cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Final results of nu-e-bar electron scattering cross-section measurements and constraints on new physics
Creators: name: Deniz, Muhammed
name: Bilmis, Selcuk
name: Wong, Henry T.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The nu-e-bar electron elastic scattering cross-section was measured with a CsI(Tl) scintillating crystal detector array with a total mass of 187 kg at the Kuo-Sheng Nuclear Power Station. The detectors were exposed to a reactor nu-e-bar flux of 6.4 X 10^{12} cm^{-2}s^{-1} originated from a core with 2.9 GW thermal power. Using 29882/7369 kg-days of Reactor ON/OFF data, the Standard Model (SM) of electroweak interaction was probed at the 4-momentum transfer range of Q^2 ~ 3 X 10^{-6} GeV^2. A cross-section ratio of R_{expt} = [1.08 +- 0.21(stat) +- 0.16(sys)] X R_{SM} was measured. Constraints on the electroweak parameters (g_V,g_A) were placed, corresponding to a weak mixing angle measurement of $\s2tw$ = [0.251 +- 0.031(stat) +- 0.024(sys)]. Destructive interference in the SM nu-e-bar+e processes was verified. Bounds on neutrino anomalous electromagnetic properties (neutrino magnetic moment and neutrino charge radius), non-standard neutrino interactions, upparticle physics and non-commutative physics were placed. We summarize the experimental details and results, and discuss projected sensitivities with realistic and feasible hardware upgrades.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables ; To appear in Proceedings of TAUP-2011 Conference
VividZOO Multi View Video Generation with Diffusion Model
Creators: name: Wenxuan, Zhu
Publisher: name: KAUST Research Repository
Year: 2025

description: While diffusion models have shown impressive performance in 2D image/video
generation, diffusion-based Text-to-Multi-view-Video (T2MVid) generation remains underexplored. The new challenges posed by T2MVid generation lie in the
lack of massive captioned multi-view videos and the complexity of modeling such
multi-dimensional distribution. To this end, we propose a novel diffusion-based
pipeline that generates high-quality multi-view videos centered around a dynamic
3D object from text. Specifically, we factor the T2MVid problem into viewpointspace and time components. Such factorization allows us to combine and reuse
layers of advanced pre-trained multi-view image and 2D video diffusion models
to ensure multi-view consistency as well as temporal coherence for the generated
multi-view videos, largely reducing the training cost. We further introduce alignment modules to align the latent spaces of layers from the pre-trained multi-view
and the 2D video diffusion models, addressing the reused layers’ incompatibility
that arises from the domain gap between 2D and multi-view data. To facilitate
this research line, we further contribute a captioned multi-view video dataset. Experimental results demonstrate that our method generates high-quality multi-view
videos, exhibiting vivid motions, temporal coherence, and multi-view consistency,
given a variety of text prompts.
Supplementary document for Harvey-Shack theory for converging-diverging Gaussian beam - 6110174.pdf
Creators: name: Ma, Zhanpeng
name: Hansen, Poul-Erik
name: wang, hu
name: Karamehmedovic, Mirza
name: Chen, Qinfang
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2023
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Higher order Gaussian modes
Measuring roughness of buried interfaces by sputter depth profiling
Creators: name: Baryshev, S. V.
name: Klug, J. A.
name: Zinovev, A. V.
name: Tripa, C. E.
name: Elam, J. W.
name: Veryovkin, I. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this communication, we report results of a high resolution sputter depth profiling analysis of a stack of 16 alternating MgO and ZnO nanolayers grown by atomic layer deposition (ALD) with thickness of ~5.5 nm per layer. We used an improved dual beam approach featuring a low energy normally incident direct current sputtering ion beam (first beam). Intensities of 24Mg+ and 64Zn+ secondary ions generated by a pulsed analysis ion beam (second beam) were measured as a function of sample depth by time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (TOF SIMS). Experimental results of this dual beam TOF SIMS depth profiling processed in the framework of the mixing-roughness-information (MRI) model formalism demonstrate that such an approach is capable of providing structural information for layers just a few nm thick. Namely, it was established that the interfacial roughness of the MgO/ZnO multilayer structure equals 1.5 nm. This finding by TOF SIMS was cross-validated by independent measurements with specular X-ray reflectivity (XRR) technique. In addition, the TOF SIMS-MRI analysis suggests that the obtained 1.5 nm roughness should be attributed to the native roughness (jagged type) of the interface rather than to interdiffusion at the interface during the ALD synthesis.
description: Brief report of 5 pages and 5 figures
Interpolationsbasierte Reduzierte-Basis-Modellierung von Lösungskurven mit Umkehrpunkten
Creators: name: Eichel, Hagen
Publisher: name: TUHH Universitätsbibliothek
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Numerische Mathematik, Reduzierte-Basis Methoden, Astverfolgungsmethoden, Interpolation, Mehrparametrige nichtlineare Gleichungssysteme
classificationCode: 510
subject: Mathematik

description: Bei der numerischen Simulation physikalischer Prozesse treten häufig große parameterabhängige nichtlineare Gleichungssysteme auf. Zur Verringerung des Rechenaufwands werden oft Reduzierte-Basis-Methoden verwendet, die sich in lokale und globale Methoden unterscheiden lassen, wobei letztere Umkehrpunkte bezüglich des Parameters gewöhnlich nicht zulassen. In dieser Arbeit wird ein globaler, interpolationsbasierter Ansatz für Probleme mit Umkehrpunkten entwickelt und es werden die Vorteile und Grenzen dieser Methode aufgezeigt.
description: Simulating physical processes often leads to large systems of parameter dependent nonlinear equations. To reduce the computational complexity reduced basis methods are used, that can be distinguished in local and global methods. Turning points with respect to the parameter are usually not permitted when using global methods. In this work a global interpolation based approach for problems with turning points is developed and its advantages and limits are demonstrated.
The influence of anticipatory processing associated with anxiety on emotional states, physiological responses, and balance control
Creators: name: Geh, Carolyn
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Falls and fear of falling is a crucial health care problem facing the elderly population. Although it is known that peoples ability to maintain their balance become impoverished under conditions of postural threat, the role of anticipatory anxiety in the cognitive mechanisms that lead to such changes in state anxiety and balance control is not fully understood. Applying Clark and Wells (1995) model of anticipatory cognitive processing, this study aimed to explore how anticipatory anxiety influences the perceptions of emotional states, physiological responses, and balance control in young, healthy female adults, and whether personality predispositions to experiencing anxiety accounts for some differences in these responses. A social learning paradigm was employed to induce anticipatory anxiety in the participants through the use of video observations of other people experiencing anxiety under similar conditions faced by the participants. The sample for the current study consisted of twenty six young, healthy female adults recruited from the university population. In a 2 (Threat versus Non-threat condition) x 2 (Bin time 1 versus Bin Time 2) fully repeated measures design, the following results were obtained: (1) Perceptions of fear and state anxiety were significantly higher in the threat condition compared to the non-threat condition. These increased levels of self-reported state anxiety and fear were also found to be significantly influenced by Trait Anxiety. (2) Changes in physiological arousal, including systolic and diastolic blood pressure, mean arterial pressure, and galvanic skin conductance was significantly higher in participants in the threat condition compared with the non-threat condition. Changes in galvanic skin conductance (though not other physiological variables), were found to be affected by Trait Anxiety. (3) No differences were found between the threat and non-threat condition for the frequency and amplitude (in both AP and ML directions) of postural sway. Subsequently, these differences were not pronounced when balance variables were examined as an effect of trait anxiety differences between groups dependent on threat condition.
Viability criteria for steelhead within the Puget Sound distinct population segment.
Creators: name: Hard, Jeffrey John, 1956-
name: Myers, James M., 1951-
name: Connor, Edward J.
name: Hayman, Rober A.
name: Kope, Robert Glenn
name: Lucchetti, Gino
name: Marshall, Anne R., 1955-
name: Pess, George R.
name: Thomson, Bradley E.,
Publisher: name: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center.
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Steelhead (Fish)--Population viability analysis--Washington (State)--Puget Sound.

description: Under the U.S. Endangered Species Act (ESA), the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is required to identify measurable and objective delisting criteria as part of recovery planning. These delisting criteria must describe the conditions under which a listed species or distinct population segment (DPS) is no longer in danger of extinction (endangered) or likely to become so in the foreseeable future (threatened). We define a viable DPS as one that is unlikely to be at risk of extinction in the foreseeable future; for this purpose, we adopted the viable salmonid population (VSP) criterion of a 100-year timeline (McElhany et al. 2000, Viable Salmon Populations and the Recovery of Evolutionarily Significant Units, NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-NWFSC-42) to evaluate risk of extinction. Ultimately, the identification of delisting criteria requires the consideration of technical analyses relating to viability, which are contained in this report, and policy decisions such as acceptable levels of risk, which are not. It presents the biological viability criteria recommended by the Puget Sound Steelhead Technical Recovery Team (PSS TRT). The framework and the analyses it supports do not set targets for delisting, nor do they explicitly identify specific populations or groups of populations for recovery priority. Rather, the framework and associated analyses are meant to provide a technical foundation for those charged with recovery of listed steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in Puget Sound, from which they can develop effective recovery plans at the watershed scale (and higher) that are based on biologically meaningful criteria.
Tantalum STJ for Photon Counting Detectors
Creators: name: Jorel, Corentin
name: Feautrier, Philippe
name: Villegier, Jean-Claude
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Superconducting Tunnel Junctions (STJ's) are currently being developed as photon detectors for a wide range of applications. Interest comes from their ability to cumulate photon counting with chromaticity (i.e. energy resolution) from the near infrared (2 $μ$m) to the X-rays wavelengths and good quantum efficiency up to 80%. Resolving power can exceed 10 in the visible wavelength range. Our main goal is to use STJ's for astronomical observations at low light level in the near infrared. This paper put the emphasis on two main points: the improvement of the tantalum absorber epitaxy and the development of a new version of the fabrication process for making Ta/Al-AlOx-Al/Ta photon counting STJ's. The main features of this process are that pixels have aligned electrodes and vias patterned through a protecting SiO2 layer. These vias are then used to contact the top electrode layer. We use a double thin aluminum trapping layer on top of a 150 nm thick Ta absorber grown epitaxially. Photon counting experiments with Ta junction array are presented at λ= 0.78 $μ$m. Digital filtering methods are used to compute the photon counting data in order to minimize the effects of noise.
Construction of Prisoners in Orasom Suddhisakorn Documentaries
Creators: name: อธิพงษ์ เพ็ชรเกิด
Publisher: name: University of Phayao
Year: 2021
Subjects: Construction, Prisoners, Documentaries Orasom Suddhisakorn

description: Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Phayao, 9, 1, 304-323
The other Higgses, at resonance, in the Lee-Wick extension of the Standard Model
Creators: name: Figy, Terrance
name: Zwicky, Roman
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Within the framework of the Lee Wick Standard Model (LWSM) we investigate Higgs pair production $gg \to h_0 h_0$, $gg \to h_0 \tilde p_0$ and top pair production $gg \to \bar tt$ at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), where the neutral particles from the Higgs sector ($h_0$, $\tilde h_0$ and $\tilde p_0$) appear as possible resonant intermediate states. We investigate the signal $gg \to h_0 h_0 \to \bar b b γγ$ and we find that the LW Higgs, depending on its mass-range, can be seen not long after the LHC upgrade in 2012. More precisely this happens when the new LW Higgs states are below the top pair threshold. In $gg \to \bar tt$ the LW states, due to the wrong-sign propagator and negative width, lead to a dip-peak structure instead of the usual peak-dip structure which gives a characteristic signal especially for low-lying LW Higgs states. We comment on the LWSM and the forward-backward asymmetry in view of the measurement at the TeVatron. Furthermore, we present a technique which reduces the hyperbolic diagonalization to standard diagonalization methods. We clarify issues of spurious phases in the Yukawa sector.
description: 36 pages, 16 figures, 3 tables
Experimental study of the phenomenon of bias in teachers' evaluation of essay responses
Creators: name: Braun, Jerry Bruce
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1969
Subjects: subject: LB 3058 C25 B72 1969 Microfilm
subject: Grading and marking (Students)
subject: Teachers - Attitudes
subject: Prejudices and antipathies

description: Bibliography: p. 55-59.
title: The Study of Chemically Cross-Linked Ion Gels for Electronic Devices
Creators: name: Jeong, Jaehoon
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2020

description: This thesis presents the development of new chemically cross-linked (CC) ion gels and their application in electronic devices. The CC ion gels are synthesized by a hitherto unreported and novel method using self-assembled gelation; this method allows for a straightforward synthesis without complicated procedures. The CC ion gels have excellent ionic conductivities and can exhibit high capacitances through the formation of electric double layers. These CC ion gels are applied to electrolyte-gated transistors (EGTs) in the field of printed electronics. In particular, they are applied as gate insulators, which separate the semiconducting channel from the gate electrode. They simultaneously act as mediating materials for electric double layer formation, to switch the channel on and off upon an applied bias potential between source and gate electrode. Two different ion gels are utilized for the fabrication of gate insulators, making use of a self-assembled gelation of a CC ion gel, combined with ink-jet printing, which is an effective technique to fabricate gate insulators of EGTs. The ink-jet printing process involves the development of an ink-jet printable ink to prevent nozzle clogging. The optimized amount of solvent in that ink plays an essential role in inhibiting the gelation before printing. The self-assembled gelation starts upon solvent evaporation after printing, and the CC ion gel is spontaneously synthesized on the semiconductor. In a subsequent approach, adhesive properties are added to the CC ion gel to enable hand laminating of electrodes or semiconductors. The CC ion gels fabricated by both methods exhibit remarkable gating performances in EGTs. In particular, they mitigate the drawback of the major humidity sensitivity of the common composite solid polymer electrolytes (CSPE), and show stable transfer curves in the range of 20 % to 90 % relative humidity. The presented results enable for the first time ink-jet printing of CC ion gels. Moreover, the presented CC ion gels demonstrate great potential as gate insulators for EGTs. New findings about synthesis, analysis, and utilization of the CC ion gel suggest new directions for the development and application of advanced CC ion gels in the future.
Electrostatic carrier doping of GdTiO3/SrTiO3 interfaces
Creators: name: Moetakef, Pouya
name: Cain, Tyler A.
name: Ouellette, Daniel G.
name: Zhang, Jack Y.
name: Klenov, Dmitri O.
name: Janotti, Anderson
name: Van de Walle, Chris G.
name: Rajan, Siddharth
name: Allen, S. James
name: Stemmer, Susanne
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Heterostructures and superlattices consisting of a prototype Mott insulator, GdTiO3, and the band insulator SrTiO3 are grown by molecular beam epitaxy and show intrinsic electronic reconstruction, approximately 1/2 electron per surface unit cell at each GdTiO3/SrTiO3 interface. The sheet carrier densities in all structures containing more than one unit cell of SrTiO3 are independent of layer thicknesses and growth sequences, indicating that the mobile carriers are in a high concentration, two-dimensional electron gas bound to the interface. These carrier densities closely meet the electrostatic requirements for compensating the fixed charge at these polar interfaces. Based on the experimental results, insights into interfacial band alignments, charge distribution and the influence of different electrostatic boundary conditions are obtained.
description: The article has been accepted by Applied Physics Letters. After it is published, it will be found at http://apl.aip.org/
Sealing Taxpayer-s Premesis to Recover Unpaid Tax- Safeguards to Eradicate Self-Help in Nigeria 19-Apr-2023 13-27-04.pdf
Creators: name: Ugbe, Rose Ohiama
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Taxation law
Commercial law

description: This paper examines the current legal problems of self-help relating to tax practice whereby the Relevant Tax Authority (RTA) may exercise its powers, wrongly-seal-off the premises of the taxpayer, to recover unpaid ta. RTA would leave instruction to their staff at its office not to receive/accept notice objection and the...
Enhancing SAR Based Oil Spill Detection with GAN Driven Data Augmentation
Creators: name: Scilla, Dario
Publisher: name: KAUST Research Repository
Year: 2025

description: Oil spill detection is an important task in environmental monitoring, as spills pose severe ecological and economic threats. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery has been widely used for detecting oil spills due to the distinct behavior of SAR over smooth oil layers (specular reflection) compared to rough water surface (surface scattering). However, accurate detection remains challenging due to the similarity between oil spills and other natural oceanic phenomena that radiometrically resemble oil spills on SAR images, such as low wind zones that enable very smooth water surfaces or biogenic films. This issue is further exacerbated by the limited availability of publicly accessible SAR datasets, which are typically small and insufficient for training deep learning models effectively. To overcome this data scarcity, deep learning techniques can be leveraged for data augmentation, enabling the generation of larger, more diverse datasets for training segmentation models. In particular, Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) have proven to be a powerful approach for synthetic data generation. GANs consist of a generator, which creates realistic-looking data, and a discriminator, which learns to differentiate between real and generated samples. Through adversarial training, GANs improve their ability to generate high-quality synthetic images that mimic real SAR observations of oil spills. In this study, we employ a GAN-based model to generate synthetic SAR oil spills patches using a very limited training dataset of only 17 real SAR image patches. To reduce unwanted noise, we apply computer vision techniques to refine the generated binary masks by filtering out outliers and small artifacts. The synthetic dataset results in approximately 2,000 synthetic image-mask pairs, which we use to train state-of-the-art deep learning segmentation models, including DeepLabV3+ and U-Net++. The trained models are then evaluated on real SAR image patches (Sentinel-1) to assess their generalization capabilities. Despite being trained solely on synthetic data, our models achieve a mean Intersection over Union (mIoU) of approximately 0.9 when tested on the real samples, demonstrating the effectiveness of using GAN-generated data for oil spill segmentation. These results highlight the potential of synthetic data augmentation in overcoming dataset limitations and improving the robustness of deep learning models for oil spill detection in SAR imagery. Our work underscores the role of GANs in data augmentation, expanding small datasets and provides a promising pathway for enhancing oil spill detection models, even in scenarios with minimal real training data.
Outdoor cultivation of Chlorella vulgaris : assessment of yield influencing parameters and application as biogas substrate
Creators: name: Brandt, Stephanie
Publisher: name: TUHH Universitätsbibliothek
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mikroalgen
subject: Bioreaktor
subject: Chlorella
subject: Freiland
subject: Biogas
subject: Abgas
classificationCode: 660
subject: Technische Chemie

description: Mikroalgen besitzen großes Potential als Rohstoff für hochwertige Produkte und Biokraftstoffe. Eine Freilandkultivierung im großen Maßstab ist jedoch sehr aufwändig und wird daher selten umgesetzt. Das Ziel dieser Untersuchung ist es, die komplexen biologischen Prozesse in einer Pilotanlage zur Kultivierung von Mikroalgen unter Freilandbedingungen zu beobachten, zu analysieren und zu interpretieren. Insbesondere der Effekt hochvariabler Umwelteinflüsse, wie Licht und Temperatur, auf Produktivität und biochemische Zusammensetzung stehen hier im Fokus. Des Weiteren werden der Einfluss von Abgas auf das Wachstum der Algen und die Interaktion zwischen Bakterien und Mikroalgen in den Reaktoren untersucht. Im Anschluss an die Kultivierung wird die Produktion von Biogas aus Mikroalgenbiomasse als möglicher Prozessweg evaluiert.
description: Microalgae offer a great potential as feedstock for a variety of high-value products and biofuels. The production of microalgae biomass requires, however, high efforts and consequentially large-scale outdoor production facilities are still a rarity today. The aim of this investigation is therefore to set-up and to operate an outdoor, high-density microalgae culture to monitor, analyse, and interpret the complex processes that unfold in the system. The research addresses important aspects including productivity and composition of microalgae cultivated outdoors and the effect of flue gas on microalgae growth. Moreover, the potential of biogas production from microalgae as a promising processing option is evaluated.
Exploring Groundwater Recoverability in Texas: Maximum Economically Recoverable Storage
Creators: name: Thompson, Justin C.
name: Kreitler, Charles W.
name: Young, Michael H.
Publisher: name: Texas Water Journal
Year: 2020

description: The 2017 Texas State Water Plan indicates total supply deficits of 4.8 and 8.9 million acre-feet under drought-of-record conditions by the year 2020 and 2070, respectively, driven by a growing population concurrent with declining available water supplies. Reductions in groundwater supply account for 95% of projected declines in total water supply. Meanwhile, current groundwater management regimes and projected groundwater yields have been criticized by some as overly restrictive, creating a regulation-induced shortage of groundwater in Texas. Support for these arguments is given in the form of estimates of massive groundwater storage volumes that are unutilized under many current management regimes. However, such estimates do not account for many of the physical, and none of the economic, constraints to groundwater recoverability. Therefore, this study details the analysis of groundwater extraction feasibility and simulates Maximum Economically Recoverable Storage for conditions approximating the central section of the Carrizo-Wilcox Aquifer under economic constraints representative for agricultural uses. Three key limitations are applied to simulate feasibility of extraction: (1) the value of water pumped over pumping costs, (2) pumping dynamics, and (3) hydrogeology.
description: Texas Water Journal, Vol. 11 No. 1 (2020)
$\cPA$-isomorphisms of inverse semigroups
Creators: name: Goberstein, Simon M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: A partial automorphism of a semigroup $S$ is any isomorphism between its subsemigroups, and the set all partial automorphisms of $S$ with respect to composition is the inverse monoid called the partial automorphism monoid of $S$. Two semigroups are said to be $\cPA$-isomorphic if their partial automorphism monoids are isomorphic. A class $\K$ of semigroups is called $\cPA$-closed if it contains every semigroup $\cPA$-isomorphic to some semigroup from $\K$. Although the class of all inverse semigroups is not $\cPA$-closed, we prove that the class of inverse semigroups, in which no maximal isolated subgroup is a direct product of an involution-free periodic group and the two-element cyclic group, is $\cPA$-closed. It follows that the class of all combinatorial inverse semigroups (those with no nontrivial subgroups) is $\cPA$-closed. A semigroup is called $\cPA$-determined if it is isomorphic or anti-isomorphic to any semigroup that is $\cPA$-isomorphic to it. We show that combinatorial inverse semigroups which are either shortly connected [5] or quasi-archimedean [10] are $\cPA$-determined.
The trouble with islands
Creators: name: Schofield, Clive Howard
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This thesis focuses on one of the most problematic aspects of the international law of the sea – the question of how to deal with islands with respect to claims to maritime jurisdiction and the delimitation of maritime boundaries. Issues related to islands are at the root of numerous disputes around the world. These disputes fall into two broad categories: sovereignty disputes over islands and disputes concerning their capacity to generate maritime jurisdictional claims. Both types of dispute have implications for the delimitation of maritime boundaries between States. The research examines maritime jurisdictional issues, including an overview of the development and codification of the law of the sea, and provides analysis of the fundamental issues of baselines and the maritime jurisdictional claims that are measured from them. The critical importance of islands to the generation of claims to maritime zones on behalf of States is highlighted. In this context, the study explores why sovereignty over or the classification of, frequently small, remote, and often uninhabited islands is contested among States. The research reviews and critically analyses the regime of islands in international law. Types of insular features and their capacities to generate maritime claims are distinguished and potential sources of clarification for these distinctions are identified. The role and treatment of islands in the delimitation of maritime boundaries is analysed and emerging trends in both State practice and international jurisprudence on this issue are assessed with particular reference to key decisions of the International Court of Justice. The study also examines the potential impacts for islands and the maritime claims generated from insular features, arising as a consequence of sea-level rise. The research offers practical guidance as to policy options to address the complex legal and geotechnical problems identified.
On the average density profile of dark-matter halos in the inner regions of massive early-type galaxies
Creators: name: Grillo, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study a sample of 39 massive early-type lens galaxies at redshift z < 0.3 to determine the slope of the average dark-matter density profile in the innermost regions. We keep the strong lensing and stellar population synthesis modeling as simple as possible to measure the galaxy total and luminous masses. By rescaling the values of the Einstein radius and dark-matter projected mass with the values of the luminous effective radius and mass, we combine all the data of the galaxies in the sample. We find that between 0.3 and 0.9 times the value of the effective radius the average logarithmic slope of the dark-matter projected density profile is -1.0 +/- 0.2 (i.e., approximately isothermal) or -0.7 +/- 0.5 (i.e., shallower than isothermal), if, respectively, a constant Chabrier or heavier, Salpeter-like stellar IMF is adopted. These results provide positive evidence of the influence of the baryonic component on the contraction of the galaxy dark-matter halos, compared to the predictions of dark matter-only cosmological simulations, and open a new way to test models of structure formation and evolution within the standard LCDM cosmological scenario.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures, published in Astrophysical Journal Letters 747, L15
Identifying historical populations of steelhead within the Puget Sound distinct population segment.
Creators: name: Myers, James M., 1951-
name: Hard, Jeffrey John, 1956-
name: Connor, Edward J.
name: Hayman, Rober A.
name: Kope, Robert Glenn
name: Lucchetti, Gino
name: Marshall, Anne R., 1955-
name: Pess, George R.
name: Thomson, Bradley E.,
Publisher: name: U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest Fisheries Science Center.
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Steelhead (Fish)--Ecology--Washington (State)--Puget Sound--History.

description: The Puget Sound Steelhead Technical Recovery Team (PSS TRT) convened in March 2008 to review information relevant to the identification of historical demographically independent populations (DIPs) of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss) in the Puget Sound steelhead distinct population segment (DPS). The PSS TRT identified three major population groups (MPGs) containing a total of 32 steelhead DIPs in Puget Sound. Steelhead in the Puget Sound DPS exhibit two distinct life history strategies: summer-run and winter-run migrations. Winter-run steelhead, also known as ocean-maturing steelhead, return to freshwater during the winter and early spring months and spawn relatively soon after entering freshwater. Alternatively, summer-run (stream-maturing) steelhead return to freshwater during late spring and early summer in a relatively immature state and hold there until spawning in the following winter/spring. Generally, but not necessarily, summer-run steelhead return-timing is coordinated with river flow patterns that allow access past barriers to headwater spawning areas. Presently and historically, winter-run steelhead numerically represent the predominant life history type in Puget Sound.
Large time existence of strong solutions to micropolar equations in cylindrical domains
Creators: name: Nowakowski, B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35Q35, 35D35, 76D03

description: We examine the so-called micropolar equations in three dimensional cylindrical domains under Navier boundary conditions. These equations form a generalization of the ordinary incompressible Navier-Stokes model, taking the structure of the fluid into account. We prove that under certain smallness assumption on the rate of change of the initial data and the external data there exists a unique and strong solution for any finite time $T$.
Location of the Indian tribes at first white contact in Alberta, Canada
Creators: name: Skeels, Lydia Lowndes Maury
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1968
Subjects: subject: E 78 A33 S62 1968
subject: Indians of North America - Alberta

description: Bibliography: p. 92-97.
description: Archaeological evidence for the location of the Indian tribes in Alberta at the time of first White contact is almost totally lacking. An intensive review of the known literature, directed toward a discovery of promising areas for archaeological work which might produce evidence of the supposed locations , is the aim of this paper. The significance to archaeology of the records left by the first Whites in Alberta from 1690 to 1812 is discussed. Sir Alexander Mackenzie 's map of 1801, also his map published in Daniel Harmon's Journal in 1820, and those of Peter Pond of 1785 and 1787 have been studied, but the map of David Thompson made for the North- West Company in 1813 and 1814 forms the primary support for the whole thesis. The names used at the end of the eighteenth century and beginning of the nineteenth century for the physical features of Alberta have been checked against the accounts of Mackenzie, Thompson, and the other White men who came here before them or at the same time. The location of the Indian tribes of Alberta on first contact is outlined according to the records of Sir Alexander Mackenzie for the northern area and of David Thompson and Alexander Henry the Younger for the southern area. Some traditions described by them of different locations of the Indian tribes before White contact during protohistoric time have been listed . Ethnographical data regarding the tribes during historic times are outlined. Small differences in material cultures which might provide clues to identity of the people using items at particular sites during particular periods are noted. It seems probable that certain selected locations will provide archaeological evidence for particular tribes. At least one location for each of the Indian tribes thought to be in Alberta during protohistoric and early historic times has been ascertained. These locations are shown on a base map of Alberta, with magnifications for each from the four-miles-to -the-inch map of the Canadian Department of Mines and Technical Surveys Mapping Branch. Archaeological support may come to light when time, money and interest permit their investigation .
Carbon monoxide detector effectiveness in reducing poisoning, Wisconsin 2014–2016
Creators: name: Christensen, Grace M.
name: Creswell, Paul D.
name: Theobald, Jillian
name: Meiman, Jon G.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Pharmacology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Science Policy

description: Introduction: Carbon monoxide (CO) is a colorless, odorless, and nonirritating gas. The most common exposures are from gas powered appliances such as furnaces, water heaters, stoves, and vehicles. To prevent poisoning, CO detectors with audible alarms were developed. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of CO detectors in reducing poisoning in Wisconsin. Methods: Records were queried from National Poison Data System for unintentional CO exposures that occurred in residences in Wisconsin during 2014–2016 (N = 703). After applying sample exclusion criteria, notes were abstracted for cases where CO detector use was mentioned (n = 408). Logistic regression analyses were used to assess the association between having a CO detector alarm and CO poisoning. Linear regression analyses were used to assess the relationship between having a CO detector alarm and poisoning severity. Results: In logistic models, odds of CO poisoning were 3.2 times higher (95% CI: 1.5, 6.9) among those who had no CO detector compared to those who had a CO detector that alarmed. In linear models, not having a CO detector was associated with a 0.34 point (95% CI: 0.17, 0.54) change in outcome severity score compared to having a CO detector that alarmed. Discussion: Individuals who were exposed to CO in the absence of a CO detector were more likely to be poisoned and to have more severe medical outcomes than those that had a CO detector that alarmed.
Technological and antimicrobial properties of indigenous LAB from Portuguese artisanal goat cheeses
Creators: name: Silva, B.N.
name: Faria, A.S.
name: Cadavez, V.
name: Teixeira, J.A.
name: Gonzales-Barron, U.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021

description: Presented as Oral Presentation; and in Book of Abstracts of the Artisanal Foods and Bioactive Molecules Seminar. Médenine, Tunisia (19-21 December 2021) (Page 32).
MOST Observations of the Flare Star AD Leo
Creators: name: Hunt-Walker, Nicholas M.
name: Hilton, Eric J
name: Kowalski, Adam F.
name: Hawley, Suzanne L.
name: Matthews, Jayme M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present continuous, high-precision photometric monitoring data with 1 minute cadence of the dM3e flare star AD Leo with the {\it MOST} satellite. We observed 19 flares in 5.8 days, and find a flare frequency distribution that is similar to previous studies. The light curve reveals a sinusoidal modulation with period of $2.23^{+0.36}_{-0.27}$ days that we attribute to the rotation of a stellar spot rotating into and out of view. We see no correlation between the occurrence of flares and rotational phase, indicating that there may be many spots distributed at different longitudes, or possibly that the modulation is caused by varying surface coverage of a large polar spot that is viewed nearly pole-on. The data show no correlation between flare energy and the time since the previous flare. We use these results to reject a simple model in which all magnetic energy is stored in one active region and released only during flares.
description: 20 Pages, 8 Figures, PASP Accepted
Anti-inflammatory effect of supercritical extract and its constituents from Ishige okamurae
Creators: name: Ko, Eun-Yi
name: Yoon, Weon-Jong
name: Lee, Hae-Won
name: Heo, Soo-Jin
name: Ko, Young-Hwan
name: Fernando, I.P. Shanura
name: Cho, Kichul
name: Lee, Chi-Heon
name: Hur, Sung-Pyo
name: Cho, Su-Hyeon
name: Ahn, Ginnae
name: Kim, Daekyung
name: Kim, Kil-Nam
Publisher: name: IfADo - Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund
Year: 2016
Subjects: supercritical fluid extraction
linoleic acid
Ishige okamurae
anti-inflammatory
NF-κB

description: The anti-inflammatory properties of the supercritical fluid extract of Ishige okamurae (SFEIO) on lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated murine RAW 264.7 macrophages. The lipid profile of the SFEIO, reviled the presence of palmitic acid (220.2 mg/g), linoleic acid (168.0 mg/g), and oleic acid (123.0 mg/g). SFEIO was found to exert it's anti-inflammatory effects through inhibiting nitric oxide (NO), prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin (IL)-1β, and IL-6 production in LPS-stimulated RAW 264.7 cells, without inducing cytotoxicity. SFEIO did not effect on the LPS-induced p38 kinase phosphorylation, whereas it attenuated the extracellular-related signaling kinase (ERK) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) phosphorylation. Furthermore, SFEIO inhibited the LPS-induced IκB-α degradation and p50 NF-κB activation. These results suggest that SFEIO exerts its anti-inflammatory effects in LPS-activated RAW 264.7 cells by down-regulating the activation of ERK, JNK, and NF-κB.
description: EXCLI Journal; 15:Doc434; ISSN 1611-2156
Half-empty or half-full? A Hybrid Approach to Predict Recycling Behavior of Consumers to Increase Reverse Vending Machine Uptime
Creators: name: Walk, Jannis
name: Hirt, Robin
name: Kühl, Niklas
name: Hersløv, Erik R.
Publisher: name: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2020
Subjects: Machine Learning
Time Series Forecasting
Retail Forecasting
Plastic Packaging Recycling

description: Reverse Vending Machines (RVMs) are a proven instrument for facilitating closed-loop plastic packaging recycling. A good customer experience at the RVM is crucial for a further proliferation of this technology. Bin full events are the major reason for Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) downtime at the world leader in the RVM market. The paper at hand develops and evaluates an approach based on machine learning and statistical approximation to foresee bin full events and, thus increase uptime of RVMs. Our approach relies on forecasting the hourly time series of returned beverage containers at a given RVM. We contribute by developing and evaluating an approach for hourly forecasts in a retail setting – this combination of application domain and forecast granularity is novel. A trace-driven simulation confirms that the forecasting-based approach leads to less downtime and costs than naïve emptying strategies.
Non-Fermi liquid transport and "universal" ratios in quantum Griffiths phases
Creators: name: Nozadze, David
name: Vojta, Thomas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the semi-classical Boltzmann equation to investigate transport properties such as electrical resistivity, thermal resistivity, thermopower, and the Peltier coefficient of disordered metals close to an antiferromagnetic quantum phase transition. In the quantum Griffiths phase, the electrons are scattered by spin-fluctuations in the rare regions. This leads to singular temperature dependencies not just at the quantum critical point, but in the entire Griffiths phase. We show that the resulting non-universal power-laws in transport properties are controlled by the same Griffiths exponent $λ$ which governs the thermodynamics. $λ$ takes the value zero at the quantum critical point and increases throughout the Griffiths phase. We also study some of the "universal" ratios commonly used to characterize Fermi-liquid behavior.
description: 6 pages, submitted to the Proceedings of SCES 2011, Cambridge, UK
Analysis of the comparative effectiveness of two mathematics programs for low achievers in Grade Ten
Creators: name: Rodrigues, Ivo Joseph
Publisher: name: University of Calgary
Year: 1966
Subjects: subject: QA 11 R62 1972 Microfilm
subject: Mathematics - Study and teaching (Secondary)
subject: Underachievers
subject: Grade ten students

description: Bibliography: p. 50-51.
Comparative Evaluation and Correlation Of CVMI Stages In Class II (Vertical) And Class II (Horizontal) Cases with Class I Malocclusion Cases, as Evaluated using 3D-DVT and Lateral Cephalogram
Creators: name: LOVELY BHARTI
name: Shrivastav, Sunita
name: Abhishek Sanchla
name: Kamble, Ranjit
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Cervical vertebrae, lateral cehalogram, 3D-DVT

description: study protocol
Impact of Electron Transport Layer on the Performance of PHT PCBM Based Solar Cells
Creators: name: Albaroudi, Ghaida
Publisher: name: KAUST Research Repository
Year: 2025

description: Organic solar cells are devices that convert light into electricity using organic materials such as polymers and fullerenes. One of the most common and efficient types of organic solar cells is based on a bulk heterojunction (BHJ) of poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) as the donor and [6,6]-phenyl-C61-butyric acid methyl ester (PCBM) as the acceptor. The performance and stability of the organic solar cells depend on various factors, such as the thickness, composition, and morphology of the active layer, the choice of the electron transport layers (ETL), the metal electrode, and the environmental conditions. In this work we have studied several electron transport layers of bulk heterojunction (BHJ) solar cells to obtain high-performance devices.
Immunology of IL-12: An update on functional activities and implications for disease
Creators: name: Ullrich, Karen A.-M.
name: Schulze, Lisa Lou
name: Paap, Eva-Maria
name: Müller, Tanja M.
name: Neurath, Markus F.
name: Zundler, Sebastian
Publisher: name: IfADo - Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human Factors, Dortmund
Year: 2020
Subjects: IL-12
TH1 cells
STAT4
immunology
cytokines
ustekinumab

description: As its first identified member, Interleukin-12 (IL-12) named a whole family of cytokines. In response to pathogens, the heterodimeric protein, consisting of the two subunits p35 and p40, is secreted by phagocytic cells. Binding of IL-12 to the IL-12 receptor (IL-12R) on T and natural killer (NK) cells leads to signaling via signal transducer and activator of transcription 4 (STAT4) and subsequent interferon gamma (IFN-γ) production and secretion. Signaling downstream of IFN-γ includes activation of T-box transcription factor TBX21 (Tbet) and induces pro-inflammatory functions of T helper 1 (TH1) cells, thereby linking innate and adaptive immune responses. Initial views on the role of IL-12 and clinical efforts to translate them into therapeutic approaches had to be re-interpreted following the discovery of other members of the IL-12 family, such as IL-23, sharing a subunit with IL-12. However, the importance of IL-12 with regard to immune processes in the context of infection and (auto-) inflammation is still beyond doubt. In this review, we will provide an update on functional activities of IL-12 and their implications for disease. We will begin with a summary on structure and function of the cytokine itself as well as its receptor and outline the signal transduction and the transcriptional regulation of IL-12 secretion. In the second part of the review, we will depict the involvement of IL-12 in immune-mediated diseases and relevant experimental disease models, while also providing an outlook on potential translational approaches.
description: EXCLI Journal; 19:Doc1563; ISSN 1611-2156
National Survey of Solidarity and Voluntary Action - ENSAV 2016
Creators: name: Centro De Investigación Y Estudios Sobre Sociedad Civil (CIESC)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2023

description: Service actions without payment in the last year (24); frequency of service/volunteer work over the last year (24); duration of service/volunteer work (48); performed service/volunteered in the last month (24); method of service (24); service/volunteer work activities ever performed (40); impetus for becoming involved in service (1); friends made through service/volunteer work (1); reasons for performing service (2); people in respondent’s immediately family in service to others (6); have invited others to be in service to others (1); propensity to act in service (4); group identity (3); donation in money and kind in the last year (8); has received support in time or kind from non-relatives or non-governmental organization (12); personal financial situation compared to last year (1); anticipated future financial situation (1); current quality of life (1); trust in people (4); self or family member a victim of crime in the past year (1); has had to use bribery to obtain product or service in the last year (1).