cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Impersonal Intimacy: Habit and the Mobile Digital Device
Creators: name: Southerton, Clare
Publisher: name: The Australian National University
Year: 2017
Subjects: Mobile digital devices
smartphones
intimacy
distraction
new materialism
habit
Gilles Deleuze
affect theory

description: The growing presence of smartphones and other mobile digital devices, always within reach and already deeply embedded in everyday life, has been met with considerable anxiety. Concerns have been raised that we are perpetually distracted by our devices, alienated from the intimate relations that are proper to human sociability and that, consequently, social life as we know it is being irrevocably changed. Though often charged with distracting us from the social world, this thesis considers the way that habitual encounters with devices open the user to a new kind of intimacy, which I refer to as ‘impersonal intimacy.’ Impersonal intimacy, I suggest, is formed not as a personal relationship to humans or indeed things, but is a kind of intimacy generated through the mundane repetitions of the everyday. It provides the conditions in which mobile digital device-user relations as we know them are made possible, sparked by minute inclinations and facilitated by generative repetitions. This impersonal intimacy reconfigures awareness and generates new desires. In exploring the new modes of relationship emerging as a result of the proliferation of mobile digital devices, the thesis contributes to significant debates in sociology, in which the call is made for an expanded view of the social that is attentive to preindividual forces and emergent social realities. These key challenges for the discipline arise from technological and social change, but also from theoretical debates questioning some of the deeply held ontological assumptions within the discipline. My thesis contends that dominant sociological accounts grounded on human consciousness, take human-to-human interaction as their object, and see devices as playing, at best, a mediating role in this interaction and, at worst, a destructive role. In responding to calls for an ‘expanded empiricism’, this thesis proposes an evaluation of the mobile digital device that takes seriously the impersonal forces that constitute the device-user encounter. The kinds of impersonal intimacy formed through our close connections with everyday things challenges the priority usually given to distinct forms, focusing instead on the expression of forces in a given moment. I argue that it is crucial that we reconsider what constitutes the ‘social’, given that the familiar organising concepts of ‘social actors’ and ‘objects’ fail to account for the complex, never fully formed, relations in which these device-bodies are constituted.
title: MRI and PET imaging for early diagnosis of myocardial damage in patients with sarcoidosis
Creators: name: MARTINEZ, Jose Pablo
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Screening
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: PET
subject: MR
subject: Cardiac
subject: Inflammation

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information References
description: Learning objectives: Make aware of the importance of an early diagnosis of cardiac involvement in patients with sarcoidosis. Correlate the clinical-radiological-pathological expression of sarcoid granuloma formation in the myocardium. Describe the advanced diagnostic...
Den Weg zu einem treibhausgasneutralen Deutschland ressourcenschonend gestalten
Creators: name: Günther, Jens
name: Butz, Wolfgang
name: Lorenz, Ullrich
name: Fee, Eric
name: Herbener, Reinhard
name: Döring, Ulrike
name: Hermann, Tim
name: Hofmeier, Katja
name: Kessler, Kai
name: Knoche, Guido
name: Kosmol, Jan
name: Kristof, Kora
name: Koller, Matthias
name: Lange, Martin
name: Lehmann, Harry
name: Lambrecht, Martin
name: Leprich, Uwe
name: Mönch, Lars
name: Obermaier, Nathan
name: Pfeiffer, David
name: Plickert, Sebastian
name: Purr, Katja
name: Rechenberg, Bettina
name: Schmied, Martin
name: Schuberth, Jens
name: Seven, Jan
name: Starke, Sue-Martina
name: Werlein, Max
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Klimaneutralität
subject: Ressourcenschonung
subject: Energiewende
subject: Energieeffizienz
subject: treibhausgasneutral
subject: ressourcenschonend
subject: treibhausgasneutrales Deutschland 2050
subject: klimaneutrale Gesellschaft
subject: Treibhausgasneutralität
subject: Klima | Energie
subject: Abfall | Ressourcen

description: Die Studie zeigt, dass es möglich ist, Deutschland sowohl treibhausgasneutral als auch ressourcenschonend umzugestalten. Den Einsparungen von Treibhausgasen und Rohstoffen durch den Ausstieg aus fossilen Energieträgern steht die erhöhte Rohstoffinanspruchnahme für den Aufbau des erneuerbare Energiesystems gegenüber. Im vorgestellten „GreenEe“-⁠Szenario⁠ gelingt es, die Treibhausgasemissionen um 95 Prozent gegenüber 1990 und die Primär-Rohstoffinanspruchnahme um 60 Prozent gegenüber 2010 bis 2050 zu senken. Die Studie zeigt, dass ein verbundener ambitionierter ⁠Klima⁠- und Ressourcenschutz hilft, beide Ziele zu erreichen. Eine solche systemische Vorgehensweise sollte künftig stärker diskutiert und realisiert werden.
Asymptotic properties of special function solutions of Painlevé III equation for fixed parameters
Creators: name: Pan, Hao
name: Prokhorov, Andrei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 33C10, 33E17, 34E05, 34M55, 34M56

description: In this paper, we compute the small and large $x$ asymptotics of the special function solutions of Painlevé-III equation in the complex plane. We use the representation in terms of Toeplitz determinants of Bessel functions obtained in arXiv:nlin/0302026. Toeplitz determinants are rewritten as multiple contour integrals using Andrèief's identity. The small and large $x$ asymptotics are obtained using elementary asymptotic methods applied to the multiple contour integral. The asymptotics is extended to the whole complex plane using analytic continuation formulas for Bessel functions. The claimed result has not appeared in the literature before. We note that Toeplitz determinant representation is useful for numerical computations of corresponding solutions of the Painlevé-III equation.
description: 44 pages, 11 figures. This is extended version compared to the tex in the journal. It contains computation of monodromy data and Asymptotics for values of parameters, that were missing earlier. See Appendices
My Cancer Genome
Creators: name: Micheel, Christine
name: Mittendorf, Kathleen
name: Anderson, Ingrid
name: Jain, Neha
name: LeNoue-Newton, Michele
name: Lovly, Christine
name: Levy, Mia
Publisher: name: F1000Research
Year: 2017

description: These slides show the current state of My Cancer Genome as it transitions from its current state to a more structured knowledgebase. The purpose of My Cancer Genome is to provide information to oncologists, researchers, and patients/caregivers on the therapeutic implications of molecular alterations in cancer.
Geochemistry of the Ultramafic Rocks from the Bay of Island Ophiolitic Complex, Newfoundland.
Creators: name: Stern, Fabio G.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: geochemistry
ultramafic rocks
Bay of Island Ophiolitic Complex
Table Mountain
Blow-Me-Down Mountain
Lewis Hills massifs

description: The Bay of Islands Ophiolitic Complex (BOIC) is one of most well preserved and well-exposed ophiolites in the world. The BOIC consist of four massifs; these are the Table Mountain (TBL), North Arm Mountain (NAM), Blow-Me-Down Mountain (BMD) and Lewis Hills massifs. Proposed geological environments of the BOIC in Newfoundland are diverse; ranging from oceanic spreading ridge to supra-subduction setting. The BOIC has a complete ophiolite sequence as defined at the Penrose Conference (Anonymous, 1972) including ultramafic mantle rocks, ultramafic to gabbroic cumulate rocks, sheeted dikes, pillowed basaltic rocks and capping sedimentary rocks in structurally ascending order. We studied harzburgite and overlying massive dunite in the BOIC. Harzburgite is generally medium-grained, and contains olivine, orthopyroxene, Cr-spinel, clinopyroxene and rare sulfide minerals. Harzburgite is massive to strongly deformed, with local development of mylonitic shear zones. A foliation and lineation are defined by elongated and fragmented grains of orthopyroxene and Cr-spinel. Dikes, sills, veins, and irregularly-shaped bodies of dunite and pyroxenite are present throughout the harzburgite unit. Dunite is the predominant lithology of the Blow-Me-Down Mountain. It is typically fine- to medium-grained, massive, and contains minor Cr-spinel and rare sulfide minerals. Dunite contains olivine, Cr-spinel and minor pyroxenes in some samples. Olivine crystals are commonly partly replaced by serpentine along fractures and in outer rims. Bulk rock and mineral composition data suggest that harzburgites are mild to highly refractory mantle residues after partial melting. In contrast all dunite samples show a cumulate geochemical signature from a mafic melt that originated from highly refractory mantle peridotites. Our study suggest that the harzburgite in the BOIC originally formed as oceanic lithosphere at a slow spreading ridge, possibly in the vicinity of active arc systems, whereas the parental melt for dunites formed in subduction setting. The second part of this study measured trace element compositions for olivine, Cr-spinel and bulk rock of dunite. The measured bulk rock compositions are compared to those of calculated based on mineral chemistry and their abundance. This comparison suggests that the trapped melt fraction was negligible during the crystallization of the dunites. The calculated melt compositions for the dunites confirm that the melt formed in subduction setting.
With All Due Respect, Sir: Canadian Forces’ Chaplains: Defining Competencies for Providing Ethical Advice to the Chain of Command
Creators: name: Parker, Neil
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2014
Subjects: Chaplain Aumonier
Canadian Forces
moral development
ethical advising
professional capability

description: The role of the Chaplain Branch of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) is to “advise commanders on spiritual, religious, moral and ethical issues affecting Canadian Forces personnel and their families during operations and in static situations.” This paper explores the nature of one particular facet of this mandate, ethical expertise, in the complex ethical environment of the contemporary military organization. The study lists criteria necessary to evaluate and substantiate ethical expertise (knowledge, skills, abilities), and relates these to the chaplain’s dual accountability to her or his faith tradition as well as to the military. The study examines the traditional role of the chaplain, the expectations (implicit and explicit) that attach to that role; the role conflict of being a faith group representative and at the same time being embedded in the military organization; the role of faith-based ethics in a pluralistic and public arena; an examination of the criteria that would define “effective” provision of ethical advice; and a discussion of the implications for equipping new and existing chaplains to fulfill this role. The secular and pluralist military environment, dual accountability, and traditional role expectations, all increase the complexity of the task of advising the commander. Moreover, giving ethical advice is on a different plane of moral complexity than that of being personally ethical, and requires a level of expertise that is here defined by specific attributes.
Dimension-8 SMEFT contact-terms for vector-pair production via on-shell Higgsing
Creators: name: Goldberg, Jared M
name: Liu, Hongkai
name: Shadmi, Yael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive the dimension-8 standard-model effective theory (SMEFT) contact terms relevant for vector-pair production at the LHC and lepton colliders. We first list the relevant dimension-8 massless SMEFT amplitudes, and then obtain the low-energy amplitudes using on-shell Higgsing. In all cases, the contributions we calculate are the leading-order contributions to 4-point contact-terms; the dimension-6 SMEFT merely corrects the three-point couplings entering the amplitudes. Since they are given in terms of physical quantities, namely momenta and polarizations, the results allow for a direct mapping of EFT effects to low-energy observables. The vector amplitudes are sensitive to both anomalous vector couplings and Higgs self-couplings. The left-handed fermion amplitudes feature SU(2) violating effects first generated at dimension-8. We also compare our results to HEFT predictions. Interestingly, the dimension-8 SMEFT populates almost all the novel structures generated by the dimension-8 HEFT.
description: 46 pages, minor revisions, journal version
Supplementary material from Optimal sampling of spatial patterns improves deep learning based early warning signals of critical transitions
Creators: name: Deb, Smita
name: Mahendru, Ekansh
name: Goyal, Paras
name: Guttal, Vishwesha
name: Dutta, Partha Sharathi
name: Krishnan, Narayanan C.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 460299
subject: Artificial intelligence not elsewhere classified

description: si.pdf
Relative Contrastive Learning for Sequential Recommendation with Similarity-based Positive Pair Selection
Creators: name: Wang, Zhikai
name: Shen, Yanyan
name: Zhang, Zexi
name: He, Li
name: Li, Yichun
name: Gu, Hao
name: Zhang, Yinghua
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Contrastive Learning (CL) enhances the training of sequential recommendation (SR) models through informative self-supervision signals. Existing methods often rely on data augmentation strategies to create positive samples and promote representation invariance. Some strategies such as item reordering and item substitution may inadvertently alter user intent. Supervised Contrastive Learning (SCL) based methods find an alternative to augmentation-based CL methods by selecting same-target sequences (interaction sequences with the same target item) to form positive samples. However, SCL-based methods suffer from the scarcity of same-target sequences and consequently lack enough signals for contrastive learning. In this work, we propose to use similar sequences (with different target items) as additional positive samples and introduce a Relative Contrastive Learning (RCL) framework for sequential recommendation. RCL comprises a dual-tiered positive sample selection module and a relative contrastive learning module. The former module selects same-target sequences as strong positive samples and selects similar sequences as weak positive samples. The latter module employs a weighted relative contrastive loss, ensuring that each sequence is represented closer to its strong positive samples than its weak positive samples. We apply RCL on two mainstream deep learning-based SR models, and our empirical results reveal that RCL can achieve 4.88% improvement averagely than the state-of-the-art SR methods on five public datasets and one private dataset.
description: The code can be found at https://github.com/Cloudcatcher888/RCL
Hybrid-Generative Diffusion Models for Attack-Oriented Twin Migration in Vehicular Metaverses
Creators: name: Kang, Yingkai
name: Wen, Jinbo
name: Kang, Jiawen
name: Zhang, Tao
name: Du, Hongyang
name: Niyato, Dusit
name: Yu, Rong
name: Xie, Shengli
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The vehicular metaverse is envisioned as a blended immersive domain that promises to bring revolutionary changes to the automotive industry. As a core component of vehicular metaverses, Vehicle Twins (VTs) are digital twins that cover the entire life cycle of vehicles, providing immersive virtual services for Vehicular Metaverse Users (VMUs). Vehicles with limited resources offload the computationally intensive tasks of constructing and updating VTs to edge servers and migrate VTs between these servers, ensuring seamless and immersive experiences for VMUs. However, the high mobility of vehicles, uneven deployment of edge servers, and potential security threats pose challenges to achieving efficient and reliable VT migrations. To address these issues, we propose a secure and reliable VT migration framework in vehicular metaverses. Specifically, we design a two-layer trust evaluation model to comprehensively evaluate the reputation value of edge servers in the network communication and interaction layers. Then, we model the VT migration problem as a partially observable Markov decision process and design a hybrid-Generative Diffusion Model (GDM) algorithm based on deep reinforcement learning to generate optimal migration decisions by taking hybrid actions (i.e., continuous actions and discrete actions). Numerical results demonstrate that the hybrid-GDM algorithm outperforms the baseline algorithms, showing strong adaptability in various settings and highlighting the potential of the hybrid-GDM algorithm for addressing various optimization issues in vehicular metaverses.
Affine Connection and Quantum Theory
Creators: name: Ghosh, Kaushik
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In a few recent manuscripts, we used the affine connection to introduce two massless scalar fields in the Einstein-Palatini action. These fields lead to non-metricity. In this article, we will discuss the significance of these fields in inflation and dark energy. We will construct a Lagrangian formalism to include these scalar fields in a theory of gravity coupled with ordinary matter and radiation. We will find that these fields need not to be included in the actions of interacting gauge theories coupled with conserved fermionic vector currents as a part of the connection. The same remains valid for ordinary scalar fields. We can couple the connection-scalars with ordinary matter by adding suitable interaction terms. In this context, we will find that Stokes' theorem leads us to include the right-handed neutrinos in the electroweak theory in curved spacetime even with the Levi-Civita connection. This is required to obtain consistent equations of motion and anomaly-free conserved vector current for the neutrinos. Axial vector currents for different Dirac fields may remain anomalous. The right-handed neutrinos can be useful to explain neutrino oscillation and dark matter. We will also discuss the possibility of introducing massless finite integer spin particles using second rank symmetric traceless tensors with reference to the corresponding little group in flat spacetime. We will show that we can use massless (A,A) type fields in Minkowski space to introduce massless finite integer spin particles.
description: A new discussion regarding stability of the vacuum is added in Sect.IV, a few typos removed
Security of Topology Discovery Service in Software-Defined Network
Creators: name: Soltani, Sanaz
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Software-Defined Networks
Link Fabrication Attacks
Link Latency Attacks
Machine Learning Link Guard
Real-time Link Verification
Open RAN 5G Networks
Bearer Migration Poisoning

description: Within Software-defined networking (SDN) architectures, the central controller assumes the responsibility of managing the entire network. However, this network-wide perspective is acquired through link discovery service, thereby exposing SDNs to vulnerabilities like Link Fabrication Attacks (LFAs).
This research, centered on enhancing the security of SDN, particularly targets vulnerabilities related to LFAs and aims to improve topology discovery services. Initially, the study focused on investigating SDN vulnerabilities, leading to the development of the Link Latency Attack (LLA), a new method devised to evade modern defense strategies such as TopoGuard+. The effectiveness of LLA was confirmed through practical testing in environments utilizing the Floodlight controller and Mininet emulation. The second phase of the study involved the creation of the Machine Learning Link Guard (MLLG), a sophisticated ML-based detection system tailored for SDNs. MLLG was designed for real-time detection of LFAs and LLAs, integrating seamlessly with existing SDN controllers and adaptable to various network conditions. To complement MLLG, the Real-time Link Verification (RLV) system was developed for networks with frequent topological changes. Together, MLLG and RLV demonstrated their efficacy in a range of network scenarios, with MLLG excelling in more static settings and RLV adapting effectively to dynamic environments.
 As telecommunications increasingly move towards softwareization, the final objective of this research became crucial. The study’s in-depth exploration into LFAs within these emerging infrastructures led to the identification of the Bearer Migration Poisoning (BMP) attack in the Open Radio Access Network (RAN), a significant and novel vulnerability. This finding emphasized the necessity for adaptable defense mechanisms in such software-centric environments. Notably, the RLV system, initially developed for traditional SDN, was successfully adapted to the OpenRAN architecture. This adaptation showcases the potential of ML-based systems like RLV to provide robust and efficient defenses, essential for securing the dynamic telecommunications infrastructure. The research profoundly influences telecom’s future, especially in advancing open, software-defined 6G. Adapting RLV for OpenRAN pioneers network security, potentially inspiring more Open RAN research and fostering telecom innovation.
Experimental Demonstration of a Quantum-Optimal Coronagraph Using Spatial Mode Sorters
Creators: name: Deshler, Nico
name: Ozer, Itay
name: Ashok, Amit
name: Guha, Saikat
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Deep sub-diffraction exoplanet discovery currently lies beyond the reach of state-of-the-art direct imaging coronagraphs, which typically have an inner working angle larger than the diffraction scale. We present an experimental demonstration of a direct imaging coronagraph design capable of achieving the quantum limits of exoplanet detection and localization below the Rayleigh diffraction limit. Our benchtop implementation performs a forward and inverse pass through a free-space programmable spatial mode sorter configured to isolate photons in a point spread function (PSF)-adapted mode basis. During the forward pass, the fundamental mode is rejected, effectively eliminating light from an on-axis point-like star. On the inverse pass, the remaining modes are coherently recombined to form an image of a faint companion. Our experimental system is shown localizing an artificial exoplanet at sub-diffraction distances from its host star under a 1000:1 star-planet contrast.
description: 14 pages, 16 figures
False positives for gravitational lensing: the gravitational-wave perspective
Creators: name: Keitel, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For the first detection of a novel astrophysical phenomenon, scientific standards are particularly high. Especially in a multi-messenger context, there are also opportunity costs to follow-up observations on any detection claims. So in searching for the still elusive lensed gravitational waves, care needs to be taken in controlling false positives. In particular, many methods for identifying strong lensing rely on some form of parameter similarity or waveform consistency, which under rapidly growing catalog sizes can expose them to false positives from coincident but unlensed events if proper care is not taken. And searches for waveform deformations in all lensing regimes are subject to degeneracies we need to mitigate between lensing, intrinsic parameters, insufficiently modelled effects such as orbital eccentricity, or even deviations from general relativity. Robust lensing studies also require understanding and mitigating glitches and non-stationarities in the detector data. This article reviews sources of possible false positives (and their flip side: false negatives) in gravitational-wave lensing searches and the main approaches the community is pursuing to mitigate them.
description: 14 pages, 2 figures, submitted to Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society special issue on Multi-Messenger Gravitational Lensing
A thesis of clinical research: DiSInT: Discussing Sexuality in Therapy. Part A: A quantitative study examining minority stress in a sexual minority healthcare population; Part B: A qualitative reflexive thematic analysis of experiences of sharing sexuality in therapy. Part C: Summary of clinical practice and assessments.
Creators: name: Bangar, Gagan
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Sexuality
Relationships
therapy
psychological therapies
sexual minority
minority stress theory
Clinical Psychology
Mental Health

description: The mental health of individuals identifying as a sexual minority faces greater risk and vulnerability compared to the heterosexual population. Although individuals from these groups are more likely to seek support from mental health services, they experience poorer outcomes and are less likely to re-access them. This is highly indicative of mental health needs for this population not currently being fully met by services. This thesis explores the role of minority stress in sexual minority populations in health settings, as well as factors influencing the sharing process of sexuality in psychological therapies. Part A involves a quantitative study examining the relationship between minority stressors, demographics, and wellbeing among sexual minority individuals. In particular, we focused on minority stressors including rejection sensitivity, internalised stigma, and experiences of discrimination. Findings indicate that rejection sensitivity, internalised stigma, younger age, and non-binary genders predict anxiety. Part B entails a qualitative reflexive thematic analysis of experiences shared by people identifying as a sexual minority, who have accessed services, and factors that influenced the sharing or not sharing of their sexuality. Findings indicate both systemic and interpersonal factors impact whether sexual minorities share their sexuality with their therapists or not. Moreover, intersectionality and relational factors emerged as novel factors that impacted sharing. Both parts of this thesis consider the voices of people with lived experiences to provide insights to consider in healthcare practices, for the improvement of care provided for individuals identifying as a sexual minority.
Images de soi et de l’autre souillées: La question des tabous sexuels en thérapie et l’apport du rite de purification dans la reconstruction du ‘soi’ chez la femme victime de viol à l’Est de la République Démocratique du Congo
Creators: name: Maisha, Buuma Make-You
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2016
Subjects: Images de soi et de l’autre
Souillure
Tabous sexuels
Rite de purification
Victime de viol
République Démocratique du Congo

description: Se remettre de la souffrance du viol nécessite une mobilisation des ressources à l’intérieur et autour de soi. Certaines conditions comme la remise en question de soi et les sentiments de détresse comme la culpabilité et la honte font souvent obstacle à cette mobilisation des ressources. Par ailleurs, dans un contexte culturel de tabous sexuels, le viol souille la victime et ceux qui se rapprochent d’elle; il rend ainsi plus difficile l’effort de la victime à regagner sa force et son bien-être. Ce travail analyse l’implication des tabous sexuels sur l’image de soi et de l’autre après le(s) viol(s) chez les victimes, selon les expériences de neuf femmes adultes, qui étaient mariées avant d’être violées et selon l’expérience de six thérapeutes oeuvrant auprès des victimes à l’Est de la RDC. Les lecteurs y découvriront les propos des participant(e)s qui éclairent notre réflexion sur les questions suivantes : quel est le rôle du tabou sexuel dans la perception de soi et la perception sociale des femmes victimes de viol à l’Est de la RDC? Comment faire pour surmonter les défis relatifs au tabou sexuel en thérapie afin d’aider la victime de viol à l’Est de la RDC à reconstruire son image de soi souillée par le viol et réussir sa réintégration sociale? Quel rôle peut jouer le rite de purification dans ce processus de reconstruction de l’image de soi souillée? Ce travail permet d’identifier plusieurs pistes de travail cliniques. Suite à l’analyse de huit thèmes4 qui ont émergé des données, un essaie de modélisation pour un accompagnement qui tient compte du contexte socioculturel des victimes est proposé.
Supplementary information from Morphological convergence obscures functional diversity in sabre-toothed carnivores
Creators: name: Lautenschlager, Stephan
name: Figueirido, Borja
name: Cashmore, Daniel D.
name: Eva-Maria Bendel
name: Stubbs, Thomas L.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 40308 Palaeontology (incl. Palynology)
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: The acquisition of elongated, sabre-like canines in multiple vertebrate clades during the last 265 Myr represents a remarkable example for convergent evolution. Due to striking superficial similarities in the cranial skeleton, the same or similar skull and jaw functions have been inferred for sabre-toothed species and interpreted as an adaptation to subdue large-bodied prey. However, although some sabre-tooth lineages have been classified into different ecomorphs (dirk-tooths and scimitar-tooths) the functional diversity within and between groups and the evolutionary paths leading to these specializations are unknown. Here, we use a suite of biomechanical simulations to analyse key functional parameters (mandibular gape angle, bending strength, bite force) to compare the functional performance of different groups and to quantify evolutionary rates across sabre-tooth vertebrates. Our results demonstrate a remarkably high functional diversity between sabre-tooth lineages and that cranial function and prey killing strategies evolved within clades. Moreover, different biomechanical adaptations in coexisting sabre-tooth species further suggest that this functional diversity was at least partially driven by niche-partitioning.
Der Einfluss des Klimawandels auf die menschliche Gesundheit - eine Übersicht von UMID-Beiträgen der Jahre 2009 bis 2015
Creators: name: Mücke, Hans-Guido
name: Zielo, Birgit
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015

description: Der Klimawandel wirkt sich auch in Deutschland auf die Gesundheit vulnerabler Personengruppen aus und wird zukünftig das Gesundheitssystem vor neue Herausforderungen stellen. Um die Bevölkerung so gut wie möglich vor den gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen des Klimawandels zu schützen, sind neben der Umsetzung internationaler Klimaschutzmaßnahmen im Sinne verstärkter Emissionsminderungsstrategien zusätzlich weitere nationale Anpassungsmaßnahmen an den Klimawandel erforderlich. Hierzu fasst der vorliegende Artikel ausgewählte Beiträge von Studien zu 'Klimawandel und Gesundheit´ aus Deutschland zusammen, die zwischen 2009 und 2015 im UMID erschienen sind.
Quelle: UMID : Umwelt und Mensch - Informationsdienst ; Umwelt & Gesundheit, Umweltmedizin, Verbraucherschutz. - Berlin. S. 47
description: The impacts of climate change on human health are expected to become a serious public health problem even in Germany. Vulnerable people like the elderly, young children, and those suffering from chronic diseases are affected most. In terms of public health protection, managing the risks of climate change is crucial and requires efficient mitigation and adaptation strategies on an international as well as on a national level. The following article provides a summary of selected national studies that are dealing with climate change-related health issues and were published in the UMID magazine between 2009 and 2015.
Quelle: UMID : Umwelt und Mensch - Informationsdienst ; Umwelt & Gesundheit, Umweltmedizin, Verbraucherschutz. - Berlin. S. 47
A thesis of clinical research and practice: Part A: Food Intake, Beliefs about Gluten Free Diets and Rates of Anxiety and Depression in Females Aged 18-25 with Coeliac Disease. Part B: Understanding the Experiences of Women Aged 18-25 with Coeliac Disease in Relation to their Food Choices, Dietary Beliefs, and Mental Wellbeing. Part C: Summary of clinical practice and assessments.
Creators: name: Elgaziari, Areej Aizat
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Coeliac Disease, diet and mental health

description: There is limited understanding about eating behaviours or the reasons for the high rates of anxiety and depression in people with Coeliac Disease (CD). As prescribed dietary management is the only treatment for CD, and what we eat has been demonstrated to impact our mental wellbeing, CD treatment itself is anticipated to impact mental health. Increased dietary control may also cause people to be at an increased risk of disordered eating and adverse mental health outcomes. Understanding more about how dietary beliefs, behaviours and mental health outcomes interact is therefore crucial in supporting psychological wellbeing in this population. The overarching aim of this research portfolio was to understand how diet and dietary beliefs might impact mental wellbeing in females with CD and shed light on females’ experiences of CD in relation to this. Part one of this portfolio presents an empirical paper attempting to identify links between dietary intake, dietary beliefs and mental health outcomes in women aged 18-25 with CD. Findings indicate that females with CD have a suboptimal nutritional intake and that consuming more fats and having higher overall energy intake was associated with more adverse mental health outcomes.  Part two of this portfolio includes an empirical paper which aimed to understand what might influence dietary choices in this population. Three themes were identified as being central to understanding women’s experiences of CD in relation to their dietary choices: negotiating uncertainty in CD; CD related burnout; and a sense of alienation/ separation from others. People described eating more prepackaged gluten free foods due to feelings of exhaustion, avoiding social events that may contain food due to gluten related threat, or consuming food that may be contaminated by gluten in a desire for social inclusion. Findings highlighted the importance of increased dietary and psychological support for females with CD as well as an increased awareness of CD in the general population. Further research in this area with a larger and more representative sample of the global majority is advised.
A Reproductive Health Needs Assessment in Peri-Urban Yangon, Myanmar
Creators: name: Sheehy, Grace
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2015
Subjects: Myanmar
reproductive health
Burma
sexual health
contraception
abortion
delivery

description: The 2010 elections in Myanmar installed the country’s first civilian-elected government in more than 50 years, and subsequent growth and change have been rapid. However, reproductive health indicators are generally poor and reflect significant regional and geographic disparities. Rural populations are increasingly migrating to urban centers, like Yangon, in search of better economic opportunities and in response to persistent conflict. Many are settling in peri-urban Yangon, a dynamic series of townships characterized by poor infrastructure, slums, and a highly mobile population. However, very little is known about the reproductive health needs of this population. This study was designed to identify the reproductive health needs of women in peri-urban Yangon, and to understand better current practices, available services, and potential avenues for improvement. My research focused on delivery care, contraception, abortion, and post-abortion care. Using a multi-methods approach, and standard qualitative analytic techniques, I identified significant unmet reproductive health needs in peri-urban Yangon. The findings suggest that reproductive health services are often available but inaccessible. Findings demonstrate considerable misinformation, common and unsafe practices surrounding abortion and delivery, and a dearth of comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services for adolescent and unmarried populations.
New Borwein-type conjectures
Creators: name: Berkovich, Alexander
name: Dhar, Aritram
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05A16, 05A17, 05A30

description: Motivated by recent research of Wang and Krattenthaler, we use Maple to propose five new ``Borwein-type'' conjectures modulo $3$ and two new ``Borwein-type'' conjectures modulo $5$.
description: 7 pages
A thesis of clinical research and practice: Part A: [A systematic review of the efficacy of compassion-based interventions on older adult wellbeing.] ; Part B: [Investigating the efficacy of a two-week, online compassionate imagery intervention for improving mental wellbeing in veterinarians: A randomised controlled trial.] ; Part C: Summary of Clinical Practice and Assessments
Creators: name: Corthorne, Sarah Elizabeth
Publisher: name: University of Surrey
Year: 2024
Subjects: Compassion Focused Therapy
Online intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention
Wellbeing
Compassion
Veterinarians
Older adults
Systematic review

description: Compassion-based interventions are a reasonably new therapeutic approach for enhancing mental wellbeing and have received a substantial level of research attention in recent years. These interventions aim to cultivate a sense of compassion in their recipients and there is a growing body of literature supporting their efficacy. Research efforts are now focusing on examining the effectiveness of compassion-based interventions in novel groups who are vulnerable to mental health concerns. In line with this, Part A of this thesis sought to systematically review the literature on the efficacy of compassion-based interventions for enhancing older adult wellbeing, adopting a narrative synthesis approach. Whilst it was found that the current evidence base is highly heterogenous and of modest quality, it was concluded that compassion-based interventions appear to have the potential to enhance various aspects of older adult wellbeing (e.g. low mood). Part B of this thesis presents an empirical study which examined the effectiveness of a brief, online compassionate imagery intervention for enhancing veterinarian mental wellbeing. The findings suggest that this innovative intervention can improve a range of wellbeing outcomes in this group, including resilience, self-reassurance and self-criticism.
Geochemical Controls on Uranium Release from Neutral-pH Rock Drainage Produced by Weathering of Granite, Gneiss, and Schist
Creators: name: Skierszkan, Elliott Karl
name: Dockrey, John W.
name: Mayer, K. Ulrich
name: Bondici, Viorica F.
name: McBeth, Joyce M.
name: Beckie, Roger D.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2021

description: We investigated geochemical processes controlling uranium release in neutral-pH (pH ≥ 6) rock drainage (NRD) at a prospective gold deposit hosted in granite, schist, and gneiss. Although uranium is not an economic target at this deposit, it is present in the host rock at a median abundance of 3.7 µg/g, i.e., above the average uranium content of the Earth’s crust. Field bin and column waste-rock weathering experiments using gneiss and schist mine waste rock produced circumneutral-pH (7.6 to 8.4) and high-alkalinity (41 to 499 mg/L as CaCO₃) drainage, while granite produced drainage with lower pH (pH 4.7 to >8) and lower alkalinity (<10 to 210 mg/L as CaCO₃). In all instances, U release was associated with calcium release and formation of weakly sorbing calcium-carbonato-uranyl aqueous complexes. This process accounted for the higher release of uranium from carbonate-bearing gneiss and schist than from granite despite the latter’s higher solid-phase uranium content. In addition, unweathered carbonate-bearing rocks having a higher sulfide-mineral content released more uranium than their oxidized counterparts because sulfuric acid produced during sulfide-mineral oxidation promoted dissolution of carbonate minerals, release of calcium, and formation of calcium-carbonato-uranyl aqueous complexes. Substantial uranium attenuation occurred during a sequencing experiment involving application of uranium-rich gneiss drainage into columns containing Fe-oxide rich schist. Geochemical modeling indicated that uranium attenuation in the sequencing experiment could be explained through surface complexation and that this process is highly sensitive to dissolved calcium concentrations and pCO₂ under NRD conditions.
New simple and accurate quintessence approximations
Creators: name: Alho, Artur
name: Uggla, Claes
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive new approximations for quintessence solutions that are simpler and an order of magnitude more accurate than anything available in the literature, which from an observational perspective \emph{makes numerical calculations superfluous}. For example, our tracking quintessence approximation yields $\sim 0.1\%$ maximum relative errors of $H(z)/H_0$ and $Ω_\mathrm{m}(z)$ for the observationally viable inverse power law scalar field potentials, and similarly for viable thawing quintessence models using two slow-roll parameters. The approximations are trivially computed from the scalar field potential and as an application we give \emph{analytic} expressions for the CPL parameters calculated from an arbitrary scalar field potential for thawing and tracking quintessence models.
description: 36 pages, 12 figures. v2. Text improved, v3. Major re-writing, title slightly changed, matches final published version
Fatigue and fracture behaviour of aluminothermic rail welds under high axle load conditions
Creators: name: Salehi, Iman
Publisher: name: Swinburne
Year: 2024

description: Among different rail welding methods Aluminothermic welding (ATW) is the oldest and simplest procedure widely used for re-railing and replacement of defective rails. Since ATW is a cast welding process in which several aspects are operator-dependent it suffers from the variability of the produced weld quality, presence of casting defects and inconsistencies in the microstructure and mechanical properties. Previous observations have shown that field-welded ATWs have been major sources of fatigue and overload failures in Australian heavy haul railway systems. The most common failure modes are categorized into straight breaks (transverse fissure) and horizontal split webs (HSW). Straight breaks initiate from stress concentration sites at the edge of the weld collar, in the foot, lower web and underhead regions, and propagate in vertical direction under Mode I loading. HSW failures involve the development of a horizontal fatigue crack which initiates from a surface or near-surface gross defect in the weld collar, generally in the mid- or upper-web region. In this study analysis of fatigue crack initiation is performed at the edge of the weld collar of an aluminothermic weld, in order to examine the formation of straight break under high axle load conditions. The fatigue assessment is accomplished using a thermo-structural finite element simulation in ANSYS package followed by a shear based multi-axial fatigue critical plane criterion implemented in a MATLAB computer code. The influence of several parameters including wheel-rail contact patch eccentricity, contact tractions, residual stress distribution, seasonal temperature variation and track support condition is investigated. The analysis identifies the underhead region of a defect-free weld as the most critical location which is subject to severe fatigue damage under harsh curving and hunting behaviours.
The Data Fishbowl: An Ethical and Philosophical Analysis of Information Privacy in an Integrated Digital World
Creators: name: Ekholm, John W.
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2013
Subjects: information
privacy
digital
high-tech
globalization
gewirth
kant
mill
rawls
utilitarian
deontological
social contract
psychological
human rights
ethical
rationalist
philosophical
national security
business
invasion
tracking
surveillance
monitoring

description: Advancements in technology and the advent of the global digital information infrastructure, while offering great benefits, have concurrently eroded privacy and have left us vulnerable to a broad range of ills. “Privacy invasion creep” has progressed to the extent that it raises questions about the future of privacy, its continued viability, and even its relevance. It also raises questions about the value, and perhaps futility, of our attempting to preserve it. This thesis examines privacy, particularly information privacy, in today’s high-tech environment from various philosophical and ethical perspectives, with the aim of shedding light on these issues and, ultimately, to help guide future institutional discussions and decisions on privacy-related matters. To this end, I set out to prove that 1) privacy remains highly relevant on both individual and societal levels, and 2) its restoration and preservation constitutes an ethical imperative. I begin by highlighting the more significant developments that have impacted privacy, to provide context. I then argue in support of privacy’s continued relevance from three perspectives—psychological, sociological and fundamental rights. I also identify risks inherent in its encroachment and point to societal responses that these risks and impacts have prompted in various jurisdictions. Finally, I offer four ethical perspectives—based on the philosophical doctrine of John Stuart Mill, Immanuel Kant, John Rawls and Alan Gewirth—on the moral requirement to restore and preserve privacy. Upholding the first assertion, the evidence presented indicates that privacy is indispensable for emotional well-being and for the social fabric of society, and that it deserves consideration as a human right. It also demonstrates the importance that is widely attributed to privacy, as well as its viability, partly through the many initiatives undertaken to support it. The arguments that are subsequently presented based on each of the four ethical perspectives bear out the second assertion, that the preservation and restoration of privacy constitutes an ethical imperative. I conclude with the finding that the erosion of privacy to date and the current trends give cause for serious concern, sober reflection, and collective action.