased since the pandemic.
Whole-Rock Lead-Lead Systematics and Major Element Analyses on the 1.85 GA. FLIN FLON Paleosol, Manitoba, Canada: Implications for Uranium Mobility.
Creators: name: Valencia, Federico
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2011

description: The 1.85 Ga Flin Flon paleosol located in Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada, is studied with the purpose of determining the timing and geochemical trend of uranium migration. Radiometric minimum ages of sediments and paleosols indicates the presence of a post-depositional event, these ages are bracketed by the Trans-Hudson orogeny event (2155?1750 Ma) which resulted in the alteration of ?(Th/U) and æ(U/Pb) ratios by exposing volcanics to the atmosphere and instigating the mobilization of U. The profile shows that the Missi sediments lost Uby 84% average relative to corrected average upper crust value. The upper paleosol gained U by 11% and the lower paleosol lost U by 17%, relative to least weathered parent volcanics. Upward addition of U within the paleosol is associated with metasomatism. Potential mineralization of uranium occurs downgradient of the Missi and paleosol contact.
"signalGeneration.tar.gz" of "Search for long-lived particles decaying to leptons with large impact parameter in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV"
Creators: name: CMS Collaboration
Publisher: name: HEPData
Year: 2021

description: Signal generation
description: A search for new long-lived particles (LLPs) decaying to leptons using proton-proton collisions produced by the CERN LHC at $\sqrt{s}=13$ TeV is presented. Events are selected with two leptons (an electron [e] and a muon [$\mu$], two electrons, or two muons) that both have transverse impact parameter values between 0.01 cm and 10 cm. Data used for the analysis were collected with the CMS detector in 2016, 2017, and 2018, and correspond to an integrated luminosity of 118 (113) $\text{fb}^{-1}$ in the ee channel (e$\mu$ and $\mu\mu$ channels). The search is designed to be sensitive to a wide range of models with displaced e$\mu$, ee, and $\mu\mu$ final states. The results constrain several well-motivated models involving new LLPs that decay to displaced leptons. For some areas of the available phase space, these are the most stringent constraints to date.
A Comparative Analysis of Participatory Governance: The City of Atlanta and Neighboring Cobb County, Georgia
Creators: name: Brown, Carol
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: This thesis compares the experiences of citizens who regularly participate in the planning and zoning processes of their respective local governments. Atlanta has had a highly structured system of neighborhood government in place for over 35 years, called Neighborhood Planning Units. Enacted by Atlanta?s first African-American Mayor, NPUs were meant to facilitate the civic engagement of all neighborhoods, regardless of socioeconomic status. The role and boundaries of NPUs are codified in the City Charter. Unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia is a large, urbanizing-but-still-suburban county north of the city. Cobb does not officially recognize community boundaries nor is there a codified neighborhood government structure in place. By comparing the two systems of governance, this thesis will examine which best facilitates participation and whether respondents feel efficacious as they engage with their local government. The findings matter because citizen participation is generally deemed a desirable and even necessary element of modern, representative democracy.
Spatial Ontology for the Production Domain of Petroleum Geology
Creators: name: Liadey, Dickson
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: The availability of useful information for research strongly depends on well structured relationships between consistently defined concepts (terms) in that domain. This can be achieved through ontologies. Ontologies are models of the knowledge of specific domain such as petroleum geology, in a computer understandable format. Knowledge is a collection of facts. Facts are represented by RDF triples (subject-predicate-object). A domain ontology is therefore a collection of many RDF triples, which represent facts of that domain. The SWEET ontologies are upper or top-level ontologies (foundation ontologies) consisting of thousands of very general concepts. These concepts are obtained from of Earth System science and include other related concepts. The work in this thesis deals with scientific knowledge representation in which the SWEET ontologies are extended to include wider, more specific and specialized concepts used in Petroleum Geology. Thus Petroleum Geology knowledge modeling is presented in this thesis.
Carbon Sequestration Potential in Simulated Saline Lake Waters
Creators: name: Yurman, Scott
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: This investigation tested simulated saline lake environments as mineralization sites for sequestering anthropogenic CO2. Four unique saline lakes were simulated in the laboratory. Two sets of experiments were conducted by diffusing CO2(g) through each simulated lake over 30 days. The first set tested the carbonate system response to elevated CO2(g). The second set of experiments replicated the same process but used ammonium hydroxide to elevate pH. Water samples were collected daily to test for cation loss via mineralization. Rapid mineralization occurred with the pH enhancer and cation activity was greatly reduced by as much as 38,000 mg/L Ca due to precipitation. This resulted in a mass of 100,000 mg/L of CO2 being sequestered via Ca and Mg-carbonate mineralization. With proper geochemical conditions, saline lake environments can therefore potentially serve a purpose in sequestering CO2(g).
A Comparison of Vegetation Composition in Urban and Rural Floodplans Following Removal of Chinese Privet (Ligustrum Sinense)
Creators: name: Morrell, Susan
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: An important aspect of restoration ecology is the removal of non-native invasive plants. While restorations in urban areas involve similar challenges to restorations in rural areas, urban efforts also contend with unique issues such as increased fragmentation and decreased seed sources for native species. This study examined efforts to eradicate Ligustrum sinense and allow native vegetation to occupy the landscape. The herbaceous layer was inventoried at study plots in riparian bottomlands of four Atlanta, Georgia, natural areas two years after start of treatment to remove L. sinense. Plant taxa were described and compared to a similar study conducted in a rural area of northeastern Georgia. Significant abundance of L. sinense was recurring at urban sites while recurrence at rural sites was low. Other non-native invasive species, frequently used in urban landscaping, were also occurring at urban sites and not at rural sites.
Exploring the use of Geographic Information Systems as an Environmental and Social Justice Advocacy Tool for Community-Based Organizations: A Case Study of Galena Park, Texas
Creators: name: Jordan, Demetrice
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Environmental factors within communities play a significant role on the health and  well-being of residents. These social and physical determinants have a substantial effect on health. This interaction can result in environmental injustices, inequality, and ultimately poor health for residents. The community of Galena Park, Texas, is a predominantly minority community of Hispanic and African-American residents with previously undocumented concerns related to air quality, the built environment, access to healthcare and the food environment. Through participatory engagement with Galena Park residents using Geographic Information Systems (GIS), this research examines the degree to which GIS is an effective tool in illustrating and visualizing environmental and social injustices.   Findings from this research suggest that GIS only relays part of the story and is most powerful when the lived experiences of residents are integrated into the analytical process.
Idalus iragorri
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Idalus
Idalus iragorri

description: Idalus iragorri (Dognin, 1902)
Automolis iragorri Dognin, 1902: 231.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Venezuela, Merida.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Lectotype male no. 30 501 designated by Watson (1971: 48) (USNM).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 157, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Lake Cycles and Sediments: Locality 80, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Creators: name: Berry, Patricia
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Studies have shown that Bed I and Lower Bed II (1.92Ma- 1.76Ma) of Paleolake Olduvai at Locality 80 are primarily composed of the authigenic lacustrine clay minerals illite, smectite, and interlayered illite-smectite. X-ray fluorescence analysis and the sedimentation rates of Hay and Kyser (2001) were used to identify four apparent lake cycles beginning and ending with saline alkaline phases. Peaks in Al2O3/MgO ratios, and TiO2 and P2O5 abundances occur at approximately the same elevations within the stratigraphic section. Low values in these three parameters indicate saline alkaline conditions whereas high values represent fresh water conditions. Lake Cycles (LC) 1 and 4 completed in approximately 44,000 years and 42,000 years respectively, which is similar to the 41k.y. year cycle associated with Earth?s obliquity. Lake Cycles 2 and 3 span approximately 24,000 years and are similar to the 21k.y. precession cycle.
Caprock Interactions with the Supercritical CO2 and Brine: A Labratory Study of the Effects of Simulated Geological CO2 Sequestration on Shales from the Black Warrior River Basin, Alabama L
Creators: name: Raines, Jessica
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: A better understanding of the brine-rock- supercritical CO2 interaction is needed to evaluate the risks of geologic CO2 sequestration. The geochemical effects of brine and supercritical CO2 were examined via laboratory modeling of in situ conditions on two reservoir caprocks in the Black Warrior River Basin, the Pottsville and Parkwood Formations. The clay fraction was extracted and treated at ~ 100 bar and 363 K (90 øC) over periods of up to 70 hours. Supercritical CO2 was introduced as dry ice in a pressurized vessel. Samples were observed using XRD, WD-XRF, AA, SEM, and EDS. Clay fractions contained Fe-chlorite, illite, kaolinite, and quartz. Results show the dissolution of illite, CO2-brine induced cation exchange ok K+, and the dissolution of silicate minerals. Steady-state K/Si ratios in the fluid suggest quartz re-precipitation. These interactions could adversely affect the long-term storativity of the caprock and point to a need for further study.
The Uranium-Lead Geochemistry of the Mount McRae Shale Formation, Hamersley Basin, Western Australia
Creators: name: Fisher, Jennifer
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: The late Archean Mount McRae Shale of the Hamersley Basin in Western Australia may record the presence of oxygen in the atmosphere before the Great Oxidation Event (2.4-2.3 Ga). Several prior studies (Anbar et al., 2007; Blum and Anbar, 2010; Duan et al., 2010; Kakegawa et al., 1998; McManus et al., 2006) have used isotopic systems to analyze the Mount McRae Shale and conclude that there was a presence of oxygen before the Great Oxidation Event. The purpose of this study is to determine if the U-Pb system can be used to see through later events to the initial conditions. The uranium-lead values of the Mt McRae Shale provide evidence of the mobilization of U and Pb gain. The geochemical disturbances have been linked to the tectonic activity (460 Ma) in the neighboring Canning basin, which could have possibly opened the geochemical system. In terms of the depositional environment the U-Pb data gathered here do not point to oxygenation of the atmosphere.
Idalus herois Schaus 1889
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Idalus
Idalus herois

description: Idalus herois Schaus, 1889
Idalus herois Schaus, 1889b: 190.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Mexico, [Veracruz], Coatepec.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Lectotype male no. 11 042 designated by Watson (1971: 43) (USNM).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 157, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Use of Overground Supported-Stepping Devices for Non-Ambulant Children, Adolescents, and Adults with Cerebral Palsy : A Scoping Review
Creators: name: Livingstone, Roslyn W.
name: Paleg, Ginny S.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2023

description: Individuals with cerebral palsy functioning at Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) levels IV and V are unable to use hand-held walkers and require supported-stepping devices with trunk and pelvic support to allow overground stepping in natural environments. This scoping review explored what is known about the use of supported-stepping devices with individuals functioning at GMFCS IV or V. Comprehensive database and hand searches were completed in December 2022. Of 225 unique citations, 68 met the inclusion criteria: 10 syntheses and 58 primary studies including randomized, non-randomized, qualitative, observational and case study designs. Primary studies included 705 unique individuals functioning at GMFCS IV or V, aged 9 months to 47.7 years, while surveys and qualitative studies included 632 therapists. No new experimental studies have been published since previous reviews, however, lived experience and descriptive data suggest that upright positioning and mobility in supported-stepping devices have psycho-social significance with positive impacts on individual self-esteem and autonomy, as well as influencing the perception of others. Improved head and trunk control, use of hands, stepping and independent mobility may promote fitness, functioning, fun, friends, family and future, although environmental and physical challenges may limit use in adolescence and adulthood. Further research on all aspects of supported-stepping device use with individuals at GMFCS IV/V is warranted.
Design and Development of a Mineral Exploration Ontology
Creators: name: Sevindik Mentes, Hilal
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: In this thesis, an ontology for the mineral exploration domain is designed and developed applying the Prot‚g‚ ontology editor. The MinExOnt ontology includes a formal and explicit representation of the terms describing real objects, activities, and processes in mineral exploration. The stages used for these activities have various vocabularies, which are semantically modeled in this ontology with Web Ontology Language (OWL). The aim of the thesis is to show how ontologies can be designed and developed to help manage and represent geological knowledge. In addition to providing a general workflow for building the ontology, this thesis presents a simple user guide for the used software, including Prot‚g‚, used for ontology development, and Knoodl-OntVis, used for OWL visualization.
Cambodia in the Mill City: The Place-Making Influence of an Urban Ethnic Enclave
Creators: name: Foster, Paul
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: In Lowell, Massachusetts, a city with a long history of serving as a magnet for immigrants, the Cambodian community is both the most recent and most populous immigrant group that has helped transformed this postindustrial city into one of the most ethnically diverse in New England.  This research seeks to explore the ways in which the development and growth of an ethnic community can influence the place-making process and built environment of cities.  Specifically, this thesis conducts a case study of the Cambodian community in Lowell, Massachusetts, and examines the ways in which the development of this specific urban ethnic community has helped to shape the post-industrial city in which it is found, and how Lowell has influenced Cambodian-American ethnic identity.
Idalus albitornus Coenen & Gibeaux 2013
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Idalus
Idalus albitornus

description: Idalus albitornus Coenen & Gibeaux, 2013
Idalus albitornus Coenen & Gibeaux, 2013: 84.
TYPE LOCALITY. — French Guiana, Kaw, Camp Caïman, RD 06, PK 40
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype male (FC).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 157, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Supplementary document for Observation of mode-mixing in the eigenmodes of an optical microcavity - 5583400.pdf
Creators: name: Koks, Corné
name: van Exter, Martin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The supplemental document contains more details on the roundtrip matrix for-malism, the fitting produce of the mode mixing ratio, AFM measurements and additional measurements on other microcavities.
Determining the Influence of the Built Environment on Pedestrian-Vehicle Crashes in Dekalb County, Georgia Using Geographic Information Systems
Creators: name: Jaworski, Derek
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: This study aimed to examine how the characteristics of the road network and the built environment influence the frequency of pedestrian-vehicle crashes. Pedestrian crashes (2000 ? 2007) on major roads in DeKalb County of Georgia were obtained from Georgia Department of Transportation. Hotspot analysis was performed on locations with frequent pedestrian incidents to determine their built environment characteristics. Using Geographic Information Systems, the built environment was characterized using road grade, curvature, population density, the amount stores and restaurants, bars, and public transit stops nearby. A negative binomial regression model was used to examine the influence of the built environment characteristics on pedestrian crashes. The results showed that all the variables except for road grade were positively associated with increased number of pedestrian crashes. Findings provided insights into the influence of built environment characteristics which is important for injury prevention to improve pedestrian safety.
Openness buffers the impact of Belief in Conspiracy Theories on COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy : Evidence from a large, representative Italian sample
Creators: name: Li, Tania
name: De Girolamo, Giovanni
name: Zamparini, Manuel
name: Malvezzi, Matteo
name: Candini, Valentina
name: Calamandrei, Gemma
name: Starace, Fabrizio
name: Zarbo, Cristina
name: Götz, Friedrich M.
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2025

description: As COVID-19 continues to incur enormous personal and societal costs, widespread vaccination against the virus remains the most effective strategy to end the pandemic. However, vaccine hes-itancy is rampant and has been steadily rising for decades. Seeking to remedy this, personality psychologists have begun to explore psychological drivers of vaccine hesitancy, including the Big Five. Openness to Experience presents itself as a vexing case as previous attempts to study its association with vaccine hesitancy have yielded mixed findings. In this preregistered study, we hypothesise that the impact of Openness to Experience on Vaccine Hesitancy depends on its interplay with other factors, namely conspiracy beliefs. To test this, we apply logistic regres-sions, simple slopes analyses, and propensity score matching to a nationally representative sam-ple of 2,500 Italian citizens, collected in May 2021. Contrary to our original hypothesis (i.e., Openness will have a positive association with Vaccine Hesitancy at high – and a negative at low – levels of Conspiracy Beliefs) we find that high Openness diminishes the impact of Belief in Conspiracy Theories on Vaccine Hesitancy. Consistent with previous research, we propose that Openness serves as a buffer against extreme positions by allowing individuals to be exposed to a greater diversity of information.
Shifting Conceptions of Social Justice in Faith-Based Care Workers as a Result of the Mission Year Program
Creators: name: Dahl, Traci
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: As provision of social services is increasingly handled by the non-profit sector, specifically through faith-based organizations (FBO's), current scholarship has suggests that FBOs have the possibility to either reinforce neoliberal ideology or progress social justice. This study provides an examination of the shift in conceptions of justice for participants in the Mission Year program, an FBO program naming justice as a goal. For the participants, this experience creates a new understanding of the causes of poverty, injustice and American culture which I name 'justice as knowing.' This understanding culminated within participants a desire to ?live out justice? as ?intentional neighbors? by relocating to a high-poverty neighborhood, reconciling racial relations by building relationships, and contributing to a redistribution of wealth by investing resources in a high-poverty neighborhood. I call this action ?justice as doing.? Participants shift from liberal-based notions justice, rooted in liberalism, toward more equity-based conceptions of justice as fairness.
Urban Farming in Atlanta, Georgia: The Seed of Neoliberal Contestation or Hybridized Compromise?
Creators: name: Bryant, Julia
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: The space on which the urban farm is produced has a history of its own that can be explored for evidence of neoliberal shaping and retooling. This thesis explores how the city and the farm are understood through the complex articulations of farmers and through the account of the specific historical and geographical context of the farm. The urban farm is a uniquely situated land use that can provide the spaces for contestation to the neoliberalization of the city and the United States food system. Through qualitative analysis, including a case study, interviews with farmers, participant observation, and archival data collection, this research examines the city and the farm from the perspective of the farmer to understand the degree to which these contestations are resisting neoliberalism. Furthermore, it suggests that scholars of neoliberalism and urban farming should more fully consider the hybridized nature in which urban farmers understand their work.
Topological phase transition in fluctuating imaginary gauge fields
Creators: name: Midya, Bikashkali
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the exact solvability and point-gap topological phase transitions in non-Hermitian lattice models. These models incorporate site-dependent nonreciprocal hoppings $J e^{\pm g_n}$, facilitated by a spatially fluctuating imaginary gauge field $ig_n \hat~x$ that disrupts translational symmetry. By employing suitable imaginary gauge transformations, it is revealed that a lattice characterized by any given $g_n$ is spectrally equivalent to a lattice devoid of fields, under open boundary conditions. Furthermore, a system with closed boundaries can be simplified to a spectrally equivalent lattice featuring a uniform mean field $i\bar{g}\hat~x$. This framework offers a comprehensive method for analytically predicting spectral topological invariance and associated boundary localization phenomena for bond-disordered nonperiodic lattices. These predictions are made by analyzing gauge-transformed isospectral periodic lattices. Notably, for a lattice with quasiperiodic $g_n= \ln |λ\cos 2παn|$ and an irrational $α$, a previously unknown topological phase transition is unveiled. It is observed that the topological spectral index $W$ assumes values of $-N$ or $+N$, leading to all $N$ open-boundary eigenstates localizing either at the right or left edge, solely dependent on the strength of the gauge field, where $λ<2$ or $λ>2$. A phase transition is identified at the critical point $λ\approx2$, at which all eigenstates undergo delocalization. The theory has been shown to be relevant for long-range hopping models and for higher dimensions.
Urban Stream Channel Geomorphology: Investigating the Short-Term Channel Stability and Bed-Material Transportation within a Rehabilitated Urban Stream Reach in DeKalb County, Georgia
Creators: name: Shoredits, Andreas
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2012

description: Rivers and streams are sensitive to alterations in their watersheds and one of the greatest disturbances is from urban development. An urban stream channel in the Atlanta metropolitan area in the Georgia Piedmont was studied to establish the nature of adjustment the channel form was experiencing. This study compared a degraded channel with a channel influenced by stabilization efforts in the same stream reach, in order to investigate the behavior of channel adjustments towards a greater stability. Measurements of the short-term changes in channel cross-sectional area and bed-material volume, following a series of threshold flow events, were taken in the reach and the variation in bed sediment texture was also investigated. Results showed that channel banks were stable compared to more mobile beds and that urban effects continued to dictate sedimentation. Rehabilitation measures were aggrading channels in their reaches and were likely perpetuating the instability of upstream channels.
Sedimentology and Geochemistry of Weisner Formation, Bartow County, Georgia
Creators: name: Popoola, Rhoda
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2013

description: The study area is located along Highway 20 east Cartersville Georgia, where outcrops of the Weisner Formation are exposed. The section consists of two main facies, the sandstone facies and shale facies. Parallel lamination and cross stratification are commonly observed sedimentary structures at this location. Petrographic study reveals that the grains in the sandstone are dominantly quartz, and to a smaller extent feldspar and mica. The shale facies is rich in Al2O3 and K2O compared to the sandstone facies. No fossil is observed in any of the two facies. Petrographic studies also indicate igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary source rocks for these clastic rocks. The shale facies is very rich in mica, with muscovite and some kaolinite. Lithologic features and grain size suggest that the Weisner Formation was probably deposited in a shallow marine environment.
Idalus critheis Druce 1884
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Idalus
Idalus critheis

description: Idalus critheis Druce, 1884
Idalus critheis Druce, 1884a: 89.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Panama, [Chiriqui], Chiriqui volcano.
TYPE SPECIMENS. — Undisclosed number of syntypes (ZMHB; one female syntype labeled TYPE).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 157, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
When Does A Stream Gain The Ability To Create Its Own Channel? A Field Study In Northwest Georgia On The Conasauga River
Creators: name: Srymanske, Roy
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2013

description: Rivers are said to be self-shaping when a stream is able to create its own morphological features. This occurs when bankfull Shields stress (çbf*) is greater than reference Shields stress (çr*).  Shields stress in the channel is affected during upstream progression by the height and width of the water decreasing, the slope becoming steeper, and the bed material becoming coarser. Bankfull Shields stress decreased progressing upstream while reference Shields stress increased due to increased slope. The self-shaping portions of the Conasauga occur in areas where the relative roughness of the bed material is fully submerged or greater than 5.  Once the relative submergence is no longer fully submerged the stream channel no longer produces enough bankfull Shields stress to overcome the reference Shields stress. This occurs about midway through the study. This study allows better classification of streams using Shields stress and better understanding of channel processes for hydrologic engineering.
Comparing Vegetation Cover in the Santee Experimental Forest, South Carolina (USA), Before and After Hurricane Hugo: 1989-2011
Creators: name: Cosentino, Giovanni
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2013

description: Hurricane Hugo struck the coast of South Carolina on September 21, 1989 as a category 4 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson Scale. Landsat Thematic mapper was utilized to determine the extent of damage experienced at the Santee Experimental Forest (SEF) (a part of Francis Marion National Forest) in South Carolina. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) and the change detection techniques were used to determine initial forest damage and to monitor the recovery over a 22-year period following Hurricane Hugo. According to the results from the NDVI analysis the SEF made a full recovery after a 10-year period. The remote sensing techniques used were effective in identifying the damage as well as the recovery.
Supplementary document for Observation of mode-mixing in the eigenmodes of an optical microcavity - 5583400.pdf
Creators: name: Koks, Corné
name: van Exter, Martin
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: The supplemental document contains more details on the roundtrip matrix for-malism, the fitting produce of the mode mixing ratio, AFM measurements and additional measurements on other microcavities.
Idalus quadratus Rothschild 1933
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Idalus
Idalus quadratus

description: Idalus quadratus Rothschild, 1933
Idalus quadratus Rothschild, 1933: 167.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Brazil, Santa Catarina, Brusque.
TYPE SPECIMENS. — Undisclosed number of male syntypes (BMNH; one of the syntypes labeled TYPE).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 157, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Relationships Between Landscape Features and Nutrient Concentrations in an Agricultural Watershed in Southwestern Georgia: An Integrated Geographic Information Systems Approach
Creators: name: Rinaldi, Parisa
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2013

description: This study examined the influence of landscape features on stream nutrient concentrations within the Ichawaynochaway Creek watershed in southwestern Georgia. Baseflow concentrations of both dissolved (SRP, NO3, NH4) and total (TN, TP) nutrients were measured at 17 sampling sites monthly for a period of six months (July 2012 to January 2013). A long-term dataset (January 2008 to March 2012) was also analyzed for baseflow/stormflow comparisons of dissolved nutrient concentrations. Relationships among land-use, geology, soils, physiographic features and nutrients were analyzed at both the sub-watershed and riparian corridor scales. SRP concentrations were lower and NO3 concentrations higher than reported in previous studies of the region. Due to dry conditions during the sampling period, nutrient input was likely limited to groundwater contributions and land-use effects were minimal. Trends among water quality variables varied between the upper and lower portions of the watershed, suggesting differences in nutrient transport pathways due to spatial variation.
Transformation and Care in a City of Refuge
Creators: name: Nye, Cheryl
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2013

description: Although there are numerous studies of how resettlement affects refugees, there are fewer examining the dynamic of how refugees and long term residents join together in formal, and to even greater extent, informal relationships of care to reconstitute and reconfigure place.  Theorists often focus on the economic, political and historical elements of place identity, ignoring the emotional, phenomenological, and grounded aspects of the everyday construction and experience of place.  The production, distribution, and consumption of systems of care in Clarkston has immense impact on the habitual, mundane routines that significantly affect ideas of identity and spill over into social, cultural, economic, and political change.  Using a qualitative analysis of interviews and participant observation, the focus of this thesis is on the material, performative, and representational ways in which the dialectical relationships of teacher and student, educator and educated, care-giver and recipient, are transforming the rapidly evolving City of Clarkston.
Evaluating The Performance Of A Filtered Area Weighting Method In Population Estimation For Public Health Studies
Creators: name: Chiang, Andrew
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2013

description: Areal interpolation is a geospatial analysis method that allows researchers to estimate the incidence of a phenomenon in one set of areal units given data based on different areal units. One practice implemented in conjunction with areal interpolation is known as filtered area weighting, in which ancillary data is introduced to exclude specific areas from the areal units based on certain criteria, thus providing a more accurate representation of population distribution. This thesis examines the benefits that filtered area weighting can provide to population estimation using a hospital accessibility case study. The study shows that filtered area weighting does not always improve population estimation as expected, and suggests that the ancillary data and the criteria employed to exclude areas from analysis needs particular attention in future research when the filtered area weighting method is used.
Following the Rains: Evidence and Perceptions Relating to Rainfall Variability in Western Uganda
Creators: name: Breytenbach, Elvira
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2013

description: There have been reports that rainfall in East Africa is changing or becoming more variable. This can have significant implications for conservation initiatives and the food security of this populace region that is heavily reliant on the rain fed agricultural system. The perceptions of farmers regarding rainfall along with 30 years of satellite data and 16 years of ground level observations were analyzed in order to characterize rainfall in and around Kibale National Park, a protected area in the Ugandan portion of the Albertine Rift. Two homogenous rainfall regions exist in the area, and the onset, cessation, and amount of rainfall during seasons is highly variable. The perceptions of farmers align with the analysis of rainfall data, indicating that the season beginning in March shows the highest degree of variability. Decreases in the amount of rainfall are found for both rainy seasons.
Evaluating Disparities in Quality of Life in the City of Atlanta Using an Urban Health Index
Creators: name: Ilic, Karla
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2013

description: Measuring disparities in Quality of Life (QOL) can be challenging due to the vast amount of factors to be included. This study attempts to measure disparities in QOL using a newly developed Urban Health Index (UHI). Using 128 census tracts in City of Atlanta in Georgia as an example, this study selects six variables that are related to QOL. Their geometric mean is then used to construct a single numeric value for each census tract. The QOL disparity ratio is then determined by the upper and lower 10% of the data. The slope of disparity is calculated using the remaining 80% of the data. The results show that urban health index may be an affective indicator of QOL in a city.
Idalus dognini
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Idalus
Idalus dognini

description: Idalus dognini (Rothschild, 1910)
Automolis dognini Rothschild, 1910a: 19.
TYPE LOCALITY. — [Peru], [Puno], La Oroya, Carabaya.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype female (BMNH).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 157, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
Investigating The Local Food System: A Mixed Methods Study Of Sustainability in Southwest Atlanta
Creators: name: Barrett, Stephen
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2013

description: Local food systems can play an important role in the environmental sustainability and human health of communities.  This study aims to evaluate connections between the local food system and the retail environment in Southwest Atlanta, Georgia (USA) through mixed methods research.   Agriculture site interviews and field research evaluate issues surrounding the local food system from a qualitative perspective.  A mobile Geographic Information Systems (GIS) framework is developed to evaluate access and disparities in the retail food landscape from a quantitative perspective. This framework can be leveraged by residents and community stakeholders towards strategic primary data and research needs.  In using both qualitative and quantitative methods, a more comprehensive study of the local food system and overall sustainability of communities is enabled.  The results of this study may better inform planning and policy decisions and serve as a research model for use in other geographies.
In situ air-water and particle-water partitioning of perfluorocarboxylic acids, perfluorosulfonic acids and perfluorooctyl sulfonamide at a wastewater treatment plant
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013

description: In situ measurements of air and water phases at a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) were used to investigate the partitioning behavior of perfluorocarboxylic acids (PFCAs), perfluorosulfonic acids (PFSAs) and perfluorooctyl sulfonamide (HFOSA) and their conjugate bases (PFC-s, PFS-s, and FOSA-, respectively). Particle-dissolved (Rd) and air-water (QAW) concentration ratios were determined at different tanks of a WWTP. Sum of concentrations of C4-12,14 PFC(A)s, C4,6,8,10 PFS(A)s and (H)FOSA were as high as 50 pg m-3 (atmospheric gas phase), 2300 ng L-1 (aqueous dissolved phase) and 2500 ng L-1 (aqueous particle phase). Particle-dissolved concentration ratios of total species, log Rd, ranged from -2.9 to 1.3 for PFS(A)s, from -1.9 to 1.1 for PFC(A)s and was 0.71 for (H)FOSA. These field-based values agree well with equilibrium partitioning data reported in the literature, suggesting that any in situ generation from precursors, if they are present in this system, occurs at a slower rate than the rate of approach to equilibrium. Acid QAW were also estimated. Good agreement between the QAW and the air-water equilibrium partition coefficient for C8PFCA suggests that the air above the WWTP tanks is at or near equilibrium with the water. Uncertainties in these QAW values are attributed mainly to variability in pKa values reported in the literature. The WWTP provides a unique environment for investigating environmental fate processes of the PFCAs and PFSAs under ´real conditions in order to better understand and predict their fate in the environment.
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