cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The effect of mixed termination composition in Sc, Ti, and V-based MXenes
Creators: name: Novotný, Michal
name: Tkáčová, Karolína
name: Karlický, František
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this study, we investigate the effect of mixed surface terminations (F, O, OH) on the properties of M$_{2}$C MXenes (M = Sc, Ti, V). We explore how different compositions and patterns of terminal groups affect the stability and electronic properties of these 2D materials. The bond dissociation energies and cohesion energies show a clear preference for F-terminations in Sc$_{2}$C, while Ti- and V-based MXenes prefer O-terminations. The data indicates that terminal groups on opposite sides of the MXene have little to no influence on each other's electronic structure, allowing for independent chemical environments on each side. Semiconducting forms of studied MXenes (Sc$_{2}$CF$_{2}$, Sc$_{2}$C(OH)$_{2}$ and Ti$_{2}$CO$_{2}$) showed very high sensitivity to conduction-inducing terminations (O, O, and F, respectively) with even minuscule amounts ($\approx$1%) causing the materials to become conductive. This high sensitivity of the band gap to surface terminations may offer an explanation for the challenges in synthesizing semiconducting forms of MXenes.
SupplementaryMaterials for Bedoya et al. 2020.pdf
Creators: name: Bedoya, Ana Maria
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 60408 Genomics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Supplementary Materials for Bedoya et al., 2020 includes:
Supplemental Methods: Methods for population genomic analyses using ddRADseq data. Library preparation and sequencing, data assembly, clustering analysis and phylogenetic inference. References included.Table S1: Voucher Information and accession numbers for samples used for genome sequencingTable S2: Summary statistics for the 10X Chromium, Chicago, and Dovetail Hi-C dataTable S3: BUSCO statistic for the HOL and SNOW top 11 scaffolds using the Tetrapoda databaseTable S4: Coding genes located in the pericentric inversion in chromosome seven in Sceloporus tristichus as annotated with FunannotateTable S5: Sceloporus tristichus samples included in the ddRADseq dataset.Table S6: Summary of the ddRADseq reference-based assembly using ipyradTable S7: Number of Sceloporus tristichus ddRADseq loci (and SNPs) mapping to scaffolds in the S. tristichus (SNOW) genome.Table S8: Summary of the SNP data used for maximum likelihood phylogenetic analysis in RaxMLFigure S1: Assembly contiguity comparisons of the HiC HiRise assemblies from DoveTail Genomics for HOL and SNOWFigure S2: Link density histogram for paired-end reads for HOL and SNOWFigure S3: Alignments of the 6 macrochromosomes of S. tristichus from HOL and SNOW assembled in this study and the top 6 putative chromosomes in the reference S. undulates genomeFigure S4: Alignments of the 6 microchromosomes of S. tristichus from HOL and SNOW assembled in this study and the 5 putative microchromosomes in the reference S. undulates genomeFigure S5: Eigenvalues from the PCA analysis of SNP data using adegenetFigure S6: PCA scatterplot of the SNP data using adegenetFigure S7: Spatial distribution of PCA results of the SNP data using adegenetFigure S8: BIC scores for K clusters in adegenetFigure S9: DAPC clustering results (k=2–4) for Sceloporus tristichus estimated using adegenetFigure S10: Concatenated phylogenetic analysis of the SNP data using RaxML with an acquisition bias correction model
The Inclusion of Children with ASD and Special Educational Needs (SENDs) in the Greek Mainstream education system and teachers' perceptions and attitudes.
Creators: name: Fodelianakis Antonios
name: Ainara, Romero Andonegui
name: Basogain Olabe Xabier
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: This paper comprises an attempt to create a scientific basis on the inclusion processes for children with functional autism (ASD) and Special Educational Needs (SENDs) in the formal Greek education system of the 21st century as well as teachers' perceptions and attitudes. At the same time, for a better understanding of Greek educational policies, the legal background for SENDs and inclusion was sought. The role of gender, teacher's experience, the severity of the disability as well as the early intervention were highlighted as a determining factor for the successful inclusion and development of the child with SENDs.
description: {"references": ["Fodelianakis, A., Romero Andonegui A., Basogain Olabe X. (2020a, July 3-10. The Inclusion of Children with ASD and Special Educational Needs (SENDs) in the Greek Mainstream education system and teachers' perceptions and attitudes [Conference presentation]. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference organized by IVITRA with the title: High Academic Achievement International Doctoral Groups Alicante, Spain."]}
The role of dual slicing in automatic program repair
Creators: name: Sintaha, Mifta
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2022

description: Contextual information plays a vital role for software developers when understanding and fixing a bug. Context can also be important in deep learning-based program repair to provide extra information about the bug and its fix. Existing techniques, however, treat context in an arbitrary manner, by extracting code in close proximity of the buggy statement within the enclosing file, class, or method, without any analysis to find actual relations with the bug. To reduce noise, they use a predefined maximum limit on the number of tokens to be used as context. We present a program slicing-based approach, in which instead of arbitrarily including code as context, we analyze statements that have a control or data dependency on the buggy statement. We propose a novel concept called dual slicing, which leverages the context of both buggy and fixed versions of the code to capture relevant repair ingredients. We present our technique and tool called KATANA, the first to apply slicing-based context for a program repair task. The results show KATANA effectively preserves sufficient information for a model to choose contextual information while reducing noise. We compare against four recent state-of-the-art context-aware program repair techniques. Our results show KATANA fixes between 1.5 to 3.7 times more bugs than existing techniques.
A new method for evaluating (determining) steel bar-concrete adhesion in self compacting concrete: effect of water to binder ratioand type of concrete
Creators: name: Grairia, Said
name: Chrait, Yacine
name: Montagne, Alex
name: Iost, Alain
name: Chicot, Didier
name: Bentoumi, Mohamed
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2019

description: The resistance to separation of the concrete from its reinforcing steel with which it is in contact is called adhesion. This adhesion constitutes an important property for the use of reinforced concrete. That is why many techniques were developed with the aim of determining this property. Adhesion can be easily found out by standard pullout test machine. However, in this work, the adhesion was measured using Interfacial Indentation test. This technique creates and propagates a crack along the concrete/ steel bar interface and defines the apparent interfacial toughness, which can then be related to the adhesion and mechanical support of the aforementioned interface. Using reinforcing bars, adhesion was measured using Self Compacting Concrete (SCC) and Normal Vibrated Concrete (NVC) specimens. The impact of water-to-binder ratio variations and concrete type on concrete /steel bar adhesion has been the incentive of the present study. Interfacial indentation test on small cylindrical samples have been conducted for 5 SCC and 2 NVC mixtures. Various apparent interfacial toughness have been evaluated. The water-to-binder and concrete type changes seem be better reflected on interfacial toughness, which decrease linearly for higher water content. SCC develops an improved adhesion capacity compared to same strength NVC with similar composition. In this type of studies are rarely those who have tried to characterize the adhesion of matrix/ steel bar reinforcement in Self Compacting Concrete by using the interfacial indentation test as a new methodology. Exclusively, the objective of this research is to fill this gap by characterizing for the first time this concrete/steel bar adhesion by interfacial indentation test and then study the effects of some parameters such as water to binder ratio (w/b) and concrete type on its behavior and on the microstructure of the developed composite material. In conclusion, the indentation test showed clear advantages over the conventional pullout test and shows once again its aptitude to study the adhesion of concrete/ steel bar reinforcement couple.
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 36 No 1 (2018): Special Issue - RUGC 2018 St Etienne
LEO-Transfer News: Welche Rolle spielt Literalität für die politische Partizipation?
Creators: name: Grotlüschen, Anke
name: Buddeberg, Klaus
name: Dutz, Gregor
name: Skowranek, Kristin
Publisher: name: Universität Hamburg
Year: 2023
Subjects: Geringe Literalität
Politische Grundbildung
Partizipation
Teilhabe

description: In dieser Reihe stellen wir verschiedene Kapitel aus einer interdisziplinären Publikation vor, die auf Daten der LEO Studie 2018 – Leben mit geringer Literalität basiert. Band 14 der Edition ZfE „Interdisziplinäre Analysen zur LEO-Studie 2018 – Leben mit geringer Literalität. Dieser Beitrag stellt Ergebnisse aus dem Kapitel „Der Einfluss von Literalität und politikbezogenen Grundkompetenzen auf die politische Partizipation“ von Gregor Dutz und Helmut Bremer vor.
description: {"references": ["Dutz, Gregor; Bremer, Helmut (2023): Der Einfluss von Literalit\u00e4t und politikbezogenen Grundkompetenzen auf die politische Partizipation. In: Anke Grotl\u00fcschen, Klaus Buddeberg und Heike Solga (Hg.): Interdisziplin\u00e4re Analysen zur LEO-Studie 2018 \u2013 Leben mit geringer Literalit\u00e4t. Vertiefende Erkenntnisse zur Rolle des Lesens und Schreibens im Erwachsenenalter. Wiesbaden: Springer VS (Edition ZfE, 14), S. 241-266.."]}
Safe Space Policy of ECSA2020 Citizen Science Conference
Creators: name: ECSA
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Citizen Science, Participartory Research, Code of Conduct

description: This ist the Safe Space Policy of the 2020 Citizen Science Conference of the European Citizen Science Association (ECSA). Its aim was to ensure that the conference is an enjoyable and productive event for all participants by setting some agreed basic practices. The policy was created by the working group on Empowerment, Inclusiveness and Equity by ECSA and the Living Knowledge Network.
Discovery of Limb Brightening in the Parsec-scale Jet of NGC 315 through Global Very Long Baseline Interferometry Observations and Its Implications for Jet Models
Creators: name: Park, Jongho
name: Zhao, Guang-Yao
name: Nakamura, Masanori
name: Mizuno, Yosuke
name: Pu, Hung-Yi
name: Asada, Keiichi
name: Takahashi, Kazuya
name: Toma, Kenji
name: Kino, Motoki
name: Cho, Ilje
name: Hada, Kazuhiro
name: Edwards, Phil G.
name: Ro, Hyunwook
name: Kam, Minchul
name: Yi, Kunwoo
name: Lee, Yunjeong
name: Koyama, Shoko
name: Byun, Do-Young
name: Phillips, Chris
name: Reynolds, Cormac
name: Hodgson, Jeffrey A.
name: Lee, Sang-Sung
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report the first observation of the nearby giant radio galaxy NGC 315 using a global VLBI array consisting of 22 radio antennas located across five continents, including high-sensitivity stations, at 22 GHz. Utilizing the extensive $(u,v)$-coverage provided by the array, coupled with the application of a recently developed super-resolution imaging technique based on the regularized maximum likelihood method, we were able to transversely resolve the NGC 315 jet at parsec scales for the first time. Previously known for its central ridge-brightened morphology at similar scales in former VLBI studies, the jet now clearly exhibits a limb-brightened structure. This finding suggests an inherent limb-brightening that was not observable before due to limited angular resolution. Considering that the jet is viewed at an angle of $\sim50^\circ$, the observed limb-brightening is challenging to reconcile with the magnetohydrodynamic models and simulations, which predict that the Doppler-boosted jet edges should dominate over the non-boosted central layer. The conventional jet model that proposes a fast spine and a slow sheath with uniform transverse emissivity may pertain to our observations. However, in this model, the relativistic spine would need to travel at speeds of $Γ\gtrsim6.0-12.9$ along the de-projected jet distance of (2.3-10.8) $\times 10^3$ gravitational radii from the black hole. We propose an alternative scenario that suggests higher emissivity at the jet boundary layer, resulting from more efficient particle acceleration or mass loading onto the jet edges, and consider prospects for future observations with even higher angular resolution.
description: 25 pages, 12 figures, 1 table, accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal Letters
Analyse de comportement des plaques sandwiches en FGM
Creators: name: Hadji, Lazreg
name: Zouatnia, Nafissa
name: Ould Larbi, Latifa
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2019

description: Ce travail présente une étude dynamique des plaques sandwiches en matériaux à gradient de propriété type FGM en utilisant une nouvelle théorie de cisaillement transverse d'ordre élevé à quatre variables. Les équations du mouvement sont obtenues en appliquant le principe d’Hamilton. Les fréquences de vibration sont trouvées par la résolution du problème aux valeurs propres. La théorie proposée est efficace dans la résolution du comportement dynamique des plaques sandwiches à gradient de propriété type FGM.
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 36 No 1 (2018): Special Issue - RUGC 2018 St Etienne
title: Afghan Mass Displacement: The American Response in Light of International Human Rights and Refugee Law, and the Need for International Cooperation to achieve a Satisfactory Solution
Creators: name: Prantl, Janine
Publisher: name: Universität Graz
Year: 2022

description: This contribution addresses issues relevant to the legal status and treatment of evacuees from Afghanistan, many of whom are destined to the United States (US), but tem-porarily hosted in third countries. This concerns third countries having agreed on temporary hosting arrangements with the US, and lily pad countries in Europe and the Middle East, where evacuees are located in US military bases. Beyond, the future residence status of evac-uees paroled in the US remains uncertain. Against that backdrop, the contribution’s overall aim is to map out the pertinent international legal framework and apply it in the context of the US response to Afghan mass displacement, which also provides lessons for the broader subject of resettlement and humanitarian admission, and underscores the essential role of international cooperation for the protection of refugees and other vulnerable individuals on the move.
description: Keywords: Humanitarian admission, refugee resettlement, international refugee and human rights law, international cooperation, Afghanistan
description: ALJ 2022, 17-46 (http://alj.uni-graz.at/index.php/alj/article/view/152)
Analyse du comportement mécanique des poutres à gradient variable type FGM
Creators: name: Safa, Abdelkader
name: Hadji, Lazreg
name: Bouraada, Faiçal
name: Adda, Bedia
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2019

description: Dans ce papier, une théorie de cisaillement des poutres d’ordre élevé est développée pour l’analyse statique des poutres à gradient de propriétés type FGM. La théorie présentée n’exige pas des facteurs de correction de cisaillement, et donne lieu à des variations parabolique des contraintes de cisaillement transversale à travers l’épaisseur pour satisfaire les conditions des contraintes de cisaillement nulles dans les faces supérieur et inférieur de la poutre. Dans cette étude on suppose que le module de Young de la poutre varie dans le sens de l'épaisseur selon une simple loi de puissance P-FGM. Les équations d’équilibre pour la poutre FGM ont été trouvées en appliquant le principe des travaux virtuels. La solution de type Navier à été utilisé pour obtenir les résultats en terme des déplacements et des contraintes normales et de cisaillement à travers l’épaisseur de la poutre. Différentes théories de cisaillement d’ordre élevé et la théorie classique des poutres ont été utilisés. La validité de la présente théorie est montrée en comparant certains résultats obtenus avec ceux disponibles dans la littérature.
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 36 No 1 (2018): Special Issue - RUGC 2018 St Etienne
title: Attitudes of Virginia Dental Hygienists Toward Dental Therapists
Creators: name: Burns, Helene Mesina
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 2020

description: Problem: The purpose of this study was to determine the opinions and attitudes of Virginia dental hygienists toward dental therapists (DTs) and to determine if current education level and years of practice affected opinions regarding education requirements for DTs. Methods: After IRB approval, a 22-item questionnaire was distributed online to a convenience sample of 910 Virginia dental hygienists. Questions assessed attitudes of participants toward the DT using a seven-point Likert-type scale ranging from 1 (strongly disagree) to 7 (strongly agree). Additionally, participants were asked to respond to demographic questions and open-ended questions about potential advantages and/or disadvantages to DTs. Independent sample t-tests and chi-square analysis was used to analyze results. Results: An overall response rate of 22% was obtained (n=200). Most respondents agreed a DT was needed in Virginia (M=5.78, P<0.001), most disagreed that DTs’ practice should be restricted to acknowledged underserved areas in Virginia (M=3.19, P<0.001). No significant association was found between years of practice and opinions toward education requirements for DTs; however, a significant association was found between current education level and opinions toward education requirements for DTs (Fisher’s Exact Test=34.17, df=9, P=.000, Cramer’s V=.28). Thirty-three percent of respondents with associate degrees supported an associate degree as the appropriate degree requirement for DTs, compared to only 3% of all other degree holders. Conclusions: Results revealed Virginia dental hygienists had overwhelmingly positive attitudes toward DTs. Research with a larger sample could provide more insight into opinions of the Virginia dental hygienist population.
Additional file 1 of Laparoscopic resection of hepatic epithelioid hemangioendothelioma: report of eleven rare cases and literature review
Creators: name: Xu, Jianjun
name: Hu, Shaobo
name: Li, Suzhen
name: Wang, Weimin
name: Zhou, Xing
name: Wu, Yuzhe
name: Su, Zhe
name: Cheng, Xiang
name: Gao, Yang
name: Zheng, Qichang
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Medicine
Cancer

description: Additional file 1:. References mentioned in Table 2
EVALUATION OF MARGINAL AND INTERNAL FIT OF METAL CROWNS MADE FROM WAX PATTERNS MADE BY CONVENTIONAL TECHNIQUE & CAD CAM MILLING TECHNIQUE. – An in vivo study.
Creators: name: Tawade, Shubham
name: Dhamande, Mithilesh
name: Sathe, Seema
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Marginal fit, internal fit, wax pattern, CAD CAM.

description: Study Protocol
Analyse probabiliste de la fissuration et du confinement des grands ouvrages en béton armé et précontraint - Application aux enceintes de confinement des réacteurs nucléaires (Cas de la maquette VeRCoRs)
Creators: name: Bouhjiti, David
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2019

description: Ce travail porte sur la modélisation probabiliste du comportement Thermo-Hydro-Mécanique (THM) des ouvrages en béton armé et précontraint. Un intérêt particulier est accordé aux problématiques de fissuration et de perméabilité à l’air sec dans les ouvrages de confinement (Exemple des enceintes de confinement des réacteurs nucléaires). L’approche proposée consiste à coupler les différentes étapes de calcul THM à des méthodes stochastiques non-intrusives (Surfaces de réponse adaptatives, chaos polynomiaux, etc.) moyennant un coût numérique raisonnable et optimisé. Les résultats d’une telle analyse par éléments finis, basée sur des Volumes Structurels Représentatifs (VSR), permettent de (a) Mieux comprendre le vieillissement du béton dans les grands ouvrages en béton en pointant les paramètres les plus influents et leurs phénomènes physiques associés (analyse de sensibilité) (b) Améliorer la prévision numérique du comportement structurel futur tenant compte des aléas et incertitudes associés au matériau et aux chargements THM appliqués (analyse probabiliste) (c) Faciliter l’anticipation des travaux de maintenance et de réparation si nécessaires (analyse fiabiliste).
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 36 No 1 (2018): Special Issue - RUGC 2018 St Etienne
Experimental and numerical study on thermomechanical behaviour of carbon fibre reinforced polymer (CFRP) and structures reinforced with CFRP
Creators: name: Nguyen, Phi Long
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2019

description: Cette thèse porte sur la caractérisation expérimentale et la modélisation numérique du comportement thermomécanique des polymères renforcés par des fibres de carbone (CFRP) et des structures en béton renforcées par CFRP qui sont soumises à des températures élevées. La première partie sur les matériaux CFRP a expérimentalement décrit que l'utilisation des propriétés thermomécaniques dans l'évaluation de la performance du CFRP pultrudé et CFRP manuellement élaboré soumis à des températures élevées peut améliorer la fiabilité et la sécurité des structures incorporant ces matériaux. La deuxième partie expérimentale sur les structures renforcées par CFRP a montré qu'à une charge mécanique adaptée, avec une méthode de renforcement par montage en surface proche et l'adhésive haute température, la performance maximale de chaque matériau dans la structure peut être utilisée dans des conditions thermomécaniques proches du feu. La partie numérique finale de cette thèse a appliqué avec succès les données expérimentales des matériaux CFRP, obtenues par la caractérisation expérimentale, dans les modèles numériques par éléments finis dans le logiciel ANSYS APDL. Les résultats de la modélisation numérique sont proches des résultats expérimentaux pour des structures renforcées par CFRP. Les accomplissements de cette thèse sont que les essais expérimentaux permettent une meilleure compréhension des performances thermomécaniques des CFRPet de la structure en béton renforcée par CFRP dans des conditions d'incendie grâce à une procédure d'essai originale; et le développement des modèles numériques peut potentiellement être utilisé pour l'investigation structurelle. Tous les résultats peuvent être utiles pour l'application sur le terrain et la conception de la structure vis-à-vis de l’incendie avec des efficacités fiables et de temps.
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 36 No 1 (2018): Special Issue - RUGC 2018 St Etienne
Optogenetic and pharmacological investigation of prelimbic cortex involvement in discrete phases of flexible choice
Creators: name: Bercovici, Debra A.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2022

description: Behavioural flexibility is an executive function which relies on the ability to adjust goal-directed actions amid changes in environmental conditions. This capability can be measured using decision-making tasks which involve weighing costs/benefits to make choices that optimize long-term utility. It can also be measured using rule-shifting tasks which involve updating choice strategies following changing rules. The prelimbic (PL) subregion of the rodent prefrontal cortex has been implicated in regulating aspects of these two types of tasks. In Chapter 1, we summarize the existing research examining the role of the PL in regulating behaviour. In Chapters 2 and 4, we use optogenetics to inhibit PL neural activity during discrete task events to determine how phasic neural activity facilitates risk/reward decision-making and set-shifting respectively. Results showed that in risk/reward decision-making, pre-choice suppression reduced bias towards more preferred/higher utility options. Inhibition during risky “losses” induced a similar profile due to the impact of “losses” being amplified or diminished, relative to the context. Inhibition during large or small reward receipt reduced risky choice when this option was more profitable, suggesting these signals act as a relative value comparator signal that augments incentive for larger rewards. Conversely, in a rule-shifting task, we found that response-related activity plays a targeted role in establishing a new rule following a shift. Additionally, PL phasic activity during cue presentation was found to be crucial for directing attention to the visual cue when that stimulus was relevant to the current rule condition. In Chapter 3, we used pharmacological inactivations of the PL across 2 different variations of a rule-shifting task to understand which task variables are dependent on PL functioning. It was found that with increased task difficulty, successful shifting behaviour is dependent on PL activity. In particular, when animals were in the early stages of learning to perform multiple rule shifts within a session, PL is vital for optimally updating information about changing rules and keeping track of which rules have already occurred each day. These findings reveal multifaceted contributions by the PL in assigning context to the decision space which facilitates decision-making under flexible conditions.
Three-dimensional vision-based structural damage detection and loss estimation – towards more rapid and comprehensive assessment
Creators: name: Pan, Xiao
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2022

description: Civil engineering structures such as buildings and bridges inevitably experience damage due to aging effects and natural disasters such as earthquakes. Damage inspection of these structures is of vital importance to maintain their functionalities. Earlier damage identification before natural disasters can greatly alleviate or prevent catastrophic failure in the event of natural disasters. Traditional manual inspection is inefficient and highly reliant on the proper training and experience of inspectors, which may result in false conclusions and erroneous evaluation reports. In recent decades, structural health monitoring (SHM) methods such as vibration-based SHM and non-destructive testing and evaluation (NDTE) methods have been developed to automate the inspection process. These methods generally require relatively complicated and expensive instrumentation to evaluate the conditions of structures. More recently, computer vision-based (or vision-based) SHM has been established as a convenient, economical and efficient complementary approach to the other SHM methods for civil structures. In comparison to contact-type vibration sensors, vision-based methods use low-cost and non-contact sensors, and easy installation and operation. However, most existing vision-based SHM methods are built on 2D computer vision where the evaluation outcomes are sensitive to camera locations and poses. Besides, these 2D vision methods are limited to the evaluation of in-plane damages, while not directly capable of quantifying damages in 3D space. In short, existing 2D vision methods may not provide a reliable and comprehensive damage evaluation outcome. To address these limitations, this dissertation proposes a 3D vision-based SHM and loss estimation framework, which aims to provide a more rapid and comprehensive damage evaluation and loss assessment of civil structures. Within the framework, the dissertation is strongly focused on the development and application of advanced 2D and 3D vision-based SHM methods for civil structures. Experiments of the vision algorithms developed have been conducted on three prevalent structural types including reinforced concrete structures, steel structures and structural bolted components. Results show that the proposed 3D vision-based damage evaluation and loss quantification framework can achieve high accuracy and low cost in damage recognition, localization and quantification, and provide more comprehensive assessment results which can be more easily conveyed to owners and decision-makers.
Endommagement discret et continu : Application aux matériaux quasi-fragiles
Creators: name: Hérisson, Benjamin
Publisher: name: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering
Year: 2019

description: Nous avons pu développer des travaux concernant la mécanique de l'endommagement, dont les derniers avancements avaient participé à motiver l'établissement de cette thèse. Nous concentrons cette étude sur une chaîne axiale endommageable inhomogène soumise à un effort de traction uniforme jusqu’à la rupture. Cette chaîne est analysée à la fois en utilisant la Mécanique de l’Endommagement Discret (MED) et la Mécanique de l’Endommagement Continu (MEC). La méthode discrète se base sur un modèle microstructuré composé d’une succession de ressorts élasto-endommageables possédant une limite élastique variable en fonction de leurs positions dans la chaîne. Un modèle MEC non local est développé afin d’analyser le système fini endommageable par un milieu continu équivalent. Une procédure de continualisation est appliquée aux équations aux différences du problème discret, aboutissant à un modèle non local de propagation de l’endommagement. Les conditions aux bords du problème continualisé sont équivalentes à une loi cohésive appliquée à un maillon de taille finie. Les résultats analytiques et numériques montrent la forte proximité des approches discrètes et continues enrichies pour ce problème de barreau inhomogène, ainsi que l’aptitude du modèle d’endommagement non-local, à appréhender les phénomènes de localisation dans les milieux quasi-fragiles hétérogènes.
description: Academic Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol 36 No 1 (2018): Special Issue - RUGC 2018 St Etienne
Additional file 1 of Hemodynamic responses to 1 MAC desflurane inhalation during anesthesia induction with propofol bolus and remifentanil continuous infusion: a prospective randomized single-blind clinical investigation
Creators: name: Lee, Jong Wha
name: Kim, Mi Kyeong
name: Kim, Ji Young
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Additional file 1.
Larval brooding and development of the micromorph rhynchonellid Tethyrhynchia mediterranea (Brachiopoda: Recent)
Creators: name: Lüter, Carsten
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: 570 Biologie

description: This publication is with permission of the rights owner freely accessible due to an Alliance licence and a national licence (funded by the DFG, German Research Foundation) respectively.
description: Two developmental stages of the micromorph rhynchonellid Tethyrhynchia mediterranea (Brachiopoda: Tethyrhychiidae) are described using scanning electron microscopy (SEM). They were found in niches of the mantle cavity of adult females, as T. mediterranea broods its offspring between the protecting valves of the shell. The developmental stages of T. mediterranea are very small (∼120 μm), but relative to adult body size of up to 1·2 mm in length they are larger than any other lecithotrophic brachiopod larva. Dispersal ability and phylogeography of T. mediterranea in the Mediterranean Sea is discussed.
title: Μέτρηση της ποιότητας των υπηρεσιών σε ξενοδοχείο 5 αστέρων
title: Measuring service quality at a 5star hotel
Creators: name: Kostic Kristina
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2022

description: Η παρούσα εργασία επιχειρεί να διερευνήσει την ικανοποίηση των πελατών για την ποιότητα των υπηρεσιών που παρέχονται σε ένα ξενοδοχείο πέντε αστέρων στη Ρόδο. Για τον σκοπό αυτό, δημιουργήθηκε ένα ερωτηματολόγιο, το οποίο συμπληρώθηκε από τους πελάτες του ξενοδοχείου. Για τη διεξοδική μελέτη των αποτελεσμάτων του ερωτηματολογίου και την στατιστική ανάλυση χρησιμοποιήθηκε η μέθοδος ΜUSA, και για την εξέταση των διαστάσεων ποιότητας και του χάσματος μεταξύ προσδοκιών και αντιλήψεων χρησιμοποιήθηκε το μοντέλο SERVQUAL. Το συμπέρασμα της εργασίας αυτής είναι ότι η βασική μεταβλητή που επηρεάζει με μεγαλύτερο βαθμό την ικανοποίηση των πελατών στο συγκεκριμένο ξενοδοχείο πέντε αστέρων στη Ρόδο είναι το προσωπικό, η συμπεριφορά του και οι υπηρεσίες που προσφέρει. Έπονται οι υπόλοιποι παράγοντες, όπως η αξιοπιστία, η ασφάλεια, το φαγητό και το ποτό, οι εγκαταστάσεις και τα υλικά.
Weaving Together: Reading (in) American Studies
Creators: name: Foltinek, Selina
name: Lange, Mascha Helene
name: Zitzelsberger, Florian
Publisher: name: Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies
Year: 2023

description: Introduction to the thematic issue.
description: Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, Vol. 23 No. 2 (2022): Reading (in) American Studies
Benthic ecosystem cascade effects in Antarctica using Bayesian network inference
Creators: name: Mitchell, Emily G.
name: Whittle, Rowan J.
name: Griffiths, Huw J.
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: Article
/631/158/853
/631/158/2463
article

description: Funder: British Antarctic Survey Polar Science for Planet Earth Programme.
description: Abstract: Antarctic sea-floor communities are unique, and more closely resemble those of the Palaeozoic than equivalent contemporary habitats. However, comparatively little is known about the processes that structure these communities or how they might respond to anthropogenic change. In order to investigate likely consequences of a decline or removal of key taxa on community dynamics we use Bayesian network inference to reconstruct ecological networks and infer changes of taxon removal. Here we show that sponges have the greatest influence on the dynamics of the Antarctic benthos. When we removed sponges from the network, the abundances of all major taxa reduced by a mean of 42%, significantly more than changes of substrate. To our knowledge, this study is the first to demonstrate the cascade effects of removing key ecosystem structuring organisms from statistical analyses of Antarctica data and demonstrates the importance of considering the community dynamics when planning ecosystem management.
title: Polexit? Hungarexit? Quo vadis EU? Reflexions on the latest solutions provided by EU constitutional law in the face of a persistent rule of law misery
Creators: name: Mader, Oliver
Publisher: name: Universität Graz
Year: 2022

description: Based on a talk at the University of Graz in November 2021, this article treats the current state and some consequences of the ongoing dismantling of rule-of-law standards driven by legislative “reforms” in some EU Member States. It connects to the Conditionality Regulation and highlights the attempts of EU constitutional law to avoid what has been called “backsliding” of EU Member States or - with the term used by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Repubblika1 - “regression” in relation to rule of law standards. The ECJ operationalises art. 19 TEU as an objective right for protecting the judicial independence of Member States’ courts. As is submitted here, the principle of non-regression is a new meta-principle to put an end to Member States’ backsliding in their rule of law standards. It basically also applies to other fundamental values of the European Union. The new principle has to be seen to-gether with the so-called context method applied by the ECJ in proceedings for preliminary ruling.
description: Keywords: rule of law, Conditionality Regulation, backsliding, ultra-vires, judicial independ-ence, ECJ, principle of non-regression, meta-principle, identity of the Union, EU fundamental values, context method
description: ALJ 2022, 47-69 (http://alj.uni-graz.at/index.php/alj/article/view/152)
Listening Closely: Narrative Sensitivity and Thematic Apperception in Ben Lerner’s The Topeka School
Creators: name: Teklić, Teresa
Publisher: name: Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies
Year: 2023

description: This article offers Ben Lerner’s 2019 novel The Topeka School “as a case study to argue that even literary texts that are steeped in Theory or feature “diagnostic” narrators (Dames) do not interpret themselves but require active readers to do so. By modeling the novel’s narrative structure on the psychological Thematic Apperception Test (TAT), the narrator obliges the reader to listen to his stories as if she were a psychologist interpreting a patient’s test results. I suggest that, for The Topeka School“, adopting the same attitude of “narrative sensitivity” that psychologists bring to the evaluation of the TAT proves a productive reading strategy (Cramer 28). Especially the idea of listening closely to the text yields profound insights into its form and politics due to its central interest in the nexus of voice and masculinity. Careful attention to narrative perspective, voice, and style reveals that the novel makes powerful political claims through its form alone. It figures male violence as a structural, not an individual problem and links it to the existence of a form of collective voice of white male US-America that can speak through a liberal-minded writer just as well as through a Trump-voter or even Donald Trump himself.
description: Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, Vol. 23 No. 2 (2022): Reading (in) American Studies
Development and Validation of a Short Version of the Metric for the Observation of Decision-Making in Multidisciplinary Tumor Boards: MODe-Lite
Creators: name: Lamb, B. W.
name: Miah, S.
name: Skolarus, T. A.
name: Stewart, G. D.
name: Green, J. S. A.
name: Sevdalis, N.
name: Soukup, T.
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2021
Subjects: Global Health Services Research

description: Funder: Maudsley Charity; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100012176
description: Funder: Mark Foundation For Cancer Research; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100014599
description: Funder: Guy's and St Thomas' Charity; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000380
description: Funder: NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care South London; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100015091
description: Abstract: Background: Evidence-based tools are necessary for scientifically improving the way MTBs work. Such tools are available but can be difficult to use. This study aimed to develop a robust observational assessment tool for use on cancer multidisciplinary tumor boards (MTBs) by health care professionals in everyday practice. Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional observational study was conducted in the United Kingdom from September 2015 to July 2016. Three tumor boards from three teaching hospitals were recruited, with 44 members overall. Six weekly meetings involving 146 consecutive cases were video-recorded and scored using the validated MODe tool. Data were subjected to reliability and validity analysis in the current study to develop a shorter version of the MODe. Results: Phase 1, a reduction of the original items in the MODe, was achieved through two focus group meetings with expert assessors based on previous research. The 12 original items were reduced to 6 domains, receiving full agreement by the assessors. In phase 2, the six domains were subjected to item reliability, convergent validation, and internal consistency testing against the MODe-Lite global score, the MODe global score, and the items of the MODe. Significant positive correlations were evident across all domains (p < 0.01), indicating good reliability and validity. In phase 3, feasibility and high inter-assessor reliability were achieved by two clinical assessors. Six domains measuring clinical input, holistic input, clinical collaboration, pathology, radiology, and management plan were integrated into MODe-Lite. Conclusions: As an evidence-based tool for health care professionals in everyday practice, MODe-Lite gives cancer MTBs insight into the way they work and facilitates improvements in practice.
Reading (with) Bateman: Mapping Potentiality of/in Reading
Creators: name: Wiegel, Maria
name: Rüter, Alexander
Publisher: name: Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies
Year: 2023

description: Starting from Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick’s critique of paranoid reading and her call for reparative reading, this article proposes two experimental readings of Bret Easton Ellis’s American Psycho“ (1991). Drawing on the writings of Roland Barthes and Eugenie Brinkema, we consider the text’s affective possibilities and potentialities as well as moments when it may surprise its readers, in order to ask what a reparative reading can look like in the case of American Psycho“. First, we read the novel for its potentialities of different affective modes—in this case, boredom and disgust—by looking closely at its syntactic structure. Second, we impose formal constraints on our reading itself, reading the novel as if it was a comedy. Through these modes of reading, our approach opens up new possibilities for parallel interpretations, instead of positing another master reading of the text.
description: Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, Vol. 23 No. 2 (2022): Reading (in) American Studies
The Affects of Reading
Creators: name: Ciftci, Gulsin
Publisher: name: Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies
Year: 2023

description: There has been a renewed interest in methods in literary studies over the past two decades. This article identifies a tendency towards binarism—paranoid vs. reparative, depth vs. surface, close vs. distant, against the grain vs. with the grain, critique vs. description, content vs. form—in literary studies and promotes a non-dualistic approach to reading. Such a reading does not see reading as a matter of “taking sides” or following strictly defined methods; instead, it works toward disentangling established methodological binaries. This reading is speculative and embraces speculative potentials of literary texts without subscribing to a method at the expense of the rest, without limiting itself to pre-defined methodologies. To move beyond such binarism, the article offers an affective close reading“ of Ottessa Moshfegh’s My Year of Rest and Relaxation“ (2018) and examines the potentials of bringing together close reading and affects to re-entangle interpretation, description, enchantments, affect, and form.
description: Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, Vol. 23 No. 2 (2022): Reading (in) American Studies
selenium nanoparticle.docx
Creators: name: Nadali, Behnam
name: Koohi, Mohammad Kazem
name: Goudarzi, Ali Karimi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 70206 Animal Reproduction
subject: FOS: Animal and dairy science

description:
In the current study, the influences of selenium nano-particles on semen extender after cooling process for 24 hours has been evaluated to maintain its role in reducing oxidative stress during cryopreservation. Briefly, six dogs have been kept in shelter under the country's standard ethical and with approved certificate (http://ethics.research.ac.ir/IR.IAU.K.REC.1398.090). Semen samples were collected from animals and divided into one control group, and three contain colloidal selenium nano-particles in different concentrations. Afterward, samples keep in 4o for 24 hours. Then samples were evaluated to consider the nano-particles' impact on sperm characteristics such as motility, progressive motility, viability, normal morphology, plasma membrane integrity, malondialdehyde level, and chromatin integrity acrosome integrity, and CASA parameters.
Magnetic resonance fingerprinting of the pancreas at 1.5 T and 3.0 T
Creators: name: Serrao, Eva M.
name: Kessler, Dimitri A.
name: Carmo, Bruno
name: Beer, Lucian
name: Brindle, Kevin M.
name: Buonincontri, Guido
name: Gallagher, Ferdia A.
name: Gilbert, Fiona J.
name: Godfrey, Edmund
name: Graves, Martin J.
name: McLean, Mary A.
name: Sala, Evis
name: Schulte, Rolf F.
name: Kaggie, Joshua D.
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2020
Subjects: Article
/692/308/53/2421
/692/700/1421
article

description: Funder: GlaxoSmithKline; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100004330
description: Funder: National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Cambridge Biomedical Research Centre
description: Funder: Addenbrooke's Charitable Trust, Cambridge University Hospitals; doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100002927
description: Abstract: Magnetic resonance imaging of the pancreas is increasingly used as an important diagnostic modality for characterisation of pancreatic lesions. Pancreatic MRI protocols are mostly qualitative due to time constraints and motion sensitivity. MR Fingerprinting is an innovative acquisition technique that provides qualitative data and quantitative parameter maps from a single free‐breathing acquisition with the potential to reduce exam times. This work investigates the feasibility of MRF parameter mapping for pancreatic imaging in the presence of free-breathing exam. Sixteen healthy participants were prospectively imaged using MRF framework. Regions-of-interest were drawn in multiple solid organs including the pancreas and T1 and T2 values determined. MRF T1 and T2 mapping was performed successfully in all participants (acquisition time:2.4–3.6 min). Mean pancreatic T1 values were 37–43% lower than those of the muscle, spleen, and kidney at both 1.5 and 3.0 T. For these organs, the mean pancreatic T2 values were nearly 40% at 1.5 T and < 12% at 3.0 T. The feasibility of MRF at 1.5 T and 3 T was demonstrated in the pancreas. By enabling fast and free-breathing quantitation, MRF has the potential to add value during the clinical characterisation and grading of pathological conditions, such as pancreatitis or cancer.
Indigenous Readings: Ethics, Politics, and Method in Indigenous Studies on Turtle Island and Beyond
Creators: name: Benkhadda, Angela Maria
Publisher: name: Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies
Year: 2023

description: Reading has been at the center of ongoing debates among scholars of Native American, First Nations, Métis, and Inuit literatures for decades. In the context of these debates, my paper seeks to address the difficulties and challenges of reading Indigenous literatures from the standpoint of emerging non-Indigenous scholars educated in a Euro-American framework. For this purpose, the paper provides a toolbox of questions and strategies—organized around the five broad and interrelated topics of positionality, relationality, ethics, context, and incomplete readings—that can help students and early-career scholars to critically question their reading practices. To this end, my paper synthesizes a variety of scholarly perspectives on politics, ethics, and methods in Indigenous studies and applies the resulting framework to Leslie Marmon Silko’s opening of her novel Ceremony “(1977).
description: Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies, Vol. 23 No. 2 (2022): Reading (in) American Studies