cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: La salmodia di David Maria Turoldo: un approccio interdisciplinare
Creators: name: Calista, Valentina
Publisher: name: University of Reading
Year: 2018

description: This thesis examines the Psalmody of David Maria Turoldo (1916-1992). Despite the great number of works edited by Turoldo, there are very few studies that analyse his salmodia and therefore the presence of Psalms in his vast poetic production. The aim of this thesis is to develop and apply an interdisciplinary approach and methodology to Turoldo’s poetry in order to highlight the peculiarities of this specific genre, the salmodia. The aim of this approach is to analyse Turoldo’s poetry, not only from a literary and philological perspective, but also taking into account other disciplines such as theology, liturgy, exegesis and history. Nevertheless, Turoldo’s biography is given as a key to the interpretation of his poetry. Among all Turoldo’s works, the study of his translations of Psalms, four editions between 1973 and 1987, has been fundamental for investigating the influence of liturgy in the poetic production of the author and to identify the complex intertextuality of his poetic Psalmody. With the support of the Genres of the Psalms Theory by Hermann Gunkel, my analysis has stressed the relevance of two main literary forms: the hymns and wisdom-historical Psalms. I have assessed that these two forms are the most recurrent in Turoldo’s usus scribendi and their study provides important information on Turoldo’s interpretation of Psalms. In order to apply and establish my interdisciplinary approach, I have created two Corpora. Corpus 1 contains all poems analysed in this thesis together with poems I refer to during the analysis. Analysed texts in Corpus I are representative exempla of the two above-mentioned literary forms and they are extrapolated from Corpus 2. Corpus 2 contains selected poems from the entire literary production of Turoldo and they exemplify the Psalmody genre of the author.
Advantage of Map As Geography Learning Media To Enhance Students Spatial Intelligence
Creators: name: Hilman, Iman
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: Education
Geography

description: Education cannot be separated from the learning process, which aims at useful and useful learners in the future. Geography as a subject in formal educational institutions, has objects of study regarding the spatial conditions of the earth's surface, these subjects are related to the formation of students' spatial thinking or known as spatial intelligence, one of the components students must have regarding their thinking. Through a descriptive qualitative approach and research method of literature study, where data are collected through scientific publications in the form of related journals, this article shows the role of maps as a medium for learning geography, which can improve students' spatial intelligence. The results showed that there was a positive correlation, between the use of maps as a medium for geography learning in increasing each indicator of students' spatial intelligence indirectly, the map shows the route from one object to another thereby increasing a) cognitive map, the map also connects between the characteristics of objects in the real world and the position of objects on the map so that it is formed b) cognitive collage, an understanding of the characteristics of the real world and the position of objects with a certain scale on the map so that students understand the spatial impact known as the ability c) spatial mental. In conclusion, the map is recommended to be used as a medium for learning geography to improve students' spatial intelligence, which will be indirectly beneficial for students.
An Analytical Approach to Determine Base Shear Reduction Effects in Multistoried Building
Creators: name: Jamle, Sagar
name: Ankush Nagar
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 90506 Structural Engineering
subject: FOS: Civil engineering

description: The expansion in the current scenario leads to the scarcity of the living area and huge demand of the residential and
commercial land. The solution of this particular problem again leads to the tall structures but again due to earthquake, it needs
to be safe enough to resist the loads. The current work approaches to the safe living area with respect to seismic effects. As per
the parametric point of view, it is necessary to evaluate the Base shear of the structure and criteria to lessening the weight of the
structure. The current theme of the work based on the two base shear reduction techniques, the first approach is to lessening the
beam size in top particular levels and the second one is to lessening the column approach in the top particular levels. Both the
approaches are them compared among each four model cases. After deep analytical approach, it has been found and studied that
base shear beam reduction case BCC4 observed and obtained as efficient case for both beam change cases and column change
cases at different levels and should be recommended when this type of approach will be adopted in any earthquake zones.
Interplay between working memory and speech recognition declines over time
Creators: name: Marsja, Erik
name: Holmer, Emil
name: Danielsson, Henrik
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Emil holmer
Henrik Danielsson

description: Background: Age-related changes in auditory and cognitive functions are well-documented, with increased hearing thresholds (e.g., Wiley et al., 2008) and reduced working memory capacity (WMC; e.g., Wingfield et al., 1988) among older adults. Moreover, aging has been linked to poorer speech recognition in noise (e.g., Marsja et al., 2022), highlighting the multifaceted impact of age on auditory and cognitive domains. Our study examined the dynamic relationship between auditory and cognitive changes over time to shed light on the direction of influence between the two. To this aim, we employed change score modeling.

Methods: We analyzed data from 111 normally hearing individuals from the n200 study (https://2024.speech-in-noise.eu/proxy.php?id=81). At Time 1 (T1), their mean age was 61.2 years (SD = 8.00), and at Time 2 (T2), their mean age was 67.0 years (SD = 8.06). We used Latent Change Score modeling to explore the changes in WMC and speech recognition in noise. To measure speech recognition in noise, we used signal-to-noise ratios from the Hearing in Noise Test during speech-shaped noise. The reading span test was used as a measure for WMC.

Results and Conclusion: Preliminary results showed a decline in WMC, signified by the negative relationship between Reading Span at T1 and changes in Reading Span at T2. This negative relationship indicates that individuals with higher initial WMC experienced subsequent declines in their cognitive abilities. Furthermore, our analysis revealed a negative relationship between changes in speech recognition in noise at T2 and Reading Span at T1. This relationship suggests that individuals with higher initial WMC experienced less decline in their speech recognition in noise over time. Further research with additional time points may be needed to fully elucidate the complex relationship between cognitive and auditory changes over time.

References:

Marsja, E., Stenbäck, V., Moradi, S., Danielsson, H., & Rönnberg, J. (2022). Is Having Hearing Loss Fundamentally Different? Multigroup Structural Equation Modeling of the Effect of Cognitive Functioning on Speech Identification. Ear. Hear., 43(5), 1437–1446.

Wiley, T. L., Chappell, R., Carmichael, L., Nondahl, D. M., & Cruickshanks, K. J. (2008). Changes in hearing thresholds over 10 years in older adults. J. Am. Acad. Audiol., 19(4), 281–292.

Wingfield, A., Stine, E. A. L., Lahar, C. J., & Aberdeen, J. S. (1988). Does the capacity of working memory change with age? Exp. Aging Res., 14(2), 103–107.
Pengembangan dan Validitas Instrumen Tes Diagnostik Kemampuan Matematika pada Materi Listrik Magnet
Creators: name: Hasyim, Faiz
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 160808 Sociology and Social Studies of Science and Technology
subject: FOS: Sociology

description: Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menghasilkan instrumen tes diagnostikmatematika yang valid dan reliabel untuk mengukur kemampuan matematikacalon guru fisika. Hal ini penting karena untuk memahami konsep fisika,mahasiswa memerlukan kemampuan matematika sebagai bahasa dalammenterjemahkan permasalahan fisika. Instrumen tes diagnostik ini dikembangkanmenggunakan metode pengembangan four-D. Ada empat langkah penelitian ini:(1) define, (2) design, (3) develop, dan (4) disseminate. Proses validasi instrumenada dua yaitu validasi ahli (ahli matematika, ahli fisika, dan ahli evaluasi) danvalidasi empiris. Tiga validator ahli merekomendasikan ada 68% soal tes yangvalid tanpa revisi, dan 32% harus direvisi. Berdasarkan hasil validasi empiris,sebesar 70% instrumen tes diagnostik matematika valid dan reliabel yangditunjukkan dengan nilai alpha sebesar 0,729.
Confining a Protein-Containing Water Nanodroplet inside Silica Nanochannels
Creators: name: Tabacchi, Gloria
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: 30201 Bioinorganic Chemistry
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 30402 Biomolecular Modelling and Design
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Computational Chemistry
subject: 30699 Physical Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: 30304 Physical Chemistry of Materials
subject: 30799 Theoretical and Computational Chemistry not elsewhere classified
subject: 100799 Nanotechnology not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Nanotechnology
subject: 100708 Nanomaterials
subject: 60107 Enzymes
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Open Access ArticleL. Giussani, G. Tabacchi, S.Coluccia, E. FoisInternational Journal of Molecular Sciences 20, 2019, 2965
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A ZÖLDSÉGEK FOGYASZTÁSÁNAK VÁLTOZÁSA AZ ELMÚLT ÉVTIZEDBEN, A JÖVEDELMI KATEGÓRIÁK TÜKRÉBEN
Creators: name: Pecze, Denes
name: Kiss, Oszkar Zsolt
name: Szekely, Geza
name: Pecze, Denes
name: Kiss, Oszkar Zsolt
name: Szekely, Geza
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety
subject: csökkenés a zöldségfogyasztásban
subject: fogyasztói szokás változás
subject: árérzékenység - decrease in vegetable consumption
subject: changes of consumers' habit
subject: price sensibility

description: A zöldségfélék fogyasztása a vizsgált időszakban, 1993 és 2002 között 56 és 64 kg/fő/év között ingadozott, de míg a legalacsonyabb jövedelműek csoportjában ez 42,3 kg/fő/év volt csupán, addig a legnagyobb jövedelműek csoportjában ez 83,7 kg/fő/év-et tett ki. Fontos megemlíteni, hogy 2002-ben minden jövedelmi csoportban kevesebb zöldséget fogyasztottak, mint 1993-ban! A tartósított zöld-ségek fogyasztása minden jövedelmi csoportban emelkedett, különösen a legna-gyobb jövedelműek körében. Figyelemre méltó, hogy a legkisebb és legnagyobb jövedelműek csoportjában a fogyasztott mennyiségekben a sárgarépa, petrezselyem, vöröshagyma, fejes- és kelkáposzta esetében kisebbek a különbségek, mint a zöldbab, zöldpaprika, pa-radicsom esetében, vagyis a jobb módúak ez utóbbiakból többet fogyasztottak. Mindezek támpontul szolgálhatnak a fogyasztási szokások befolyásolásához és a kínálati árak rugalmasabb alakításához. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Vegetable consumption fluctuated between 56 and 64 kg/head/year, during the period under investigation, 1993 to 2002. However, while consumption was a mere 42.3 kg/head/year in the lowest income group, it reached 83.7 kg/head/year in the highest income group. It is important to note that in 2002, all income groups consumed fewer vegetables than in 1993! The consumption of preserved vegetables rose in all income groups, but particularly in the highest. It is notable that there was less variance in the lowest and highest income groups’ consumption of carrots, parsley, onions, ordinary cabbage and savoy cabbage than of green beans, green peppers and tomatoes: the latter having a higher consumption rate among the well-off. All this may lend support to the influencing of consumer habits and more flexible supply pricing.
Consuming men : shaving, masculinities, and the competition of identity at the fin de siècle
Creators: name: Bengry, Justin Dean
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Fin-de-siecle England was marked by myriad tensions, both domestic and imperial. At home, gender constructions and assumptions were destabilized as women forced the re-evaluation of traditional spheres of experience. For both men and women identities could not merely be assumed. The pursuit of manliness, for instance, required industry and competence. Men had to prove their manliness, implicitly acknowledging the constructed nature of masculine identities. Fragmentation-not only of empire but also of assumptions regarding gender and sexuality further contributed to anxieties regarding normative conceptions of masculinity. And increased consumerism even threatened the boundaries.between public and private, male and female space. Society appeared to be in a state of transformation, and in response to these complex and often inconsistent pressures, various masculine identities proliferated. Consumerism, however, offered solutions as well. It is through consumerism and product marketing, this paper argues, that additional masculine identities were constructed which contributed to the ongoing power of hegemonic masculinity in a period otherwise marked by change. Advertising for shaving products represented performances of masculinity which offered either validation of existing identities or new models for emulation. Despite contemporary invocations of a crisis, this paper further argues that historians' evaluations of hegemonic masculinity have been too uncritical of the fin-de-siecle "crisis of masculinity." Hegemonic masculinity was, through the incorporation of a plurality of identities responding to the perceived proliferation of inconsistent and contradictory threats, maintaining stability and power, even in a time of insecurities and flux.
ПЕРСПЕКТИВЫ ЦИФРОВИЗАЦИИ ЭКОНОМИКИ ГОСУДАРСТВ ЕАЭС
Creators: name: ХАЛОВ О.
name: ХАЛОВА Г.О.
Publisher: name: Инновации и инвестиции
Year: 2021
Subjects: ЦИФРОВИЗАЦИЯ
ЦИФРОВАЯ ПОВЕСТКА
ЦИФРОВАЯ КУЛЬТУРА
ЕДИНАЯ ЦИФРОВАЯ ПЛАТФОРМА
ЕАЭС
DIGITALIZATION
DIGITAL AGENDA
DIGITAL CULTURE
UNIFIED DIGITAL PLATFORM
EAEU

description: В статье анализируется роль цифровизации в экономике государств ЕАЭС. Отмечается, что реализация стратегии цифровизации позволит увеличить темпы экономического развития государств ЕАЭС, а также повысит уровень их конкурентоспособности на мировой арене. Особая роль в цифровизации экономики ЕАЭС отводится повышению цифровой культуры граждан Союза, их компетенций. Рассмотрены основные шаги стран ЕАЭС по реализации Цифровой повестки ЕАЭС до 2025 года, отмечается, что основным фактором, тормозящим развитие цифровизации в рамках Союза, отсутствие в странах Союза, кроме России и Казахстана, национальных программ реализации стратегий цифровизации. Авторами приводятся факты, аргументирующие необходимость цифровизации экономик стран ЕАЭС для обеспечения их национальной безопасности и наращивания экономической мощи.
A symmetry analyser for non-destructive Bell state detection using EIT
Creators: name: Barrett, S. D.
name: Kok, P.
name: Nemoto, K.
name: Beausoleil, R. G.
name: Munro, W. J.
name: Spiller, T. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We describe a method to project photonic two-qubit states onto the symmetric and antisymmetric subspaces of their Hilbert space. This device utilizes an ancillary coherent state, together with a weak cross-Kerr non-linearity, generated, for example, by electromagnetically induced transparency. The symmetry analyzer is non-destructive, and works for small values of the cross-Kerr coupling. Furthermore, this device can be used to construct a non-destructive Bell state detector.
description: Final published form
Long-wave theory of bounded two-layer films with a free liquid-liquid interface: Short- and long-time evolution
Creators: name: Merkt, D.
name: Pototsky, A.
name: Bestehorn, M.
name: Thiele, U.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider two-layers of immiscible liquids confined between an upper and a lower rigid plate. The dynamics of the free liquid-liquid interface is described for arbitrary amplitudes by a single evolution equation derived from the basic hydrodynamic equations using long-wave approximation. After giving the evolution equation in a general way, we focus on interface instabilities driven by gravity, thermocapillary and electrostatic fields. First, we study the linear stability discussing especially the conditions for destabilizing the system by heating from above or below. Second, we use a variational formulation of the evolution equation based on an energy functional to predict metastable states and the long-time pattern morphology (holes, drops or maze structures). Finally, fully nonlinear three-dimensional numerical integrations are performed to study the short- and long-time evolution of the evolving patterns. Different coarsening modes are discussed and long-time scaling exponents are extracted.
Assessing the Conditions of Personal Protective Equipment Utilization in Building Construction Workplaces
Creators: name: Hkyeng, Seng Naw Awng
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: 120201 Building Construction Management and Project Planning
subject: FOS: Civil engineering

description: Abstract — In this paper, the current conditions of personal
protective equipment utilization in building construction workplaces in Myitkyina city is assessed by data collecting method. Twelve fundamental PPE practices were measured in 17 construction work sites. The gathered data were analyzed using SPSS and Microsoft Excel softwares. The results indicate that both the engineers and workers showed a certain amount of safety concerns although there were deficiencies in practicing the exact occupational safety regulations.
BBN constraints on universally-coupled ultralight scalar dark matter
Creators: name: Sibiryakov, Sergey
name: Sørensen, Philip
name: Yu, Tien-Tien
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Ultralight scalar dark matter can interact with all massive Standard Model particles through a universal coupling. Such a coupling modifies the Standard Model particle masses and affects the dynamics of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. We model the cosmological evolution of the dark matter, taking into account the modifications of the scalar mass by the environment as well as the full dynamics of Big Bang Nucleosynthesis. We find that precision measurements of the helium-4 abundance set stringent constraints on the available parameter space, and that these constraints are strongly affected by both the dark matter environmental mass and the dynamics of the neutron freeze-out. Furthermore, we perform the analysis in both the Einstein and Jordan frames, the latter of which allows us to implement the model into numerical Big Bang Nucleosynthesis codes and analyze additional light elements. The numerical analysis shows that the constraint from helium-4 dominates over deuterium, and that the effect on lithium is insufficient to solve the lithium problem. Comparing to several other probes, we find that Big Bang Nucleosynthesis sets the strongest constraints for the majority of the parameter space.
description: 23 pages + appendices and bibliography, 6 figures, v2: typos corrected, expanded discussion around eq. 4.5, published version
R_Script_Packmor_et_al._2024_PRSB.pdf
Creators: name: Packmor, Florian
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 310301
subject: Behavioural ecology

description: R Script from Packmor et al. 2024 “Migratory birds can extract positional information from magnetic inclination and magnetic declination alone” (https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.1363) for analysing the potential effect of time within season on individual directions.A detailed description of the analyses can be found in the original article.
Tight multipartite Bell's inequalities involving many measurement settings
Creators: name: Laskowski, Wieslaw
name: Paterek, Tomasz
name: Zukowski, Marek
name: Brukner, Caslav
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive tight Bell's inequalities for N>2 observers involving more than two alternative measurement settings. We give a necessary and sufficient condition for a general quantum state to violate the new inequalities. The inequalities are violated by some classes of states, for which all standard Bell's inequalities with two measurement settings per observer are satisfied.
description: published version generalizing results of quant-ph/0303187 and quant-ph/0311182
ON THE INNOVATIVE SYSTEM OF TRANSLATION TECHNOLOGY CURRICULUM CONSTRUCTION IN THE NEW ERA
Creators: name: Dandan, Geng
Publisher: name: Современное педагогическое образование
Year: 2021
Subjects: New Era; Translation Technology; Curriculum Construction; Innovative System

description: In the new era of rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), the cultivation of translation talents pays more attention to the integrative application of language and technology. The construction of translation technology curriculum has become the focus of teaching reform of translation major in higher education. A multi-dimensional innovative system is about to emerge, which mainly covers the construction of course content, teaching and assessment modes, teaching staff, teaching materials, laboratories and industry-universityresearch cooperative platform. Under the function of collaborative innovation, translation technology courses will give full play to their practical application advantages, help to build a high-quality talent team of language service industry, and contribute to social progress.
Measuring human security : a new view of Cambodian vulnerability
Creators: name: Owen, Taylor Reid
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Human security is a new and contested concept. Although gaining legitimacy in many academic and policy communities, it has no single accepted definition, no universal foreign policy mandate and no consensus-commanding analytic framework for its measurement. This is in part do to a perceived conceptual ambiguity coupled with an inherent paradox in its measurement - the broader the spectrum of human security measured, the more difficult data collection and aggregation become. This paradox has forced the six existing measuring methodologies to be either broad and conceptually accurate, but of questionable feasibility and reliability, or narrow and feasible, but not representative of the full range of insecurities. In response to this difficulty, a measuring methodology is proposed centered around a new perception of space. Selecting indicators based on their regional relevance and aggregating them using their common denominator, location, allows the methodology to be conceptually broad, analytically accurate and practically feasible. Using a Geographic Information System, this methodology documents threats, allows for analysis of spatial correlations, and provides an invaluable tool for policy makers in regions of high vulnerability. This methodology was tested through a case study in Cambodia. 13 human security threats were established and spatially referenced local data were collected detailing them. An overlay analysis of high threat regions in each of the 13 threats revealed 'hotspots' of insecurity and a correlation analysis revealed a significant relationship between high landmine contamination and high poverty, dengue fever, HIV/AIDS, domestic violence and gun injuries. In addition, poverty was spatially correlated with dengue fever, domestic violence and landmines. While these correlations do not imply necessary causality, they do show a degree of significance that warrants further inquiry
Сравнительное исследование фонологических характеристик китайских и английских пословиц
Creators: name: Лун Чжичао
Publisher: name: Современное педагогическое образование
Year: 2021
Subjects: фонологические признаки
рифма
ритм
сравнительное исследование

description: Большинство пословиц произошло из разговорной речи простых людей. Практически работая в повседневной жизни, люди создали множество пословиц. [1, с. 34]. И английские, и китайские пословицы используют лаконичный, яркий и образный язык для обобщения различных переживаний и законов жизненной борьбы, а также для выражения мысли и мудрости простых людей. Многие пословицы цитируются в стихах и текстах не только потому, что в них есть поэтические чувства, но и изза их прекрасного ритма. В статье сравниваются английские и китайские пословицы с точки зрения фонологии. Из этого исследования мы можем обнаружить, что между английскими и китайскими пословицами есть как сходство, так и различия. Фонологические особенности внесут большой вклад в выразительную и эмоциональную силу пословиц.
A near deterministic linear optical CNOT gate
Creators: name: Nemoto, Kae
name: Munro, W. J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We show how to construct a near deterministic CNOT using several single photons sources, linear optics, photon number resolving quantum non-demolition detectors and feed-forward. This gate does not require the use of massively entangled states common to other implementations and is very efficient on resources with only one ancilla photon required. The key element of this gate are non-demolition detectors that use a weak cross-Kerr nonlinearity effect to conditionally generate a phase shift on a coherent probe, if a photon is present in the signal mode. These potential phase shifts can then be measured using highly efficient homodyne detection.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Fast Deep Multi-patch Hierarchical Network for Nonhomogeneous Image Dehazing
Creators: name: Das, Sourya Dipta
name: Dutta, Saikat
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Recently, CNN based end-to-end deep learning methods achieve superiority in Image Dehazing but they tend to fail drastically in Non-homogeneous dehazing. Apart from that, existing popular Multi-scale approaches are runtime intensive and memory inefficient. In this context, we proposed a fast Deep Multi-patch Hierarchical Network to restore Non-homogeneous hazed images by aggregating features from multiple image patches from different spatial sections of the hazed image with fewer number of network parameters. Our proposed method is quite robust for different environments with various density of the haze or fog in the scene and very lightweight as the total size of the model is around 21.7 MB. It also provides faster runtime compared to current multi-scale methods with an average runtime of 0.0145s to process 1200x1600 HD quality image. Finally, we show the superiority of this network on Dense Haze Removal to other state-of-the-art models.
description: CVPR Workshops Proceedings 2020
Hygienic Assessment of the Working Environment of Employees in Interventional Medicine
Creators: name: Tsimakuridze, M.P.
name: Giorgadze, N.N.
Publisher: name: Radiobiology and Radiation Safety
Year: 2021

description: The study aimed to identify the peculiarities of the working conditions of the medical staff employed in specialized procedures in the cardiac catheterization laboratories of the specialized clinics.The study found that the catheterization laboratory: 25% of cases did not meet the standard requirements, the internal area was on average 41-43 m2, instead of the minimum 47 m2; the average height of the ceiling was 2.7 m, instead of 3 m; the walls and floor of the catheterization laboratory were not treated with X-ray-resistant material (in 7% of the clinics); 30% of the research facilities didn’t have adequate lead sealing of the Procedure Room door; 7-8% of the surveyed facilities did not have a well-functioning ventilation system; In 17% of the surveyed cases the autonomous power source system of the coronary angiography was located so close to the laboratory that the noise level in the Control Room (in the remote control room) exceeded the maximum permissible noise level, which created discomfort during the operations.A study of the use of personal protective equipment (to reduce the dose of radiation) by medical personnel revealed that: the staff did't use protective glasses (98%); 7-8% did't use thyroid protection collar during the procedure;) 92% did't use small pelvic and gonad protective lead aprons; 67% did't attach the dosimeter to the body during the procedure; 98% of the staff did't use a special shield to reduce radiation in the procedure; 1-2% of the medical staff taking part in the procedure is in the usual medical uniform. Conclusion: the profession of interventionists belongs to the group of tense and stressful work, but radiation safety requirements are not fully implemented in the workplace.
description: Radiobiology and Radiation Safety, Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): Radiobiology and Radiation Safety
Nurses’ knowledge deficits in relation to diabetes care : perceptions of general duty staff nurses
Creators: name: Klein, Geraldine
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The purpose of this study was to canvas the views of general duty staff nurses to obtain their insights regarding why many nurses have knowledge deficits in relation to diabetes, the factors they believe affect nurses' knowledge and perceptions in connection with this disease, and the strategies they think would be effective in improving nurses' knowledge in this area of care. This study begins to address the gap that is evident in the nursing literature with respect to nurses' diabetes knowledge acquisition, and application within practice. The study was designed using interpretive descriptive research methods. Nurses, who participated in this study anonymously via the Internet and the WWW, made 849 visits to the study web site, and 2,387 to the electronic bulletin board. However, only 46 submissions to the study web page contained usable data, and 10 comments were made to the electronic bulletin board. Inductive analysis was used to explore data that were obtained. Nurses indicated that they believe nurses have knowledge deficits about diabetes. Nurses related that several factors contribute to these knowledge deficits including practice area, initial nursing educational preparation, and participation in diabetes continuing educational inservices. Participants stated that they think nurses' knowledge deficits give rise to delays in diagnosis of diabetes; cause patients to misunderstand the disease process, essential diabetes survival skills, and dietary restrictions; bring about the generation of erroneous blood glucose results; and may lead to premature death for persons who live with diabetes. Lastly, participants suggested that nurses' knowledge could be ameliorated by placing more emphasis on diabetes instruction during nurses' training and by ensuring that nurses take part in continuing education about diabetes on a regular basis. The discussion of the findings of this study has highlighted many implications for nursing practice and education, and has generated a number of directions for nursing research. Additionally, this researcher's reflections about the process of conducting this study revealed many of the benefits and pitfalls that can occur when computers, the Internet, and the WWW are used as tools for data collection for research.
B0-B0bar mixing in the static approximation from the Schroedinger Functional and twisted mass QCD
Creators: name: Palombi, F.
name: Papinutto, M.
name: Pena, C.
name: Wittig, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the renormalisation properties of parity-odd Delta B=2 operators with the heavy quark treated in the static approximation. Via twisted mass QCD (tmQCD), these operators provide the matrix elements relevant for the B0-B0bar mixing amplitude. The layout of a non-perturbative renormalisation programme for the operator basis, using Schroedinger Functional techniques, is described. Finally, we report our results for a one-loop perturbative study of various renormalisation schemes with Wilson-type lattice regularisations, which allows, in particular, to compute the NLO anomalous dimensions of the operators in the SF schemes of interest.
description: 6 pages, 1 figure, parallel talk given at LATTICE 2005, Trinity College, Dublin, July 25-30, 2005 (heavy quarks)
EFFECTS AND DETERMINANTS OF MILD UNDERWEIGHT AMONG PRESCHOOL CHILDREN ACROSS COUNTRIES AND OVER TIME
Creators: name: Bhagowalia, Priya
name: Chen, Susan E.
name: Masters, William J.
name: Bhagowalia, Priya
name: Chen, Susan E.
name: Masters, William J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Health Economics and Policy
subject: Underweight
subject: weight-for-height
subject: wasting
subject: child mortality
subject: FGT measures
subject: DHS data

description: Research on malnutrition typically focuses on severe cases, where anthropometric status falls below or above an extreme threshold. Such categorization is necessary for clinicians since mild cases may not justify intervention, but researchers could find that changes in mild malnutrition convey valuable information about mortality risk and health status. This paper focuses on changes in both mild and severe underweight in young children, as measured by 130 DHS surveys for 53 countries over a period from 1986 to 2007. We find that counting variance in all forms of underweight provides closer correlations with aggregate health outcomes (the under-five child mortality rate), and is more closely correlated to several influences of malnutrition (national income, gender equality and agricultural output). We conclude that the full distribution of nutritional status deserves greater attention, including in this case the prevalence of mild underweight among preschool children in developing countries.
6468: Scuppered Merchant Navy Ships
Creators: name: Project Team, Lest We Forget
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: John Simpson, who was in the Merchant Navy, telegrammed his wife in Aberdeen to tell her he was safe, despite his ship having sunk in Plymouth. All hands were saved.
Nine days later he telegrammed her again, this time from Salcombe, to say that his ship had scuppered again. This time several others had died.
Investigating Atomic Details of the CaF$_2$(111) Surface with a qPlus Sensor
Creators: name: Giessibl, Franz J.
name: Reichling, Michael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The (111) surface of CaF$_2$ has been intensively studied with large-amplitude frequency-modulation atomic force microscopy and atomic contrast formation is now well understood. It has been shown that the apparent contrast patterns obtained with a polar tip strongly depend on the tip terminating ion and three sub-lattices of anions and cations can be imaged. Here, we study the details of atomic contrast formation on CaF$_2$(111) with small-amplitude force microscopy utilizing the qPlus sensor that has been shown to provide utmost resolution at high scanning stability. Step edges resulting from cleaving crystals in-situ in the ultra-high vacuum appear as very sharp structures and on flat terraces, the atomic corrugation is seen in high clarity even for large area scans. The atomic structure is also not lost when scanning across triple layer step edges. High resolution scans of small surface areas yield contrast features of anion- and cation sub-lattices with unprecedented resolution. These contrast patterns are related to previously reported theoretical results.
description: 18 pages, 9 Figures, presented at 7th Int Conf Noncontact AFM Seattle, USA Sep 12-15 2004, accepted for publication in Nanotechnology, http://www.iop.org
B decays to open and hidden charm at Belle
Creators: name: Drutskoy, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The recent Belle collaboration measurements of B decays to open and hidden charm are discussed. Color-suppressed decay branching fractions are measured with an improved accuracy. The branching fractions of the $\bar{B}^0 \to D_s^+ K^-$ and $\bar{B}^0 \to D_s^- π^+$ decays, measured with improved accuracy, and $\bar{B}^0 \to D_{sJ}^+ K^-$ and $\bar{B}^0 \to D_{sJ}^- π^+$ decays, measured for the first time, are compared. The two-body invariant masses of the three-body $B^0 \to D^{(*)0} π^+ π^-$ and $B^0 \to J/Ψπ^+ π^-$ decays are studied.
description: 4 pages, 7 figures, proceedings submitted to the ICHEP 2004 conference, August 16-22, 2004, Beijing, China
Optimal choice of dividing surface for the computation of quantum reaction rates
Creators: name: Predescu, Cristian
name: Miller, William H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: See http://pubs.acs.org/journals/jpcafh/ for the latest revision
description: This paper is withdrawn due to copyright issues; the paper will appear in J. Phys. Chem. A
Generalized Absurdly Benign Traversable Wormholes powered by Casimir Energy
Creators: name: Garattini, Remo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this work, we explore the connection between Casimir energy and an Absurdly Benign Traversable Wormhole, which in the literature has been considered only in the pioneering paper of Morris and Thorne. To have consistency with the Casimir source, we need to generalize the idea of an Absurdly Benign Traversable Wormhole into a Generalized Absurdly Benign Traversable Wormhole. With this generalization, we have found that the wormhole throat is not more Planckian, but huge. Three profiles have been studied: one of them is directly connected with the Casimir source, while the other two have been obtained approximating the first one close to the throat. In all profiles the wormhole throat size is predicted to be of the order of $10^{17}m$. This huge size can be fine tuned by modulating the original Casimir energy source size. We have also found that the traceless and divergenceless property of the original Casimir stress energy tensor is here partially reproduced.
description: revtex4 13 pages
6451: Joseph Gibbs
Creators: name: Project Team, Lest We Forget
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 430304
subject: British history
classificationCode: 430308
subject: European history (excl. British, classical Greek and Roman)
classificationCode: 430316
subject: International history

description: Joseph was a private in the Essex Regiment Royal Fusiliers. He took a bullet through the thigh in 1917 and was invalided out of the war, ambulanced back to the UK. He survived, and died in 1959.
Temperature effects on mixed state geometric phase
Creators: name: Rezakhani, A. T.
name: Zanardi, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Geometric phase of an open quantum system that is interacting with a thermal environment (bath) is studied through some simple examples. The system is considered to be a simple spin-half particle which is weakly coupled to the bath. It is seen that even in this regime the geometric phase can vary with temperature. In addition, we also consider the system under an adiabatically time-varying magnetic field which is weakly coupled to the bath. An important feature of this model is that it reveals existence of a temperature-scale in which adiabaticity condition is preserved and beyond which the geometric phase is varying quite rapidly with temperature. This temperature is exactly the one in which the geometric phase vanishes. This analysis has some implications in realistic implementations of geometric quantum computation.
description: 5 pages
Phyto Therapeutic Treatment of Radiation-Induced Typical Morphological Changes of Small Intestine
Creators: name: Kalmakhelidze, S.L.
name: Gogebashvili, M.E.
name: Ivanishvili, N.I.
name: Sanikidze, T.V.
name: Museridze, D.P.
name: Ormotsadze, G.L.
Publisher: name: Radiobiology and Radiation Safety
Year: 2021

description: This study aims to identify the morphological changes in the small intestine after exposure to gamma irradiation (5Gy) and reduce the negative impact of irradiation with. Radiationinduced morphological changes of jejunum are thickening and shortening of intestinal microvilli and epithelial shedding. The villi are broken or dissolved to varying degrees, with a loose arrangement between the intestinal villus.The duckweed -Lemna minor has anti-inflammatory and antibacterial activity that reduces the negative impact of gamma irradiation on small intestines. Intake of Lemnan in the early post-irradiation period has a great significanceintheregenerative process of small intestine mucosa and increased survival rate of irradiated animals. Phytotherapeutic substance - Lemna minor. The active component of the duckweed is pectin polysaccharide - Lemnan, which increases the barrier-immune function of the small intestineThe results of the study indicate that Phytotherapeutic treatment on early post-radiation period reduces acutedelayed irradiation effects resulting in increased survival rate of irradiated animals.
description: Radiobiology and Radiation Safety, Vol. 1 No. 2 (2021): Radiobiology and Radiation Safety
The Gemini Planet Imager view of the HD 32297 debris disk
Creators: name: Duchene, Gaspard
name: Rice, Malena
name: Hom, Justin
name: Zalesky, Joseph
name: Esposito, Thomas M.
name: Millar-Blanchaer, Maxwell A.
name: Ren, Bin
name: Kalas, Paul
name: Fitzgerald, Michael
name: Arriaga, Pauline
name: Bruzzone, Sebastian
name: Bulger, Joanna
name: Chen, Christine H.
name: Chiang, Eugene
name: Cotten, Tara
name: Czekala, Ian
name: De Rosa, Robert J.
name: Dong, Ruobing
name: Draper, Zachary H.
name: Follette, Katherine B.
name: Graham, James R.
name: Hung, Li-Wei
name: Lopez, Ronald
name: Macintosh, Bruce
name: Matthews, Brenda C.
name: Mazoyer, Johan
name: Metchev, Stan
name: Patience, Jennifer
name: Perrin, Marshall D.
name: Rameau, Julien
name: Song, Inseok
name: Stahl, Kevin
name: Wang, Jason
name: Wolff, Schuyler
name: Zuckerman, Ben
name: Ammons, S. Mark
name: Bailey, Vanessa P.
name: Barman, Travis
name: Chilcote, Jeffrey
name: Doyon, Rene
name: Gerard, Benjamin L.
name: Goodsell, Stephen J.
name: Greenbaum, Alexandra Z.
name: Hibon, Pascale
name: Ingraham, Patrick
name: Konopacky, Quinn
name: Maire, Jerome
name: Marchis, Franck
name: Marley, Mark S.
name: Marois, Christian
name: Nielsen, Eric L.
name: Oppenheimer, Rebecca
name: Palmer, David
name: Poyneer, Lisa
name: Pueyo, Laurent
name: Rajan, Abhijith
name: Rantrakiro, Fredrik T.
name: Ruffio, Jean-Baptiste
name: Savransky, Dmitry
name: Schneider, Adam C.
name: Sivaramakrishnan, Anand
name: Soummer, Remi
name: Thomas, Sandrine
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present new $H$-band scattered light images of the HD 32297 edge-on debris disk obtained with the Gemini Planet Imager (GPI). The disk is detected in total and polarized intensity down to a projected angular separation of 0.15", or 20au. On the other hand, the large scale swept-back halo remains undetected, likely a consequence of its markedly blue color relative to the parent body belt. We analyze the curvature of the disk spine and estimate a radius of $\approx$100au for the parent body belt, smaller than past scattered light studies but consistent with thermal emission maps of the system. We employ three different flux-preserving post-processing methods to suppress the residual starlight and evaluate the surface brightness and polarization profile along the disk spine. Unlike past studies of the system, our high fidelity images reveal the disk to be highly symmetric and devoid of morphological and surface brightness perturbations. We find the dust scattering properties of the system to be consistent with those observed in other debris disks, with the exception of HR 4796. Finally, we find no direct evidence for the presence of a planetary-mass object in the system.
description: Accepted for publication in the Astronomical Journal
Can WIMP Spin Dependent Couplings explain DAMA data, in light of Null Results from Other Experiments?
Creators: name: Savage, Christopher
name: Gondolo, Paolo
name: Freese, Katherine
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We examine whether the annual modulation found by the DAMA dark matter experiment can be explained by Weakly Interacting Massive Particles (WIMPs), in light of new null results from other experiments. CDMS II has already ruled out most WIMP-nucleus spin-independent couplings as an explanation for DAMA data. Hence we here focus on spin-dependent (axial vector; SD) couplings of WIMPs to nuclei. We expand upon previous work by (i) considering the general case of coupling to both protons and neutrons and (ii) incorporating bounds from all existing experiments. We note the surprising fact that CMDS II places one of the strongest bounds on the WIMP-neutron cross-section, and show that SD WIMP-neutron scattering alone is excluded. We also show that SD WIMP-proton scattering alone is allowed only for WIMP masses in the 5-13 GeV range. For the general case of coupling to both protons and neutrons, we find that, for WIMP masses above 13 GeV and below 5 GeV, there is no region of parameter space that is compatible with DAMA and all other experiments. In the range (5-13) GeV, we find acceptable regions of parameter space, including ones in which the WIMP-neutron coupling is comparable to the WIMP-proton coupling.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures. v2: added Baksan results, added references, other minor changes. v3: minor changes to match PRD version