cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
IGF system, CD99 and tumor-specific chromosomal translocations: evaluation of their cross-talk and definition of their role in Ewing sarcoma and prostate cancer
Creators: name: Mancarella, Caterina <1986>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2015
Subjects: MED/33 Malattie apparato locomotore

description: Aberrant expression of ETS transcription factors, including FLI1 and ERG, due to chromosomal translocations has been described as a driver event in initiation and progression of different tumors. In this study, the impact of prostate cancer (PCa) fusion gene TMPRSS2-ERG was evaluated on components of the insulin-like growth factor (IGF) system and the CD99 molecule, two well documented targets of EWS-FLI1, the hallmark of Ewing sarcoma (ES). The aim of this study was to identify common or distinctive ETS-related mechanisms which could be exploited at biological and clinical level.
The results demonstrate that IGF-1R represents a common target of ETS rearrangements as ERG and FLI1 bind IGF-1R gene promoter and their modulation causes alteration in IGF-1R protein levels. At clinical level, this mechanism provides basis for a more rationale use of anti-IGF-1R inhibitors as PCa cells expressing the fusion gene better respond to anti-IGF-1R agents. EWS-FLI1/IGF-1R axis provides rationale for combination of anti-IGF-1R agents with trabectedin, an alkylator agent causing enhanced EWS-FLI1 occupancy on the IGF-1R promoter. TMPRSS2-ERG also influences prognosis relevance of IGF system as high IGF-1R correlates with a better biochemical progression free survival (BPFS) in PCa patients negative for the fusion gene while marginal or no association was found in the total cases or TMPRSS2-ERG-positive cases, respectively. This study indicates CD99 is differentially regulated between ETS-related tumors as CD99 is not a target of ERG. In PCa, CD99 did not show differential expression between TMPRSS2-ERG-positive and –negative cells. A direct correlation was anyway found between ERG and CD99 proteins both in vitro and in patients putatively suggesting that ERG target genes comprehend regulators of CD99. Despite a little trend suggesting a correlation between CD99 expression and a better BPFS, no clinical relevance for CD99 was found in the field of prognostic biomarkers.
The Effect of Home Visits on the Parents of Preschool Children with Autism and Special Needs
Creators: name: Adams, Julie
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: The purpose of this study was determine whether or not the implementation of home visits for
the parents of preschool children with autism and special needs has increased their understanding
of the components of the program and their use at home. The Autism Knowledge and
Intervention Scale was used to determine the effective of the home visits. The six parents were
from a convenience sample. The results of the non- independent sample t-test revealed that there
was no significant difference in the parents’ knowledge of the components of their child’s
preschool program as measured on the pretest (Mean=72.33, SD=18.07) and posttest
(Mean=84.66, SD=6.56) [t (5)= -1.63, p > .05]. In addition, there was also no statistically
significant difference in the implementation scores between the pretest (Mean= 31.33, SD= 3.72)
and the posttest (Mean= 32.66, SD= 2.58) test [t(5)=-1.58, p>.05). Practical and theoretical
implications, threats to validity, and recommendations for future research are discussed.
The Effects of Peer and Adult Influence on Adolescent Prosocial Behavior
Creators: name: Arnold, Shaka A.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: The purpose of this study was to determine if there would be differences in self-reported adolescent behavior in the presence of adults versus peer groups. This study was also designed to determine if those influences would cause specific types of prosocial behavior. The instrument used to assess prosocial behavior in this study was the Prosocial Tendencies Measure (PTM) and the Higgins‘ Event Reaction Questionnaire (ERQ). This study used a static-group comparison design with participants completing the aforementioned paper and pencil measures. There were no significant effects on behavior demonstrated by the 101 middle school aged participants. Research in this area should continue in order for educators to develop appropriate curriculum for students that teaches and encourages prosocial behavior.
Is Taiwan ready for the challenge of the WTO?: an examination of Taiwan's import safeguard clauses from a comparative perspective
Creators: name: Chen, Hsiao-Ting
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: The Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO) came into force on January 1, 1995. Its comprehensive scope will hasten the trade liberalization process and facilitate world trade in the future. On the other hand, it is possible that some domestic industries will face stringent and unexpected competition from their foreign counterparts. Consequently, an import safeguard clause is arguably necessary to function as a safety valve to alleviate the shock of trade liberalization. Such a clause could provide a means by which domestic industries are able to make structural adjustments to compete with foreign businesses successfully in the long term. Given the importance of developing an effective import relief system, the primary purpose of this thesis is to provide a useful analysis of and concrete suggestions for new safeguard rules for Taiwan, in accordance with the norms of GATT/WTO. Reference will also be made to the safeguard systems and related rules and policies of the European Union and the United States, which have long-standing safeguard systems. Through comparison, this research will evaluate whether the new safeguard rules of Taiwan contain any inappropriate provisions and whether the legislation is sufficient to meet the challenges anticipated after Taiwan joins the WTO. The research will also discuss whether it is appropriate for Taiwan to emulate the same safeguard rules of other selected countries (like the U.S. and EU) to solve related problems, or whether such rules need to be changed to suit the economic situation of Taiwan. In general, the current import safeguard clauses of Taiwan are consistent with WTO principles, although there are some procedures that probably need to be amended. Reinforcing trade adjustment assistance and establishing dispute settlement channels should also be the focus of future improvements for Taiwan's import safeguard system.
Search for the Higgs boson in H->WW(*) decays in p anti-p collisions at S**(1/2) = 1.96-TEV
Creators: name: D0 Collaboration
name: Abazov, V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a search for the standard model Higgs boson in H->WW(*), decays with ee, emu and mumu final states in p anti-p collisions at a center-of-mass energy of S**(1/2) = 1.96-TEV. The data, collected from April 2002 to June 2004 with the D0 detector, correspond to an integrated luminosity of 300 - 325 pb**(-1), depending on the final state. The number of events observed is consistent with the expectation from backgrounds. Limits from the combination of all three channels on the Higgs production cross section times branching ratio sigma*BR(H->WW(*) are presented.
description: submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett
The Effect of Integrative Motivation on Students’ Achievement among the Intermediate French Language Learners in a Community College Speech Community
Creators: name: Badagbo, Yawo
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: This study examined whether integrative motivation would improve academic achievement in a French language learning classroom. The study was conducted with a speech community in the Intermediate French classroom at a midsize university outside of Baltimore, Maryland. The sample consisted of 27 students. It used a quasi-experimental pretest/posttest design to determine and compare the effects of integrative motivation on students’ achievement produced by cultural teaching strategies. The instrument used to measure the students’ achievement was the pretest/posttest designed by the researcher. Another instrument that was used in this experiment was questionnaires to measure students’ integrative motivation. The study began in September 2013 and concluded in October 2013. It was determined that integrative motivation has no significant effect on the students’ achievement. However, the survey produced a positive result by indicating that cultural instruction helped students. It is suggested that longitudinal research be conducted to confirm the results of this study.
Additional file 4 of evALLution: making basic evolution concepts accessible to people with visual impairment through a multisensory tree of life
Creators: name: Laurentino, Telma G.
name: Xavier, Marisa
name: Ronco, Fabrizia
name: Pina-Martins, Francisco
name: Domingues, Iolanda
name: Penha, Bruno
name: Dias, Marta
name: Sousa, Alexandra De
name: Carrilho, Tiago
name: Rodrigues, Leonor R.
name: Pinheiro, Carlota
name: Rato, Daniela
name: Balata, Duarte
name: Ayala-Botto, Gonçalo
name: Matos, Margarida
name: Campelo, Maria
name: Botelho, Rafael
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 4. Description of the branch exercises applied to assess prediction ability.
The Effect of an After School Tutoring Program on Standardized Tests
Creators: name: Welzant, Teddy
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: The purpose of this study was to determine whether an after school tutoring session had an impact on standardized test scores for 7th grade students. The study used a quasiexperimental pretest/posttest design to determine the effect of the tutoring class. The study began in January of 2013 and concluded in March of 2013. There was no statistically significant effect on test scores for the students who stayed for the after school tutoring sessions. Future research on this study could require below level students to attend the tutoring sessions and schedule those sessions during the scheduled school day.
Numerical approximation of boundary value problems for curvature flow and elastic flow in Riemannian manifolds
Creators: name: Garcke, Harald
name: Nürnberg, Robert
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We present variational approximations of boundary value problems for curvature flow (curve shortening flow) and elastic flow (curve straightening flow) in two-dimensional Riemannian manifolds that are conformally flat. For the evolving open curves we propose natural boundary conditions that respect the appropriate gradient flow structure. Based on suitable weak formulations we introduce finite element approximations using piecewise linear elements. For some of the schemes a stability result can be shown. The derived schemes can be employed in very different contexts. For example, we apply the schemes to the Angenent metric in order to numerically compute rotationally symmetric self-shrinkers for the mean curvature flow. Furthermore, we utilise the schemes to compute geodesics that are relevant for optimal interface profiles in multi-component phase field models.
description: 42 pages, 21 figures
Additional file 5 of evALLution: making basic evolution concepts accessible to people with visual impairment through a multisensory tree of life
Creators: name: Laurentino, Telma G.
name: Xavier, Marisa
name: Ronco, Fabrizia
name: Pina-Martins, Francisco
name: Domingues, Iolanda
name: Penha, Bruno
name: Dias, Marta
name: Sousa, Alexandra De
name: Carrilho, Tiago
name: Rodrigues, Leonor R.
name: Pinheiro, Carlota
name: Rato, Daniela
name: Balata, Duarte
name: Ayala-Botto, Gonçalo
name: Matos, Margarida
name: Campelo, Maria
name: Botelho, Rafael
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 5. Questionnaire for data collection applied to participants before and after the MSToL experience.
Poisson actions up to homotopy and their quantization
Creators: name: Severa, Pavol
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: Quantum Algebra (math.QA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: Symmetries of Poisson manifolds are in general quantized just to symmetries up to homotopy of the quantized algebra of functions. It is therefore interesting to study symmetries up to homotopy of Poisson manifolds. We notice that they are equivalent to Poisson principal bundles and describe their quantization to symmetries up to homotopy of the quantized algebras of functions.
description: 8 pages
ENVIRONMENTAL FINANCE IN CHINA'S WESTERN REGION DEVELOPMENT PLAN
Creators: name: Wang, Feiyue
name: Quan, Yongxin
name: Henning, John C.
name: Wang, Feiyue
name: Quan, Yongxin
name: Henning, John C.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2001
Subjects: Environmental Economics and Policy

description: During the past 20 years, economic reforms undertaken by China have led to rapid economic growth, as well as increasing environmental problems. In particular, economic development in the Eastern Region has been associated with severe environmental degradation. For example, the Huaihe River has been badly polluted through this process of development, air quality is poor, and red tides have been observed along the southeastern coastline. In the 10th five-year national development plan (2001-2005), the Chinese government is focusing on promoting economic growth in the Western Region, since it is relatively underdeveloped compared to the east. However, the government wishes to ensure that economic development in this region is accompanied by social development and does not further compromise the environment. To realize a future path of sustainable development that avoids the costs of environmental degradation, the government has chosen to emphasize environmental regulation and protection in the development of the Western Region. It has also emphasized research on the linkages between the environment and development. However, the questions of how the required environmental investments will be financed (Environmental Finance), the appropriate balance between public and private spending, and understanding the role of Environmental Finance have recently emerged as key issues. To this end, China is working to enhance cooperation with foreign partners. For example, in November 2000, China and the OECD organized a special forum on environmental issues facing China, including the role of Environmental Finance. The challenge of designing an appropriate strategy for the development of the Western Region provides a good opportunity to explore the use of Environmental Finance in China.
On Potentially 3-regular graph graphic Sequences
Creators: name: Hu, Lili
name: Lai, Chunhui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 05C07, 05C35

description: For given a graph $H$, a graphic sequence $π=(d_1,d_2,...,d_n)$ is said to be potentially $H$-graphic if there exists a realization of $π$ containing $H$ as a subgraph. In this paper, we characterize the potentially $H$-graphic sequences where $H$ denotes 3-regular graph with 6 vertices. In other words, we characterize the potentially $K_{3,3}$ and $K_6-C_6$-graphic sequences where $K_{r,r}$ is an $r\times r$ complete bipartite graph. One of these characterizations implies a theorem due to Yin [25].
description: 19 pages
Additional file 6 of evALLution: making basic evolution concepts accessible to people with visual impairment through a multisensory tree of life
Creators: name: Laurentino, Telma G.
name: Xavier, Marisa
name: Ronco, Fabrizia
name: Pina-Martins, Francisco
name: Domingues, Iolanda
name: Penha, Bruno
name: Dias, Marta
name: Sousa, Alexandra De
name: Carrilho, Tiago
name: Rodrigues, Leonor R.
name: Pinheiro, Carlota
name: Rato, Daniela
name: Balata, Duarte
name: Ayala-Botto, Gonçalo
name: Matos, Margarida
name: Campelo, Maria
name: Botelho, Rafael
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 6. Additional figures and data visualization.
A Study of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Motivation Among Division III Athletes
Creators: name: Dzikas, Megan
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: The purpose of this study was to determine the motivational factors of Division III
athletes. The goal was help determine whether Division III athletes were intrinsically or
extrinsically motivated. The study involved a questionnaire, which was given to the participants
that measure their intrinsic and extrinsic motivational scores. This study provided significant
results for extrinsic motivated athletes. Research in this area should continue, as there is very
little information available, especially amongst Division III athletics.
Coulomb Blockade Peak Spacings: Interplay of Spin and Dot-Lead Coupling
Creators: name: Vorojtsov, Serguei
name: Baranger, Harold U.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For Coulomb blockade peaks in the linear conductance of a quantum dot, we study the correction to the spacing between the peaks due to dot-lead coupling. This coupling can affect measurements in which Coulomb blockade phenomena are used as a tool to probe the energy level structure of quantum dots. The electron-electron interactions in the quantum dot are described by the constant exchange and interaction (CEI) model while the single-particle properties are described by random matrix theory. We find analytic expressions for both the average and rms mesoscopic fluctuation of the correction. For a realistic value of the exchange interaction constant J_s, the ensemble average correction to the peak spacing is two to three times smaller than that at J_s = 0. As a function of J_s, the average correction to the peak spacing for an even valley decreases monotonically, nonetheless staying positive. The rms fluctuation is of the same order as the average and weakly depends on J_s. For a small fraction of quantum dots in the ensemble, therefore, the correction to the peak spacing for the even valley is negative. The correction to the spacing in the odd valleys is opposite in sign to that in the even valleys and equal in magnitude. These results are robust with respect to the choice of the random matrix ensemble or change in parameters such as charging energy, mean level spacing, or temperature.
description: RevTex, 11 pages, 9 figures. v2: Conclusions section expanded. Accepted for publication in PRB
O 40.º sínodo diocesano de Braga. O sínodo diocesano e D. Eurico. Viragem pastoral alicerçada na experiência
Creators: name: Ortiga, D. Jorge
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2021

description: Theologica, v. 35 n. 2 (2000): D. Eurico Dias Nogueira. Arcebispo Primaz de Braga (1977-1999). Homenagem.
Mental Imagery and Perceived Levels of Mental Strength in Collegiate Swimmers
Creators: name: Mulderrig, Madeleine
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of mental imagery on the mental
strength of collegiate athletes during practice and competition. The measurement tool was the
Sport Psychology Questionnaire for Swimmers, which assessed the levels of existing mental
strength for each athlete at the beginning of mental imagery implementation and again at the end
of the six-week period. No statistically significant findings on any of the questions on the survey
were found and the null hypothesis was retained. Research in this area should continue, as there
is very little information available regarding mental imagery and its quantifiable effects on the
mental states of athletes.
A Comparative Study of the Motivations of Male and Female Adolescent Dancers
Creators: name: Soule, Sarah E.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: The purpose of this study was to compare the motivations between adolescent male and female
dancers’ for their participation in dance. This is important because there is very little information
on male dancers and there is a need for more males is the dance world. The null hypothesis for
this study is that there would be no statistically significant difference in intrinsic/extrinsic
motivation, social motivation, emotional motivation, physical motivation, and artistic motivation
scores on a self-report questionnaire between male and female adolescent dancers. A Likert-like
scale was used that had a series of statements covering the following four categories of
motivation: social, physical, emotional, and artistic. Within each category, five statements
focused on extrinsic motivators and five focused on intrinsic motivators. Students came from a
convenience sample of students at a private dance studio (Female n = 10; Male n = 8). There was
no statistically significant difference between male and female dancers’ motivations for
participating in dance in any category (i.e., Intrinsic motivation: male dancers (Mean = 32.25,
SD = 9.47) and female dancers (Mean = 38.60, SD = 8.44) [t(16) = -1.50, p > .05]; Extrinsic
motivation: male dancers (Mean = 25.50 SD = 9.20) and female dancers (Mean = 29.00, SD =
10.93) [t(16) = -0.72, p > .05]Social motivation: male dancers (Mean = 9.00, SD = 2.78) and
female dancers (Mean = 9.20, SD = 3.33) [t(16) = -.14, p > .05]; Physical motivation: male
dancers (Mean = 14.63, SD = 5.99) and the female dancers (Mean = 18.40, SD = 6.02) [t(16) = -
1.32, p > .05]; Emotional motivation: male dancers (Mean = 19.38, SD = 6.14) and female
dancers (Mean = 22.40, SD = 5.89) [t(16) = -1.06, p > .05]; Artistic motivation: male dancers
(Mean = 15.00, SD = 6.46) and female dancers (Mean = 17.60, SD = 6.35) [t(16) = -0.86, p >
.05]). Implications of the findings and suggestions for future research are discussed.
TeVeS Cosmology : Covariant formalism for the background evolution and linear perturbation theory
Creators: name: Skordis, Constantinos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A relativistic theory of gravity has recently been proposed by Bekenstein, where gravity is mediated by a tensor, a vector and a scalar field, thus called TeVeS. The theory aims at modifying gravity in such a way as to reproduce Milgrom's MOdified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND) in the weak field, non-relativistic limit, which provides a framework to solve the missing mass problem in galaxies without invoking dark matter. In this paper I apply a covariant approach to formulate the cosmological equations for this theory, for both the background and linear perturbations. I derive the necessary perturbed equations for scalar, vector and tensor modes without adhering to a particular gauge. Special gauges are considered in the appendix.
description: 33 pages, no figures, submitted to PRD
Enumeration of planar constellations with an alternating boundary
Creators: name: Bouttier, Jérémie
name: Carrance, Ariane
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Probability (math.PR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A planar hypermap with a boundary is defined as a planar map with a boundary, endowed with a proper bicoloring of the inner faces. The boundary is said alternating if the colors of the incident inner faces alternate along its contour. In this paper we consider the problem of counting planar hypermaps with an alternating boundary, according to the perimeter and to the degree distribution of innerfaces of each color. The problem is translated into a functional equation with a catalytic variable determining the corresponding generating function. In the case of constellations - hypermaps whose all inner faces of a given color have degree $m\geq 2$, and whose all other inner faces have a degree multiple of $m$ - we completely solve the functional equation, and show that the generating function is algebraic and admits an explicit rational parametrization. We finally specialize to the case of Eulerian triangulations - hypermaps whose all inner faces have degree $3$ - and compute asymptotics which are needed in another work by the second author, to prove the convergence of rescaled planar Eulerian triangulations to the Brownian map.
description: 20 pages, 5 figures. Final version appearing in EJC
The Effect of Behavior Modification Programs on the Behaviors of High School Students
Creators: name: Vargo, George W.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: The purpose of the study was to determine whether behavior modification programs would affect the behaviors of high school students. The null hypothesis was supported, indicating that the use of the behavior modification program in this study did not impact the behaviors of the students in the sample. The behavior modification program used in this study was based off of the positive behavior supports model, using a reward system. The study was organized in a quasiexperimental design and used convenience sampling. The sample included 24 students in a standard American Government course at a middle class, Baltimore area, suburban high school. The treatment took the form of a positive behavior rewards system. Treatment was administered to the subjects over a three-week period. Data was collected three times during the treatment using a qualitative data collection tool. Data was then analyzed using a chi square statistic. The results of the research suggest that further research should be conducted in varying demographic settings to evaluate the effectiveness of positive behavior rewards system.
On the concave and convex solutions of mixed convection boundary layer approximation in a porous medium
Creators: name: Brighi, B.
name: Hoernel, J. -D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 34B15, 34C11, 76D10

description: In this paper we investigate the similarity solutions of a plane mixed convection boundary layer flow near a semi-vertical plate, with a prescribed power law function of the distance from the leading edge for the temperature, that is embedded in a porous medium. We show the existence and uniqueness of convex and concave solutions for positive values of the power law exponent.
Actividade normativa e reforma das estruturas pastorais no pontificado de D. Eurico Dias Nogueira
Creators: name: Silva, Fernando
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2021

description: Theologica, v. 35 n. 2 (2000): D. Eurico Dias Nogueira. Arcebispo Primaz de Braga (1977-1999). Homenagem.
Investigation of transfer coefficients for many-component dense systems of neutral and charged hard spheres
Creators: name: Kobryn, A. E.
name: Tokarchuk, M. V.
name: Humenyuk, Y. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In present work a calculation of transfer coefficients for many-component dense gases for charged and non-charged hard spheres is carried out using the Enskog-Landau kinetic equation which takes into account realistic particle sizes.
description: 4 pages, 2 eps-figures
REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS AND THE IMMOVABLE PROPERTY MARKET IN ALBANIA
Creators: name: Moores, Margaret Eveline
name: Flynn, Norman D.
name: Moores, Margaret Eveline
name: Flynn, Norman D.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Real estate business--Albania
subject: Real estate development--Albania
subject: Land markets--Albania

description: The experience of other Eastern and Central European countries would suggest that in Albania, as the market for real property develops, there should also be developments in services that support real property transactions. A competitive and transparent market is usually facilitated by the presence of real estate professionals who bring buyers and sellers together to maximize the opportunities of both. These specialists work primarily through the collection and management of market information relating to real estate and profit through the administration of the process of submitting offers, acceptances, and contracts of sale. The appearance of such real estate professionals began in Albania in 1991, immediately following legal reforms allowing individuals and groups of individuals in society to own real property. This report examines the development of the real estate profession in Albania from 1991 to 1996 and is based on interviews and meetings with representatives of the key actors in any real property market: realtors, builders, urban planners, architects, lawyers and notaries, appraisers, and construction companies. The study was sponsored by the Land Market Development Project for the combined purpose of (a) providing insight on the evolution of Albania's urban real property market prior to full implementation of the Immovable Property Registration System and (b) assisting with the establishment of an Association of Real Estate Professionals, which could improve the professional expertise of realtors and encourage nongovernmental legal and policy research relating to real estate market development.
Steering Interchange of Polariton Branches via Coherent and Incoherent Dynamics
Creators: name: Tancara, Diego
name: Norambuena, Ariel
name: Peña, Rubén
name: Romero, Guillermo
name: Torres, Felipe
name: Coto, Raúl
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Controlling light-matter based quantum systems in the strong coupling regime allows for exploring quantum simulation of many-body physics in nowadays architectures. For instance, the atom-field interaction in a cavity QED network provides control and scalability for quantum information processing. Here, we propose the control of single- and two-body Jaynes-Cummings systems in a non-equilibrium scenario, which allows us to establish conditions for the coherent and incoherent interchange of polariton branches. Our findings provide a systematic approach to manipulate polaritons interchange, that we apply to reveal new insights in the transition between Mott Insulator- and Superfluid-like states. Furthermore, we study the asymmetry in the absorption spectrum by triggering the cavity and atomic losses as a function of the atom-cavity detuning and photon's hopping.
Larnax longipedunculata S. Leiva, E. Rodriguez Rodriguez & J. Campos 1998
Creators: name: Deanna, Rocío
name: González, Segundo Leiva
name: Barboza, Gloria E.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Solanales
Solanaceae
Larnax
Larnax longipedunculata

description: Larnax longipedunculata S. Leiva, E. Rodríguez Rodríguez & J. Campos (1998: 194)
Lectotype (designated here):— PERU. Cajamarca: San Ignacio, Caserío La Bermeja, bosques de neblina La Bermeja, Dist. Tabaconas, 1830 m, 4 January 1998, S. Leiva, J. Campos & E. Rodríguez 2098 (CONN 00055675!, isolectotypes: CORD 00004044!, F 2198658!, HUT 031885!, MO 04906479!).
The designated lectotype is the most complete specimen, consisting of a small branch with buds, two flowers and a fruit detached from the branch (Fig. 13 E). Furthermore, the long peduncle (Fig. 13 G) and the tiny calyx lobes are important characters observable in this specimen. Among the isolectotypes, the specimen housed at HUT has numerous flowers per inflorescence (8–15) which sets this species apart from the most morphologically similar species, L. nieva S. Leiva & N. W. Sawyer (2003: 106) (Fig. 14 F–J).
description: Published as part of Deanna, Rocío, González, Segundo Leiva & Barboza, Gloria E., 2014, Four new species and eighteen lectotypifications of Larnax from Ecuador and Peru and a new synonym of Deprea orinocensis (Solanaceae: Solanoideae, Physalideae), pp. 1-34 in Phytotaxa 167 (1) on page 25, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.167.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/5153819
D. Eurico Dias Nogueira e a sua caminhada de pastor
Creators: name: Peixoto, Eduardo De Melo
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2021

description: Theologica, v. 35 n. 2 (2000): D. Eurico Dias Nogueira. Arcebispo Primaz de Braga (1977-1999). Homenagem.
Beckmann, Joachim (Hrsg.), Kirchliches Jahrbuch für die Evangelische Kirche in Deutschland 1970
Creators: name: Krüger
Publisher: name: Ökumenische Rundschau
Year: 2025

description: Ökumenische Rundschau, Bd. 21 Nr. 4 (1972): Ökumenische Rundschau, Band 21, Heft 4
D. Eurico Dias Nogueira. Um bispo missionário na tormenta africana (1964-1977)
Creators: name: Marques, João Francisco
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2021

description: Theologica, v. 35 n. 2 (2000): D. Eurico Dias Nogueira. Arcebispo Primaz de Braga (1977-1999). Homenagem.
Nonparametric estimation of a convex bathtub-shaped hazard function
Creators: name: Jankowski, Hanna K.
name: Wellner, Jon A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Statistics Theory (math.ST)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: In this paper, we study the nonparametric maximum likelihood estimator (MLE) of a convex hazard function. We show that the MLE is consistent and converges at a local rate of $n^{2/5}$ at points $x_0$ where the true hazard function is positive and strictly convex. Moreover, we establish the pointwise asymptotic distribution theory of our estimator under these same assumptions. One notable feature of the nonparametric MLE studied here is that no arbitrary choice of tuning parameter (or complicated data-adaptive selection of the tuning parameter) is required.
description: Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.3150/09-BEJ202 the Bernoulli (http://isi.cbs.nl/bernoulli/) by the International Statistical Institute/Bernoulli Society (http://isi.cbs.nl/BS/bshome.htm)
LIBERAL CONTRACTS, RELATIONAL CONTRACTS AND COMMON PROPERTY: AFRICA AND THE UNITED STATES
Creators: name: Tabachnick, David
name: Tabachnick, David
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1998
Subjects: subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Natural resources, Communal -- United States
subject: Natural resources, Communal -- Guinea
subject: Right of property -- Economic aspects
subject: Customary law
subject: Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- United States
subject: Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Guinea
subject: Menominee Indians -- Land tenure
subject: Common property -- United States
subject: Common property -- Guinea

description: The core thesis is that Western neoclassical economics and law (particularly Anglo-American) have a peculiar cultural history that biases Western-trained economists and lawyers against common property systems like those found among Africans and American Indians. This Western cultural bias is expressed through the recurrent focus on individuals as atomistic and independent of each other in contract and property law, as well as in economic theory. The bias derives in part from the historical suppression of community property rights that once overlapped individual property rights, as in the case of the enclosure of the commons in England. Well-meaning Western advisors may depart for foreign communities that possess common property systems and year after year, decade after decade, century after century, propose the replacement of existing legal and economic ideas and institutions with Western imports-not realizing the limited utility and contested history, even in the West, of these imported forms. While many of these issues are not new, the oldness of these debates becomes an issue in itself. How does one break the repetitive cycle, the cultural reproduction of bias, by provoking self-assessment?
Why is there an international commercial uniform law rather than nothing? : a postmodern manifesto
Creators: name: Marquis, Louis
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: International uniform commercial law is like the realization of a global dream. It is currently an unavoidable reference point because of the flourishing legal scholarship that lends it confidence and breadth. Thus, certain people see the “Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods”, to cite only one example, as the cornerstone of the creation of an international private law. Others, working with the theory developed by T. Kuhn in “The Structure of Scientific Revolutions”, interpret it as a sign of the birth of a new paradigm underlying international commercial transactions. As well, A. Kassis affirms that it represents the germ of a future amalgamation of all sales laws, while V. Heuze speaks of it in terms of remarkable progress. Faced with such a strike force, I would like to revisit the intellectual act that will reintroduce into uniform law the mystery it has lost and to which it has a right, like other things in life. Thus, I came to ask myself, why is there a uniform international commercial law rather than nothing? This paraphrase of the fundamental metaphysical question formulated by M. Heidegger - "Why are there beings rather than nothing?" - underlies this entire thesis. It expresses the intrinsic though unacknowledged strangeness of uniform law, and, correlatively, the attitude of astonishment that one must adopt toward this juridical field. How am I going to follow-up on this? I would submit that one of the right answers to this question resides in the pursuit of two objectives. The first objective is the following: propose and justify the constitutive elements of a postmodern consciousness of uniform law. The second objective will develop two applications: one will consist in an interpretative schema of uniform law, and the other in a uniformist reading of the Quebec world.
Additional file 7 of evALLution: making basic evolution concepts accessible to people with visual impairment through a multisensory tree of life
Creators: name: Laurentino, Telma G.
name: Xavier, Marisa
name: Ronco, Fabrizia
name: Pina-Martins, Francisco
name: Domingues, Iolanda
name: Penha, Bruno
name: Dias, Marta
name: Sousa, Alexandra De
name: Carrilho, Tiago
name: Rodrigues, Leonor R.
name: Pinheiro, Carlota
name: Rato, Daniela
name: Balata, Duarte
name: Ayala-Botto, Gonçalo
name: Matos, Margarida
name: Campelo, Maria
name: Botelho, Rafael
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 7. Inclusive description of the publication figures for people with visual disabilities.
Early Reading Intervention Word Families as a Strategy to Improve Decoding
Creators: name: Panitz, Jessica
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: The purpose of this study was to determine whether small group instruction on phonograms would positively affect the decoding skills of first graders who were identified as at-risk readers. The measurement tool was the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills (DIBELS) Next Assessment. This study involved the use of a pretest/posttest design to compare student’s winter scores on the nonsense word fluency subtest (before the intervention was administered) to their spring scores (after the intervention was complete). The study showed numerical gains in the students’ pre and post-test scores compared to the control group that did not receive the intervention. There was no statistically significant difference between the performance of students who received word family instruction versus those students who received grade-level literacy instruction. Continued research in the effectiveness of phonograms to aid decoding is needed.
МАКТАБ ЎҚУВЧИЛАРИ УЧУН РЮКЗАКЛАРНИ ЛОЙИҲАЛАШДА МУҲИМ ФАКТОРЛАР ВА ОЛИБ БОРИЛГАН ИЛМИЙ ИЗЛАНИШЛАР ТАҲЛИЛИ
Creators: name: ИЛХАМОВА, МАЛОХАТ
name: МАХМУДОВ, ХУСНИДДИН
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Мақолада ҳозирги кунда мактаб ўқувчилари учун рюкзакларни маҳаллий шароит ҳамда талаблардан келиб чиққан ҳолда такомиллаштириш мақсадида, ҳисобга олиниши лозим бўлган муҳим факторлар ва уларнинг таъсири таҳлил қилинган. Шунингдек, юқори эргономик ҳусусиятга эга рюкзакларни лойиҳалашда олиб борилган илмий изланишлар ва улар томонидан қўлланилган методлар ўрганилди ҳамда, янги турдаги рюкзакларни лойиҳалаш учун асосий хулосалар олинди.
D. Eurico Dias Nogueira. O homem e o sacerdote: do nascimento ao episcopado
Creators: name: Macedo, José Adílio
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 2021

description: Theologica, v. 35 n. 2 (2000): D. Eurico Dias Nogueira. Arcebispo Primaz de Braga (1977-1999). Homenagem.
The Impacts of Instruction Using Technology on the Math Achievement of Fourth Grade Students
Creators: name: Peck, Kimberly
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: The purpose of this study was to determine whether the impact of instruction using technology influenced the math achievement of fourth grade students. The measurement tool was the Baltimore County Public Schools Grade 4 Unit 8 math assessment. This study involved the use of a pretest/posttest design to compare data from the beginning of the fractions unit (before the intervention was administered) to data from the end of the unit (after the intervention was nearly complete). Achievement gains were not significant, though results could be attributable to a number of intervening factors. Mathematics instruction should continue to provide various teaching strategies in order to meet the needs of all students.
Gauge Theories from Toric Geometry and Brane Tilings
Creators: name: Franco, Sebastian
name: Hanany, Amihay
name: Martelli, Dario
name: Sparks, James
name: Vegh, David
name: Wecht, Brian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2005
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We provide a general set of rules for extracting the data defining a quiver gauge theory from a given toric Calabi-Yau singularity. Our method combines information from the geometry and topology of Sasaki-Einstein manifolds, AdS/CFT, dimers, and brane tilings. We explain how the field content, quantum numbers, and superpotential of a superconformal gauge theory on D3-branes probing a toric Calabi-Yau singularity can be deduced. The infinite family of toric singularities with known horizon Sasaki-Einstein manifolds L^{a,b,c} is used to illustrate these ideas. We construct the corresponding quiver gauge theories, which may be fully specified by giving a tiling of the plane by hexagons with certain gluing rules. As checks of this construction, we perform a-maximisation as well as Z-minimisation to compute the exact R-charges of an arbitrary such quiver. We also examine a number of examples in detail, including the infinite subfamily L^{a,b,a}, whose smallest member is the Suspended Pinch Point.
description: 46 pages, 21 figures, JHEP3. v2: minor changes and references added. v3: typos and two figures corrected
ALBANIAN IMMOVABLE PROPERTY REGISTRATION SYSTEM: REVIEW OF LEGISLATION
Creators: name: Stamo, Lida
name: Singer, Norman J.
name: Stamo, Lida
name: Singer, Norman J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- Albania
subject: Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Albania

description: The registration system of immovable property in Albania was chosen for four basic reasons: (1) it protects the right of immovable property owners by providing strong and reliable evidence about ownership and other interests in immovable properties; (2) it is simple and inexpensive to administer and maintain; (3) it provides the public with easily accessible information which they need to buy and sell, mortgage, and rent immovable property, thereby providing the basis for a market-oriented economy; and, (4) it permits the building of a Geographical Information System with property information as an integral and fundamental segment. The registration system is similar in concept to what is used in Nordic countries, Austria, the Netherlands, Germany, Hungary, Slovenia, the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic, Croatia, Macedonia, the United Kingdom, and the northern provinces of Italy. It is different from other European countries in that it is expressly "property" or "parcel" based and not simply a recording of transactions. It is an improvement over both types of European systems in that it combines property mapping with the recording of legal rights into a single administrative system. This paper describes Republic of Albania's Law on the Registration of Immovable Property and includes a copy of the law as an annex.
The Impact of Reading Strategy Instruction on Student Performance
Creators: name: Tracy, Shannon
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: Education -- Research papers (Graduate)

description: The purpose of this study was to determine whether teaching select reading strategies from the
Comprehension Toolkit would improve the reading comprehension of lower achieving 3rd grade
students. The study was quasiexperimental with a posttest-only design comparing the reading
comprehension scores of two groups of third grade students. Students were chosen based on
their 2nd grade stanine scores in passage comprehension on GRADE. The median stanine scores
ranged from 3 to 5. Both groups received the same daily reading instruction within the
classroom. The treatment group of ten students received ten weeks of reading strategy
instruction in a before-school class that met once a week for one hour. The control group of 11
students received no additional assistance. Comparison of median scores on the school
system’s reading benchmark test, administered after treatment was delivered, revealed no
significant difference in performance between the groups. Although there were no significant
findings, observations and other research suggests that teaching reading strategies may improve
reading comprehension. Educational implications and suggestions for future research are
discussed.