cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Androcentrisme et médecines : l'autonomisation des femmes dans un contexte de soins féministes en santé sexuelle et reproductive au Québec
Creators: name: Granger, Laurence
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2022
Subjects: Intersectionnalité
Démédicalisation
Autonomisation
Agentivité
Santé sexuelle et reproductive
Féminisme

description: En 2022, la santé sexuelle et reproductive (SSR) des femmes ainsi que leur autonomie corporelle sont remises en question aux États-Unis par l’annulation de l’arrêt Roe v. Wade. Au Canada et au Québec, l’accès à des soins en SSR n’est pas garanti pour toutes les femmes, pas plus qu’ils ne sont nécessairement adaptés à leurs besoins. Dans cette thèse, j’examine donc l’approche féministe en santé sexuelle et reproductive (SSR) telle que comprise et appliquée par le Centre de santé des femmes de Montréal et par une herboriste-thérapeute accréditée au Québec. Plus particulièrement, je m’intéresse aux approches et pratiques mises en œuvre par ces deux entités afin d’encourager l’agentivité et de favoriser l’autonomisation des femmes dans leur cheminement thérapeutique, et ce selon une perspective féministe et intersectionnelle. Je m’interroge également sur la manière dont leurs actions contribuent ou non à la démédicalisation et à la réappropriation du corps des femmes dans un contexte de soins féministes en SSR. L’enquête ethnographique sur laquelle cette recherche s’appuie rassemble des entretiens semi-dirigés et un terrain d’observation participante. La recherche permet de révéler que l’agentivité de toutes les femmes au sein de leur cheminement thérapeutique pourrait être encouragée par une approche féministe de la SSR contribuant à la démédicalisation du corps féminin et de ses phénomènes biologiques et favorisant leur agentivité.
title: Εφαρμογή της σεισμικής τομογραφίας σε θαλάσσια δεδομένα στο Ιόνιο
Creators: name: Κόκκινου Ελένη Ε.
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 1998

description: Μη διαθέσιμο
Every coprime linear group admits a base of size two
Creators: name: Halasi, Zoltán
name: Podoski, Károly
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20C15, 20B99 (Primary)

description: Let G be a linear group acting on the finite vector space V and assume that (|G|,|V|)=1. In this paper we prove that G has a base size at most two and this estimate is sharp. This generalizes and strengthens several former results concerning base sizes of coprime linear groups. As a direct consequence, we answer a question of I. M. Isaacs in the affirmative. Via large orbits this is related to the k(GV) theorem.
description: Minor corrections. Theorem 5.9 and Remark 5.15 have been rephrased in a more general form
WAYS TO INCREASE EMPLOYMENT LEVEL IN THE DIGITAL ECONOMY
Creators: name: Nazarova, Gulrukh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: During the years of independence, much attention was paid to the issues of improving the standard of living of the population, providing decent jobs, and training personnel. At the same time, significant progress has been achieved as a result of effective economic reforms and a number of positive changes in areas related to intellectual potential. Due to the special attention paid to youth in the labor market, the share of employed people in relation to the total population is high.
title: Εφαρμογή επαυξημένης πραγματικότητας για κινητές συσκευές
Creators: name: Κυριακακης Δημητριος
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2015

description: Η τεχνολογία Augmented Reality ή αλλιώς επαυξημένη πραγματικότητα ή αλλιώς ενισχυμένη πραγματικότητα επιτρέπει την ζωντανή προβολή ενός φυσικού περιβάλλοντος του οποίου όμως η πραγματικότητα είναι εμπλουτισμένη με την προβολή πληροφοριών αλλά και εικονικών προσώπων ή αντικειμένων σχεδιασμένων σε ηλεκτρονικό υπολογιστή. Παράλληλα οι τεχνολογικές εξελίξεις έχουν επιφέρει την εκθετική μείωση του μεγέθους των συσκευών, με τις οποίες αλληλεπιδρά ο άνθρωπος και τη σύνδεσή τους με την πλειονότητα των καθημερινών του δραστηριοτήτων. Σκοπός της παρούσας διπλωματικής εργασίας είναι, η υλοποίηση μίας εφαρμογής επαυξημένης πραγματικότητας για κινητές συσκευές, η οποία θα συνεισφέρει στην απομάκρυνση του χρήστη από το αστικό περιβάλλον. Απώτερος σκοπός είναι η κίνησή του χρήστη-άσκησή του μέσα στην πόλη και η παρακίνηση να επισκεφτεί σημεία ενδιαφέροντος (πολιτιστικού και μη) που αγνοούσε την ύπαρξή τους. Η ανάπτυξη της πλατφόρμας βασίστηκε στην αρχιτεκτονική Client-Server και διαχωρίστηκε σε δύο επίπεδα. Στο back-end επίπεδο υλοποιήθηκε το API για τη διαχείριση των δεδομένων της εφαρμογής και στο front-end επίπεδο, η εφαρμογή για κινητές συσκευές. Βασικό χαρακτηριστικό της εφαρμογής είναι το περιβάλλον επαυξημένης πραγματικότητας που βασίστηκε στη βιβλιοθήκη Mobile AR Framework του HitLAB, υποβοηθούμενο απο χάρτες του Google Maps API. Επίσης, επιτυγχάνεται η κοινωνικοποίηση του χρήστη μέσω αλληλεπίδρασης με το Facebook SDK. Κατά τη διάρκεια της υλοποίησης, μελετήθηκε η απόκριση του όγκου διεργασιών που απαιτεί μία τέτοια εφαρμογή, στα πλαίσια της διαχείρισης μνήμης και της επεξεργαστικής ισχύος μίας κινητής συσκευής. Η τελική υλοποίηση περιέλαβε έναν πλήρη, διαδραστικό γρίφο, σε επαυξημένο περιβάλλον της πλατείας 1866, στο κέντρο της πόλης των Χανίων.
Macdonald operators at infinity
Creators: name: Nazarov, Maxim
name: Sklyanin, Evgeny
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: Representation Theory (math.RT)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We construct a family of pairwise commuting operators such that the Macdonald symmetric functions of infinitely many variables $x_1,x_2,...$ and of two parameters $q,t$ are their eigenfunctions. These operators are defined as limits at $N\to\infty$ of renormalised Macdonald operators acting on symmetric polynomials in the variables $x_1,...,x_N$. They are differential operators in terms of the power sum variables $p_n=x_1^n+x_2^n+...$ and we compute their symbols by using the Macdonald reproducing kernel. We express these symbols in terms of the Hall-Littlewood symmetric functions of the variables $x_1,x_2,...$. Our result also yields elementary step operators for the Macdonald symmetric functions.
description: References added. Uses basic facts about symmetric functions also used in arXiv:1212.2781
Chydaeus semenowi Tschitscherine 1899
Creators: name: Kataev, Boris M.
name: Wrase, David W.
name: Schmidt, Joachim
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Chydaeus
Chydaeus semenowi

description: Chydaeus semenowi (Tschitschérine, 1899)
 Acrogeniodon Semenowi Tschitschérine, 1899: 660
 Material examined. India. UTTARAKHAND: 25 ♂, 19 ♀, 2–3 km W of Trijugi, Narayan Vill., 30°38.5'N 78°57–58'E, 2600–2900 m, 16–17.IV.2012, R. Dudko & I. Lyubechanskij leg. (ISEN; ZIN); 1 ♂, 3 km WSW of Trijugi, Narayan Vill., 30°38'N 78°57'E, 2850 m, 12.IV.2012, R. Dudko & I. Lyubechanskij leg. (ISEN); 4 ♂, 8 ♀, S of Trijugi, Narayan Vill., 30°37.5'N 78°59'E, 2900 m, 10–11.IV.2012, R. Dudko & I. Lyubechanskij leg. (ISEN); 2 ♂, 2 ♀, 1–3 km SW of Trijugi, Narayan Vill., 30°38.5'N 78°57–58'E, 2500–2800 m, 11.IV.2012, R. Dudko & I. Lyubechanskij leg. (ISEN; ZIN); ARUNACHAL PRADESH: 1 ♀, 1.5 km NE of Bomdila, near Bomdila Pass, 2600 m, 27°16'34"N 92°25'49"E, 2–5.V.2008, Fikaček, Podskalska, Šhipek leg. (NMP); 6 ♂, 4 ♀, N of Bomdila, NW Chander, 10–15 km NW of 27°25'N 92°22’E, ca. 3200 m, 18.VI.2008, C. Reuter leg. (cJS); 8 ♂, 6 ♀, Chander N of Bomdila, 27°25'N 92°22'E, ca. 3200 m, 17–26.VI.2008, C. Reuter leg. (cJS); 2 ♂, 10–15 km E Sela Pass, ca. 3200 m, 24.VI.2008, C. Reuter leg. (cJS).
China. XIZANG: 2 ♀, S-Tibet, ca. 25 km SW of Cona, 2600–2800 m, env. of 27°49'N 91°45'E, 21+ 22.VII.2009, Tian Mingy leg. (cJS).
 Remarks. Chydaeus semenowi is a common species, widely distributed over the Himalayan region. It was known from India [Uttarakhand (cited as Uttar Pradesh), Sikkim, West Bengal], Nepal, Bhutan and China (southern Tibet and western Yunnan) (Kataev & Schmidt 2001, 2006; Kataev et al. 2012). The species is recorded here from the Indian state Arunachal Pradesh and from the directly adjacent mountain near Cona in southern Tibet (China) for the first time. Additional westernmost localities from the Indian state Uttarakhand are also given.
description: Published as part of Kataev, Boris M., Wrase, David W. & Schmidt, Joachim, 2014, New species of the genus Chydaeus from China, Nepal, Myanmar, and Thailand, with remarks on species previously described (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 3765 (1) on page 22, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/285551
Nonlinear dissipative dynamics of a two-component atomic condensate coupling with a continuum
Creators: name: Zhong, Honghua
name: Xie, Qiongtao
name: Xu, Jun
name: Hai, Wenhua
name: Lee, Chaohong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the nonlinear dissipative coherence bifurcation and population dynamics of a two-component atomic Bose-Einstein condensate coupling with a continuum. The coupling between the two-component condensates and the continuum brings effective dissipations to the two-component condensates. The steady states and the coherence bifurcation depend on both dissipation and the nonlinear interaction between condensed atoms. The coherence among condensed atoms may be even enhanced by the effective dissipations. The combination of dissipation and nonlinearity allows one to control the switching between different self-trapped states or the switching between a self-trapped state and a non-self-trapped state.
description: to appear in Chin. Phys. B
High-SNR Asymptotics of Mutual Information for Discrete Constellations with Applications to BICM
Creators: name: Alvarado, Alex
name: Brannstrom, Fredrik
name: Agrell, Erik
name: Koch, Tobias
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Asymptotic expressions of the mutual information between any discrete input and the corresponding output of the scalar additive white Gaussian noise channel are presented in the limit as the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) tends to infinity. Asymptotic expressions of the symbol-error probability (SEP) and the minimum mean-square error (MMSE) achieved by estimating the channel input given the channel output are also developed. It is shown that for any input distribution, the conditional entropy of the channel input given the output, MMSE and SEP have an asymptotic behavior proportional to the Gaussian Q-function. The argument of the Q-function depends only on the minimum Euclidean distance (MED) of the constellation and the SNR, and the proportionality constants are functions of the MED and the probabilities of the pairs of constellation points at MED. The developed expressions are then generalized to study the high-SNR behavior of the generalized mutual information (GMI) for bit-interleaved coded modulation (BICM). By means of these asymptotic expressions, the long-standing conjecture that Gray codes are the binary labelings that maximize the BICM-GMI at high SNR is proven. It is further shown that for any equally spaced constellation whose size is a power of two, there always exists an anti-Gray code giving the lowest BICM-GMI at high SNR.
description: Submitted to IEEE Trans. Inf. Theory
A positive formalism for quantum theory in the general boundary formulation
Creators: name: Oeckl, Robert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a new "positive formalism" for encoding quantum theories in the general boundary formulation, somewhat analogous to the mixed state formalism of the standard formulation. This makes the probability interpretation more natural and elegant, eliminates operationally irrelevant structure and opens the general boundary formulation to quantum information theory.
description: 29 pages, LaTeX + AMS; v2: minor modifications and corrections, references updated, Found. Phys. 2013
Monsoonal Variation in Singapore Labyrinthulomycetes Community
Creators: name: Lopes dos Santos, Adriana
name: Teo Jun-Kai, Bryan
name: Sim, Clarence
name: Morgan, Kyle
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Microbial ecology

description: Labyrinthulomycetes is a group of ubiquitous saprophytic protists found in marine and estuarine environments. Labyrinthulomycetes are capable of parasitism and commensalism and known as consumers of phytoplankton litter. While Labyrinthulomycetes have been mostly studied and documented in temperate regions, understanding their interactions and variability in the tropics are lacking. They have been found to be strongly associated with particulate organic matter (POM), potentially contributing to vertical export from the surface into the dark ocean. We have conducted a pilot study to access the diversity and community structure of Labyrinthulomycetes associated to suspended sediment particles in Singapore waters. Suspended sediment particles were collected monthly during a period of one year with the deployment of SedPods (flat cylindrical concrete unit with 15 cm height and 15 cm diameter) on the reef slope off Kusu Island. Labyrinthulomycetes community composition was analysed using metabarcoding of the 18S rRNA gene. Environmental parameters such as nitrates and silicates were obtained from water column samples between April 2018 and April 2019. Results indicate that diversity follows changes in nutrient availability linked to monsoon. The relative abundance of genus Aplanochytrium increased with concentrations of nitrates and silicates. The abundance of metabarcodes assigned to the Thraustochytriceae family increased during the South-West monsoon, possibly influenced by the increased availability of detritus and organic matter from riverine inputs from the Malacca Straits and Sumatran peatlands.
title: Genetic data analysis for classification of bipolar disorders
Creators: name: Λεσκα Βαλσαμω
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2015

description: In the resent years DNA microarray analysis has become a widely used tool for gene expression profiling and data analysis. This technology can be useful in the classification of complex diseases such as bipolar disorder, providing useful information for its genetic background. Bipolar disorder is a common, heritable mental illness characterized by recurrent episodes of mania and depression that manifests from multiple genetic and environmental factors. There are four basic types of bipolar disorder; bipolar I disorder, dipolar II disorder, Bipolar Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (BP-NOS) and Cyclothymic. The ability to classify dipolar disorders may have a major impact on our understanding of disease pathophysiology and may provide important opportunities to investigate the interaction between genetic and environmental factors involved in pathogenesis. Also this ability may be essential to guide appropriate therapy and determine prognosis for successful treatment. The aim of this diploma thesis is to extract a significant genomic signature for which biological knowledge already exists or discover novel genomic information, which might stand as the motivation for further analysis. Under this genomic signature we classify the bipolar disorders using gene expressions from two different populations.
 Microarray analysis normally leads to datasets which contain a small number of samples which have a large number of gene expression levels as features. In order to extract useful informative sets of genes that can reduce dimensionality and maximize the performance of classifiers, feature selection algorithms were used. Another aim of this study is to achieve stable performance assessment of feature selection and classification methods. In that manner, the genetic evaluation framework named “Stable Bootstrap Validation” (SBV), introduced be Nick Chlis, is presented. The SBV utilizes bootstrap resampling of the original dataset and an explicit criterion that determines the stability of the observed classification accuracy and the biological interpretation of genes, also called genomic signature. Moreover, methodologies for evaluating the discrimination, consistency and generalization ability of the observed results are also introduced. In this diploma thesis a unified “32 common gene signature” was extracted, which is closely associated with several aspect of bipolar disorders.
Worth the Shot?: A Quantitative Study of Lottery and Fixed COVID-19 Vaccine Incentives in the Midwest
Creators: name: Wu, Ashley
Publisher: name: University of Chicago
Year: 2022

description: When the US expanded COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to all adults, many state governments developed cash incentive programs to motivate individuals to get vaccinated. Using a differences-in-differences method, I examine the effects of Illinois’ lottery incentive (low odds/high payout) and Wisconsin’s fixed incentive (high odds/low payout) on county first-dose vaccination rates in 2021. I find that (1) neither incentive produced a significant improvement from baseline vaccination trends on average, (2) the impact of each varied systematically along the lines of a county’s partisan majority, ruralness, unemployment rate, and median household income, and (3) the incentives’ disaggregated impacts were statistically significant but small relative to unvaccinated population that had to be mobilized at the time for meaningful progress toward herd immunity. I suggest that policy solutions addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy must directly engage the complex and differentiated barriers to vaccine access, and that financial incentives cannot reliably improve vaccine intention at scale.
title: Πρωτόκολλα πρόσβασης μέσου βασισμένα σε ευκαιριακές μεταδόσεις για ευφυή ασύρματα δίκτυα πολλαπλών καναλιών
Creators: name: Βλαχαντωνης Γεωργιος
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2015

description: Καθώς οι απαιτήσεις από τις ασύρματες εφαρμογές συνεχώς αυξάνονται, νέες πρακτικές καλύτερης αξιοποίησης του ράδιο-φάσματος προτείνονται. Τα ευφυή ασύρματα δίκτυα (Cognitive Radio Networks) είναι μια τέτοια ιδέα που στοχεύει στην καλύτερη αξιοποίηση φασμάτων που απαιτούν άδεια για την χρήση τους. Η ιδέα είναι οι δευτερεύοντες (χωρίς άδεια) χρήστες να συνυπάρχουν με τους πρωτεύοντες με τέτοιον τρόπο ώστε να μην τους παρεμβάλουν αλλά και κατά το δυνατό ούτε να παρεμβάλλονται μεταξύ τους. Ο κατάλληλος σχεδιασμός λοιπόν του δευτερεύοντος δικτύου παίζει πολύ σημαντικό ρόλο στην αποδοτική υλοποίηση των ευφυών ασύρματων δικτύων. Διάφορα πρωτόκολλα Ελέγχου Πρόσβασης στο Μέσο έχουν προταθεί για τους δευτερεύοντες χρήστες ενός Cognitive Radio Network. Στη δική μας μελέτη θεωρούμε ένα σενάριο επικοινωνίας με πολλά κανάλια μετάδοσης πάνω στα οποία οι πρωτεύοντες χρήστες μεταδίδουν την πληροφορία τους, και ένα κανάλι ελέγχου πάνω στο οποίο οι δευτερεύοντες χρήστες ανταλλάσουν σήματα ελέγχου. Όλα τα κανάλια θεωρούνται συγχρονισμένα και χωρισμένα σε σχισμές (slots). Οι δευτερεύοντες χρήστες συνεργάζονται και ανταλλάσουν πληροφορία μέσα από το κανάλι ελέγχου για να βρουν ποιά κανάλια μετάδοσης είναι διαθέσιμα σε κάθε slot. Στη συνέχεια αποφασίζουν κατανεμημένα ποιοι από αυτούς θα μεταδώσουν μέσα από έναν μηχανισμό επίλυσης σύγκρουσης. Σχεδιάζουμε και προσομοιώνουμε το μοντέλο του συστήματος μέσα από διαφορετικές προσεγγίσεις. Η πρώτη προσέγγιση περιλαμβάνει ένα στατικό μοντέλο (ως προς την διάρκεια της περιόδου κατά την οποία ανταλλάσουν σήματα ελέγχου οι δευτερεύοντες χρήστες), και στην συνέχεια δοκιμάζουμε δύο δυναμικά μοντέλα (τα οποία αναφέρονται ως Full Success και  Channel Success). Προσομοιώνουμε τα προτεινόμενα μοντέλα με διάφορους συνδυασμούς τιμών των παραμέτρων του συστήματος, τα συγκρίνουμε και τα αξιολογούμε με βάση την απόδοσή τους (δηλαδή το επιτυγχανόμενο throughput). Τέλος προτείνεται ένας μηχανισμός που επιτρέπει στους χρήστες να λειτουργούν χωρίς κεντρικό έλεγχο. Μέσα από προτεινόμενους ελέγχους οι ίδιοι οι χρήστες παίρνουν αποφάσεις και προσαρμόζουν την συμπεριφορά τους ανάλογα με τις επικρατούσες στο σύστημα συνθήκες.
Supplementary Figure S1: Individual C. elegans genes influence the colonisation rate with the commensal P. lurida MYb11 and survival after infection with B. thuringiensis Bt679. from The intricate triangular interaction between protective microbe, pathogen and host determines fitness of the metaorganism
Creators: name: Griem-Krey, Hanne
name: Petersen, Carola
name: Hamerich, Inga K.
name: Schulenburg, Hinrich
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 310399
subject: Ecology not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 310499
subject: Evolutionary biology not elsewhere classified

description: (A) MYb11 colonisation rates in one-day old adult C. elegans shown as colony forming units (CFU) per worm in boxplots with the median as a thick horizontal line, the interquartile range as box, the whiskers as vertical lines, and each replicate depicted by a dot. Note that the y-axis is log10-transformed. Asterisks denote differences between C. elegans mutant strains and the wildtype N2. Wilcoxon Rank-Sum test, corrected for multiple comparisons with FDR, *p < 0.05, n = 5. (B) Survival of C. elegans fed with MYb11 24 h after infection with pathogenic Bt679. Non-pathogenic Bt407 (1:25) was used as control. Shown are the means as dots and the standard deviations as error bars, with each line representing the proportion of alive worms (survival) on different concentrations of Bt spores. Asterisks denote differences between C. elegans mutant strains and the wildtype N2. Generalized linear model, corrected for multiple comparisons with FDR, (*)p < 0.1, ***p < 0.001, n = 4.
title: Die "Peer"-Feedback-Methode zur Förderung der mündlichen Sprachproduktion?
Creators: name: Vée, Marion Elodie
Year: 2023

description: Das Sprechen kann eine Herausforderung für Lernenden beim Erlernen einer Fremdsprache darstellen. Erwachsene Lernenden fürchten beispielsweise, dabei sprachliche Fehler zu machen und weigern sich deswegen dazu, sich mündlich am Unterricht zu beteiligen. Dies führt wiederum dazu, die eigenen sprachlichen Kompetenzen in der zu erlernenden Zielsprache nicht zu fördern. Die Verfasserin dieser Arbeit, die Deutsch als Fremdsprache schon als Jugendliche gelernt hat und später als Erwachsene von diesem Phänomen betroffen war, setzte sich zum Ziel dieser Arbeit, eine Methode – die Peer-Feedback-Methode – zur Förderung des Sprechens im DaF-Unterricht mit erwachsenen Lernenden zu untersuchen. Dabei wurden zwei DaF-Unterrichtseinheiten beobachtet, in denen die Methode eingesetzt wurde und die Einstellungen von sieben Proband_innen durch Interviews dazu gesammelt. Für diese Forschung wurden die Lernenden außerdem dazu gebracht, zusammenzuarbeiten und eine Sprechaufgabe durchzuführen sowie sich Feedbacks zur eigenen Leistung zu geben. So können die Lernenden die erhaltenen Feedbacks in ihrem weiteren Lernprozess miteinbeziehen und ihre sprachlichen Kompetenzen verbessern. In dieser Studie konnte festgestellt werden, dass die Proband_innen den Einsatz des Peer-Feedbacks im DaF-Unterricht schätzen. Dank dieses wurden die Lernenden ihren Stärken und Schwächen beim spontanen Sprechen bewusst. Das Feedbackgeben stellte jedoch eine weitere Herausforderung für die Betroffenen dar. Aufgrund der unterschiedlichen Sprachniveaus konnten einige Lernende kein konstruktives Feedback an ihre Peers geben und aus Angst ihre Mitlernenden zu verletzten sowie unhöflich zu sein, weigerten sich andere Lernenden, ihren Peers negative Rückmeldungen und Verbesserungsvorschläge mitzuteilen. Die letzteren konnten folglich nicht viel von dieser Methode profitieren. Ausgehend von den erhaltenen Antworten wurden außerdem Rückschlüsse für zukünftige Einsätze des Peer-Feedbacks im DaF-Unterricht gezogen.
Relations between various boundaries of relatively hyperbolic groups
Creators: name: Tran, Hung Cong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Suppose a group $G$ is relatively hyperbolic with respect to a collection $\PP$ of its subgroups and also acts properly, cocompactly on a $\CAT(0)$ (or $δ$--hyperbolic) space $X$. The relatively hyperbolic structure provides a relative boundary $\partial(G,\PP)$. The $\CAT(0)$ structure provides a different boundary at infinity $\partial X$. In this article, we examine the connection between these two spaces at infinity. In particular, we show that $\partial (G,\PP)$ is $G$--equivariantly homeomorphic to the space obtained from $\partial X$ by identifying the peripheral limit points of the same type.
description: 22 pages
Feshbach molecule formation in a Bose-Fermi mixture
Creators: name: Cumby, Tyler D.
name: Shewmon, Ruth A.
name: Hu, Ming-Guang
name: Perreault, John D.
name: Jin, Deborah S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate magnetoassociation of ultracold fermionic Feshbach molecules in a mixture of $^{40}$K and $^{87}$Rb atoms, where we can create as many as $7\times 10^4$ $^{40}$K$^{87}$Rb molecules with a conversion efficiency as high as 45%. In the perturbative regime, we find that the conversion efficiency depends linearly on the density overlap of the two gases, with a slope that matches a parameter-free model that uses only the atom masses and the known Feshbach resonance parameters. In the saturated regime, we find that the maximum number of Feshbach molecules depends on the atoms' phase-space density. At higher temperatures, our measurements agree with a phenomenological model that successfully describes the formation of bosonic molecules from either Bose or Fermi gases. However, for quantum degenerate atom gas mixtures, we measure significantly fewer molecules than this model predicts.
description: 6 pages, 6 figures
title: Development and implementation of video algorithms for the evaluation of sediments in river flow
title: Ανάπτυξη και υλοποίηση αλγορίθμων βίντεο για αξιολόγηση φερτών στη ροή ποταμού
Creators: name: Πενταρη Αναστασια
Publisher: name: Technical University of Crete
Year: 2015

description:                Σε αυτήν τη διπλωματική εργασία στόχος είναι να γίνει μελέτη στο πεδίο της ψηφιακής επεξεργασίας εικόνας και μέσω αυτής να εντοπιστούν σε πρώτο επίπεδο, οι φερτές ύλες στη ροή του ποταμού για την μετέπειτα ανάλυση της ποιότητας του νερού ενώ σε δεύτερο στάδιο στόχος είναι η εκτίμηση της ταχύτητάς τους. Αυτό αφορά το πρώτο σκέλος αυτής της εργασίας. Το δεύτερο σκέλος αφορά τον εντοπισμό και την εκτίμηση της ταχύτητας των ερυθρών αιμοσφαιρίων για τη βοήθεια σε διάγνωση κάποιων ασθενειών. Η επεξεργασία των εικόνων έγινε στο εργαλείο προγραμματισμού Matlab. Στα πρώτα τέσσερα κεφάλαια γίνεται ανάλυση της βασικής εργασίας δηλαδή της μελέτης της μέσης πραγματικής ταχύτητας των αντικειμένων στη ροή ποταμού, ενώ στο πέμπτο κεφάλαιο γίνεται μικρότερη αλλά σημαντική ανάλυση της ταχύτητας των ερυθρών αιμοσφαιρίων, που ήταν συμπληρωματική εργασία.
Similarity of matrices over local rings of length two
Creators: name: Prasad, Amritanshu
name: Singla, Pooja
name: Spallone, Steven
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 16S50, 20H25

description: Let $R$ be a local principal ideal ring of length two, for example, the ring $R=\Z/p^2\Z$ with $p$ prime. In this paper we develop a theory of normal forms for similarity classes in the matrix rings $M_n(R)$ by interpreting them in terms of extensions of $R[t]$-modules. Using this theory, we describe the similarity classes in $M_n(R)$ for $n\leq 4$, along with their centralizers. Among these, we characterize those classes which are similar to their transposes. Non-self-transpose classes are shown to exist for all $n>3$. When $R$ has finite residue field of order $q$, we enumerate the similarity classes and the cardinalities of their centralizers as polynomials in $q$. Surprisingly, the polynomials representing the number of similarity classes in $M_n(R)$ turn out to have non-negative integer coefficients.
description: 46 pages
Chydaeus convexus Ito 2002
Creators: name: Kataev, Boris M.
name: Wrase, David W.
name: Schmidt, Joachim
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Coleoptera
Carabidae
Chydaeus
Chydaeus convexus

description: Chydaeus convexus Ito, 2002
(Fig. 70)
 Chydaeus (Chydaeus) convexus Ito, 2002: 297
 Material examined. China. YUNNAN: 1 ♀, Baoshan Pref., Gaoligong Shan, W Pass, 35 km SE Tengchong, 2100 m, 24°50'18"N 98°45'43"E, devastated primary deciduous forest, litter sifted, 25–28.VIII.2009, D.W. Wrase leg. [06] (cWR); 1 ♀, Baoshan Pref., Gaoligong Shan, E pass, 33 km SE Tengchong, 2150 m, 24°51'22"N 98°45'36"E, devastated primary deciduous forest, litter, wood, mushrooms sifted, 28.VIII.2009 M. Schülke leg. [08A] (cWR); 1 ♂, Baoshan Pref., Gaoligong Shan, 31 km SE Tengchong 2200–2250 m, 24°53'11"N / 98°45’22’’E, pasture in secondary forest, under moss/shrubs, 26.VIII.2009, D.W.Wrase leg. [09] (cWR); 1 ♀, Baoshan Pref., Gaoligong Shan, nr. Xiaoheishan N.R., 35 km SE Tengchong, 2110 m, 24°50'16"N 98°45'43"E, primary deciduous forest, litter, sifted, 30.V./ 4.VI.2007, D.W. Wrase leg. [11] (cWR); 1 ♀, same data but: M. Schülke leg. [11] (cJS); 1 ♂, Gaoligong Shan mts, pass SW of Baoshan, 4–8.VI.2005, O. Makládal leg. (cKM); 1 ♂, Lincang Pref., Laobie Shan, Wei Bo Shan pass, 2375 m, 24°08'16"N 99°42'53"E, creek valley, devastated secondary deciduous forest, under stones, in litter, 8.IX.2009, D.W. Wrase leg. [35] (cWR).
 Remarks. Chydaeus convexus was previously known only from the southern parts of the Gaoligong Shan in western Yunnan Province, China (Kataev & Schmidt 2006; Kataev et al. 2012). The new material was collected in the southern parts of the Gaoligong Shan and in the north-eastern part of the Laobie Shan, located to the south-east of the Gaoligong Shan (Fig. 70). A single male collected in the Laobie Shan is very similar in the aedeagus structure to the males examined from the Gaoligong Shan, but differs from them in having elytral microsculpture on disc slightly more distinct and pro- and mesotarsi less strongly enlarged; parascutellar setigerous pore is present in each elytron. Additional material from the Laobie Shan is needed to determine the status of this male.
description: Published as part of Kataev, Boris M., Wrase, David W. & Schmidt, Joachim, 2014, New species of the genus Chydaeus from China, Nepal, Myanmar, and Thailand, with remarks on species previously described (Coleoptera: Carabidae: Harpalini), pp. 1-28 in Zootaxa 3765 (1) on pages 26-27, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3765.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/285551
Black and White Green Spaces: Segregation, the Specter of Interracial Violence, and the Chicago Park District, 1957-1970
Creators: name: Green, Daniel
Publisher: name: University of Chicago
Year: 2022

description: This thesis evaluates the segregationist actions and tendencies of the Chicago Park District in the 1960s, particularly as a reaction to interracial violence that occurred in the late 1950s. It builds on the work done by historians such as Victoria Wolcott and Arnold Hirsch, as well as scholars from other fields, to examine the previously undiscussed role of the Park District in the larger segregationist project. Combining qualitative archival research with quantitative analysis, the paper examines the publicly presented positions of the District and the messages sent by its publications and analyzes how these actions manifested on a citywide level. It finds that District made choices that assumed interracial conflict was an inevitability, which resulted in reinvigorated de facto segregation and caused a decrease in park space on the edges of Chicago’s Black neighborhoods. It concludes that Black Chicagoans, as a result, had less access to important public spaces, particularly the parks and beaches along the city’s lakefront.
title: Österreichische Bergbaubehörden und ihre archivische Überlieferung
Creators: name: Schram, Maximilian
Year: 2023

description: Die vorliegende Masterarbeit beschäftigt sich mit dem Bestand des „Berggerichts“ im Wiener Stadt- und Landesarchiv im Speziellen und dessen Kontext der Entstehung sowie der Überlieferung von Bergbehörden in österreichischen Archiven im Allgemeinen. Es handelt sich hierbei um eine archivische Erschließungsarbeit, welche es sich zum Ziel setzt, den Bestand näher einordnen zu können und ihn dadurch BenutzerInnen besser zugänglich zu machen. Da es zur Thematik kaum vertiefende Literatur gibt, wird, um dieses Ziel zu erreichen, ein Überblick über die Behörden- und Verwaltungsgeschichte des Berggerichts Steyr und seiner Nachfolgebehörden festgehalten. Diese beginnt mit dem Josephinismus und endet mit dem Mineralrohstoffgesetz von 1999. Im Anschluss wird ein Überblick über die bergbehördlichen Archivbestände in Österreich dargestellt. Am Ende steht eine praktische Bearbeitung des Bestandes anhand des Standards ISAD(G) und eine Analyse über den weiteren Verbleib des „Berggerichts“. Diese Beschreibung beschäftigt sich zunächst auf Bestandsebene mit der Thematik. Hier wurde eine umfangreiche Bestandsgeschichte aus Justizverwaltungsakten rekonstruiert, auch eine mögliche Aufteilung und Verbringung des Bestandes in die Zuständigkeitsbereiche anderer Archive wird diskutiert. Schließlich kommt es zur Beschreibung der einzelnen Serien des Bestandes. Das Ergebnis der Analyse ist, dass der Bestand aus zwei Provenienzen besteht. Einerseits ist Archivgut des Berggerichts Steyr und andererseits des berggerichtlichen Senats am Kreisgericht St. Pölten vorhanden. Diese beiden Provenienzen sollen voneinander getrennt werden, wobei konsequenterweise die Unterlagen aus Steyr an das Oberösterreichische und die Akten und Bücher aus St. Pölten an das Niederösterreichische Landesarchiv übergeben werden müssten.
Phonons in two-dimensional soft colloidal crystals
Creators: name: Chen, Ke
name: Still, Tim
name: Schoenholz, Samuel
name: Aptowicz, Kevin B.
name: Schindler, Michael
name: Maggs, A. C.
name: Liu, Andrea J.
name: Yodh, A. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The vibrational modes of pristine and polycrystalline monolayer colloidal crystals composed of thermosensitive microgel particles are measured using video microscopy and covariance matrix analysis. At low frequencies, the Debye relation for two dimensional harmonic crystals is observed in both crystal types; at higher frequencies, evidence for van Hove singularities in the phonon density of states is significantly smeared out by experimental noise and measurement statistics. The effects of these errors are analyzed using numerical simulations. We introduce methods to correct for these limitations, which can be applied to disordered systems as well as crystalline ones, and we show that application of the error correction procedure to the experimental data leads to more pronounced van Hove singularities in the pristine crystal. Finally, quasi-localized low-frequency modes in polycrystalline two-dimensional colloidal crystals are identified and demonstrated to correlate with structural defects such as dislocations, suggesting that quasi-localized low-frequency phonon modes may be used to identify local regions vulnerable to rearrangements in crystalline as well as amorphous solids.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures 09/11/2013 major revisions
Collaborative Knowledge Sharing: a case study on EU FAR project
Creators: name: Marin, Monica
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: data
OpenScience
FAIRprinciples
Reliance
EUFar
ResearchObjects
EOSCinPractice

description: EU FAR – EU Funds by Area Results - was supported under the RDA Open Call for Cross Disciplinary Science Adoption Grants #1 and it was implemented by the Research Institute for Quality of Life from September 2022 until April 2023. The key objective of the project was to stimulate the development of open data on EU funding, in line with FAIR principles (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability and Reusability). Information publicly displayed by the project is focused on EU funds absorbed by local governments in Romania (LAU 2 level) from 2014 to 2020, with a special focus on rural areas.
Archiv zur Geschichte der Kernenergie in der Schweiz: Findmittel zu den Fonds NGA, BBC, Elektrowatt AG, EIR, Bundesverwaltung, Nachlässe, Internationale Genfer Atomkonferenz 1964, Kernkraftwerk Kaiseraugst AG, ETH Zürich
Creators: name: ETH-Bibliothek Archive und Nachlässe Zürich
name: Archiv zur Geschichte der Kernenergie in der Schweiz
Publisher: name: ETH Zurich
Year: 2006
Subjects: KERNTECHNIKGESCHICHTE
KERNENERGIE (ENERGIETECHNIK)
KERNKRAFTWERKE, KKW + ATOMKRAFTWERKE, AKW (KERNTECHNIK)
KERNTECHNIKFORSCHUNG
KERNREAKTOREN (KERNTECHNIK)
SCHWEIZ (MITTELEUROPA). SCHWEIZERISCHE EIDGENOSSENSCHAFT
HISTORY OF NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGY
NUCLEAR ENERGY (ENERGY TECHNOLOGY)
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS, NPP + ATOMIC POWER PLANTS, APP (NUCLEAR ENGINEERING)
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING RESEARCH
NUCLEAR REACTORS (NUCLEAR ENGINEERING)
SWITZERLAND (CENTRAL EUROPE). SWISS CONFEDERATION
info:eu-repo/classification/ddc/333.7
Natural resources, energy and environment

description: Handschriften und Autographen der ETH-Bibliothek, 261
title: "Das ist doch halb so schlimm"
Creators: name: Schmidt, Tabea
Year: 2023

description: Fluggesellschaften verstärken mit ihrer Werbung individuelle Bedürfnisse, wie das Erfahren der Welt, und fördern somit ein umweltschädigendes Verhalten der Reisenden durch Flugreisen. Wie sich eine unterschiedliche Preisgestaltung in der Werbung, unter Berücksichtigung der moralischen Standards eines Individuums, auf die Handlung ausübt, ist bislang nicht ausreichend erforscht. Die vorliegende experimentelle Studie untersuchte dahingehend mittels einer diversen Stichprobe der deutschen und österreichischen Bevölkerung (N = 247), welchen Einfluss eine attraktive und somit günstige Flugwerbung auf die Anwendung des Moral Disengagements hat. Die moralische Rechtfertigung des umweltschädigenden Verhaltens wurde anhand von vier Moral Disengagement-Strategien von Bandura (2016) untersucht: vorteilhafter Vergleich, moralische Rechtfertigung, Minimieren von Konsequenzen und Abschieben der Verantwortung. Es zeigt sich, dass weder ein niedriges noch ein hohes Preisniveau in der Flugwerbung zu einem erhöhten Gebrauch der Moral Disengagement-Strategien führt. Das Bedürfnis nach umweltschädigenden Flugreisen überwiegt, woraus eine Bedeutungslosigkeit des Preises resultiert. Trotz dessen beeinflusst ebenso wenig der Grad einer kosmopolitischen Einstellung der Personen die Anwendung der Rechtfertigungsstrategien, ungeachtet des Attraktivitätslevels der Flugwerbung. Die Ergebnisse weisen daneben auf einen Zusammenhang der Klimabesorgnis mit drei Strategien des Moral Disengagements hin.
description: Airlines reinforce individual desires through advertising, such as exploring the world and furthermore encourage environmentally harmful behaviour of flight passengers. However how different flight fares affect the actions of an individual, while taking their moral standards into account, has not yet been researched sufficiently. The present experimental study examined the influence of attractive and inexpensive flight advertising on the application of moral disengagement using a diverse sample of the German and Austrian population (N = 247). The moral justification of environmentally harmful behaviour was investigated using the four mechanisms of moral disengagement presented by Bandura (2016): advantageous comparison, moral justification, minimizing consequences and displacement of responsibility. The results show that neither high nor low flight fares in advertisement lead to an increased use of moral disengagement. The need for environmentally harmful air travel predominates which results in insignificance of pricing. In addition the cosmopolitan orientation of an individual does not influence the application of the justification strategies regardless of the attractivity level of flight advertising. The outcome of the study also indicates a correlation of climate concern and three strategies of moral disengagement.
Distributed Adaptive Networks: A Graphical Evolutionary Game-Theoretic View
Creators: name: Jiang, Chunxiao
name: Chen, Yan
name: Liu, K. J. Ray
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Computer Science and Game Theory (cs.GT)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Distributed adaptive filtering has been considered as an effective approach for data processing and estimation over distributed networks. Most existing distributed adaptive filtering algorithms focus on designing different information diffusion rules, regardless of the nature evolutionary characteristic of a distributed network. In this paper, we study the adaptive network from the game theoretic perspective and formulate the distributed adaptive filtering problem as a graphical evolutionary game. With the proposed formulation, the nodes in the network are regarded as players and the local combiner of estimation information from different neighbors is regarded as different strategies selection. We show that this graphical evolutionary game framework is very general and can unify the existing adaptive network algorithms. Based on this framework, as examples, we further propose two error-aware adaptive filtering algorithms. Moreover, we use graphical evolutionary game theory to analyze the information diffusion process over the adaptive networks and evolutionarily stable strategy of the system. Finally, simulation results are shown to verify the effectiveness of our analysis and proposed methods.
description: Accepted by IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
title: Postmoderne Ästhetik und Schreibweisen in der deutschsprachigen Jugendliteratur der Gegenwart
Creators: name: Ehgartner, Iris
Year: 2023

description: Die Postmoderne bezeichnet eine kulturwissenschaftliche Periode der 1980er Jahre, die sich auf beinahe alle gesellschaftlichen und kulturellen Bereiche auswirkte und damit auch auf die Jugendliteratur, rückblickend jedoch als schwierig zu definieren gilt und deshalb wenig rezipiert wird. These der vorliegenden Arbeit ist, dass die von der Postmoderne angestoßenen Veränderungen der Jugendliteratur bis heute nachwirken. Diese Arbeit geht dementsprechend dem Einfluss der Postmoderne auf die deutschsprachige Jugendliteratur nach. Es wird die Programmatik der literarischen Postmoderne in ihrer Beziehung zu Zeitgeschichte und Philosophie dargelegt; der Fokus liegt aber auf zweifacher Weise auf der Jugendliteratur der Gegenwart. Einerseits wird anhand von vier ausgewählten Jugendromanen (Elisabeth Steinkellners Papierklavier, Ursula Poznanskis Cryptos, Dirk Popes Abgefahren und Sarah Jägers Die Nacht so groß wie wir) exemplarisch aufgezeigt, welche postmodernen Schreibweisen diese aufweisen. Andererseits wird die Relation zwischen Trends der gegenwärtigen Jugendliteratur und dem Einfluss der Postmoderne ergründet. Diese Zusammenhänge bestehen beispielsweise in der Tendenz aktueller Jugendliteratur zu Grenzüberschreitungen und Hybridisierungen sowie im Verzicht auf moralisierende Wertungen durch Erwachsene. Es wird gezeigt, dass im 21. Jahrhundert, in dem die Periode der Postmoderne zu Ende ist, trotzdem noch von ‚postmodernen Schreibweisen‘ in der Jugendliteratur der Gegenwart gesprochen werden kann und dies einen Mehrwert für die Arbeit mit Jugendliteratur darstellt.
New frontiers in re-prosecution: double jeopardy and the ‘fresh and compelling’ evidence exception in New South Wales
Creators: name: Gosling, Brent
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: In 2018 the New South Wales Attorney-General asked the Court of Criminal Appeal to allow the retrial of a person found not guilty of two murder charges at trials in 1994 and 2006. This case represents the first use of the ‘fresh and compelling’ evidence exception to the double jeopardy rule. Double jeopardy traditionally prohibits the re-trial of an accused person for the same offence following conviction or acquittal. Now, the emergence of fresh and compelling evidence enables prosecutors to challenge ‘tainted acquittals,’ thereby privileging accuracy of outcome over finality. Taking the 2018 decision of Attorney-General (NSW) v XX as a case study, this paper uses doctrinal analysis and existing procedural theory to critique the expansion of discretionary prosecutorial power. Analysis of the 2018 decision shows that the ‘fresh and compelling’ evidence test was read down to ensure that evidence previously tendered but not admitted could not be used. Given criminal trials are the only institutionally valid method of determining liability, narrow interpretations of the exception are needed to limit post-acquittal re-trial applications and ensure that trials are conducted diligently in the first instance. This paper analyses the decision, integrating it into emerging trends in double jeopardy scholarship before considering the implications of the case for prosecutorial practice.
Transcriptomics reveals shared immunosuppressive landscapes in ventilator-associated lower respiratory tract infections (VA-LRTI) patients
Creators: name: Martin-Loeches, Ignacio
name: Martinez, Gustavo Sganzerla
name: Garduno, Alexis
name: Cusack, Rachel
name: Andaluz-Ojeda, David
name: Lopez-Campos, Guillermo
name: Kelvin, David
name: Ramirez, Paula
name: Lorenzo, Luis Tamayo Lomas
name: Crespi, Lorenzo Socias
name: Bermejo-Martín, Jesús F.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) represents a transitory status of immunoparalysis, and we hypothesized that ventilator-associated tracheobronchitis (VAT) could share also some degree of immune response to a respiratory infection. A prospective observational study in five medical ICUs to evaluate immunological alterations of patients with VA-LRTI. Immunological gene expression profiles in the blood using whole transcriptome microarrays in the first 24 hours following diagnosis. The area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) was used to assess the accuracy of mRNA levels to differentiate VA-LRTI and lack of infection. A principal component analysis (PCA) was employed for analyzing the impact of each genetic expression footprint variable in explaining the variance of the cohort. There was overlapping between the three classes of patients encompassing gene expression levels of 8 genes (i.e. HLA, IL2RA, CD40LG, ICOS, CCR7, CD1C, CD3E). HLA-DRA was equally low among VAT and VAP patients characterizing immune depression, and significantly lower than the control group. Our findings suggest that VAP and VAT are not so different regarding gene expression levels suggesting a degree of immunosuppression. Our results indicate a state of immunoparalysis in respiratory infections in critically ill patients.