cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Convex Model-Based Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing
Creators: name: Knight, Chad P
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: The use of radar often conjures up images of small blobs on a screen. But current synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems are able to generate near-optical quality images with amazing benefits compared to optical sensors. These SAR sensors work in all weather conditions, day or night, and provide many advanced capabilities to detect and identify targets of interest. These amazing abilities have made SAR sensors a work-horse in remote sensing, and military applications. SAR sensors are ranging instruments that operate in a 3D environment, but unfortunately the results and interpretation of SAR images have traditionally been done in 2D. Three-dimensional SAR images could provide improved target detection and identification along with improved scene interpretability. As technology has increased, particularly regarding our ability to solve difficult optimization problems, the 3D SAR reconstruction problem has gathered more interest. This dissertation provides the SAR and mathematical background required to pose a SAR 3D reconstruction problem. The problem is posed in a way that allows prior knowledge about the target of interest to be integrated into the optimization problem when known. The developed model is demonstrated on simulated data initially in order to illustrate critical concepts in the development. Then once comprehension is achieved the processing is applied to actual SAR data. The 3D results are contrasted against the current gold- standard. The results are shown as 3D images demonstrating the improvement regarding scene interpretability that this approach provides.
Prisoner's dilemma in structured scale-free networks
Creators: name: Li, Xing
name: Wu, Yonghui
name: Rong, Zhihai
name: Zhang, Zhongzhi
name: Zhou, Shuigeng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The conventional wisdom is that scale-free networks are prone to cooperation spreading. In this paper we investigate the cooperative behaviors on the structured scale-free network. On the contrary of the conventional wisdom that scale-free networks are prone to cooperation spreading, the evolution of cooperation is inhibited on the structured scale-free network while performing the prisoner's dilemma (PD) game. Firstly, we demonstrate that neither the scale-free property nor the high clustering coefficient is responsible for the inhibition of cooperation spreading on the structured scale-free network. Then we provide one heuristic method to argue that the lack of age correlations and its associated `large-world' behavior in the structured scale-free network inhibit the spread of cooperation. The findings may help enlighten further studies on evolutionary dynamics of the PD game in scale-free networks.
description: Definitive version accepted for publication in Journal of Physics A
title: Family Planning of Mormon Women in Three-Generation Families
Creators: name: Miller, Brent C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1972

description: This intergenerational study compared the family planning and related attitudes of females who were daughter-mother-grandmother relatives. Questionnaire responses of eighty-one subjects in twenty-seven three-generation families were analyzed regarding birth control, abortion, and population crisis attitudes. Other variables studied included Mormon orthodoxy, education, and place of residence.
Except for abortion, the generations had significantly different attitudes. The oldest generation's attitudes, which were the most conservative, differed significantly when contrasted with the more similar attitudes of the middle and younger generations. Mormon orthodoxy was the most dramatically significant factor in attitude differences. Education and residence were not significant sources of attitude variance; however, there was an education and orthodoxy interaction, with low orthodoxy-high education respondents having abortion attitudes which were significantly more liberal than other respondents.
Rank and Transitive Inference in chicks.xlsx
Creators: name: Daisley, Jonathan
name: Regolin, Lucia
name: Vallortigara, Giorgio
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 170299 Cognitive Science not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: 179999 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The data presented describe training and testing of chicks on a transitive inference task. The Excel table shows the rank (1-3), sex (1=male; 2 =female) and outcomes (number of trials to criterion of 20 correct choices - a correct choice at training being rewarded with a food item for pecking the 'higher' rank .i.e A over B, B over C etc. Testing is of non-rewarded pairs AE and BD, previously not seen before). To note chicks were held in groups of 3 or 4 individuals and ranked at Day 5 of life when first grouped together.
Measuring the Globalization of Knowledge Networks
Creators: name: Wagner, Caroline S.
name: Leydesdorff, Loet
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper presents a method of understanding the growth of global science as resulting from a mechanism of preferential attachment within networks. The paper seeks to contribute to the development of indicators of knowledge creation and transfer by presenting a theory and case study of network structures in science. It is our view that indicator development has suffered from a lack of attention to the theoretical basis for understanding the dynamics of knowledge creation. This lack has been due, in part, to the difficulty of measuring dynamic systems within social organizations. This paper attempts to fill this gap by proposing theory-based indicators of knowledge creation using network theory and analysis. The paper presents a hypothesis about the knowledge system that is explored by analyzing the growth of international collaboration in science.
title: Parent-Child Affinity as Perceived by Children
Creators: name: Miller, Earlene E.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1972

description: Parental preference of girls and boys was studied in this research. Situations of recreation, personal and moral needs, places and things, and social events constituted the range of choices in the children's selection for one parent or the other as a companion for the activity.
Ninety children (30 preschool, 30 third graders, and 30 sixth graders) we r e tested individually by an interview schedule. The Parent-Affinity Perception Scale developed for this research contained 30 items. Children were asked to choose "Mother" or "Father" as a response for each item.
The findings indicated a significant difference in preference for "Mother" rather than "Father," with girls consistently choosing the mother. Third-grade boys selected the mother more often than the father ; however, preschool and sixth-grade boys preferred the father for more of the items. In comparison of the three age groups, mother was perceived as the preferred parent in all except the preschool group.
The Parent-Affinity Perception Scale scores of the group's 90 subjects were ranked in the high and low quartiles in order to analyze which items were discriminating children's perceptions for parental preference. Analyses by chi square found 26 of the 30 items indicated a significant difference in parental preference at or beyond the . 05 level of confidence.
title: Family Meal Patterns in Utah
Creators: name: Peterson, Brenda Taylor
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1979

description: This study was conducted as part of an 11-state study on family time use coordinated by Cornell University. The particular emphasis of this research was family meal patterns. The independent variables were (1) homemaker's education, (2) homemaker's employment, (3) income of the family, and (4) place of residence of the family. These were analyzed in relation to the amount of time (1) spent in meal preparation, (2) the number of meals the family ate together, and (3) where the family ate their meals. The literature indicated that in the past the homemaker has done most of the meal preparation. It also indicated that American families are eating fewer meals together as a family, and are eating more meals away from home than previously.
The analysis of the data collected in this study indicated that meal preparation is still a task done mostly by the homemaker. Homemakers with some college education and those who were full-time homemakers spent more time in meal preparation than other homemakers.
Families with higher incomes, families with employed mothers and those families who lived in an urban area ate more meals away from home than other families . Families ate fewer meals together than had been anticipated, the average being slightly less than one meal a day together as a family .
title: Contributions to Household Work by Children in Two-Parent/Two-Child Families in Utah
Creators: name: Osborne, Lundie Lee
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1979

description: The purpose of this study was to investigate children's contributions to household work and to determine what factors affected the amount of time children spent in household work activities. Data for the study came from the Utah portion of the "Interstate Comparison of Urban/Rural Families' Time Use" which involved 210 two-parent/two-child families in Utah. Data were collected through interviews with the homemakers in each family using time diaries and an information questionnaire.Time use was recorded for two 24 hour days for all family members over the age of five . For the present study an analysis was made of the time contributions to household work by 200 children (87 girls/113 boys) from 114 families. Ninety- s ix of the children were from rural families and 104 were from urban families.
Factors considered included sex; place of residence; children's time in school, paid employment, and organizational activities; children's time in social and recreational activities; hours of parental employment; and parents; time in household work. Statistical analysis was done using either a partial correlation coefficient to control for age or a "t" test of the differences between means.
Findings revealed that the amount of time children contribute to household work activities varies widely. Some children contribute little or no time to household work while others put in several hours per day. Rural children were found to contribute more time to household work than urban children. Girls did not contribute a significantly greater amount of time to household work than boys, but boys and girls did contribute time to different types of household work activities. Girls were more likely to spend time performing traditionally feminine household tasks and boys were more likely to spend time performing traditionally masculine household tasks . Hours of parental employment and parents' time in household work did not make much impact on children's contributions to work in the home, but it does seem clear that children's time in household work does not substitute for that of adult family members.
Discovery of an eccentric 30 days period in the supergiant X-ray binary SAX J1818.6-1703 with INTEGRAL
Creators: name: Heras, J. A. Zurita
name: Chaty, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: SAX J1818.6-1703 is a flaring transient X-ray source serendipitously discovered by BeppoSAX in 1998 during an observation of the Galactic centre. The source was identified as a High-Mass X-ray Binary with an OB SuperGiant companion. Displaying short and bright flares and an unusually very-low quiescent level implying intensity dynamical range as large as 1e3-4, the source was classified as a Supergiant Fast X-ray Transient. The mechanism triggering the different temporal behaviour observed between the classical SGXBs and the recently discovered class of SFXTs is still debated. The discovery of long orbits (>15 d) should help to discriminate between emission models and bring constraints. We analysed archival INTEGRAL data on SAX J1818.6-1703. We built short- and long-term light curves and performed timing analysis in order to study the temporal behaviour of SAX J1818.6-1703 on different time scales. INTEGRAL revealed an unusually long orbital period of 30.0+/-0.2 d and an elapsed accretion phase of ~6 d in the transient SGXB SAX J1818.6-1703. This implies an elliptical orbit and constraints the possible supergiant spectral type between B0.5-1I with eccentricities e~0.3-0.4 (for average fundamental parameters of supergiant stars). During the accretion phase, the source behaved like classical SGXBs. The huge variations of the observed X-ray flux can be explained through accretion of macro-clumps formed within the stellar wind. Our analysis strengthens the model which predicts that SFXTs behave as SGXBs but with different orbital parameters, thus different temporal behaviour.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures, A&A Letter in press (subm. 17/10/2008 - accept. 15/11/2008)
GEANT4 Simulation of Energy Losses of Slow Hadrons
Creators: name: S. Giani
name: V.N. Ivanchenko
name: G. Mancinelli
name: P. Nieminen
name: M.G. Pia
name: L. Urban
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1999

description: The algorithm of the simulation of energy losses for hadrons with kinetic energy down to few eV is described. The details of its implementation in Geant4 are discussed. The comparison of the reslts of simulation with the experimental data is presented.
A Fully Abstract Symbolic Semantics for Psi-Calculi
Creators: name: Johansson, Magnus
name: Victor, Björn
name: Parrow, Joachim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We present a symbolic transition system and bisimulation equivalence for psi-calculi, and show that it is fully abstract with respect to bisimulation congruence in the non-symbolic semantics. A psi-calculus is an extension of the pi-calculus with nominal data types for data structures and for logical assertions representing facts about data. These can be transmitted between processes and their names can be statically scoped using the standard pi-calculus mechanism to allow for scope migrations. Psi-calculi can be more general than other proposed extensions of the pi-calculus such as the applied pi-calculus, the spi-calculus, the fusion calculus, or the concurrent constraint pi-calculus. Symbolic semantics are necessary for an efficient implementation of the calculus in automated tools exploring state spaces, and the full abstraction property means the semantics of a process does not change from the original.
Anchorage length in pretensioned concrete and the effect of some variables theron.
Creators: name: Joa, Eric
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The effect of a number of variables upon prestress anchorage length was investigated. The end zones of prestressed pretensioned concrete members were simulated by casting against steel bulkheads. 3/8" diameter strands and .276" diameter wires were used. Fifty specimens were tested. The variables investigated were; surface condition of prestressing steel, speed of release of prestress, water/cement ratio of concrete, age of concrete, stress in concrete, and vibration. A relationship between free end pull-in and anchorage length was found and is compared with the results of other investigators.
CONDOR on Wan Implementation Proposal
Creators: name: A. Ghiselli
name: P. Mazzanti
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 1999

description: This deliverable is part of the project "Condor on WAN" and describes the Condor pool implementation as computing resource for INFN. The Condor pool specifications have been defined taking into account the results of the test phase, terminated by the end of 98. The structure of the operational service is also described
title: Salinity Management in the Upper Colorado River Basin: Modeling, Monitoring, and Cost-Equity Challenges
Creators: name: Keum, Jongho
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: Salinity issues in the Upper Colorado River Basin have been a serious concern to the western United States and northern Mexico. The Colorado River salinity is mainly come from geologic materials located in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Natural weathering and human activities, such as irrigation, accelerate the dissolution of saline materials. Economic damages due to salinity in the Colorado River Basin are estimated at $295 million in 2010, for example, reduced crop yield, plugging of water pipes and fixtures, and ecological health of rivers. In order to manage salinity in the Upper Colorado River Basin, SPARROW model has been applied to simulate salinity sources and transport. However, the model application discontinued during recent past due to lack of data. Given the motivation and importance of salinity issues in the Colorado River Basin, the overall goal of this research is to develop a decision-making framework for an effective salinity management in the Upper Colorado River Basin. First, this research introduced a methodology for reliable analysis of salinity sources and transport in the Upper Colorado River Basin. However, recent decreasing trend of number of monitoring stations may cause increase of model uncertainty. Therefore, a decision-making methodology for an effective water quality monitoring network was developed. From the results of monitoring network analysis, the redundancy or scarcity of monitoring stations in each watershed can be identified under the given operational costs. Finally, salinity management scenarios considering cost and equity were developed. Management options considering cost only can neglect the fairness in the allocation of salinity control responsibilities among stakeholders. To overcome this limitation in management, the methodology developed in this research considers cost of salinity control, equitable distributions among stakeholders, and cost efficiency. The methodologies developed in this research provide a comprehensive decision-making framework for an effective salinity management in the Upper Colorado River Basin. Moreover, this framework is not limited to the management of salinity in the Upper Colorado River only, but also can be applied to other water quality management problems.
LIFT EVERY VOICE: STUDENT AND ADMINISTRATOR PERSPECTIVES ON BLACK/AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS AT A COMMUNITY COLLEGE HSI
Creators: name: Jones, LaQuita M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: sense of belonging
sense of community
Black/African American student
Hispanic Serving Institutions
institutional agents
racialized space

description: This qualitative study aimed to explore the experiences of Black/African American students attending a community college Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). Student and administrator perspectives provide a deeper understanding of the role of race in the experiences of Black/African American students and the programs, policies, and practices that most influence Black/African American students’ academic success at a community college HSI. In-depth semistructured interviews were conducted to gain a deeper understanding of 9 Black/African American students and 7 HSI administrators at a California community college. Seven major themes emerged: (a) limited demonstration of institutional investment in Black/African American student academic success, (b) racial framing, (c) secure social bonds (d) macro sociohistorical context shifts priorities, (e) upholding a distorted educational pipeline, (f) open-access as a crutch, and (g) deficit-based assumptions. The study concluded with recommendations to improve academic success, including a sense of belonging and community for Black/African American community college HSI students.
Exact-exchange kernel of time-dependent density functional theory: Frequency dependence and photoabsorption spectra of atoms
Creators: name: Hellgren, Maria
name: von Barth, Ulf
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work we have calculated excitation energies and photoionization cross sections of Be and Ne in the exact-exchange (EXX) approximation of time-dependent density functional theory (TDDFT). The main focus has been on the frequency dependence of the EXX kernel and on how it affects the spectrum as compared to the corresponding adiabatic approximation. We show that for some discrete excitation energies the frequency dependence is essential to reproduce the results of time-dependent Hartree-Fock theory. Unfortunately, we have found that the EXX approximation breaks down completely at higher energies, producing a response function with the wrong analytic structure and making inner-shell excitations disappear from the calculated spectra. We have traced this failure to the existence of vanishing eigenvalues of the Kohn-Sham non-interacting response function. Based on the adiabatic TDDFT formalism we propose a new way of deriving the Fano parameters of autoionizing resonances.
description: 14 pages, 7 figures
Buckling of a ring in an elastic foundation
Creators: name: Choukalos, William
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This thesis derives the differential equation for the in plane extentionless buckling of a ring in an elastic foundation. The elastic foundation can exert forces proportional to radial and tangential displacements and a couple proportional to rotation. The external uniform load is always directed toward a fixed point on the initial radius. A special case of this is hydrostatic pressure where the load remains normal to the ring. In other cases the load may remain parallel to the initial radius or remain directed towards the initial centre. Complete solutions are presented for a full ring and several graphs of critical pressure versus foundation stiffness indicating the general behaviour. A full solution is given for a partial ring with hinged supports along with a number of graphs. A method is presented but no solutions are given for a partial ring with fixed supports. Finally, a solution is given for the case of a full ring under hydrostatic load with radial elastic supports having a different spring constant for inward and outward displacements. This solution, presented graphically for all combination of spring constants, can represent the buckling of a culvert under a high fill.
title: Proxemic Behaviors of Sociometrically Identified Preschool Children
Creators: name: Gaynard, Laura
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1980

description: From a population of 160 children, 59 were sociometrically viii identified into four categories: popular, amiable, isolated, and rejected. Same-sexed pairs of children were then observed in an experimental play situation in which two experimenters, using a computerized event recorder, obtained the amount of time each identified child spent at various distances (0-305 cm) from the confederate. Frequency of moves was also recorded. A general pattern of proxemic behavior for all children, across category, was found to exist in which subjects spent the majority of time at distances of 30.5 cm to 122 cm and very little time at greater distances. Analyses of the data also produced differences in proxemic behavior between categories: the popular children spent the majority of their session time close to the confederates (0 to 91.5 cm), and very little time at greater distances. The rejected children made attempts to maintain close distances to their peers but were rejected by the other children which led to a large proportion of time being spent further away from the confederates (152 .5 to 305 cm). The amiable children spent the majority of their time at intermediate distances of 31.5 to 244 cm and the isolated children maintained the longest durations of tine at the greatest distances for all four categories. These findings were discussed in relation to Hall's1 theory of adult personal space zones.
The  LASA Fast Acquisition System for the  B00 and B0 Diagnostics
Creators: name: G. Rivoltella
name: A. Paccalini
name: F. Broggi
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2002

description: The ATLAS Barrel Toroid (BT) is a superconducting toroid made of 8 superconducting coils of 25 m length and 5 m width, providing the magnetic field for the muon spectrometer of the ATLAS detector, one of the experiments of the Large Hadron Collider, under construction at CERN.B0 is a full scale model, one third length of ATLAS barrel toroid eight coils.The B0 construction was decided to test the technical construction solutions and reproduce the behaviour of the final coils.In the frame of the ATLAS collaboration, the LASA Laboratory had to provide the acquisition system for the electrical signals from the B0 model coil.During the coils excitation there are two physical conditions: the power-on steady state and the quench event.The LASA-DAQ acquires always at the same sampling rate (500 Sample/sec), while the data storing occours once at second in steady state and at maximum speed during the quench.In this paper the characteristics and the design; both hardware and software, of the acquisition system of the electrical signals from the B0 model coil are described.
Additional file 2 of Life expectancy among older adults with or without frailty in China: multistate modelling of a national longitudinal cohort study
Creators: name: Gao, Junling
name: Wang, Yujie
name: Xu, Jixiang
name: Jiang, Junjia
name: Yang, Shitong
name: Xiao, Qianyi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 2. List of items included in the frailty index.
Thermal and Isotopic Anomalies when Pd Cathodes are Electrolyzed in Electrolytes Containing Th-Hg Salts Dissolved at Micromolar Concentration in C2H5OD/D2O Mixtures
Creators: name: F. Celani
name: A. Spallone
name: E. Righi
name: G. Trenta
name: C. Catena
name: G. D'agostaro
name: P. Quercia
name: V. Andreassi
name: P. Marini
name: V. Di Stefano
name: M. Nakamura
name: A. Mancini
name: P.G. Sona
name: F. Fontana
name: L. Gamberale
name: D. Garbelli
name: F. Falcioni
name: M. Marchesini
name: E. Novaro
name: U. Mastromatteo
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2003

description: Discussed in this paper is the evolution of work that started, since March 1989, by using the M. Fleischmann and S. Pons method and ended by using thin palladium wires electrolyzed in an electrolyte consisting of slightly acidic heavy alcohol-water solution containing thorium (Th) and mercury (Hg) salts at micromolar concentrations. The resulting large and dynamic loading of the Pd wires was studied. The recent use of thorium instead of strontium resulted in thermal anomalies and detection of new elements in larger amounts. The results with Sr are qualitatively in agreement with what was found by Y. Iwamura (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Yokohama-Japan) using multilayers of Pd-CaO-Pd-Sr in flowing deuterium gas. Most  results seem to be in agreement with a "multi-body resonance fusion of deuterons" model recently developed by A.Takahashi (Osaka University-Japan).
Anomalous diffusion mediated by atom deposition into a porous substrate
Creators: name: Brault, Pascal
name: Josserand, Christophe
name: Bauchire, Jean-Marc
name: Caillard, Amael
name: Charles, Christine
name: Boswell, Rod W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Constant flux atom deposition into a porous medium is shown to generate a dense overlayer and a diffusion profile. Scaling analysis shows that the overlayer acts as a dynamic control for atomic diffusion in the porous substrate. This is modeled by generalizing the porous diffusion equation with a time-dependent diffusion coefficient equivalent to a nonlinear rescaling of time
description: 4 pages
title: Perceived Problems in First and Second Marriages
Creators: name: Dineen, Gerald C.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1980

description: The purpose of this study was to identify problem areas in second families as compared to first families .
A questionnaire was sent to 31 first married wives and 20 second married wives. Both groups had children living in the home.
The first 19 questions focused on parent-child, and husband-wife relations. Respondents were asked to indicate their feelings on a four-point Lichert-type scale of strongly agree, agree, disagree, or strongly disagree.
The next section, which was included for other research purposes, asked respondents how prepared they felt for this current marriage.
Following these questions, 12 items were listed asking respondents to indicate if they would have liked more information in these areas before their marriage.
Next, respondents were asked to indicate if problems existed in any of the following 12 possible problem areas--marital success, in-law relations, parent-child relations, avoiding divorce, childrearing, finances, religious differences, political differences, interpersonal communication, sexuality, ex-in-laws and ex-spouse.
Lastly, a four-point question ranging from excellent, very good, good and poor asked for a rating of the marriage.
Demographic information and household make-up was solicited on the last page. A letter of transmittal was included as a cover letter. The letter was hand addressed to the respondent and signed by the researcher.
The results indicate that the overriding problem area in the second family as compared to the first family centers strongly on the parent-child relationship.
It should be also noted that when asked to rate their marriages, wives in their first and second marriages reported no statistical difference.
A Super Bubble Candidate in the Galactic Center and a Local Enhancement G359.77-0.09
Creators: name: Mori, Hideyuki
name: Hyodo, Yoshiaki
name: Tsuru, Takeshi Go
name: Nobukawa, Masayoshi
name: Koyama, Katsuji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A 20' \times 16' elliptical ring-like structure has been found near the Galactic center in the narrow energy band corresponding to the K$α$ line from He-like sulfur. In the ring, two diffuse sources are found, a supernova remnant candidate G359.79-0.26 and an unidentified source G359.77-0.09. The X-ray spectrum of G359.77-0.09 is similar to that of G359.79-0.26, which can be explained by an absorbed thin thermal plasma model with temperatures of 0.7 and 1.0 keV. The absorption column densities of these two sources are large (N_H = 6.9 \times 10^{22} and 4.5 \times 10^{22} cm^{-2}) and are consistent with that of the Galactic center distance. The X-ray spectrum extracted from the ring-like structure is also represented by an absorbed thin thermal plasma model (kT_e \sim 0.9 keV). The thermal energy of the plasma filling the ring-like structure is estimated to be 1.0 \times 10^{51} erg. We therefore propose that the two sources comprise a single ring-like object, which is possibly a super bubble with a size of 49 pc \times 40 pc in the Galactic center region.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in PASJ
Local Structure Properties of  Ga1-xAlxN  Epitaxial Layer
Creators: name: B.V. Robouch
name: A. Kisiel
name: E. Burattini
name: I. Kutcherenko
name: L.K. Vodopyanov
Publisher: name: INFN Open Access Repository
Year: 2004

description: The strained-tetrahedron model is used to analyze the wurzite structure of epitaxial GaAlN thin films on a sapphire substrate. Site occupation preference (SOP) coefficients and first two shell inter-ion distances are calculated in the ideal wurzite structure approximation. The coefficient values W1=0, W2=1.86, and W3=1, indicate a strong deviation from a random distribution with preference of Ga-N to Al-N pairs. This suggests that GaAlN thin films could be less homogeneous and more difficult to grow beyond 50% AlN. Also the far-infrared GaAlN phonon spectra should exhibit only four strong lines instead of eight.
Cooling carbon nanotubes to the phononic ground state with constant electron current
Creators: name: Zippilli, Stefano
name: Morigi, Giovanna
name: Bachtold, Adrian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a quantum theory of cooling of a mechanical resonator using back-action with constant electron current. The resonator device is based on a doubly clamped nanotube, which mechanically vibrates and acts as a double quantum dot for electron transport. Mechanical vibrations and electrons are coupled electrostatically using an external gate. The fundamental eigenmode is cooled by absorbing phonons when electrons tunnel through the double quantum dot. We identify the regimes in which ground state cooling can be achieved for realistic experimental parameters.
description: 4 pages, 4 fugures, version published in PRL
title: Families Without a Home: Child-Rearing Patterns in a Palestinian Refugee Camp
Creators: name: Hammad, Hala Jamal
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1976

description: The purpose of this study was to investigate child rearing in a Palestinian refugee camp and the values affecting these patterns . The areas investigated were: independence, dependency, aggression, methods of control, sex role training, mother-child interaction, maternal role, maternal expectations of the child in the present time and the future, and the role of the father as perceived by the mother.
An interview was undertaken in October, 1974 at the Al Hussein refugee camp in Amman, Jordan with forty Palestinian in-camp refugee mothers. Since the review of literature did not contain specific references in the psychology, or sociology of either the personality development, or child rearing patterns of the Palestinian refugee, the findings of the study were relevant. Overall, the refugee mothers were imitating the traditional culture in their child-rearing values and methods and expected their children to do the same. In spite of their rootlessness, they did not abandon their rural heritage.
Sex role differentiation was the most outstanding finding of the study. It prevailed in all areas investigated. The differences in sex role training at the age of three-and-one-half to four-and-one-half years were already established.
The findings also indicated that the mothers were the main power in childrearing, and that they all used methods of control and punishment rather than training as methods for achieving their goals.
Another finding points to the street culture as a source of values for the growing male child.
It is believed that the specific findings de scribing the childrearing practices have some important implications for the description of present, and the projection of future. personality and values of the Palestinian in-camp residents. As a result, intrapersonal relationships of Palestinian families and their internal power structure could be described. Some of these findings and recommendations are also of value for further study and research of the Palestinian and Arab culture throughout the Arab World.
PlasticsFatE 2nd Policy Brief - Human Exposure to Micro- and Nanoplastics
Creators: name: Steffens, Lasse
name: Giese, Bernd
name: Morrison, Mark
name: Tobin de Fuentes, Lesley
name: Ramsperger, Anja
name: Kokalj, Anita Jemec
name: Kühnel, Dana
name: Peijnenburg, Willie
name: Reuther, Rudolf
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: microplastics
nanoplastics
human health

description: PlasticsFatE's second policy brief: Human Exposure to Micro- and Nanoplastics

Embedded within the Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme, the PlasticsFatE (Plastics Fate and Effects in the Human Body) project (April 2021 – March 2025) aims to deepen our understanding of how micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) and their additives and associated contaminants affect human health. This Policy Brief outlines key insights from the PlasticsFatE project on the primary human exposure pathways to MNPs (ingestion, inhalation, and dermal contact), and the urgent need for further research and regulatory action to mitigate associated risks.
Causality in the Semantics of Esterel: Revisited
Creators: name: Mousavi, MohammadReza
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Programming Languages (cs.PL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We re-examine the challenges concerning causality in the semantics of Esterel and show that they pertain to the known issues in the semantics of Structured Operational Semantics with negative premises. We show that the solutions offered for the semantics of SOS also provide answers to the semantic challenges of Esterel and that they satisfy the intuitive requirements set by the language designers.
Additional file 5 of Life expectancy among older adults with or without frailty in China: multistate modelling of a national longitudinal cohort study
Creators: name: Gao, Junling
name: Wang, Yujie
name: Xu, Jixiang
name: Jiang, Junjia
name: Yang, Shitong
name: Xiao, Qianyi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 5. Baseline characteristics of participants.
title: The Influence of Selected Socio-Economic Factors on Consumer Awareness
Creators: name: Dickinson, Virginia Anne
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1974

description: The influence of selected socioeconomic factors on the consumer awareness of women was investigated. An instrument was developed to measure the consumer awareness of individuals. The three areas assessed were awareness of existing problems in the marketplace, awareness of laws that control these problems and sources of help for the consumer when she encounters these problems.
A profile of a woman with low consumer awareness was constructed from the results of the data collected In the study. She will have an annual income of less than $8,000; she will have a high school education or less; her husband will be employed in sales, clerical or managerial work; her husband will be 40 or older and they will have no children living at home.
The results of the study indicate that a ll women need assistance in be coming more aware of existing consumer protection laws and of sources of help with consumer problems. All women were more aware of possibilities of where to go for help than of what protection the law provides .
title: Mothers' Attitudes Toward the Behavior of the Young Child
Creators: name: Lundquist, Rosemary Maughan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1973

description: The purpose of this study was to determine if the mothers' feelings of self-esteem influence her attitudes toward child behavior.
Two groups were studied: One group of mothers who were receiving psychotherapy, and one group who were not.
Data for this study were collected by individually interviewing twenty-five mothers who were receiving psychotherapy and twenty-five mothers who were not. The mothers were presented a standardized questionnaire with thirty-five items. The mothers' responses were evaluated and the two groups were compared.
The findings of this study indicate that the mothers' feelings of self-esteem do influence her attitudes toward child behavior and that there is a difference in attitudes between mothers receiving psychotherapy and those who are not.
title: Attitudes of High School and College Females Toward Family Life and Children
Creators: name: Nelson, Pauline
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1974

description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the degree of similarity or differences between the attitudes of high school and college females toward family life and children.
Data for this study were collected by administering a standardized questionnaire with 35 items to both groups of students. The students' responses were evaluated and each question analyzed separately.
The findings of this study indicate that the responses of the college sample were more realistic than for the high school sample. Also the high school sample appeared to have more glamorous expectations of marriage than did the college sample.
Additional file 1 of Life expectancy among older adults with or without frailty in China: multistate modelling of a national longitudinal cohort study
Creators: name: Gao, Junling
name: Wang, Yujie
name: Xu, Jixiang
name: Jiang, Junjia
name: Yang, Shitong
name: Xiao, Qianyi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 1. Flowchart of participants.
Vernetzung von Darstellungen im Übergang zwischen konkretem und allgemeinem Fall
Creators: name: Schill, Anna
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Darstellungen
subject: Sachsituation
subject: Variablen
subject: Verallgemeinern
subject: Algebra
subject: 510

description: Die Darstellungsvernetzung zwischen Sach- und Termebene beim Umgang mit verallgemeinernden Fragestellungen stellt für Lernende eine große Herausforderung im Bereich der Algebra dar (Hefendehl-Hebeker, 2015). Bereits in der Grundschule sind entsprechende Phänomene in Bezug auf konkrete Sachsituationen und Terme zu beobachten (Franke & Ruwisch, 2010). Dieser Beitrag fokussiert auf Darstellungsvernetzungen im Konkreten (verankert in arithmetischem Denken) in ihrer Bedeutung für darauf aufbauende Verallgemeinerungen (Hinführung zu algebraischem Denken). Unter Darstellungsvernetzung werden hier alle Handlungen verstanden, durch die Sach- und Termebene miteinander in Bezug gesetzt werden. Dies beinhaltet Zuordnungen zu, Interpretationen in, oder Erzeugung der jeweils anderen Darstellungsebene.
Prediction of remaining life of power transformers based on left truncated and right censored lifetime data
Creators: name: Hong, Yili
name: Meeker, William Q.
name: McCalley, James D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Prediction of the remaining life of high-voltage power transformers is an important issue for energy companies because of the need for planning maintenance and capital expenditures. Lifetime data for such transformers are complicated because transformer lifetimes can extend over many decades and transformer designs and manufacturing practices have evolved. We were asked to develop statistically-based predictions for the lifetimes of an energy company's fleet of high-voltage transmission and distribution transformers. The company's data records begin in 1980, providing information on installation and failure dates of transformers. Although the dataset contains many units that were installed before 1980, there is no information about units that were installed and failed before 1980. Thus, the data are left truncated and right censored. We use a parametric lifetime model to describe the lifetime distribution of individual transformers. We develop a statistical procedure, based on age-adjusted life distributions, for computing a prediction interval for remaining life for individual transformers now in service. We then extend these ideas to provide predictions and prediction intervals for the cumulative number of failures, over a range of time, for the overall fleet of transformers.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/00-AOAS231 the Annals of Applied Statistics (http://www.imstat.org/aoas/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)
Additional file 4 of Life expectancy among older adults with or without frailty in China: multistate modelling of a national longitudinal cohort study
Creators: name: Gao, Junling
name: Wang, Yujie
name: Xu, Jixiang
name: Jiang, Junjia
name: Yang, Shitong
name: Xiao, Qianyi
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 4. Estimation methods of life expectancy.
Splitting the Topological Degeneracy of non-Abelian Anyons
Creators: name: Bonderson, Parsa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine tunneling of topological charge between non-Abelian anyons as a perturbation of the long-range effective theory of a topologically ordered system. We obtain energy corrections in terms of the anyons' universal algebraic structure and non-universal tunneling amplitudes. We find that generic tunneling completely lifts the topological degeneracy of non-Abelian anyons. This degeneracy splitting is exponentially suppressed for long distances between anyons, but leaves no topological protection at shorter distances. We also show that general interactions of anyons can be expressed in terms of the transfer of topological charge, and thus can be treated effectively as tunneling interactions.
description: 5 pages; v2 clarifying changes and corrections