cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Ray-tracing log-normal simulation for weak gravitational lensing: application to the cross-correlation with galaxies
Creators: name: Makiya, Ryu
name: Kayo, Issha
name: Komatsu, Eiichiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an algorithm to self-consistently generate mock weak gravitational lensing convergence fields and galaxy distributions in redshift space. We generate three-dimensional cosmic density fields that follow a log-normal distribution, and ray-trace them to produce convergence maps. As we generate the galaxy distribution from the same density fields in a manner consistent with ray-tracing, the galaxy-convergence cross-power spectrum measured from the mock agrees with the theoretical expectation with high precision. We use this simulation to forecast the quality of galaxy-shear cross-correlation measurements from the Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) and Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) surveys. We find that the nominal HSC and PFS surveys would detect the cross power spectra with signal-to-noise ratios of 20 and 5 at the lowest ($z = 0.7$) and highest ($z = 2.2$) redshift bins, respectively.
description: 22 pages, 10 figures, accepted to JCAP. The simulation code is available at https://wwwmpa.mpa-garching.mpg.de/~komatsu/codes.html
title: Harm reduction programs and policies, "not in my backyard", and the Canadian Criminal Justice System: an exploratory analysis
Creators: name: Samantha Vinje
Publisher: name: Mount Royal University
publisherIdentifier: https://ror.org/04evsam41
publisherIdentifierScheme: ROR
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Harm reduction--Social aspects
subject: Stigma (Social psychology)
subject: Substance abuse--Treatment

description: This project explored harm reduction programs and policies in Canada targeting opioid use, their context in the criminal justice system, and how “Not In My Backyard” (NIMBY) mentalities affect their implementation. Despite the evidence surrounding the effectiveness of harm reduction programs in reducing opioid-related harms, such as safe consumption sites (SCS), governments and communities are hesitant to implement them. This project used an exploratory sequential integrative literature review for its research design and used symbolic interactionism as the methodological framework. The population of interest in this study is people with living and lived experiences using drugs (PWLLE), especially those using synthetic opioids. Although NIMBY was not mentioned as a barrier specifically in literature, stigma was identified as a significant contributor to the opioid crisis. Stigma as a source of strain seems to drive not only criminal justice contact but also increased health issues in the context of opioid overdoses. Finally, structural factors and the lack of currently available care options for PWLLE were discussed. There are critical geographical considerations for Alberta, including the increasing toxicity of the drug supply due to the presence of “street” fentanyl. Findings from this project include themes of enforcement fatigue, and the lack of deterrence drug laws provide. Despite the immense harms PWLLE encounter, some of which could be reduced with government intervention (i.e., decriminalization, regulated drug supply), there has been little political action in Alberta to date. The lack of action in Alberta and elsewhere perpetuates stigma by signaling that PWLLE are not deserving of government support.
Mündliche Sprachförderung im Mathematikunterricht auf der Unterstufe
Creators: name: Hasenfratz, Nathalia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Mathematik
Spracherziehung
Grundschule
Masterarbeit

description: Um über Mathematik zu kommunizieren, ist Sprache notwendig. Im Lehrplan 21 wird der Schwerpunkt vermehrt auf den Gebrauch der Sprache gesetzt. Im Mathematikunterricht werden verschieden Sprachen genutzt und benötigt. Diese Komplexität zieht Schwierigkeiten nach sich, die in einem sprachsensiblen Mathematikunterricht mitberücksichtigt werden. Trotz den Stolpersteinen beinhalten mathematische Gespräche zahlreiche positive Aspekte. Ziel der Masterthese war, Möglichkeiten, die mündliche Sprache im Mathematikunterricht auf der Unterstufe zu fördern, zu untersuchen und diese daraufhin im Praxisfeld zu erforschen. In der Fachliteratur werden verschiedene didaktische Methoden beschrieben, die eine Sprache über Mathematik begünstigen. Die Lehrperson nimmt dabei eine bedeutsame Rolle und Funktion ein. Diese Themen bilden den theoretischen Bezugsrahmen der Arbeit. Um zu erfahren, welche Ansätze einer mündlichen Sprachförderung im Mathematikunterricht an einer Zürcher Schule bereits umgesetzt werden, wurden Unterrichtsbeobachtungen durchgeführt. Drei Unterstufenklassen wurden während je einer Mathematiklektion beobachtet und gefilmt. Die Videoaufnahmen und die Unterrichtsbeobachtungen wurden im Hinblick auf den mündlichen Sprachgebrauch untersucht und mit dem Verfahren der qualitativen Inhaltsanalyse ausgewertet. Die Sequenzen, die
 eine Sprachförderung enthielten, wurden in einzelne Phasen unterteilt und in ein erstelltes Kategoriensystem eingeordnet. Die Redeanteile der Lehrpersonen und der Lernenden wurden gemessen, die unterschiedlichen Auslöser für einen Sprachlernprozess wurden extrahiert und Möglichkeiten, wie eine solche Förderung aufrechterhalten werden kann, wurden aufgezeigt. Des Weiteren wurden Auslöser, die einen intensiven Sprachgebrauch herbeiführten, mit den konkreten Reaktionen und Handlungen der Lernenden zusammengeführt und mit dem Hinweis auf entsprechende Videoaufnahmen versehen. Dank diesen Ergebnissen konnte festgestellt werden, dass in den Klassen bereits didaktische Methoden angewendet werden, um eine möglichst hohe Sprachintensität herbeizuführen. Die Förderung ist jedoch noch nicht ausgeschöpft. Entwicklungspotenzial zeigte sich insbesondere im Stellen von offenen Fragen oder aber auch im Nutzen von materiellen Hilfen zur sprachlichen Unterstützung.
Additional file 3 of Comparison of Ferguson’s δ and the Gini coefficient used for measuring the inequality of data related to health quality of life outcomes
Creators: name: Hsien-Yi Wang
name: Chou, Willy
name: Shao, Yang
name: Tsair-Wei Chien
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 3. MS Word for showing the codes of simulation.
Doryctophasmus ferrugineus
Creators: name: Madl, M.
name: Achterberg, C. Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Doryctophasmus
Doryctophasmus ferrugineus

description: Doryctophasmus ferrugineus (GRANGER 1949)
 Doryctes ferrugineus n.sp.: GRANGER 1949: 114 (key), 115 (fig. 145), 120 (descr. ♀, Madagascar). Doryctophasmus ferrugineus (GRANGER 1949): SHENEFELT & MARSH 1976: 1375 (tax., cat.).
D i s t r i b u t i o n Madagascar: Prov. Antananarivo: Antsirabe – Prov. Toliara: Bekily.
Endemic.
description: Published as part of Madl, M. & Achterberg, C. Van, 2014, A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion, pp. 5-220 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1) on page 84, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4507364
title: ICT-based information systems and organisational change in microfinance organisations
Creators: name: Mia, Mohammad Badruddozza
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2013

description: Microfinance has been used as a means of alleviating poverty for many years. A large number of organisations implement microfinance, covering a significant proportion of the world population. This study looks into the information systems (IS) of microfinance following an interpretive epistemological philosophy, drawing on research approaches within the fields of IS and organisational studies. It is based on an in-depth comparative case study in six micro finance organisations with different features and characteristics, combined with a questionnaire survey covering fifty-eight microfinance organisations of Bangladesh. Drawing on phenomena observed in microfinance this study analyses how lCT plays a role in shrinking organisational structure, enhancing the span of supervision and operational performance, and centralisation of delegation of authority. It identifies how key aspects of the context including financial, human resources, technological, regulatory, and national culture impact upon the IS of microfinance in Bangladesh, and block implementation of ICT -based IS . The findings on different positive and negative implications of the use of ICT on the personal, social and gender perspectives and job satisfaction of the human resources inform and add value to the existing body of knowledge. With an aim to contribute to the field of ICT4D, this study examines the use of ICT in combating corruption in microfinance and argues that along with the use of ICT, an ethical ambiance and administrative reforms are required to prevent corruption more effectively. It also argues that the adoption of emerging mobile phone-based microfinance will radically change the conventional operational model and its IS, with profound implications for the material aspects, but that it can also be detrimental to the social performance of this development programme.
Methods for Actors in the Electric Power System to Prevent, Detect and React to ICT Attacks and Failures
Creators: name: van der Velde, Dennis
name: Henze, Martin
name: Kathmann, Philipp
name: Wassermann, Erik
name: Andres, Michael
name: Bracht, Detert
name: Ernst, Raphael
name: Hallak, George
name: Klaer, Benedikt
name: Linnartz, Philipp
name: Meyer, Benjamin
name: Ofner, Simon
name: Pletzer, Tobias
name: Sethmann, Richard
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The fundamental changes in power supply and increasing decentralization require more active grid operation and an increased integration of ICT at all power system actors. This trend raises complexity and increasingly leads to interactions between primary grid operation and ICT as well as different power system actors. For example, virtual power plants control various assets in the distribution grid via ICT to jointly market existing flexibilities. Failures of ICT or targeted attacks can thus have serious effects on security of supply and system stability. This paper presents a holistic approach to providing methods specifically for actors in the power system for prevention, detection, and reaction to ICT attacks and failures. The focus of our measures are solutions for ICT monitoring, systems for the detection of ICT attacks and intrusions in the process network, and the provision of actionable guidelines as well as a practice environment for the response to potential ICT security incidents.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures, to be published in Proceedings of the 2020 6th IEEE International Energy Conference (ENERGYCon)
Stepping into American boots : Japan's evolving stance on security
Creators: name: Douglas, Robert Stuart
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The meaning of Article 9 of the Japanese constitution renouncing war and military forces has been reinterpreted extensively over the past half-century, diluting the original intent to the point that it offers few real checks on Tokyo's use of military force. Yet despite the weakening of antiwar provisions, polls show half the Japanese public favors revising the constitution, including Article 9. To explain the significance of a continuing drive to revise Article 9, this thesis first examines the creation and evolution of Japan's military forces from 1946 to present. It shows the precedents that have removed most constraints on the JSDF and how these same processes could be used to further the militarization of Japan. This thesis then critiques the major political arguments that are used to promote revision using a process of elimination to determine that a growing unease about the threat from North Korea is a primary factor in the drive for revision. Finally, this thesis looks at 3 conservative proposals for a revised constitution in the context of escalating tensions between Japan and North Korea to show the increasingly militarist nature of these texts and how they correspond with the changing international situation. The most recent draft proposal by the LDP, if adopted, would give Japan the capability of assuming much greater responsibility for ensuring the peace and security of Northeast Asia: a position in line with the wishes of both a resurgent Japan and an America increasingly focused on the Middle East. In combination, these steps indicate moves by Japanese leaders to take over responsibility for containing North Korea from the United States - to step into American boots for Northeast Asia's security regime.
Annotation Guidelines: Early New High German Mining Texts
Creators: name: Gruber-Tokić, Elisabeth
name: Peralta Friedburg, Milena
name: Rampl, Gerhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Annotation
Early New High German
Historical Mining Documents
Semantic Representation
Transkribus
historic mining
HIMAT
Tyrol
Schwaz
Rattenberg

description: These annotation guidelines are aimed at the other members of the T.M.M.M.T. research team and all persons in general who annotate and process late medieval / Early New High German texts.
 The project “Text Mining Medieval Mining Texts” processed two historical mining sources: “Verleihbuch der Rattenberger Bergrichter” ( Hs. 37, 1460-1463) and “Schwazer Berglehenbuch” (Hs. 1587, approx. 1515) stored by the Tyrolean Regional Archive, Innsbruck (Austria). The central research objective of T.M.M.M.T. is the extraction and representation of the legal relationships between people, claims and mines over space and time. Therefore, only words and phrases are annotated that comprise the following entities: person, place, mine, date.
Interferometric Approach to Open Quantum Systems and Non-Markovian Dynamics
Creators: name: Siltanen, O.
name: Kuusela, T.
name: Piilo, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We combine the dynamics of open quantum systems with interferometry and interference introducing the concept of open system interferometer. By considering a single photon in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer, where the polarization (open system) and frequency (environment) of the photon interact, we theoretically show how inside the interferometer path-wise polarization dephasing dynamics is Markovian while the joint dynamics displays non-Markovian features. Outside the interferometer and due to interference, the open system displays rich dynamical features with distinct alternatives: Only one path displaying non-Markovian memory effects, both paths individually displaying them, or no memory effects appearing at all. Our results also illustrate that measuring the photon's path can either create or destroy non-Markovian memory effects depending on whether the measurement takes place in or outside the interferometer. Moreover, the scheme allows to probe the optical path difference inside the interferometer by studying non-Markovianity outside the interferometer. With our framework and interference, it is also possible to introduce dissipative features for the open system dynamics even though the system-environment interaction itself contains only dephasing. In general, the results open so far unexplored avenues to control open system dynamics and for fundamental studies of quantum physics.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures
Six years of Italian land reform
Creators: name: BANDINI, M.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Italy, land reform, controversy, development, progress
subject: Q15

description: Italian Land Reform was launched in 1950 and its essential provisions were rapidly implemented during the six years stretching from 1951 to 1956. This process, however, did not come without strong opposition and controversy related to the resettlement of over half a million people. With a new bill for the provision of funds for the completion of the programme now being drafted, such controversy has flared up yet again. The present article provides a re-assessment of Land Reform at this crucial stage, and is divided into two parts. The first gives a broad picture of the achievements of Land Reform of to date, along with a glimpse of the background against which the Reform had to operate. The second attempts to show how weak much of the criticism of the Reform is and that a case can still be made out for it as a means of furthering the agricultural, economic and social progress of Italy. JEL: Q15
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 10, N. 41 (1957)
Information geometry in cosmological inference problems
Creators: name: Giesel, Eileen
name: Reischke, Robert
name: Schäfer, Björn Malte
name: Chia, Dominic
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Statistical inference more often than not involves models which are non-linear in the parameters thus leading to non-Gaussian posteriors. Many computational and analytical tools exist that can deal with non-Gaussian distributions, and empirical Gaussianisation transforms can reduce the amount of non-Gaussianity in a distribution. Alternatively, in this work, we employ methods from information geometry. The latter formulates a set of probability distributions for some given model as a manifold employing a Riemannian structure, equipped with a metric, the Fisher information. In this framework we study the differential geometrical meaning of non-Gaussianities in a higher order Fisher approximation, and their respective transformation behaviour under re-parameterisation, which corresponds to a chart transition on the statistical manifold. While weak non-Gaussianities vanish in normal coordinates in a first order approximation, one can in general not find transformations that discard non-Gaussianities globally. As an application we consider the likelihood of the supernovae distance-redshift relation in cosmology for the parameter pair ($Ω_{\mathrm{m_0}}$, $w$). We demonstrate the connection between confidence intervals and geodesic length and demonstrate how the Lie-derivative along the degeneracy directions gives hints at possible isometries of the Fisher metric.
description: 20 pages, 5 figures, figures modified, discussion added, matches journal version
Long and medium term industrial credit in Italy
Creators: name: ROUX, A.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Italy, long-term, medium-term, credit system, history, institutions, public funds, operating practices, structure, financial system
subject: G28, H81, N24, O25

description: The article analyses Italy’s long- and medium-term industrial credit system, comparing it with that found in France. After briefly summarising present practices in France, the author provides a survey of Italy’s history in this field. The score of special institutions in Italy are then categorised into four subsets and the administrative arrangements peculiar to each are highlighted. The statuary provisions whereby the State exercises control over the distribution of loans and over the employment of public funds are also considered. Operating practices and loan procedures, including the structure, principals and methods of the credit institutions, are then reviewed. Finally, the author considers their place within the whole structure of the financial system. In the concluding remarks, the most original feature of the Italian system - its network of regional institutions, which could not have developed without the support of a central institute, the Mediocredito - is pointed out. Moreover, looking at the variety of Italian institutions it is apparent that, economically speaking, there are two Italies, that of the North and that of the South. JEL: G28, H81, N24, O25
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 10, N. 41 (1957)
Zeugnisse mit reduzierten individuellen Lernzielen in Bewerbungsunterlagen – Türöffner oder Abstellgleis? Bewerbungschancen für Jugendliche mit reduzierten individuellen Lernzielen (RILZ) bei niederschwelligen Lehrausbildungen im Kanton Solothurn
Creators: name: Ceresola, Olivia
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Bewerbung
Lernziel
Masterarbeit

description: Integrierende Schulmodelle führen nicht automatisch zu einer erleichterten Eingliederung ins Ausbildungssystem. Trotz formal verbesserten Ausgangslagen verschärfen sich Selektionspraktiken. Diese Arbeit untersucht, wie Berufsbildende auf Bewerbungsunterlagen mit RILZ-Zeugnissen reagieren und welche Zulassungschancen integriert Beschulte dabei haben. Zur Erfassung des Phänomens in Zahlen wie auch zur Rekonstruktion von Sinnzusammenhängen wurde ein quantitativer und qualitativer Zugang verfolgt und der Forschungsgegenstand trianguliert. Zielgruppe der Untersuchung bilden Berufsbildner/innen im Kanton SO. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass dem Bekanntheitsgrad der RILZ-Zeugnisse im Selektionsprozess eine Schlüsselfunktion zukommt. Sie bestätigen die Vermutung, dass Aufklärungsarbeit über die Beurteilungsinstrumente der Speziellen Förderung und Networking mit Betrieben mehr forciert werden müssen.
Developing a Personality Model for Speech-based Conversational Agents Using the Psycholexical Approach
Creators: name: Völkel, Sarah Theres
name: Schödel, Ramona
name: Buschek, Daniel
name: Stachl, Clemens
name: Winterhalter, Verena
name: Bühner, Markus
name: Hussmann, Heinrich
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: H.5.2

description: We present the first systematic analysis of personality dimensions developed specifically to describe the personality of speech-based conversational agents. Following the psycholexical approach from psychology, we first report on a new multi-method approach to collect potentially descriptive adjectives from 1) a free description task in an online survey (228 unique descriptors), 2) an interaction task in the lab (176 unique descriptors), and 3) a text analysis of 30,000 online reviews of conversational agents (Alexa, Google Assistant, Cortana) (383 unique descriptors). We aggregate the results into a set of 349 adjectives, which are then rated by 744 people in an online survey. A factor analysis reveals that the commonly used Big Five model for human personality does not adequately describe agent personality. As an initial step to developing a personality model, we propose alternative dimensions and discuss implications for the design of agent personalities, personality-aware personalisation, and future research.
description: 14 pages, 2 figures, 3 tables, CHI'20
Quantum black holes in the horizon quantum mechanics model at the Large Hadron Collider
Creators: name: Gingrich, Douglas M.
name: Undseth, Brennan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Quantum black hole production at the Large Hadron Collider is investigated using the horizon quantum mechanics model. This model has novel implications for how black holes might be observed in collider experiments. Black hole production is predicted to be possible below the Planck scale, thus leading to the intriguing possibility that black holes could be produced even if the Planck scale is slightly above the collider centre of mass energy. In addition, the usual anticipated resonance in the black hole mass distribution is significantly widened in this model. For values of the Planck scale above the current lower limits, the shape of the black hole mass distribution is almost independent of the Planck scale and depends more on the number of extra dimensions. These model features suggest the need for alternative search strategies in collider experiments.
description: To be published in Phys. Rev. D
Additional file 2 of A scoping review and proposed workflow for multi-omic rare disease research
Creators: name: Kerr, Katie
name: McAneney, Helen
name: Smyth, Laura J.
name: Bailie, Caitlin
name: McKee, Shane
name: McKnight, Amy Jayne
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 2: Table S2. Template quality appraisal form, Table S3. Articles excluded as not written in English but which may be relevant and utilised by researchers with translation resources available.
Outline of a monetary approach to the theory of tax incidence
Creators: name: PARRAVICINI, G.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Taxation, prices, money transfers, monetary constraint, quantity of money, H.G. Brown, E.R. Rolph, direct tax on income, indirect tax on goods
subject: H20, H21, E51, B31

description: The present paper deals with the relationship between taxation and prices, and in particular is concerned with the question of money transfers and price changes due to various kinds of taxes in conditions of a general monetary constraint. An attempt is made at discovering whether it is possible for prices to change irrespective of changes in the quantity of money and in its velocity of circulation, and whether price changes are or are not the same in the case of a direct tax on income, and in the case of an indirect tax on goods. The analysis leads to an examination of the validity of H.G. Brown’s analysis, which was later developed by E.R. Rolph. Both authors reached the conclusion that direct taxes on income and indirect taxes on goods have the same effect, both as regards prices, which remain unchanged in either case, and as regards incidence. JEL: H20, H21, E51, B31
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 10, N. 41 (1957)
Importing Chinese historical stock market quotations from NetEase
Creators: name: Zhang, Xuan
name: Li, Chuntao
name: Zhang, Xuan
name: Li, Chuntao
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: cntrade, stock quotes, China, NetEase

description: In this article, we describe a command, cntrade, that imports historical stock quotations from NetEase, a key Chinese website for stocks listed on China’s two exchanges.
Power analyses for detecting effects for multiple coefficients in regression
Creators: name: Aberson, Christopher L.
name: Aberson, Christopher L.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods
subject: powermr3, powersim3, powersim3_simulator, statistical power, corr2data, simulate, Monte Carlo

description: I present applications of Stata to conduct power analysis for multiple regression. Simple power analyses are provided through the Stata command power and the user-written command powerreg. However, tools for power analysis for multiple regression coefficients are limited. I present strategies for detecting significant regression coefficients in a single study (for example, power estimates for two or more coefficients). I also address the power for detecting multiple effects (that is, the probability that all coefficients are statistically significant) in the same sample through the Monte Carlo approaches afforded by the simulate command.
Doryctophasmus rubrotestaceus
Creators: name: Madl, M.
name: Achterberg, C. Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Doryctophasmus
Doryctophasmus rubrotestaceus

description: Doryctophasmus rubrotestaceus (GRANGER 1949)
 Doryctes rubrotestaceus n.sp.: GRANGER 1949: 114 (key), 115 (fig. 144), 120 (descr. ♂ ♀, Madagascar).
 Doryctophasmus rubrotestaceus (GRANGER 1949): SHENEFELT & MARSH 1976: 1375 (tax., cat.).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Madagascar: Prov. Toliara: Bekily.
Endemic.
description: Published as part of Madl, M. & Achterberg, C. Van, 2014, A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion, pp. 5-220 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1) on page 84, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4507364
LFV and g-2 in non-universal SUSY models with light higgsinos
Creators: name: Han, Chengcheng
name: López-Ibáñez, M. L.
name: Melis, Aurora
name: Vives, Óscar
name: Wu, Lei
name: Yang, Jin Min
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider a supersymmetric type-I seesaw framework with non-universal scalar masses at the GUT scale to explain the long-standing discrepancy of the anomalous magnetic moment of the muon. We find that it is difficult to accommodate the muon g-2 while keeping charged-lepton flavor violating processes under control for the conventional SO(10)-based relation between the up sector and neutrino sector. However, such tension can be relaxed by adding a Georgi-Jarlskog factor for the Yukawa matrices, which requires a non-trivial GUT-based model. In this model, we find that both observables are compatible for small mixings, CKM-like, in the neutrino Dirac Yukawa matrix.
description: 27 pages, 9 figures
title:  The best interest of the child
Creators: name: Bianca, Mirzia
Publisher: name: Sapienza Università Editrice
Year: 2021

description: L’opera dedicata al Best interest of the child, nasce dal desiderio di indagare il contenuto di una formula che, benché universalmente declamata e conosciuta nel moderno diritto minorile, sia a livello dell’ordinamento interno che dell’ordinamento europeo ed internazionale, si rivela suggestiva proprio perchè caratterizzata da un’ontologica vaghezza. L’incertezza in ordine al contenuto e alle applicazioni concrete di questa formula, insieme alla consapevolezza della sua incontestabile utilità, hanno sollecitato l’interesse per quella che si è rivelata una vera e propria sfida. Si è reso così necessario un confronto corale tra tutte le discipline e tra numerosi operatori professionali che sono stati chiamati a dialogare sulle molteplici applicazioni di questa formula. L’opera, che presenta un carattere interdisciplinare e comparatistico, si articola in tre tomi e in nove parti che racchiudono i molteplici profili applicativi. L’opera, al di là dei risultati, è l’espressione di un metodo che non si contenta delle formule verbali ma ne ricerca le applicazioni concrete, in omaggio al principio di effettività, nella ricerca di un dialogo costante tra dottrina, giurisprudenza, legislatore ed esponenti delle varie professioni. La pubblicazione dell’opera è lo strumento privilegiato per mantenere vivo il ricordo di un bellissimo Convegno che ha avuto luogo in tre giornate alla Sapienza e che ha visto la partecipazione di molti studiosi del diritto di famiglia e dei minori.
A valorização das competências para a empregabilidade no turismo
Creators: name: Lemos, Fernando Florim De
name: Guerra, Ricardo Jorge Da Costa
name: Martins, José Alexandre
name: Salgado, Manuel
Publisher: name: Revista Turismo & Desenvolvimento
Year: 2024

description: Este artigo aborda a relevância da existência de cooperação entre a indústria do turismo e hospitalidade e as instituições de ensino superior com oferta formativa nesta área. Avalia como as parcerias facilitam o desenvolvimento de competências para a empregabilidade de futuros profissionais no setor, pelo que foi realizado um estudo empírico através de inquérito por questionários a empresas/organizações, alunos e ex-alunos, responsáveis por departamentos de uma instituição de ensino superior, ligados à área do turismo. O estudo revelou que existe alguma literatura no âmbito das parcerias entre a indústria e instituições de ensino, contudo, no domínio do turismo e hospitalidade parecem existir poucas referências na abordagem científica deste tema. O artigo propõe um quadro reflexivo sobre a valorização das competências na empregabilidade no âmbito das relações de cooperação entre instituições de ensino superior e os stakeholders do setor, bem como os benefícios das parcerias estratégicas para o desenvolvimento de projetos e partilha de recursos comuns.
description: Revista Turismo & Desenvolvimento, vol. 47 (2024)
The [OIII]$+$H$β$ Equivalent Width Distribution at z$\simeq$7: Implications for the Contribution of Galaxies to Reionization
Creators: name: Endsley, Ryan
name: Stark, Daniel P.
name: Chevallard, Jacopo
name: Charlot, Stéphane
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We quantify the distribution of [OIII]+H$β$ line strengths at z$\simeq$7 using a sample of 20 bright (M$_{\mathrm{UV}}$ $\lesssim$ $-$21) galaxies. We select these systems over wide-area fields (2.3 deg$^2$ total) using a new colour-selection which precisely selects galaxies at z$\simeq$6.63$-$6.83, a redshift range where blue Spitzer/IRAC [3.6]$-$[4.5] colours unambiguously indicate strong [OIII]$+$H$β$ emission. These 20 galaxies suggest a log-normal [OIII]$+$H$β$ EW distribution with median EW = 759$^{+112}_{-113}$ $\mathrm{\mathring{A}}$ and standard deviation = 0.26$^{+0.06}_{-0.05}$ dex. We find no evidence for strong variation in this EW distribution with UV luminosity. The typical [OIII]+H$β$ EW at z$\simeq$7 implied by our sample is considerably larger than that in massive star forming galaxies at z$\simeq$2, consistent with a shift toward larger average sSFR (4.4 Gyr$^{-1}$) and lower metallicities (0.16 Z$_\odot$). We also find evidence for the emergence of a population with yet more extreme nebular emission ([OIII]+H$β$ EW$>$1200 $\mathrm{\mathring{A}}$) that is rarely seen at lower redshifts. These objects have extremely large sSFR ($>$30 Gyr$^{-1}$), as would be expected for systems undergoing a burst or upturn in star formation. While this may be a short-lived phase, our results suggest that 20% of the z$\simeq$7 population has such extreme nebular emission, implying that galaxies likely undergo intense star formation episodes regularly at z$>$6. We argue that this population may be among the most effective ionizing agents in the reionization era, both in terms of photon production efficiency and escape fraction. We furthermore suggest that galaxies passing through this large sSFR phase are likely to be very efficient in forming bound star clusters.
description: 20 pages, 11 figures. Accepted in MNRAS with minor revisions
The effect of primary treatment of wastewater in high rate algal pond systems: biomass and bioenergy recovery
Creators: name: Arashiro, Larissa T.
name: Ferrer, Ivet
name: Rousseau, Diederik P. L.
name: Van Hulle, Stijn W. H.
name: Garfi, Marianna
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantitative Methods (q-bio.QM)
subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The aim of this study was to assess the effect of primary treatment on the performance of two pilot-scale high rate algal ponds (HRAPs) treating urban wastewater, considering their treatment efficiency, biomass productivity, characteristics and biogas production potential. Results indicated that the primary treatment did not significantly affect the wastewater treatment efficiency (NH4+-N removal of 93 and 91% and COD removal of 62 and 65% in HRAP with and without primary treatment, respectively). The HRAP without primary treatment had higher biodiversity and productivity (18 vs. 16 g VSS/m2d). Biomass from both systems presented good settling capacity. Results of biochemical methane potential test showed that co-digesting microalgae and primary sludge led to higher methane yields (238 - 258 mL CH4/g VS) compared with microalgae mono-digestion (189 - 225 mL CH4/g VS). Overall, HRAPs with and without primary treatment seem to be appropriate alternatives for combining wastewater treatment and bioenergy recovery.
Additional file 3 of Corneal thickness and endothelial morphology in Normal Thai eyes
Creators: name: Napaporn Tananuvat
name: Natawan Khumchoo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Plant Biology

description: Additional file 3: Table 5. Supplementary table.
Improving Hamiltonian encodings with the Gray code
Creators: name: Di Matteo, Olivia
name: McCoy, Anna
name: Gysbers, Peter
name: Miyagi, Takayuki
name: Woloshyn, R. M.
name: Navrátil, Petr
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Due to the limitations of present-day quantum hardware, it is especially critical to design algorithms that make the best possible use of available resources. When simulating quantum many-body systems on a quantum computer, straightforward encodings that transform many-body Hamiltonians into qubit Hamiltonians use $N$ of the available basis states of an $N$-qubit system, whereas $2^N$ are in theory available. We explore an efficient encoding that uses the entire set of basis states, where terms in the Hamiltonian are mapped to qubit operators with a Hamiltonian that acts on the basis states in Gray code order. This encoding is applied to the commonly-studied problem of finding the ground state energy of a deuteron with a simulated variational quantum eigensolver (VQE). It is compared to a standard "one-hot" encoding, and various trade-offs that arise are analyzed. The energy distribution of VQE solutions has smaller variance than the one obtained by the one-hot encoding even in the presence of simulated hardware noise, despite an increase in the number of measurements. The reduced number of qubits and a shorter-depth variational ansatz enables the encoding of larger problems on current-generation machines. This encoding also demonstrates improvements for simulating time evolution of the same system, producing circuits for the evolution operators with reduced depth and roughly half the number of gates compared to a one-hot encoding.
description: 22 pages, 15 figures
Tierwohlbewusstsein und –verhalten von Reitern: Die Entwicklung eines Modells für das Tierwohlbewusstsein und –verhalten im Reitsport
Creators: name: Ikinger, Christina-Maria
name: Spiller, Achim
name: Ikinger, Christina-Maria
name: Spiller, Achim
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: Farm Management

description: Das Wohl von Nutztieren, aber auch das von Reitpferden, ist von immer größerem Interesse für viele Teile der Gesellschaft und Wissenschaft. Ein Großteil der Forschung in diesem Bereich beschäftigt sich dabei mit Einflussfaktoren auf die Einstellungen und das Verhalten von Menschen gegenüber Tieren. Es existiert jedoch ein Mangel an Studien, die versuchen die Zusammenhänge zwischen den einzelnen untersuchten Aspekten (z.B. Einstellungen, Wissen, emotionale Betroffenheit, Motive und Werte sowie weitere Einflussfaktoren und das Verhalten) in einem übergreifenden Modell zu vereinen. Anders stellt sich dies auf dem Gebiet der Umweltpsychologie dar, welches sich bereits seit längerem mit komplexeren Modellen der Umweltbewusstseins- und Umweltverhaltensforschung beschäftigt. Entsprechend ist das Ziel der vorliegenden Studie - basierend auf den Erkenntnissen der Umweltbewusstseinsforschung - ein umfassendes Modell für das Tierschutzbewusstsein und -verhalten von Reitern zu entwickeln. Dazu wurde eine Online-Umfrage unter 1.334 Pferdesportlern durchgeführt. Die erwarteten Modellzusammenhänge wurden mit Hilfe des Partial-Least-Squares-Verfahrens (PLS) überprüft. Die Ergebnisse zeigen eine insgesamt gute Eignung des Modells und, dass sowohl Einstellungen als auch das pferdebezogene Wissen im Hinblick auf das tierwohlrelevante Verhalten von Reitern eine große Rolle spielen. Ferner wurde letzteres vor allem vom Feedback über das eigene Verhalten sowie den vorhandenen Rahmenbedingungen beeinflusst. Als weitere signifikante direkte Einflussfaktoren stellten sich die Möglichkeit der Teilnahme an Fortbildungen, der Einfluss durch den Reitlehrer sowie durch den reitenden Bekanntenkreis, die berufliche Verbindung zum Pferdesport, der Pferdebesitz, intrinsische Reitsportmotive, die praktizierte Reitsportdisziplin sowie das Geschlecht heraus. Außerdem übten die emotionale Betroffenheit im Hinblick auf Tierschutzvorfälle im Reitsport, das Vorhandensein bestimmter umwelt- und tierbezogener Werte sowie die Bildung einen indirekten signifikanten Einfluss auf das tierwohlrelevante Verhalten aus.
Wirkung des Methodenkonzeptes "Flexible Interviews und Blitzrechnen" auf die arithmetischen Kompetenzen von Drittklässlern im Kopfrechnen
Creators: name: Sibilio, Maria
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017
Subjects: Sonderpädagogik
Schulische Heilpädagogik
Kopfrechnen
Arithmetik
Schuljahr 3
Masterarbeit

description: In dieser Masterarbeit wird der Frage nachgegangen, ob und wie ein Blitzrechen-Training, das auf dem systemischen Methodenkonzept «Flexible Interviews und Blitzrechnen (FI-B)» (vgl. Meyer, 2017) beruht, die Ablösung vom zählenden Rechnen wirksam beeinflussen kann. Kinder einer 3. Primarklasse, auf welch sich die Auswertungen beziehen, und IF-SuS der Parallelklasse wurden im Rahmen einer Aktionsforschung während 8 Wochen mit Spielen, geführtem Memorieren, Lernkarteien und dialogischen, arithmetischen Denkschulungen unterrichtet, wobei die Kooperation mit der KLP, sowie das Wiederholen relevant waren. Mathematik-Kurztests (MKT), flexible Interviews und Beobachtungen haben gezeigt, dass das Training die arithmetischen Kompetenzen wirksam steigert. Die Motivation der SuS aber auch die Beziehungen zur KLP und zur SHP wurden gestärkt. Das FI-B erwies sich als gutes und interessantes Konzept.
Effects of alendronate-immobilized calcium phosphate coating on bone growth into porous tantalum : a gap model animal study
Creators: name: Hu, Youxin
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Porous tantalum has been shown to be a promising orthopaedic implant material because of its similarity to bone in both mechanical properties and its three-dimensional porous structure. However, in some circumstances, bone quality or quantity is insufficient to allow adequate bone ingrowth. Alendronate, one of the bisphosphonate families, affects the activities of bone cells and enhances bone formation. In this thesis, we hypothesized that the addition of alendronate could increase the osteoconductivity and bone-ingrowth of porous tantalum and overcome the challenges of bone-implant gaps. To facilitate local delivery of alendronate, a micro-porous calcium phosphate coating was deposited onto the tantalum surface by an electrolytic deposition technique, which was followed by alendronate adsorption. Coating structures and morphologies were confirmed by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The presence of alendronate was confirmed by high performance liquid chromatography. To study the effects of alendronate-immobilized calcium phosphate coating on bone reaction to porous implants, an animal gap model, with a fixed gap of 0.6 mm between implants and bone, was developed. Three types of surfaces, which were non-coating (Ta), calcium phosphate coating (Ta-CaP), and alendronate-immobilized calcium phosphate coating (Ta-CaP-AIN), were compared. Two fluorochromes were adopted to track the front of bone formation. After four weeks of healing and following standard histology techniques, the implants were analyzed with backscattered electron microscopy and fluorescent optical microscopy for bone-implant interactions. The relative volume increase of gap filling, bone ingrowth and total bone formation were 124 % (2.24-fold), 232% (3.32-fold) and 170% (2.7-fold) respectively in Ta-CaP-ALN compared with Ta controls. The contact length of newly formed bone on porous tantalum was increased by 700% (8-fold) in Ta-CaP-ALN compared with Ta plugs, suggesting enhanced osteoconductivity of Ta-CaP-ALN implants. The bone formation mechanism analysis found that bone growth initiated on both surfaces of the Ta-CaP-ALN implants and host bone, while little bone initiation on the Ta implant surface was detected. These significant enhancements of Ta-CaP^ALN may have direct applications in orthopaedics. For revision arthroplasty with insufficient bone stock, the local delivery of alendronate would enhance biological fixation of the implant and promote the healing of bone defects.
Eodendrus conspicuus
Creators: name: Madl, M.
name: Achterberg, C. Van
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Hymenoptera
Braconidae
Eodendrus
Eodendrus conspicuus

description: Eodendrus conspicuus (GRANGER 1949)
 Doryctes conspicuus n.sp.: GRANGER 1949: 114 (key), 115 (fig. 147), 122 (descr. ♂ ♀, Madagascar).
 Dendrosotinus conspicuus (GRANGER 1949): SHENEFELT & MARSH 1976: 1277 (tax., cat.). Eodendrus conspicuus (GRANGER 1949): BELOKOBYLSKIJ, CHEN & LONG 2005: 2718 (key), 2722 (tax., descr. ♂ ♀, Madagascar), 2723 (figs 12-20).
 Eodendrus conspicuus (GRANGER 1949): WANG et al. 2011: 45 (key).
D i s t r i b u t i o n: Madagascar: Prov. Toliara: Behara, Bekily.
Endemic.
description: Published as part of Madl, M. & Achterberg, C. Van, 2014, A catalogue of the Braconidae (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonoidea) of the Malagasy subregion, pp. 5-220 in Linzer biologische Beiträge 46 (1) on pages 84-85, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.4507364
End-to-End Far-Field Speech Recognition with Unified Dereverberation and Beamforming
Creators: name: Zhang, Wangyou
name: Subramanian, Aswin Shanmugam
name: Chang, Xuankai
name: Watanabe, Shinji
name: Qian, Yanmin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Audio and Speech Processing (eess.AS)
subject: Sound (cs.SD)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Despite successful applications of end-to-end approaches in multi-channel speech recognition, the performance still degrades severely when the speech is corrupted by reverberation. In this paper, we integrate the dereverberation module into the end-to-end multi-channel speech recognition system and explore two different frontend architectures. First, a multi-source mask-based weighted prediction error (WPE) module is incorporated in the frontend for dereverberation. Second, another novel frontend architecture is proposed, which extends the weighted power minimization distortionless response (WPD) convolutional beamformer to perform simultaneous separation and dereverberation. We derive a new formulation from the original WPD, which can handle multi-source input, and replace eigenvalue decomposition with the matrix inverse operation to make the back-propagation algorithm more stable. The above two architectures are optimized in a fully end-to-end manner, only using the speech recognition criterion. Experiments on both spatialized wsj1-2mix corpus and REVERB show that our proposed model outperformed the conventional methods in reverberant scenarios.
description: 5 pages, 3 figures, conference