cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
African labour in South Central Africa, 1890-1914 and nineteenth cneutry colonial labour theory
Creators: name: MacKenzie, John MacDonald
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: This thesis is concerned with the mobilisation of African labour in South Central Africa and the creation of a dual economy there. The problem it seeks to examine is why a purely migrant labour system was created, in which Africans spent only short periods in the cash economy interspersed with longer periods in their own subsistence one. This problem is closely linked with the wider issues of land policy, native policy, and colonial labour theory in the nineteenth century. Using the records of the Colonial Office and of the British South Africa Company's administrations in Northern and Southern Rhodesia, together with other contemporary material, an attempt is made to examine the relationship between developments in the Rhodesias and wider colonial experience, between the Company's aims in its administration and the Colonial Office's control of it. Colonial labour theory in the nineteenth century is found to have emerged as a response to the end of the slave trade and the emancipation of the slaves, as a need to substitute for force both stimulants (like taxation) to overcome so-called tropical indolence and a modicum of land hunger to overcome excessive dependence on subsistence. This had to be balanced, however, by the need to protect the interests and rights of indigenous peoples in the face of humanitarian concern and international opinion. These considerations, coupled with administrative expediency and the desire of European settler communities for the security of social and political segregation, led to the creation of a reserves policy. In Southern Rhodesia, the absence of a genuine reserves policy during the first years of settlement appeared to lead to disastrous relations with the native peoples. The Colonial Office insisted upon the creation of reserves, and the effect, if not the intention, of subsequent Company native policy was to move Africans increasingly on to the reserves, away from European centres of employment, opportunities for marketing produce and stock, and principal lines of communication. As a result, Africans' capacity to respond rationally to the cash economy actually declined as opportunities for exploring the various avenues into it were withdrawn with geographical isolation. In consequence labour became a purely migratory experience which entailed brief periods in the essentially alien environment (accentuated by ordinance) of the town or mine location. This was accentuated also by the migration of labour into Southern Rhodesia from throughout South Central Africa and the import of indentured labour from overseas, policies pursued by an administration convinced of the inadequacy of the internal labour supply. Thus Colonial Office concern for the protection of the native interest led to the perpetuation of an inefficient and, to the African, disturbing system, which ultimately facilitated the mortgaging of Africans' social and political development.
Spins coupled to a Spin Bath: From Integrability to Chaos
Creators: name: Schliemann, John
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by the hyperfine interaction of electron spins with surrounding nuclei, we investigate systems of central spins coupled to a bath of noninteracting spins in the framework of random matrix theory. With increasing number of central spins a transition from Poissonian statistics to the Gaussian orthogonal ensemble occurs which can be described by a generalized Brody distribution. These observations are unaltered upon applying an external magnetic field. In the transition region, the classical counterparts of the models studied have mixed phase space.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures included, version to appear in Phys. Rev B (Rapid Comm.)
Global surface temperature signals in pine ring-width chronologies from southern monsoon Asia
Creators: Buckley, Brendan M.
Cook, Benjamin I.
Bhattacharyya, A.
Dukpa, D.
Chaudhary, V.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2005
Subjects: Pine
Earth temperature
Monsoons
Dendroclimatology
Climatology

description: We analyze Pinus ring width chronologies from three locations across monsoon Asia (Bhutan, India, and Thailand) where climate is dominated by the southwest monsoon in the boreal summer. We compare these records to global surface temperatures for the past 150 years, shifting the correlations through three seasonal averages: two seasons preceding the monsoon (Dec–Feb and Mar–May), and the monsoon season itself (Jun–Sep). Clear patterns emerge for each of the chronologies that highlight links to areas of known influence on the Asian monsoon: the Indian Ocean, the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean, and the high-latitude Asian landmass. The Thai and Indian chronologies are from the same species (P. merkusii), and show a strong correlation with tropical Indian and Pacific Ocean bands. The Bhutan chronology (P. Wallichiana) is most strongly linked to climate over the north Pacific and Asian landmass. All of these correlations are strongest in seasons preceding the summer monsoon.
title: Identifying Factors Common Among Students who Do Not Fit the Typical Mathematics Self-Efficacy and Achievement Correlation
Creators: name: Mantilla, Jodi H.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2015

description: Previous research has shown that mathematical self-efficacy is positively correlated with mathematical performance level. However, in elementary classroom settings, teachers noticed that students with high mathematical self-efficacy had low mathematical performance level. On the other end of the spectrum, there are students who have low mathematical self-efficacy yet excel in mathematics. Discovering what factors are common among these two types of students can aid teachers in helping these students improve their self-efficacy and mathematics performance.
This explanatory mixed-methods design was conducted in a K-6 elementary school with the research participants consisting of fourth-, fifth-, and sixth-grade students. The first of two research phases included assessing students’ mathematical performance level and mathematical self-efficacy. Utilizing the criteria of high or low performance in correlation to high or low self-efficacy, the students were placed into one of four categories; high performance/high self-efficacy (High P/High SE), low performance/low self-efficacy (Low P/Low SE), high performance/low self-efficacy (High P/Low SE), and low performance/high self-efficacy (Low P/High SE). Phase II of the research included interviewing the top two students from the High P/High SE group and the bottom two from the Low P/Low SE group as well as all of the students in the High P/Low SE and the Low P/High SE groups. After the interviews were analyzed, the researcher identified the factors that are common to the High P/Low SE and Low P/High SE groups that were not found in the High P/High SE or Low P/Low SE groups. Some examples of these factors for students with High P/Low SE included feelings of jealousy, not feeling smart even when the math is easy, and not feeling encouraged by teachers and parents. Examples of these factors for students with Low P/High SE included preferring completing assignments in a group and giving up when the mathematics gets difficult. The potential implications of this research may be used in elementary classrooms to help teachers identify outlier students as well as help students better align their self-efficacy with their achievement level. The intended audience of this research was elementary mathematics teachers.
Additional file 1 of Multiparametric bone MRI targeting aides lesion selection for CT-guided sclerotic bone biopsies in metastatic castrate resistant prostate cancer
Creators: name: Donners, Ricardo
name: Figueiredo, Ines
name: Westaby, Daniel
name: Koh, Dow-Mu
name: Tunariu, Nina
name: Carreira, Suzanne
name: de Bono, Johann S.
name: Fotiadis, Nicos
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer

description: Supplementary Material 1: CT-guided, sclerotic bone biopsies in prostate cancer patients, contemporary literature results for CT-guided sclerotic bone biopsies
The MAP Data Policy application: implication for contracting parties and future tasks (Insights on broader Data Governance)
Creators: name: Minelli, Annalisa
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This presentation has been held during the first day of SPA/RAC training on Platforms for biodiversity (Rome, 6-7 february 2024). The presentation focuses on data policy application, with implication for the contracting parties and the future tasks to accomplish the aims of the adopted data policy.
Excitonic effects in the optical conductivity of gated graphene
Creators: name: Peres, N. M. R.
name: Ribeiro, R. M.
name: Neto, A. H. Castro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the effect of electron-electron interactions in the optical conductivity of graphene under applied bias and derive a generalization of Elliot's formula, commonly used for semiconductors, for the optical intensity. We show that {\it excitonic resonances} are responsible for several features of the experimentally measured mid-infrared response of graphene such as the increase of the conductivity beyond the "universal" value above the Fermi blocked regime, the broadening of the absorption at the threshold, and the decrease of the optical conductivity at higher frequencies. Our results are also in agreement with {\it ab initio} calculations in the neutral regime.
description: New version with discussion improved
title: Halo EFT for ³¹Ne in a spherical formalism
Creators: name: Elkamhawy, Wael
name: Hammer, Hans-Werner
Publisher: name: IOP Publishing
Year: 2023

description: We calculate the electromagnetic properties of the deformed one-neutron halo candidate ³¹Ne using Halo effective field theory (Halo EFT). In this framework, ³¹Ne is bound via a resonant P-wave interaction between the ³⁰Ne core and the valence neutron. We set up a spherical formalism for ³¹Ne in order to calculate the electromagnetic form factors and the E1-breakup strength distribution into the ³⁰Ne-neutron continuum at leading order in Halo EFT. The associated uncertainties are estimated according to our power counting. In particular, we assume that the deformation of the ³⁰Ne core enters at next-to-leading order. It can be accounted for by including the J P = 2+ excited state of ³⁰Ne as an explicit field in the effective Lagrangian.
B.Sc.AmrAbdellatif.pdf
Creators: name: Abdellatif, Amr
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 80104 Computer Vision
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We explored the requirement of proven features for real-time use in web browsers, adopting a linear SVM based face detection model as a test case to evaluate each
descriptor with appropriate parameters. After checking multiple feature extraction algorithms, we decided to study the following four descriptors Histogram of oriented
gradients, Canny edge detection, Local binary pattern, and Dense DAISY . These four descriptors are used in various computer vision tasks to o?er a wide range of options. We then investigated the influence of di?erent parameters as well as dimension reduction on each descriptor computational time and its ability to be processed in real-time. We also evaluated the influence of such changes on the
accuracy of each model.
Temperature-Dependent Infrared Reflectivity Studies of Multiferroic TbMnO_{3}: Evidence for Spin-Phonon Coupling
Creators: name: Kumar, Pradeep
name: Saha, Surajit
name: Serrao, C. R.
name: Sood, A. K.
name: Rao, C. N. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have measured near normal incidence far infrared (FIR) reflectivity spectra of a single crystal of TbMnO3 from 10K to 300K in the spectral range of 50 cm$^{-1}$ to 700 cm$^{-1}$. Fifteen transverse optic (TO) and longitudinal optic (LO) modes are identified in the imaginary part of the dielectric function $ε_2$($ω$) and energy loss function Im(-1/$ε$($ω$)), respectively. Some of the observed phonon modes show anomalous softening below the magnetic transition temperature T$_N$ (~ 46K). We attribute this anomalous softening to the spin-phonon coupling caused by phonon modulation of the super-exchange integral between the Mn$^{3+}$ spins. The effective charge of oxygen (Z$_O$) calculated using the measured LO-TO splitting increases below T$_N$.
description: 16 pages, 6 figures, 1 table
title: Unlocking the conflictive ethos in protracted conflicts : can for-profit initiatives support agonistic peacebuilding in Myanmar?
Creators: name: Armstrong, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: University of St Andrews
Year: 2020

description: Across peacebuilding and political-economy literature, there is mounting recognition that a political peace abstracted from economic realities is unlikely to hold, especially where horizontal inequalities go unaddressed. Concurrently, there is growing evidence suggesting the need to engage for-profit initiatives and actors in peacebuilding to address pragmatic, everyday concerns. Against the backdrop of hybrid peacebuilding theses and by innovatively bringing complementary but divided peacebuilding, political economy and social psychology scholarship together, this thesis considers the question, In the context of post-liberal peacebuilding literature and the increasingly acknowledged need to address socio-psychological infrastructures of conflict, under what conditions and through which strategies might for-profit initiatives contribute to the establishment of agonistic relations between communities experiencing protracted conflict? Utilizing Daniel Bar-Tal’s (1998, 2007) eight themes of societal beliefs as a point of reference, the research interrogates how for profit activities might engage with existing institutions, actors, and programmes, and what their legitimacy, priorities and motives might be. Presenting a unique contribution to the literature on a complex contemporary conflict with implications for regional Asian power dynamics, the research is grounded in and presented against the context of Myanmar’s transition from authoritarian rule; a context within which peace and economic reform are overtly and inextricably intertwined with elite majority, structural power, and weaponised social norms. The thesis presents an analysis of original data collected from three active, hybrid, for-profit initiatives undertaken in active conflicts which seek to transform perceptions of other at the local level, acknowledging that ‘top-down’ peace and constitutional reform processes are underway. The thesis reveals original evidence that small-scale, for-profit initiatives may be uniquely placed at the local level to establish agonistic relations by enabling contact between communities which would otherwise not be engaged in peacebuilding, and that, when appropriately structured, such initiatives have the potential to ‘unlock’ the prevailing conflictive ethos. In doing so, the thesis advances the dual concepts that a ‘reboot’ is needed in our understanding of how peace is conceived, and that iterative steps which advance agonistic relations, integrated more closely with for-profit and community realities, are likely to be the future of peacebuilding rather than the grand bargains of the past which favour well positioned elites and replicate conflict cycles.
title: Fire Environment Analysis at Army Garrison Camp Williams in Relation to Fire Behavior Potential for Gauging Fuel Modification Needs
Creators: name: Frost, Scott M.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2015

description: Large fires (400 ha +) occur about every seven to ten years in the vegetation types located at US Army Garrison Camp Williams (AGCW) practice range located near South Jordan, Utah. In 2010 and 2012, wildfires burned beyond the Camp’s boundaries into the wildland-urban interface. The political and public reaction to these fire escapes was intense. Researchers at Utah State University were asked to organize a system of fuel treatments that could be developed to prevent future escapes. The first step of evaluation was to spatially predict fuel model types derived from a random forests classification approach. Fuel types were mapped according to fire behavior fuel models with an overall validation of 72.3% at 0.5 m resolution. Next, using a combination of empirical and semi-empirical based methods, potential fire behavior was analyzed for the dominant vegetation types at AGCW on a climatological basis. Results suggest the need for removal of woody vegetation within 20 m of firebreaks and a minimum firebreak width of 8 m in grassland fuels. In Utah juniper (Juniperus osteosperma (Torr.) Little), results suggest canopy coverage of 25% or less while in Gambel oak (Quercus gambelii Nutt.) stands along the northern boundary of the installation, a fuelbreak width of 60 m for secondary breaks and 90 m for primary breaks is recommended.
B.Sc.HaoLiu.pdf
Creators: name: Liu, Hao
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 80104 Computer Vision
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Machine learning continues to be an increasingly integral component of our lives, whether we are applying the techniques to research or business problems. Machine
learning models ought to be able to give accurate predictions in order to create real value for a given organization. At the same time Machine learning training by
running algorithms on the browser has gradually become a trend. As the closest link to users in the Internet, the web front-end can also create a better experience for our users through AI capabilities. This article will focus on how to evaluate machine learning algorithms and deploy machine learning models in the browser.We will use "Cars", "MNIST" and "Cifar-10" datasets to test LeNet, AlexNet, GoogLeNet
and ResNet models in the browser. On the other hand, we will also test emerging lightweight models such as MobileNet. By trying, comparing, and comprehensively
evaluating regression and classification tasks, we can summarize some excellent methods/models and experiences suitable for machine learning in the browser.
Sequential resonant tunneling in quantum cascade lasers
Creators: name: Terazzi, Romain
name: Gresch, Tobias
name: Wittmann, Andreas
name: Faist, Jérôme
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A model of sequential resonant tunneling transport between two-dimensional subbands that takes into account explicitly elastic scattering is investigated. It is compared to transport measurements performed on quantum cascade lasers where resonant tunneling processes are known to be dominating. Excellent agreement is found between experiment and theory over a large range of current, temperature and device structures.
Additional file 1 of Evaluating the cost-effectiveness of [18F]FDG-PET/CT for investigation of persistent or recurrent neutropenic fever in high-risk haematology patients
Creators: name: Tew, Michelle
name: Douglas, Abby P.
name: Szer, Jeff
name: Bajel, Ashish
name: Harrison, Simon J.
name: Tio, Shio Yen
name: Worth, Leon J.
name: Hicks, Rodney J.
name: Ritchie, David
name: Slavin, Monica A.
name: Thursky, Karin A.
name: Dalziel, Kim
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Medicine
Cell Biology
Science Policy

description: Supplementary Material 1: Appendix 1 – 6
HI 21-cm absorption and unified schemes of active galactic nuclei
Creators: name: Curran, S. J.
name: Whiting, M. T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we further explore the implications that this has for the currently popular consensus that it is the orientation of the circumnuclear obscuring torus which determines whether absorption is present along our sight-line. The fact that at logL > 23 W/Hz, both type-1 and type-2 objects exhibit a 50% probability of detection, suggests that this is not the case and that the bias against detection of HI absorption in type-1 objects is due purely to the inclusion of the logL > 23 W/Hz sources. Similarly, the ultra-violet luminosities can also explain why the presence of 21-cm absorption shows a preference for radio galaxies over quasars and the higher detection rate in compact sources, such as CSS or GPS sources, may also be biased by the inclusion of high-luminosity sources. Being comprised of all 21-cm searched sources at z>0.1, this is a necessarily heterogeneous sample, the constituents of which have been observed by various instruments. By this same token, however, the dependence on the UV luminosity may be an all encompassing effect, superseding the unified schemes model, although there is the possibility that the exclusive 21-cm non-detections at high UV luminosities could be caused by a bias towards gas-poor ellipticals. Additionally, the high UV fluxes could be sufficiently exciting/ionising the HI above 21-cm detection thresholds, although the extent to which this is related to the neutral gas deficit in ellipticals is currently unclear.
description: 17 pages, Accepted by ApJ
Flavonoids composition and antioxidant potential assessment of extracts from Gannanzao Navel Orange (Citrus sinensis Osbeck Cv. Gannanzao) peel
Creators: name: Long, Xiaoyan
name: Zeng, Xiaogang
name: Yan, Huiting
name: Xu, Mengjia
name: Zeng, Qingting
name: Xu, Chun
name: Xu, Qingmei
name: Liang, Yan
name: Zhang, Jun
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Plant Biology

description: The antioxidant effect of 95% ethanol extract and its three subfractions, PE (petroleum ether), EtOAc (ethyl acetate), and water extracts, from Gannanzao navel orange peel, were evaluated by ABTS (2,2′-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulphonic acid)), DPPH (1,1-diphenyl-2-picryl-hydrazyl) and FRAP (ferric reducing/antioxidant potential) methods for the first time. Furthermore, the TPC (total polyphenol content), TFC (total flavonoid content), and primary individual flavonoids of the four extracts were analyzed and compared. The results indicated that: (1) the EtOAc extract exhibited the best antioxidant potential among these four extracts in all three antioxidant bioassay platforms; (2) Corresponding to the antioxidant potential, the EtOAc extract contained the highest contents of both TPC and TFC; (3) Compared with other extracts, the EtOAc extract was significantly (p < 0.01) rich in the contents of narirutin, sinensetin, nobiletin, 4′,5,6,7-tetramethoxyflavone, and 3,3′,4′,5,6,7-hexamethoxyflavone, which might be the main bioactive compounds responsible for the excellent antioxidant potential of EtOAc extract.
title: Effective Properties of Randomly Oriented Kenaf Short Fiber Reinforced Epoxy Composite
Creators: name: L., Dayakar Naik
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2015

description: Natural fibers have drawn attention of researchers as an environmentally-friendly alternative to synthetic fibers. Developing natural fiber reinforced bio-composites are a viable alternative to the problems of non-degrading and energy consuming synthetic composites. This study focuses on (i) the application of kenaf fiber as a potential reinforcement and, (ii) determining the tensile properties of the randomly oriented short kenaf fiber composite both experimentally and numerically. Kenaf fiber micro-structure and its Young's modulus with varying gage length (10, 15, 20, and 25.4 mm) were investigated. The variation in tensile strength of kenaf fibers was analyzed using the Weibull probability distribution function. It was observed that the Young's modulus of kenaf fiber increased with increase in gage length. Fabrication of randomly oriented short kenaf fiber using vacuum bagging techniques and hand-lay-up techniques were discussed and the tensile properties of the specimens were obtained experimentally. The tensile modulus of the composite sample at 22% fiber volume fraction was found to be 6.48 GPa and tensile strength varied from 20 to 38 MPa. Numerical models based on the micro mechanics concepts in conjunction with finite element methods were developed for predicting the composite properties. A two-step homogenization procedure was developed to evaluate the elastic constants at the cell wall level and the meso-scale level respectively. Von-Mises Fisher probability distribution function was applied to model the random orientation distribution of fibers and obtain equivalent modulus of composite. The predicted equivalent modulus through numerical homogenization was in good agreement with the experimental results.
Increased effective moisture in northern Vietnam during the Little Ice Age
Creators: Stevens, Lora R.
Buckley, Brendan M.
Kim, Sung
Hill, Pam
Doiron, Kelsey
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: Paleoclimatology
Dendroclimatology
Precipitation variability

description: We present a 650-yr record of hydroclimate, inferred from δ18O values of lacustrine carbonate from Ao Tiên (Fairy Pond), in northern Vietnam. Ao Tiên occupies a collapsed karst basin that formed during the worst drought of the last millennium (i.e., the Angkor I drought), which marks a dry transitional period between the Medieval Climate Anomaly and the Little Ice Age. A multi-centennial trend of increasing effective moisture spans the Little Ice Age, ending with aridity in the late 18th century that accompanied great societal turmoil across Southeast Asia. After ~1850 CE, the Ao Tiên record exhibits a drying trend that continues to the present. Over the last 650 years, the δ18O-inferred hydroclimate is significantly correlated with the reconstructed Southern Oscillation Index of precipitation (SOIpr) suggesting that a prolonged La Niña-like state existed during the Little Ice Age generating overall wetter conditions in Vietnam. Decadal-scale droughts and pluvials from the Ao Tiên record agree with a robust tree-ring hydroclimate reconstruction from southern Vietnam that identified the Angkor I and II droughts of the late 13th/early 14th centuries, and significant droughts during the early and late 17th century and latter half of the 18th century. The decrease in effective moisture during the last 30 years is also evident in the tree-rings and is consistent with a documented weakening of the Pacific Walker circulation. Major pluvials are indicated for the period between the two Angkor Droughts, and the wettest period of the record is during the early 18th century. Comparison of the Ao Tiên data with records from Indonesia to China indicates regionally coherent climate during the Little Ice Age; however, the overall wet conditions in easterly sites are difficult to ascribe to shifts in the ITCZ. Rather, the pattern suggests that Pacific Walker circulation may have been the overriding control on precipitation.
B.Sc.RoufaydaSalaheddine.pdf
Creators: name: Roufayda Salaheddine
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: Applied Computer Science

description: Aufgrund der zunehmenden Nutzung und Felxibilität des Internets, hat sich der Einsatz von Webanwendungen in vielen Anwendungsgebieten etabliert. Vor allem
in der empirischen Forschung, z.B. in Bereichen des maschinellen Lernens oder der Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, findet eine steigende Integration vonWebanwendungen in den Studienbetrieb statt, um schnell und flexibel große Datensätze verwalten
und auswerten zu können. Hierzu ist es wichtig, eine Datenhaltungssoftware so zu gestalten, dass eine qualitativ hochwertige und e?ziente Speicherung der erhobenen
Studiendaten gewährleistet wird. Das Ziel dieser Arbeit ist die Entwicklung und Bewertung einerWebplattformbasierten Datenhaltungs- und Bewertungssoftware für Eye-Tracking- und Emotion-Detection-Studien. Dazu wurde eine auf dem Client-Server-Modell basierende Webplattform erstellt, die Probandendaten sammelt und anschließend in einer Datenbank verwaltet. Darauf aufbauend wird im Rahmen dieser Arbeit diese Software unter Betrachtung verschiedener Anforderungen evaluiert und bewertet.
Proton emission off nuclei induced by kaons in flight
Creators: name: Magas, V. K.
name: Yamagata-Sekihara, J.
name: Hirenzaki, S.
name: Oset, E.
name: Ramos, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the (K-,p) reaction on nuclei with a 1 GeV/c momentum kaon beam, paying a special attention at the region of emitted protons having kinetic energy above 600 MeV, which was used to claim a deeply attractive kaon nucleus optical potential. Our model describes the nuclear reaction in the framework of a local density approach and the calculations are performed following two different procedures: one is based on a many-body method using the Lindhard function and the other one is based on a Monte Carlo simulation. While both procedures coincide when it comes to consider the contribution of kaon quasi-elastic scattering, the simulation method offers more flexibility since it allows us to account for other processes which also contribute to the proton spectra, such as K- absorption by one and two nucleons producing hyperons. The simulation also considers final state interactions in terms of multiple scattering of the K-, p and all other primary and secondary particles on their way out of the nucleus, as well as the weak decay of the produced hyperons into (pi N). We find that this kaon in-flight reaction is not well suited to determine the kaon optical potential due, essentially, to the limited sensitivity of the cross section to its strength, but also to unavoidable uncertainties in the contribution from other processes. We also simulate the experimental requirement of having, together with the energetic proton, at least one charged particle detected in the decay counter surrounding the target, and find that the shape of the original cross section is appreciably distorted. We conclude that the new mechanisms, not considered in the analysis of the original experiment, allow us to explain the observed spectrum with the shallow kaon nucleus optical potential obtained in chiral models.
description: 22 pages, 10 figures. New version includes some small modifications in the text, and also a test of the sensitivity of our results to the nuclear density profile.
Additional file 10 of miR-214-3p-Sufu-GLI1 is a novel regulatory axis controlling inflammatory smooth muscle cell differentiation from stem cells and neointimal hyperplasia
Creators: name: He, Shiping
name: Yang, Feng
name: Yang, Mei
name: An, Weiwei
name: Maguire, Eithne Margaret
name: Chen, Qishan
name: Xiao, Rui
name: Wu, Wei
name: Zhang, Li
name: Wang, Wen
name: Xiao, Qingzhong
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Marine Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 10: Figure S9. Transplanted AdSPCs differentiate toward iSMCs during arterial remodelling. After injury, 100μl of Geltrex contained 1x106 AdSPCs infected with Lenti-GFP per vessel per mice was immediately applied and packed around injured vessel. One week later, injured segments of femoral arteries were harvested and prepared, followed by triple immunofluorescence staining with antibodies against GFP, SMαA and S100A4. White arrows within merged image indicate iSMCs derived from transplanted AdSPCs. Data presented here are representative images from three mice.
title: Correlated Inheritance in Wheat III Federation X III C 18 (Dicklow X Sevier Hybrid)
Creators: name: Heywood, D. E.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1928

description: Several wheat characters have been shown to exhibit rather complicated inheritance. Examples are such characters as cola length, spike density, and awn classes. This paper reports a study of the inheritance and of the correlated inheritance of these and some other plant characters in a cross between a hybrid of Dicklow X Sevier (III C 18) with Federation.
title: An Analysis of Heinrich Heine's Dramatic Works: "Almansor" and "William Ratcliff"
Creators: name: Anderson, Marianne
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1980

description: The mass of words written about the German poet and prose writer Heinrich Heine (1?97-1856) is intimidating. He is considered to be one of the most controversial and paradoxical authors of the Western literature, an enigmatic figure among German writers, and the only German writer between Goethe and Thomas Mann to achieve during his lifetime a reputation beyond the bounds of German-speaking countries. He has been termed "the pioneer of radical political literature, an eccentric poet." His works became a milestone of German thought.
title: History of the Forty-Second Parallel as a Political Boundary Between Utah and Idaho
Creators: name: Bergeson, Nancy
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1983

description: The original purpose of this paper was to discover why Cache County, Utah at one time taxed towns now located in the State of Idaho. Later, it became apparent that a history of the forty - second parallel was necessary to fully understand the reasoning used by both the Federal and local governments in setting up the political boundaries of Utah and Cache County. Therefore, it was necessary to research the records of the Federal Government, Cache County Government, the LDS Journal History, and diaries of residents of Cache and Bear Lake Valleys, as well as detailed accounts of Spanish and Mexican negotiations with the United States. I also felt it necessary to obtain copies of maps drawn in the 1800s to appreciate the geographical knowledge available at the time. Boundary decisions in the western United States appeared to be the result of compromise more often than not. The forty - second parallel boundary was originally made to appease two independent nations. Because this spirit of compromise continued in the formation of territories after the United States gained control over both sides of the line and precedent was followed more readily than logic, the boundary did not fully satisfy residents on either side of the border for many years .
Changing the mechanical unfolding pathway of FnIII10 by tuning the pulling strength
Creators: name: Mitternacht, Simon
name: Luccioli, Stefano
name: Torcini, Alessandro
name: Imparato, Alberto
name: Irbäck, Anders
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Biomolecules (q-bio.BM)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the mechanical unfolding of the tenth type III domain from fibronectin, FnIII10, both at constant force and at constant pulling velocity, by all-atom Monte Carlo simulations. We observe both apparent two-state unfolding and several unfolding pathways involving one of three major, mutually exclusive intermediate states. All the three major intermediates lack two of seven native beta-strands, and share a quite similar extension. The unfolding behavior is found to depend strongly on the pulling conditions. In particular, we observe large variations in the relative frequencies of occurrence for the intermediates. At low constant force or low constant velocity, all the three major intermediates occur with a significant frequency. At high constant force or high constant velocity, one of them, with the N- and C-terminal beta-strands detached, dominates over the other two. Using the extended Jarzynski equality, we also estimate the equilibrium free-energy landscape, calculated as a function of chain extension. The application of a constant pulling force leads to a free-energy profile with three major local minima. Two of these correspond to the native and fully unfolded states, respectively, whereas the third one can be associated with the major unfolding intermediates.
description: 15 pages, 9 figures
title: An Urban Park Design for a Neighborhood Environment in Logan, Utah
Creators: name: Mayor-Reed, Carol
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1977

description: My continued professional and personal interest in the functions and design of public parks influenced me to generate a project theses that explores various aspects of a park's development. My intent is summarized as follows:
1. investigation of social and physical aspects of public spaces in the urban environment
2. generation of a realistic project program based on the needs and desires of the specific user groups for a case study park site
3. application of a design methodology to the case study park site
4. development of a site design that meets program requirements
5. production of the working drawings necessary for the park's implementation to further investigate construction techniques
This project thesis has little value as a contribution of significant information to the landscape architectural design profession. However, it served as a viable approach for specific and thorough investigation of public spaces and an application of a park in an urban situation.
Indo-Pacific Warm Pool convection and ENSO since 1867 derived from Cambodian pine tree cellulose oxygen isotopes
Creators: Zhu, Mengfan
Stott, Lowell
Buckley, Brendan M.
Yoshimura, Kei
Ka, Roy
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2012
Subjects: Climatic changes
Atmosphere

description: The Indo-Pacific Warm Pool (IPWP) is a major source of heat and moisture to the atmosphere and thus strongly influences the global climate. In this study, we investigate how moisture fluxes from the IPWP influence the stable isotope signature of precipitation over Southeast Asia by analyzing the oxygen isotopic composition (δ^18O) of tree cellulose from southern Cambodia. The cellulose δ^18O record, spanning AD 1867-2006, documents a regular seasonal cycle with an average amplitude of ~4‰ that is primarily controlled by seasonal differences in the isotopic composition of precipitation. Using the outputs from an isotope-enabled atmospheric model, we illustrate how the δ^18O of precipitation at our site is predominantly controlled by the amount of rainout that occurs over the moisture source region, the IPWP. This is verified by strong correlations of our cellulose δ^18O record with instrumental measurements of precipitation and outgoing longwave radiation over the IPWP, suggesting that the cellulose δ^18O could be used to reconstruct the convection intensity over the IPWP. Spectral analysis of the cellulose δ^18O reveals significant peaks at 2-7 years corresponding to ENSO frequencies. The variability of the cellulose δ^18O record on the ENSO band exhibits characteristics that match existing coral δ^18O records from the tropical Pacific, with reduced amplitude of variability in the 1920s through the 1960s, a period of weak ENSO activity.
A Novel Generic Framework for Track Fitting in Complex Detector Systems
Creators: name: Höppner, C.
name: Neubert, S.
name: Ketzer, B.
name: Paul, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper presents a novel framework for track fitting which is usable in a wide range of experiments, independent of the specific event topology, detector setup, or magnetic field arrangement. This goal is achieved through a completely modular design. Fitting algorithms are implemented as interchangeable modules. At present, the framework contains a validated Kalman filter. Track parameterizations and the routines required to extrapolate the track parameters and their covariance matrices through the experiment are also implemented as interchangeable modules. Different track parameterizations and extrapolation routines can be used simultaneously for fitting of the same physical track. Representations of detector hits are the third modular ingredient to the framework. The hit dimensionality and orientation of planar tracking detectors are not restricted. Tracking information from detectors which do not measure the passage of particles in a fixed physical detector plane, e.g. drift chambers or TPCs, is used without any simplifications. The concept is implemented in a light-weight C++ library called GENFIT, which is available as free software.
Families of particles with different masses in PT-symmetric quantum field theory
Creators: name: Bender, C. M.
name: Klevansky, S. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An elementary field-theoretic mechanism is proposed that allows one Lagrangian to describe a family of particles having different masses but otherwise similar physical properties. The mechanism relies on the observation that the Dyson-Schwinger equations derived from a Lagrangian can have many different but equally valid solutions. Nonunique solutions to the Dyson-Schwinger equations arise when the functional integral for the Green's functions of the quantum field theory converges in different pairs of Stokes' wedges in complex field space, and the solutions are physically viable if the pairs of Stokes' wedges are PT symmetric.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
title: Capitalization Effects of Property Tax Differentials
Creators: name: McNutt, Paul Johnston
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1977

description: The capitalization effect of property tax differentials for the four market quarters in 1976 was studied in the Logan, Utah market area. A secondary aspect of the study was to assess the variations in the assessed to market value ratio.
107 observed sales were used for the data set. Age of structure, square feet in structure, quality of neighborhood, and property tax were noted for each property sold.
From the regression analysis it was found that there was a significant capitalization of the tax differentials. The results indicate that a one-percent change in the property tax will result in a 0.4 percent change in property value. Also observed was the assessed to market value ratio. Results indicate that the actual ratio is about 12.5 percent not 20 percent, as is required by state law. The range in the ratio was from about 4 percent to 20 percent.
Quantum search by parallel eigenvalue adiabatic passage
Creators: name: Daems, D.
name: Guérin, S.
name: Cerf, N. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a strategy to achieve the Grover search algorithm by adiabatic passage in a very efficient way. An adiabatic process can be characterized by the instantaneous eigenvalues of the pertaining Hamiltonian, some of which form a gap. The key to the efficiency is based on the use of parallel eigenvalues. This allows us to obtain non-adiabatic losses which are exponentially small, independently of the number of items in the database in which the search is performed.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures
title: Subtle Teratogenic Effects of Locoweed in Rats
Creators: name: Nelson, Benjamin K.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1977

description: Locoweed, a well-known teratogenic plant affecting livestock, is prevalent in mountain regions of the Western United States. Two common species (Astragalus lentiginosus and A. wootoni), administered to pregnant rats, induced behavioral deviations in their offspring. Treated mothers consumed less feed and gained less wieght during gestation than controls when gavaged locoweed at the rate of 1 gram whole plant per day on days 7 through 17 of gestation. A. lentiginosus reduced pup weight at birth (13% less than controls) and this weight reduction (as much as 29% less than controls) continued at least four weeks. A. lentiginosus also reduced number of offspring born alive (34.9% less than controls) and number which survived until weaning (86.4% less than controls). No gross malformations were observed in the offspring of loco-treated dams. however, when the pups were subjected to behavioral testing (beginning at 30 days of age), deviations were observed. there was considerable difference among the treatment groups when tested with the activity wheel (P=.0000). Water-intubated controls did not differ from non-fed controls, but the two loco-treated groups differed in opposite directions from controls. A. lentiginosus offspring were more active (26.5%) overall than other groups, and had an abnormal pattern of activity in the day to evening night activity totals. A. wootoni offpsring were less active (25%) than other groups in the activity wheel. Significant differences among groups were also observed in the open-field test. The trend was toward decreased activity (P=.027; 31 and 43% less than controls - A. lentiginosus and A. wootoni respectively) and increased number of fecal boluses (P=.06; 45.5 and 19.3% more than controls - A. lentiginosus and A. wootoni respectively) in the loco-treated offspring. There were no significant differences in avoidance conditioning in a two-way shuttle box among the groups, though the loco offspring made fewer avoidance responses than controls. Alizarin Red-S staining of fetuses revealed no skeletal defects in the pups. Microscopic examination of maternal tissues showed the kidney and liver degenerative changes which are typical of locoweed intoxication: primarily vacuolation of proximal tubular epithelium and of the hepatocytes. Tissues from pups on day of birth also showed mild kidney and liver changes. Older pups had no visible microscopic deviations from normal. The results indicate that the locoweed teratogen produces behavioral deviations in the offspring of rats in the absence of gross malformations.
Additional file 1 of The economic impact of a local, collaborative, stepped, and personalized care management for older people with chronic diseases: results from the randomized comparative effectiveness LoChro-trial
Creators: name: Kaier, Klaus
name: Metzner, Gloria
name: Horstmeier, Lukas
name: Bitzer, Eva Maria
name: Heimbach, Bernhard
name: Kiekert, Jasmin
name: Voigt-Radloff, Sebastian
name: Farin-Glattacker, Erik
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Supplementary Material 1: Figure 1: Analysis of cost indicators at T1. Figure 2: Analysis of cost indicators at T2