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Οι ιερές μονές της λίμνης Σκόδρας (το άγιο όρος του Μαυροβούνιου) και οι σχέσεις τους με τα μεγάλα μοναστικά κέντρα της Ανατολής:
Creators: name: Radic, Radovan
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2011
Subjects: Η λίμνη της Σκόδρας
Το άγιο όρος της Ζέτας / Montenegro
Το αθωνικό τρίκογχο στην Ζέτας
Η συλλογή Gorički Zbornik
The lake of Skodra
The holy mountain of Zeta / Montenegro

description: Το άγιο όρος της Ζέτας και οι σχέσεις του με τα μεγάλα μοναστικά κέντρα της Ανατολής είναι η διδακτορική διατριβή με το αντικείμενο μία μοναστική κοινότητα εντός των ορίων της λίμνης της Σκόδρας, εξελιγμένης δε κατά το αθωνικό πρότυπο. Ο σκοπός της διατριβής είναι η επιστημονική έρευνα του αντικείμενου, του όρους της Ζέτας, ποιοι είναι οι λόγοι της δημιουργίας των ερημητηρίων στην τοποθεσία αυτή στα ξημερώματα της Τουρκοκρατίας των ΙΔ΄ αιώνα. Η έρευνα εξαπλώνεται στην ανάπτυξη της κοινότητας αλλά και στις σχέσεις της με τα μεγάλα μοναστικά κέντρα της Ανατολής, οι οποίες διαφέρουν ανάλογα με την περιοχή. Το αποτέλεσμα της έρευνας είναι ο προσδιορισμός αλλά και οι λόγοι της αφίξεως ορισμένων μοναχών στην λίμνη, οι οποίοι παρουσιάζονται σαν οι φορείς της ησυχαστικής – αθωνικής παραδόσεως. Ασχοληθήκαμε και με τις προσωπικότητες που παρουσιάζονται στο όρος αλλά και το σημαντικό έργο Gorički Zbornik γραμμένο εντός των ορίων της μοναστικής κοινότητας αυτής.
description: The Mount Athos of Zeta and it’s relationships with big monastery centers of East is the title of my doctoral dissertation having as main subject one monastery community within the border of Skodra lake, developed according to the Athos prototype. The goal of the dissertation is scientific research of the subject, of the Mount of Zeta, of reasons for building hermitages exactly at that location and particularly at the end of Turkish government of 14th century. The research expands on the development of the community but also to her relationships with big monastery centers of East, relationships that depart analogically to the region. The result of this research will be to define the reason of arrival of monks on the lake, monks that were represented as carriers of hesychasm – Mount Athos tradition. There is a reference to the personalities of the Mount but also to the important literary work ``Goricki Zbornik`` written inside of the walls of this particular monastery community.
The design of a versatile magnetic stimulator
Creators: name: Choi, Angela Sio-Van
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: A magnetic stimulator consisting of a capacitor discharge and associated control circuits was designed and constructed for use in research and practice. This stimulator is capable of delivering an output voltage of 1000 V and output peak current of 8 kA to a coil. Depending on the coil used, the rise time of the current pulse can be varied in steps of 30 µs or less. After each discharge, the stimulator measures the output current amplitude to within 0.2 kA and rise time to within 10 µs, and displays their values on a liquid crystal panel. The stimulator can operate in pulsed or in repetitive discharge mode (1 pulse per 5 seconds). With minor modifications, the stimulator can operate up to 1600 V and provide up to 16 kA. The rise time can be changed in steps of 10 µs or less. The capability to provide output current of variable rise time makes this stimulator is a versatile instrument for both research and clinical use of magnetic stimulation. This feature, which is found in no other stimulating instrument, is important for studying the effect of current rise time on magnetically induced stimulation. With this device we can determine the optimum current pulse shape for effective stimulation with the minimum energy.
Tset Hikwstexw te Sqwelteltset: We Hold Our Language High
Creators: name: Gardner, Stelomethet
Publisher: name: Canadian Journal of Native Education
Year: 2021

description: This article examines the phenomenon o f what Halq'emeylem renewal means in thelives ofStodo people today. Stodo Elders emphasize that Stodo identity and worldview are embedded in our near-extinct Halq'emeylem language, which identifies us asa distinct Aboriginal people in Canada. Interviews with nine co-researchers arepresented as poetic monologues that reveal that within a short time, the Stddopersisted against all odds to develop a Halq'emeylem movement to "hold ourlanguage high." In addition to increased self-esteem and pride with the use ofHalq'emeylem, the poetic monologues reveal a reversal o f the trend towardHalq'emeylem extinction and illustrate how Halq'emeylem is increasingly becominga viable part o f our modern Indigneous lifestyles.
description: Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 39 No. 1 (2017)
Haemaphysalis bispinosa Neumann 1897, sensu stricto
Creators: name: Petney, Trevor N.
name: Boulanger, Nathalie
name: Saijuntha, Weerachai
name: Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia
name: Pfeffer, Martin
name: Eamudomkarn, Chatanun
name: Andrews, Ross H.
name: Ahamad, Mariana
name: Putthasorn, Noppadon
name: Muders, Senta V.
name: Petney, David A.
name: Robbins, Richard G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Ixodida
Ixodidae
Haemaphysalis
Haemaphysalis bispinosa

description: Haemaphysalis bispinosa Neumann, 1897
 Historically, Ha. bispinosa has been used as a catch-all for several species of the subgenus Kaiseriana in Southeast Asia (Hoogstraal and Trapido 1966b; Hoogstraal et al. 1968c, who discuss the confusion between Ha. bispinosa and Ha. longicornis of temperate China, Japan, Russia, Korea, New Zealand and Australia, as well as some Pacific Islands). Haemaphysalis bispinosa sensu stricto is now known to be widely distributed in Sri Lanka, India, the lower elevations of Nepal and parts of Pakistan, Bangladesh, China and Japan (Hoogstraal et al. 1968c; Chen et al. 2010). In Southeast Asia it is thought to have been introduced to western Myanmar, peninsular Malaysia and Borneo (Hoogstraal et al. 1969), as well as Thailand (Tanskul and Inlao 1989). It parasitizes a variety of wild and domestic birds and mammals in its natural habitats (Hoogstraal et al. 1972b). In those areas to which it has been introduced it is seldom reported to feed on wild animals, being largely restricted to domestic stock (Hoogstraal 1985b). Haemaphysalis bispinosa nymphs can be parasitized by Hunterellus sagarensis (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitoid wasps (Geevarghese and Sreenivasan 1973; Geevarghese and Dhanda 1983).
 The female neotype is described by Hoogstraal and Trapido (1966b). Trapido et al. (1964b) illustrate the larval capitulum and the nymphal capitulum, coxae and trochanters. Lim et al. (2017) describe the initiation of primary cell cultures from embryonic Ha. bispinosa.
description: Published as part of Petney, Trevor N., Boulanger, Nathalie, Saijuntha, Weerachai, Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia, Pfeffer, Martin, Eamudomkarn, Chatanun, Andrews, Ross H., Ahamad, Mariana, Putthasorn, Noppadon, Muders, Senta V., Petney, David A. & Robbins, Richard G., 2019, Ticks (Argasidae, Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases of continental Southeast Asia, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 4558 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4558.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2613120
Speaking From the Heart: Everyday Storytelling and Adult Learning
Creators: name: Anderson, Kim
Publisher: name: Canadian Journal of Native Education
Year: 2021

description: This article relates the experiences o f the author, an adult educator who facilitatesworkshops in the area o f Indigenous women's healing and recovery. It demonstrateshow educators can make use o f everyday storytelling to engage workshop participantsin educational experiences about decolonization. The author looks at some of thepitfalls o f group discussion in an environment where people are either censured orencouraged to keep retelling/reliving their traumatic stories. She proposes thateveryday storytelling, when guided and done in the context o f colonial andprecolonial history, will assist Indigenous people to move forward in their healing.
description: Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 28 No. 1-2 (2004)
Aboriginal Learning and Healing in a Virtual World
Creators: name: Hodson, John
Publisher: name: Canadian Journal of Native Education
Year: 2021

description: Today Aboriginal peoples on Turtle Island are witnessing the leading edge of a newwave of colonialism propelled by the new religion of corporate globalism, and theInternet is the contemporary missionary of that new religion. If we do not extend thedialogue about this new colonialism and understand its potential outcomes, we riskrepeating our pasts. Although this article was inspired by the events related to aresearch project, it is not intended to be an exhaustive discussion of the findingsassociated with the Learning and Healing Network research project, whichinvestigated the suitability of Internet-delivered education for Aboriginal peoples.Instead I share some of our experiences and discuss the critical issues that aroseduring the completion of the Learning and Healing Network project. It is my hopethat others will find this experience relevant as they break their own trails toInternet-delivered education.
description: Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 28 No. 1-2 (2004)
Some software and hardware implementations of the fast Hartley transform
Creators: name: Fu, Yan Kit
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The fast Hartley transform (FHT) is a new tool for converting data between time and frequency domains. In this thesis, some speed-optimized software implementations of the radix-2 and split-radix FHT algorithms are presented initially, and then applied to the problems of convolution, computation of power spectra, image degradation, and image restoration. Subsequent work involved the development of a new bit-reversal algorithm. This algorithm is fast and efficient, and can be used to increase the throughput of the FHT. Finally, several hardware implementations are presented for the discrete Hartley transform (DHT) and the FHT with architectures using a single butterfly unit, pipelining and superparallelism. The advantages of each implementation are stressed. The data processing rates of these hardware implementations are analyzed.
Theories and Disciplines as Sites of Struggle: The Reproduction of Colonial Dominance Through the Controlling of Knowledge in the Academy
Creators: name: Marker, Michael
Publisher: name: Canadian Journal of Native Education
Year: 2021

description: This article describes aspects of Indigenous knoioledge and research that contrastwith university-based approaches to knowledge. Indigenous scholars have assertedthe sacred local nature of traditional understandings that place Elders and stories asthe centerpiece of learning. Rather than asking Aboriginal students to adapt to uni­versity culture, universities should understand First Nations values about localecological knowledge and sustainable living as a mode by which to revitalize theirown institutional environments. Examining the cultural bias in commonplaceacademic terms such as theory, scientific, and research, this article shows the epis­temological tensions First Nations graduate students feel as they make their waythrough the terrain of the academy. At the same time, the presence of First Nationsfaculty and students is transforming the university environment while questioningthe goals and processes of learning.
description: Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 28 No. 1-2 (2004)
Hwunitum and Hwulmuhw or My Experiences in an Organizational Change Project
Creators: name: Cadwallader, Ted
Publisher: name: Canadian Journal of Native Education
Year: 2021

description: In May 2001 the Cowichan Valley School District signed an Aboriginal EducationImprovement Agreement with the British Columbia Ministry of Education and theFirst Nations on whose traditional territory the District is situated. ThisImprovement Agreement was the result of the collaborative work of many people overmany years. Through the eyes of one person this article looks at the process involvedin changing the culture of an organization to become more receptive and aware of theneeds of Aboriginal students through including Aboriginal people morefidly in thedecision-making processes.
description: Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 28 No. 1-2 (2004)
The Path to Education in a Canadian Aboriginal Context
Creators: name: Brade, Cassandra R.M.
name: Duncan, Karen A.
name: Sokal, Laura
Publisher: name: Canadian Journal of Native Education
Year: 2021

description: The researchers are members o f the white mainstream who wish through research togain a better understanding o f the Aboriginal reality and hope to assist thisheterogeneous group in its quest fo r self-determination and access to the majorityculture. This article constitutes a section o f thesis research and examines theassociations between retention/identification with ethnicity, various aspects o fidentity form ation, and mobility on levels o f academic achievement o f CanadianAboriginal people. A secondary analysis o f a sample o f 636 respondents to the 1991Aboriginal Peoples Survey was conducted. The variables examined include:participation in ethnic activities and Native language(s); having Aboriginal teachers;Aboriginal language(s) being used in the classroom; Aboriginal language facility;liking what was taught in school about Native people and history; and number o fschools attended. Both bivariate and multivariate am lyses indicated significantrelationships between educational attainment and Aboriginal language facility, likingwhat was taught about Aboriginal people in elementary school, and number o f highschools attended. Recommendations fo r future research include the use o f moreprecise data on the variables o f interest in order to predict confidently the factors thataffect educational achievement among Canada's Aboriginal people.
description: Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 27 No. 2 (2003)
Delayed evolution of high-mass white dwarfs:  double-WD merger products & a cooling anomaly
Creators: name: Cheng, Sihao
name: Cummings, Jeffrey D.
name: Ménard, Brice
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019

description: I present a transverse velocity analysis of high-mass white dwarfs (1.08−1.23M⊙) in Gaia DR2. Using velocity as an age indicator, we estimate the fraction of WD-WD merger products and explore the properties of a cooling anomaly (the Q branch) revealed by Gaia.
Η αξιολόγηση της ADMA (ασυμμετρική διμεθυλαργινίνη) στην προεκλαμψία και στον πρόωρο τοκετό:
Creators: name: Σαββίδης, Αναστάσιος Β.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2011
Subjects: Ασσυμετρική διμεθυλαργινίνη
Προεκλαμψία
Πρόωρος τοκετός
Υπέρταση
Asymetric dimethylarginine
Preeclampsia
Premature delivery
Hypertension

description: Η ασυμμετρική διμεθυλαργινίνη είναι ένα βιοχημικό μόριο που προκύπτει όταν στο μόριο της L-Αργινίνης προστεθούν ασύμμετρα δύο μεθυλικές ομάδες. Είναι ένας δείκτης ενδοθηλιοπάθειας. Στόχος της παρούσας μελέτης είναι η αξιολόγηση της ADMA σαν προγνωστικός δείκτης στην προεκλαμψία και στον πρόωρο τοκετό. Μελετήθηκαν 103 γυναίκες ηλικίας κύησης 23-28 εβδομάδων που παρουσίαζαν συμπτώματα προεκλαμψίας ή πρόωρου τοκετού(Ομάδα ελέγχου). Σαν ομάδα μελέτης ήταν 55 γυναίκες αντίστοιχης ηλικίας κύησης χωρίς κάποιο παθολογικό σύμπτωμα. Η ασυμμετρική διμεθυλαργινίνη ADMA προσδιορίστηκε με ποσοτική μέθοδο ανταγωνιστικής ELISA και μέτρηση με χρωματομετρική, ενζυμική μέθοδο. Στην παρούσα μελέτη χρησιμοποιήθηκε το διαθέσιμο στο εμπόριο κιτ: ADMA Εnzyme Ιmmunoassay test kit, (DLD Diagnostica GmbH, Hamburg, Germany).Τα αποτελέσματα έδειξαν ότι υπάρχει στατιστικά σημαντική σχέση μεταξύ των τιμών της ADMA και της εμφάνισης προεκλαμψίας ή πρόωρου τοκετού.Οσο αυξημένη ήταν η τιμή της ADMA τόσο μεγαλύτερη πιθανότητα εμφάνισης προεκλαμψίας υπήρχε.Στόν πρόωρο τοκετό τα αποτελέσματα ήταν φτωχότερα.Τα συμπεράσματα ήταν ότι η προεκλαμψία σχετίζεται άμεσα με αυξημένες τιμές ADMA,άρα μπορεί να χρησιμοποιηθεί σαν προγνωστικός δείκτης.Στόν πρόωρο τοκετό οι τιμές της ADMA ήταν χαμηλότερες,γεγονός που χρειάζεται επιπλέον διερεύνηση
description: Asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) is a molecule that occurs when two methyl groups are transferred asymmetrically to the molecule of L-Arginine. It is a marker of endothelial pathology. The purpose of this study is the evaluation of ADMA as a predictive marker in cases of preeclampsia and premature labor. 103 women with pregnancies aged 23 to 28 weeks, with symptoms of preeclampsia and premature labor, were studied, thus being the study group. On the other hand the control group consisted of 55 women of the same gestation age without any pathological findings. ADMA was quantified by using the method of competitive ELISA. In this study the commercially available kit: ADMA Enzyme Immunoassay test kit (DLD Diagnostica GmbH, Hamburg, Germany) was used. The results showed that there is a statistically significant correlation between the levels of ADMA and the incidence of preeclampsia or premature labor. In detail, higher levels of ADMA were linked to higher occurrence of preeclampsia. Regarding premature labor the results were not so conclusive. In conclusion, preeclampsia is correlated with elevated levels of ADMA and can so be used as a predictive marker. As for premature labor the levels of ADMA were lower than normal, a finding that needs further investigation.
Supplementary Materials from A comparative test of the gamete dynamics theory for the evolution of anisogamy in Bryopsidales green algae
Creators: name: Togashi, Tatsuya
name: Horinouchi, Yusuke
name: Parker, Geoff A.
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology

description: Gamete dynamics theory proposes that anisogamy arises by disruptive selection for gamete numbers versus gamete size and predicts that female/male gamete size (anisogamy ratio) increases with adult size and complexity. Evidence has been that in volvocine green algae, the anisogamy ratio correlates positively with haploid colony size. However, green algae show notable exceptions. We focus on Bryopsidales green algae. While some taxa have a diplontic life cycle in which a diploid adult (=fully grown) stage arises directly from the zygote, many taxa have a haplodiplontic life cycle in which haploid adults develop indirectly: the zygote first develops into a diploid adult (sporophyte) which later undergoes meiosis and releases zoospores, each growing into a haploid adult gametophyte. Our comparative analyses suggest that, as theory predicts, (i) male gametes are minimized, (ii) female gamete sizes vary, likely optimized by number versus survival as zygotes, and (iii) the anisogamy ratio correlates positively with diploid (but not haploid) stage complexity. However, there was no correlation between the anisogamy ratio and diploid adult stage size. Increased environmental severity (water depth) appears to drive increased diploid adult stage complexity and anisogamy ratio: gamete dynamics theory correctly predicts that anisogamy evolves with the (diploid) stage directly provisioned by the zygote.
Στην εποχή της ηλεκτρονικής διακυβέρνησης: ηλεκτρονική διοίκηση και ηλεκτρονική διοικητική πράξη
Creators: name: Στρατή-Βάντζου, Αλεξάνδρα Β.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2011
Subjects: Ηλεκτρονική διακυβέρνηση
Ηλεκτρονική διοίκηση
Ηλεκτρονική διοικητική πράξη
Ψηφιοποίηση
eGovernement
eAdministration
eAdministrative Act
Digitalizing
e

description: Σκοπός της διατριβής ήταν η διερεύνηση των νεότευκτων εννοιών της «ηλεκτρονικής διοίκησης» και της «ηλεκτρονικής διοικητικής πράξεως» από πλευράς διοικητικής επιστήμης και γενικού διοικητικού δικαίου. Η μελέτη, επιχείρησε αφενός μεν να προσεγγίσει με σφαιρικό τρόπο το νέο ψηφιοποιημένο διοικητικό περιβάλλον της δημόσιας διοίκησης, αναδεικνύοντας πτυχές του που δεν είχαν μέχρι τώρα απασχολήσει τη νομική σκέψη, αφετέρου δε αποπειράθηκε να καταγράψει, το πρώτον, τους όρους και τις προϋποθέσεις υπό τις οποίες δύναται μια κυριαρχική πράξη της διοίκησης να χαρακτηριστεί ως «ηλεκτρονική» και να αναγνωριστεί ως ισοδύναμη με την παραδοσιακή διοικητική πράξη, υπό όρους Κοινωνίας της Πληροφορίας.
description: The aim of the present thesis was the research of the new concepts “electronic administration” and “electronic administrative act” watched from the side of Administrative Science and General Administrative Law. This study attempted, on the one hand, to approach roundly the new digitalizing administrative atmosphere of the public administration, bring to notice folds that never until today has distracted the legal consideration, and on the other hand, to enter, for the first time, the terms and the presuppositions that can named an sovereign act of the Administration “electronic” and recognized it as equivalent to the traditional administrative act, under the terms of the Information Society.
Περιβαλλοντική πληροφορική με μεθοδολογίες υπολογιστικής νοημοσύνης σε προβλήματα μηχανολόγου μηχανικού:
Creators: name: Βουκάντσης, Δημήτριος Χρ.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2011
Subjects: Ποιότητα Αέρα
Υπολογιστική Νοημοσύνη
Αλλεργικά Συμπώματα
Προφίλ Κατανάλωσης
Air Quality
Computational Intelligence
Allergic Symptoms
Load Profile

description: Στα πλαίσια της παρούσας διατριβής, αναπτύσσουμε και εφαρμόζουμε μεθοδολογίες υπολογιστικής νοημοσύνης για την επίλυση προβλημάτων μηχανολόγου μηχανικού. Κύρια θεματική περιοχή είναι το ατμοσφαιρικό περιβάλλον, ενώ παράλληλα παρουσιάζονται και δύο νέες εφαρμογές από την θεματικές περιοχές της ενέργειας και της τριβολογίας. Ξεκινώντας από το πρόβλημα της αποτίμησης της ποιότητας αέρα αστικών κέντρων, αναπτύσσουμε μία εναρμονισμένη μεθοδολογία που απαντά στις απαιτήσεις της υφιστάμενης νομοθεσίας (2008/50/EC), και την εφαρμόζουμε στην περίπτωση δύο Ευρωπαϊκών πόλεων (Θεσσαλονίκη, Ελλάδα και Ελσίνκι, Φινλανδία). Επεκτείνοντας την αρχική προσέγγιση προβλέπουμε συγκεντρώσεις βιολογικών ατμοσφαιρικών ρύπων, ενώ παράλληλα επιδεικνύουμε την ανάπτυξη καινοτόμων υπηρεσιών ενημέρωσης, αξιοποιώντας νέα δεδομένα αλλεργικών συμπτωμάτων (βιολογικών ρύπων), μετατρέποντας την πρόβλεψη αριθμητικής συγκέντρωσης σε εξατομικευμένη πρόβλεψη συμπτωμάτων. Η διατριβή ολοκληρώνεται με την ανάπτυξη και την εφαρμογή μεθοδολογίας δημιουργίας και απόδοσης προφίλ κατανάλωσης ηλεκτρικής ενέργειας, αξιοποιώντας πραγματικές καταναλώσεις. Τέλος, χρησιμοποιούμε τριβολογικά δεδομένα από πειράματα φθοράς, με στόχο την εκτίμηση του συντελεστή τριβής από μία σειρά μεταβλητών που καταγράφονται κατά τη διάρκεια του πειράματος. Βασικό, συμπέρασμα της διατριβής είναι η αναγνώριση της καταλληλότητας των μεθοδολογιών υπολογιστικής νοημοσύνης για την ανάπτυξη νέων καινοτόμων υπηρεσιών.
description: In this thesis, we identify appropriate tools in modern data technologies, such as Computational Intelligence, and develop methodologies for real world engineering problem solving. The main application domain of this thesis is the atmospheric environment. In particular, we address the problem of assessing the air quality of urban environments, taking into account the current legislation (2008/50/EC). We develop a harmonized framework consisting of computational intelligence methods, and apply this methodology in order to analyze air quality data of two European cities (Thessaloniki, Greece and Helsinki, Finland). Furthermore, we expand our approach by forecasting airborne pollen concentrations, whereas we demonstrate the development of innovative quality of life information services, by utilizing medical databases, thus turning numeric forecasts of pollen concentrations into personalized symptoms forecast. Furthermore, we develop and apply a methodology for creating electricity use profiles, utilizing electricity consumption data. Finally, we utilize data monitored during wear experiments in order to develop a model to estimate the friction coefficient. The primary conclusion of this thesis is the ability of computational intelligence methods to support new innovative services.
Πυκνωτές και γεωμετρικοί μετασχηματισμοί:
Creators: name: Πουλιάσης, Σταμάτης Α.
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2011
Subjects: Πυκνωτές
Χωρητικότητα
Ολόμορφη κίνηση
Συμμετρικοποίηση
Condensers
Capacity
Holomorphic motion
Symmetrization

description: Σκοπός της διατριβής ήταν η μελέτη των χαρακτηριστικών ενός πυκνωτή όπως η χωρητικότητα, η ενέργεια ισορροπίας, το μέτρο ισορροπίας και το δυναμικό ισορροπίας, όταν οι οπλισμοί του πυκνωτή μεταβάλλονται μέσω ενός γεωμετρικού μετασχηματισμού. Εξετάσαμε πότε η κατανομή του φορτίου στον αρνητικό οπλισμό είναι η ίδια για δύο διαφορετικούς θετικούς οπλισμούς. Αποδείξαμε ότι η ενέργεια ισορροπίας είναι υπεραρμονική συνάρτηση όταν ένας από τους δύο οπλισμούς ενός πυκνωτή στο επίπεδο κινείται μέσω μιας ολόμορφης κίνησης και χαρακτηρίσαμε τις περιπτώσεις στις οποίες αυτή η συνάρτηση είναι αρμονική. Αποδείξαμε διατυπώσεις ισότητας για τις ανισότητες χωρητικότητας πυκνωτών μέσω πόλωσης, Steiner συμμετρικοποίησης, Schwarz συμμετρικοποίησης και μερόμορφων συναρτήσεων.
description: The aim of the present thesis was the study of the characteristics of a condenser like capacity, equilibrium energy, equilibrium measure and equilibrium potential when the plates of the condenser are changing via a geometric transformation. We examined when the charge distribution on the negative plate is the same for two different positive plates. We proved that the equilibrium energy is a superharmonic function when one of the plates of a condenser moves under a holomorphic motion and we characterized the cases where this function is harmonic. We proved equality statements for the condenser capacity inequalities under polarization, Steiner symmetrization, Schwarz symmetrization and meromorphic functions.
The associations between sleep timing and night sleep duration with dyslipidemia in a rural population: The Henan Rural Cohort Study
Creators: name: Zhu, Ruifang
name: Yang, Jing
name: Zhai, Zhihan
name: Zhao, Hongfei
name: Jiang, Feng
name: Sun, Chunyang
name: Liu, Xiaotian
name: Hou, Jian
name: Dou, Ping
name: Wang, Chongjian
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Mental Health

description: Evidence linking sleep timing and night sleep duration to dyslipidemia was limited and inconclusive, especially among low- and middle-income adults. The aims were to evaluate the associations between sleep timing, night sleep duration and dyslipidemia in a rural population. Based on the Henan Rural Cohort Study, a total of 37 164 participants were included. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index was used to collect sleep information. Logistic regression and restrictive cubic splines were conducted to explore the associations. Of the 37 164 enrolled participants, 13881 suffered from dyslipidemia. Compared to the reference groups, people who went to sleep after 23:00 or woke up after 7:30 had higher prevalence of dyslipidemia, the adjusted odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs)were 1.30 (1.20–1.41) and 1.34 (1.19–1.50). The adjusted OR (95%CI) of participants in the Late-sleep/Late-rise category compared to the Early-sleep/Early-rise category was 1.55 (1.08–1.23). Compared to the reference (7~≤8 h), the adjusted OR (95%CI) was 1.11 (1.03–1.20) for longer (>9 h) night sleep duration. Moreover, the combined effects of sleep duration (>9 h) with sleep time (22:00~) (OR = 1.46, 95%CI: 1.16–1.84), sleep duration (>9 h) with wake-up time (≥7:30) (OR = 1.28, 95%CI: 1.08–1.51), and sleep duration (>9 h) with the Late-sleep/Late-rise category (OR = 1.41, 95%CI: 1.14–1.75) increased the prevalence of dyslipidemia. Accordingly, our results indicate that delayed sleep timing and longer night sleep duration had independent and joint effects on higher risks of dyslipidemia in rural population.
Leadership Preferences of Indian and Non-Indian Athletes
Creators: name: Malloy, D.C.
name: Nilson, R.N.
Publisher: name: Canadian Journal of Native Education
Year: 2021

description: The effect of ethnic difference on the preferences of Indian and non-Indian athletes for leadership behaviour was assessed using the Leadership Scale for Sport. Non- Indian athletes were found to express greater preferences for democratic, autocratic, and social support behaviour than Indian athletes. The results suggest that though Indian athletes participate in "nontraditional" sports, their professed preferences for leadership behaviour are distinct. Recommendations are provided for the development
description: Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 18 No. 1 (1991)
Effiziente numerische Zeitbereichsverfahren für die elektromagnetische Analyse von Komponenten der Photonik
Creators: name: Kleene, Hendrik
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Photonik
subject: Numerische Modellierung
subject: FDTD
subject: Maxwell-Gleichungen
subject: Elektrodynamik
subject: Nichtlineare Optik
subject: 620
subject: Photonik
subject: Elektrodynamik

description: Zeitbereichssimulationen sind eine häufig verwendete Methode zur Analyse von elektromagnetischen Ausbreitungsphänomenen. Dies ist unter anderem darin begründet, dass sie eine sehr allgemeine Beschreibung der Wechselwirkung der elektromagnetischen Felder und der sie umgebenden Materie erlauben. Das macht diese Klasse von Algorithmen zu einem mächtigen Werkzeug bei der Analyse und Optimierung von Komponenten in vielen technischen Bereichen wie zum Beispiel der Photonik. Klassische Methoden weisen allerdings niedrige Lösungsordnungen auf und sind an die Wahl von kleinen Zeitschritten gebunden. In dieser Arbeit werden alternative Algorithmen für Zeitbereichssimulationen von elektromagnetischen Ausbreitungsphänomenen auf Basis von Polynomapproximationen untersucht. Diese erlauben die Verwendung von großen Zeitschritten bei einer expliziten Formulierung der Algorithmen. Die vorgestellten Methoden ermöglichen die Berücksichtigung von diversen Materialmodellen. Es können sowohl lineare als auch nichtlineare Modelle verwendet werden. Außerdem werden Methoden entwickelt, mit denen elektromagnetische Felder effizient in das Simulationsgebiet eingekoppelt werden können. Gezeigt wird, dass die verwendeten Approximationen eine sehr genaue Beschreibung der Zeitpropagation erlauben. Diese Eigenschaften werden durch eine Berücksichtigung der örtlichen Diskretisierung, der Materialmodelle und der untersuchten elektromagnetischen Felder bei der Entwicklung der Approximation von der Zeitpropagation erreicht. Darüber hinaus wird eine Methode vorgestellt, welche die Charakteristik der untersuchten elektromagnetischen Felder sogar bei der Definition des Operators verwendet, welcher die Propagation beschreibt. Dies wird bei einer weiterhin expliziten Formulierung erreicht. Es lassen sich auch nichtlineare Probleme ohne implizite Ansätze betrachten. Auf diese Weise kann eine unproblematische Parallelisierung der Algorithmen gewährleistet werden.
The Silence Before Drowning in Alphabet Soup
Creators: name: Sheridan, Joe
Publisher: name: Canadian Journal of Native Education
Year: 2021

description: The perspectives provided by the academic traditions of folklore and mythology, media studies, and studies in literacy, and, in keeping with oral tradition, the perspective provided by personal experience, are employed in this essay about differences in cosmologies between cultures that depend primarily on literacy and those that found their approach to knowledge on experience and oral mediation. Several concomitants of both orality and literacy are described with reference to the self, silence, and the cognitive act of abstract referencing. It is argued that schooling contributes to a priority of legitimacy of literacy, and that this denies the legitimacy of experience, which is necessary for learning.
description: Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 18 No. 1 (1991)
The Role of Archaeology in Teaching the Native Past: Ideology or Pedagogy?
Creators: name: Devine, Heather
Publisher: name: Canadian Journal of Native Education
Year: 2021

description: Native culture and history as portrayed in some school curricula is a narrow, often stereotypic portrayal of events based on the research of non-Native anthropologists, museum professionals, and historians. Despite the useful role that archaeology can play in supplementing and validating historical information, archaeology receives little attention from Native educators. The reason for this disinterest lies in a mistrust of the motives and ethics of archaeological researchers whose irresponsible practises in times past have served to exploit and to alienate Native communities. New developments in the field of archaeological research policy may provide new opportunities for Natives and archaeologists to collaborate in the creation of culturally and pedagogically sound school programs in Native history and prehistory.
description: Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 18 No. 1 (1991)
Changing Academic Discourse About First Nations Education: Using Two Pairs of Eyes (Editorial)
Creators: name: Urion, Carl
Publisher: name: Canadian Journal of Native Education
Year: 2021

description: For well over 300 years there has been a written discourse about First Nations people, formal education, and schooling in Canada. The nature of that discussion has sometimes evolved slowly and sometimes changed fast. Some of the questions have remained fairly constant, but the major questions seem to change over time. That may be one indication that this written discourse has yet to get the questions right. ...
description: Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 18 No. 1 (1991)
Haemaphysalis calva Nuttall and Warburton 1915
Creators: name: Petney, Trevor N.
name: Boulanger, Nathalie
name: Saijuntha, Weerachai
name: Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia
name: Pfeffer, Martin
name: Eamudomkarn, Chatanun
name: Andrews, Ross H.
name: Ahamad, Mariana
name: Putthasorn, Noppadon
name: Muders, Senta V.
name: Petney, David A.
name: Robbins, Richard G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Arachnida
Ixodida
Ixodidae
Haemaphysalis
Haemaphysalis calva

description: Haemaphysalis calva Nuttall and Warburton, 1915
 This is a rare Oriental species that has been recorded from peninsular Malaysia and Thailand, as well as Indonesia (Hoogstraal and Wassef 1981; Tanskul et al. 1983). It is a parasite predominantly of sambar deer, but has also been recorded from wild pig, palm civet, Himalayan brown bear (Ursus arctos isabellinus) and water buffalo (Hoogstraal and Wassef 1981).
Adults and nymphs are described in Hoogstraal and Wassef (1981).
description: Published as part of Petney, Trevor N., Boulanger, Nathalie, Saijuntha, Weerachai, Chitimia-Dobler, Lidia, Pfeffer, Martin, Eamudomkarn, Chatanun, Andrews, Ross H., Ahamad, Mariana, Putthasorn, Noppadon, Muders, Senta V., Petney, David A. & Robbins, Richard G., 2019, Ticks (Argasidae, Ixodidae) and tick-borne diseases of continental Southeast Asia, pp. 1-89 in Zootaxa 4558 (1) on page 23, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4558.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/2613120
Uniform Methods for the Collection and Presentation of Basic Customer Shopping Pattern Data
Creators: name: Smith, Hugh M.
name: Smith, Hugh M.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1961
Subjects: subject: Marketing
subject: FOS: Economics and business
subject: Research Methods/ Statistical Methods

description: Introduction: Study of customer shopping patterns in retail food stores, as a direct method of determining the proportion of customers exposed to and purchasing an item at specific store locations, is being used by an increasing number of retail organizations. It is an additional tool in the planning of food store layout and merchandise arrangement. The procedure for collection and presentation of data on basic customer shopping patterns is provided here as a guide, based upon various approaches that have been used by Federal and State marketing specialists. This type of research is in the development stage and procedures are subject to refinement as experience is gained. Uniformity in the collection of data by public agencies will permit data from different sources to be combined and analyzed with a view toward the confirmation of observed relationships. Establishment of consistent relationships will serve as a basis for stronger recommendations for individual stores. Results can be exchanged and compared on the same basis. Uniformity will also permit an individual researcher to make certain analyses on store-to-store differences. These recommended procedures are suggested as guidelines only, and the extent to which they are utilized by an individual researcher will vary, depending upon his objectives and upon the time, manpower, and other resources available.
description: This report, originally issued as AMS-367 by the Agricultural Marketing Service, is now reissued without change in text, by the Economic Research Service.
On the undetected error probability of linear codes
Creators: name: Ong, Chong Tean
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The probability of undetected error P[formula omitted](є) for the primitive triple-error-correcting BCH codes of blocklength 2[formula omitted]  1, used solely for error detection on a binary symmetric channel with crossover probability є ≤ 1/2, is examined. It is shown that for odd values of m, P[formula omitted(є) increases monotonically with є. For even values of m, this is not necessarily true. However, for a fixed є, as m increases, P[formula omitted](є) approaches 2‾[formula omitted] where p is the number of parity bits. The extended double and triple-error-correcting primitive BCH codes are also examined. The undetected error probability of these codes is shown to have similar characteristics as the non-extended cases. An improved upper bound on the probability of undetected error which is valid for any linear code is derived. Comparison of this improved upper bound with the Kasami upper bound for some classes of codes is shown.
School Plus and Changing Demographics in Saskatchewan: Toward Diversity and Educational Communities
Creators: name: Carr-Stewart, Sheila
Publisher: name: Canadian Journal of Native Education
Year: 2021

description: Between 1871 and 1905 the Cree, Saulteaux, Dene, Dakota, Nakota, and Lakota peoples entered into treaties with representatives of the British Crown. In exchange for imperial commitments and services, First Nations agreed to share their tradi­tional land with the newcomers who journeyed to their vast prairie territory. Today the land known as Saskatchewan is home to a population of one million people of whom in 2001 13.3% self-identified as Aboriginal (two thirds First Na­tions and one third Metis, Saskatchewan Bureau of Statistics, 2002). The larger non-Aboriginal portions of the population are mainly descendants of settlers who moved from eastern Canada and Europe. Despite a century of residing together within provincial boundaries, the two communities—Aboriginal and non- Aboriginal—have mostly remained apart geographically, economically, socially, and educationally: separation fostered by culture, languages, lifestyles, and rural versus urban living, and legally by reserve boundaries, the Indian Act, and the Constitutional division of powers between the federal and provincial govern­ments.
description: Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 27 No. 2 (2003)
Educational Status and its AssociationWith Risk and Protective Factorsfor First Nations Youth
Creators: name: Van Der Woerd, Kimberly A.
name: Cox, David N.
Publisher: name: Canadian Journal of Native Education
Year: 2021

description: This study involved the administration o f the 127-item Aboriginal Youth HealthSurvey. In total, 131 Aboriginal youth from Alert Bay, BC participated. It was foundthat school connectedness and fam ily connectedness were not associated withdelinquency or health and well-being measures. When individual delinquency itemswere contrasted, participants who dropped out were more likely to be addicted toalcohol and marijuana than participants who were in school or had graduated. Bothparticipants in school or graduated and youth who dropped out reported similarlevels o f health and well-being. Limitations and possible interventions to keep FirstNations youth in school are discussed
description: Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 27 No. 2 (2003)
Association between circadian body temperature rhythm during the first 24 hours of ICU stay and 28-day mortality in elderly critically ill patients: A retrospective cohort study
Creators: name: Deng, Hongbin
name: Yu, Xianqiang
name: Liu, Yang
name: Li, Weiqin
name: Fan, Jiemei
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Computational Biology

description: Disrupted circadian temperature rhythm is commonly observed in elderly patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), but the association between circadian temperature rhythm and mortality in elderly patients is unclear. Adult patients with a relatively complete record of body temperature (BT) during the first 24 hours of ICU stay in the Multi-parameter Intelligent Monitoring in Intensive Care IV (MIMIC-IV) database were included in this retrospective cohort study. The circadian rhythm of body temperature was blunted as a ratio of the maximum BT between 12:00 and 24:00 divided by the minimum BT between 0:00 and 12:00, and we defined it as BT fluctuation ratio. The associations of BT fluctuation ratio with 28-day mortality were assessed separately using Cox proportional hazards model in elderly patients and non-elderly patients. The overall cohort comprised 12 767 patients. After adjusting for covariates, the analysis showed that the BT fluctuation ratio (%) was significantly associated with mortality at 28 days in total patients (hazard ratio: 1.044; 95% CI 1.001–1.088; P = 0.042), and still significantly in elderly patients (hazard ratio 1.055, 95% CI as 1.004–1.109, p = 0.035), but not significantly in non-elderly patients. The implementation of restricted cubic splines demonstrated a nonlinear correlation between the ratio of BT fluctuation and the hazard ratio of 28-day mortality, indicating that increased diurnal temperature fluctuations are linked to elevated risk of mortality. This study revealed that the augmented amplitude of the circadian rhythm of body temperature in the elderly patients constitutes a risk factor for the rise of 28-day mortality. Additionally, the circadian body temperature rhythm may facilitate the early detection of critically ill elderly patients.
An Investigation of Teachers' Role Definitions in Nunavik
Creators: name: Fuzessy, Christopher
Publisher: name: Canadian Journal of Native Education
Year: 2021

description: This study examines perceived teacher role definitions in educating Inuit students inNunavik. Recent work in Aboriginal, critical, and anti-racism education, along withthe Cummins model, build on poststructural theory and constitute the conceptualfram ew ork o f this research project. The methodology includes individual intervieivs,short-answer questionnaires, and Likert-scale questionnaires completed by a group o fform er Kativik School Board members. The data suggest that teacher role definitionsmay have both positive and negative effects on Inuit students through their classroomand community interactions.
description: Canadian Journal of Native Education, Vol. 27 No. 2 (2003)
title: EVERGREEN BALNEOLOGY – THE ROMANIAN PARADIGM : INCEPTION AND WAY AHEAD
Creators: name: Surdu, Olga
name: Onose, G.
name: Blendea, D.
name: Surdu, T.V.
Publisher: name: Société française de médecine thermale
Year: 2016

description:  Introduction. Romania is one of the richest European countries in natural therapeutic resources known and effectively used in medicine, ever since ancient times, having balneal tradition and scientific knowledge. The Romanian balneal medicine can be characterized by continuity and a scientific concept of practical applications. There is a single medical speciality : physical and rehabilitation medicine and balneoclimatology.
• Databases of the Museum of National History and Archaeology of Constanta; and documents from the National Archives Directorate of Constanta County,
Materials and Methods
• Databases for information relating to the current situation/status and perspectives for balneo- logy/PRM development,
• Journals, books and monographs.
Results. According to the persistent unified vision over speciality, this was between allopathic specialities, and tried to overpass difficulties. Scientific research has been aimed at the highest possible standards.
Conclusions. We consider with both historical and practical facts, as well as with a series of debates and contemporary conceptual guidelines, that the balneo-climatology activity in an unified, holistic and integrative manner, and in conjunction with physical and rehabilitation medicine represents an appropriate/beneficial Romanian initiative that we present to you as : “The Way Ahead of Balneology”.
description:  Introduction. La Romanie est un des pays européens les plus riches en ressources thérapeutiques naturelles, connues et appliquées en médecine depuis l’Antiquité, avec des traditions balnéaires et des connaissances scientifiques auxquelles on a ajouté de façon permanente des innovations. En Roumanie il existe une seule spécialité médicale : la médecine physique- réadaptation & la balnéo-climatologie ayant des racines dans les temps anciens et étant dans une relation holistique et intégrative moderne avec les autres spécialités médicales.
Matériaux et Méthodes
• Databases du Musée national de l’histoire et archéologie de Constanta et des Archives nationales de Constanta,
• Databases pour les informations sur la situation actuelle et les perspectives du développement de la balnéologie et de la médecine physique et de réadaptation,
• Journaux, livres et monographies de la spécialité.
Résultats. En Roumanie, en accord avec une vision toujours unifiée sur la spécialité, on a gardé la balnéologie parmi les spécialités de la médecine allopathique. La recherche a toujours aspiré à de hauts standards.
Conclusion. En Roumanie, la balnéologie a survécu grâce à des liens étroits avec la médecine physique et de réadaptation, un système de formation professionnelle cohérent, basé sur une unité conceptuelle et methodologique. La balnéo-climatologie roumaine est une médecine allo- pathique ayant une approche holistique et intégrative.
Reinforcement learning in neural networks with multiple outputs
Creators: name: Ip, John Chong Ching
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Reinforcement learning algorithms comprise a class of learning algorithms for neural networks. Reinforcement learning is distinguished from other classes by the type of problems that it is intended to solve. It is used for learning input-output mappings where the desired outputs are not known and only a scalar reinforcement value is available. Primary Reinforcement Learning (PRL) is a core component of the most actively researched form of reinforcement learning. The issues surrounding the convergence characteristics of PRL are considered in this thesis. There have been no convergence proofs for any kind of networks learning under PRL. A convergence theorem is proved in this thesis, showing that under some conditions, a particular reinforcement learning algorithm, the A[formula omitted] algorithm, will train a single-layer network correctly. The theorem is demonstrated with a series of simulations. A new PRL algorithm is proposed to deal with the training of multiple layer, binary output networks with continuous inputs. This is a more difficult learning problem than with binary inputs. The new algorithm is shown to be able to successfully train a network with multiple outputs when the environment conforms to the conditions of the convergence theorem for a single-layer network.