cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Marketing channels, dynamics and economic incentives for onion production in Ethiopia: A case study from Oromiya Regional State, Ethiopia
Creators: name: H Birhanu-Mentafa1, G Diriba-Shiferaw*
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: This research was initiated to assess the market channels and develops value chain map and econometric model outputs for the onion in Ambo and Toke Kutaye districts of West Showa Zone, Oromiya Regional State, Ethiopia. Primary data were collected using interview guided questionnaires from 183 respondents’ of different actors in onion value chain and four focus group discussions of onion producers. Descriptive and inferential statistics; value chain mapping; marketing margin analysis; and econometrics analysis were used to analyze the data. About four marketing channels were identified in the study areas. The econometric result showed that education level of household, onion farming experience, number of oxen owned, land size used for onion farming, amount of fertilizer used, access to extension services and family size of house hold were variables those significantly influenced the marketable supply of onion at farmers level. Multiple linear regression model indicated that variables like age, farm experience, family size, selling price and improved inputs were significant in affecting onion marketable supply. Thus, to increase the onion productivity and maximize the profits of all value chain actors, it is important to integrate all concerned bodies of the onion value chains along with the supporting sectors.
HD 203030B: an Unusually Cool Young Sub-Stellar Companion near the L/T Transition
Creators: name: Metchev, Stanimir A.
name: Hillenbrand, Lynne A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the discovery of a brown-dwarf companion to the 130-400 Myr-old G8 V star HD 203030. Separated by 11.9" (487 AU in projection) from its host star, HD 203030B has an estimated mass of 0.023 (+0.008;-0.011) solar masses. The K-band spectral type of L7.5+/-0.5 places HD 203030B near the critical L/T transition in brown dwarfs, which is characterized by the rapid disappearance of dust in sub-stellar photospheres. From a comparative analysis with well-characterized field L/T transition dwarfs, we find that, despite its young age, HD 203030B has a bolometric luminosity similar to the >1 Gyr-old field dwarfs. Adopting a radius from current models of sub-stellar evolution, we hence obtain that the effective temperature of HD 203030B is only 1206 (+74;-116) K, markedly lower than the ~1440 K effective temperatures of field L/T transition dwarfs. The temperature discrepancy can be resolved if either: (1) the ages of field brown dwarfs have been over-estimated by a factor of \~1.5, leading to under-estimated radii, or (2) the lower effective temperature of HD 203030B is related to its young age, implying that the effective temperature at the L/T transition is gravity-dependent.
description: 16 pages, 4 figures, 2 tables. To appear in ApJ November 10, 2006, v651 issue
A Revised Description of the Cosmic Ray-Induced Desorption of Interstellar Ices
Creators: name: Sipilä, O.
name: Silsbee, K.
name: Caselli, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Non-thermal desorption of ices on interstellar grains is required to explain observations of molecules that are not synthesized efficiently in the gas phase in cold dense clouds. Perhaps the most important non-thermal desorption mechanism is one induced by cosmic rays (CRs), which, when passing through a grain, heat it transiently to a high temperature - the grain cools back to its original equilibrium temperature via the (partial) sublimation of the ice. Current cosmic-ray-induced desorption (CRD) models assume a fixed grain cooling time. In this work we present a revised description of CRD in which the desorption efficiency depends dynamically on the ice content. We apply the revised desorption scheme to two-phase and three-phase chemical models in physical conditions corresponding to starless and prestellar cores, and to molecular cloud envelopes. We find that inside starless and prestellar cores, introducing dynamic CRD can decrease gas-phase abundances by up to an order of magnitude in two-phase chemical models. In three-phase chemical models our model produces very similar results to the static cooling scheme - when only one monolayer of ice is considered active. Ice abundances are generally insensitive to variations in the grain cooling time. Further improved CRD models need to take into account additional effects in the transient heating of the grains, introduced for example by the adoption of a spectrum of CR energies.
description: Accepted to ApJ; note significant changes to the model results compared to the version of the paper previously posted on arXiv, especially for low volume densities and for the three-phase ice models, induced by the addition of an upper limit to the CRD rate
Αυσόνιος εκ προοιμίου
Creators: name: Δεργιανλής, Βασίλειος Στυλιανού
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2017
Subjects: Αυσόνιος
Προοίμιο
Ύστερη Αρχαιότητα
Ausonius
Preface
Late Antiquity

description: Ο ποιητής του 4 μ.Χ. αιώνα Decimus Magnus Ausonius υπήρξε ένας από τους κορυφαίους χρήστες του προοιμίου. Έγραψε ποιητικά και πεζά προοίμια με σκοπό να προλογίσει και να συνοδεύσει τα ‘βιβλία’ του. Εκτός από τα ‘κατάλληλα’ προοιμιακά κείμενα ο Βορδιγάλειος λογοτέχνης δούλεψε ευρέως το επιστολικό προοίμιο, το οποίο κατέστη ένα σημαντικό εργαλείο στα χέρια του, εξυπηρετώντας πολλαπλές λειτουργίες. Οι συλλογές των ποιημάτων του προλογίζονται με κάθε τύπο προοιμίου και σε πολλούς συνδυασμούς. Παράλληλα η μελέτη της συνύπαρξης κάθε τύπου προοιμίου σε ένα έργο αποκαλύπτει μια ‘επίπλαστη’ εκδοτική τακτική, ποιητολογικές στοχεύσεις κι άλλες προσωπικές (μάλλον ιδεολογικο-πολιτικές) επιδιώξεις. Τα επιμέρους χαρακτηριστικά και η ευελιξία που έδωσε στα προοίμια του ο ποιητής του Μπορντώ θα φέρουν την περίφημη captatio benevolentiae στον ίδιο, ενώ η χρήση τους θα γίνει απαραίτητη από τους λογοτεχνικούς εκπροσώπους της ύστερης αρχαιότητας.
description: Decimus Magnus Ausonius was a poet in the 4 century AD and is considered one of the best in using preface. He wrote poetic and pedestrian prefaces in order to recite a prologue and to accompany his ‘books’. Apart from his ‘appropriate’ prefaces texts the Bordeal litterateur worked widely his letter preface, which became an important tool in his hands that came to service in multiple ways. His poems collections are prefaced with every type of prefaces and in numerous ways. At the same time the study of all types of prefaces coexisting in one text reveals a sophisticated publishing behavior, poetological goals and other personal (presumably ideological-political) pursues. The added characteristics and the flexibility that the poet from Bordeaux gave to his preambles will bring him the famous captatio benevolentiae, whilst their use will become necessary by the literatures of the subsequent antiquity.
A Review on the Role of Irisin in Insulin Resistance and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Creators: name: Mamo Gizaw, Pandi Anandakumar
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Irisin is a novel hormone like polypeptide that is cleaved and secreted by an unknown protease from fibronectin type III domain-containing protein 5 (FNDC5), a mem - brane- spanning protein and which is highly expressed in skeletal muscle, heart, adipose tissue, and liver. Since its discovery in 2012, it has been the subject of many researches due to its potent physiological role. It is be - lieved that understanding irisin's function may be the key to comprehend many diseases and their develop - ment. Irisin is a myokine that leads to increased ener - gy expenditure by stimulating the 'browning' of white adipose tissue. In the first description of this hormone, increased levels of circulating irisin, which is cleaved from its precursor fibronectin type III domain-contain - ing protein 5, were associated with improved glucose homeostasis by reducing insulin resistance. Irisin is a powerful messenger, sending the signal to determine the function of specific cells, like skeletal muscle, liver, pancreas, heart, fat and the brain. The action of irisin on different targeted tissues or organs in human being has revealed its physiological functions for promoting health or executing the regulation of variety of metabol - ic diseases. Numerous studies focus on the association of irisin with metabolic diseases which has gained great interest as a potential new target to combat type 2 diabetes mellitus and insulin resistance. Irisin is found to improve insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes by in - creasing sensitization of the insulin receptor in skeletal muscle and heart by improving hepatic glucose and li - pid metabolism, promoting pancreatic β cell functions, and transforming white adipose tissue to brown adi - pose tissue. This review is a thoughtful attempt to sum - marize the current knowledge of irisin and its effective role in mediating metabolic dysfunctions in insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Radiative dark matter and neutrino masses from an alternative $U(1)_{B-L}$ gauge symmetry
Creators: name: Okada, Hiroshi
name: Orikasa, Yuta
name: Shoji, Yutaro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We propose a model where the masses of the active neutrinos and a dark matter candidate are generated radiatively through the $U(1)_{B-L}$ gauge symmetry breaking. It is realized by a non-universal $U(1)_{B-L}$ charge assignment on the right handed neutrinos and one of them becomes DM. The dark matter mass becomes generally small compared with the typical mass of the Weak Interacting Massive Particles and we have milder constraints on the dark matter. We consider the case where the dark matter is produced through the freeze-in mechanism and show that the observed dark matter relic density can be realized consistently with the current experimental constraints on the neutrino masses and the lepton flavor structure.
description: 13 pages, 1 figure: references added, parameter set changed
Additional file 1 of Epigenetic marker of telomeric age is associated with exacerbations and hospitalizations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Creators: name: Hernández Cordero, Ana I.
name: Yang, Chen Xi
name: Li, Xuan
name: Milne, Stephen
name: Chen, Virginia
name: Hollander, Zsuzsanna
name: Ng, Raymond
name: Criner, Gerard J.
name: Woodruff, Prescott G.
name: Lazarus, Stephen C.
name: Connett, John E.
name: Han, MeiLan K.
name: Martinez, Fernando J.
name: Reed, Robert M.
name: Man, S. F. Paul
name: Leung, Janice M.
name: Sin, Don D.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer

description: Additional file 1: Table S1. Participants form the Macrolide Azithromycin to Prevent Rapid Worsening of Symptoms Associated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease study (MACRO) that were randomized to the placebo arm.
Chromomagnetic instability in two-flavor quark matter at nonzero temperature
Creators: name: Kiriyama, O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the effective potential of the 2SC/g2SC phases including vector condensates ($$ and $$) and study the gluonic phase and the single plane-wave Larkin-Ovchinnikov-Fulde-Ferrell state at nonzero temperature. Our analysis is performed within the framework of the gauged Nambu--Jona-Lasinio model. We compute potential curvatures with respect to the vector condensates and investigate the temperature dependence of the Meissner masses squared of gluons of color 4--7 and 8 in the neutral 2SC/g2SC phases. The phase diagram is presented in the plane of temperature and coupling strength. The unstable regions for gluons 4--7 and 8 are mapped out on the phase diagram. We find that, apart from the case of strong coupling, the 2SC/g2SC phases at low temperatures are unstable against the vector condensation until the temperature reaches tens of MeV.
description: 10 pages, 10 figures, revisions to text, published in Phys. Rev. D
Text translation, logophor, polar question, how
Creators: name: Gomon, Chrystelle Mélanie Doudjon
name: Méyandjui, Marcel Paul Djeke
name: Jarvis, Rebecca
name: Kapner, Julianne
name: Kouadio, Timothée
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: ebr

description: Elicitation focusing on strong crossover, definiteness, semantic judgments, and pronoun paradigms. Translation of famine story (original in ebr_syd_20220709).
Robust quantum transport at particle-hole symmetry
Creators: name: Mandal, Ipsita
name: Ziegler, Klaus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study quantum transport in disordered systems with particle-hole symmetric Hamiltonians. The particle-hole symmetry is spontaneously broken after averaging with respect to disorder, and the resulting massless mode is treated in a random-phase representation of the invariant measure of the symmetry-group. We compute the resulting fermionic functional integral of the average two-particle Green's function in a perturbation theory around the diffusive limit. The results up to two-loop order show that the corrections vanish, indicating that the diffusive quantum transport is robust. On the other hand, the diffusion coefficient depends strongly on the particle-hole symmetric Hamiltonian we choose to study. This reveals a connection between the underlying microscopic theory and the classical long-scale metallic behaviour of these systems.
description: journal version
Bose-Einstein Condensate in Solid Helium
Creators: name: Diallo, S. O.
name: Pearce, J. V.
name: Azuah, R. T.
name: Kirichek, O.
name: Taylor, J. W.
name: Glyde, H. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present neutron scattering measurements of the atomic momentum distribution, n(k), in solid helium under a pressure p = 41 bars and at temperatures between 80 mK and 500 mK. The aim is to determine whether there is Bose-Einstein condensation (BEC) below the critical temperature, T_c = 200 mK where a superfluid density has been observed. Assuming BEC appears as a macroscopic occupation of the k = 0 state below T_c, we find a condensate fraction of n_0 = (-0.10 \pm 1.20)% at T = 80 mK and n_0 = (0.08\pm0.78)% at T = 120 mK, consistent with zero. The shape of n(k) also does not change on crossing T_c within measurement precision.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures (in press)
DESIGN OF HEMATOLOGICAL ELECTROPHORESIS MACHINE
Creators: name: APPIAH, JOSEPH
name: Appiah Ida, Maryjane
name: Achaama, Ambrose
name: Arhin-Baah, Isaac
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Society is burdened with vast  problems but issue of genetic and blood related health conditions has

been subjected to mythical beliefs. The objective of this project is to design and implement a

low- cost hematological electrophoresis machine that will help people to understand the concept of

gene compatibility and help diagnose genetic related issues. The system is based on electrophoresis

that’s the passing of electricity through blood proteins to separate them. When blood samples are

taken and run by the machine the DNA and blood fragments are separated and determined. With the

help of the machine blood protein are been able to count which plays important roles in genetic health

disorder diagnosing.
Ταυτότητες και Ιδεολογικά Διλήμματα στο Δημόσιο Διάλογο για την Επέκταση του Συμφώνου Συμβίωσης σε Ομόφυλα Ζευγάρια
Creators: name: Μίχος, Ιωάννης Αριστείδη
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2017
Subjects: Σύμφωνο Συμβίωσης
Ομόφυλα Ζευγάρια
Δημόσια Διαβούλευση
Cohabitation Agreement
Same-sex Couples
Public Deliberation

description: Στην παρούσα έρευνα μελετώνται οι ταυτοτικές κατασκευές και τα ρητορικά και ευρύτερα ιδεολογικά διλήμματα που κινητοποιούνται στο δημόσιο διάλογο για την επέκταση του συμφώνου συμβίωσης σε ομόφυλα ζευγάρια. Τα δεδομένα της έρευνας αντλήθηκαν από τη δημόσια ηλεκτρονική διαβούλευση που πραγματοποιήθηκε το 2015 για το νομοσχέδιο «Σύμφωνο Συμβίωσης και άλλες διατάξεις» και αναλύθηκαν με βάση τις αρχές της κριτικής κοινωνικής λογοψυχολογίας και της ρητορικής. Η ανάλυση έδειξε ότι οι αναπαραστάσεις της ομοφυλοφιλίας ως ασύμβατης με την «ελληνο-ορθόδοξη» ταυτότητα χρησιμοποιούνται στην πράξη προκειμένου η νομική κατοχύρωση των ομόφυλων σχέσεων να κατασκευαστεί ως απειλή για το έθνος. Πέρα από κατασκευές εθνικών ταυτοτήτων, οι θεσμικές διεκδικήσεις και τα δικαιώματα των ΛΟΑΤ συνδέθηκαν και με κατασκευές υπερεθνικών/ευρωπαϊκών ταυτοτήτων. Οι αντιφατικοί τρόποι με τους οποίους η Ευρώπη κατασκευάζεται είτε ως υπόδειγμα προόδου είτε ως απειλή για την «Ορθόδοξη Ελλάδα» κινητοποιούνται προκειμένου να υποστηριχθούν επιχειρήματα υπέρ και κατά της επέκτασης του συμφώνου συμβίωσης αντίστοιχα. Επιπλέον, κατασκευές του επιχειρηματολογικού πλαισίου, δηλαδή του θεσμού της δημόσιας διαβούλευσης, επιστρατεύονται είτε για να αποδυναμωθεί είτε για να ενδυναμωθεί η διεκδίκηση ΛΟΑΤ δικαιωμάτων. Σε αυτές τις επιχειρηματολογικές γραμμές αναδύονται ιδεολογικά διλήμματα, τα οποία αφορούν τη σχέση μεταξύ ατομικών (φυσικών) δικαιωμάτων και θεσμικών διαδικασιών στο πλαίσιο της δημοκρατικής διακυβέρνησης
description: The present study focuses on the identity constructions, as well as, on the rhetorical and ideological dilemmas that are mobilized in public debate about same-sex cohabitation agreement in Greece. Data consisted of discourses from the online public deliberation on the bill titled “Cohabitation agreement and other provisions” which was held in 2015. Analysis, which used the principles of critical discursive psychology and rhetoric, indicated that homosexuality was represented as incompatible with "Greek-Orthodox" identity and the legal protection of same-sex relationships was constructed as a threat to the Greek nation. Institutional claims and LGBT rights were also related to constructions of transnational / European identities. The contradictory ways in which Europe was depicted in these arguments -either as a prototypical example of progress or as a threat to "Orthodox Greece"- were mobilized to support arguments for and against the same-sex cohabitation agreement respectively. Furthermore, constructions of the argumentative framework itself were employed, in order to either weaken or strengthen the institutional claims of the LGBT community. In these accounts individual (natural) rights were juxtaposed to institutional processes within the framework of democratic governance
The Association between Low Blood Pressure and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Observed in Children/Adolescents Does Not Persist into Young Adulthood. A Population-Based Ten-Year Follow-Up Study
Creators: name: Schulz, Jan
name: Huber, Franziska
name: Schlack, Robert
name: Hölling, Heike
name: Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike
name: Meyer, Thomas
name: Poustka, Luise
name: Rothenberger, Aribert
name: Wang, Biyao
name: Becker, Andreas
Publisher: name: Robert Koch-Institut
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: KiGGS study
subject: arousal
subject: ADHD
subject: blood pressure
subject: long-term changes
subject: children
subject: young adults
subject: 610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Background: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common behavioral disorders in childhood and adolescence associated with relevant psychosocial impairments. The basic pathophysiology of ADHD may be related, at least partly, to a deficit in autonomic arousal processes, which not only influence core symptoms of the disorder, but may also lead to blood pressure (BP) deviations due to altered arousal regulation. Objectives: This study examined long-term changes in BP in children and adolescents with ADHD up to young adulthood. Methods: In children and adolescents aged between 7 and 17 years at baseline, we compared BP recordings in subjects with (n = 1219, 11.1%) and without (n = 9741, 88.9%) ADHD over a 10-year follow-up using data from the nationwide German Health Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS). Propensity score matching was used to improve the comparability between children in the ADHD and control groups with now n = 1.190 in each group. Results: The results of these matched samples revealed that study participants with ADHD showed significantly lower systolic BP (107.6 ± 10.7 mmHg vs. 109.5 ± 10.9 mmHg, p < 0.001, Cohen’s d = 0.17) and diastolic BP (64.6 ± 7.5 mmHg vs. 65.8 ± 7.4 mmHg, p < 0.001, Cohen’s d = 0.16) at baseline. In a sensitivity analysis with a smaller (n = 272) and more stringently diagnosed ADHD group, the significant differences remained stable with somewhat higher Cohen’s d; i.e., 0.25 and 0.27, respectively. However, these differences did not persist after 10-year follow-up in a smaller matched longitudinal sub-group (ADHD n = 273; control n = 323), as subjects with and without ADHD had similar levels of systolic (123.4 ± 10.65 vs. 123.78 ± 11.1 mmHg, p = 0.675, Cohen’s d = 0.15) and diastolic BP (71.86 ± 6.84 vs. 71.85 ± 7.06 mmHg, p = 0.992, Cohen’s d = 0.16). Conclusions: At baseline, children and adolescents with ADHD had significantly lower BP (of small effect sizes) compared to the non-ADHD group, whereas this difference was no longer detectable at follow-up ten years later. These developmental alterations in BP from adolescence to early adulthood may reflect changes in the state of autonomic arousal, probably modulating the pathophysiology of ADHD.
The proton radius (puzzle?) and its relatives
Creators: name: Peset, Clara
name: Pineda, Antonio
name: Tomalak, Oleksandr
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review determinations of the electric proton charge radius from a diverse set of low-energy observables. We explore under which conditions it can be related to Wilson coefficients of appropriate effective field theories. This discussion is generalized to other low-energy constants. This provides us with a unified framework to deal with a set of low-energy constants of the proton associated with its electromagnetic interactions. Unambiguous definitions of these objects are given, as well as their relation with expectation values of QCD operators. We show that the proton radius obtained from spectroscopy and lepton-proton scattering (when both the lepton and proton move with nonrelativistic velocities) is related to the same object of the underlying field theory with ${\cal O}(α)$ precision. The model dependence of these analyses is discussed. The prospects of constructing effective field theories valid for the kinematic configuration of present, or near-future, lepton-proton scattering experiments are discussed.
description: 70 pages, 14 figures. Minor modifications to meet journal version. References added
Intensity correlations in resonance nonlinear magneto-optical rotation
Creators: name: Varzhapetyan, Tigran S.
name: Li, Hebin
name: Ariunbold, Gombojav O.
name: Sautenkov, Vladimir A.
name: Rostovtsev, Yuri V.
name: Scully, Marlan O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have studied the intensity correlations between two orthogonally linearly polarized components of a laser field propagating through a resonant atomic medium. These experiments have been performed in a Rubidium atomic vapor. We observe that the correlations between the orthogonally polarized components of the laser beam are maximal in the absence of a magnetic field. The magnitude of the correlations depends on the applied magnetic field, and the magnitude first decreases and then increases with increasing magnetic field. Minimal correlations and maximal rotation angles are observed at the same magnetic fields. The width of the correlation function is directly proportional to the excited state lifetime and inversely proportional to the Rabi frequency of laser field. These results can be useful for improving optical magnetometers and for optical field or atomic spin squeezing.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures
Attending to resistance: an ethnographic study of resistance and attendance in an adult basic education classroom
Creators: name: Pare, Arleen Lyda
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: This ethnographic study explores the relationship between student attendance and student resistance in an Adult Basic Education (ABE) classroom. Resistance is interpreted to mean the positive opposition to dominant cultures and discourses (of which schooling and literacy are a part), as is described in the work of Henri Giroux. The study was conducted in a community college Fundamental ABE classroom. It documents and describes instances of student resistance that were gathered through three and a half months of videotaped observation and twelve interviews. The initial question focused on how ABE students, who generally have marginalized identities, managed to remain in ABE programs despite literacy’s almost inherent thrust toward standardization and the mainstream. As I pursued the relevant literature and reviewed the data, the theoretical concept of resistance began to influence the research question, so that it finally became “What is the relationship of student resistance to student attendance in an ABE classroom.” In the data that I gathered, resistance presented as a complex phenomenon that could be divided most usefully into five different categories. Comparisons of student resistance categories with student attendance patterns suggested that students with more, and more varied, resistance styles were the students who attended most regularly. Most of the students who attended sporadically or who dropped out of the ABE program either demonstrated no resistance, very little resistance, or only the type of resistance that I categorized as the withdrawal type of resistance. These comparisons imply that ABE teachers and programs could benefit from framing their experience of student resistance as a positive, political phenomenon to be recognized, valued, encouraged and worked with (not against) in ABE settings. Further it suggests that encouraging students with withdrawal type resistance to resist in other styles might also encourage them to keep attending.
A Survey of Merger Remnants III: Are Merger Remnants Supported by Rotation or Anisotropy
Creators: name: Rothberg, B.
name: Joseph, R. D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A growing body of observational evidence suggests that the luminosity, photometric shape and amount of rotational or anisotropical support in elliptical galaxies may provide vital clues to how they formed. Elliptical galaxies appear to fall into two distinct categories based on these parameters: bright, boxy shaped, with little or no rotation, and less luminous, disky shaped with significant rotation. One viable formation scenario is the ``Merger hypothesis,'' in which two disk galaxies merge to form a new elliptical galaxy. A comparison of the luminosity, photometric shape, and amount of rotation in advanced merger remnants may shed more light on the possible formation scenarios of elliptical galaxies. Yet, little observational data exists for such merger remnants. This paper is the third in a series investigating the photometric and kinematic properties of a sample of 51 optically selected advanced merger remnants. Presented here are K-band isophotal shapes and spatially resolved kinematics for a sub-sample of 37 merger remnants. The results show that ~ 11% of the sample are boxy, and anisotropically supported while ~ 47% are disky, and rotationally supported. The remainder of the sample show variations among expected correlations between shape and rotation. This may suggest that the isophotal shapes are still ``in flux.'' There does appear to be a lower limit to the amount of anisotropy observed in the merger remnants. This may provide an observational diagnostic for discriminating among formation scenarios in elliptical galaxies.
description: Accepted AJ
Φιλολογικές και φιλοσοφικές διαστάσεις της Ασκητικής του Νίκου Καζαντζάκη
Creators: name: Καραγκιοζόπουλος, Θωμάς Θεόδωρου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2017
Subjects: Φιλολογικές και φιλοσοφικές διαστάσεις
Ασκητική
Νίκος Καζαντζάκης
Literary and philosophical dimensions
Ascetic
Nikos Kazantzakis

description: Σκοπός της διπλωματικής ήταν η μελέτη της φιλοσοφικής σκέψης και κοσμοθεωρίας του Νίκου Καζαντζάκη, όπως αυτή συμπυκνώθηκε στην Ασκητική. Το κείμενο αναλύθηκε από φιλολογική και φιλοσοφική πλευρά. Αναδείχθηκαν οι φιλολογικές διαστάσεις της Ασκητικής, με εκτενή αναφορά στην εξέταση του ύφους και του γλωσσικού μοντέλου, τα οποία ακολούθησε ο Νίκος Καζαντζάκης. Ακόμη, αναζήτησα και ανέλυσα τη φιλοσοφική επιρροή που δέχτηκε ο Νίκος Καζαντζάκης από τρεις μεγάλες μορφές της φιλοσοφικής σκέψης, τους Νίτσε, Μπερξόν και Χέγκελ. Αναλύθηκε η ιστορική συγκυρία μέσα στην οποία συντέθηκε η Ασκητική, η οποία έπαιξε καταφανώς σημαντικό ρόλο στη διαμόρφωση του στοχαστικού λόγου του συγγραφέα. Βασικό μέλημά μου ήταν να καταδείξω το βάθος της φιλοσοφικής σκέψης του Νίκου Καζαντζάκη και την εκφραστική αρτιότητα που διατρέχει το κείμενο, ώστε να διαδώσει και να διασώσει τους προβληματισμούς του, καθώς και το Πιστεύω του, διατυπωμένο με λυρικό τρόπο
description: The aim of the thesis was the study of philosophical thought and worldview of Nikos Kazantzakis, as concentrated in Ascetic. The text was analyzed by literary and philosophical side. The philosophical dimensions of Ascetic were highlighted, with extensive reference to the study of style and linguistic model, followed by Nikos Kazantzakis. I also sought and analyzed the philosophical influence that Nikos Kazantzakis received from three great personages of philosophical thought, Nietzsche, Bergson and Hegel. Furthermore, I analyzed the historical context in which Ascetic was composed, which played an influential role in shaping the author's thoughtful speech. My main concern was to demonstrate the depth of Nikos Kazantzakis' philosophical thought and the expressive adequacy through the text, with which he tried to spread and rescue his concerns, as well as his beliefs, in a lyrical way
Γλωσσικά Χαρακτηριστικά Παιδιών με Ειδικές Διαταραχές Λόγου στην Προσχολική Ηλικία
Creators: name: Πέρκα, Σοφία Αστερίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2017
Subjects: Γλωσσικά χαρακτηριστικά
Ειδικές γλωσσικές διαταραχές
Προσχολική ηλικία
Language characteristics
Developmental language disorders
Preschool years

description: Σκοπός της παρούσας εργασίας είναι να διερευνήσει τα γλωσσικά χαρακτηριστικά που παρουσιάζουν τα παιδιά με ειδικές γλωσσικές διαταραχές στην προσχολική ηλικία. Πιο συγκεκριμένα, γίνεται μία προσπάθεια να διερευνηθεί η επίδοση των παιδιών με ειδικές γλωσσικές διαταραχές στο νηπιαγωγείο τόσο μέσα από τα ίδια τα παιδιά όσο και μέσα από τις απόψεις των νηπιαγωγών τους. Στην έρευνα συμμετείχαν 60 συνολικά μαθητές, 30 μαθητές τυπικής ανάπτυξης και 30 μαθητές με γλωσσικές διαταραχές. Επιπλέον, στο δείγμα της έρευνας συμμετείχαν και οι νηπιαγωγοί των παιδιών με προβλήματα λόγου. Η συλλογή των δεδομένων πραγματοποιήθηκε με χορήγηση του ψυχομετρικού τεστ – κριτηρίου γλωσσικής επάρκειας (λ-α-τ-ω Ι) σε όλους τους μαθητές καθώς και με δομημένη συνέντευξη από τις νηπιαγωγούς των 30 μαθητών με προβλήματα λόγου. Μέσω των κριτηρίων γλωσσικής επάρκειας προσπαθήσαμε αρχικά να προχωρήσουμε σε σύγκριση των δύο ομάδων μαθητών ώστε να εντοπίσουμε τυχόν διαφοροποιήσεις μεταξύ τους τόσο ως προς το γενικό πηλίκο γλωσσικής επάρκειας όσο και προς τις επιμέρους συνθέσεις του τεστ. Στη συνέχεια, με τη λήψη των συνεντεύξεων από τις νηπιαγωγούς των παιδιών με προβλήματα λόγου, προσπαθήσαμε να εντοπίσουμε εάν υπάρχουν διαφοροποιήσεις ή όχι μεταξύ της ατομικής επίδοσης των παιδιών στο κριτήριο γλωσσικής επάρκειας και των απόψεων των νηπιαγωγών για το γλωσσικό προφίλ που παρουσιάζουν τα συγκεκριμένα παιδιά στο νηπιαγωγείο.
description: The purpose of this paper is to canvass the language characteristics of children with specific language impairment in preschool education. Specifically, an attempt is being made to investigate the performance of children with specific language impairment in kindergarten both through the children themselves and through the opinions of their teachers. The survey involved 60 pupils in total, 30 students with typical development and 30 pupils with developmental language disorders. Additionally, the sample of the research was also attended by the teachers of children with language impairment. The data collection was carried out by giving all pupils the psychometric test - criterion of linguistic proficiency (λ-α-τ-ω Ι) as well as a structured interview by the teachers of 30 pupils with specific language impairment. Through the language proficiency criteria, we initially tried to compare the two groups of students to identify any differences between them both in general language competence and in the individual test compositions. Then, by taking interviews from the kindergarten teachers’ of children with specific language impairment, we tried to find out whether there are differences or not between the individual performance of children in the test of language proficiency and the teachers’ views on the language profile of the children with specific language impairment in kindergarten
ISSUES OF IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE TO INCREASE THE INVESTMENT ATTRACTIVENESS OF FREE ECONOMIC ZONES IN UZBEKISTAN
Creators: name: Ataismatov, Iqboljon
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: This thesis analyzes the factors that negatively affect the investment attractiveness of production-specialized free economic zones operating in the Republic of Uzbekistan, identifies the main factors, and proposes positive changes that serve to increase the investment attractiveness of free economic zones.
Supersymmetry vs ghosts
Creators: name: Robert, Didier
name: Smilga, Andrei. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the simplest nontrivial supersymmetric quantum mechanical system involving higher derivatives. We unravel the existence of additional bosonic and fermionic integrals of motion forming a nontrivial algebra. This allows one to obtain the exact solution both in the classical and quantum cases. The supercharges $Q, \bar Q$ are not anymore Hermitially conjugate to each other, which allows for the presence of negative energies in the spectrum. We show that the spectrum of the Hamiltonian is unbounded from below. It is discrete and infinitely degenerate in the free oscillator-like case and becomes continuous running from $-\infty$ to $\infty$ when interactions are added. Notwithstanding the absence of the ground state, there is no collapse, which suggests that a unitary evolution operator may be defined.
description: Final version to be published in JMP (April, 2008)
Holographic RG flows and Janus solutions from matter-coupled N=4 gauged supergravity
Creators: name: Karndumri, Parinya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study an $SO(2)\times SO(2)\times SO(2)\times SO(2)$ truncation of four-dimensional $N=4$ gauged supergravity coupled to six vector multiplets with $SO(4)\times SO(4)$ gauge group and find a new class of holographic RG flows and supersymmetric Janus solutions. In this truncation, there is a unique $N=4$ supersymmetric $AdS_4$ vacuum dual to an $N=4$ SCFT in three dimensions. In the presence of the axion, the RG flows generally preserve $N=2$ supersymmetry while the supersymmetry is enhanced to $N=4$ for vanishing axion. We find solutions interpolating between the $AdS_4$ vacuum and singular geometries with different residual symmetries. We also show that all the singularities are physically acceptable within the framework of four-dimensional gauged supergravity. Accordingly, the solutions are holographically dual to RG flows from the $N=4$ SCFT to a number of non-conformal phases in the IR. We also find $N=4$ and $N=2$ Janus solutions with $SO(4)\times SO(4)$ and $SO(2)\times SO(2)\times SO(3)\times SO(2)$ symmetries, respectively. The former is obtained from a truncation of all scalars from vector multiplets and can be regarded as a solution of pure $N=4$ gauged supergravity. On the other hand, the latter is a genuine solution of the full matter-coupled theory. These solutions describe conformal interfaces in the $N=4$ SCFT with $N=(4,0)$ and $N=(2,0)$ supersymmetries.
description: 29 pages, 5 figures, typos corrected and references added
My_Atmos: Novel Method to Analyse Ultrafine Particles Using an Artificial Intelligence Approach
Creators: name: Yahaya, N.Z.
name: Tight, Miles R.
name: Tate, James E.
name: Ibrahim, Zul Fadhli
Publisher: name: Karlsruhe
Year: 2019
Subjects: Stochastic Boosted Regression Trees (BRT)
Algorithm
atmospheric environment data
variable interactions

description: This presentation will discuss the used of an artificial intelligent method namely the ‘stochastic boosted regression trees’ (BRT) approach that uses an algorithm that applied to an air pollution data namely particle number count concentrations ([PNC]), an ultrafine particles data and particulate matter data case study in United Kingdom and Malaysia. The development of the BRT model involves determining the model algorithm settings of the main model input parameters (learning rate, number of trees and interaction depth) that were tested using the R software (version 3.02) by choosing a10-fold cross-validation approach with combination of lr 0.05 and tc 5 of training set for BRT models. It was found, that the coefficient of determination (R2) value for the BRT best iteration models were above 0.60 for [PNC] in urban environment. The fine and course particle number (FPNC and CPNC) were found to be 0.75 and 0.72 respectively for one of coastal dataset while R2 value of 0.78 and 0.85 were obtained for Malaysia data. Further investigated were performed to rank factor influenced. It was found, that Carbon monoxide (30.28 %) gas and followed by temperature (16.81%) and wind direction (16.4%) were found the high factor influenced PM10 in urban environment. The interaction index (H-index) between parameters to concentration of pollutants were also examined graphically and in numerical form (H-Index). It was found that the H-Index between parameters 0.3 to 0.4 indicated that the BRT technique able to explain the science of air pollution. The consistent results to produce the best model from the best iteration, able to rank the best parameters that influence most to the concentration of predictor and able to predict interaction between variables premise BRT as one of the method or tools to analyse air pollution data.
Logophor, relative clause semantics, text translation
Creators: name: Guebeapo, Léocadie
name: Jarvis, Rebecca
name: Kapner, Julianne
name: Kouadio, Timothée
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: ebr

description: Elicitation focusing on semantic judgments, nominalized verbs, pronoun paradigms, and manners. Translation of warrior dance narrative (original in ebr_kou_20220703).
Observation of single collisionally cooled trapped ions in a buffer gas
Creators: name: Green, M.
name: Wodin, J.
name: DeVoe, R.
name: Fierlinger, P.
name: Flatt, B.
name: Gratta, G.
name: LePort, F.
name: Diez, M. Montero
name: Neilson, R.
name: OSullivan, K.
name: Pocar, A.
name: Waldman, S.
name: Leonard, D. S.
name: Piepke, A.
name: Hargrove, C.
name: Sinclair, D.
name: Strickland, V.
name: Fairbank, W.
name: Hall, K.
name: Mong, B.
name: Moe, M.
name: Farine, J.
name: Hallman, D.
name: Virtue, C.
name: Baussan, E.
name: Martin, Y.
name: Schenker, D.
name: Vuilleumier, J. -L.
name: Vuilleumier, J. -M.
name: Weber, P.
name: Breidenbach, M.
name: Conley, R.
name: Hall, C.
name: Hodgson, J.
name: Mackay, D.
name: Odian, A.
name: Prescott, C. Y.
name: Rowson, P. C.
name: Skarpaas, K.
name: Wamba, K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Individual Ba ions are trapped in a gas-filled linear ion trap and observed with a high signal-to-noise ratio by resonance fluorescence. Single-ion storage times of ~5 min (~1 min) are achieved using He (Ar) as a buffer gas at pressures in the range 8e-5 - 4e-3 torr. Trap dynamics in buffer gases are experimentally studied in the simple case of single ions. In particular, the cooling effects of light gases such as He and Ar and the destabilizing properties of heavier gases such as Xe are studied. A simple model is offered to explain the observed phenomenology.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures, accepted for publication in Phys. Rev. A. Minor text and figure changes
Direct Detection of the Brown Dwarf GJ 802B with Adaptive Optics Masking Interferometry
Creators: name: Lloyd, James P.
name: Martinache, Frantz
name: Ireland, Michael J.
name: Monnier, John D.
name: Pravdo, Steven H.
name: Shaklan, Stuart B.
name: Tuthill, Peter G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have used the Palomar 200" Adaptive Optics (AO) system to directly detect the astrometric brown dwarf GJ 802B reported by Pravdo et al. 2005. This observation is achieved with a novel combination of aperture masking interferometry and AO. The dynamical masses are 0.175$\pm$0.021 M$_\odot$ and 0.064$\pm$0.032 M$_\odot$ for the primary and secondary respectively. The inferred absolute H band magnitude of GJ 802B is M$_H$=12.8 resulting in a model-dependent T$_\mathrm{eff}$ of 1850 $\pm$ 50K and mass range of 0.057--0.074 M$_\odot$.
description: 4 Pages, 5 figures, emulateapj format, submitted to ApJL
Μέθοδοι επεξεργασίας και στρατηγικές κατανόησης μαθητών με μαθησιακές δυσκολίες
Creators: name: Αρσενίδου, Χαρίκλεια Χρήστου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2017
Subjects: Γνωστικό ύφος
Στρατηγικές κατανόησης
Μαθησιακές δυσκολίες
Cognitive style
Reading comprehension strategies
Learning disabilities

description: Αντικείμενο της παρούσης διπλωματικής αποτέλεσε ο εντοπισμός μαθητών με Μαθησιακές Δυσκολίες και η διερεύνηση των μεθόδων επεξεργασίας (αναλυτικών ή ολιστικών) και των στρατηγικών κατανόησης που χρησιμοποιούν οι μαθητές αυτοί, όταν διαβάζουν ένα κείμενο με στόχο την κατανόηση του. Από την ανάδειξη των ανεπαρκειών των μαθητών αυτών, προέκυψε ο σχεδιασμός ενός παιδαγωγικού προγράμματος παρέμβασης με στόχο τη διδασκαλία γνωστικών στρατηγικών κατανόησης. Εντοπίστηκαν 35 μαθητές Ε’ και ΣΤ’ δημοτικού οι οποίοι εμφάνιζαν δυσκολίες στην κατανόηση, κατόπιν υποδείξεως των εκπαιδευτικών των τάξεων τους. Σε αυτούς χορηγήθηκε το DTLA-4 και με τη βοήθεια του κριτηρίου επιλέχθηκαν 15 μαθητές, οι οποίοι εμφάνιζαν Μαθησιακές Δυσκολίες. Σε αυτούς χορηγήθηκε ένα κριτήριο, το οποίο κατασκευάστηκε από την ερευνήτρια, αποτελούμενο από ένα κείμενο και 6 ερωτήσεις κατανόησης. Έπειτα, πραγματοποιήθηκε μια ημιδομημένη συνέντευξη με τους μαθητές, ώστε να αναδειχτούν οι μέθοδοι επεξεργασίας και οι στρατηγικές που χρησιμοποίησαν προσεγγίζοντας το κείμενο. Τα αποτελέσματα της έρευνας έδειξαν ότι οι μαθητές με Μαθησιακές Δυσκολίες αντιμετωπίζουν προβλήματα στην κατανόηση κειμένων καθώς χρησιμοποιούν κυρίως ολιστικές μεθόδους επεξεργασίας και αναποτελεσματικές στρατηγικές. Παράλληλα, διαφάνηκε ότι μέσα από τον εντοπισμό των ανεπαρκειών των μαθητών αυτών στη γνωστική επεξεργασία μπορούν να σχεδιαστούν κατάλληλα προγράμματα διδασκαλίας γνωστικών στρατηγικών κατανόησης.
description: This study aimed at detecting children with learning disabilities in order to evaluate the cognitive style (Holistic-Analytic) and the cognitive strategies that they use when they read a text with the purpose of comprehending it. The results of this evaluation concluded to the design of a suitable educational program aiming to teach cognitive comprehension strategies. Firstly, 35 students of primary school who exhibited difficulties in text comprehension according to their teacher’s suggestions were tested with the DTLA-4. From this examination 15 students were selected who according with the test results had learning disabilities. Afterwards these students were given to read a text which was followed by 6 open-ended comprehension questions and after they finished answering the questions an interview took place in order to detect the cognitive style (Holistic- Analytic) and the strategies that they used. The results of this study showed that children with learning disabilities exhibited problems in comprehending the text as they used mostly the Holistic style and inappropriate strategies. Also this study showed that by detecting the deficits of these children in cognitive processing and strategy use we can create individualized intervention programs for teaching cognitive comprehension strategies.
Suppression of resistive hose instability in a relativistic electron-positron flow
Creators: name: Honda, Mitsuru
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper presents the effects of electron-positron pair production on the linear growth of the resistive hose instability of a filamentary beam that could lead to snake-like distortion. For both the rectangular radial density profile and the diffuse profile reflecting the Bennett-type equilibrium for a self-collimating flow, the modified eigenvalue equations are derived from a Vlasov-Maxwell equation. While for the simple rectangular profile, current perturbation is localized at the sharp radial edge, for the realistic Bennett profile with an obscure edge, it is non-locally distributed over the entire beam, removing catastrophic wave-particle resonance. The pair production effects likely decrease the betatron frequency, and expand the beam radius to increase the resistive decay time of the perturbed current; these also lead to a reduction of the growth rate. It is shown that, for the Bennett profile case, the characteristic growth distance for a preferential mode can exceed the observational length-scale of astrophysical jets. This might provide the key to the problem of the stabilized transport of the astrophysical jets including extragalactic jets up to Mpc ($\sim 3\times 10^{24}$ cm) scales.
description: 11 pages, 3 figures, matches version published in MNRAS