cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A multimodal advanced approach for the stratification of carotid artery disease
Creators: name: Mantzaris, Michalis
name: Potsika, Vassiliki
name: Siogkas, Panagiotis
name: Kigka, Vassiliki
name: Pezoulas, Vasileios
name: Pappas, Ioannis
name: Exarchos, Themis
name: Koncar, Igor
name: Pelisek, Jaroslav
name: Andreakos, Evangelos
name: Fotiadis, Dimitrios I.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: carotid artery disease, risk stratification tool,3D reconstruction, plaque growth, blood flow modeling

description: The scope of this paper is to present the novel risk stratification framework for carotid artery disease which is under development in the TAXINOMISIS study. The study is implementing a multimodal strategy, integrating big data and advanced modeling approaches, in order to improve the stratification and management of patients with carotid artery disease, who are at risk for manifesting cerebrovascular events such as stroke. Advanced image processing tools for 3D reconstruction of the carotid artery bifurcation together with hybrid computational models of plaque growth, based on fluid dynamics and agent based modeling, are under development. Model predictions on plaque growth, rupture or erosion combined with big data from unique longitudinal cohorts and biobanks, including multi-omics, will be utilized as inputs to machine learning and data mining algorithms in order to develop a new risk stratification platform able to identify patients at high risk for cerebrovascular events, in a precise and personalized manner. Successful completion of the TAXINOMISIS platform will lead to advances beyond the state of the art in risk stratification of carotid artery disease and rationally reduce unnecessary operations, refine medical treatment and open new directions for therapeutic interventions, with high socioeconomic impact.
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Solving Highly Constrained Search Problems with Quantum Computers
Creators: name: Hogg, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A previously developed quantum search algorithm for solving 1-SAT problems in a single step is generalized to apply to a range of highly constrained k-SAT problems. We identify a bound on the number of clauses in satisfiability problems for which the generalized algorithm can find a solution in a constant number of steps as the number of variables increases. This performance contrasts with the linear growth in the number of steps required by the best classical algorithms, and the exponential number required by classical and quantum methods that ignore the problem structure. In some cases, the algorithm can also guarantee that insoluble problems in fact have no solutions, unlike previously proposed quantum search algorithms.
The circular nutrient economy of terrestrial ecosystems and the consequences for rock weathering
Creators: name: Maher, Kate
name: Blanckenburg, Friedhelm Von
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: rock-derived nutrients
subject: Phosphorous cycling
subject: ecosystem nutrition
subject: chemical weathering
subject: nutrient cycling
subject: ecological model
subject: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::550 Geowissenschaften, Geologie::550 Geowissenschaften

description: Earth’s biosphere is thought to exert a substantial influence on regolith evolution and chemical weathering rates. However, ecosystems are also highly efficient at retaining and recycling nutrients. Thus, when the ecological demand for rock-derived nutrients (e.g., P, Ca, K) exceeds the rates of regolith supply, ecological retention and recycling strategies can minimize nutrient limitations. To evaluate the balance between nutrient recycling and new nutrient input, we combined a plant model that drives growth according to foliar P levels with a weathering model that includes regolith rejuvenation via erosion and export via chemical weathering according to water flow, regolith thickness, mineral dissolution rates, secondary minerals, and nutrient storage in organic and mineral phases. We find that plant growth is strongly dependent on the total regolith nutrient inventory, resulting in a strong correlation between plant productivity and erosion. Increased water export or decreased regolith thickness diminish the total inventory of nutrient corresponding to lower rates of recycling and lower plant growth. In contrast, purported biogenic drivers of weathering, such as enhanced mineral dissolution, only support higher growth rates at high erosion rates. At erosion rates typical of the global land surface, more rapid mineral dissolution combined with enhanced formation of secondary minerals, depletes the inventory of mineral P, resulting in no benefit for plant growth. We also find that the increased chemical weathering export does not scale directly with plant growth. For example, accelerated mineral weathering does increase chemical weathering export but not potential plant growth. Conversely, thicker regolith is associated with a small increase in weathering export, but a large increase in potential plant growth. Collectively, when plant growth is coupled to regolith weathering our calculations suggest that plant productivity is not directly correlated with silicate weathering fluxes, and that biotic drivers of silicate weathering may only be effective at high erosion rates not typical at the Earth’s surface.
Somatization in adolescents with persistent post-concussive symptoms : a retrospective chart review
Creators: name: Green, Katherine
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2019

description: Background: Approximately 30% of adolescents who sustain a concussion experience related symptoms that persist beyond one month post-injury, affecting everyday functioning, developmental achievements, and quality of life. Somatization, the process whereby psychological distress is expressed as unintentionally produced physical symptoms, may relate to and maintain persistent post-concussive symptoms in some adolescents. However, effectively identifying somatization in adolescents with persistent post-concussive symptoms is challenging due to ambiguity about factors that specifically characterize the issue, such as symptoms, impairment levels, premorbid experiences, mental health and medical service use. Objectives: To describe the characteristics of somatization in adolescents with persistent post- concussive symptoms and compare outcomes in adolescents with persistent post-concussive symptoms unaffected by somatization. Methods: This study involved a review of medical records of adolescents referred to a tertiary care interdisciplinary concussion clinic between January 2016 and May 2018. Information on demographics and injury characteristics, post-concussive symptoms, mental health, medical service use, and school attendance was extracted from charts. Those with physician-identified somatization were compared to those without physician-identified somatization. Results: Compared to those unaffected by somatization, adolescents with somatization reported more severe and unusual post-concussive symptoms, demonstrated that they had more post-injury impairment in school attendance, were more likely to have a history of premorbid chronic pain or medically unexplained symptoms, obtained more neuroimaging after injury, and obtained more health care after injury. Conclusions: Adolescents with persistent post-concussive symptoms affected by somatization differed in their experience of post-concussive symptoms, illness behaviours, and pre-morbid history compared to those unaffected by somatization. These findings should help improve clinical identification of somatization in youth following a concussion, and subsequently the referral of affected youth to effective mental health services.
Conductivity and the current-current correlation measure
Creators: name: Combes, J. M.
name: Germinet, F.
name: Hislop, P. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Functional Analysis (math.FA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We review various formulations of conductivity for one-particle Hamiltonians and relate them to the current-current correlation measure. We prove that the current-current correlation measure for random Schrödinger operators has a density at coincident energies provided the energy lies in a localization regime. The density vanishes at such energies and an upper bound on the rate of vanishing is computed. We also relate the current-current correlation measure to the localization length.
Probing resonance matter with virtual photons
Creators: name: Galatyuk, Tetyana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the energy domain of 1-2 GeV per nucleon, HADES has measured rare penetrating probes (e+e-) in C+C, Ar+KCl, d+p, p+p and p+Nb collisions. For the first time the electron pairs were reconstructed from quasi-free n+p sub-reactions by detecting the proton spectator from the deuteron breakup. An experimentally constrained NN reference spectrum was established. Our results demonstrate that the gross features of di-electron spectra in C+C collisions can be explained as a superposition of independent NN collisions. On the other hand, a direct comparison of the NN reference spectrum with the e+e- invariant mass distribution measured in the heavier system Ar+KCl at 1.76 GeV/u shows an excess yield above the reference, which we attribute to radiation from resonance matter. Moreover, the combined measurement of di-electrons and strangeness in Ar+KCl collisions has provided further intriguing results which are also discussed.
description: 10 pages, 3 figures, proceedings of the International Nuclear Physics Conference - INPC 2010, Vancouver, Canada, July 4 - 9 2010
Decision-Theoretic Planning: Structural Assumptions and Computational Leverage
Creators: name: Boutilier, C.
name: Dean, T.
name: Hanks, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Planning under uncertainty is a central problem in the study of automated sequential decision making, and has been addressed by researchers in many different fields, including AI planning, decision analysis, operations research, control theory and economics. While the assumptions and perspectives adopted in these areas often differ in substantial ways, many planning problems of interest to researchers in these fields can be modeled as Markov decision processes (MDPs) and analyzed using the techniques of decision theory. This paper presents an overview and synthesis of MDP-related methods, showing how they provide a unifying framework for modeling many classes of planning problems studied in AI. It also describes structural properties of MDPs that, when exhibited by particular classes of problems, can be exploited in the construction of optimal or approximately optimal policies or plans. Planning problems commonly possess structure in the reward and value functions used to describe performance criteria, in the functions used to describe state transitions and observations, and in the relationships among features used to describe states, actions, rewards, and observations. Specialized representations, and algorithms employing these representations, can achieve computational leverage by exploiting these various forms of structure. Certain AI techniques -- in particular those based on the use of structured, intensional representations -- can be viewed in this way. This paper surveys several types of representations for both classical and decision-theoretic planning problems, and planning algorithms that exploit these representations in a number of different ways to ease the computational burden of constructing policies or plans. It focuses primarily on abstraction, aggregation and decomposition techniques based on AI-style representations.
Shifting From Fear to Self-confidence: Body Mapping as a Transformative Tool in Music Teacher Education
Creators: name: Griffin, Shelley M.
Publisher: name: Alberta Journal of Educational Research
Year: 2016

description: Fear and lack of self-confidence toward music teaching are frequently experienced by many Bachelor of Education teacher candidates when they imagine themselves as future elementary general music teachers. Integrating visual art body mapping in elementary music methods fosters a unique opportunity to identify and interrogate musical experience. Findings from a 2-year narrative inquiry reveal how body mapping provides a window into music teacher identity through understanding the role of musical experience in teacher candidates’ daily lives. Body mapping becomes a transformative tool in music teacher education to move teacher candidates from embodied fear to increased self-confidence in shaping future teaching practice. Lorsque les étudiants au programme de Baccalauréat en Éducation s’imaginent comme enseignants de musique au primaire, ils éprouvent souvent de la peur et un manque de confiance. L’intégration de la cartographie corporelle aux méthodes d’enseignement de la musique au primaire favorise la création d’une occasion unique d’identifier l’expérience musicale et d’y réfléchir. Les résultats d’une enquête narrative ayant duré deux ans révèlent dans quelle mesure la cartographie corporelle offre une fenêtre sur l’identité de l’enseignant de musique en révélant le rôle de l’expérience musicale dans le quotidien des étudiants en pédagogie. La cartographie corporelle devient un outil de transformation dans la formation des enseignants de musique, un instrument qui les éloigne de leur peur enracinée et augmente leur confiance face à leur pratique pédagogique à l’avenir.
description: Alberta Journal of Educational Research, Vol. 61 No. 3 (2015): Fall
Exploring potential impact of Chinese ethnicity on the measurement of depression among adolescents using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale
Creators: name: Song, Claire
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2019

description: BACKGROUND: Depression is one of the main public health challenges among Canadian adolescents. However, research suggests that Chinese adolescents in Canada may experience or express depressive symptoms differently compared to White adolescents, and this may influence the way Chinese adolescents answer items in the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Additionally, research suggests that gender and the strength of ethnic identity may influence the rate of depression among Chinese adolescents only, and how they report depressive symptoms. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to evaluate the measurement equivalence of the CES-D among Chinese and White adolescents living in Canada, and to conduct further investigation of the impact of strength of ethnic identity on responses to CES-D items among Chinese adolescents. METHOD: Data were collected from 961 high school students aged 13–17 years participating in the British Columbia Adolescent Substance Use Survey. The Ordinal Logistic Regression method was used to test for Differential Item Functioning (DIF) on items in the CES-D across Chinese and White adolescents. RESULTS: The initial set of DIF analyses identified non-uniform DIF in CES-D Item 7 between Chinese and White adolescents (χ² = 41.972, R²= 0.046). After controlling for gender and strength of ethnic identity, the results remained the same. In the second set of analyses, CES-D Item 8 demonstrated the statistically significant differential functioning in Chinese participants across different levels of ethnic identity, uniform DIF among Chinese adolescents (χ² = 10.779, R²= 0.044). Controlling for gender did not alter the results. CONCLUSION: The result of this study suggests that there may be a systematic difference in experience or expression of depression among Chinese adolescents. Specifically, CES-D Item 7 did not appear to discriminate the level of depression among Chinese adolescents. Additional research is needed to understand the complex process of DIF to replicate and investigate the process associated with detected DIF in this study.
title: Ð­Ð»ÐµÐºÑÑÐ¸ÑÐµÑÐºÐ°Ñ ÑÐ°ÑÑÑ ÐÐ­Ð¡ Ñ ÑÐµÑÑÑÑÐ¼Ñ Ð±Ð»Ð¾ÐºÐ°Ð¼Ð¸ Ð¼Ð¾ÑÐ½Ð¾ÑÑÑÑ 300 ÐÐÑ
title: Ð²ÑÐ¿ÑÑÐºÐ½Ð°Ñ ÐºÐ²Ð°Ð»Ð¸ÑÐ¸ÐºÐ°ÑÐ¸Ð¾Ð½Ð½Ð°Ñ ÑÐ°Ð±Ð¾ÑÐ° Ð¼Ð°Ð³Ð¸ÑÑÑÐ°
titleType: Subtitle
title: Electrical part of CES with four 300 MW units
Creators: name: ÐÐ°ÑÐ²ÐµÐµÐ², ÐÐ¼Ð¸ÑÑÐ¸Ð¹
Publisher: name: Ð¡Ð°Ð½ÐºÑ-ÐÐµÑÐµÑÐ±ÑÑÐ³ÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ Ð¿Ð¾Ð»Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐ½Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ ÑÐ½Ð¸Ð²ÐµÑÑÐ¸ÑÐµÑ ÐÐµÑÑÐ° ÐÐµÐ»Ð¸ÐºÐ¾Ð³Ð¾
Year: 2021
Subjects: ÐÐµÐ½ÐµÑÐ°ÑÐ¾ÑÑ
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electrical equipment
starting and self-starting
auxiliary needs
wiring diagram

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description: In this work the electrical part of a condensing power plant with a capacity of 4Ñ300 MW has been designed. The cost of all equipment for this station has been calculated, and a comparison of various variants of the structural diagram in terms of economic parameters has been made, the rationale for choosing the optimal variant of the scheme has been given. The short-circuit currents have been calculated and, according to these calculations, the selection of switching devices, measuring current and voltage transformers, current leads and switchgear buses has been made. Based on all these data, various equipment has been selected: generators, transformers, autotransformers, circuit breakers, disconnectors, etc. The calculation and analysis of starting and self-starting of motors in the auxiliary system has been performed.
Asymptotic distributions for a class of generalized $L$-statistics
Creators: name: Borovskikh, Yuri V.
name: Weber, N. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We adapt the techniques in Stigler [Ann. Statist. 1 (1973) 472--477] to obtain a new, general asymptotic result for trimmed $U$-statistics via the generalized $L$-statistic representation introduced by Serfling [Ann. Statist. 12 (1984) 76--86]. Unlike existing results, we do not require continuity of an associated distribution at the truncation points. Our results are quite general and are expressed in terms of the quantile function associated with the distribution of the $U$-statistic summands. This approach leads to improved conditions for the asymptotic normality of these trimmed $U$-statistics.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.3150/09-BEJ240 the Bernoulli (http://isi.cbs.nl/bernoulli/) by the International Statistical Institute/Bernoulli Society (http://isi.cbs.nl/BS/bshome.htm)
DETERMINANTS  OF  MICROFINANCE  LOAN  REPAYMENT  PERFORMANCE:  IN  THE  CASE  OF  OMO  MICROFINANCE  INSTITUTIONS IN GAMO GOFA ZONE, ARBAMINCH BRANCH
Creators: name: Mr. SEGELE SHATE SARO
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: This  study  was  conducted  with  the  aim  of  examining  the  determinants  of  loan  repayment
performance in Omo Micro finance institutions of Gamo Gofa zone, Arbaminch branch. The
study was used both primary and secondary data. The Primary data were collected by using
structured and semi structured questionnaires, FGDs and key informants. Secondary data were
collected  from  the  annual  report  of  2011-2016.  To  collect  the  primary  data  by  stratified
sampling techniques three wereda’s were selected from18 woreda’s by stratifying them as high,
medium and low repayment performance. Then, from each woredas three kebeles were selected
purposively. Finally 183 sample respondents  were randomly selected from  both defaulter and
non-default  borrowers  by  quota.   Descriptive  statistics  were  used  to  describe  the  socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents, and  the  Logit model was used to identify factors
determine loan repayment performance of Omo micro finance clients in the study area.  Based
on  the  study  result,  selection    method  of  clients  were  the  main  factor  that  affecting  loan
repayment  in  selected  sub  branches.  The  result  indicated  that  interest  rate,  loan  size  and
training  were  negatively  and  significantly  related  to  loan  repayment  performance  of  Omo
microfinance institutions. Follow up and supervision,  business type  and economic shock  were
important  factors  which  affected  loan  repayment  performance  of  the  Omo  microfinance
institutions  positively  and  significantly.  Therefore,  the  study  recommends  the  identified
significant  variables  to  be  a  mechanism  for  further  involvements  by  financial  institutions,
stakeholders and rule and regulation makers so as to come with a breakthrough to significantly
decrease defaulting problems.
THE EFFECT OF VALUE ADDED TAX ADMINISTRATION ON   REVENUE PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF GAMO GOFA ZONE, SOUTHERN, ETHIOPIA
Creators: name: AMARECH BEYENE BEZABIH
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of Value Added Tax (VAT) administration
on revenue performance in Gamo Gofa Zone. The total population of the target group of
the study area 686 VAT registered tax payers from sample woredas. Out of 686 to achieve
this objective, the study has applied purposive sampling technique to select 253
representative respondents. Mixed research designs both quantitative and qualitative
methods were adopted. The secondary data were examined from annual reports of the
authority from the year 2004-008E.C.The Quantitative data were collected through
questionnaire and entered into statistical package  for social science (SPSS) software
version 20 and analysed using tools of descriptive statistics such as: mean, frequency&
percentage. The qualitative data collected informer interview through prepared checklists
and semi-structured questions respectively were interpreted and analysed to triangulate
the data which were collected and analysed by using quantitative method. Generally, the
cumulative findings shown that lack of awareness among tax payers; limitation of payer
identification & registration; lack of effective audit practices; lack of supply and usage of
ETR machine are the effects for VAT administration in the study area. Established and in
depth creation of awareness, institutional capacity building, strong follow-  up and
implication of the declared laws, rules and regulations, design to use modernized
monitoring mechanism,  follow networking system that, SGTA (Standard Government Tax
Administration) & push tax payers to  use cash registration machine are major
recommendations by the researcher according to its findings.
Direct Photon Tagged Jets in 200 GeV Au+Au Collisions at PHENIX
Creators: name: Connors, Megan E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2011
Subjects: photon
jet
hadron
correlations
π0
flow

description: The focus of this thesis is the direct photon-hadron correlation analysis of this newer data set with an expanded kinematic range. Analysis details related to two particle correlations in general and the γdir-h extraction, along with a discussion of the resulting systematic uncertainties, are presented. The kT was also determined from γdir-h measurements in p+p collisions, by fitting the dependence of the width of the pout distribution as a function of trigger pT with a LO plus Gaussian kT smearing model.
Structure of Water at Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Interfaces: Raman Spectroscopy of Water Confined in Periodic Mesoporous (Organo)Silicas
Creators: name: Malfait, Benjamin
name: Moréac, Alain
name: Jani, Aïcha
name: Lefort, Ronan
name: Huber, Patrick
name: Fröba, Michael
name: Morineau, Denis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The temperature dependence of the structure of water confined in hydrophilic mesostructured porous silica (MCM-41) and hydrophobic benzene-bridged periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMO) is studied by Raman vibrational spectroscopy. For capillary filled pores (75% relative humidity, RH), the OH-stretching region is dominated by the contribution from liquid water situated in the core part of the pore. It adopts a bulk-like structure that is modestly disrupted by confinement and surface hydrophobicity. For partially filled pores (33% RH), the structure of the non-freezable adsorbed film radically differs from that found in capillary filled pores. A first remarkable feature is the absence of the Raman spectral fingerprint of low density amorphous ice, even at low temperature (-120{\textdegree}C). Secondly, additional bands reveal water hydroxyls groups pointing towards the different water/solid and water/vapor interfaces. For MCM-41, they correspond to water molecules acting as weak H-bond donors with silica, and dangling hydroxyl groups oriented towards the empty center of the pore. For benzene-bridged PMO, we found an additional type of dangling hydroxyl groups, which we attribute to water at hydrophobic solid interface.
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title: Ð²ÑÐ¿ÑÑÐºÐ½Ð°Ñ ÐºÐ²Ð°Ð»Ð¸ÑÐ¸ÐºÐ°ÑÐ¸Ð¾Ð½Ð½Ð°Ñ ÑÐ°Ð±Ð¾ÑÐ° Ð±Ð°ÐºÐ°Ð»Ð°Ð²ÑÐ°
titleType: Subtitle
title: Develop of a quasi-optimal discrete matched filter
Creators: name: ÐÐ°Ð¼ÑÑÐ¶Ðµ, ÐÐ¾Ð·ÑÐµ
Publisher: name: Ð¡Ð°Ð½ÐºÑ-ÐÐµÑÐµÑÐ±ÑÑÐ³ÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ Ð¿Ð¾Ð»Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐ½Ð¸ÑÐµÑÐºÐ¸Ð¹ ÑÐ½Ð¸Ð²ÐµÑÑÐ¸ÑÐµÑ ÐÐµÑÑÐ° ÐÐµÐ»Ð¸ÐºÐ¾Ð³Ð¾
Year: 2022
Subjects: Ð¾ÑÐ½Ð¾ÑÐµÐ½Ð¸Ðµ ÑÐ¸Ð³Ð½Ð°Ð»/ÑÑÐ¼
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signal-to-noise ratio
video pulse signal
matched filter

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description: The object of the study â two-channel quasi-optimal discrete matched filter. The purpose of the Work â develop a quasi-optimal discrete matched filter. This work is devoted to modeling a two-channel quasi-optimal discrete matched filter, based on an RC filter. It was seen that the signal to noise ratio at the output is greater which satisfies the specified requirements and separation on the background of interference. Problems solved during the study: 1. Designing a structural diagram of a two-channel Quasi-optimal discrete matched filter. 2. Calculation of RC filter, input and output voltage parameters. 3. Study of developed circuit of multichannel matched filter and evaluation of obtained results. The result of the researched work can be applied in the educational process as laboratory work and practical classes.
การพัฒนาการเรียนการสอนวิชาพื้นฐานงานไม้ ปฏิบัติการเชิงลึกสำหรับนักศึกษาระดับอุดมศึกษา โดยใช้ทฤษฎีการเรียนรู้ของบลูม
Creators: name: บรรจงศักดิ์  พิมพ์ทอง
Publisher: name: Walailak University
Year: 2020
Subjects: การพัฒนาการเรียนการสอน
พื้นฐานงานไม้ เชิงปฏิบัติการแบบเข้ม
ทฤษฎีการเรียนรู้ของบลูม

description: Walailak Journal of Learning Innovations, 6, 2, 165-194
A  Thesis Submitted to the Department of Accounting and Finance to undertake a study for  Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of a Master  Science  (M.Sc.) Degree in Accounting and Finance.
Creators: name: BATILE BARNAKA
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: Working capital management involves the management of the most short-term assets and liabilities  of the
firm which includes cash and cash equivalents, Inventories and trade and other receivables. Most firms
do not hold the  required  amount of working capital and this has been a major obstacle to their overall
profitability.  The study used a quantitative  research  design of  the six (6)  selected  private  limited  large
scale  manufacturing firms operating in the Hawassa  city. For this purpose, balanced panel  data  obtained
from document analysis of annual financial  reports of years ending June 30: 2011-2015. Multiple
regression and correlation analyses were carried out on the data to determine the relationships between
components of working capital management and the gross operating profit of the firms. The study
established that gross operating profit was positively correlated with Average Collection Period and
Average Payment Period but negatively correlated with Cash Conversion Cycle. The relationship
between Inventory Turnover in Days and gross operating profit was insignificant.  Based on the key
findings from this study it has  been concluded that the management of firms are capable of gaining
sustainable competitive advantage by means of effective and efficient utilization of the resources of the
organization through a careful reduction of the cash conversion cycle to its minimum and can create
value for their shareholders by investing account payables in short-term financings. In so doing, the
profitability of the firms is expected to increase.
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THE EFFECT OF EMPLOYEE TRAINING ON  SERVICE QUALITY IN COMMERCIAL BANK OF  ETHIOPIA
Creators: name: MINTESNOT GETAHUN
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: The purpose of this research is to  assess the effect of training on service quality  in
commercial bank of Ethiopia. The sampling techniques employed to collect primary
information were random sampling. The study focused on the population who are currently
working in Commercial Bank of Ethiopia found in Wolita soddo District only. Total sample
size would  be 314 respondents for the self-administered questionnaires and 15 interviewees
for the face to face interview that made with HRM, HR experts and HR officers. The district
was selected due to high number of customer complain as report of June 30, 2016. This study
used explanatory research design and collect both primary and secondary data. Correlation
and multiple regressions were used to investigate the relationship between dependent and
independent variables. The regression result also shows that training design, off job training
method are more likelihood effect on service quality but on job training have less likelihood
effect on service quality.  according to  CBE training policy and procedure  there is  no clear
statement shows the alignment of training with service quality. Regarding to training method
CBE should be used different training method based on the training program. an
organization should carefully design training because training design significantly affects
service quality. CBE to improve service quality they should have a policy and procedure that
link training with service quality.
Search for squarks and gluinos using final states with jets and missing transverse momentum with the ATLAS detector in sqrt(s) = 7 TeV proton-proton collisions
Creators: name: The ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A search for squarks and gluinos in final states containing jets, missing transverse momentum and no electrons or muons is presented. The data were recorded by the ATLAS experiment in sqrt(s) = 7 TeV proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider. No excess above the Standard Model background expectation was observed in 35 inverse picobarns of analysed data. Gluino masses below 500 GeV are excluded at the 95% confidence level in simplified models containing only squarks of the first two generations, a gluino octet and a massless neutralino. The exclusion increases to 870 GeV for equal mass squarks and gluinos. In MSUGRA/CMSSM models with tan(beta)= 3, A_0=0 and mu>0, squarks and gluinos of equal mass are excluded below 775 GeV. These are the most stringent limits to date.
description: 5 pages plus author list (17 pages total), 3 figures, 2 tables, submitted to Physics Letters B
MPEC 2025-H103 : COMET P/2007 SA24 (Lemmon)
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: COMET P/2007 SA24 (Lemmon)

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Nathusius’ bats, Pipistrellus nathusii, bypass mating opportunities of their own species, but respond to foraging heterospecifics on migratory transit flights
Creators: name: Marggraf, Lara C.
name: Lindecke, Oliver
name: Voigt, Christian C.
name: Pētersons, Gunārs
name: Voigt-Heucke, Silke L.
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: playback
subject: phonotaxis
subject: bats
subject: acoustic communication
subject: animal migration
subject: eavesdropping
subject: echolocation
subject: Pipistrellus nathusii
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::630 Landwirtschaft::630 Landwirtschaft und verwandte Bereiche

description: In late summer, migratory bats of the temperate zone face the challenge of accomplishing two energy-demanding tasks almost at the same time: migration and mating. Both require information and involve search efforts, such as localizing prey or finding potential mates. In non-migrating bat species, playback studies showed that listening to vocalizations of other bats, both con-and heterospecifics, may help a recipient bat to find foraging patches and mating sites. However, we are still unaware of the degree to which migrating bats depend on con-or heterospecific vocalizations for identifying potential feeding or mating opportunities during nightly transit flights. Here, we investigated the vocal responses of Nathusius’ pipistrelle bats, Pipistrellus nathusii, to simulated feeding and courtship aggregations at a coastal migration corridor. We presented migrating bats either feeding buzzes or courtship calls of their own or a heterospecific migratory species, the common noctule, Nyctalus noctula. We expected that during migratory transit flights, simulated feeding opportunities would be particularly attractive to bats, as well as simulated mating opportunities which may indicate suitable roosts for a stopover. However, we found that when compared to the natural silence of both pre-and post-playback phases, bats called indifferently during the playback of conspecific feeding sounds, whereas P. nathusii echolocation call activity increased during simulated feeding of N. noctula. In contrast, the call activity of P. nathusii decreased during the playback of conspecific courtship calls, while no response could be detected when heterospecific call types were broadcasted. Our results suggest that while on migratory transits, P. nathusii circumnavigate conspecific mating aggregations, possibly to save time or to reduce the risks associated with social interactions where aggression due to territoriality might be expected. This avoidance behavior could be a result of optimization strategies by P. nathusii when performing long-distance migratory flights, and it could also explain the lack of a response to simulated conspecific feeding. However, the observed increase of activity in response to simulated feeding of N. noctula, suggests that P. nathusii individuals may be eavesdropping on other aerial hawking insectivorous species during migration, especially if these occupy a slightly different foraging niche.
DETERMINANTS OF INTERNAL AUDIT EFFECTIVENESS: A  CASE STUDY ON SELECTED GC-1 PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION  COMPANIES IN ETHIOPIA
Creators: name: AMANUEL GEZMU
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: The main purpose of this study is to investigate the determinants of internal audit effectiveness of
the GC-1  Private  construction companies in Ethiopia.  This  investigation is  focused on 14
purposely selected  GC-1  Private construction companies in Ethiopia  that are  expected  to
represent all other GC-1 Private construction companies. The Internal Auditors and Managers
of  the companies (General Managers and  Deputy General  Managers)  of the  selected  GC-1
Private construction companies are the source for the required data to the researcher through
the questionnaires  administered.  In Addition,  the finding of this study is to show the direct
relation effects of  involvement of internal auditors in management activity,  Auditor Skill,
Management Support, Reporting structure and Management  View  with the internal audit
effectiveness on GC-1 Private construction companies in Ethiopia. According to  the regression
output the  involvement of internal auditors in management activity  is  negatively related  and
statistically  significant  with IAE.  Internal  Auditor Skill, Management Support and  Direct
Reporting structure of internal auditor were contributed for the internal audit effectiveness in the
GC-1 Private construction  companies’  positively  related  and  statistically  significant. And
management view for internal auditors also positively related with the IAE but its contribution
for the internal audit  effectiveness  were statistically not significance.  All  of these five
independent variables are make 67.4% of the contributions for internal audit effectiveness in the
GC-1 Private  construction companies. The Private construction companies  should understand
that the contributions of these variables  are collectively significant to identify any
noncompliance activities in their companies and to add values for the internal audit effectiveness
in their company.
How do financial development and environmental policy stringency affect renewable energy innovation? The Porter Hypothesis and beyond
Creators: name: Li, Songran
name: Shao, Qinglong
Publisher: name: Freie Universität Berlin
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Financial market development level
subject: Environmental policy stringency
subject: Renewable energy innovation
subject: Porter Hypothesis (PH)
subject: Panel threshold model
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::320 Politikwissenschaft::320 Politikwissenschaft
subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften::330 Wirtschaft::330 Wirtschaft

description: Multiple studies have examined the effects of financial development on renewable energy consumption, but little is known about its impact on renewable energy innovation. The validity of the Porter Hypothesis (PH) in renewable energy industries—that is, whether stricter environmental policies promote innovation—remains unclear. This study explores the effects of financial market development and environmental policy stringency on renewable energy innovation, as well as whether renewable innovation differs with levels of stringency of environmental policy and levels of development of the financial market. We apply a nonlinear panel threshold model to the 37 member countries of the organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) from 1990 to 2019. The results show that as financial development increases, its impact gradually declines, and that as environmental policy becomes more stringent, its impact rapidly increases. This finding implies that financial development is associated with greater increases in renewable innovation in countries with a medium level of financial development, and that stricter environmental policies can be used by OECD countries to increase innovation. This study therefore confirms the validity of the PH as well as the financial development effect on renewable innovation in OECD countries. It also finds that international oil prices and the level of research and development expenditure have significantly positive effects on renewable innovation. Policy suggestions for developing financial markets and increasing policy stringency are proposed.
DETERMINANTS OF INTERNAL AUDIT EFFECTIVENESS: A CASE STUDY ON SELECTED GC-1 PRIVATE CONSTRUCTION  COMPANIES IN ETHIOPIA
Creators: name: AMANUEL GEZMU
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: The main purpose of this study is to investigate the determinants of internal audit effectiveness of
the GC-1 Private construction companies in Ethiopia. This investigation is focused on 14
purposely selected GC-1 Private construction companies in Ethiopia that are expected to
represent all other GC-1 Private construction companies. The Internal Auditors and Managers
of the companies (General Managers and Deputy General Managers) of the selected GC-1
Private construction companies are the source for the required data to the researcher through
the questionnaires administered. In Addition, the finding of this study is to show the direct
relation effects of involvement of internal auditors in management activity, Auditor Skill,
Management Support, Reporting structure and Management View with the internal audit
effectiveness on GC-1 Private construction companies in Ethiopia. According to the regression
output the involvement of internal auditors in management activity is negatively related and
statistically significant with IAE. Internal Auditor Skill, Management Support and Direct
Reporting structure of internal auditor were contributed for the internal audit effectiveness in the
GC-1 Private construction companies’ positively related and statistically significant. And
management view for internal auditors also positively related with the IAE but its contribution
for the internal audit effectiveness were statistically not significance. All of these five
independent variables are make 67.4% of the contributions for internal audit effectiveness in the
GC-1 Private construction companies. The Private construction companies should understand
that the contributions of these variables are collectively significant to identify any
noncompliance activities in their companies and to add values for the internal audit effectiveness
in their company.
Evidence for mechanical softening-hardening dual anomaly in transition metals from shock compressed vanadium
Creators: name: Wang, Hao
name: Li, J.
name: Zhou, X. M.
name: Tan, Y.
name: Hao, L.
name: Yu, Y. Y.
name: Dai, C. D.
name: Jin, K.
name: Wu, Q.
name: Jing, Q. M.
name: Chen, X. R.
name: Yan, X. Z.
name: Wang, Y. X.
name: Geng, Hua Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Solid usually becomes harder and tougher under compression, and turns softer at elevated temperature. Recently, compression-induced softening and heating-induced hardening (CISHIH) dual anomaly was predicted in group VB elements such as vanadium. Here, the evidence for this counterintuitive phenomenon is reported. By using accurate high-temperature high-pressure sound velocities measured at Hugoniot states generated by shock-waves, together with first-principles calculations, we observe not only the prominent compression-induced sound velocity reduction, but also strong heating-induced sound velocity enhancement, in shocked vanadium. The former corresponds to the softening in shear modulus by compression, whereas the latter reflects the reverse hardening by heat. These experiments also unveil another anomaly in Young's modulus that wasn't reported before. Based on the experimental and theoretical data, we infer that vanadium might transition from BCC into two different rhombohedral (RH1 and RH2) phases at about 79GPa and 116GPa along the Hugoniot, respectively, which implies a dramatic difference in static and dynamic loading, as well as the significance of deviatoric stress and rate-relevant effects in high-pressure phase transition dynamics.
description: 43 pages, 16 figures, with Supplementary Material
Astrometric jitter of the sun as a star
Creators: name: Makarov, V. V.
name: Parker, D.
name: Ulrich, R. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The daily variation of the solar photocenter over some 11 years is derived from the Mount Wilson data reprocessed by Ulrich et al. 2010 to closely match the surface distribution of solar irradiance. The standard deviations of astrometric jitter are 0.52 $μ$AU and 0.39 $μ$AU in the equatorial and the axial dimensions, respectively. The overall dispersion is strongly correlated with the solar cycle, reaching $0.91 μ$AU at the maximum activity in 2000. The largest short-term deviations from the running average (up to 2.6 $μ$AU) occur when a group of large spots happen to lie on one side with respect to the center of the disk. The amplitude spectrum of the photocenter variations never exceeds 0.033 $μ$AU for the range of periods 0.6--1.4 yr, corresponding to the orbital periods of planets in the habitable zone. Astrometric detection of Earth-like planets around stars as quiet as the Sun is not affected by star spot noise, but the prospects for more active stars may be limited to giant planets.
description: Accepted in ApJ