cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The roles of jets: CF, CCSN, PN, CEE, GEE, ILOT
Creators: name: Soker, Noam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: I review the roles of jet-inflated bubbles in determining the evolution of different astrophysical objects. I discuss astrophysical systems where jets are known to inflate bubbles (cooling flow [CF] clusters; young galaxies; intermediate luminosity optical transients [ILOTs]; bipolar planetary nebulae [PNe]), and systems that are speculated to have jet-inflated bubbles (core collapse supernovae [CCSNe]; common envelope evolution [CEE]; grazing envelope evolution [GEE]). The jets in many of these cases act through a negative jet feedback mechanism (JFM). I discuss the outcomes when the JFM fizzle, or does not work at all. According to this perspective, some very interesting and energetic events owe their existence to the failure of the JFM, including stellar black holes, gamma ray bursts, and type Ia supernovae.
description: 4 pages. To appear in the proceedings of "Physics of Evolved Stars 2015 - A conference dedicated to the memory of Olivier Chesneau"
Conceptualizing Peasants’ Property Rights over Land under the FDRE Constitution
Creators: name: Chane, Gizachew Silesh
Publisher: name: Bahir Dar University Journal of Law
Year: 2023

description: The question of who can use what resources of the land remained one of the most contentious subjects in policy debates and constitutional design. The FDRE Constitution has put in place a property regime acknowledging, inter alia, the State, the peoples of Ethiopia, peasants and pastoralists as having recognized interests/rights over land. Yet the reaches and limits of entitlements of these various stakeholders have not been resolved with a degree of certainty. This article examined the entitlements of peasants pertaining to land, based on doctrinal research method where the contents of Constitutional rules are exposed in light of general principles and concepts in property law. From this examination, it is concluded that while the letters of subsidiary laws and general rhetoric espouse the view that all potential powers and/or rights are put in the bucket of ownership and exclusively vested to the state, a closer look into the Constitutional provisions demonstrates that the state remained with a vacuum title in relation to land allocated to peasants and pastoralists individually or communally.
description: Bahir Dar University Journal of Law, Vol 9 No 2 (2019): Bahir Dar University Journal of Law
כיצד משפיע אישור עצמי על התנהגות פרו-סוציאלית, כתלות בדימוי עצמי?
Creators: name: Carmeli, Shira
name: broida, Omer
name: Efraim, Shahaf
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: זו ההרשמה מראש למחקר שלנו, במסגרת הקורס פסיכולוגיה ניסויית באוניברסיטת תל אביב.
Quality of Antenatal Care in Viet Nam: An Assessment from a Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey
Creators: name: Tang, Sang
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Background: Equitable and high-quality antenatal care (ANC) is essential in improving maternal and newborn health. Yet the global benchmark indicator for antenatal coverage, at least four ANC visits, is not sufficient to capture key interventions provided during ANC for women. This study proposes an alternative to track maternal health program performance in Viet Nam and to identify maternal health factors associated with the receipt of quality ANC in this population. Methods: We conducted secondary analysis of 1340 women using data from the Viet Nam 2013-2014 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 5. Quality ANC was defined as that which included all five recommended components: blood pressure measured; urine tested; blood sample taken; full tetanus vaccination given; and iron-folate supplementation provided for at least 3 months. Results: We found that 80% of women had adequate ANC in terms of having four or more visits (ANC 4+), yet less than half received an acceptable quality of care in terms of receiving all five recommended components. Although ANC 4+ was associated with higher odds of receiving quality ANC, it did not ensure the provision of quality ANC services. Further, lower odds of receiving quality ANC were found among women with lower levels of education, lower economic status, or living in the southern and northern mountainous areas. Conclusions: It is time to adopt a more effective coverage indicator that can reflect the proportion of the population in Viet Nam in need of ANC service and demonstrate that those in need have received it with adequate quality. As the same time, continuous efforts are needed to improve inequity in the delivery of quality ANC among disadvantaged women in Viet Nam to ensure access to quality ANC service for all.
Analytical Derivation of the Inverse Moments of One-sided Correlated Gram Matrices with Applications
Creators: name: Elkhalil, Khalil
name: Kammoun, Abla
name: Al-Naffouri, Tareq Y
name: Alouini, Mohamed-Slim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper addresses the development of analytical tools for the computation of the moments of random Gram matrices with one side correlation. Such a question is mainly driven by applications in signal processing and wireless communications wherein such matrices naturally arise. In particular, we derive closed-form expressions for the inverse moments and show that the obtained results can help approximate several performance metrics such as the average estimation error corresponding to the Best Linear Unbiased Estimator (BLUE) and the Linear Minimum Mean Square Error LMMSE or also other loss functions used to measure the accuracy of covariance matrix estimates.
Shared Automated Teller Machine (ATM) Network in Ethiopia: Appraisal of the Competition Concerns
Creators: name: Enyew, Tajebe Getaneh
Publisher: name: Bahir Dar University Journal of Law
Year: 2023

description: Traditionally, banking transactions have been carried out manually with the help of bank tellers. Nowadays, however, financial businesses are employing advanced technologies to deliver their services efficiently. Among these technologies, ATM is a noticeable one. Using ATM, customers can make a withdrawal, balance inquiry, fund transfer, and cash deposit. Until recent times, customers have been using their bank’s proprietary ATM network only. Currently, banks interconnecting their ATM network and allow customers to access their account using the ATM terminal of any bank. The Ethiopian commercial banks have also integrated their proprietary network and allow their customers to access their account using the ATM of any member bank. Though the introduction of a shared ATM payment system in the country makes it convenient for the e-banking users, so far, there is no clarity on its impact on the market competition. The objective of this article is, therefore, to analyze the major competition concerns of shared ATM network in light of the Ethiopian general competition law and the NBE’s directive on licensing and authorization of the payment system operators. In addressing this issue, the writer employed a qualitative research approach and typically doctrinal research type. After due analysis of the issue, the writer concludes that the act of creating market monopolization in the Ethiopian national switch system, the unconditional and mandatory access to new entrants, unrestricted membership in more than one network, and the collective determination of network fees at the switch level are anticompetitive acts evolving in the Ethiopian shared ATM network market. Finally, the writer remarks that the NBE should revise its directive on licensing and authorization of the payment system operators to balance cooperation and competition in the payment network market.
description: Bahir Dar University Journal of Law, Vol 9 No 2 (2019): Bahir Dar University Journal of Law
Overview of Some Gaps Regarding the Regulation of Construction Insurance in Ethiopia: A Note
Creators: name: Messelu, Mamenie Endale
Publisher: name: Bahir Dar University Journal of Law
Year: 2023

description: Construction is a risky business. However, such risk can be managed, minimized, shared, or transferred trough insurance. In the developed world, it is difficult to practice construction business in the absence of sufficient cover of insurance. Adequate insurance policy could satisfy the interest of the general public, client, construction workers, and other concerned parties. In Ethiopia, though construction insurance is evolving, it is not given proper attention by concerned stakeholders such as law makers and legal professionals. Accordingly, this note explores the legal lacunas observed in the regulation of different types of insurance policies that are apt to manage risks on construction projects in Ethiopia. To discover the gaps and scrutinize the contesting legal issues, the writer employed a doctrinal research method. In the investigation, it is found out that variables such as rigid standard insurance policies, complex insurance policy language, absence of mandatory insurance for license renewal — mainly for contractors and consultants, excessively expensive premium, and lack of coordination between parties of the insurance policies are major sources of legal gap in this regime of law. As a result, the writer suggests areas of improvement to rectify these gaps. Particularly, it is imperative for the legislature synchronize the insurance policy laws in the country, eliminating conflicts, make insurance mandatory for license renewal, set fair insurance policy premium, and use concise language in drafting the policies.
description: Bahir Dar University Journal of Law, Vol 9 No 2 (2019): Bahir Dar University Journal of Law
Selected Decisions from the Amhara Supreme Court Cassation Bench
Creators: name: Chane, Gizachew Silesh
Publisher: name: Bahir Dar University Journal of Law
Year: 2023

description: These are two case reports from Reginal State of Amhara Supreme Court Cassation Division. The first one is about succession while the second one pertains to issues of homicide.
description: Bahir Dar University Journal of Law, Vol 9 No 2 (2019): Bahir Dar University Journal of Law
Three-dimensional loops as sections in a four-dimensional solvable Lie group
Creators: name: Figula, Ágota
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57M60, 20N05, 22A30, 22E25, 22F30

description: We classify all three-dimensional connected topological loops such that the group topologically generated by their left translations is the four-dimensional connected Lie group $G$ which has trivial center and precisely two one-dimensional normal subgroups. We show that $G$ is not the multiplication group of connected topological proper loops.
description: World Sci. Publ., Hackensack, NJ, 2012. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1506.09147
title: Subsurface fluid storage in future energy systems
Creators: name:   Miocic , Johannes
name:   Heinemann , Niklas
name:   Hangx , Suzanne
name:   Edlmann , Katriona
Publisher: name: Deutsche Geologische Gesellschaft - Geologische Vereinigung e.V. (DGGV)
Year: 2021

description: Storage of energy and carbon dioxide in subsurface geological formations has been identified as key for future systems relying on renewable, zero carbon power and heat generation. All subsurface storage systems rely on the properties and integrity of the reservoir and its confining units under thermal, mechanical, hydraulic and chemical stress. These similarities enable the transfer of know-how from one type of fluid storage to another, highlighting the need for research knowledge exchange. Besides the geological challenges accompanying subsurface fluid storage, the role in future energy systems as well as public perception are decisive for the success of storage technology. This session addresses storage of fluids in geological systems at all scales, from laboratory experiments to full-scale storage projects. Individual studies, initiatives and active projects integrating elements of the storage chain are invited as well as field projects focused on geological storage. Relevant topics include but are not limited to: Regional and local characterization of storage formations and their behaviour during injection and storage, including long-term response Identification and determination of key site parameters for energy storage, mechanisms for trapping and recovery efficiency Energy and carbon storage scenarios as pathways for a low carbon future Public perception of energy and carbon storage Characterization of reservoir and cap-rocks and their fluid-flow properties with respect to hydrogen and carbon dioxide Evaluation of available infrastructure and injection strategies Geophysical and geochemical monitoring for safe and cost-efficient storage Coupling of different types of energy storage in a carbon neutral energy system
The Effect of Color and Age on Risk Aversion
Creators: name: Itzhak, Omer
name: Yahav, Oz
name: Wolpert, Lior
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: .הרשמה מראש למחקר, במסגרת קורס פסיכולוגיה ניסויית
Variational regularization of complex deautoconvolution and phase retrieval in ultrashort laser pulse characterization
Creators: name: Anzengruber, Stephan W.
name: Buerger, Steven
name: Hofmann, Bernd
name: Steinmeyer, Guenter
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 47A52, 47J06, 78A60

description: The SD-SPIDER method for the characterization of ultrashort laser pulses requires the solution of a nonlinear integral equation of autoconvolution type with a device-based kernel function. Taking into account the analytical background of a variational regularization approach for solving the corresponding ill-posed operator equation formulated in complex-valued $L^2$-spaces over finite real intervals, we suggest and evaluate numerical procedures using NURBS and the TIGRA method for calculating the regularized solutions in a stable manner. In this context, besides the complex deautoconvolution problem with noisy but full data, a phase retrieval problem is introduced which adapts to the experimental state of the art in laser optics. For the treatment of this problem facet, which is formulated as a tensor product operator equation, we derive well-posedness of variational regularization methods. Case studies with synthetic and real optical data show the capability of the implemented approach as well as its limitation due to measurement deficits.
Collapse of the Mott gap and emergence of a nodal liquid in lightly doped Sr$_2$IrO$_4$
Creators: name: de la Torre, A.
name: Walker, S. McKeown
name: Bruno, F. Y.
name: Ricco, S.
name: Wang, Z.
name: Lezama, I. Gutierrez
name: Scheerer, G.
name: Giriat, G.
name: Jaccard, D.
name: Berthod, C.
name: Kim, T. K.
name: Hoesch, M.
name: Hunter, E. C.
name: Perry, R. S.
name: Tamai, A.
name: Baumberger, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Superconductivity in underdoped cuprates emerges from an unusual electronic state characterised by nodal quasiparticles and an antinodal pseudogap. The relation between this state and superconductivity is intensely studied but remains controversial. The discrimination between competing theoretical models is hindered by a lack of electronic structure data from related doped Mott insulators. Here we report the doping evolution of the Heisenberg antiferromagnet Sr$_2$IrO$_4$, a close analogue to underdoped cuprates. We demonstrate that metallicity emerges from a rapid collapse of the Mott gap with doping, resulting in lens-like Fermi contours rather than disconnected Fermi arcs as observed in cuprates. Intriguingly though, the emerging electron liquid shows nodal quasiparticles with an antinodal pseudogap and thus bares strong similarities with underdoped cuprates. We conclude that anisotropic pseudogaps are a generic property of two-dimensional doped Mott insulators rather than a unique hallmark of cuprate high-temperature superconductivity.
Rhabdotocochlis turgida Yoo 1994, n.sp.
Creators: name: Yoo, E. K.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1994
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Mollusca
Gastropoda
Trochida
Araeonematidae
Rhabdotocochlis

description: Rhabdotocochlis turgida n.sp. PI. 11 figs 1-10 [table omitted] Description. Shell very small, medium-spired turbiniform, coeloconoid, narrowly phaneromphalous. Protoconch of 11,4 smooth whorls, and a rather flat apex. Teleoconch whorl profile gently arched between sutures, rounded on the final whorl, sutures moderately deep, spiral lirae rising gradually on the second whorl, then becoming gradually stronger; 18 lirae between sutures, shell consisting of two layers. Aperture with straight inner lip thickened, slightly reflexed; outer lip orthocline. Types. Holotype (F62002) 3 figured paratypes (F78429 - 30) and 12 unfigured paratypes (F78433). Type locality. 1.8 km east from the southern end of Glenbawn Dam wall, 13 km north-east of Aberdeen, NSW (Locality 30). Stratigraphic position. In bioclastic limestone, upper part of the Dangarfield Formation. Additional material. 6 specimens from south-east of 'Rangari' (Locality 18), and 10 from various horizons at Glenbawn (Locality 31). Geographic distribution. 'Rangari' to Glenbawn. Geological age. Middle to late Tournaisian. Etymology. Derived from the Latin turgidus meaning swollen, referring to the inflated last whorl. Remarks. Rhabdotocochlis turgida n.sp. differs from Araeonema microspirulata in having a larger and thicker shell consisting of two layers, and coarser spiral lirae, and from the type species, Rhabdotocochlis rugata Knight, in having the more inflated last whorl and finer spiral lirae.
description: Published as part of Yoo, E. K., 1994, Early Carboniferous Gastropoda from the Tamworth Belt, New South Wales, Australia, pp. 63-120 in Records of the Australian Museum 46 (1) on page 81, DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.46.1994.18, http://zenodo.org/record/4654599
Analysis of the Regulation of Key Risk Factors to Road Traffic Accident in Ethiopia and Challenges for Enforcement
Creators: name: Eshetu, Bereket
Publisher: name: Bahir Dar University Journal of Law
Year: 2023

description: Road Traffic Death is a common tragedy in many parts of the world, yet one that rarely receives the attention it merits. More than one million three hundred thousand fifty people globally, and three thousand five hundred people in Ethiopia are being killed in road accidents every year. Regrettably, working-age groups make up a large proportion of those killed and injured. Accordingly, this article examined how far comprehensive is the Ethiopian law in addressing key risk factors for traffic accident. Particularly, it examined the comprehensive regulation of key risk factors to road traffic deaths and injuries namely: speeding, drink–driving, use of seatbelts, child restraints, and motorcycle helmets, in light of the globally accepted practices. The result showed, despite the effort made to incorporate several rules, there are still substantial loopholes in meting out the appropriate penalties. Further, the non-application of point demerit penalty system stipulated under the law, limited resource, understaffing and lack of patrolling vehicles/motorcycles, Traffic Controllers’ lack of commitment for enforcing traffic laws, lack of publicity and poor road engineering works are, among others, identified as the major obstacles to effective enforcement of traffic regulation.
description: Bahir Dar University Journal of Law, Vol 10 No 2 (2020): Bahir Dar University Journal of Law
Ultimate Limit of Biaxial Tensile Strain and N-Type Doping for Realizing an Efficient Low-Threshold Ge Laser
Creators: name: Sukhdeo, David S.
name: Gupta, Shashank
name: Saraswat, Krishna C.
name: Birendra
name: Dutt
name: Nam, Donguk
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We theoretically investigate how the threshold of a Ge-on-Si laser can be minimized and how the slope efficiency can be maximized in presence of both biaxial tensile strain and n-type doping. Our finding shows that there exist ultimate limits beyond which point no further benefit can be realized through increased tensile strain or n-type doping. Here were quantify these limits, showing that the optimal design for minimizing threshold involves about 3.7% biaxial tensile strain and 2x1018 cm-3 n-type doping, whereas the optimal design for maximum slope efficiency involves about 2.3% biaxial tensile strain with 1x1019 cm-3 n-type doping. Increasing the strain and/or doping beyond these limits will degrade the threshold or slope efficiency, respectively.
description: 16 pages
Chemokine‐Capturing Wound Contact Layer Rescues Dermal Healing
Creators: name: Schirmer, Lucas
name: Atallah, Passant
name: Freudenberg, Uwe
name: Werner, Carsten
Publisher: name: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: chronic wounds
subject: glycosaminoglycans
subject: hydrogels
subject: wound healing
subject: 500
subject: 600
subject: 624

description: Excessive inflammation often impedes the healing of chronic wounds. Scavenging of chemokines by multiarmed poly(ethylene glycol)-glycosaminoglycan (starPEG-GAG) hydrogels has recently been shown to support regeneration in a diabetic mouse chronic skin wound model. Herein, a textile-starPEG-GAG composite wound contact layer (WCL) capable of selectively sequestering pro-inflammatory chemokines is reported. Systematic variation of the local and integral charge densities of the starPEG-GAG hydrogel component allows for tailoring its affinity profile for biomolecular signals of the wound milieu. The composite WCL is subsequently tested in a large animal (porcine) model of human wound healing disorders. Dampening excessive inflammatory signals without affecting the levels of pro-regenerative growth factors, the starPEG-GAG hydrogel-based WCL treatment induced healing with increased granulation tissue formation, angiogenesis, and deposition of connective tissue (collagen fibers). Thus, this biomaterials technology expands the scope of a new anti-inflammatory therapy toward clinical use.
Conjuring Empire : photography and place during the early years of French colonialism in Indochina (1845–1879)
Creators: name: De Saint-Ours, Édouard
Publisher: name: The University of St Andrews
Year: 2025
Subjects: Photography
French Indochina
Vietnam
Cambodia
July Monarchy
Second French Empire
French Third Republic

description: This thesis analyses photography’s ties with the French colonial project in Mainland Southeast Asia from the earliest photographs of Vietnam (1845) to the end of naval rule in French Cochinchina (1879). In Indochina, as in most regions undergoing colonization, photography was increasingly mobilized in support of the French imperial project, to collect intelligence on the landscape and populations, inform decision makers on the progress of expansion and exploitation, contribute to the advancement of colonial sciences, promote prospective action, legitimize structures of domination or boost colonialist sentiment among the metropolitan public. Acknowledging the performative nature of photographic representation and the importance of historical and sociopolitical contexts, the thesis disentangles existing ties between photographs of Vietnamese and Cambodian lands and the colonial project in four case studies illustrating key moments in the pre- and early colonial periods: the creation and circulation of the first photographs of Việt Nam (1845–53), uses of photography during the Cochinchina Campaign (1858–60), the pivotal role of the Paris Universal Exposition for the dissemination of photographs of Angkor (1866–67) and uses of the camera in Cambodia during the final years of French naval rule (1870s). Throughout these four chapters, the thesis addresses how photography assisted concrete military, scientific and commercial efforts and examines the processes by which ideologies of power and otherness often infused these images. Considering that visual appropriation often facilitated more tangible forms of control, it proposes a reevaluation of photography’s contribution to French rule in Indochina before 1880.
THE HEALTH OF LESBIANS, BISEXUAL WOMEN, AND TRANSGENDER MEN IN THE UNITED STATES: A CULTURAL COMPETENCY-BUILDING WORKSHOP FOR PUBLIC HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
Creators: name: Boyer, Nicole
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: This three hour workshop is designed to enhance cultural competency and minority health curriculum in the Gillings School of Public Health. It is accessible to any UNC graduate student, alumni, or faculty who wants to gain familiarity with LGBTQ-related issues in health. Upon completion of this workshop, participants should be able to demonstrate competencies in each of the following: ? Explain distinctions between concepts of sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, etc. ? Demonstrate an ability to communicate with sexual minorities using sensitivity and current LGBTQ-related terminology. ? Name the major health disparities facing lesbians, bisexual women, and transgender men in the US. ? Articulate increased comfort when working with LGBTQ individuals including co-workers, colleagues, and patients or clients. ? Demonstrate a commitment to the need for additional training on LGBTQ-related issues for public health students and professionals.
Development of cardiac patches using medium chain length polyhydroxyalkanoates for cardiac tissue engineering
Creators: name: Dubey, Prachi
Publisher: name: University of Westminster
Year: 2017

description: Medium chain length-PHAs (MCL-PHAs) have properties that make them exceptional for applications in cardiac tissue engineering. Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are a major cause of death worldwide. Cardiac patches aim to facilitate the normal functioning of the heart muscle by providing repair and support to the infarcted tissue post myocardial infarction. In this project, two MCL-PHAs, poly(3-hydroxyoctanoate) (P(3HO) homopolymer and poly(3-hydroxynonanoate-co-3-hydroxyheptanoate) P(3HN-co-3HHP) were produced from Pseudomonas mendocina CH50 using sodium octanoate and sodium nonanoate respectively as the carbon source and the growth profiles were monitored for 48 h. The polymers were characterised to confirm the chemical structure of the polymers. Different types of scaffolds were fabricated like plain films, random fibres and aligned fibres, using different ratios of P(3HO) and P(3HN-co-3HHP) which were 100:0 (P(3HO)), 20:80 (P(3HO):P(3HN-co-3HHP), 50:50 (P(3HO):P(3HN-co-3HHP), 80:20 (P(3HO):P(3HN-co-3HHP) and 0:100 P(3HN-co-3HHP). The mechanical and thermal properties of the films were analysed along with the wettability of all the scaffolds. In vitro cytocompatibility studies were also conducted on all the different scaffolds (films, random and aligned fibres) by growing human induced pluripotent stem cell derived cardiomyocytes (hiPSC-CM) on them. The cells were found to be viable and healthy with comparable beating rates and calcium transients to that measured on gelatin which was used as the positive control. The cell alignment quantification on the aligned fibres indicated around 50% of the cells were aligned in one direction. Porous 5 wt% 2D scaffolds and porous 20 wt% 3D structure were fabricated using P(3HO) and different concentrations of the porogen, sucrose and NaCl respectively, to obtain pores in the size range of 250-300 μm which exhibited decreased hydrophobicity compared to the neat scaffolds. In vitro cell culture with C2C12 exhibited higher cell proliferation rate on the porous P(3HO) structures as compared to the neat P(3HO) film. The P(3HO) and PANI (polyaniline) blend scaffolds were fabricated to introduce electrical conductivity and they were analysed for their material characteristics. The effect of the addition of PANI on cardiomyocyte proliferation was studied using neonatal ventricular rat myocardial cells (NVRM). A one step method involving the use of poly(ethylene oxide-stat-propylene oxide) with isocyanate end groups (NCO-sP(EO-stat-PO) was used for the incorporation of RGD, YIGSR peptides and the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) on the surface of P(3HO)/P(3HN-co-3HHP) (80:20) electrospun fibres and enhanced cell viability was studied using NVRMs.
Attosecond XUV vortices from high-order harmonic generation
Creators: name: Hernández-García, C.
name: Picón, A.
name: Román, J. San
name: Plaja, L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a theoretical study of high-order harmonic generation (HHG) and propagation driven by an infrared field carrying orbital angular momentum (OAM). Our calculations unveil the following relevant phenomena: extreme-ultraviolet harmonic vortices are generated and survive to the propagation effects, vortices transport high-OAM multiple of the corresponding OAM of the driving field and, finally, the different harmonic vortices are emitted with similar divergence. We also show the possibility of combining OAM and HHG phase-locking to produce attosecond pulses with helical pulse structure.
Dynamics of solvation and desolvation of rubidium attached to He nanodroplets
Creators: name: von Vangerow, J.
name: John, O.
name: Stienkemeier, andF.
name: Mudrich, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Atomic and Molecular Clusters (physics.atm-clus)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The real-time dynamics of photoexcited and photoionized rubidium (Rb) atoms attached to helium (He) nanodroplets is studied by femtosecond pump-probe mass spectrometry. While excited Rb atoms in the perturbed 6p-state (Rb*) desorb off the He droplets, Rb^+ photoions tend to sink into the droplet interior when created near the droplet surface. The transition from Rb^+ solvation to full Rb* desorption is found to occur at a delay time t~600 fs for Rb* in the 6pSigma-state and t~1200 fs for the 6pPi-state. Rb^+He ions are found to be created by directly exciting bound Rb*He exciplex states as well as by populating bound Rb^+He-states in an photoassociative ionization process.
description: accepted by J. Chem. Phys
An Analysis of Women's Numeric Fertility Preferences in Niger, West Africa: 2012 DHS
Creators: name: Maytan, Amelia
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: ABSTRACT Objectives: Niger has the highest total fertility rate (TFR) in the world at 7.6.1 This study will explore characteristics of women associated with lower fertility preferences, thereby contributing to the literature as no known study has yet investigated factors associated with fertility preferences in Niger. Methods: Logistic regressions were run using data from the 2012 Niger DHS1 to investigate associations between certain characteristics of women and the outcome: women's ideal number of children. Results: Analyses showed significant associations between the fertility preferences and place and region of residence, level of education, current age, number of living children, and husband's fertility preferences. Conclusions: Education and husband's fertility preferences emerged as the most significantly associated factors related to women's fertility preferences.
Anthropomorphized artificial intelligence, attachment, and consumer behavior
Creators: name: Hermann, Erik
Publisher: name: Dordrecht [u.a.] : Springer
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Anthropomorphism
subject: Artificial intelligence
subject: Attachment
subject: Consumer behavior
subject: 380

description: The increasing humanization and emotional intelligence of AI applications have the potential to induce consumers’ attachment to AI and to transform human-to-AI interactions into human-to-human-like interactions. In turn, consumer behavior as well as consumers’ individual and social lives can be affected in various ways. Following this reasoning, I illustrate the implications and research opportunities related to consumers’ (potential) attachment to humanized AI applications along the stages of the consumption process.
First analysis of eight Algol-type binaries: EI Aur, XY Dra, BP Dra, DD Her, VX Lac, WX Lib, RZ Lyn, and TY Tri
Creators: name: Zasche, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The available photometry from the online databases were used for the first light curve analysis of eight eclipsing binary systems EI Aur, XY Dra, BP Dra, DD Her, VX Lac, WX Lib, RZ Lyn, and TY Tri. All these stars are of Algol-type, having the detached components and the orbital periods from 0.92 to 6.8 days. For the systems EI Aur and BP Dra the large amount of the third light was detected during the light curve solution. Moreover, 468 new times of minima for these binaries were derived, trying to identify the period variations. For the systems XY Dra and VX Lac the third bodies were detected with the periods 17.7, and 49.3 years, respectively.
description: 17 pages, 16 figures, published in: 2016NewA...42....1Z
FASD resources
Creators: name: Lees, Briana
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Teacher Education and Professional Development
subject: Education

description: Many children affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) exhibit neurocognitive delays that contribute to secondary consequences, including a disrupted school experience. Educators often have limited knowledge or experience in the identification, referral, management, and accommodation of students with developmental, learning, social, and behavioural problems consistent with FASD. Effective resources and tools for educators are crucial to ensure these students are supported in their ongoing learning, development, and school participation. This scoping review aims to identify and evaluate resources for educators that aid in the identification, management, or accommodation of students with FASD.
Magneto-Mechanical Coupling in Magneto-Active Elastomers
Creators: name: Metsch, Philipp
name: Romeis, Dirk
name: Kalina, Karl A.
name: Raßloff, Alexander
name: Saphiannikova, Marina
name: Kästner, Markus
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Magneto-active elastomers
subject: Magneto-deformation
subject: Magneto-mechanical coupling
subject: Magneto-striction
subject: 600

description: In the present work, the magneto-mechanical coupling in magneto-active elastomers is investigated from two different modeling perspectives: a micro-continuum and a particle–interaction approach. Since both strategies differ significantly in their basic assumptions and the resolution of the problem under investigation, they are introduced in a concise manner and their capabilities are illustrated by means of representative examples. To motivate the application of these strategies within a hybrid multiscale framework for magneto-active elastomers, their interchangeability is then examined in a systematic comparison of the model predictions with regard to the magneto-deformation of chain-like helical structures in an elastomer surrounding. The presented results show a remarkable agreement of both modeling approaches and help to provide an improved understanding of the interactions in magneto-active elastomers with chain-like microstructures.
The Importance of Introducing Adult Adoption in the Family Law of Ethiopia: Some Points from the Experience of Other Jurisdictions
Creators: name: Mekonnen, Nega Ewunetie
Publisher: name: Bahir Dar University Journal of Law
Year: 2023

description: Adult adoption had a place in ancient laws, including Roman law. It was also recognized by the French Napoleonic Law of 1804, which was used as a source for the European continental legal system and the 1960 Civil Code of Ethiopia. The concept of adult adoption in Napoleon's law was transplanted in the modern laws of France, Spain, Italy, Germany, and other European countries; it used widely used in the family laws of the United States and other Common law legal systems. Even though adult adoption in Ethiopia had a historical, cultural, traditional, and social basis, the 1960 Civil Code of Ethiopia did not only fail to recognize it but also repealed it with other existing customary laws of the country. The federal and regional state family laws, based on the 1960 Civil Code of Ethiopia, follow a similar pattern. This researcher argues that there are historical, cultural, traditional, social, and legal reasons for allowing adult adoption in Ethiopia. Based on these reasons, the researcher recommends the amendment of the existing family law and the introduction of adult adoption in the Ethiopian legal system.
description: Bahir Dar University Journal of Law, Vol 9 No 2 (2019): Bahir Dar University Journal of Law
Polymeric Coatings for AR-Glass Fibers in Cement-Based Matrices: Effect of Nanoclay on the Fiber-Matrix Interaction
Creators: name: Bompadre, Francesca
name: Scheffler, Christina
name: Utech, Toni
name: Donnini, Jacopo
Publisher: name: Basel : MDPI
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Alkali-resistant glass fiber
subject: Cement-based matrix
subject: Glass fiber reinforced concrete composites
subject: Interface
subject: Nanoclay
subject: Polymer coating
subject: 600

description: Polymeric coatings are widely used to enhance the load bearing capacity and chemical durability of alkali-resistant glass (AR-glass) textile in cement-based composites. The contact zone between coated yarns and concrete matrix plays a major role to enable the stress transfer and has still to be improved for the full exploitation of the mechanical behavior of the composite. As a new approach, this paper studies how the addition of nanoclay particles in the polymer coating formulation can increase the chemical bond between organic coating and inorganic matrix. This includes the description of the water-based coating preparation by dispersing sodium montmorillonites, whereby the resulting coating nanostructure is characterized by X-ray diffraction and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy. Single glass fibers were treated by dip-coating. Atomic force microscopy was used to determine the surface roughness, and the effect on the fiber tensile properties was studied. Moreover, the morphological and chemical characteristics of the coatings were compared with the results obtained from single fiber pull-out (SFPO) tests. It was shown that the incorporation of nanoclays leads to increased interfacial shear strength arising from the ability of nanoclay particles to nucleate hydration products in the fiber-matrix contact zone.
Triplet superconductivity in a model of Li$_{0.9}$Mo$_6$O$_{17}$
Creators: name: Lera, Natalia
name: Alvarez, J. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Superconductivity in the quasi-one-dimensional material Li$_{0.9}$Mo$_6$O$_{17}$ is analyzed based on a multiorbital extended Hubbard model. We found strong charge fluctuations at two different momenta ${\bf Q_1}$ and ${\bf Q_2}$ giving rise to two different charge ordered phases. Evaluating the superconducting vertex, we found superconductivity near strong charge fluctuations at ${\bf Q_1}$. The order parameter has the p-wave symmetry with nodes on the Fermi surface. The metallic state displays a characteristic charge collective mode ${\bf Q_1}$ due to nesting and for on-site Hubbard repulsion sufficiently large, a charge critical mode ${\bf Q_2}$ driven by Coulomb repulsion, which softens at the proximity to the transition. The results are quite robust for different coupling parametrizations. A phase diagram discussing the relevance of the model to the physics of the material is proposed.
Experimental Film: Catholic and Feminist Readings of my Films (2010-2016)
Creators: name: Danino, Regina
Publisher: name: University of Westminster
Year: 2017

description: The commentary addresses the works in the Research Portfolio (2010-2016) which consists of three films and one multi-media installation. These films are experimental but look very different from my previous work. This reflects my decision to address figuration and realist representation in order to expand and develop my experimental film language. The works are collective and individual portraits of women in monastic life, and one is a portrait of a young girl in a Catholic iconography. In these new works I find out what happens when you insert direct works about religion into an art space that is not expecting them and has no context ready for them. My aim is to see how that changes and tests the binaries of religion/art, traditional/experimental. The commentary investigates the works through a Catholic framing/perspective; close reading as a method of viewing the work, and a feminist analysis that provides gendered readings of the works. These three come together to open a space of reflection and a critical perspective on the films. The commentary shows how the works open a space for a religious subject to emerge: one not hitherto represented in the context of experimental film.
IMPROVE READING SKILLS FOR 4TH GRADERS IN GRANVILLE AND VANCE COUNTIES NORTH CAROLINA
Creators: name: Thompson, Najerrei
name: Hill, Moriah
name: Walton, Shriona
name: Egbe, Zyna
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2025

description:
This proposal highlights the urgent need to address the persistently low fourth-grade reading proficiency rates in Granville and Vance counties, North Carolina, where literacy levels lag significantly behind state averages. Recognizing education as an essential social determinant of health, this initiative emphasizes a comprehensive strategy that targets key areas of educational improvement. The proposed approach includes detailed data collection and analysis to accurately identify and monitor students' individual literacy challenges, the implementation of culturally responsive curricula that reflect students' diverse backgrounds and enhance engagement, strengthened partnerships with families and local communities to foster supportive reading environments outside the classroom, and extensive professional development for educators emphasizing evidence-based literacy instruction techniques. By systematically integrating these components, the initiative seeks to significantly raise reading proficiency, thereby improving long-term academic outcomes, reducing educational disparities, and promoting healthier communities throughout Granville and Vance counties.
Futurescan 5: Conscious Communites - Abstracts and Biographies
Creators: name: futurescan, figshare admin
Publisher: name: FUTURESCAN
Year: 2023
Subjects: Textile and fashion design

description: Futurescan 5: Conscious Communities  7th – 8th September 2022 University of Leeds, UK
 The challenges of recent years have brought about significant changes to fashion and textiles education, research and industry practices. Environmental, societal, ethical, cultural and political change, technological and material innovations, decolonisation, diversity and inclusivity have proliferated thinking, making and production. In addition, the devaluing of creative subjects in schools, further education and higher education changes and funding cuts continue to impact. Industry requires and values skills from specialist fashion and textiles training, however, there is scope to increase the visibility of the breadth of career opportunities for graduates. Evidencing the value of fashion and textiles education beyond the higher education sector and engaging wider society have become key agendas. Working collectively and collaboratively brings new opportunities for investigation surrounding fashion and textiles.
 Futurescan 5: Conscious Communities, by the Association of Fashion & Textile Courses (FTC) conference invited submissions from established and early career researchers, postgraduates, practitioners, makers, designers and educators regarding completed projects or work in progress. The conference provided a forum for the dissemination of research, creative practice and pedagogy surrounding fashion and textiles. Submissions were encouraged that discussed, challenged and provoked debate in connection to one or more of the following themes:
 ENVIRONMENTAL + RESILIENT COMMUNITIES Disruption, climate emergency, sustainability, responses to the pandemic, health and wellbeing.
 SOCIETAL + POLITICAL COMMUNITIES Intersectionality, decolonisation, identity, morality, marginalisation, activism and social design.
 CULTURAL + ETHICAL COMMUNITIES Heritage, museums and archives, engagement, inclusivity, diversity and ethical production.
 TECHNOLOGICAL + MATERIAL COMMUNITIES Digital visions and innovations, immateriality versus materiality, handcraft, haptic and tactile.
 COLLABORATIVE + PARTICIPATORY COMMUNITIES Cooperation, co-creation, co-design, making spaces, interdisciplinarity or cross-disciplinary.
 Submissions Contributors choose from the submission formats: Full Paper, Short Paper, Poster or Exhibit.
The Ethiopian Law on the Right to Confrontation
Creators: name: Mehretu, Alemu
name: Alemayehu, Awol
Publisher: name: Bahir Dar University Journal of Law
Year: 2023

description: This article examines the Ethiopian law on the protection of the accused person’s right to confront prosecution witnesses. The accused is entitled to confront adverse witnesses so that not only the criminal justice process and its outcome become fair and reliable but also the accused enjoys a meaningful participation in the process. Yet, the right is not unbridled with the nature and scope of the restriction varying across jurisdictions depending on the interests and values pursued most. The most common restrictions are triggered by protection of vulnerable witnesses, the use of depositions of absent witnesses, trial in absentia and use of anonymous witnesses. This article argues that the administration of restrictions under the Ethiopian law suffers two general limitations. First, it raises issues of compatibility with the constitution. Second, the restrictions fall short of adequately counterbalancing the interests involved: that of the accused, the public, victims, and witnesses. Allowing witness statements made before the police and depositions of preliminary inquiry to be put in evidence at trial in the situation where the accused is not represented by legal counsel and is not entitled to cross-examine witnesses; allowing trial in absentia in broad range of crimes without adequate guarantees put in place; and use of hearsay evidence in the circumstances where it is not regulated, all threaten the right to confrontation.
description: Bahir Dar University Journal of Law, Vol 9 No 2 (2019): Bahir Dar University Journal of Law