cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Astounding Sounds: Intention and Ambivalence in Contemporary Hollywood Film Music
Creators: name: Jordan, Wendy Jane
Publisher: name: Goldsmiths, University of London
Year: 2011

description: This project examines how music expresses the complexities of urban existence in contemporary Hollywood films. To do this I trace the history of Hollywood film music, while surveying existing literature on film scores. Significantly, I include commentary from practitioners to authenticate an evolving model of scoring practices, in addition to ideas from musicologists, film studies and film music academics. The early chapters describe the development of the specially-composed classical score, the rise of the pre-existing pop score, and the introduction of hybrid scores. Paying equal attention to classical and pop scores, I conduct a film musicological analysis of three contemporary existentialist films - Heat (1995), Magnolia (1999) and Moulin Rouge (2001). I explore ideas expressed by, among others, Claudia Gorbman on the persuasive power of the 'unheard' classical score, and by Anahid Kassabian on the open-ended permutations of the 'heard' pop score, in order to unravel the subtle changes in modern film scoring. In my chosen films, characters choose actions which result in psychological turmoil and damaging relationships. My central question is: How does contemporary film music express such ambivalence? How is it different to 'conventional' film music which privileges narrative? Indeed, is music becoming the new narrative? To pursue these questions, I controversially employ the techniques of traditional musicological analysis to assert the equal value of both types of score used for contemporary urban films. My study shows that when conventional film music techniques are subverted by giving the score increased status, more complicated, open-ended and challenging stories can be told, which more directly express the contemporary psyche. These 'music narratives', comprising ambiguous scoring techniques, generate a range of ethical questions for audience contemplation, exposing and reinforcing the deep-rooted ambivalence of survival. If the repositioning of music is redefining film narrative, then music analysis and musicological method are becoming indispensable for film studies.
Quantum Monte Carlo study of the energetics of the rutile, anatase, brookite, and columbite TiO$_2$ polymorphs
Creators: name: Trail, John
name: Monserrat, Bartomeu
name: Ríos, Pablo López
name: Maezono, Ryo
name: Needs, Richard J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The relative energies of the low-pressure rutile, anatase, and brookite polymorphs and the high-pressure columbite polymorph of TiO$_2$ have been calculated as a function of temperature using the diffusion quantum Monte Carlo (DMC) method and density functional theory (DFT). The vibrational energies are found to be important on the scale of interest and significant quartic anharmonicity is found in the rutile phase. Static-lattice DFT calculations predict that anatase is lower in energy than rutile, in disagreement with experiment. The accurate description of electronic correlations afforded by DMC calculations and the inclusion of anharmonic vibrational effects contribute to stabilizing rutile with respect to anatase. Our calculations predict a phase transition from anatase to rutile TiO$_2$ at $630 \pm 210$ K.
Determinants of Credit Customers Loyalty (The Case of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia)
Creators: name: Bezabih, Deksios
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: Analyzing the determinant factors that contribute for customers to remain loyal at CBE helps the bank executives to identify and define the appropriate marketing strategies that are needed to retain the existing customers'. The basic objective of this study was to analyze the determinants of credit customers' choice of banks by taking CBE as a case and thereby identify the factors that make customer's remain loyal to CBE. The study was conducted on 176 sample credit customers from CBE and the necessary data was gathered through self administered questionnaire for credit customers and interviews made for CRMs. A multiple regression model together with a factor analysis is employed in order to investigate the level, sign and magnitude of the effect. A non-probability convenience sampling was used and data was analyzed using factor and ANOVA analysis techniques too. The empirical findings of the study reveal that customer's satisfaction, brand image and quality services are found to be significantly and positively affect customer's loyalty to the CBE. The factor analysis result also shows that business customers has statistical significance linkage with financial advantage, credit service provision, location & convenience and accessibility, technology aided services, image and reputation and promotion strategies are the major reasons for customers' choice of banks and has some managerial implications which are expected to have an impact on the marketing efforts of banks. Hence the management of the CBE should pay attention to these factors while designing strategies in credit areas. Key words: Determinant factors, Loyal Customers, Credit Customer, Financial Advantage, Bank selection
RNA-seq of 10 CRC patients' tissue(paired)
Creators: name: 夏璐(Lu Xia)
Publisher: name: CNGB
Year: 2023
Subjects: Raw sequence reads
Monoisolate
Medical

description: RNA-seq of 10 CRC patients' tissue(paired). In the name of files, "P" stands for paracancerous tissue and "T" stands for tumor tissue.
Geomorphology of the Aran Valley (Upper Garonne Basin, Central Pyrenees)
Creators: name: Fernandes, M.
name: Oliva, M.
name: Vieira, G.
name: Lopes, L.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cell Biology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Cancer
subject: Computational Biology

description: Geomorphological mapping in mountain regions is key for a better understanding of past and present environmental dynamics. Here, we present a 1:25000 scale geomorphological map covering 553 km2 of the Aran Valley, Upper Garonne Basin (Central Pyrenees). The map identifies 44 different geomorphological units classified under glacial, periglacial, nival, karst, slope, alluvial, and fluvial categories. The area includes geomorphic evidence of past Quaternary glaciations reconstructed based on the distribution of moraines from the valley floor to the highest cirques. Following deglaciation of the valley, the landscape was mainly reshaped by periglacial, slope, alluvial and fluvial processes. In addition to paleoenvironmental reconstruction, the map can also be used to promote geoheritage and geoconservation, as well as for planning. As such, it is of relevance for areas exposed to natural hazards, since present-day slope failures and debris flows frequently impact the villages and infrastructures across the valley floor.
Data-driven dissection of emission-line regions in Seyfert galaxies
Creators: name: Villarroel, Beatriz
name: Korn, Andreas J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Indirectly resolving the line-emitting gas regions in distant Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) requires both high-resolution photometry and spectroscopy (i.e. through reverberation mapping). Emission in AGN originates on widely different scales; the broad-line region (BLR) has a typical radius less than a few parsec, the narrow-line region (NLR) extends out to hundreds of parsecs. But emission also appears on large scales from heated nebulae in the host galaxies (tenths of kpc). We propose a novel, data-driven method based on correlations between emission-line fluxes to identify which of the emission lines are produced in the same kind of emission-line regions. We test the method on Seyfert galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) Data Release 7 (DR7) and Galaxy Zoo project. We demonstrate the usefulness of the method on Seyfert-1s and Seyfert-2 objects, showing similar narrow-line regions (NLRs). Preliminary results from comparing Seyfert-2s in spiral and elliptical galaxy hosts suggest that the presence of particular emission lines in the NLR depends both on host morphology and eventual radio-loudness. Finally, we explore an apparent linear relation between the final correlation coefficient obtained from the method and time lags as measured in reverberation mapping for Zw229-015.
description: Accepted into Astronomy & Astrophysics
On the global existence and blowup of smooth solutions to the multi-dimensional compressible Euler equations with time-depending damping
Creators: name: Hou, Fei
name: Yin, Huicheng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35L70, 35L65, 35L67, 76N15

description: In this paper, we are concerned with the global existence and blowup of smooth solutions to the multi-dimensional compressible Euler equations with time-depending damping \begin{equation*} \partial_tρ+\operatorname{div}(ρu)=0, \quad \partial_t(ρu)+\operatorname{div}\left(ρu\otimes u+p\,I_d\right)=-α(t)ρu, \quad ρ(0,x)=\bar ρ+\varepsilonρ_0(x),\quad u(0,x)=\varepsilon u_0(x), \end{equation*} where $x=(x_1, \cdots, x_d)\in\Bbb R^d$ $(d=2,3)$, the frictional coefficient is $α(t)=\fracμ{(1+t)^λ}$ with $λ\ge0$ and $μ>0$, $\barρ>0$ is a constant, $ρ_0,u_0 \in C_0^\infty(\Bbb R^d)$, $(ρ_0,u_0)\not\equiv 0$, $ρ(0,x)>0$, and $\varepsilon>0$ is sufficiently small. One can totally divide the range of $λ\ge0$ and $μ>0$ into the following four cases: Case 1: $0\leλ<1$, $μ>0$ for $d=2,3$; Case 2: $λ=1$, $μ>3-d$ for $d=2,3$; Case 3: $λ=1$, $μ\le 3-d$ for $d=2$; Case 4: $λ>1$, $μ>0$ for $d=2,3$. \noindent We show that there exists a global $C^{\infty}-$smooth solution $(ρ, u)$ in Case 1, and Case 2 with $\operatorname{curl} u_0\equiv 0$, while in Case 3 and Case 4, in general, the solution $(ρ, u)$ blows up in finite time. Therefore, $λ=1$ and $μ=3-d$ appear to be the critical power and critical value, respectively, for the global existence of small amplitude smooth solution $(ρ, u)$ in $d-$dimensional compressible Euler equations with time-depending damping.
description: 32 pages, 2 figures
Optimal model utilization of arable land with regard to food self-sufficiency and soil protection
Creators: name: Janoušek, Zbyněk
name: Papaj, Vladimír
name: Mistr, Martin
name: Vojtěchovský, Tomáš
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The model of optimal utilization of arable land presents a new way of farming evaluation. The main map sheet consists of four parts, which logically follow each other. The first part shows which natural conditions (general soil and climatic character, local risk of water erosion) were taken into account in the creation of model crop rotations. The resulting production of biomass according to these crop rotations follows (part 2). The third part evaluates the production, consumption and biomass balance of crop groups in terms of self-sufficiency (food, feed and energy needs). The impact of biomass production on soil quality, according to the balance of soil organic matter, is shown in Part 4. This returns the cycle to the natural conditions of biomass production. The resulting map, therefore, shows a state in which the soil is sufficiently protected against water erosion and the biomass production is sufficient to cover all needs.
Application of critical state soil mechanics to Coode Island silts
Creators: name: Saliba, Joseph G. .
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
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Triangles bridge the scales: Quantifying cellular contributions to tissue deformation
Creators: name: Merkel, Matthias
name: Etournay, Raphaël
name: Popović, Marko
name: Salbreux, Guillaume
name: Eaton, Suzanne
name: Jülicher, Frank
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Tissues and Organs (q-bio.TO)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this article, we propose a general framework to study the dynamics and topology of cellular networks that capture the geometry of cell packings in two-dimensional tissues. Such epithelia undergo large-scale deformation during morphogenesis of a multicellular organism. Large-scale deformations emerge from many individual cellular events such as cell shape changes, cell rearrangements, cell divisions, and cell extrusions. Using a triangle-based representation of cellular network geometry, we obtain an exact decomposition of large-scale material deformation. Interestingly, our approach reveals contributions of correlations between cellular rotations and elongation as well as cellular growth and elongation to tissue deformation. Using this Triangle Method, we discuss tissue remodeling in the developing pupal wing of the fly Drosophila melanogaster.
description: 26 pages, 18 figures
Optimum Design of Locomotive Disk Brake By Using Finite Element Method
Creators: name: Tiruneh, Kinde
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: A transient analysis for the thermo elastic contact problem of the locomotive disk brakes with heat generation is performed using the finite element analysis. To analyze the thermo elastic phenomenon occurring in the locomotive disk brakes, the occupied heat conduction and elastic equations are solved with contact problems. The numerical simulation for the thermo elastic behavior of locomotive disk brake is obtained in the repeated brake condition. The computational results are presented for the distribution of heat flux and temperature on each friction surface between the contacting bodies. Also, thermo elastic instability (TIE) phenomenon (the unstable growth of contact pressure and temperature) is investigated in the present study, and the influence of the material properties on the thermo elastic behaviors (the maximum temperature on the friction surfaces) is investigated to facilitate the conceptual design of the disk brake system. Based on these numerical results, the thermo elastic behaviors of the four brake materials are discussed and stainless steel with excellent mechanical and thermal properties is selected for design purpose.
The accretion rate dependence of burst oscillation amplitude
Creators: name: Ootes, Laura S.
name: Watts, Anna L.
name: Galloway, Duncan K.
name: Wijnands, Rudy
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Neutron stars in low mass X-ray binaries exhibit oscillations during thermonuclear bursts, attributed to asymmetric brightness patterns on the burning surfaces. All models that have been proposed to explain the origin of these asymmetries (spreading hotspots, surface waves, and cooling wakes) depend on the accretion rate. By analysis of archival RXTE data of six oscillation sources, we investigate the accretion rate dependence of the amplitude of burst oscillations. This more than doubles the size of the sample analysed previously by Muno et al. (2004), who found indications for a relationship between accretion rate and oscillation amplitudes. We find that burst oscillation signals can be detected at all observed accretion rates. Moreover, oscillations at low accretion rates are found to have relatively small amplitudes ($A_\text{rms}\leq0.10$) while oscillations detected in bursts observed at high accretion rates cover a broad spread in amplitudes ($0.05\leq A_\text{rms}\leq0.20$). In this paper we present the results of our analysis and discuss these in the light of current burst oscillation models. Additionally, we investigate the bursts of two sources without previously detected oscillations. Despite that these sources have been observed at accretion rates where burst oscillations might be expected, we find their behaviour to be not anomalous compared to oscillation sources.
description: 17 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Investigating the Effect and Mechanism of Histatin-5 Peptide in Relevant Models of Dry Eye
Creators: name: Ali, Marwan
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2023

description: Dry eye disease (DED) is a common ocular surface disease that is vision threatening and lowers the quality of life of patients stricken with this complex disease. The currently available management options for DED are palliative measures including tear replenishment approaches that provide temporary relief of symptoms and anti-inflammatory medications that have limited efficacy and intolerable side effects with continued use. As such, there exists a great need to develop new effective and safe therapeutics, to resolve the burden of DED. Histatins (Hsts) are a family of antimicrobial peptides that have been shown to enhance oral wound healing and reduce mucosal inflammation. It has been noted that DED pathophysiology has commonalities with oral and mucosal surface inflammatory diseases. Therefore, given their epithelial pro-wound healing, anti-inflammatory and anti-infective effects, we chose to explore the utility of Hst peptides in treating ocular surface DED. Hst5 peptide is one of the more abundant and most potent Hsts that are known and was the focus of the present study. The aims of this research were to investigate the effect of Hst5 peptide in ameliorating mixed mechanism DED phenotype, evaluate its epithelial trophic action and elucidate the mechanism of action of Hst5 in the treatment of inflammation associated with DED. Using well-established models of dry eye including scopolamine and desiccating stress in C57BL/6 mice, and hyperosmolar NaCl solution challenge in human corneal epithelial cells, we demonstrated that Hst5 peptide treatment in-vivo, significantly protected corneal epithelial function, prevented goblet cell density loss, Suppressed CD45+ immune cells infiltration and inhibited epithelial cell apoptosis. Moreover, Hst5 peptide treatment in-vitro, significantly restored epithelial viability, mitigated inflammatory cytokine production associated with DED, through modulation of MAPK and NFκB signaling pathways, and reduced apoptotic mediators. This undertaken research is innovative as it is the first of its type to examine the use of Hst5 peptide as a potential novel treatment for DED. Hst5 may represent a new class of efficacious therapeutic agents against DED, demonstrating pro-epithelial and anti-inflammatory functions, in addition to possessing anti-microbial properties and being non-toxic.
Gestação e Doença de Lyme: Impacto na gestação e no recém-nascido
Creators: name: MARTINS, ROBERTA DE MEDEIROS SANTOS
name: BELO, LIVIA BUGANEME
name: PAYSANO, MARIA LÚCIA DE ARAÚJO
name: MOURA, LETÍCIA DE MARIZ
name: DE CARVALHO, SOPHIA CAMPOS SALLES SILVA DE CARVALHO
name: HELENO, ELISA GUIMARÃES
name: CURI, PATRÍCIA
name: OLIVEIRA, ANA LUIZA SANTOS
name: RIBEIRO, BÁRBARA DE MELO
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: PERIÓDICO MÉDICO NÃO INDEXADO Á NENHUMA BASE DE DADOS
Subglacial meltwater routes of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet
Creators: name: Dewald, Nico
name: Livingstone, Stephen J.
name: Clark, Chris D.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 29999 Physical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 20199 Astronomical and Space Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Subglacial drainage systems are crucial elements of glaciers and ice sheets because they modulate ice flow velocity. However, logistical challenges of measuring subglacial processes beneath contemporary ice and natural limitations in long-term monitoring hinder our understanding about their spatio-temporal evolution. Subglacial meltwater landforms created by palaeo-ice sheets are records of past subglacial drainage systems and offer the potential to study their large-scale development throughout deglaciation. Although collectively recording subglacial drainage, individual meltwater landforms such as eskers, meltwater channels and meltwater corridors, which comprise tunnel valleys and meltwater tracks (assemblages of landforms in broad, elongated paths with irregular surface texture), have mostly been investigated as separate entities. Using high-resolution (1–2 m) digital elevation models, we map integrated networks of subglacial meltwater landforms, herein called subglacial meltwater routes, on an ice-sheet scale in Fennoscandia. Our map provides a basis for future research on the long-term evolution of subglacial drainage networks and its effect on ice dynamics of the Fennoscandian Ice Sheet.
Assessment of Service Quality and Its Influence on Customer Satisfaction: The Case of Oromia International Bank SC.
Creators: name: Bersisa, Girma
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: This research aims to measure service quality at Oromia International Bank SC. It also examined the influence of quality service towards customer satisfaction The SERVQUAL model was used to determine customers' perception of service quality at OIB. The researcher collected sample data from 40 branches of Oromia International bank selected on simple random sampling. Systematic random sampling also used to select 399 respondents from each sample branches and questionnaires were distributed to all. Out of the total distributed questionnaire 225 were returned and 14 of the returned were rejected due to missing data while the remaining 211 responses were used for data analysis. all the service quality dimensions showed a negative disconfirmation result indicating that the service quality at OIB is below the customers' expectation. Moreover the study identified positive and strong relation between the independent variables, the five service quality dimensions indicating that customers of OIB are less satisfied by the its service. The negative disconfirmation for tangibles is the highest score that calls for the OIB managements' immediate action since the improvement in this dimension significantly changes the service quality and customers satisfaction as well. The researcher recommended that the bank should invest on the human resources part to enhance the skill and quality of the service providing staff. By doing so the bank could have sustained competitive advantages as the human aspect of an organization is not easily imitated by the competitors. Secondly, it should also invest in the physical evidence of the service, the tangible dimension. Key words: Service quality, SERVQUAL, Customer satisfaction, Oromia International Bank
Editorial of the Special Issue: cGMP-Signaling in Cells and Tissues: Molecular, Functional and Pharmacological Aspects
Creators: name: Schlossmann, Jens
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 615 Pharmazie

description: (This article belongs to the Special Issue cGMP-Signaling in Cells and Tissues: Molecular, Functional, and Pharmacological Aspects)
Effects of high-power laser irradiation on sub-superficial graphitic layers in single crystal diamond
Creators: name: Picollo, F.
name: Rubanov, S.
name: Tomba, C.
name: Battiato, A.
name: Enrico, E.
name: Perrat-Mabilon, A.
name: Peaucelle, C.
name: Thi, T. N. Tran
name: Boarino, L.
name: Gheeraert, E.
name: Olivero, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on the structural modifications induced by a lambda = 532 nm ns-pulsed high-power laser on sub-superficial graphitic layers in single-crystal diamond realized by means of MeV ion implantation. A systematic characterization of the structures obtained under different laser irradiation conditions (power density, number of pulses) and subsequent thermal annealing was performed by different electron microscopy techniques. The main feature observed after laser irradiation is the thickening of the pre-existing graphitic layer. Cross sectional SEM imaging was performed to directly measure the thickness of the modified layers, and subsequent selective etching of the buried layers was employed to both assess their graphitic nature and enhance the SEM imaging contrast. In particular, it was found that for optimal irradiation parameters the laser processing induces a six-fold increase the thickness of sub superficial graphitic layers without inducing mechanical failures in the surrounding crystal. TEM microscopy and EELS spectroscopy allowed a detailed analysis of the internal structure of the laser irradiated layers, highlighting the presence of different nano graphitic and amorphous layers. The obtained results demonstrate the effectiveness and versatility of high-power laser irradiation for an accurate tuning of the geometrical and structural features of graphitic structures embedded in single crystal diamond, and open new opportunities in diamond fabrication.
description: 24 pages, 7 figures
The legacy of the experimental hadron physics programme at COSY
Creators: name: Wilkin, Colin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The experimental hadronic physics programme at the COoler SYnchrotron of the Forschungszentrum Juelich terminated at the end of 2014. After describing the accelerator and the associated facilities, a review is presented of the major achievements in the field realized over the twenty years of intense research activity.
description: Invited review prepared for the European Physical Journal A
Numerical analysis of electromagnetic scattering by axisymmetric composite antenna structures
Creators: name: Fleming, Anthony Henry John.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
 Researchers can access this thesis by asking their local university, institution or public library to
 make a request on their behalf. Monash staff and postgraduate students can use the link in the References field.
Picher field underground mine workings of the abandoned Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District in the United States
Creators: name: Shepherd, Nicholas L.
name: Keheley, Ed
name: Dutnell, Russell C.
name: Folz, Carlton A.
name: Holzbauer-Schweitzer, Brandon
name: Nairn, Robert W.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: 19999 Mathematical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Mining began in the Picher field, in the Oklahoma and Kansas portion of the Tri-State Lead-Zinc Mining District in the United States, during the 1900s and ceased in the 1970s, producing an estimated 1.5 million metric tons (m-tons) of lead and 8 million m-tons of zinc. Over 400 historical maps of the underground mine workings were compiled into a single, easily editable map. This map was used to create 3D renderings for calculation of underground mine workings area and volume estimates. The workings have an estimated volume of 9,870 ha-meters (80,000 ac-ft), covering an area of 1,440 hectares (3,560 acres). The map and subsequent calculations should be considered to be based on the minimum extent of the mining field due to the likelihood that many historical maps were likely lost or destroyed. The format of the map allows for continuous updates as new information becomes available.
title: Cerebral Lipiodol Embolism - A rare complication of Transarterial Ethanol Ablation (TEA) for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Creators: name: Chua, Zi Wei
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Interventional radiology
subject: Head and neck
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: Liver
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Head and neck
subject: Neuroradiology brain
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: A 78-year-old woman with recurrent multifocal hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) - Child-Pugh Score B, was planned for fifth transarterial ethanol ablation (TEA). During the procedure, the tumours were embolized with 39ml of absolute ethanol: lipiodol (15ml ethanol: 24ml lipiodol) mixture. Post-procedure, she appears delirious and drowsy. A CT brain was performed and suggested features of Cerebral Lipiodol Embolism. Rehabilitation was initiated, and her neurological status improved. Unfortunately, she subsequently deteriorated and succumbed secondary to nosocomial infection.  

description: 78 years, female
Environmental Education through an Interdisciplinary Approach: The Effects of the Volcanic Eruption of the Puyehue-Cordón Caulle Volcanic Complex on the Landscape of Southern Chile
Creators: name: Villagra, Paula
name: Jaramillo, Eduardo
Publisher: name: Landscape Review
Year: 2012

description: Landscape Review, Vol. 14 No. 2 (2012): Post-disaster Landscapes
Does Trait Rumination Shape Premenstrual Symptoms Trajectories; Preregistered Prospective Analysis
Creators: name: Tauseef, Hafsah
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2023

description: Background Despite the addition of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) as a new DSM-5 disorder in 2013, very few studies have examined the cognitive and behavioral constructs that maintain or worsen the emotional symptoms of hormone change sensitivity in PMDD. Several small studies have found that rumination, a maladaptive form of repetitive thought, is associated with PMDD. This archival analysis sought to provide a well- powered, pre-registered test of the association between trait rumination and menstrual cycle emotional changes in a large prospective cohort recruited for high perceived stress, a known risk factor for PMDD. Method Using a prospective daily survey design and multilevel growth modeling, we tested the hypothesis that higher levels of trait rumination would predict (1) higher baseline symptoms, (2) a more rapid premenstrual increase in daily symptoms, and (3) a slower postmenstrual recovery to baseline. 232 naturally cycling females (mean age = 30.93; 59% Caucasian) completed the Rumination Response Scale at baseline, then provided 2-3 months of ratings on the Daily Record of Severity of Problems (i.e., emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and physical symptoms). Results As in prior work, the degree of prospective cyclical mood change was normally distributed in the sample, supporting the feasibility of hypothesis tests as well as the broader scientific concept of individual differences in cyclical emotional hormone sensitivity. Contrary to predictions, higher trait rumination did not predict baseline levels, premenstrual increases, or postmenstrual decreases in any daily symptom. Conclusions This study, which utilized a large sample size and gold-standard daily rating methods for assessing emotional symptom cyclicity, does not support the hypothesis that rumination is a key mechanism in the exacerbation of premenstrual symptoms, and suggests the need to identify other mechanisms. It also highlights the need for well-powered prospective studies to determine which cognitive and behavioral mechanisms could be targeted to improve symptoms among those with premenstrual emotional changes.
Assessment of Business Incubation Centers Development in Ethiopia
Creators: name: Desalegn, Konjit
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: The objective of this research is to assess the status of Business Incubation centers development in Ethiopia. This research covered 15 business incubation centers found in five regions of Ethiopia i.e. Addis Ababa, Oromia, Tigray, Amhara and SNNPR. Due to newness of the concept and the absence of complete database on the BICs in Ethiopia, non exhaustive list was developed by the researcher through personal research. The list was taken as both the target population and a sample for the study. The representativeness of the sample per owners category is ensured. The results of the study revealed that Business Incubation Center development in Ethiopia is at the infancy stage (life time less than 2 years for most of them) though the first centers established 2008 and 2009. There are various constraints that need additional effort and support from different actors for the BICs to develop and grow at acceptable rate. Lack of experience with in the BICs, finance, working space, absence of policies and guidelines, incentive programs etc... are among the major challenges the centers facing.. The results found suggest that, BICs are important to improve growth and development of the country if managed properly. The government need to take the leading role in placing operational rules and regulation of the BICs and create a legal framework they could register and function independently.
Molecular Beam Epitaxy of thin HfTe2 semimetal films
Creators: name: Aminalragia-Giamini, Sigiava
name: Marquez-Velasco, Jose
name: Tsipas, Polychronis
name: Tsoutsou, Dimitra
name: Renaud, Gilles
name: Dimoulas, Athanasios
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Epitaxial thin films of 1T-HfTe2 semimetal are grown by MBE on AlN(0001) substrates. The measured in-plane lattice parameter indicates an unstrained film which is also azimuthally aligned with the AlN substrate, albeit with an in-plane mosaic spread, as it would be expected for van der Waals epitaxy. Angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy combined with first principles electronic band structure calculations show steep linearly dispersing conduction and valence bands which cross near the Brillouin zone center, providing evidence that HfTe2 /AlN is an epitaxial topological Dirac semimetal.
Factors Influencing the Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises: The Case of Women Owned Enterprises in Two Sub Cities of Addis Ababa
Creators: name: Demmelash, Bethlehem
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: This research aims to investigate factors affecting the performance of MSEs with a special emphasizes on women owned and operated MSEs, which are involved in construction, wholesale and retail trade, food processing and textile and garment sectors in Nifas-silk Lafto and Lideta sub-cities of Addis Ababa City Administration. For the sake of achieving the objectives of this study, data were collected using questionnaires and were analyzed using statistical analysis such as descriptive and inferential analyses. The information gleaned through questionnaire from a sample of 190 MSEs owners and face-to-face interviews were conducted with 20 managers of MSEs. The respondent was selected using random sampling technique. The study elicited nine major challenges which affect the performance of women owned MSEs in the target sub-cities which include: entrepreneurial skill, managerial capacity, accesses to finance, lack of working premises, technological factors, accesses to market, business networking, legal and regulatory frameworks including bureaucratic bottlenecks and accesses to training. According to the result obtained from the business profitability analysis 60 % of enterprises found in the study area had higher profitability whereas 40% had lower profitability(performance). In addition, a multiple regression model was used to identify the determinant factors that affected the performance of the enterprises. The results of the regression analysis showed that, there exists a linear and positive significant relation, ranging from substantial to strong, between the independent variables and the dependent variable. Moreover, the selected independent variables may significantly explain the variations in the dependent variable at 5% level of significance. Based on findings, recommendations emanating from the study are forwarded to build up the performance of women owned MSEs not only to survive in the business but also to transform into medium and higher level enterprises. Key Words: Profitability, Performance, MSEs, Determinant factors.
Geology of the Kuiper quadrangle (H06), Mercury
Creators: name: Giacomini, L.
name: Galluzzi, V.
name: Massironi, M.
name: Ferranti, L.
name: Palumbo, P.
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Plant Biology

description: The Kuiper quadrangle (H06) is located at the equatorial zone of Mercury and encompasses the area between 288°E – 360°E and 22.5°N – 22.5°S. Using the NASA MESSENGER data, we compiled a geological map of the quadrangle at a 1:3,000,000 scale. The mapping was mainly based on photo-interpretation of an MDIS (Mercury Dual Imaging System) monochrome 166 m/pixel basemap. Additional datasets were also considered: stereo-DTM of the region, mosaics with high-incidence illumination, and the MDIS global color mosaic. The map shows that the quadrangle is characterized by the prevalence of crater materials which are distinguished into three classes based on their degradation degree. Different plain units were also identified and classified on the basis of their density of cratering. Several structures, mainly represented by contractional faults, were mapped in all quadrangle areas. The map represents the first complete geologic survey of H06 at this scale and provides a highly detailed analysis of the Kuiper quadrangle’s surface geology.
IC 3639 - A new bona fide Compton thick AGN unveiled by NuSTAR
Creators: name: Boorman, Peter G.
name: Gandhi, P.
name: Alexander, D.
name: Annuar, A.
name: Ballantyne, D. R.
name: Bauer, F.
name: Boggs, S. E.
name: Brandt, W. N.
name: Brightman, M.
name: Christensen, F. E.
name: Craig, W. W.
name: Farrah, D.
name: Hailey, C. J.
name: Harrison, F. A.
name: Hoenig, S. F.
name: Koss, M.
name: LaMassa, S. M.
name: Masini, A.
name: Ricci, C.
name: Risaliti, G.
name: Stern, D.
name: Zhang, W. W.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyse high-quality NuSTAR observations of the local (z = 0.011) Seyfert 2 active galactic nucleus (AGN) IC 3639, in conjunction with archival Suzaku and Chandra data. This provides the first broadband X-ray spectral analysis of the source, spanning nearly two decades in energy (0.5-30 keV). Previous X-ray observations of the source below 10 keV indicated strong reflection/obscuration on the basis of a pronounced iron fluorescence line at 6.4 keV. The hard X-ray energy coverage of NuSTAR, together with self-consistent toroidal reprocessing models, enables direct broadband constraints on the obscuring column density of the source. We find the source to be heavily Compton-thick (CTK) with an obscuring column in excess of $3.6\times10^{24}$ cm$^{-2}$, unconstrained at the upper end. We further find an intrinsic 2-10 keV luminosity of $\textrm{log}_{10}(L_{\textrm{2-10 keV}} \textrm{[erg s}^{-1}]) = 43.4^{+0.6}_{-1.1}$ to 90% confidence, almost 400 times the observed flux, and consistent with various multi-wavelength diagnostics. Such a high intrinsic to observed flux ratio in addition to an Fe-K$α$ fluorescence line equivalent width exceeding 2 keV is extreme amongst known bona fide CTK AGN, which we suggest are both due to the high level of obscuration present around IC 3639. Our study demonstrates that broadband spectroscopic modelling with NuSTAR enables large corrections for obscuration to be carried out robustly, and emphasises the need for improved modelling of AGN tori showing intense iron fluorescence.
description: Accepted for publication in the The Astrophysical Journal, 26/10/2016
Supply Chain Performance of selected leather Footwear firms in Addis Ababa
Creators: name: Deres, Hailemickael
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2011

description: Traditionally, organization views customers or suppliers as an entity in business rather than considering and persuading them for more potential in becoming a business partner. However, currently Supply Chain Management is identified as a strategic tool for firms to improve their performance and secure competitiveness. This research identifies five aspects of SCM: supplier and customer relationship, internal operation, information sharing, information technology and supply chain performance. The survey was conducted to explore the extent to which selected Medium and Large Size leather footwear manufacturing firms in Addis Ababa performs in those SCM variables and to compare the mean performance difference among firms in implementing those SCM variables. The data related with firms SCM implementation was gathered through questionnaire from firm managers in charge of SCM responsibility. Thus, each response of a given respondents in their respective firm were added and divided to the number of respondents of that firm to get representative mean for each particular item. The calculation has been continued until the researcher finished computing a mean value for each item to each firms under study. The data obtained was analyzed using Descriptive statistics, and Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) was applied to compare the mean performance differences among surveyed firms. The result shows that, there was significance performance differences of SCM among these Medium and Large footwear firms selected for the study. . Key words: Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Performance, Footwear Industry
A study on the thermal degradation of PVC model compounds
Creators: name: Boughdady, Nabil M.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

description: This thesis was scanned from the print manuscript for digital preservation and is copyright the author.
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The Effects of Minimal Length, Maximal Momentum and Minimal Momentum in Entropic Force
Creators: name: Feng, Zhong-Wen
name: Yang, Shu-Zheng
name: Li, Hui-Ling
name: Zu, Xiao-Tao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper, the modified entropic force law is studied by using a new kind of generalized uncertainty principle which contains a minimal length, a minimal momentum and a maximal momentum. Firstly, the quantum corrections to the thermodynamics of a black hole is investigated. Then, according to Verlinde's theory, the generalized uncertainty principle (GUP) corrected entropic force is obtained. The result shows that the GUP corrected entropic force is related not only to the properties of the black holes, but also to the Planck length and the dimensionless constants $α_{\rm{0}}$ and $β_{\rm{0}}$. Moreover, based on the GUP corrected entropic force, we also derive the modified Einstein's field equation (EFE) and the modified Friedmann equation.
description: 16 pages. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1604.04702
Conversion of cellulose to activated carbons for high-performance supercapacitors
Creators: name: Sermyagina, E.
name: Murashko, K.
name: Nevstrueva, D.
name: Pihlajamäki, A.
name: Vakkilainen, E.
Publisher: name: Agronomy Research
Year: 2020
Subjects: cellulose
hydrothermal carbonization
activated carbon
electrodes
supercapacitors
article

description: Biomass-derived activated carbons are promising materials that can be used in various applications. Current work investigates the possibilities of the cellulose-derived activated carbons in substituting the commercial alternatives for the supercapacitors’ electrodes with high efficiency, stable performance and relatively low cost. Hydrothermal carbonization (HTC) followed by chemical activation with KOH is used to convert cellulose into highly porous activated carbons. The effect of HTC parameters on the material porosity development and electrochemical properties of the electrodes is evaluated with several variations of the residence time and the weight ratio between cellulose and water during the pretreatment. The analysis shows that intensification of the HTC process (longer residence time and higher water/cellulose ratio) results in increase of the surface area of both hydrochar samples and subsequent activated carbons: with the highest surface area for the sample produced after 2 h HTC treatment with water/cellulose ratio of 6/1 – 2,645 m2 g -1 . As for the electrochemical analysis, the highest values of the specific capacitance are found for the samples produced from 2 h HTC treatment: 110.3 F g -1 (water/cellulose ratio of 3/1) and 102.5 F g -1 (water/cellulose ratio of 6/1). Additionally, it is noted that electrodes produced from the samples treated during 4 h have higher impedance at low operation frequency. The present study proves the possibility to substitute commercial activated carbons with cellulose-derived materials, the porosity of which can be tuned accordingly already during the pretreatment step.
D5.2: Report on the demo preparation and integration activities
Creators: name: Baumann, Benjamin
name: Zech, Christian
name: Chartier, Sébastien
name: Pikasis, Evangelos
name: Tsirbas, Elias
name: Kritharidis, Dimitrios
name: Tsolis, Aris
name: Alexandridis, Antonis
name: Lampiris, Stefanos
name: Lazarakis, Fotis
name: Manganaris, Kyriakos
name: Katzouris, Nikos
name: Alevizos, Elias
name: Yaqub, Edwin
name: Rachana Desa
name: Alexiou, Angeliki
name: Hrasnica, Halid
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: D-band radios
directional links
cross-polarization interference cancellation
reflectarray antennas
metasurfaces
AI/ML networking

description: This deliverable presents intermediate results of all the project demonstrators envisioned in ARIADNE. The two hardware demonstrators make use of all the development work of WP3, while the work outcomes of WP4 lead to the software demonstrators. The intermediate results presented here pave the way for the final deliverable D5.3