cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Wolongia Zhu, Kim & Song 1997
Creators: name: Malamel, Jobi J.
name: Nafin, Karunnappilli Shamsudheen
name: Sankaran, Pradeep M.
name: Sebastian, Pothalil A.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Araneae
Tetragnathidae
Wolongia

description: Wolongia Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997
Diagnosis. The genus Wolongia is closely related to Nanometa Simon, 1908; but it can be differentiated from the latter by the following combination of characters: 1) absence of denticles between two cheliceral fang furrows in Wolongia, but present in Nanometa (Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga 2011: fig. 88D); 2) some portion of the genital bulb concealed in cymbium in retrolateral view against the separated bulb from cymbium in Nanometa (Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga 2011: fig. 90D); 3) copulatory duct tubular in Wolongia (Wan & Peng 2013: figs 6F, 10C, 12C, 14D, 18F, 22B, 26C, 28D, 32E, 34C; Present study: Fig, 3E) but as a modified sac in Nanometa (Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga 2011: fig. 74B). Wolongia also similar to Okileucauge Tanikawa, 2001 in habitus and coloration, but differs from the latter by: 1) cymbium with an ectomedian and ectobasal process (Wan & Peng 2013: figs 5A–C, 9A–C, 17A–C, 21A–C, 25A–C, 31A–C, 33A–C; Present study: Fig, 3B,C) versus absent in Okileucauge; 2) embolic base exposed in Wolongia (Wan & Peng 2013: figs 5A, 9A, 17A, 21A, 25A, 31A, 33A; Present study: Fig, 3B) which is hidden in conductor in Okileucauge (Zhu et al. 2003: fig. 155D); 3) female palpal tibia without long trichobothria while present in O kileucauge (Zhu et al. 2003: fig. 158C); 4) fertilization duct slightly curved (Wan & Peng 2013: figs 6F, 10C, 12C, 14D, 18F, 22B, 26C, 28D, 32E, 34C; Present study: Fig. 3E) against heavily coiled and sac-shaped FD in Okileucauge.
Type species, Wolongia guoi Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997, by original designation.
Composition. Wolongia bicruris Wan & Peng, 2013 (Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan Province, China); W. bimacroseta Wan & Peng, 2013 (Gaoligong Mountains, China); W. erromera Wan & Peng, 2013 (Gaoligong Mountains, China); W. foliacea Wan & Peng, 2013 (Gaoligong Mountains, China); W.guoi Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 (Sichuan and Shaanxi Provinces, China); W. mutica Wan & Peng, 2013 (Gaoligong Mountains, China); W. odontodes Zhao, Yin & Peng, 2009 (Gaoligong Mountains, China); W. renaria Wan & Peng, 2013 (Gaoligong Mountains, China); W. tetramacroseta Wan & Peng, 2013 (Gaoligong Mountains, China); and W. wangi Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 (Sichuan and Shaanxi Provinces, China).
description: Published as part of Malamel, Jobi J., Nafin, Karunnappilli Shamsudheen, Sankaran, Pradeep M. & Sebastian, Pothalil A., 2018, First record of the spider genus Wolongia Zhu, Kim & Song, 1997 from India with the description of a new species (Araneae, Tetragnathidae), pp. 145-150 in Zootaxa 4407 (1) on pages 145-146, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4407.1.13, http://zenodo.org/record/1216476
title: Quarterly Business Capital Expenditures
Creators: name: Evans, R. G.
name: Helliwell, John F.
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05cc98565
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1969

description: This study explains the theory and empirical experiments underlying the two business fixed capital expenditure equations used in RDX1, an aggregate quarterly model of the Canadian economy. Econometric descriptions of behaviour are never final, even when the behaviour in question is fairly straightforward. In the field of investment behaviour, where decision makers and researchers alike operate under conditions of considerable uncertainty, almost any equation must be regarded as a stopgap whose use is only justified under the pretext that it is temporary. Even while research is continuing it often makes sense to stop and chronicle the progress to date, in part to help others on the same route and in part to clarify the remaining problems. When one must produce some equation or other in a specified time, as we had to do for the RDX1 model, there is an added incentive to spell out progress to date so that the equation can be duplicated for the aggregate model.
Details
Analysis of Decentered Clusters and Transversal Supply: Large Scale Settlement Clusters, Infrastructure Access and Housholds
Creators: name: Huber, Joachim
name: Abegglen, Marcel
Year: 2020
Subjects: urban planning
sustainability
CO2
mobility
spacial planning
big data
simulation
data vizualisation

description: The "Swiss Spatial Concept” (Raumkonzept Schweiz) represents a common strategy for sustainable spatial development with the most prominent spatial lines of interaction and networking. The CH‐wide cluster analysis of CA B.1.3. BFH‐AHB has revealed an interesting addition. The most efficient mobility connection clusters between households and infrastructure create new "decentralized" clusters with a transversal character in regard to the main lines and networks of the Swiss spatial concept. At the example of the Cantone of Berne, such an interpretation was made visible through a data simulation concerning infrastructure such as education, food and health.
Improving Sickle Cell Disease Classification: A Fusion of Conventional Classifiers, Segmented Images, and Convolutional Neural Networks
Creators: name: Cardoso, Victor Júnio Alcântara
name: Moreira, Rodrigo
name: Mari, João Fernando
name: Moreira, Larissa Ferreira Rodrigues
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Sickle cell anemia, which is characterized by abnormal erythrocyte morphology, can be detected using microscopic images. Computational techniques in medicine enhance the diagnosis and treatment efficiency. However, many computational techniques, particularly those based on Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), require high resources and time for training, highlighting the research opportunities in methods with low computational overhead. In this paper, we propose a novel approach combining conventional classifiers, segmented images, and CNNs for the automated classification of sickle cell disease. We evaluated the impact of segmented images on classification, providing insight into deep learning integration. Our results demonstrate that using segmented images and CNN features with an SVM achieves an accuracy of 96.80%. This finding is relevant for computationally efficient scenarios, paving the way for future research and advancements in medical-image analysis.
description: 14 pages
Targeted disruption: Using soundwaves to penetrate cancer cell pathways.
Creators: name: forrest, Russell
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description:  Abstract

This research examined the integration of ultrasound technology with a novel pretreatment formulation, the Blended Defense Batch (BDB), to disrupt the collagen matrix within the tumor microenvironment. The study focused on the Cancer Cell Attack Mechanism (CCAM), employing multiple ultrasound frequencies to enhance therapeutic penetration, prevent the reconstruction of cancer cell defenses, and minimize thermal damage. It detailed the development and implementation of biodegradable cooling additives within the BDB to manage thermal effects effectively, showing promise in both in vitro and in vivo testing for improving cancer treatment outcomes.
TNNGen: Automated Design of Neuromorphic Sensory Processing Units for Time-Series Clustering
Creators: name: Vellaisamy, Prabhu
name: Nair, Harideep
name: Ratnakaram, Vamsikrishna
name: Gupta, Dhruv
name: Shen, John Paul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Hardware Architecture (cs.AR)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Neural and Evolutionary Computing (cs.NE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Temporal Neural Networks (TNNs), a special class of spiking neural networks, draw inspiration from the neocortex in utilizing spike-timings for information processing. Recent works proposed a microarchitecture framework and custom macro suite for designing highly energy-efficient application-specific TNNs. These recent works rely on manual hardware design, a labor-intensive and time-consuming process. Further, there is no open-source functional simulation framework for TNNs. This paper introduces TNNGen, a pioneering effort towards the automated design of TNNs from PyTorch software models to post-layout netlists. TNNGen comprises a novel PyTorch functional simulator (for TNN modeling and application exploration) coupled with a Python-based hardware generator (for PyTorch-to-RTL and RTL-to-Layout conversions). Seven representative TNN designs for time-series signal clustering across diverse sensory modalities are simulated and their post-layout hardware complexity and design runtimes are assessed to demonstrate the effectiveness of TNNGen. We also highlight TNNGen's ability to accurately forecast silicon metrics without running hardware process flow.
description: Published in IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, May 2024
ICPR 2024 Competition on Domain Adaptation and GEneralization for Character Classification (DAGECC)
Creators: name: Marino, Sofia
name: Vandoni, Jennifer
name: Aldea, Emanuel
name: Lemghari, Ichraq
name: Hégarat-Mascle, Sylvie Le
name: Jurie, Frédéric
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In this companion paper for the DAGECC (Domain Adaptation and GEneralization for Character Classification) competition organized within the frame of the ICPR 2024 conference, we present the general context of the tasks we proposed to the community, we introduce the data that were prepared for the competition and we provide a summary of the results along with a description of the top three winning entries. The competition was centered around domain adaptation and generalization, and our core aim is to foster interest and facilitate advancement on these topics by providing a high-quality, lightweight, real world dataset able to support fast prototyping and validation of novel ideas.
description: Companion paper for the ICPR 2024 Competition on Domain Adaptation and GEneralization for Character Classification (DAGECC)
In der Schweiz lebende Minder­jährige mit Fluchterfahrungen: «Wer versteht meine Innenwelt?»
Creators: name: Asefaw, Fana
name: Bombach, Clara
name: Wöckel, Lars
Publisher: name: EMH Swiss Medical Publishers
Year: 2018
Subjects: accompanied minor asylum seekers
unaccompanied minor asylum seekers
UASC
children with experience of displacement
asylum accommodation
trauma
psycho-social burden
stress ­factors
mental illness
child and adolescent psychiatry
ethnopsychiatry
paediatric neurology
transcultural psychiatry

description: The number of accompanied and unaccompanied minor asylum seekers in Switzerland has increased in recent years. Numerous studies, mostly from abroad, show that children and adolescents with refugee experiences are at high risk of mental illness. Events in their country of origin, the escape itself and the adjustment to the country of arrival can be associated with traumatic experiences and impede the mobilisation of resources. This ­article focuses on the housing of children and adolescents who have ­experienced displacement in the country of arrival and shows, using various examples and with regard to current international research, that the housing of children, adolescents and their families often does not take place in a way that is appropriate to their needs and age. Some stress ­factors in the country of arrival can represent a high psychosocial burden and a challenge for integration. Participation in social life is hindered for new arrivals in many regards. Accompanied and unaccompanied minor asylum seekers are evidently equally affected by stress and risk factors. Resources can be activated through suitable support measures and targeted integration measures.
Nesodynerus litoralis
Creators: name: Carpenter, James M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eumenidae
Nesodynerus
Nesodynerus litoralis

description: litoralis (Giffard)
Odynerus litoralis Giffard 1916: 226, male, female—“Waialua and Waianae (Kaena Point), Island of Oahu, along the seacoast” (Honolulu).— Timberlake 1922b: 175 (holotype and allotype in coll. Hawaiian Entomological Society).— Nishida 1992: 184 (Oahu); 1994: 173 (Oahu); 1997: 149 (Oahu); 2002: 182 (Oahu).
Nesodynerus litoralis; Carpenter 2008: 18.
Distr.: Hawaii.
description: Published as part of Carpenter, James M., 2023, A Catalogue of the Pacific Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), pp. 401-455 in Zootaxa 5315 (5) on page 423, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5315.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8142377
Windowed State Space Filters for Peak Interference Suppression in Neural Spike Sorting
Creators: name: Baeriswyl, Christof
name: Bertrand, Alexander
name: Wildhaber, Reto A.
Year: 2022
Subjects: multi-class pattern recognition
template matching
linear state space models
neural spike sorting

description: Signal-to-peak-interference ratio (SPIR) optimal filters are template matching filters with peak interference suppression properties. Such max-SPIR filters are used in multi-pattern recognition problems, such as neural spike sorting in micro-electrode array probes, where cellular action potentials need to be detected and clustered according to their firing neuron cells. In high-density probes with hundreds of channels, such max-SPIR filter banks can require unacceptable high computational resources, in particular for applications with real-time demands and/or on-probe spike sorting. In this paper, we present a computationally attractive substitute for max-SPIR filters by recursively computed Autonomous Linear State Space Model (ALSSM) filters. In our approach, we approximate the impulse response of max-SPIR filters by low order ALSSMs and perform the signal convolution in the new, low-dimensional ALSSM vector space. We demonstrate our method on real neural recordings from high-density probes and show only minimal loss in detection quality while the computational complexity drops by up to a factor 10.
Derivatization Technique To Identify Specifically Carbonyl Groups by Infrared Spectroscopy: Characterization of Photooxidative Aging Products in Terpenes and Terpeneous Resins
Creators: name: Zumbühl, Stefan
name: Brändle, Andreas
name: Hochuli, Andreas
name: Scherrer, Nadim
name: Caseri, Walter
Publisher: name: American Chemical Society
Year: 2017

description: Analysis of bioorganic materials by infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) is frequently limited due to overlapping of diagnostic bands from the various components, which poses a fundamental problem to this analytical technique. The distinction of oxidized di- and triterpenes, for example, is hindered by the superposition of similar absorption bands of carbonyl functional groups summing up to a broad, nondistinctive signal. This study presents a technique for selective fluorination of various carboxylic acids by exposure to gaseous sulfur tetrafluoride. The derivatization treatment leads to characteristic band shifts, allowing the separation of otherwise overlapping bands. Accordingly, the IR bands of primary acids, α,β-unsaturated acids, tertiary acids, peroxy acids, esters, ketones, and α,β-unsaturated ketones are split into distinct absorption bands. The capability of this method is demonstrated on the example of natural resins and their ingredients, which are commonly known to be susceptible to oxidation at ambient conditions. The derivatization method enables one to identify various carbonyl containing functional groups by infrared spectroscopy, even in complex mixtures of terpenes. It unveils previously hidden degradation reactions running in terpenes and natural resins exposed to artificial aging by irradiation with light. New insight is presented on the individual reaction pathways of the terpenes hydroxydammarenone and abietic acid as well as of natural resin varnishes made from dammar and colophony.
HEART: automated build and test infrastructure for real-time controller development
Creators: name: Chapin, Edward L.
name: Dunn, Jennifer
name: Kerley, Dan
name: Mueller, Lianne
name: Smith, Malcolm
name: Stocks, Jonathan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The Herzberg Extensible Adaptive optics Real-Time Toolkit (HEART) is a complete framework written in C and Python for building next-generation adaptive optics (AO) system real-time controllers, with the performance needed for extremely large telescopes. With numerous HEART-based RTCs now in their design or build phases, each with different AO algorithms, target hardware, and observatory requirements, continuous automated builds and tests are a cornerstone of our development effort. In this paper we describe the many levels of testing that we perform, from low-level unit tests of individual functions, to more complex component and system-level tests that verify both numerical correctness and execution performance. Incorporating extensive testing into HEART since its inception has allowed us to continuously (and confidently) refactor and extend it to both meet the changing needs of local on-sky experiments, as well as those of the several major facility instruments that we are developing.
description: 15 pages, 7 figures, SPIE (2024) 13101-130
Defining Corporate Values to Signal Functionality in Stakeholder Communication
Creators: name: Frecè, Jan Thomas
name: Harder, Deane
Publisher: name: Center for Promoting Education and Research (CPER)
Year: 2022

description: Many corporations define values and publish them in their yearly reports or on their websites. Managers see the benefit of having corporate values. This article critically evaluates the idea of corporate values and presents a set of criteria that functional corporate values should meet. We will show how corporate values contribute to the identity of a company and signal its identity to society, thus providing a base for its “license to operate”. This concept of corporate values was assessed empirically with the self-stated values of 50 Swiss companies. We show that many companies have an insufficient concept of corporate values and, if stated at all, they are in many cases dysfunctional. It can be concluded that there is a knowing-doing gap but also a pronounced lack of knowledge regarding corporate values. More research is recommended to address the perception of the function of values from a managerial point of view.
Fast resets of sub-windows on infrared detectors as a strategy for persistence mitigation
Creators: name: Chapin, Edward L.
name: Grosson, Theodore
name: Hardy, Tim
name: Lothrop, Jordan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Persistence effects in HgCdTe infrared detectors cause significant artifacts that can impact the quality of science observations for up to many hours after exposure to bright/saturating sources. This problem will have a substantially greater impact on viable observing modes for infrared cameras on future ELTs due to the leap in sensitivities that is expected. In this paper we present new results from an updated test system that was previously used to prototype ``on-detector guide windows'' to provide fast T/T feedback to AO systems, interleaved with simultaneous (slow) full-frame readouts for science. We now explore the possibility of continuously resetting these small regions of the detector that are illuminated with a compact source as a strategy for mitigating persistence, using two different detectors. While our results generally show promise for this observing strategy, we found for one of our detectors that the combination of fast localized resets with intense illumination can introduce a potentially problematic persistent change in local reset levels.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures, SPIE (2024) 13103-99
Der Klimawandel: Ursachen der Veränderung und Folgen für die Weltgemeinschaft
Creators: name: Vanoni, Marco
Publisher: name: Gasser
Year: 2022
Subjects: Klimawandel

description: Das folgende Gespräch führte Marco Vanoni (MV) mit Sonia I. Seneviratne (SIS) und Evelyn Constnce Coleman Brantschen (EC) am 26. August 2022 über Zoom.
MultiLegalPile: A 689GB Multilingual Legal Corpus
Creators: name: Niklaus, Joël
name: Matoshi, Veton
name: Stürmer, Matthias
name: Chalkidis, Ilias
name: Ho, Daniel E
Year: 2024

description: Large, high-quality datasets are crucial for training Large Language Models (LLMs). However, so far, there are few datasets available for specialized critical domains such as law and the available ones are often only for the English language. We curate and release MULTILEGALPILE, a 689GB corpus in 24 languages from 17 jurisdictions. The MULTILEGALPILE corpus, which includes diverse legal data sources with varying licenses, allows for pretraining NLP models under fair use, with more permissive licenses for the Eurlex Resources and Legal mC4 subsets. We pretrain two RoBERTa models and one Longformer multilingually, and 24 monolingual models on each of the language-specific subsets and evaluate them on LEXTREME. Additionally, we evaluate the English and multilingual models on LexGLUE. Our multilingual models set a new SotA on LEXTREME and our English models on LexGLUE. We release the dataset, the trained models, and all of the code under the most open possible licenses.
Earicandona Karanovic 2013, gen. nov.
Creators: name: Karanovic, Ivana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Ostracoda
Podocopida
Candonidae
Earicandona

description: Genus Earicandona gen. nov.
Type species. Earicandona mounchyon sp. nov.
Other species. Earicandona okuboi (Smith & Janz, 2008) comb. nov.
Diagnosis. Shell without prominent ornament, covered with sparse hair-like setae. LV overlaps RV around all free margins. No prominent flange, selvage narrow and peripheral. Inner calcified lamella relatively narrow. LV without postero-dorsal keel. Sexual dimorphism of the carapace sometimes well-pronounced (males having more inflated posterior end than females). Marginal pore canals short and straight. A1 7-segmented, penultimate segment without posterior most seta. A2 sexually dimorphic, males with setae t2 and t3 transformed into sensory organs, and subdividing penultimate segment. Males also with both z1 and z2 setae transformed in claws, or only z1 transformed, while z2 seta like. Claws G1 and G3 reduced. A 2 in females with all three z-setae remaining seta-like, all claws on the penultimate and terminal segments normally developed and remaining claw-like. Mxl palp with slightly dilated terminal segment which carrying two claws and four setae. Penultimate segment with four setae. Md palp with 3+2 setae on the inner side of the second segment. L 5 in males transformed into asymmetrical prehensile palp: both palps with robust bodies, right one more than left. Bodies of the palps with even margins. Fingers short and curved. Both palps with two subterminal structures situated at the base of the fingers. Only one seta present in the exopod (branchial plate) of L5, one a, b, and d seta present on protopod of the same appendage. L6 with basal seta, d1. Endopod 4-segmented terminating with long claw. All setae, e, f, and g, present. L7 with d1 and dp seta on the basal segment. Endopod 4-segmented, or possibly third and fourth segments partially to completely fused. Only g-seta present. Terminal segment with short h1 and long h2 and h3 setae. UR with both claws and both setae present. Posterior seta relatively short. Genital field in females rounded or with some small projections. Hemipenis with a distinct a-lobe, lobes b and h situated very close together and relatively hard to distinguish. Inner sclerified part, g, inconspicuous, mostly with basal part clear while proximal part not.
Etymology. The genus is named after the Greek noun ear, meaning spring (as the season of the year).
description: Published as part of Karanovic, Ivana, 2013, Earicandona, new genus and the first record of Typhlocypris pratensis (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from South Korea, pp. 145-158 in Journal of Species Research 2 (2) on page 148, DOI: 10.12651/JSR.2013.2.2.145, http://zenodo.org/record/8120224
Nesodynerus melanognathus
Creators: name: Carpenter, James M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eumenidae
Nesodynerus
Nesodynerus melanognathus

description: melanognathus (Perkins)
Odynerus melanognathus Perkins 1899: 33, male, female—“Kona, Hawaii (1500 ft. and above)” (London, no. 18.360); 1902: 134, 137 (key).— Dalla Torre 1904: 49 (in subgenus Lionotus; cat.).— Nishida 1992: 184 (Hawaii); 1994: 173 (Hawaii); 1997: 149 (Hawaii); 2002: 182 (Hawaii).
Nesodynerus melanognathus; Evenhuis 2005: 49 (list).— Carpenter 2008: 18.
Distr.: Hawaii.
description: Published as part of Carpenter, James M., 2023, A Catalogue of the Pacific Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), pp. 401-455 in Zootaxa 5315 (5) on page 423, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5315.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8142377
title: Housing and Mortgage Markets in Canada
Creators: name: Smith, Lawrence B.
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05cc98565
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1970

description: In this study an attempt is made to specify and analyze the structure of, and the forces operating on, housing and mortgage markets in Canada. The structure thus developed is then used to examine the implications of alternative government policies for housing and mortgage lending.
description: Dans cette étude, nous essayons de définir et d'analyser la structure du marché du logement et du crédit hypothécaire au Canada, et les facteurs qui l'affectent. La structure ainsi obtenue sert ensuite à montrer les répercussions possibles des différentes politiques adoptées par les pouvoirs publics en matière de logement et de crédit hypothécaire.
Natural and enforced carbonation of hydrated cement paste
Creators: name: Rodriguez Hidalgo, C. P.
name: Lea Da Silva, W. R.
name: Soosai Alphonse, J.
name: Stemmermann, P.
name: Garbev, K.
name: Beuchle, G.
Publisher: name: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)
Year: 2024
Subjects: Natural and enforced carbonation
Hydrated cement paste
Mineral carbonation

description: Mineral carbonation is a technology that enables the utilization of CO2 into Recycled Concrete Fines (RCF). While this is an enforced process induced in a reactor, carbonation also occurs naturally. Our study helps distinguish between natural and enforced carbonation on hydrated cement Paste (P) by focusing on the quantification of a) P’s natural and enforced carbonation and 2) the effect of enforced carbonation on the reactivity of carbonated paste (cP) as a cement replacement by compressive strength tests (fc). 
Natural carbonation is studied by exposing hydrated cement paste (P) to: N – N2 in a glove bag; E – lab controlled environment (CO2: 366±12 ppm, %RH: 26±9%, T: 23±0.3°C) for 1 and 14 days; and O – oven controlled environment (CO2: 153±17 ppm, %RH: 40±1%, T: 40±1°C) for 1 day. Next, all samples are carbonated (Wet Carb) in a reactor using a water/solid mass ratio of 10 and a gas flow rate of 2.0 L/min at 25% CO2. Then, the carbonated samples are exposed to E conditions (for 1 week) to check if additional carbonation occurs (Post Nat). Fig.1a shows the CO2 uptake – normalized to the fresh paste mass (LOI: 27.5%). While limited to the evaluated cement paste and test conditions, our results highlight that:
• it is important to measure the CO2 content of the fresh material prior to experiments to establish a baseline;
• P’s CO2 uptake due to natural carbonation is rather low (Max 1.38%±0.01), still must be prevented.
• CO2 uptake from wet carbonation is not affected by either the starting state or natural carbonation (2 – 4%), since all tested exposure conditions yield similar final contents, i.e. 28.6%±0.6%; and
• no further natural carbonation – or a rather negligible amount – takes place after enforced carbonation;
Fig.1b shows the fc results for binder systems P, cP, and quartz (Q), where CEM I 52.5N is replaced at ratios from 5 to 15% by weight of cement. The results indicate that, up to 7 days, replacing up to 10% of cement with cP does not compromise the cement’s fc performance significantly.
title: The Structure of RDX2
Creators: name: Helliwell, John F.
name: Shapiro, Harold T.
name: Sparks, Gordon R.
name: Stewart, Ian A.
name: Gorbet, Frederick W.
name: Stephenson, Donald R.
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/05cc98565
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 1971

description: The publication of The Structure of RDX2 marks completion within the Research Department of the Bank of Canada of a new quarterly model of the Canadian economy. RDX2 is a much larger and more flexible tool than its predecessor, RDX1. There are almost three times as many estimated behavioural relationships in RDX2 as in RDX1, and the underlying structure of almost every sector is different. As with RDX1, RDX2 is intended to be a vehicle for realistic short- and medium-term simulation of alternative policy choices open to government; hence particular attention has been paid to the elaboration of the government and monetary sectors of the model and to their integration with the total economy. In addition, RDX2 differs most markedly from RDX1 in the expanded treatment given to Canada's international trade and capital flow relationships. This expanded treatment of the international sector of the model arises from a desire to represent more adequately the international repercussions of foreign and domestic events and policies, and, derivative from this, our undertaking to link RDX2 with the large scale MPS model of the U.S. economy.
description: La publication du présent ouvrage - The Structure of RDX2 - constitue le dernier stade de la mise au point, au Département des recherches de la Banque du Canada, d'un nouveau modèle économétrique trimestriel de l'économie canadienne. Le modèle RDX2 est un instrument de travail beaucoup plus élaboré et plus souple que le RDX1, qui l'a précédé; le nombre de fonctions estimatives de comportement qu'il englobe est presque trois fois plus élevé que celui du premier modèle et la structure fondamentale de presque tous les secteurs est différente. Comme dans le cas du RDX1, le RDX2 vise à constituer un instrument susceptible de simuler de façon réaliste, à court et moyen terme, l'éventail des politiques économiques que le gouvernement canadien pourrait adopter dans diverses situations. C'est pourquoi une attention particulière a été accordée à l'élaboration des secteurs gouvernemental et monétaire du modèle et à leur intégration dans l'ensemble de l'économie. En outre, le RDX2 diffère très nettement du RDX1 par le traitement beaucoup plus détaillé qu'il réserve aux équations relatives au commerce extérieur du Canada et aux mouvements de capitaux entre le Canada et l'étranger. Cette importance accrue accordée au secteur international dans le nouveau modèle s'explique par la nécessité de représenter d'une façon plus précise l'incidence internationale des politiques économiques et de l'évolution conjoncturelle à l'étranger et au Canada et, accessoirement, par le désir d'établir une relation entre le RDX2 et le modèle très élaboré de l'économie américaine qu'est le MPS.
Linda Loman as The Most Tragic Heroine in Miller's Works
Creators: name: Rahman, Saif Ur
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: English Literature

description: Linda Loman, a central yet often overlooked figure in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman, embodies a silent but profound tragedy that challenges conventional interpretations of the play. While attention typically centers on Willy Loman as the tragic protagonist, this paper argues that Linda is Miller’s most tragic heroine. Her unwavering loyalty, emotional labor, and unacknowledged sacrifices reflect Miller’s concept of tragedy, as outlined in Tragedy and the Common Man. Linda’s tragedy lies in her quiet endurance of societal and familial pressures, leading to self-erasure and silent suffering.

Using a feminist literary framework, this study examines Linda’s role within the patriarchal confines of mid-20th-century America, where women were tasked with maintaining emotional stability in their families. Through close textual analysis, Linda is explored as both an enabler of Willy’s delusions and a silent sufferer. Her complicity and inability to challenge societal expectations deepen her tragic arc. Comparative analysis with other Miller heroines, such as Elizabeth Proctor and Beatrice, highlights Linda’s unique invisibility and unrecognized emotional labor.

This paper also situates Linda within Miller’s critique of the American Dream, showing how her support for Willy’s futile ambitions underscores the corrosive effects of societal ideals prioritizing material success over genuine connection. Repositioning Linda as a central figure, this study offers fresh feminist insights into Death of a Salesman and asserts her significance as Miller’s most poignant representation of human frailty, resilience, and the cost of societal conformity.
High land-use intensity exacerbates shifts in grassland vegetation composition after severe experimental drought
Creators: name: Stampfli, Andreas
name: Bloor, Juliette M. G.
name: Fischer, Markus
name: Zeiter, Michaela
Publisher: name: Wiley-Blackwell
Year: 2018
Subjects: “Birch effect”
climate change
ecosystem resilience
legacy effects
multisite experiment
nitrogen availability
plant traits
precipitation manipulation
seedling recruitment
seminatural grassland

description: Climate change projections anticipate increased frequency and intensity of drought stress, but grassland responses to severe droughts and their potential to recover are poorly understood. In many grasslands, high land‐use intensity has enhanced productivity and promoted resource‐acquisitive species at the expense of resource‐conservative ones. Such changes in plant functional composition could affect the resistance to drought and the recovery after drought of grassland ecosystems with consequences for feed productivity resilience and environmental stewardship. In a 12‐site precipitation exclusion experiment in upland grassland ecosystems across Switzerland, we imposed severe edaphic drought in plots under rainout shelters and compared them with plots under ambient conditions. We used soil water potentials to scale drought stress across sites. Impacts of precipitation exclusion and drought legacy effects were examined along a gradient of land‐use intensity to determine how grasslands resisted to, and recovered after drought. In the year of precipitation exclusion, aboveground net primary productivity (ANPP) in plots under rainout shelters was −15% to −56% lower than in control plots. Drought effects on ANPP increased with drought severity, specified as duration of topsoil water potential ψ < −100 kPa, irrespective of land‐use intensity. In the year after drought, ANPP had completely recovered, but total species diversity had declined by −10%. Perennial species showed elevated mortality, but species richness of annuals showed a small increase due to enhanced recruitment. In general, the more resource‐acquisitive grasses increased at the expense of the deeper‐rooted forbs after drought, suggesting that community reorganization was driven by competition rather than plant mortality. The negative effects of precipitation exclusion on forbs increased with land‐use intensity. Our study suggests a synergistic impact of land‐use intensification and climate change on grassland vegetation composition, and implies that biomass recovery after drought may occur at the expense of biodiversity maintenance.
Interprofessionalität in den Gesundheitsberufen im Wandel einer modernen Rollen- und Professionsentwicklung. Bericht über die Ergebnisse eines World Cafés auf der Drei-Länder-Tagung am 5. Mai 2022 in Bern
Creators: name: Brandes, Cindy
name: Glässel, Andrea
name: Raab, Anja
name: Hermmann, Beate
name: Höppner, Heidi
Publisher: name: De Gruyter Open
Year: 2022

description: Die Gesundheitsberufe im deutschsprachigen Raum von Deutschland, Österreich und Schweiz, dem sog. D-A-CH-Raum befinden sich aufgrund ihres Wechsels hin zu Ausbildungen an Hochschulen in dynamischen Phasen ihrer Professionalisierung. Zudem erfordern die Bedarfe aktueller und künftiger Gesundheitsversorgung von allen Health Professionals (HPs) kollaborative Kompetenzen und die Bereitschaft zusammenzuarbeiten. Dieser Wille und die Herausforderung der Mitgestaltung der Gesundheitssysteme durch alle Gesundheitsberufe ist ein guter Ausgangspunkt für die Weiterentwicklung der Berufe. Wie müssen also Berufsprofile, Rollenüberzeugungen – kurz: moderne Professionalisierungsstrategien sein, damit am Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts Bildung und Berufsausübung nicht in alten Denkstrukturen und -schablonen sowie in einem monodisziplinären “Silodenken” verhaften bleiben. Was bedeutet es konkret für die Professionalisierung von Berufen, dass Gesundheitsberufe vermehrt zusammenarbeiten (können) müssen? Bedeutet Professionalisierung bisher nicht tendenziell Exklusivität und ist dann eine stärkere Grenzziehung zwischen den Berufen nicht die Folge? Zielt Hochschulstudium vor dem Hintergrund einer rofessionalisierung durch Akademisierung nicht tendenziell auf eine stärkere Abgrenzung von anderen Fachdisziplinen und -professionen ab? Professionalisierung inkludiert exklusive Kompetenzen und spezialisierte Methoden vor dem Hintergrund der eigenen berufsbezogenen Handlungswissenschaften. Auf der Drei-Länder-Tagung des Vereins zur Förderung der Wissenschaft in den Gesundheitsberufen VFWG am 5./6. Mai 2022 wurde dieses Spannungsfeld im Rahmen eines World Cafés anhand von vier Thesen zur Diskussion gestellt. Der folgende Beitrag dokumentiert die Ergebnisse der einzelnen Diskussionsrunden mit dem Ziel, einen kritischen Diskurs anzuregen.
An analytic study on the properties of solitary waves traveling on tensegrity-like lattices
Creators: name: Amendola, Ada
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper develops an analytic study on the existence and properties of solitary waves on 1D chains of lumped masses and nonlinear springs, which exhibit a mechanical response similar to that of tensegrity prisms with locking-type response under axial loading. Making use of the Weierstrass' theory of 1D Lagrangian conservative systems, we show that such waves exist and that their shapes depend on the wave speed. A progressive localization of the traveling pulses in narrow regions of space is observed as the wave speed increases up to a limit value. A comparative analysis illustrates that the presented study is able to capture the wave dynamics observed in previous numerical studies on tensegrity mass-spring chains.
Eau froide et bactéries dans les établissements de santé
Creators: name: Hartemann, Philippe
Publisher: name: Health & Co
Year: 2024
Subjects: Réseau de distribution d’eau
Bactéries opportunistes
Infection associée aux soins
Bactérie
Qualité des eaux
Contamination des eaux

description: Un réchauffement est de plus en plus évident dans le contexte du changement climatique en cours, et l’influence de la température sur l’évolution de la faune et la flore est très étudiée. Des études sont aussi à envisager pour les établissements de soins (ETS) en raison des conséquences éventuelles de ce réchauffement pour les patients les plus fragiles. Nous envisageons ici l’évolution probable de la flore microbienne dans les réseaux d’eau froide des ETS avec ses conséquences pour les infections associées aux soins. Cette recherche bibliographique, réalisée pour Legionella pneumophila, Pseudomonas aeruginosa et les mycobactéries non tuberculeuses, montre qu’en dessous de 15°C la croissance semble être très faible mais que sa cinétique augmente ensuite rapidement. Il apparaît ainsi que la température maximale dans un réseau de distribution d’eau froide en milieu de soins devrait être de l’ordre de 20°C pour protéger les patients immunodéprimés, alors que la réglementation française pour les réseaux publics la fixe à 25°C. Des mesures techniques particulières pour garantir la qualité aux points d’usage doivent en tenir compte pour les patients les plus à risque.
Trends bei der Traktorentechnik
Creators: name: Stirnimann, Roger
Publisher: name: Deutscher Bauernverlag
Year: 2022
Subjects: Traktoren
Traktorentechnik
Trends
Motoren
Getriebe
Automatisierung

description: Im letzten Jahr wurden neue oder überarbeitete Baureihen vorgestellt. In der Kompaktklasse stand die Abgaskonformität im Vordergrund, in den mittleren und oberen Leistungsklassen die Kabinen.
Nesodynerus mesospilus
Creators: name: Carpenter, James M.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Eumenidae
Nesodynerus
Nesodynerus mesospilus

description: mesospilus (Perkins)
Odynerus mesospilus Perkins 1902: 135, 136 (key), 140, male, female—“Puna, Hawaii ” (London).— Dalla Torre 1904: 49 (cat.).— Perkins 1907: 97 (Hawaii); 1910: 612 (cat.).— Nishida 1992: 184 (Hawaii); 1994: 173 (Hawaii); 1997: 149 (Hawaii); 2002: 182 (Hawaii).
Nesodynerus mesospilus; Evenhuis 2005: 49 (list).— Carpenter 2008: 18.
Distr.: Hawaii.
description: Published as part of Carpenter, James M., 2023, A Catalogue of the Pacific Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae), pp. 401-455 in Zootaxa 5315 (5) on page 423, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5315.5.1, http://zenodo.org/record/8142377
Empowering patients with persistent pain: The potential of cognitive functional therapy in interdisciplinary care: A single-case experimental design
Creators: name: Zingg, Simone Karin
name: Maurice, De Graaf
name: Hilfiker, Roger
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2024
Subjects: Cognitive functional therapy Musculoskeletal pain Chronic pain Rehabilitation Behavioral change Biopsychosocial

description: Introduction and purpose: Persistent musculoskeletal pain (PMP) is multifactorial and causes both societal and financial burdens. Integration of multifactorial management in patients with PMP remains challenging. A single-case experimental design was performed on three patients suffering from high impact PMP (lumbar spine, shoulder and knee) to i) assess the potential for Cognitive Functional Therapy (CFT) in interdisciplinary care, ii) describe in detail the clinical journey patients experienced during the intervention, and iii) evaluate the changes and associations in relation to the outcome measures of pain, disability, maladaptive movement behavior, subjective overall improvement, health related quality of life and work status. These were monitored over one year, at the end of each of the six intervention modules. Results: After introducing the intervention systematic changes were seen, with medium to large changes (Nonoverlap of All Pairs 0.67–1) for all outcome measures. Associations between changes of the outcome measures were large (r ≥ 0.50) and changes occurred concurrently. Minimally clinically important difference thresholds were exceeded for all outcome measures and two patients achieved relevant improvements related to work reintegration. Discussion: The positive results of this study are comparable with recent CFT studies. However, the difference regarding the number of sessions and duration of the intervention is evident. The length of the intervention in this study seemed to enable continuous significant improvements up until 12 months post onset and follow-up. Conclusion: CFT in interdisciplinary care was effective for all measures. The detailed descriptions of the clinical processes aim to improve clinical care.
Consumer understanding and evaluation of carbon-neutral electric vehicle charging services
Creators: name: Will, Christian
name: Lehmann, Nico
name: Baumgartner, Nora
name: Feurer, Sven
name: Jochem, Patrick
name: Fichtner, Wolf
Publisher: name: Elsevier
Year: 2022
Subjects: Electric vehicles Carbon-neutral charging services Adaptive choice-based conjoint analysis Product differentiation

description: Electricity from renewable and/or nuclear sources (“carbon–neutral electricity”) can be used for charging plug-in electric vehicles in order to significantly reduce their lifecycle carbon emissions. However, little is known about how carbon–neutral charging services (CNCS) for electric vehicles must be designed to attract consumers’ interest. Therefore, we conducted a survey including an Adaptive Choice-based Conjoint Analysis to investigate private consumers’ awareness and preferences for different service attributes of CNCS, specifically the energy source, regionality of generation, additionality, balancing period, charging flexibility, and price. The online survey in Germany of 510 private consumers who were interested in electric vehicles shows that awareness is highest for the energy source and regionality. Behind price, these are also the second and third most important attributes when choosing a CNCS. Even though, on average, there seems to be a link between the awareness for an attribute, its importance and consumers’ willingness to pay, this link proves to be non-significant for individual respondents. In conclusion, providers of CNCS could prominently advertise the attributes consumers are most aware of (i.e., the energy source and regionality of generation). Explaining the less-known, and therefore deemed unimportant, attributes (i.e., additionality, balancing period, and charging flexibility) to consumers could be difficult and costly for providers. From a system perspective, however, more convincing explanation efforts could lead to an increased use of renewables and enhanced system reliability. This raises the challenge for policymakers to create a framework which is both advantageous for the energy system and attractive to consumers. Government-set standards for charging tariffs may be a viable option.
Mit gezielten Fragen hin zur Verhaltensänderung. Des questions ciblées pour changer de comportement
Mit gezielten Fragen hin zur Verhaltensänderung. Des questions ciblées pour changer de comportement
Creators: name: Watzek, Dörte
Publisher: name: Physioswiss
Year: 2016

description: Das Heimprogramm schon wieder nicht gemacht? Mit Kenntnissen von Modellen der Verhaltensänderung und gezielter Gesprächsführung können PhysiotherapeutInnen neue Verhaltensweisen bei PatientInnen fördern.
description: Une fois de plus, les exercices à domicile n’ont pas été faits! Certains modèles de changement de comportement ainsi qu’un entretien ciblé permettent aux physiothérapeutes d’encourager leurs à adopter de nouveaux comportements.
The Struggle for Public Values at the Heart of Public Value Creation
Creators: name: Müller, Jurek
name: Haller, Stephan
Year: 2023
Subjects: public values
public value creation
public management

description: Disillusioned from the New Public Management, emerging post-NPM management approaches have focused on the concepts of public value and public values. However, there is still no clear consensus on how those concepts are defined, how public values are formed, and how public value is created and measured. Here, we present a conceptual non-normative model that identifies the contested nature of public values and public value creation as a conceptual link between both concepts. It describes public values and the societal struggles surrounding them as central to public value creation. The developed model provides new perspectives on the role of societal actors and how they can actively engage to form public values, change their own position in society, and create and assess public value.