cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Majorana spin-flip transitions in a magnetic trap
Creators: name: Brink, D. M.
name: Sukumar, C. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Atoms confined in a magnetic trap can escape by making spin-flip Majorana transitions due to a breakdown of the adiabatic approximation. Several papers have studied this process for atoms with spin $F = 1/2$ or $F= 1$. The present paper calculates the escape rate for atoms with spin $F > 1$. This problem has new features because the perturbation $ΔT$ which allows atoms to escape satisfies a selection rule $ΔF_z = 0, \pm 1, \pm 2$ and multi-step processes contribute in leading order. When the adiabatic approximation is satisfied the leading order terms can be summed to yield a simple expression for the escape rate.
description: 16pages
title: Against a Mahāyāna Absolute: Why Absolutism Need Not Be a Conclusion of Mahāyāna Philosophy
Creators: name: Donnelly, GJ
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2019

description: This work will argue that Mahāyāna philosophy need not result in endorsement of some cosmic Absolute in the vein of the Advaitin ātman-Brahman. Scholars such as Bhattacharya, Albahari and Murti argue that the Buddha at no point denied the existence of a cosmic ātman, and instead only denied a localised, individual ātman (what amounts to a jīva). The idea behind this, then, is that the Buddha was in effect an Advaitin, analysing experience and advocating liberation in an Advaitin sense: through a rejection of the individual ātman and knowledge (jñāna) of and immersion into the universal ātman-Brahman. I will explore how different religious traditions define and shape the Absolute according to their own religious convictions, illustrating a divergence in conception from the very start, before exploring key differences between the Advaitin conception of the Absolute as put forth by Śaṅkara and as defended by Bhattacharya in The Ātman-Brahman in Ancient Buddhism. I then challenge Bhattacharya’s claims that prajñāpāramitā literature necessarily endorses the ātman-Brahman and that Mahāyāna philosophies reorientate Buddhists towards the truth of the ātman-Brahman. I do this by arguing that there are viable interpretations of Vasubandhu’s Yogācāra and Nāgārjuna’s Madhyamaka that do not advocate such a belief, that prajñāpāramitā literature can be viewed as a project in episteme rather than ontology, and that we need not find a ground of the same sort as the ātman-Brahman in the Buddhist flux of experience. I conclude by showing that whilst Absolutism is a theme in some schools of Buddhism, it need not be – contra Bhattacharya – the conclusion of two major Mahāyāna philosophies.
Interview with Lynn Loriaux, M.D., Ph.D.
Creators: name: Oregon Health & Science University
Publisher: name: Oregon Health & Science University
Year: 2019
Subjects: National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
Teaching
Hospitals, Teaching
Education, Medical
History of Medicine
Diabetes Mellitus
Research
Health Care Costs

description: Lynn Loriaux, M.D., Ph.D. joined the faculty OHSU in 1990, serving as head of endocrinology. In 1994, he become chair of the Department of Medicine and remained in the role until 2013, becoming the longest running chair of medicine in the country. Loriaux later became Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism in 2019. In this interview, Dr. Loriaux discusses his early aspirations and how an interest in forestry and veterinary science led to a career in medicine; his contributions to teaching and research, particularly those at the National Institutes of Health; and his experiences and perspectives on medical education, including technological changes and the challenges they bring.
Multi-objective design of multilayer microwave dielectric filters using artificial bee colony algorithm
Creators: name: Toktas, Abdurrahim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Signal Processing (eess.SP)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: Artificial bee colony algorithm (ABC) developed by inspiring the foraging phenomena of the natural honey bees is a simple and powerful metaheuristic optimization algorithm. The performance of single objective ABC performance has been well demonstrated by implemented to different design optimization problems from elec-trical and mechanical to civil engineering. Its efficacy is anticipated in the multi-objective design optimization of multilayer microwave dielectric filters (MMDFs) which is a challenging multi-objective problem falls into the context of electromagnetic (EM) design in electrical engineering. The MMDF is composed of superimposed multiple dielectric layers in order to pass or stop the EM wave at the desired frequency bands. An accurate dual-objective EM model of MMDF is constituted to be the total reflection coefficients for oblique incident wave angular range with transverse electric (TE) or transverse magnetic (TM) polarizations. The objective functions depend on the total reflection (TR) at the pass and stop band re-gions. Three types of the MDFs that are low pass (LP), high pass (HP) and band pass (BP) MMDFs are optimally designed across the constituted dual-objective EM model with a frequency dependent material database through using the multi-objective ABC (MO-ABC) strategy. The Pareto optimal solutions are refined within the possible solutions for synchronously minimizing the objective func-tions. The global optimal MMDF designs are selected from the Pare-to optimal solutions by providing the trade-off therein between the objective functions. The performance study regarding the frequen-cy characteristics of the designed MMDFs are well presented via numerical and graphical results. It is hence demonstrated that MO-ABC is even versatile and robust in the multi-objective design of MMDFs.
description: Accepted for publication. 22 pages, 4 figures, 5 tables
Relative bioefficacy of RRR-α-tocopherol versus all-rac-α-tocopherol in in vitro models
Creators: name: Baldi, Antonella
name: Giromini, Carlotta
name: Gottardo, Davide
name: Rebucci, Raffaella
name: Pinotti, Luciano
name: Fusi, Eleonora
Publisher: name: Department of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety (VESPA)
Year: 2015
Subjects: RRR-α-tocopherol; all-rac-α-tocopherol; in vitro models

description: The aim of this study was to evaluate the in vitro relative bioefficacy of RRR-α-tocopherol (RRR- α-T) versus all-rac-α-tocopherol (all-rac-α-T) in counteracting the cytotoxic effect induced by H2O2 in Bovine Mammary Epithelium – University of Vermont (BME-UV1) and Madin-Darby Canine Kidney (MDCK) cells. The range of RRR- α-T and all-rac- α-T concentrations selected for the oxidative challenge experiments was 100µM - 1nM. To study the bioefficacy of RRR- α-T and all-rac- α-T, MTT and LDH tests were performed. Cells were pre-incubated for 3 h with  selected a-tocopherol concentrations and then exposed to increasing H2O2 concentrations ranging from 125 to 750µM for the following 24h. Concerning the cell viability, the pre-treatments with 100µM of RRR- α-T and 100µM all-rac-α-T were able to significantly (P<0.05) counteract the effect induced by 750 µM of H2O2 in BME-UV1. In MDCK the pre-treatment with 1nM of all-rac-α-T was able to significantly (P<0.05) reduce the effect of 125 and 150 mM H2O2. In MDCK cells, the pre-incubation with all-rac-α-T determines a significant reduction of the membrane damage, induced by 175 µM of H2O2. In conclusion, RRR-α-T and all-rac-α-T have shown the ability to counteract the oxidative effects of H2O2, however further investigation will help to better understand their specific mechanism of action in vitro.
description: International Journal of Health, Animal Science and Food Safety, Vol 2, No 2s (2015)
Technetium and the third dredge up in AGB stars II. Bulge stars
Creators: name: Uttenthaler, Stefan
name: Hron, Josef
name: Lebzelter, Thomas
name: Busso, Maurizio
name: Schultheis, Mathias
name: Kaeufl, Hans Ulrich
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We searched for Technetium (Tc) in a sample of bright oxygen-rich asymptotic giant branch (AGB) stars located in the outer galactic bulge. Tc is an unstable element synthesised via the s-process in deep layers of AGB stars, thus it is a reliable indicator of both recent s-process activity and third dredge-up. We aim to test theoretical predictions on the luminosity limit for the onset of third dredge-up. Using high resolution optical spectra obtained with the UVES spectrograph at ESO's VLT we search for resonance lines of neutral Tc in the blue spectral region of our sample stars. These measurements allow us to improve the procedure of classification of stars with respect to their Tc content by using flux ratios. Synthetic spectra based on MARCS atmospheric models are presented and compared to the observed spectra around three lines of Tc. Bolometric magnitudes are calculated based on near infrared photometry of the objects. Among the sample of 27 long period bulge variables four were found to definitely contain Tc in their atmospheres. The luminosity of the Tc rich stars is in agreement with predictions from AGB evolutionary models on the minimum luminosity at the time when third dredge-up sets in. However, AGB evolutionary models and a bulge consisting of a single old population cannot be brought into agreement. This probably means that a younger population is present in the bulge, as suggested by various authors, which contains the Tc-rich stars here identified.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in A&A
Transcription of "Coyote, Little Owl, and Two-Neck"
Creators: name: Parker, Verdena
name: Newbold, Lindsey
name: Spence, Justin
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: hup

description: Audio files VP-041210-07, VP-041210-08, and VP-041210-09: Transcription of the story of Coyote, Little Owl, and the giant Two-Neck (file VP-270310-09), from 13:21 to 17:30 (VP-041210-07) and from 17:30 to the end of the story (VP-041210-08), with follow-up discussion in English about the significance of the story (VP-041210-09).
Storage; EURAD-PREDIS Domain Insight 2.2.4
Creators: name: KENT, Jenny
name: DOUDOU, Slimane
name: WICKHAM, Steve
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: storage
predis

description: The roadmap describes typical programme goals, activities and capabilities needed against 7 themes, which are each further broken down into sub-themes and domains in what we can call the Goals Breakdown Structure (GBS). 

This document provides the overall goal for Storage (Package waste accounting for future transport and deposition, and maintain safe interim storage of packages), extracted from the EURAD Roadmap goals breakdown structure (GBS). This is supplemented by typical activities, according to phases of implementation, needed to achieve the domain goal. Activities are generic and are common to most regional and geological disposal programmes.
description: Reviewers: Jeroen BARTOL (COVRA), Wilfried PFINGSTEN (PSI), Erika HOLT (VTT)
D3.1: Guideline of a comprehensive validation and certification procedure to ensure safe CAD systems
Creators: name: Hillbrand, Bernhard
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: This report documents the HEADSTART process, which validates driving functions regarding its safety performance. It was designed based on the HEADSTART methodology. The main parts of this methodology are found in the developed process. The process is divided into further sub-steps, which each addresses a different task that needs to be executed to go through to process and to get to the result if the driving function fulfils all the defined requirements. In subsequent tasks in HEADSTART, the methodology and procedure will be used and validated to see if steps are missing, do not work in the way they were intended or need to be refined.
Absorption cross section of RN and SdS extremal black hole
Creators: name: R, Sini
name: Varghese, Nijo
name: Kuriakose, V C
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The nature of scalar wave functions near the horizon of Reissner Nordstrom (RN) extremal and Schwarzschild-de Sitter (SdS) extremal black holes are found using WKB approximation and the effect of reflection of waves from the horizon. The absorption cross section $σ_{abs}$ when RN extremal and SdS extremal black holes placed in a Klein-Gordon field is calculated.
description: 11 pages, Preprint to IJMPA
Minutes of meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Winfield & Okanagan Centre Irrigation District, November 2, 1931
Creators: name: Trustees Of The Winfield And Okanagan Centre Irrigation District
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Minutes of meeting of the Board of Trustees of the Winfield & Okanagan Centre Irrigation District, dated November 2, 1931, regarding the accounts of the Flume Committee, and and Crooked Lake.
On the value function for nonautonomous optimal control problems with infinite horizon
Creators: name: Baumeister, J.
name: Leitao, A.
name: Silva, G. N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 49L20, 49L25, 49J15

description: In this paper we consider nonautonomous optimal control problems of infinite horizon type, whose control actions are given by $L^1$-functions. We verify that the value function is locally Lipschitz. The equivalence between dynamic programming inequalities and Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman (HJB) inequalities for proximal sub (super) gradients is proven. Using this result we show that the value function is a Dini solution of the HJB equation. We obtain a verification result for the class of Dini sub-solutions of the HJB equation and also prove a minimax property of the value function with respect to the sets of Dini semi-solutions of the HJB equation. We introduce the concept of viscosity solutions of the HJB equation in infinite horizon and prove the equivalence between this and the concept of Dini solutions. In the appendix we provide an existence theorem.
description: 17 pages
Supplement Number 1
Creators: name: Katie R. Gann, Naomi Pieczulewski
Publisher: name: AIP Publishing
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 51
subject: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Supplemental Information document containing additional implant details, a furnace schematic, a discussion of the importance of purge times, results of annealing Ga2O3 in forming gas, contact resistance analysis, additional XRD plots, and additional STEM images.
Evolutionary models of short-period soft X-ray transients: comparison with observations
Creators: name: Yungelson, L.
name: Lasota, J. -P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider evolutionary models for the population of short-period (<10 hr) low-mass black-hole binaries (LMBHBs) and compare them with observations of soft X-ray transients (SXTs). We show that assuming strongly reduced magnetic braking (as suggested by us before for low-mass semidetached binaries) the calculated masses and effective temperatures of secondaries are encouragingly close to the observed masses and effective temperatures (as inferred from their spectra) of donor stars in short-period LMBHBs. Theoretical mass-transfer rates in SXTs are consistent with the observed ones if one assumes that accretion discs in these systems are truncated (``leaky''). We find that the population of short-period SXTs is formed mainly by systems which had unevolved or slightly evolved main-sequence donors ($M_2 \lesssim 1.2M_\odot$) with a hydrogen abundance in the center $X_c > 0.35$ at the Roche-lobe overflow (RLOF). Longer period (0.5 - 1) day) SXTs might descend from systems with initial donor masses of about 1 $M_\odot$ and $X_c < 0.35$. Thus, one can explain the origin of short period LMBHB without invoking donors with cores almost totally depleted of hydrogen. Our models suggest that, unless the currently accepted empirical estimates of mass-loss rates by winds for massive O-stars and Wolf-Rayet stars are significantly over-evaluated, a very high efficiency of common-envelope ejection is necessary to form short-period LMBHBs.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures, replaced to match the version accepted by A&A, 2 new figures, Eq. (3) for the upper limit on mass-transfer rates corrected, more extended discussion, conclusions unchanged
Asteroseismology of exoplanets host stars: the special case of $ι$ Horologii (HD17051)
Creators: name: Laymand, M.
name: Vauclair, S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: {This paper presents detailed analysis and modelisation of the star HD17051 (alias $ι$ Hor), which appears as a specially interesting case among exoplanet host stars. As most of these stars, $ι$ Hor presents a metallicity excess which has been measured by various observers who give different results, ranging from [Fe/H] = 0.11 to 0.26, associated with different atmospheric parameters. Meanwhile the luminosity of the star may be determined owing to Hipparcos parallax. Although in the southern hemisphere, this star belongs to the Hyades stream and its external parameters show that it could even be one of the Hyades stars ejected during cluster formation. The aim of this work was to gather and analyse our present knowledge on this star and to prepare seismic tests for future observations with the HARPS spectrometer (planned for November 2006).} {We have computed evolutionary tracks with various metallicities, in the two frameworks of primordial overmetallicity and accretion. We have concentrated on models inside the error boxes given by the various observers in the log g - log T$_{eff}$ diagram. We then computed the adiabatic oscillation frequencies of these models to prepare future observations.} {The detailed analysis of $ι$ Hor presented in this paper already allowed to constrain its external parameters, mass and age. Some values given in the literature could be rejected as inconsistent with the overall analysis. We found that a model computed with the Hyades parameters (age, metallicity) was clearly acceptable, but other ones were possible too. We are confident that observations with HARPS will allow for a clear conclusion about this star and that it will bring important new light on the physics of exoplanet host stars.}
description: to be published in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Attenuating the fermion sign problem in path integral Monte Carlo simulations using the Bogoliubov inequality and thermodynamic integration
Creators: name: Dornheim, Tobias
name: Invernizzi, Michele
name: Vorberger, Jan
name: Hirshberg, Barak
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Accurate thermodynamic simulations of correlated fermions using path integral Monte Carlo (PIMC) methods are of paramount importance for many applications such as the description of ultracold atoms, electrons in quantum dots, and warm-dense matter. The main obstacle is the fermion sign problem (FSP), which leads to an exponential increase in computation time both with increasing the system-size and with decreasing temperature. Very recently, Hirshberg et al. [J. Chem. Phys. 152, 171102 (2020)] have proposed to alleviate the FSP based on the Bogoliubov inequality. In the present work, we extend this approach by adding a parameter that controls the perturbation, allowing for an extrapolation to the exact result. In this way, we can also use thermodynamic integration to obtain an improved estimate of the fermionic energy. As a test system, we choose electrons in 2D and 3D quantum dots and find in some cases a speed-up exceeding 10^6 , as compared to standard PIMC, while retaining a relative accuracy of $\sim0.1\%$. Our approach is quite general and can readily be adapted to other simulation methods.
Story about the bread that looked like a mushroom
Creators: name: Parker, Verdena
name: Escamilla, Ramón
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: hup

description: Audio file VP-041210-05: A story about baking bread with too much yeast, resulting in a loaf that looked like a mushroom, in Hupa and then in English (starting around 5:33). This text came to be referred to as the "Mushroom Bread Story" in transcriptions and associated documents prepared by the research team. This recording was previously deposited with the Endangered Language Archive (ELAR) with identifier "0186-20140318 - The bread that looked like a mushroom," part of the collection "Expanding the Documentation and Description of Hupa (Athabaskan)" (collection ID hupa-campbell-0186).
Unitary super perfect numbers
Creators: name: Yamada, Tomohiro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 11A05, 11A25

description: We shall show that 9, 165 are all of the odd unitary super perfect numbers.
description: 11 pages, submitted for publication
Evaluation of Automated Bridge Deck Anti-Icing System
Creators: name: Barrett, Monica L.
name: Pigman, Jerry G.
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: Driving in snow and ice can be dangerous. This is especially true on bridges. Under certain cold weather conditions, moisture on bridge decks freeze because of the open air flow under them while the adjacent roadway is unaffected. This creates potentially hazardous driving situations for motorists who may not be expecting a change of condition from the road to the bridge surface.  To combat this problem, a bridge deck anti-icing system was installed on a bridge on southbound Interstate 75 at the north interchange to Corbin, Kentucky in October 1997. This system can be actuated early before ice and snow form on the bridge to create hazardous driving conditions. The eleven parapet-mounted/ bridge rail-mounted spray nozzles per side treat the two travel lanes and the approach plate with an anti-icing agent. The system uses calcium chloride as the anti-icing agent and sprays eight gallons during each application for the entire bridge. This early chemical application prevents the formation of icy conditions on the bridge deck.  After four winter seasons, the anti-icing system located in Corbin, Kentucky had minimal problems associated with it. The system worked efficiently and as expected. However, because of the location on an interstate which is one of the first areas treated during snow maintenance operations and because the bridge is located in a part of the state that does not receive an abundant amount of precipitation, the system was not as effective as first anticipated. It is recommended that this system be used in the following areas and/or conditions: (1) crash prone areas, (2) isolated structures that require the deicing truck to travel an unreasonable distance to treat, (3) remote areas that are difficult to reach in bad weather, or (4) bridges over water which may be more susceptible to freezing moisture.
Superscaling and Charge-Changing Neutrino Scattering from Nuclei in the $\boldsymbol Δ$-Region beyond the Relativistic Fermi Gas Model
Creators: name: Ivanov, M. V.
name: Barbaro, M. B.
name: Caballero, J. A.
name: Antonov, A. N.
name: de Guerra, E. Moya
name: Gaidarov, M. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The superscaling analysis using the scaling function obtained within the coherent density fluctuation model is extended to calculate charge-changing neutrino and antineutrino scattering on $^{12}$C at energies from 1 to 2 GeV not only in the quasielastic but also in the delta excitation region. The results are compared with those obtained using the scaling functions from the relativistic Fermi gas model and from the superscaling analysis of inclusive scattering of electrons from nuclei.
description: 9 pages, 8 figures, accepted for publication in Physical Review C
Accommodating Pedestrian and Bicycle Access on Parkers Mill Road from New Circle Road to Man O War Boulevard in Lexington
Creators: name: Aultman-Hall, Lisa
name: Jackson, Eric
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: In the fall of 2000 the Kentucky Transportation Center (KTC) began a planning study on behalf of the Kentucky Transporta tion Cabinet (KYTC) to investigate the bicycle and pedestrian access on KY 1968 (Parkers Mill Road) from Man O War Boulevard to New Circle Road in Lexington. The 1-mile section has a rural design with two 9-foot lanes, limited 3-foot earth shoulders and adjacent objects in the clear zone making travel on this road uncomfortable for pedestrians and cyclists. Yet this section of Parkers Mill Road represents a line of desired non-motorized travel due to parks, neighborhoods, a local high school, the sidewalk network on Man O War and the excellent bicycling to the west of the city in this area. Parkers Mill Road is scheduled to be reconstructed in 10 to 15 years but an interim temporary solution to pedestrian and bicycle access along this travel corridor is being sought. The objective of this planning and design study was to gather background information and include all interested parties in developing alternative plans for bicycle and pedestrian travel along Parkers Mill Road.  The study consisted of collection of background information and extensive field data collection. A well-attended meeting of interested neighborhood and community groups defined problems and possible solutions for the particular route. During the meeting, the stakeholders completed a survey using electronic polling equipment and software. Ideally a solution would address the following community needs:      provision of recreational opportunities for the neighborhood and community;     accommodation of pedestrians;     accommodation of club or advanced bicyclists;     accommodation of children and more causal bicyclists;     maintenance of the rural character of the road;     reduction of the high speed of motorized traffic (relatively high given the geometric design of the road);     reduction in the volume of motorized traffic using this road; and     protection of horses from people and people from horses.  This reports summaries nine alternative solutions, the associated costs and the extent to which they address community needs. The following alternatives were developed and are not mutually exclusive:      Shared Use Path on Either Farm Road South of Parkers Mill Road;     Shared Used Path on South Side of the Parks Mill Road;     Provision of a Sidewalk on the South Side of Parkers Mill Road;     Provision of Dedicated Infrastructure on the North Side of Parkers Mill Road;     Speed Humps or Other Traffic Calming;     Reduction in Speed Limit;     “Share the Road” Signs;     Road Closure; and     Convert to One-way Vehicle Traffic with Adjacent Biking/Walking Lane.  It is recommended that the community local officials review these options with KYTC to determine a plan of action.
Catalytic alliances: interorganizational coordination of services for women who have experienced violence
Creators: name: Bahadoorsingh, Devina
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Violence against women in Canada affects thousands daily, taking the forms of physical, sexual, emotional, psychological and financial abuse, and murder. Organizations that work with these women contain power in the form of resources, vested societal legitimacy and authority, endowing them with tremendous potential for the transformation of a status-quo that perpetuates - through unconsciousness or design - a violent society, resulting in the oppression of women. Interorganizational coordination is a postmodernist technology of action that has been shown, in past research, to ameliorate and even remedy the causes and effects of a fragmented organizational community through reactive and proactive coordinative behaviours. This study used three research methodologies to explore the community of organizations within the City of Richmond, B.C. Results showed a climate that was lacking in specialized or support services for women, in policies and protocols regarding violence, in information exchange among service providers and to women, as well as a disparity in the standards and levels of professional training. There was also an emphasis on the roles and responsibilities of organizations concerning violence against women. Interorganizational coordination in the City of Richmond has already alleviated some of these concerns and, through continued short-term problem-solving and long-term visionary planning, has the potential of instigating dynamic and progressive change at many levels through a catalytic alliance, or negotiated solidarity for the purposes of societal transformation.
title: Interference effects in molecular nanojunctions
Creators: name: Ferri, N
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2019

description: Nicolò Ferri: Interference effects in molecular nanojunctions From the earliest theoretical investigation of the possibility of single molecule conductance, to today where single molecule conductance techniques are becoming routine operations, the field of molecular electronics has grown exponentially, becoming an important research topic with possible future applications. Understanding electron transport in nanojunctions has lately been a hot topic and represents a fundamental step for the advancement of molecular electronics. This thesis aims at unravelling some of the mysteries and mechanisms that revolve around the behaviour of some molecular wires. This thesis focusses its attention towards interference effects in organic molecular wires: in this thesis two main types of interferences are studied: one located on the contacts of a series of molecular wires and one regarding the structure-property relationships within molecular wires. The novelty of this work lies in the synthesis of new molecular wires and their conductance studies with STM-based techniques. The first project demonstrated the existence of strong interactions between thiol contacts and gold electrodes (so-called ‘gateway states’) that were interfering with the conductance decay of a series of double barrier tunnelling molecular wires of increasing length by suppressing the attenuation of their conductance over their length. A simple experiment supported by theoretical calculations featuring the synthesis of molecular wires with thiols replaced by thioether contacts demonstrated the existence of these interactions by cancelling their effects. The second project was focussed on the study of interference effects in thiophene-based molecular wires. Several series of molecular wires were synthesized in multiple subprojects to gain a better understanding of these effects by finely tuning the molecular wires structures such as the introduction of heteroatom bridges and the insertion of carbonyl moieties as cross conjugation points within the backbone of a molecular wire. On this project some unusual switching properties of some of the wires were discovered and investigated. Finally, this study managed to shed some light on the behaviour of all the bithiophene-based molecular wires analysed and the information discovered will be useful in the tool-box for finely tuning properties of molecular wires.
Rare B decays in a single Universal Extra Dimension scenario
Creators: name: De Fazio, Fulvia
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Exclusive rare $B \to K^{(*)} \ell^+ \ell^-$, $B \to K^{(*)} ν\bar ν$ and $B \to K^* γ$ decays are studied within the Applequist-Cheng-Dobrescu model, an extension of the Standard Model in presence of universal extra dimensions. In the case of a single universal extra dimension compactified on a circle of radius R, we study the dependence of several observables on 1/R, and discuss whether the hadronic uncertainty due to the form factors obscures or not such a dependence. We find that, using present data, it is possible in many cases to put a sensible lower bound to 1/R, the most stringent one coming from $B \to K^* γ$.
description: LaTeX, 4 pages, 4 figures. Talk given at "QCD 06", July 3-7 2006, Montpellier (France)
On managing vulnerabilities in AI/ML systems
Creators: name: Spring, Jonathan M.
name: Galyardt, April
name: Householder, Allen D.
name: VanHoudnos, Nathan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper explores how the current paradigm of vulnerability management might adapt to include machine learning systems through a thought experiment: what if flaws in machine learning (ML) were assigned Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) identifiers (CVE-IDs)? We consider both ML algorithms and model objects. The hypothetical scenario is structured around exploring the changes to the six areas of vulnerability management: discovery, report intake, analysis, coordination, disclosure, and response. While algorithm flaws are well-known in the academic research community, there is no apparent clear line of communication between this research community and the operational communities that deploy and manage systems that use ML. The thought experiments identify some ways in which CVE-IDs may establish some useful lines of communication between these two communities. In particular, it would start to introduce the research community to operational security concepts, which appears to be a gap left by existing efforts.
description: 16 pages. New Security Paradigms Workshop
Infrared-modified gravities and massive gravitons
Creators: name: Rubakov, V. A.
name: Tinyakov, P. G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We review some theoretical and phenomenological aspects of massive gravities in 4 dimensions. We start from the Fierz--Pauli theory with Lorentz-invariant mass terms and then proceed to Lorentz-violating masses. Unlike the former theory, some models with Lorentz-violation have no pathologies in the spectrum in flat and nearly flat backgrounds and lead to interesting phenomenology.
description: 81 page, 2 postscript figures
title: STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR OF VARIOUS CORRUGATED SANDWICH STRUCTURES SUBJECTED TO QUASI-STATIC AND DYNAMIC LOADING
Creators: name: Boonkong, T
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2018

description: New designs of sandwich structures for modern high performance shipcraft have been proposed to be used in the Royal Thai Navy ships. Here, novel hybrid sandwich structures based on corrugated reinforced foam cores have been developed by combining various corrugated cores and Fibre Metal Laminates (FMLs) based on aluminium alloy and fibre reinforced composites, to maximise the functionality of the structures. New manufacturing and fabrication techniques have been introduced to improve the integrity of the corrugated core and the skins by achieving a strong bond across the skin-core interface, as well as the fabrication efficiency. The aim of this research work is to investigate the mechanical properties and structural response of the various novel hybrid corrugated sandwich structures under three-point bending, quasi-static and dynamic compression, impact and blast loading. Firstly, tests are conducted to obtain mechanical properties of constituent materials. Then extensive experimental work is undertaken to determine the load-displacement relationships, the failure mechanisms and energy-absorbing characteristics of a large number of corrugated-cores with different cell wall thickness, core configurations and reinforcement, types of foam cores, foam core densities, unit cell sizes, core-layers, core materials and cores with vertical reinforcements. The results reveal relationships of the structural response and types of the failure mode occurred during the tests. The finite element models have then be developed to simulate the response of the corrugated structures tested, which are validated against the corresponding experimental results in terms of deformation and failure modes. The agreement between the numerical predictions and the experimental results is very good across the range of the structures and configurations investigated. Here, the fibre reinforced composites before the onset of damage is modelled as an orthotropic linear elastic material and the damage is modelled using Hashin’s criteria. The aluminium alloys are simulated as an isotropic elastic material before the yield point, followed by strain hardening. The ultimate failure is modelled using the shear failure and ductile failure available in the commercial code Abaqus. Parametric studies are also carried out using the validated numerical models to investigate the structural responses of the corrugated curvilinear aluminium structures subjected to various loading and geometric and material conditions. The dynamic characteristics of the composite sandwich structures through series of experimental tests and numerical predictions investigated in this project can be used in the design of lightweight composite structures for energy-absorbing applications in aerospace, marine and vehicle transportation industries.
Minutes of meeting of the Trustees of the Winfield & Okanagan Centre Irrigation District, November 2, 1931
Creators: name: Trustees Of The Winfield And Okanagan Centre Irrigation District
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Minutes of meeting of the Trustees of the Winfield & Okanagan Centre Irrigation District, dated November 2, 1931, regarding a request for assistance in securing adjustment of matters.
Binary Formation in Star-Forming Clouds with Various Metallicities
Creators: name: Machida, Masahiro N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cloud evolution for various metallicities is investigated by three-dimensional nested grid simulations, in which the initial ratio of rotational to gravitational energy of the host cloud β_0 (=10^-1 - 10^-6) and cloud metallicity Z (=0 - Z_\odot) are parameters. Starting from a central number density of n = 10^4 cm^-3, cloud evolution for 48 models is calculated until the protostar is formed (n \simeq 10^23 cm^-3) or fragmentation occurs. The fragmentation condition depends both on the initial rotational energy and cloud metallicity. Cloud rotation promotes fragmentation, while fragmentation tends to be suppressed in clouds with higher metallicity. Fragmentation occurs when β_0 > 10^-3 in clouds with solar metallicity, while fragmentation occurs when β_0 > 10^-5 in the primordial gas cloud. Clouds with lower metallicity have larger probability of fragmentation, which indicates that the binary frequency is a decreasing function of cloud metallicity. Thus, the binary frequency at the early universe (or lower metallicity environment) is higher than at present day (or higher metallicity environment). In addition, binary stars born from low-metallicity clouds have shorter orbital periods than those from high-metallicity clouds. These trends are explained in terms of the thermal history of the collapsing cloud.
description: 11 pages, 2 figures, Submitted to ApJL, For high resolution figures see http://astro3.sci.hokudai.ac.jp/~machida/binary-metal.pdf
Study of narrow baryon resonance decaying into $K^0_s p$ in $pA$-interactions at $70 GeV/c$ with SVD-2
Creators: name: Kubarovsky, A.
name: Popov, V.
name: Volkov, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The inclusive reaction $p A \to pK^0_s + X$ was studied at IHEP accelerator with $70 GeV$ proton beam using SVD-2 detector. Two different samples of $K^0_s$, statistically independent and belonging to different phase space regions were used in the analyses and a narrow baryon resonance with the mass $M=1523\pm 2(stat.)\pm 3(syst.) MeV/c^2$ was observed in both samples of the data
description: 3 pages, 6 figures, to be published in the Proceedings of the XXXIII International Conference of High Energy Physics (ICHEP'06), Moscow, 2006
The ALMA Spectroscopic Survey in the HUDF: CO Excitation and Atomic Carbon in Star-Forming Galaxies at $z=1-3$
Creators: name: Boogaard, Leindert A.
name: van der Werf, Paul
name: Weiß, Axel
name: Popping, Gergö
name: Decarli, Roberto
name: Walter, Fabian
name: Aravena, Manuel
name: Bouwens, Rychard
name: Riechers, Dominik
name: González-López, Jorge
name: Carilli, Ian Smail Chris
name: Kaasinen, Melanie
name: Daddi, Emanuele
name: Cox, Pierre
name: Díaz-Santos, Tanio
name: Inami, Hanae
name: Cortes, Paulo C.
name: Wagg, Jeff
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the CO excitation and interstellar medium (ISM) conditions in a cold gas mass-selected sample of 22 star-forming galaxies at $z=0.46-3.60$, observed as part of the ALMA Spectroscopic Survey in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (ASPECS). Combined with VLA follow-up observations, we detect a total of 34 CO $J \rightarrow J-1$ transitions with $J=1$ up to $8$ (and an additional 21 upper limits, up to $J=10$) and six [C I] ${^3P}_1 \rightarrow {^3P}_0$ and ${^3P}_2 \rightarrow {^3P}_1$ transitions (and 12 upper limits). The CO(2-1) and CO(3-2)-selected galaxies, at $z=1.2$ and $2.5$, respectively, exhibit a range in excitation in their mid-$J=4,5$ and high-$J=7,8$ lines, on average lower than ($L_{\rm IR}$-brighter) BzK-color- and submillimeter-selected galaxies at similar redshifts. The former implies that a warm ISM component is not necessarily prevalent in gas mass-selected galaxies at $z=1.2$. We use stacking and Large Velocity Gradient models to measure and predict the average CO ladders at $z<2$ and $z\geq2$, finding $r_{21}=0.75 \pm 0.11$ and $r_{31}=0.77 \pm 0.14$, respectively. From the models, we infer that the galaxies at $z\geq2$ have intrinsically higher excitation than those at $z<2$. This fits a picture in which the global excitation is driven by an increase in the star formation rate surface density of galaxies with redshift. We derive a neutral atomic carbon abundance of $(1.9 \pm 0.4) \times 10^{-5}$, comparable to the Milky Way and main-sequence galaxies at similar redshifts, and fairly high densities ($\geq 10^4$ cm$^{-3}$), consistent with the low-$J$ CO excitation. Our results imply a decrease in the cosmic molecular gas mass density at $z\geq2$ compared to previous ASPECS measurements.
description: 37 pages, 15 figures, 6 tables. Accepted for publication in the Astrophysical Journal
title: Evaluation of TRIMARC Procurement Procedures
title: (Final Report)
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Barrett, Monica L.
name: Pigman, Jerry G.
Publisher: name: Kentucky Transportation Center, University of Kentucky
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Transportation Engineering

description: An Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS), referred to as TRIMARC (Traffic Response and Incident Management Assisting the River Cities), was installed in the Louisville, Kentucky and southern Indiana area beginning in the summer of 1998. A system integrator approach was used for the installation, operation, and maintenance of this system. The system integrator approach involved using Special Experimental Project No. 14 (SEP-14) procedures to procure the services of an equipment installation contractor.  The SEP-14 process is an innovative means of procuring projects that may be uncharacteristic to the traditional projects normally encountered by highway departments. SEP-14 provides an opportunity to use and evaluate the contractual arrangements when an alternate process is more beneficial than the traditional process. In this case, selection of the equipment installation contractor was based on criteria other than cost. The SEP-14 process allowed the equipment installation contract to be based on cost, schedule, and experience/past performance.  The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness and success of the TRIMARC project including the SEP-14 process. The overall project has been received positively and the contract is now being extended to include a larger incident management program. The SEP-14 process has provided the system integrator more flexibility with such aspects as receiving the specific equipment desired and contracting with an equipment installation contractor that had previous experience with similar projects. This resulted in time and cost savings to Kentucky and Indiana.
title: The housing experience of the working classes 1790-1970: the potential of the combined approach of archaeology, the historical record and oral history.
Creators: name: Massheder-Rigby, K
Publisher: name: University of Liverpool Repository
Year: 2019

description: Although the discipline of archaeology has a lengthy tradition of using oral testimony, particularly the testimony of Indigenous communities, it has yet to be applied fully and in a meaningful way within global historical archaeology. Frequently interdisciplinary, archaeology cannot work alone, and works best alongside other sources to enhance and strengthen our understanding of the past. This thesis explores the potential for a combined approach of archaeology, the historic record and oral history to investigate the recent past. Despite an abundance of literature on eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth century working class housing, a period that experienced rapid urban expansion, and the responses to the issues that arose as a result, there is an absence of testimony about housing from those with a lived experience. This thesis uses archaeological site reports, documentary research from primary historical sources and testimony from oral history interviews to enhance our understanding of the housing experience of the working classes from 1790-1970. Case studies are a common method of interpreting the archaeology of households and housing. In this thesis three case studies are presented; court housing in Liverpool (1790-1970), back-to-back housing in Hungate, York (1812-1936) and small-scale employer provided housing in Glasgow (1837-1966). The Liverpool case study (chap. 4) identified that nineteenth century accounts of court housing dominate the historic literature as insanitary, overcrowded, dilapidated and slum-like and this research, via the oral history testimony, introduces an alternative, twentieth century account of court housing. The Hungate, York case study (chap. 5) demonstrates the potential of bringing together different bodies of evidence, collected at different times and by different organisations, to reinvestigate a neighbourhood historically labelled as a slum. The Glasgow case study (chap. 6) provided an opportunity to test the combined approach of archaeology and oral history without the historic record as no documentary evidence for the Lower English Buildings site was uncovered. This thesis outlines the ways in which the combined approach might be used in the future, demonstrating its value to enhance our understanding of an archaeological site. Encouraging the use of oral history within archaeology in the UK should be a priority for archaeologists, particularly historical archaeologists where oral history has the most potential to collaborate, and this thesis suggests how this can be achieved.