cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
ANS Community of Practice: Risk-informing codes and standards
Creators: name: Facemire, Jon
Publisher: name: F1000 Research Limited
Year: 2024

description: This presentation was given as part of the American Nuclear Society Risk-informed, Performance-based Policy and Procedures Committee (RP3C) Community of Practice (CoP). For more information on the RP3C CoP, please visit https://www.ans.org/standards/rp3c/cop/.

This presentation took place on Aug. 30, 2024.

The presentation video recording can be found online at https://youtu.be/z20b44yxeCs.
MPEC 2024-B39 : 2024 BP
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 BP

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Additional file 16 of Linking belowground microbial network changes to different tolerance level towards Verticillium wilt of olive
Creators: name: Fernández-González, Antonio J.
name: Cardoni, Martina
name: Cabanás, Carmen Gómez-Lama
name: Valverde-Corredor, Antonio
name: Villadas, Pablo J.
name: Fernández-López, Manuel
name: Mercado-Blanco, Jesús
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 16: Figure S11. Co-occurrence networks of functional (RNA) communities from root endosphere of both cultivars before and after inoculation.
Enterprise, family and society: Economic development and sociocultural changes in the Pearl River Delta area of China
Creators: name: Chen, Xiaoliang
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: Rural economic and social development has been an important issue for many developing countries. China has experienced a unique rural development strategy since 1979. The emergence and rapid growth of rural non-agricultural enterprises in China have drawn the attention of many economists. This study aims at providing a comprehensive evaluation of the validity and the consequences of such a development strategy. The research combines historical review and anthropological depth to examine the economic and social consequences of the development of rural enterprises in a township in south China. The issues concerned in this study were: (1) had the strategy in developing rural non-agricultural enterprises met its goal in increasing household income and improving the peasants' living standards? (2) how did the transformation of economic patterns affect the family structure and the village organization during this period? (3) what were some of the socio-cultural consequences of the large-scale development of rural non-agricultural enterprises?; Four administrative villages in a township were chosen to conduct participant observation and intensive interviews. Qualitative and quantitative data were gathered over a period of six months in 1989, to investigate the manner of economic transformation and the degree of social adaptation. Synchronic and diachronic analyses were combined to determine the context of socio-economic changes and the trend that will probably continue to next few decades. The field research and analysis, which combined micro analysis and macro interpretation, led into one of the most important aspects in the study of socio-economic development. Social transformation is understandable only by conjoining micro and macro analyses. The study revealed that the rural development strategy has achieved considerable success in providing vast employment opportunities and improving the rural population's living standards. Consequently, the average size of households in this township, as well as in China, has decreased due to the increased division of the family, which was encouraged by the rapid increase of living space resulting from the rise of household income. The birth control policy practiced in China also has a significant effect on the household size. The study shows that economic considerations and social ties were important factors in marriage choices. The socio-economic development in this area also resulted in the changes in recreational patterns and people's social values. The emergence of a large number of migrants has disturbed the social order. In addition, the development strategy has had an environmental impact and led to a decrease in farmland. These should be regarded as some of the adverse side-effects of the Chinese rural development strategy.
Measuring the Tidal Response of Structure Formation: Anisotropic Separate Universe Simulations using TreePM
Creators: name: Stücker, Jens
name: Schmidt, Andreas. S.
name: White, Simon D. M.
name: Schmidt, Fabian
name: Hahn, Oliver
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present anisotropic "separate universe" simulations which modify the N-body code Gadget-4 in order to represent a large-scale tidal field through an anisotropic expansion factor. These simulations are used to measure the linear, quasi-linear and nonlinear response of the matter power spectrum to a spatially uniform trace-free tidal field up to wavenumber $k = 7 h \text{Mpc}^{-1}$. Together with the response to a large-scale overdensity measured in previous work, this completely describes the nonlinear matter bispectrum in the squeezed limit. We find that the response amplitude does not approach zero on small scales in physical coordinates, but rather a constant value at $z=0$, $R_K\approx 0.5$ for $k \geq 3 h\text{Mpc}^{-1}$ up to the scale where we consider our simulations reliable, $k \leq 7 h\text{Mpc}^{-1}$ at $z=0$. This shows that even the inner regions of haloes are affected by the large-scale tidal field. We also measure directly the alignment of halo shapes with the tidal field, finding a clear signal which increases with halo mass.
description: 19 pages, 9 figures
Intelligence bibliography
Creators: name: Ozkan, Yusuf Ali
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: History

description: This bibliography lists (largely) secondary and (also) primary sources about intelligence history and intelligence studies. It is administrated by Yusuf Ali Ozkan (yusufaliozkan@hotmail.com). Suggestions or requests to be involved can be made to the email address above. To access the relevant source, double-click the record Category folders are available on the left side of the page You can find the same source in different categories (e.g. SIGINT WW2 related sources can be found under SIGINT or WW2 folder) Legal open access versions are attached if available (just to expand the record Some notes might be added Download Zotero (https://www.zotero.org/download/) to your PC to see more functionality, such as citation tools, copy bibliography, or get reports
Absence of continuous spectral types for certain nonstationary random models
Creators: name: de Monvel, A. Boutet
name: Stollmann, P.
name: Stolz, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 81Q10, 35J10, 47A10

description: We consider continuum random Schrödinger operators of the type $H_ω = -Δ+ V_0 + V_ω$ with a deterministic background potential $V_0$. We establish criteria for the absence of continuous and absolutely continuous spectrum, respectively, outside the spectrum of $-Δ+V_0$. The models we treat include random surface potentials as well as sparse or slowly decaying random potentials. In particular, we establish absence of absolutely continuous surface spectrum for random potentials supported near a one-dimensional surface (``random tube'') in arbitrary dimension.
description: 14 pages, 2 figures
Additional file 17 of Linking belowground microbial network changes to different tolerance level towards Verticillium wilt of olive
Creators: name: Fernández-González, Antonio J.
name: Cardoni, Martina
name: Cabanás, Carmen Gómez-Lama
name: Valverde-Corredor, Antonio
name: Villadas, Pablo J.
name: Fernández-López, Manuel
name: Mercado-Blanco, Jesús
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 17: Figure S12. Co-occurrence networks of functional (RNA) communities from rhizosphere of both cultivars before and after inoculation.
DMRG and periodic boundary conditions: a quantum information perspective
Creators: name: Verstraete, F.
name: Porras, D.
name: Cirac, J. I.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We introduce a picture to analyze the density matrix renormalization group (DMRG) numerical method from a quantum information perspective. This leads us to introduce some modifications for problems with periodic boundary conditions in which the results are dramatically improved. The picture also explains some features of the method in terms of entanglement and teleportation.
description: 4 pages
Enterprise, family and society: Economic development and sociocultural changes in the Pearl River Delta area of China
Creators: name: Chen, Xiaoliang
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4401
subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology
classificationCode: 4410
subject: Sociology

description: Rural economic and social development has been an important issue for many developing countries. China has experienced a unique rural development strategy since 1979. The emergence and rapid growth of rural non-agricultural enterprises in China have drawn the attention of many economists. This study aims at providing a comprehensive evaluation of the validity and the consequences of such a development strategy. The research combines historical review and anthropological depth to examine the economic and social consequences of the development of rural enterprises in a township in south China. The issues concerned in this study were: (1) had the strategy in developing rural non-agricultural enterprises met its goal in increasing household income and improving the peasants' living standards? (2) how did the transformation of economic patterns affect the family structure and the village organization during this period? (3) what were some of the socio-cultural consequences of the large-scale development of rural non-agricultural enterprises?; Four administrative villages in a township were chosen to conduct participant observation and intensive interviews. Qualitative and quantitative data were gathered over a period of six months in 1989, to investigate the manner of economic transformation and the degree of social adaptation. Synchronic and diachronic analyses were combined to determine the context of socio-economic changes and the trend that will probably continue to next few decades. The field research and analysis, which combined micro analysis and macro interpretation, led into one of the most important aspects in the study of socio-economic development. Social transformation is understandable only by conjoining micro and macro analyses. The study revealed that the rural development strategy has achieved considerable success in providing vast employment opportunities and improving the rural population's living standards. Consequently, the average size of households in this township, as well as in China, has decreased due to the increased division of the family, which was encouraged by the rapid increase of living space resulting from the rise of household income. The birth control policy practiced in China also has a significant effect on the household size. The study shows that economic considerations and social ties were important factors in marriage choices. The socio-economic development in this area also resulted in the changes in recreational patterns and people's social values. The emergence of a large number of migrants has disturbed the social order. In addition, the development strategy has had an environmental impact and led to a decrease in farmland. These should be regarded as some of the adverse side-effects of the Chinese rural development strategy.
Microenterprise development in Quito, Ecuador: A case study of social, cultural, and environmental factors affecting growth
Creators: name: Clark, Maria Donoso
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 44
subject: Human society
classificationCode: 4401
subject: Anthropology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: This dissertation looks at the socio-cultural factors and environmental constraints affecting microenterprise growth in the urban informal sector of Quito, Ecuador. The study explores the internal and external dynamics of enterprises owned by microproducers participating in two credit programs: one financed by the Interamerican Development Bank through a non-governmental organization (Fundacion Ecuatoriana de Desarrollo) and another by a private commercial bank (Banco del Pacifico). The research sample included 130 microproducers. The study focuses primarily on non-monetary factors affecting the stages of the business cycle: input procurement, production, and marketing and their manifestation through high "transaction costs" (i.e., the time and effort involved in obtaining information or implementing intermediate transactions for successful business outcomes). The main finding of the dissertation is that microproducers in the informal sector resort to a combination of short and long-term strategies to cope with high levels of risk and uncertainty resulting from high monetary and non-monetary costs and from general lack of institutional support. Short-term strategies help them deal with day-to-day risks and opportunities; long-term strategies, identified in this dissertation as "anchoring mechanisms," provide a modicum of stability and the potential for growth. These "anchoring mechanisms" are identified by analyzing microenterprises in terms of their work-family organization, their social relations and associative forms, and their processes of resource procurement and allocation. There are three main "anchoring mechanisms:" (1) harnessing nuclear family labor, particularly through husband-wife business partnerships; (2) owning a home; and (3) establishing relationships of trust with other individuals. Ensuring at least one "anchoring mechanism" is a high priority for microenterprises; thus, profit maximization or business expansion is likely to be a secondary priority among informal microproducers. The findings suggest that microenterprise success should be measured not only in terms of business expansion or profit maximization, but in terms of increased standard of living of the household, increased ability of the business owner to provide support to others, or consolidation of the business around the nuclear family. Moreover, microenterprise development programs should focus on the need to reduce transaction costs and facilitate the development of "anchoring mechanisms.".
2d Stringy Black Holes and Varying Constants
Creators: name: Vagenas, Elias C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Motivated by the recent interest on models with varying constants and whether black hole physics can constrain such theories, two-dimensional charged stringy black holes are considered. We exploit the role of two-dimensional stringy black holes as toy models for exploring paradoxes which may lead to constrains on a theory. A two-dimensional charged stringy black hole is investigated in two different settings. Firstly, the two-dimensional black hole is treated as an isolated object and secondly, it is contained in a thermal environment. In both cases, it is shown that the temperature and the entropy of the two-dimensional charged stringy black hole are decreased when its electric charge is increased in time. By piecing together our results and previous ones, we conclude that in the context of black hole thermodynamics one cannot derive any model independent constraints for the varying constants. Therefore, it seems that there aren't any varying constant theories that are out of favor with black hole thermodynamics.
description: 12 pages, LaTeX, to appear in JHEP
Microenterprise development in Quito, Ecuador: A case study of social, cultural, and environmental factors affecting growth
Creators: name: Clark, Maria Donoso
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This dissertation looks at the socio-cultural factors and environmental constraints affecting microenterprise growth in the urban informal sector of Quito, Ecuador. The study explores the internal and external dynamics of enterprises owned by microproducers participating in two credit programs: one financed by the Interamerican Development Bank through a non-governmental organization (Fundacion Ecuatoriana de Desarrollo) and another by a private commercial bank (Banco del Pacifico). The research sample included 130 microproducers. The study focuses primarily on non-monetary factors affecting the stages of the business cycle: input procurement, production, and marketing and their manifestation through high "transaction costs" (i.e., the time and effort involved in obtaining information or implementing intermediate transactions for successful business outcomes). The main finding of the dissertation is that microproducers in the informal sector resort to a combination of short and long-term strategies to cope with high levels of risk and uncertainty resulting from high monetary and non-monetary costs and from general lack of institutional support. Short-term strategies help them deal with day-to-day risks and opportunities; long-term strategies, identified in this dissertation as "anchoring mechanisms," provide a modicum of stability and the potential for growth. These "anchoring mechanisms" are identified by analyzing microenterprises in terms of their work-family organization, their social relations and associative forms, and their processes of resource procurement and allocation. There are three main "anchoring mechanisms:" (1) harnessing nuclear family labor, particularly through husband-wife business partnerships; (2) owning a home; and (3) establishing relationships of trust with other individuals. Ensuring at least one "anchoring mechanism" is a high priority for microenterprises; thus, profit maximization or business expansion is likely to be a secondary priority among informal microproducers. The findings suggest that microenterprise success should be measured not only in terms of business expansion or profit maximization, but in terms of increased standard of living of the household, increased ability of the business owner to provide support to others, or consolidation of the business around the nuclear family. Moreover, microenterprise development programs should focus on the need to reduce transaction costs and facilitate the development of "anchoring mechanisms.".
Spin-3/2 Nucleon and Delta Baryons in Lattice QCD
Creators: name: Zanotti, J. M.
name: Leinweber, D. B.
name: Williams, A. G.
name: Zhang, J. B.
name: Melnitchouk, W.
name: Choe, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present first results for masses of spin-3/2 N and Delta baryons in lattice QCD using Fat-Link Irrelevant Clover (FLIC) fermions. Spin-3/2 interpolating fields providing overlap with both spin-3/2 and spin-1/2 states are considered. In the isospin-1/2 sector, we observe, after appropriate spin and parity projection, a strong signal for the J^P=3/2^- state together with a weak but discernible signal for the 3/2^+ state with a mass splitting near that observed experimentally. We also find good agreement between the 1/2^+/- masses and earlier nucleon mass simulations with the standard spin-1/2 interpolating field. For the isospin-3/2 Delta states, clear mass splittings are observed between the various 1/2^+/- and 3/2^+/- channels, with the calculated level orderings in good agreement with those observed empirically.
description: 17 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables
MPEC 2024-B40 : 2021 PW210
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2021 PW210

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Additional file 15 of Linking belowground microbial network changes to different tolerance level towards Verticillium wilt of olive
Creators: name: Fernández-González, Antonio J.
name: Cardoni, Martina
name: Cabanás, Carmen Gómez-Lama
name: Valverde-Corredor, Antonio
name: Villadas, Pablo J.
name: Fernández-López, Manuel
name: Mercado-Blanco, Jesús
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 15: Figure S10. ZiPi plots highlighting the keystone OTUs of the root endosphere microbial structural (a) and functional (b) communities from Picual upon inoculation with Verticillium dahliae. In the table are the details of each keystone OTU.
Removal of heavy metals and dye from water and wastewater using nanofiltration membranes of polyethersulfone modified with functionalized iron-silica nanoparticles
Creators: name: Azizi, shahab
name: Jafarbeigi, Ehsan
name: Salimi, Farhad
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: In this study, the performance of polyethersulfone (PES) membranes, fabricated by modifying the iron nano-particles (M-Fe3O4), was investigated to remove heavy metals (HM) and Direct red 16 (DR16) dye from water. In this new research work, amine groups were first fixed on nano-particles by modifying iron nano-particles using TEOS and APTES methods. In the next step, M-Fe3O4 was used in the structure of membranes, and their effect on surface properties, hydrophilicity (HD), pure water (PW) flux, roughness (Ra), water permeability and removal rate of copper ion (CI) and DR16 dye were investigated. Also, characterization methods such as X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), scanning force microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), atomic force microscopy (AFM), and antifouling properties have been used to evaluate the synthetic membranes. Thus, the performance of composite membranes showed that the pure water (PW) flux of the membrane M-Fe3O4 increased 1.9 times compared to the pure membrane. Moreover, the anti-fouling tests showed that the mixed matrix membranes (MMM) with 0.1 wt% of M-Fe3O4 showed the best anti-fouling properties with a 90% recovery rate and 55.98% fouling resistance. On the other hand, results showed that 0.1 wt% composite membrane resulted in the removal of CIs 92% and dye 99%.
Preferences of a random sample of registered nurses for noncredit continuing education through Maryland community colleges
Creators: name: Mohler, Margaret Murphy
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: This study determined the preferences of a random sample of registered nurses (RNs) residing in the state of Maryland for noncredit continuing-education (CE) courses through Maryland community colleges. The preferences concerned course topic, level of instruction, and scheduling of courses (month, day, time and format). It elicited the major reasons RNs participate or do not participate in non-credit CE and the need for a refresher nursing course. The Educational Needs Assessment Survey, an instrument developed by the researcher, was used to obtain the study data. It was mailed to 3,090 RNs on a master list provided by the Maryland Board of Nursing. Of the 1,719 (59.1%) nurses responding to the survey, 1,020 (59.3%) completed all three parts, indicating an interest in CE through the community colleges. The data were analyzed using frequency and percentage statistics to address four research questions. The five most preferred course topics for RNs in descending order of frequency of mention centered on "legal issues," "computers in nursing," "physical assessment," "AIDS," and "stress management." The intermediate level of instruction was the most preferred for seven of the top ten course topics. The beginning level was selected for "computers in nursing" and the advanced level for "AIDS.". Study respondents preferred March and April and a one-day format for scheduling of courses. Wednesday is the preferred day of the week. A strong preference is cited for courses scheduled once a week. The "expansion of knowledge base" is the most frequently cited reason nurses participate in noncredit CE courses. "Personal satisfaction" and "CEUs" ranked second and third in times mentioned. The top three reasons reported for not participating are "no time due to personal commitments," "cost of tuition," and "not familiar with courses offered in community colleges." Seventy-nine (4.6%) RNs indicated interest in a refresher nursing course. The major implications resulting from this research indicate that RNs in Maryland are interested in attending CE courses through Maryland community colleges; prefer specialized course topics at the intermediate and advanced levels; take courses for a variety of reasons; and want CEUs and flexible scheduling of course offerings.
Human-Fire Interactions: A Global Database
Creators: name: Perkins, Oliver
name: Smith, Cathy
name: Millington, James
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: wildfire
land use
traditional ecological knowledge
meta-analysis

description: Presented at the American Association of Geographers Annual Meeting, April 2021 Abstract Empirical studies of human use and management of fire in landscapes around the world have been conducted in many different academic fields, including anthropology, geography, land economics and ecology. However, as a consequence, the literature on the subject is fragmented, appearing across a diverse range of publications. The lack of a systematic empirical basis for understanding human impacts on wildfire regimes presents a challenge to incorporating anthropogenic fire into global-scale biophysical models. For example, representation of anthropogenic fire in dynamic global vegetation models still relies on few readily available metrics of human activity, such as population density and GDP. To address this challenge, we conducted a global meta-analysis of studies of human-fire interactions, spanning the spectrum of academic disciplines and grey literature. From this analysis we constructed a Database of Anthropogenic Fire Impacts (DAFI). DAFI currently contains nearly 1800 case studies of fire use and management in >100 countries from >500 publications. Here, we present an overview of the structure and content of DAFI with visualization and analysis of the key variables. We find that seven fire-use types dominate the data, accounting for >90% of all fire-use instances. We show how human fire use is closely linked to land user intentions, with distinct fire regimes emerging from differing biomes and levels of economic development. We highlight gaps in the literature, the limitations of spatially-coarse remote sensing data for studying anthropogenic fire regimes and discuss ongoing work to synthesise understanding of human fire suppression behaviours and traditional fire knowledge.
Momentum Anisotropy of Leptons from Two Photon Processes in Heavy Ion Collisions
Creators: name: Xiao, Bo-Wen
name: Yuan, Feng
name: Zhou, Jian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the azimuthal angular correlation between the lepton transverse momentum $P_\perp$ and the impact parameter $b_\perp$ in non-central heavy-ion collisions, where the leptons are produced through two-photon scattering. Among the Fourier harmonic coefficients, a significant $v_4$ asymmetry is found for the typical kinematics at RHIC and LHC with a mild dependence on the $P_\perp$, whereas $v_2$ is power suppressed by the lepton mass over $P_\perp$. This unique prediction, if confirmed from the experiments, shall provide crucial information on the production mechanism for the dilepton in two-photon processes.
description: updated to match the published version, title changed, 6 pages, 3 figures
Recent progress in calculating weak matrix elements using staggered fermions
Creators: name: Lee, Weonjong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a chronological review of the progress in calculating weak matrix elements using staggered fermions. We review the perturbative calculation of one-loop matching formula including both current-current diagrams and penguin diagrams using improved staggered fermions. We also present preliminary results of weak matrix elements relevant to CP violation calculated using the improved (HYP (II)) staggered fermions. Since the complete set of matching coefficients at the one-loop level became available recently, we have constructed lattice operators with all the $g^2$ corrections included. The main results include both $ΔI = 3/2$ and $ΔI = 1/2$ contributions.
description: 7 pages, 7 figures, LHP2003
Preferences of a random sample of registered nurses for noncredit continuing education through Maryland community colleges
Creators: name: Mohler, Margaret Murphy
Publisher: name: ProQuest
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 39
subject: Education
classificationCode: 3903
subject: Education systems
classificationCode: 3904
subject: Specialist studies in education

description: This study determined the preferences of a random sample of registered nurses (RNs) residing in the state of Maryland for noncredit continuing-education (CE) courses through Maryland community colleges. The preferences concerned course topic, level of instruction, and scheduling of courses (month, day, time and format). It elicited the major reasons RNs participate or do not participate in non-credit CE and the need for a refresher nursing course. The Educational Needs Assessment Survey, an instrument developed by the researcher, was used to obtain the study data. It was mailed to 3,090 RNs on a master list provided by the Maryland Board of Nursing. Of the 1,719 (59.1%) nurses responding to the survey, 1,020 (59.3%) completed all three parts, indicating an interest in CE through the community colleges. The data were analyzed using frequency and percentage statistics to address four research questions. The five most preferred course topics for RNs in descending order of frequency of mention centered on "legal issues," "computers in nursing," "physical assessment," "AIDS," and "stress management." The intermediate level of instruction was the most preferred for seven of the top ten course topics. The beginning level was selected for "computers in nursing" and the advanced level for "AIDS.". Study respondents preferred March and April and a one-day format for scheduling of courses. Wednesday is the preferred day of the week. A strong preference is cited for courses scheduled once a week. The "expansion of knowledge base" is the most frequently cited reason nurses participate in noncredit CE courses. "Personal satisfaction" and "CEUs" ranked second and third in times mentioned. The top three reasons reported for not participating are "no time due to personal commitments," "cost of tuition," and "not familiar with courses offered in community colleges." Seventy-nine (4.6%) RNs indicated interest in a refresher nursing course. The major implications resulting from this research indicate that RNs in Maryland are interested in attending CE courses through Maryland community colleges; prefer specialized course topics at the intermediate and advanced levels; take courses for a variety of reasons; and want CEUs and flexible scheduling of course offerings.
I mars 2019 er det 75 år siden Sovjetunionen begynte å planlegge frigjøringen av Øst-Finnmark
Creators: name: Petrov, Alexander
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 210399 Historical Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: History and archaeology
subject: History
subject: 210307 European History (excl. British, Classical Greek and Roman)

description: Da generalstaben i Moskva i mars 1944 begynte å planlegge operasjoner på nordflanken av den sovjettyske fronten, fikk stabsoffiserene mye å gjøre. Generalene Antonov og Sjtemenko, som ble betrodd oppdraget med å utvikle planer for frigjøringen av Nord-Norge, besøkte Stalin daglig, enten i Kreml eller på hans datsja i Kuntsevo. I slutten av mars 1944, ga Antonov ordre til Sjtemenko om å besøke Stalin i Kuntsevo, som igjen ville se på kartene for operasjoner i den fjerne nordlige enden av sovjetfronten.I forkant av frigjøringen utførte den norske militærattacheen i Sovjetunionen Arne Dahl oppgaver som lignet på oppgavene til militærattacheer fra andre antifascistiske land. Den norske militærattacheen koordinerte samarbeidet mellom den norske eksilregjeringen i London og den sovjetiske overkommandoen.Høsten 1944 startet gjennomføringsfasen i Sovjetunionens plan for Karelenfrontens og Nordflåtens offensiv. Den 29. oktober rapporterte Karelenfronten til Moskva om at det ikke lenger var noen fiende foran Den røde armeen. Sovjetunionen hadde faktisk frigjort Øst-Finnmark. Etter krigens slutt mottok Antonov den høyeste sovjetiske militære fortjenesteordenen, Seiersordenen, «for å planlegge kampoperasjoner og koordinere fronthandlinger.» De sovjetiske generalene som gjennomførte operasjonen i Øst-Finnmark, Meretskov, Skjerbakov og Khudalov, og admiral Golovko mottok Den Kongelige Norske St. Olavs Orden.
Quantum Dynamical Entropy of Spin Systems
Creators: name: Miyadera, Takayuki
name: Ohya, Masanori
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate a quantum dynamical entropy of one-dimesional quantum spin systems. We show that the dynamical entropy is bounded from above by a quantity which is related with group velocity determined by the interaction and mean entropy of the state.
description: 10 pages
Digital waste management system
Creators: name: Lowe, Brandon
name: Yim, Brian
name: Lee, Kyle
name: Gan, Lu
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2015

description: The Alma Mater Society (AMS) of the University of British Columbia (UBC) is building a new Student Union Building (SUB). As a means of measuring solid waste production at the SUB, a digital waste management system consisting of a floor scale, button panel and computer software backend is designed, allowing the weight, waste stream, date and time to be recorded and saved on a server. The system is also functionally tested at all stages of development to verify the correctness of the solution. The digital waste management system aims to be cheaper and faster than the alternative of conducting periodic waste audits, all the while being safe and easy to use. Disclaimer: “UBC SEEDS provides students with the opportunity to share the findings of their studies, as well as their opinions, conclusions and recommendations with the UBC community. The reader should bear in mind that this is a student project/report and is not an official document of UBC. Furthermore readers should bear in mind that these reports may not reflect the current status of activities at UBC. We urge you to contact the research persons mentioned in a report or the SEEDS Coordinator about the current status of the subject matter of a project/report.”
Challenges of implementing industry 4.0 in achieving sustainable development goals: a case of Indian manufacturing organization
Creators: name: Sahu, Abhishek
name: Agrawal, Saurabh
name: Kumar, Girish
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Medicine
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: The purpose of this study is to identify the implementation challenges of Industry 4.0 and circular supply chain during a pandemic in order to achieve sustainable development goals. Based on the literature review and discussion with experts, combined challenges of implementing Industry 4.0 for developing a circular supply chain were identified. A combination of ANP and Fuzzy TOPSIS approaches has been adopted for the proposed research as the network model with dependence and feedback improves rankings derived from the alternatives and can make better decisions for optimal challenges. The ANP approach has been utilized to evaluate the weights of the criteria using Super Decisions software 2.10 version for reliability and accuracy of the results, while Fuzzy TOPSIS approach has been used to prioritize the alternatives. A case example of an XYZ barrel manufacturing organization has been selected for the illustration of the proposed research. Four experts from the manufacturing organization were selected to review the preliminary draft of the questionnaire. The main findings are identifying and prioritizing 5 major challenges and 15 criteria for implementing Industry 4.0 technologies in circular supply chain during the pandemic. The results of the study demonstrate that organizational is the major challenge, while sustainable development challenge is the least prioritized. Data security and privacy, technological development and big data and analytics are the essential criteria for implementing Industry 4.0 and circular supply chain principles. The findings of the research may help academicians, researchers, and industrialists in their decision-making to ensure the smooth implementation of Industry 4.0 and to develop a circular supply chain.
Additional file 14 of Linking belowground microbial network changes to different tolerance level towards Verticillium wilt of olive
Creators: name: Fernández-González, Antonio J.
name: Cardoni, Martina
name: Cabanás, Carmen Gómez-Lama
name: Valverde-Corredor, Antonio
name: Villadas, Pablo J.
name: Fernández-López, Manuel
name: Mercado-Blanco, Jesús
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Additional file 14: Figure S9. ZiPi plots highlighting the keystone OTUs of the root endosphere microbial structural (a) and functional (b) communities from Frantoio upon inoculation with Verticillium dahliae. In the table are the details of each keystone OTU.
Fluctuations of the one-dimensional polynuclear growth model with external sources
Creators: name: Imamura, T.
name: Sasamoto, T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The one-dimensional polynuclear growth model with external sources at edges is studied. The height fluctuation at the origin is known to be given by either the Gaussian, the GUE Tracy-Widom distribution, or certain distributions called GOE$^2$ and $F_0$, depending on the strength of the sources. We generalize these results and show that the scaling limit of the multi-point equal time height fluctuations of the model are described by the Fredholm determinant, of which the limiting kernel is explicitly obtained. In particular we obtain two new kernels, describing transitions between the above one-point distributions. One expresses the transition from the GOE$^2$ to the GUE Tracy-Widom distribution or to the Gaussian; the other the transition from $F_0$ to the Gaussian. The results specialized to the fluctuation at the origin are shown to be equivalent to the previously obtained ones via the Riemann-Hilbert method.
description: 43 pages, 4 figures
Knowledge, attitude, and behavior differences regarding alcohol use in a sample of undergraduate students at an urban university
Creators: name: O'Hara, Peggy Ann
Publisher: name: American University
Year: 2023

description: The purpose of this study was to identify the knowledge, attitudes, and behavior regarding alcohol use, as elicited through the Alcohol Knowledge and Use Inventory (AKUI), of a sample of undergraduate students at an urban university; to determine significant differences among students categorized by academic class, gender, and age; and to draw implications from the findings for their meaning to college officials responsible for the development and implementation of university policies on alcoholic beverages. Working on the premise that knowledge changes attitudes and attitudes direct behavior, nine hypotheses were developed to determine the relationship between variables: gender, age, and academic class of a student and the student's knowledge, behavior, and attitudes associated with alcohol. The subjects used in the study were undergraduate students from an urban university in Washington, DC. One hundred students randomly selected from each academic class were invited to respond to the Alcohol Knowledge and Use Inventory (AKUI), an instrument designed by the researcher. A total of 183 responses provided data used to test the hypotheses. No significant relationships were found between student knowledge of alcohol effects and gender or academic class, student behavior regarding alcohol use and age or academic class, nor student attitudes associated with alcohol and age or class. Significant relationships were found between student knowledge of alcohol effects and age and between student attitudes and behavior regarding alcohol effects and gender. Female students demonstrated a strong knowledge base and responsible attitudes regarding alcohol use. Their drinking behavior overall did not differ from that of male students, who demonstrated a strong knowledge base and less responsible attitudes. Study conclusions suggest that education about alcohol effects alone may not be sufficient to curtail excessive drinking. Factors such as stress or group pressure must be considered. General information on alcohol effects may not preclude the establishment of drinking behavior among college students, which often begins as early as their junior high school years.
Tunable shear strain from resonantly driven optical phonons
Creators: name: Hortensius, J. R.
name: Afanasiev, D.
name: Sasani, A.
name: Bousquet, E.
name: Caviglia, A. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Strain engineering has been extended recently to the ultrafast timescales, driving metal-insulator phase transitions and the propagation of ultrasonic demagnetization fronts. However, the non-linear lattice dynamics underpinning interfacial optoelectronic phase switching have not yet been addressed. Here we focus on the lattice dynamics initiated by impulsive resonant excitation of polar lattice vibrations in LaAlO$_3$ single crystals, one of the most widely utilized substrates for oxide electronics. We show that ionic Raman scattering drives coherent oxygen octahedra rotations around a high-symmetry crystal axis and we identify, by means of DFT calculations, the underlying phonon-phonon coupling channel. Resonant lattice excitation is shown to generate longitudinal and transverse acoustic wavepackets, enabled by anisotropic optically-induced strain in and out of equilibrium. Importantly, shear strain wavepackets are found to be generated with extraordinary efficiency at the phonon resonance, being comparable in amplitude to the more conventional longitudinal acoustic waves, opening exciting perspectives for ultrafast material control.
description: 12 pages, 9 figures
I mars 2019 er det 75 år siden Sovjetunionen begynte å planlegge frigjøringen av Øst-Finnmark
Creators: name: Petrov, Alexander
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 210399 Historical Studies not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: History and archaeology
subject: History
subject: 210307 European History (excl. British, Classical Greek and Roman)

description: Da generalstaben i Moskva i mars 1944 begynte å planlegge operasjoner på nordflanken av den sovjettyske fronten, fikk stabsoffiserene mye å gjøre. Generalene Antonov og Sjtemenko, som ble betrodd oppdraget med å utvikle planer for frigjøringen av Nord-Norge, besøkte Stalin daglig, enten i Kreml eller på hans datsja i Kuntsevo. I slutten av mars 1944, ga Antonov ordre til Sjtemenko om å besøke Stalin i Kuntsevo, som igjen ville se på kartene for operasjoner i den fjerne nordlige enden av sovjetfronten.I forkant av frigjøringen utførte den norske militærattacheen i Sovjetunionen Arne Dahl oppgaver som lignet på oppgavene til militærattacheer fra andre antifascistiske land. Den norske militærattacheen koordinerte samarbeidet mellom den norske eksilregjeringen i London og den sovjetiske overkommandoen.Høsten 1944 startet gjennomføringsfasen i Sovjetunionens plan for Karelenfrontens og Nordflåtens offensiv. Den 29. oktober rapporterte Karelenfronten til Moskva om at det ikke lenger var noen fiende foran Den røde armeen. Sovjetunionen hadde faktisk frigjort Øst-Finnmark. Etter krigens slutt mottok Antonov den høyeste sovjetiske militære fortjenesteordenen, Seiersordenen, «for å planlegge kampoperasjoner og koordinere fronthandlinger.» De sovjetiske generalene som gjennomførte operasjonen i Øst-Finnmark, Meretskov, Skjerbakov og Khudalov, og admiral Golovko mottok Den Kongelige Norske St. Olavs Orden.