cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Simply Logical -- Intelligent Reasoning by Example (Fully Interactive Online Edition)
Creators: name: Flach, Peter
name: Sokol, Kacper
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: "Simply Logical -- Intelligent Reasoning by Example" by Peter Flach was first published by John Wiley in 1994. It could be purchased as book-only or with a 3.5 inch diskette containing the SWI-Prolog programmes printed in the book (for various operating systems). In 2007 the copyright reverted back to the author at which point the book and programmes were made freely available online; the print version is no longer distributed through John Wiley publishers. In 2015, as a pilot, we ported most of the original book into an online, interactive website using SWI-Prolog's SWISH platform. Since then, we launched the Simply Logical open source organisation committed to maintaining a suite of freely available interactive online educational resources about Artificial Intelligence and Logic Programming with Prolog. With the advent of new educational technologies we were inspired to rebuild the book from the ground up using the Jupyter Book platform enhanced with a collection of bespoke plugins that implement, among other things, interactive SWI-Prolog code blocks that can be executed directly in a web browser. This new version is more modular, easier to maintain, and can be split into custom teaching modules, in addition to being modern-looking, visually appealing, and compatible with a range of (mobile) devices of varying screen sizes.
description: The online edition is available at https://book.simply-logical.space/
title:  Identification of Health Promotion Behaviors, Perceived Health Status and Perceived Health Education Needs of Older Women
Creators: name: Reynolds, Susan Carol Fellinger
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 1991

description: The health-promoting behaviors, perceived health status, and perceived health education needs of older women were identified in this non-experimental, descriptive, correlational study. Fifty women over 60 years of age, living in three housing complexes for the elderly, disabled and handicapped in two southeastern United States cities were asked to complete The Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile, The Perceived Health Status Questionnaire, The Health Education Needs Questionnaire, and Demographic Data Sheet. It was concluded that the women engaged in a high level of health-promoting behaviors. The participants rated their health as good and rated their health as good compared to that of other women their age. Health education topics related to medication usage and to fall and injury prevention were most frequently selected. The relationship found between health-promoting behaviors and perceived health status supported Pender's Health Promotion Model, the theoretical framework for this study.
PTFE surface etching in the post-discharge of a RF scanning plasma torch: evidence of ejected fluorinated species
Creators: name: Dufour, Thierry
name: Hubert, Julie
name: Viville, Pascal
name: Duluard, Corinne Y.
name: Desbief, Simon
name: Lazzaroni, Roberto
name: Reniers, François
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The texturization of poly(tetrafluoroethylene) (PTFE) surfaces is achieved at atmospheric pressure by using the post-discharge of a radio-frequency plasma torch supplied in helium and oxygen gases. The surface properties are characterized by contact angle measurement, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy. We show that the plasma treatment increases the surface hydrophobicity (with water contact angles increasing from 115 to 155°) only by modifying the PTFE surface morphology and not the stoichiometry. Measurements of sample mass losses correlated to the ejection of CF$_2$ fragments from the PTFE surface evidenced an etching mechanism at atmospheric pressure.
Semantic annotation for 3D cultural artefacts: MVP
Creators: name: Rossenova, Lozana
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: annotation
3D models
semantic web
open source software
Wikibase
Kompakkt
NFDI4Culture
NFDI

description: A suite of tools for semantic annotation of 3D cultural artefacts is being developed as part of the NFDI4Culture project across several partner organisations (led by the Open Science lab at TIB, Hannover). Operating within Task area 1: Data capture and enrichment, the proposed toolchain focuses on the annotation of 3D data within a knowledge graph environment, so that 3D objects’ geometry, attendant metadata, as well as annotations remain searchable, while data interconnections are not lost.
description: NFDI4Culture is funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) under grant no. 44195801.
Accurate semilocal density functional for condensed matter physics and quantum chemistry
Creators: name: Tao, Jianmin
name: Mo, Yuxiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Most density functionals have been developed by imposing the known exact constraints on the exchange-correlation energy, or by a fit to a set of properties of selected systems, or by both. However, accurate modeling of the conventional exchange hole presents a great challenge, due to the delocalization of the hole. Making use of the property that the hole can be made localized under a general coordinate transformation, here we derive an exchange hole from the density matrix expansion, while the correlation part is obtained by imposing the low-density limit constraint. From the hole, a semilocal exchange-correlation functional is calculated. Our comprehensive test shows that this functional can achieve remarkable accuracy for diverse properties of molecules, solids and solid surfaces, substantially improving upon the nonempirical functionals proposed in recent years. Accurate semilocal functionals based on their associated holes are physically appealing and practically useful for developing nonlocal functionals.
description: 6 pages, two figures, Physical Review Letters, 2016
Wire active microrheology to differentiate viscoelastic liquids from soft solids
Creators: name: Loosli, F.
name: Najm, M.
name: Chan, R.
name: Oikonomou, E.
name: Grados, A.
name: Receveur, M.
name: Berret, J. -F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Viscoelastic liquids are characterized by a finite static viscosity and a zero yield stress, whereas soft solids have an infinite viscosity and a non-zero yield stress. The rheological nature of viscoelastic materials has long been a challenge, and it is still a matter of debate. Here, we provide for the first time the constitutive equations of linear viscoelasticity for magnetic wires in yield stress materials, together with experimental measurements using Magnetic Rotational Spectroscopy (MRS). With MRS, the wires are submitted to a rotational magnetic field as a function of frequency and the wire motion is monitored by time-lapse microscopy. The soft solids studied are gel-forming polysaccharide aqueous dispersions (gellan gum) at concentrations above the gelification point. It is found that soft solids exhibit a clear and distinctive signature compared to viscous and viscoelastic liquids. In particular, the wire average rotation velocity equals zero over a broad frequency range. We also show the MRS technique is quantitative. From the wire oscillation amplitudes, the equilibrium elastic modulus is retrieved and agrees with polymer dynamics theory.
description: 17 pages 7 figures, to appear in ChemPhysChem
Urban Air Mobility Network Asset Acquisition Optimization
Creators: name: Patel, Seejay Romello
Publisher: name: Purdue University Graduate School
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 400199
subject: Aerospace engineering not elsewhere classified

description: Urban air mobility (UAM) has the potential to revolutionize the transportation industry, offering fast, convenient, and sustainable travel options for passengers and cargo. The development and operation of UAM networks, however, face significant challenges, including the need for infrastructure investments and the management of grid electricity usage. In this thesis, we present a comprehensive model of UAM network operations based on system-of-systems engineering principles and employ a data-driven simulation framework to analyze the expected performance of a UAM operation. Our approach optimizes the composition of the UAM network, including the number of vehicles, chargers, and sizing of solar microgrids, to minimize total acquisition costs while adhering to operational constraints such as maximum average passenger delay and grid usage for each vertiport. Through the application of our methodology to diverse case studies, we provide valuable insights into the optimal design and integration of on-site microgrids for UAM vertiport networks, highlighting their impact on carbon emissions, operating costs, and grid electricity usage. This research contributes to the development of sustainable and efficient UAM systems, supporting informed decision-making among stakeholders involved in the planning, deployment, and operation of urban air mobility networks.
Complexity and diversity of professional ethics from a global perspective
Creators: name: Sturm, Andrea
name: Chigbo, Nnenna Nina
name: Mohamadi, Marzieh
name: Guerrero, Alma Viviana Silva
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Vocational education and training curriculum and pedagogy
Physiotherapy
Rehabilitation
Health equity
Social determinants of health
Gender, policy and administration
Health policy
Social change

description: Overarching, universal ethical principles embedded in Codes of Ethics guide physiotherapists’ professional conduct. However, issues when applying a set of universal values to diverse local work settings have been reported from some regions, as ethical experiences of physiotherapists are influenced by different cultures and societal structures. The presentations in this seminar shed a light on ethical challenges of physiotherapy practice in Iran (Asia Western Pacific region), Nigeria (Africa region), Colombia (South America region) and Austria (Europe region).
 The conference presentation was delivered as an in-person ethics seminar at the World Physiotherapy Congress 2023 in Dubai, from the 2nd to the 4th of June. The paper includes both the slides and the transcripts of the panellists' individual presentations.
Energy dependence of resonance production in relativistic heavy ion collisions
Creators: name: Shao, Feng-lan
name: Song, Jun
name: Wang, Rui-qin
name: Zhang, Mao-sheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The production of hadronic resonances $K^{*}(892)$, $ϕ(1020)$, $Σ^{*}(1385)$, and $Ξ^{*}(1530)$ in central AA collisions at $\sqrt{s_{NN}}=$ 17.3, 200, and 2760 GeV are systematically studied. The direct production of these resonances at system hadronization are described by the quark combination model and the effects of hadron multiple-scattering stage are dealt with by a ultra-relativistic quantum molecular dynamics model (UrQMD). We study the contribution of these two production sources to final observation and compare the final spectra with the available experimental data. The $p_T$ spectra of $K^{*}(892)$ calculated directly by quark combination model are explicitly higher than the data at low $p_T \lesssim 1.5$ GeV and taking into account the modification of rescattering effects the resulting final spectra well agree with the data at all three collision energies. The rescattering effect on $ϕ(1020)$ production is weak and including it can slightly improve our description at low $p_T$ on the basis of overall agreement with the data. We also predict the $p_T$ spectra of $Σ^{*}(1385)$ and $Ξ^{*}(1530)$ to be tested by the future experimental data.
description: 5 pages, 6figures
Adaptive phase estimation with two-mode squeezed-vacuum and parity measurement
Creators: name: Huang, Zixin
name: Motes, Keith R.
name: Anisimov, Petr M.
name: Dowling, Jonathan P.
name: Berry, Dominic W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A proposed phase-estimation protocol based on measuring the parity of a two-mode squeezed-vacuum state at the output of a Mach-Zehnder interferometer shows that the Cramér-Rao sensitivity is sub-Heisenberg [Phys.\ Rev.\ Lett.\ {\bf104}, 103602 (2010)]. However, these measurements are problematic, making it unclear if this sensitivity can be obtained with a finite number of measurements. This sensitivity is only for phase near zero, and in this region there is a problem with ambiguity because measurements cannot distinguish the sign of the phase. Here, we consider a finite number of parity measurements, and show that an adaptive technique gives a highly accurate phase estimate regardless of the phase. We show that the Heisenberg limit is reachable, where the number of trials needed for mean photon number $\bar{n}=1$ is approximately one hundred. We show that the Cramér-Rao sensitivity can be achieved approximately, and the estimation is unambiguous in the interval ($-π/2, π/2$).
description: 7 pages, 8 figures
Deep SDSS Optical Spectroscopy of Distant Halo Stars. III. Chemical analysis of extremely metal-poor stars
Creators: name: Fernandez-Alvar, E.
name: Prieto, C. Allende
name: Beers, T. C.
name: Lee, Y. S.
name: Masseron, T.
name: Schneider, D. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the results of an analysis for 107 extremely metal-poor (EMP) stars with metallicities less than [Fe/H] = -3.0, identified from medium-resolution spectra in SDSS. We follow a methodology based on comparisons of the observed spectra with synthetic spectra. The abundances of Fe, Ca, and Mg are determined by fitting spectral regions dominated by lines of each element. In addition, we present a technique to determine upper limits for elements whose features are not detected in a given spectrum. We also analyse our sample with the SEGUE Stellar Parameter Pipeline, in order to obtain additional determinations of the atmospheric parameters, iron and alpha-element abundances, to compare with ours, and to infer [C/Fe] ratios. We find that, in these moderate to low signal-to-noise and medium-resolution spectra in this metallicity regime, Ca is usually the only element that exhibits lines that are sufficiently strong to reliably measure its abundance. Fe and Mg exhibit weaker features that, in most cases, only provide upper limits. We measure [Ca/Fe] and [Mg/Fe] for EMP stars in the SDSS spectra, and conclude that most of the stars exhibit the usual level of enhancement for α-elements, ~ +0.4, although a number of stars for which only [Fe/H] upper limits could be estimated point to higher [α/Fe] ratios. We also find that 26 % of the stars in our sample can be classified as carbon-enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars, and that the frequency of CEMP stars also increases with decreasing metallicity, as has been reported for previous samples. We identity a rare, bright (g = 11.90) EMP star, SDSS J134144.61+474128.6, with [Fe/H] = -3.27, [C/Fe] = +0.95, and elevated magnesium ([Mg/Fe] = +0.62), an abundance pattern typical of CEMP-no stars.
Targeting and Reputation Building Among Terror Organizations
Creators: name: Johnson, Alanna
Publisher: name: University of Chicago
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: target selection
subject: positive reputation building
subject: terrorism

description: Terror groups do not attack random targets and we know this because there is strategy and logic behind their target selection. Many terror groups are known for civilian attacks, but a considerable number of groups simultaneously attack “hard targets” as well. Many groups target military bases, soldiers, police forces, and government officials, and even high-profile political leaders. Given that hard targets are well-protected, costlier to attack, and there is a greater risk of failure, why would some terror groups focus relatively more of their attacks on hard targets? Existing literature offers several explanations for terrorists’ target selection. Some scholars argue that is it is primarily an organizations attributes, like size, age, and ideology, that contribute to target selections, others focus on the psychological aspects of the group, and another group of scholars explain target selection through an objective lens. Utilizing the Reputation of Terror Groups Dataset (1980-2011) and including indicators from the Global Terrorism Database, we offer a new explanation and argue that terror groups that seek to build a positive reputation among their local constituency are the ones that are more likely to go after a greater number of hard targets. By illustrating the link between reputation building and target selection, this work paves the way for thinking about how reputationally motivated terror groups compete against one another.
New High-z Fermi BL Lacs with the Photometric Dropout Technique
Creators: name: Kaur, A.
name: Rau, A.
name: Ajello, M.
name: Greiner, J.
name: Hartmann, D. H.
name: Paliya, V. S.
name: Dominguez, A.
name: Bolmer, J.
name: Schady, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Determining redshifts for BL Lacertae (BL Lac) objects using the traditional spectroscopic method is challenging due to the absence of strong emission lines in their optical spectra. We employ the photometric dropout technique to determine redshifts for this class of blazars using the combined 13 broad-band filters from Swift-UVOT and the multi-channel imager GROND at the MPG 2.2 m telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory. The wavelength range covered by these 13 filters extends from far ultraviolet to the near-Infrared. We report results on 40 new Fermi detected BL Lacs with the photometric redshifts determinations for 5 sources, with 3FGL J1918.2-4110 being the most distant in our sample at z=2.16. Reliable upper limits are provided for 20 sources in this sample. Using the highest energy photons for these Fermi-LAT sources, we evaluate the consistency with the Gamma-ray horizon due to the extragalactic background light.
description: 16 pages, 8 figures, ApJ accepted
A igreja e a ordem democrática
Creators: name: Cruz, Manuel Braga Da
Publisher: name: Povos e Culturas
Year: 2014

description: A relação da Igreja com a democracia é um percurso histórico, que se inicia com a desconfiança motivada pela incompatibilidade ideológica com os fundamentos com que alguns a quiseram identificar, para mais tarde se aceitar na sua acepção meramente social e recusar como formação partidária. Só depois da I Guerra Mundial, o Vaticano autorizou a existência de católicos deputados, e só depois da II Guerra Mundial surgiram, autorizados por Roma, partidos católicos democráticos ou democratas-cristãos, cuja confessionalidade seria desencorajada pelo Vaticano II que, por sua vez, admite o pluralismo partidário e eleitoral dos católicos, cujas opções política devem pressupor porém um discernimento com base em critérios que resultam da Doutrina Social da Igreja.
description: Povos e Culturas, No Especial (2014): Os católicos e o 25 de Abril
O 25 de Abril foi possível porque o Estado Novo perdeu o apoio do catolicismo político-social FAS e NEFAS do corporativismo na fórmula política portuguesa (1926-1974)
Creators: name: Matos, Luís Salgado De
Publisher: name: Povos e Culturas
Year: 2014

description: Povos e Culturas, No Especial (2014): Os católicos e o 25 de Abril
Combined role of molecular diffusion, mean streaming and helicity in the eddy diffusivity of short-correlated random flows
Creators: name: Afonso, Marco Martins
name: Mazzino, Andrea
name: Gama, Sílvio
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analytically investigate the effective-diffusivity tensor of a tracer particle in a fluid flow endowed with a short correlation time. By means of functional calculus and a multiscale expansion, we write down the main contributions to the eddy diffusivity due to each single physical effect and to their interplays. Namely, besides molecular diffusivity and a constant uniform mean streaming, we take into account the possibility for the (incompressible, Gaussian, stationary, homogeneous, isotropic) turbulent fluctuations to break parity invariance. With respect to the classical turbulence-driven diffusivity amplification for delta-correlated flows, we find that the presence of a short temporal correlation induces a diminution even when coupled with such effects, with two principal exceptions. Notably, the diffusivity is --- perturbatively --- enlarged not only by the helical contribution itself, but also by the interference between molecular diffusion and mean flow.
description: 14 pages, submitted to J.Stat.Mech
Surpreendente ousadia do padre Manuel. Bispo de Nampula
Creators: name: Gonçalves, José Luzia
Publisher: name: Povos e Culturas
Year: 2014

description: O Padre Manuel Vieira Pinto, como director do Movimento por um Mundo Melhor, teve intervenção de grande impacto, em Portugal, logo após o encerramento do Concílio Vaticano II. Foi o primeiro grande arauto da renovação conciliar. Na ordem interna da Igreja, promovendo os exercícios espirituais dirigidos a todos os extractos do Povo de Deus (bispos, leigos, religiosos e religiosas, seminaristas e padres). Na esfera ad extra, versando as implicações sociais do Evangelho e da doutrina conciliar no âmbito social, político e económico, ficaram famosas as suas palestras na televisão. Já como Bispo de Nampula, arrastou multidões nas conferências de Maio de 1968 no Pavilhão dos Desportos de Lisboa e no Palácio de Cristal do Porto. Ao chegar a Nampula, em 1967, teve de se confrontar de modo mais imediato do que na metrópole com o problema da guerra colonial e a negação dos direitos do Povo moçambicano, já em armas, à sua legítima autodeterminação. A renovação interna da Igreja, em simultâneo e neste contexto, em clima de aggiornamento conciliar, constituíram as duas pedras de toque que cedo o semearam no coração do povo moçambicano, por um lado, e o fizeram alvo da senha colonialista até à sua expulsão nas vésperas da revolução do 25 de Abril, por outro. Depois da independência de Moçambique, sob o paradigma marxista-leninista, a sua palavra voltou a ouvir-se, sempre com a criatividade e o desassombro de que só a fé profética é capaz.
description: Povos e Culturas, No Especial (2014): Os católicos e o 25 de Abril
FranceArchives : portail de référence pour les archives françaises dans le web de données liées
Creators: name: Daugas, Mathilde
name: Restif, Manonmani
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Calames

description: Présentation réalisée lors de la Journée Réseau Calames 2023 "Le voyage des données", 16 juin 2023
Coz: Finding Code that Counts with Causal Profiling
Creators: name: Curtsinger, Charlie
name: Berger, Emery D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Performance (cs.PF)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: D.4.8; C.4

description: Improving performance is a central concern for software developers. To locate optimization opportunities, developers rely on software profilers. However, these profilers only report where programs spent their time: optimizing that code may have no impact on performance. Past profilers thus both waste developer time and make it difficult for them to uncover significant optimization opportunities. This paper introduces causal profiling. Unlike past profiling approaches, causal profiling indicates exactly where programmers should focus their optimization efforts, and quantifies their potential impact. Causal profiling works by running performance experiments during program execution. Each experiment calculates the impact of any potential optimization by virtually speeding up code: inserting pauses that slow down all other code running concurrently. The key insight is that this slowdown has the same relative effect as running that line faster, thus "virtually" speeding it up. We present Coz, a causal profiler, which we evaluate on a range of highly-tuned applications: Memcached, SQLite, and the PARSEC benchmark suite. Coz identifies previously unknown optimization opportunities that are both significant and targeted. Guided by Coz, we improve the performance of Memcached by 9%, SQLite by 25%, and accelerate six PARSEC applications by as much as 68%; in most cases, these optimizations involve modifying under 10 lines of code.
description: Published at SOSP 2015 (Best Paper Award)
title: Anxiety Differences Associated with Transtelephonic and Conventional Pacemaker Client Follow-Up Methods
Creators: name: Richman, Julieta Advento
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 1985

description: The purpose of this study was to explore if differences existed in state and trait anxiety between clients with cardiac pacemakers who were utilizing a transtelephonic or conventional method of health care follow-up. A convenience sample of 44 clients with cardiac pacemakers completed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory developed by Spielberger, Gorsuch, and Lushene (1964) and a demographic inventory. Subjects were classified into two groups according to the method of follow-up: Group I (n=22) was the transtelephonic follow-up, and Group II (n=22) was the conventional follow-up. Data were analyzed using t-tests for independent samples. The results showed that there were significant differences in state and trait anxiety between groups. Subjects who were utilizing the transtelephonic follow-up method showed significantly lower state (p=0.031) and trait (p=0.25) anxiety than subjects who were utilizing the conventional follow-up method.
Lifetimes and wave functions of ozone metastable vibrational states near the dissociation limit in full symmetry approach
Creators: name: Lapierre, David
name: Alijah, Alexander
name: Kochanov, Roman
name: Kokoouline, Viatcheslav
name: Tyuterev, Vladimir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Energies and lifetimes (widths) of vibrational states above the lowest dissociation limit of $^{16}$O$_3$ were determined using a previously-developed efficient approach, which combines hyperspherical coordinates and a complex absorbing potential. The calculations are based on a recently-computed potential energy surface of ozone determined with a spectroscopic accuracy [J. Chem. Phys. {\bf 139}, 134307 (2013)]. The effect of permutational symmetry on rovibrational dynamics and the density of resonance states in O$_3$ is discussed in detail. Correspondence between quantum numbers appropriate for short- and long-range parts of wave functions of the rovibrational continuum is established. It is shown, by symmetry arguments, that the allowed purely vibrational ($J=0$) levels of $^{16}$O$_3$ and $^{18}$O$_3$, both made of bosons with zero nuclear spin, cannot dissociate on the ground state potential energy surface. Energies and wave functions of bound states of the ozone isotopologue $^{16}$O$_3$ with rotational angular momentum $J=0$ and 1 up to the dissociation threshold were also computed. For bound levels, good agreement with experimental energies is found: The RMS deviation between observed and calculated vibrational energies is 1~\cm. Rotational constants were determined and used for a simple identification of vibrational modes of calculated levels.
Coupling University Education with an Industrial Professional Certification
Creators: name: Liew, Chin Kian
name: Abdul Rasheed Khan, Rajkumar
name: Chew, Han Guan
name: Chia, Zong Lin
Publisher: name: Singapore Institute of Technology
Year: 2023
Subjects: Science, technology and engineering curriculum and pedagogy

description: The Non-Destructive Testing Society Singapore (NDTSS) has launched a new local Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) qualification scheme for the industry known as the Singapore NDT (SGNDT) certification, which is audited by the Singapore Accreditation Council (SAC). The Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) is an Authorised Training Organisation (ATO) for SGNDT and is the first university in the country to provide an applied learning pathway for engineering students to gain a recognised NDT professional certification. The training and practical experience required for the NDT certification are typically only accessible to persons working in the industry. Therefore, the NDT course offered at SIT is a novel approach that integrates an NDT training curriculum into an engineering degree. A 12-month work-study programme for industrial experience is also incorporated into the course to qualify students to readily undertake the SGNDT professional certification. This chapter outlines the NDT course structure at SIT, as well as evaluates its performance and reception with the students. Innovative and effective course delivery techniques that include different forms of blended learning like flipped classroom and gamification are also shared. The learning pedagogy and certification opportunities in this course are planned to be further extended to working adults through continuing education and training (CET).
Unlabelled Gibbs partitions
Creators: name: Stufler, Benedikt
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 60C05, 05A18, 60B10

description: We study random composite structures considered up to symmetry that are sampled according to weights on the inner and outer structures. This model may be viewed as an unlabelled version of Gibbs partitions and encompasses multisets of weighted combinatorial objects. We describe a general setting characterized by the formation of a giant component. The collection of small fragments is shown toconverge in total variation toward a limit object following a Pólya-Boltzmann distribution.
description: arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1609.08859
Confidence-Guided Learning Process for Continuous Classification of Time Series
Creators: name: Sun, Chenxi
name: Song, Moxian
name: Can, Derun
name: Zhang, Baofeng
name: Hong, Shenda
name: Li, Hongyan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: In the real world, the class of a time series is usually labeled at the final time, but many applications require to classify time series at every time point. e.g. the outcome of a critical patient is only determined at the end, but he should be diagnosed at all times for timely treatment. Thus, we propose a new concept: Continuous Classification of Time Series (CCTS). It requires the model to learn data in different time stages. But the time series evolves dynamically, leading to different data distributions. When a model learns multi-distribution, it always forgets or overfits. We suggest that meaningful learning scheduling is potential due to an interesting observation: Measured by confidence, the process of model learning multiple distributions is similar to the process of human learning multiple knowledge. Thus, we propose a novel Confidence-guided method for CCTS (C3TS). It can imitate the alternating human confidence described by the Dunning-Kruger Effect. We define the objective- confidence to arrange data, and the self-confidence to control the learning duration. Experiments on four real-world datasets show that C3TS is more accurate than all baselines for CCTS.
description: 20 pages, 12 figures
title: Παραστατική Κινηματογραφία
title: Παραστατική Κινηματογραφία
Creators: name: Kyriakoulakos, Panagiotis
Publisher: name: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
Year: 2023
Subjects: Παραγωγή κινουμένων σχεδίων
Ανάπτυξη παραγωγής κινουμένων σχεδίων
Σχεδίαση παραγωγής κινουμένων σχεδίων
Animation Production
Animation Production Development
Animation Production Design

description: Το βιβλίο εστιάζει στη διαδικασία και στις τεχνικές παραγωγής κινουμένων σχεδίων και αναφέρεται αναλυτικά στα σχετικά σχεδιαστικά κείμενα (σενάριο, εικονογραφημένο σενάριο, βίβλος παραγωγής και βίβλος σχεδίασης χαρακτήρων και σκηνικών). Εξετάζει επίσης θέματα ψηφιακών τεχνικών και υλοποίησης ψηφιακών αλυσίδων παραγωγής, καθώς και θέματα ανάπτυξης παραγωγής με τη δημιουργία ενδιάμεσων πρωτοτύπων πριν την εκκίνηση της καθαυτό παραγωγικής διαδικασίας. Τέλος, αντιμετωπίζονται πρακτικά θέματα παραγωγής που αφορούν στη χρηματοδότηση, τις συμβάσεις παραγωγής και τα πνευματικά δικαιώματα.
description: Το βιβλίο εστιάζει στη διαδικασία και στις τεχνικές παραγωγής κινουμένων σχεδίων και αναφέρεται αναλυτικά στα σχετικά σχεδιαστικά κείμενα (σενάριο, εικονογραφημένο σενάριο, βίβλος παραγωγής και βίβλος σχεδίασης χαρακτήρων και σκηνικών). Εξετάζει επίσης θέματα ψηφιακών τεχνικών και υλοποίησης ψηφιακών αλυσίδων παραγωγής, καθώς και θέματα ανάπτυξης παραγωγής με τη δημιουργία ενδιάμεσων πρωτοτύπων πριν την εκκίνηση της καθαυτό παραγωγικής διαδικασίας. Τέλος, αντιμετωπίζονται πρακτικά θέματα παραγωγής που αφορούν στη χρηματοδότηση, τις συμβάσεις παραγωγής και τα πνευματικά δικαιώματα.
Remarks on Automorphy of Residually Dihedral Representations
Creators: name: Kalyanswamy, Sudesh
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We prove automorphy lifting results for geometric representations $ρ:G_F \rightarrow GL_2(\mathcal{O})$, with $F$ a totally real field, and $\mathcal{O}$ the ring of integers of a finite extension of $\mathbb{Q}_p$ with $p$ an odd prime, such that the residual representation $\barρ$ is totally odd and induced from a character of the absolute Galois group of the quadratic subfield $K$ of $F(ζ_p)/F$. Such representations fail the Taylor-Wiles hypothesis and the patching techniques to prove automorphy do not work. We apply this to automorphy of elliptic curves $E$ over $F$, when $E$ has no $F$ rational 7-isogeny and such that the image of $G_F$ acting on $E[7]$ normalizes a split Cartan subgroup of $GL_2(\mathbb{F}_7)$.
description: 10 pages
Fé e política ou a dimensão do cuidar e a re-significação do espaço público no pensar e agir de Maria de Lourdes Pintasilgo (MLP)
Creators: name: Magalhães, Isabel Allegro De
Publisher: name: Povos e Culturas
Year: 2014

description: Povos e Culturas, No Especial (2014): Os católicos e o 25 de Abril
title: Problems and Coping Styles of Antepartal Patients Being Treated for Risk of Preterm Labor
Creators: name: Rogers, Janet Wiehrs
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 1991

description: The purpose of this study was to identify the range of problems and coping strategies as perceived by antepartal patients experiencing medical treatment to decrease risk of preterm labor. In this qualitative, interpretive study problems and coping strategies were identified through semi-structured interviews with a convenience sample of seven antepartal patients. Using content analysis of interview data, identified problems were categorized, and for each problem, coping strategies were identified and grouped using the categories of the Jalowiec Coping Scale. Major categories of problems were: bedrest, role change, finances, uncomfortable emotions, and reactions of families and friends. Supportant, palliative, and confrontive coping styles were most frequently used. study results identify a topology of perceived problems for this sample, point to the importance of social support in coping with a high risk pregnancy, and give direction for providing anticipatory guidance and planning interventions with this population.
Differential Privacy as a Mutual Information Constraint
Creators: name: Cuff, Paul
name: Yu, Lanqing
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: H.1.1; H.2.0

description: Differential privacy is a precise mathematical constraint meant to ensure privacy of individual pieces of information in a database even while queries are being answered about the aggregate. Intuitively, one must come to terms with what differential privacy does and does not guarantee. For example, the definition prevents a strong adversary who knows all but one entry in the database from further inferring about the last one. This strong adversary assumption can be overlooked, resulting in misinterpretation of the privacy guarantee of differential privacy. Herein we give an equivalent definition of privacy using mutual information that makes plain some of the subtleties of differential privacy. The mutual-information differential privacy is in fact sandwiched between $ε$-differential privacy and $(ε,δ)$-differential privacy in terms of its strength. In contrast to previous works using unconditional mutual information, differential privacy is fundamentally related to conditional mutual information, accompanied by a maximization over the database distribution. The conceptual advantage of using mutual information, aside from yielding a simpler and more intuitive definition of differential privacy, is that its properties are well understood. Several properties of differential privacy are easily verified for the mutual information alternative, such as composition theorems.
description: ACM CCS 2016, 12 pages
The B and Be States of the Star EM Cepheus
Creators: name: Kjurkchieva, Diana
name: Marchev, Dragomir
name: Sigut, T. A. A.
name: Dimitrov, Dinko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present eleven years of high-resolution, spectroscopic observations for the star EM~Cep. EM~Cep switches between B and Be star states, as revealed by the level of H$α$ emission, but spends most of its time in the B~star state. EM~Cep has been considered to be an eclipsing, near contact binary of nearly equal-massed B stars in order to reproduce regular photometric variations; however, this model is problematic due to the lack of any observed Doppler shift in the spectrum. Our observations confirm that there are no apparent Doppler shifts in the wide spectral lines H$α$ and HeI~6678 in either the B or Be star states.The profiles of HeI~6678 typically exhibited a filled-in absorption core, but we detected weak emission in this line during the highest Be state. Given the lack of observed Doppler shifts, we model EM~Cep as an isolated Be star with a variable circumstellar disk. We can reproduce the observed H$α$ emission profiles over the eleven year period reasonably well with disk masses on the order of $3$ to $10\times\,10^{-11}\;M_*$ in the Be state with the circumstellar disk seen at an inclination of $78^{\circ}$ to the line of sight. From a disk ejection episode in 2014, we estimate a mass loss rate of $\approx\,3\times 10^{-9}\;\rm M_{\odot}\,yr^{-1}$. The derived disk density parameters are typical of those found for the classical Be stars. We therefore suggest that the EM~Cep is a classical Be star and that its photometric variations are the result of $β\;$Cep or non-radial pulsations.
description: 15 pages, 14 figures
«Zeichnen ist nun einmal meine Lust» - Das Bildarchiv Johann Rudolf Rahns
Creators: name: Hesse, Jochen
Publisher: name: Verlag Karl Schwegler AG
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: 700 Künste, Bildende und angewandte Kunst
subject: 900 Geschichte und Geografie
subject: Zürich
subject: Rahn, Johann Rudolf
subject: Kunst
subject: Zeichnung
subject: Denkmalpflege
subject: Fotografie
subject: Aquarell
subject: Kunstgeschichte

description: In: Zeitschrift für Schweizerische Archäologie und Kunstgeschichte ZAK 69:3-4 (2012), S. 315-336
description: Johann Rudolf Rahn widmete sein Lebenswerk der Erforschung und Dokumentation der Schweizer Kunstdenkmäler. Das Bildarchiv, das parallel zu dieser Tätigkeit entstand, stellt ein einmaliges Zeugnis für die Wertschätzung von Illustrationen zu einer Zeit dar, als von den einheimischen Kunstdenkmälern noch kaum Abbildungen existierten. Knapp 5’000 Werke zeichnete Rahn selbst. Häufig entstanden sie in dokumentarischer, seltener in künstlerischer Absicht und illustrieren oft die eigenen Schriften. Viele hundert Blätter fremder Hand ergänzen diesen Bestand, zusammen mit 900 Fotografien, die Rahn zwar als wissenschaftliches Hilfsmittel schätzte, jedoch in der Dokumentation von Kunstwerken als der Zeichnung unterlegen betrachtete. Rahns Bildarchiv widerspiegelt das breite Spektrum seiner Forschungen. Neben Ortsansichten und Baudenkmälern hielt er auch Meisterwerke der Buch-, Wand- und Glasmalerei sowie des Kunsthandwerks im Bild fest. Anhand der Sammlung lässt sich zudem Rahns zeichnerischer Stil und seine stilistische Entwicklung exemplarisch aufzeigen.
Leigos católicos e lutas políticas dos anos 50 ao “25 de Abril” – um testemunho
Creators: name: Portas, Carlos
Publisher: name: Povos e Culturas
Year: 2014

description: Pretende relatar-se e explicar de forma singela o caminho percorrido pelo autor ao longo de cerca de duas décadas e meia, em relação com os seus pensamento religioso e atividade política, em situações distintas (educação académica e universitária, ligações eclesiásticas, lutas políticas e até diferentes territórios). Começa-se com os estudos em instituições de jesuítas e depois o 1.º Congresso Nacional da Juventude Universitária Católica (JUC) e a Juventude Operária Católica (JOC) e depois as presidências da JUC de Lisboa e da Associação de Estudantes do Instituto Superior de Agronomia (AEISA). Analisam-se a “crise do 40.900” e a Greve Académica (e Caxias…), bem como a carta do Bispo do Porto e os Cursos de Cristandade. Referem-se as Notas conservadoras do Episcopado, a actividade política na oposição democrática com Francisco Lino Neto, as Juntas de Acção Patriótica, a presidência da Juventude Católica (masculina), a relação com o Sr. Cardeal Cerejeira, a estadia prolongada em Angola e a política com a oposição local e o regresso a Portugal pouco antes do “25 de Abril”. A finalidade é sobretudo apresentar informação acerca dum percurso relativamente diversificado, com algumas informações que não são em geral do conhecimento público e podem ser úteis para leitores interessados nestas matérias religioso-académico-políticas.
description: Povos e Culturas, No Especial (2014): Os católicos e o 25 de Abril
A Method for Computing the Edge-Hyper-Wiener Index of Partial Cubes and an Algorithm for Benzenoid Systems
Creators: name: Tratnik, Niko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 92E10, 05C12, 05C85, 05C90

description: The edge-hyper-Wiener index of a connected graph $G$ is defined as $WW_e(G) = \frac{1}{2}\sum_{\lbrace e,f\rbrace \subseteq E(G)}d(e,f) + \frac{1}{2}\sum_{\lbrace e,f\rbrace \subseteq E(G)}d(e,f)^2$. We develop a method for computing the edge-hyper-Wiener index of partial cubes, which constitute a large class of graphs with a lot of applications. It is also shown how the method can be applied to trees. Furthermore, an algorithm for computing the edge-hyper-Wiener index of benzenoid systems is obtained. Finally, the algorithm is used to correct already known closed formulas for the edge-Wiener index and the edge-hyper-Wiener index of linear polyacenes.
Exploring the effects of molecular structure on surfactant behaviour, micelle morphology and formulation properties
Creators: name: Butler, Callum Stuart
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Physical chemistry not elsewhere classified
Organic chemistry not elsewhere classified

description: This thesis explores how modifications to the chemical structure of surfactant (detergent) molecules can influence their behavior. It presents a number of novel surfactant molecules, surfactant based gels and a gel material with light responsive mechanical properties.
title: Use of Two Data Collection Strategies to Evaluate Stressors and Coping in Spouses of Patients Sustaining a Myocardial Infarction
Creators: name: Stockho, Pamalla Manz
Publisher: name: Old Dominion University Libraries
Year: 1986

description: This study compared stressors and coping mechanisms identified by spouses of myocardial infarction (MI) patients in a close-ended, self-administered questionnaire (SAS) and an open-ended, nurse-administered questionnaire (NAS). Twenty female participants were divided into two groups and completed the NAS, SAS, and demographic information. The purpose of dividing the group was to explore possible experimenter effect. One group was administered the NAS preceding the SAS. The second group completed the SAS preceding the NAS. Qualitative analysis revealed equivalent stressors and coping mechanisms identified by the NAS and SAS. Stressors related to the MI decreased over time for spouses whose husbands made steady progress after their MIs. Coping mechanisms were relatively stable over time. Participants indicated difficulty mobilizing coping strategies immediately following the MI. The researcher concluded that a close-ended questionnaire can be utilized to obtain complete assessment data. A longitudinal study utilizing a larger sample was recommended.
Étale fundamental groups of strongly $F$-regular schemes
Creators: name: Bhatt, Bhargav
name: Carvajal-Rojas, Javier
name: Graf, Patrick
name: Schwede, Karl
name: Tucker, Kevin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: Commutative Algebra (math.AC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14F35, 14F20, 14E20, 14F18, 14B05, 13A35, 13B40

description: We prove that a strongly $F$-regular scheme $X$ admits a finite, generically Galois, and étale-in-codimension-one cover $\widetilde X \to X$ such that the étale fundamental groups of $\widetilde X$ and $\widetilde X_{reg}$ agree. Equivalently, every finite étale cover of $\widetilde X_{reg}$ extends to a finite étale cover of $\widetilde X$. This is analogous to a result for complex klt varieties by Greb, Kebekus and Peternell.
description: 10 pages, comments welcome