cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Ανάπτυξη στρατηγικού και επιχειρησιακού σχεδίου μια νοσοκομειακής ομάδας του ΕΣΥ και ανάλυση βραχυπρόθεσμων και μεσοπρόθεσμων σχεδίων δράσης
title: Development of a strategic and operational plan for an NHS hospital group and analysis of short and medium term action plans
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Καλογήρου, Μαρία
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2022
Subjects: Αειφόρος ανάπτυξη
Δαπάνες υγείας
Διοικητικές λειτουργίες
Επιχειρησιακό σχέδιο
Εξωτερικό περιβάλλον
Εσωτερικό περιβάλλον
Νοσοκομεία
Υγεία
Εθνικό Σύστημα Υγείας
Στοχοθεσία
Ποιότητα
Απόδοση
Προμήθεια

description: Οι θεμελιώδεις στόχοι και αρχές κάθε δημόσιου συστήματος υγείας είναι ηισότητα, η αποτελεσματικότητα και η ποιότητα της παροχής υπηρεσιών. Η επίτευξη αυτών των στόχων απαιτεί καλή οργάνωση και αποτελεσματική διαχείριση σε όλα τα επίπεδα και τα τμήματα του συστήματος. Σε λειτουργικό, οικονομικό και καθημερινό κλινικό επίπεδο. Οι εργασίες για τη μεταρρύθμιση της υγείας ξεκινούν καθώς ο νόμος 2889/01καθοδηγεί τα νοσοκομεία στον καθορισμό της μελλοντικής στρατηγικής τους κατεύθυνσης, καθώς υποχρεώνει τη διοίκηση του νοσοκομείου να αναπτύξει επιχειρησιακά σχέδια δράσης. Μέσω του επιχειρησιακού και στρατηγικού σχεδιασμού εισάγεται για πρώτη φορά στο σύστημα υγείας η έννοια της ορθής διαχείρισης και επιχειρείται η εισαγωγή σύγχρονων μεθόδων οργάνωσης και αποτελεσματικής διαχείρισης. Η εφαρμογή του επιχειρησιακού σχεδιασμού στην περιφερειακή δομή του ΕΣΥ και των μονάδων του αποτελεί ένα πρωτοποριακό βήμα στη θετική εξέλιξη του ελληνικού συστήματος υγείας Η έλλειψη εργαλείων διαχείρισης, η αυξανόμενη γραφειοκρατία, η ανάγκη για αποκέντρωση και η μειωμένη αποτελεσματικότητα και αποδοτικότητα οδηγούν στην ανάγκη για τα συστήματα υγείας να αναπτύξουν σχέδια για τον εκσυγχρονισμό των λειτουργιών και της οργάνωσής τους, διοικητική αναδιάρθρωση, οικονομική εξυγίανση και απόδοση, διασφάλιση ποιότητας και μέτρηση αποτελεσμάτων. Οι παρεμβάσεις στους παραπάνω τομείς καθορίζουν το επιχειρησιακό σχέδιο της μονάδας υγείας, το οποίο καθορίζει με σαφήνεια τις προτεραιότητες και τους στρατηγικούς και τακτικούς στόχους, αναπτύσσοντας έτσι τη λειτουργική ικανότητα του οργανισμού.
title: Evaluating the operational function of intermediate care using a multimethodology of soft systems methodology and discrete event simulation modelling
Creators: name: Kotiadis, Katholiki
Publisher: name: University of Kent
Year: 2023

description: This thesis is about evaluating the operational function of Intermediate Care, a health and social care system for older people, by undertaking an action research project using a multimethodology of both “soft” and “hard” Operational Research. The Department of Health has invested heavily in the development of intermediate Care systems and their services and their evaluation is worthwhile and important. A group of local stakeholders commissioned in 1999 the University of Kent to evaluate Intermediate Care for the Shepway locality in East Kent. The commissioning project was named ICON and the work described herein is allied to the ICON project. The multimethodology used for this project is Soft Systems Methodology and Discrete Event Simulation Modelling. The Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) approach was to use primary task root definitions to understand and examine the Operational Function of Intermediate Care (IC) in Shepway. The actions resulting from SSM included to extract Service Entry Eligibility Criteria and confirmed the need to undertake a simulation study to examine the services resource utilisation and the services compliance to these criteria. For the Simulation Study four models have been built, one for each of the “hard core” IC Services and a “whole system” model that examines the decision making mechanism of allocating patients to services in the system. The contribution of this research is multidimensional. The primary contribution is the understanding and the evaluation of the operational function of Shepway IC. The project has contributed a multimethodology that can potentially be adapted to evaluate other IC systems and their services. Other dimensions are learning about applying each of these methods to the system of interest and learning about the combination of these two methods that are traditionally associated with different paradigms.
Towards a statistical mechanics of consciousness: maximization of number of connections is associated with conscious awareness
Creators: name: Erra, R. Guevara
name: Mateos, D. M.
name: Wennberg, R.
name: Velazquez, J. L. Perez
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Neurons and Cognition (q-bio.NC)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: It has been said that complexity lies between order and disorder. In the case of brain activity, and physiology in general, complexity issues are being considered with increased emphasis. We sought to identify features of brain organization that are optimal for sensory processing, and that may guide the emergence of cognition and consciousness, by analysing neurophysiological recordings in conscious and unconscious states. We find a surprisingly simple result: normal wakeful states are characterised by the greatest number of possible configurations of interactions between brain networks, representing highest entropy values. Therefore, the information content is larger in the network associated to conscious states, suggesting that consciousness could be the result of an optimization of information processing. These findings encapsulate three main current theories of cognition, as discussed in the text, and more specifically the conceptualization of consciousness in terms of brain complexity. We hope our study represents the preliminary attempt at finding organising principles of brain function that will help to guide in a more formal sense inquiry into how consciousness arises from the organization of matter.
description: 17 page, 4 figures, 2 tables
ผลของการจัดการเรียนรู้แบบร่วมมือโดยใช้เทคนิคการเรียนรู้ร่วมกัน (Learning Together: LT) ร่วมกับผังความคิดที่มีต่อผลสัมฤทธิ์ทางการเรียนและความสามารถในการคิดวิเคราะห์ ของนักเรียนชั้นมัธยมศึกษาปีที่ 1 เรื่อง กระบวนการเปลี่ยนแปลงลมฟ้าอากาศ
Creators: name: เจษฎา ราษฎร์นิยม
Publisher: name: Walailak University
Year: 2020
Subjects: การจัดการเรียนรู้แบบร่วมมือโดยใช้เทคนิคการเรียนรู้ร่วมกัน (LT)
ผังคงามคิด
ผลสัมฤทธิ์ทางการเรียน
ความสามารถในการคิดวิเคราะห์

description: Walailak Journal of Learning Innovations, 6, 1, 37-64
Anomalous Thermal Hall Effect in a Disordered Weyl Ferromagnet
Creators: name: Shitade, Atsuo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the electric and thermal transport properties in a disordered Weyl ferromagnet on an equal footing by using the Keldysh formalism in curved spacetime. In particular, we calculate the anomalous thermal Hall conductivity, which consists of the Kubo formula and the heat magnetization, without relying on the Wiedemann-Franz law. We take nonmagnetic impurities into account within the self-consistent $T$-matrix approximation and reproduce the Wiedemann-Franz law for the extrinsic Fermi-surface and intrinsic Fermi-sea terms, respectively. This is the first step towards a unified theory of the anomalous Hall effect at finite temperature, where we should take into account both disorder and interactions.
description: 18 pages, 7 figures
Variations in judgements and evaluations of Australian students of Japanese according to observer variables
Creators: name: Tajika, Hiroshi.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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title: Catalogus Realis. XIVa. Philosophie. XIVb Psychologie. [seit Erwerbungsjahr 1930]
Creators: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2020
Subjects: Library and information sciences
Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft
Systematischer Katalog
Hassiaca

description: Elektronische Reproduktion von: Catalogus Realis. XIVa. Philosophie. XIVb Psychologie. - Stand: Dezember 2019. - Standort: Universität Marburg, Universitätsbibliothek. - Signatur: Sonderlesesaal. - Bemerkungen: Der Katalog verzeichnet in systematisch-sachlicher Ordnung den Bestand der Universitätsbibliothek Marburg von 1930 bis 1957. Später erworbene ältere Literatur ist hier nicht verzeichnet. Mit Hilfe dieses Katalogs ist die Suche nach Literatur zu bestimmten Inhalten und Themen möglich. – Zur Systematik: Die Signaturen der einzelnen Bücher und Zeitschriften geben die Ordnung des Bestands wieder. Alle Signaturen beginnen mit einer römischen Zahl von I (1) bis XX (20), die das jeweilige Fach (Theologie, Geschichte, Medizin usw.) bezeichnet. Die weitere Untergliederung ergibt sich aus den nachfolgenden Kleinbuchstaben und arabischen Zahlen. Beispiel: XVIa A 117. Die Großbuchstaben A, B und C sind nicht Teil der Systematik, sondern bezeichnen das Format der betreffenden Bände: A = Folio (großformatige Bände), B = Quart (mittelgroße Bände), C = Oktav (kleinformatige Bände). - Digitalisiert 2020
description: XIVa Philosophie (ab Erwerbungsjahr 1930) 5 - Allgemeines (Bibliographie, Zeitschriften, Lehr- u. Handbücher etc.) 6 2 - Geschichte der Philosophie (Allgemein) 36 32 - - Philosophie des Orients 44 - - Antike Philosophie 46 - - - Vorsokratiker 48 - - - Sokrates u. Sokratiker 50 46 - - - Plato u. Platonische Schule 52 - - - Aristoteles u.Peripatetiker - - - Hellenistisch-römische Philosophie 56 - - Mittelalter 60 - - Neuzeit 64 - - - Kant u. der deutsche Idealismus (Fichte, Hegel, Feuerbach, Marx etc.) 74 - - - Deutsche Philosophie des 19. Jh. (Schopenhauer, Brentano, Nietzsche, Phänomenologie etc.) 82 78 - - - Französische u. Englische Philosophie seit der Aufklärung 100 - - - Weitere Philosophien u. Gesamtdarstellungen 104 - Systematische Philosophie (Allgemein) 112 - - Logik, Erkenntnistheorie und Wissenschaftslehre 142 - - Metaphysik und Ontologie 164 - - - Naturphilosophie 184 180 - - - Religionsphilosophie 200 - - - Moralphilosophie, Ethik 222 - - - Kulturphilosophie und Sozialphilosophie (Soziologie) 250 - - - Geschichtsphilosophie (Historismus, Materialismus, Ästhetik etc.) 282 - - Sonstige modernere philosophische Strömungen 296 292 XIVb Psychologie (Erwerbungszeitraum 1930 – 1957) 317 - Allgemeines (Bibliographie, Zeitschriften u. Sammelwerke) 318 - Lehrbücher, Einführungen etc. 346 - Einzelne Disziplinen (Psychoanalyse, Verhaltens-, Tiefen- u. Gestaltpsychologie etc.) 354 - Angewandte Psychologie 360 356 - - Religionspsychologie 378 - - Diagnostik, Menschenkenntnis, Charakterkunde u.a. 384 - - Traumanalyse, Gefühl und Verstand, Humor, Tierpsychologie 392 - - Entwicklungspsychologie, Sozialpsychologie 400 - - Parapsychologie u.a. 418 414 Kapselschriften 426
Two-qubit correlations revisited: average mutual information, relevant (and useful) observables and an application to remote state preparation
Creators: name: Giorda, Paolo
name: Allegra, Michele
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Understanding how correlations can be used for quantum communication protocols is a central goal of quantum information science. While many authors have linked global measures of correlations such as entanglement or discord to the performance of specific protocols, in general the latter may require only correlations between specific observables. In this work, we first introduce a general measure of correlations for two-qubit states based on the classical mutual information between local observables. We then discuss the role of the symmetry in the state's correlations distribution and accordingly provide a classification of maximally mixed marginals states (MMMS). We discuss the complementarity relation between correlations and coherence. By focusing on a simple yet paradigmatic example, i.e., the remote state preparation protocol, we introduce a method to systematically define proper protocol-tailored measures of correlations. The method is based on the identification of those correlations that are relevant (useful) for the protocol. The approach allows on one hand to discuss the role of the symmetry of the correlations distribution in determining the efficiency of the protocol, both for MMMS and general two-qubit quantum states, and on the other hand to devise an optimized protocol for non-MMMS that can have a better efficiency with respect to the standard one. The scheme we propose can be extended to other communication protocols and more general bipartite settings. Overall our findings clarify how the key resources in simple communication protocols are the purity of the state used and the symmetry of correlations distribution.
description: Revised Figures, improved notation and clearer text to better highlight the main findings
The effects of the Cold War on foreign aid : perspectives from US, Japanese and Scandinavian aid policies and practices
Creators: name: Okamoto, Akiko.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Hawking radiation of Dirac monopoles from the global monopole black hole with quantum gravity effects
Creators: name: Jusufi, Kimet
name: Apostolovska, Gordana
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we study the quantum tunneling of Dirac magnetic monopoles from the global monopole black hole under quantum gravity effects. We start from the modified Maxwell's equations and the Generalized Uncertainty Relation (GUP), to recover the GUP corrected temperature for the global monopole black hole by solving the modified Dirac equation via Hamilton-Jacobi method. Furthermore, we also include the quantum corrections beyond the semiclassical approximation, in particular, first we find the logarithmic corrections of GUP corrected entropy and finally we calculate the GUP corrected specific heat capacity. It is argued that the GUP effects may prevent a black hole from complete evaporation and leave remnants.
description: 8 pages, 1 figure, to appear in Astrophysics and Space Science
title: Catalogus Realis. XV. Pädagogik.
Creators: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Publisher: name: Philipps-Universität Marburg
Year: 2020
Subjects: Library and information sciences
Bibliotheks- und Informationswissenschaft
Hassiaca
Systematischer Katalog

description: Elektronische Reproduktion von: Catalogus Realis. XV. Pädagogik. - Stand: Dezember 2019. - Standort: Universität Marburg, Universitätsbibliothek. - Signatur: Sonderlesesaal. - Bemerkungen: Der Katalog verzeichnet in systematisch-sachlicher Ordnung den Bestand der Universitätsbibliothek Marburg von den Anfängen bis 1957. Später erworbene ältere Literatur ist hier nicht verzeichnet. Mit Hilfe dieses Katalogs ist die Suche nach Literatur zu bestimmten Inhalten und Themen möglich. – Zur Systematik: Die Signaturen der einzelnen Bücher und Zeitschriften geben die Ordnung des Bestands wieder. Alle Signaturen beginnen mit einer römischen Zahl von I (1) bis XX (20), die das jeweilige Fach (Theologie, Geschichte, Medizin usw.) bezeichnet. Die weitere Untergliederung ergibt sich aus den nachfolgenden Kleinbuchstaben und arabischen Zahlen. Beispiel: XVIa A 117. Die Großbuchstaben A, B und C sind nicht Teil der Systematik, sondern bezeichnen das Format der betreffenden Bände: A = Folio (großformatige Bände), B = Quart (mittelgroße Bände), C = Oktav (kleinformatige Bände). - Digitalisiert 2020
Billy lids and home kids : the history of the Mission of St James and St John 1919-1978
Creators: name: Monk, Joanne.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Some compatible Poisson structures and integrable bi-Hamiltonian systems on four dimensional and nilpotent six dimensional symplectic real Lie groups
Creators: name: Abedi-Fardad, J.
name: Rezaei-Aghdam, A.
name: Haghighatdoost, Gh.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Symplectic Geometry (math.SG)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Differential Geometry (math.DG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We provide an alternative method for obtaining of compatible Poisson structures on Lie groups by means of the adjoint representations of Lie algebras. In this way, we calculate some compatible Poisson structures on four dimensional and nilpotent six dimensional symplectic real Lie groups. Then using Magri-Morosi's theorem we obtain new bi-Hamiltonian systems with four dimensional and nilpotent six dimensional symplectic real Lie groups as phase spaces.
description: 19 pages, 4 table
การออกแบบชุดสื่อช่วยการเรียนรู้เพื่อพัฒนาทักษะความคิดสร้างสรรค์ทางด้านศิลปะและการออกแบบผ่านแนวคิด Universal Design for Learning (UDL) สำหรับผู้เรียนทุกช่วงวัย
Creators: name: ชนัญชิดา ยุกติรัตน์
Publisher: name: Walailak University
Year: 2020
Subjects: ชุดสื่อช่วยการเรียนรู้
ศิลปะและการออกแบบ
Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

description: Walailak Journal of Learning Innovations, 6, 1, 65-83
title: Going "full autistic" in improv: reduction in anxiety and other benefits
Creators: name: Keates, Nathan
Publisher: name: University of Kent
Year: 2023

description: Many autistic people take part in improv comedy (a small subset of theatrical improvisation) yet there is a paucity of research on this topic. This thesis explores the benefits of improv for autistic adults, in particular how it may alleviate anxiety. In addition, the lived experiences of autistic people were sought to be accounted for across the studies. There are two main research questions that underline this research: what benefit can autistic adults derive from taking part in improv? And does taking part in improv reduce anxiety in autistic adults? The thesis is split into two parts. Part one responds critically to studies using previously published and retrospective data, consisting of a literature review, survey using quantitative and qualitative methods, and an interview employed to understand what improvisers experience. Part two is a study of autistic adults who are new to improv. This study used mixed methods in order to understand the benefits of participating in an improv course for autistic adults. It was found that when embedded within the autistic lived experience, improv can only partly alleviate life stressors (including reducing anxiety experiences) with various additional benefits that may lead to better well-being or quality of life. Specifically, it was found that the improv course led to a reduction in social anxiety and feelings of uncertainty during the pandemic and from a short 4-week course (research question 2), keeping in mind the sample size was small. Mental health gains were not only possible for autistic people, as other neurodivergent improvisers discussed mental health. Acceptance was found to be a central improv principle, which was maintained across all studies and seemed to have impact on identity and well-being. Nevertheless, group dynamics and formation fundamentally include exclusionary prospects, such as othering. Negative, social encounters (even vicariously, e.g., vicarious helplessness) will impact post-dehumanisation (i.e., felt acceptance) through spatial matters. The social world is dominated by neuro-normative constructs and expectations upon those othered by the societal and structural systems. Therefore, how an individual's life impacts upon them will be determined by each life encounter and experience. Nonetheless, improv has clear value that seems to translate well for autistic adults.
Optimizing Distributed Machine Learning on User-Variant Edge Computing Systems
Creators: name: Kim, Taejin
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Computer Engineering

description: 5G wireless networks and edge computing offer several advantages for mobile users, including reduced latencies and increased computing resources beyond local hardware constraints. Specifically, edge computing has a significant impact on distributed machine learning techniques such as federated learning and split learning, relying on distributed computational systems. These techniques allow model training on distributed data without sharing raw data and can benefit from reduced training and query times achieved through optimal allocation of training tasks. In this thesis, our objective is to optimize the training and testing of machine learning services in an edge computing system, while addressing challenges arising from the system’s heterogeneity. We must deal with the fact that each user has varying latency and resource requirements for tasks offloaded to the edge, and each edge server has limited and varying resource capacities. To tackle these issues, we first employ a combinatorial bandits framework to facilitate flexible resource identification and sharing. This approach is well-suited for reducing train time in a split learning scenario. Next, we formulate an integer linear program and its solution for the migration-based mobile edge computing problem. This solution allows deployed machine learning models associated with users to migrate, maintaining low latencies even when users are mobile. Our results indicate that migration-based policies significantly reduce the delay users experience when querying machine learning models in an edge computing environment. Finally, we investigate security threats due to variations in user intent, such as situations where certain users may attempt to sabotage the service for others by performing train time or test time attacks in a distributed machine learning setting.
No past, no history: no history, no present: no present, no future : representations of Aborigines and the Australian past
Creators: name: Ritchie, Stephen A. .
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Raymond Williams and the contradictions of modern life
Creators: name: Pearce, Gary.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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The Fanfrolico Press : history and bibliography
Creators: name: Arnold, John.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Rights of passage : public transport in post-war Melbourne
Creators: name: Plant, Vikki.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Wignyosoetarno's Makutharama : an annotated translation with an introduction and comparison of different versions of the Makutharama lakon
Creators: name: Pausacker, Helen.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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title: Bayesian analysis of multi-species demography : synchrony and integrated population models for a breeding community of seabirds
Creators: name: Lahoz-Monfort, José Joaquín
Publisher: name: University of Kent
Year: 2023

description: In the study of wildlife populations, demographic data have traditionally been analysed independently for different species, even within communities. With environmental conditions changing rapidly, there is a need to move beyond single-species models and consider how communities respond to environmental drivers. This thesis proposes a modelling framework to study multi-species synchrony in demographic parameters, using random effects to partition year-to-year variation into synchronous and asynchronous components. The approach also allows us to quantify the contribution of environmental covariates as synchronising/desynchronising agents. We apply the framework to long-term data from a breeding community of seabirds at the Isle of May, Scotland, studying synchrony in adult survival and parameters related to breeding success. We then combine demographic data with population counts and propose the first multi-species integrated population model (IPM), which estimates simultaneously the abundance of puffins, guillemots and razorbills and the demographic parameters that drive their fluctuations, while estimating synchrony in adult survival and productivity. Most analyses are carried out within the Bayesian framework. Results indicate that for these three auk species the same climatic covariates act simultaneously as synchronising and desynchronising agents of a mostly synchronous adult survival, based on resighting data of ringed birds. They also reveal varying degrees of productivity synchrony in a set of five species, with the synchronous terms, a potential community based indicator of local marine ecosystem health, indicating a decline in productivity during the study period. The thesis also investigates options to optimise the monitoring of guillemot juveniles at the Isle of May. Using the historic data set, we show that ringing effort is adequate but that resighting effort could be substantially reduced while still being able to detect the dramatic variations in first-year survival and ecological relationships with individual-level covariates investigated. We finally explore the limitations of an IPM to compensate for the lack of direct juvenile data in the case of stopping the ringing of guillemot chicks. Both synchrony models and the multi-species IPM are readily applicable to any species assemblage in any ecosystem, provided long-term data are available. They represent new steps towards more integrative approaches to modelling demographical parameters. The study of synchrony may facilitate the generation of further hypotheses about similarities and differences in species’ ecology.
'Women's work' : a study of images of domestic labour in Australian art, 1850 to 1940
Creators: name: Baddeley, Claire.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2022

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Can phoretic particles swim in two dimensions?
Creators: name: Sondak, David
name: Hawley, Cory
name: Heng, Siyu
name: Vinsonhaler, Rebecca
name: Lauga, Eric
name: Thiffeault, Jean-Luc
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Artificial phoretic particles swim using self-generated gradients in chemical species (self-diffusiophoresis) or charges and currents (self-electrophoresis). These particles can be used to study the physics of collective motion in active matter and might have promising applications in bioengineering. In the case of self-diffusiophoresis, the classical physical model relies on a steady solution of the diffusion equation, from which chemical gradients, phoretic flows and ultimately the swimming velocity, may be derived. Motivated by disk-shaped particles in thin films and under confinement, we examine the extension to two dimensions. Because the two-dimensional diffusion equation lacks a steady state with the correct boundary conditions, Laplace transforms must be used to study the long-time behavior of the problem and determine the swimming velocity. For fixed chemical fluxes on the particle surface, we find that the swimming velocity ultimately always decays logarithmically in time. In the case of finite Peclet numbers, we solve the full advection-diffusion equation numerically and show that this decay can be avoided by the particle moving to regions of unconsumed reactant. Finite advection thus regularizes the two-dimensional phoretic problem.
description: 16 pages, 7 figures, RevTeX 4-1 style
Towards Miniature Ground Stations for Low Earth Orbit Satellites
Creators: name: Singh, Vaibhav
Publisher: name: Carnegie Mellon University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Electrical and Electronic Engineering not elsewhere classified
Computer Engineering

description: Satellites have been in orbit around the earth for a long time and their numbers have been increasing at an exponential pace recently. However, ground stations, which are a critical component of any satellite mission, have continued to remain bulky, expensive and often require specialized machinery and installation infrastructure with the exception of receivers meant for heavily coded satellite signals like GPS. Such a complicated infrastructure is needed to overcome the huge signal attenuation experienced by satellite signals coming from 1000s of kilometers away. This has proven to be a barrier for enthusiasts and researchers who might be interested in accessing satellite data without incurring the high costs as well as enabling low latency satellite data access in remote and underserved regions of the earth prone to rapidly evolving disaster scenarios like forest fires and floods. In this dissertation, we propose gradually simplifying approaches to receive satellite signals using tiny low-cost ground stations that can be deployed anywhere. First, using multiple such tiny ground stations in Quasar, we demonstrate how we can leverage receiver diversity to boost received signal power. Next, we simplify this system further in SelfieStick, by using a single tiny receiver using receptions from multiple satellites through a transmitter diversity approach to recover earth images from satellites. Third, we describe Illume which removes the dependence on diverse transmitter and receiver sources, and proposes a novel analytical and data driven approach to extract useful inference information from noisy satellite images received from a single tiny ground station. We also show how these techniques can enable communication and Earth observation applications, particularly useful in remote and underserved regions of the earth as well as pave the way for building a cheap and scalable global satellite ground station network. Finally, we also touch upon the other aspect of satellite communication network, i.e, the ground station terminal to end user device link and describe how mmFD improves bandwidth efficiency by enabling a Full Duplex link at mmWave frequencies.
title: Ob und inwiefern die marxsche Religionskritik auch den Islam trifft
Creators: name: Demir, Esra Emine
Year: 2012

description: Die vorliegende Arbeit versucht die Frage „Ob und inwiefern die Marxsche Religionskritik auch den Islam trifft?“ in systematischer Perspektive zu beantworten. Eine ernst zu nehmende und für den philosophischen Diskurs nützliche Untersuchung zu dieser Thematik liefert der iranischer Denker Ali Şeriati. Marxsche Religionskritik verfehle eine philosophisch ernst zu nehmende Kritik an diesen Religionen, weil sie sich nicht hinreichend mit der Religion auseinandergesetzt habe, insofern eine ‚falsche und irreführende Ansicht’ vertrete, und sich in ihrer Religionsauffassung vom antiken Gott-Mensch- Verhältnis verleiten lasse, in dem der Mensch gleichsam gegen die antiken Götter versuchte die Herrschaft über die Natur zu gewinnen. Nachdem Şeriatis Kritik nicht allein die Marxsche Religionskritik betrifft, sondern thematisch ebenso das antike religiöse Weltbild im Blick stehen hat, setzt diese Arbeit bei der Kritik an der Marxschen Religionskritik an, führt dann die Religionskritik Marxens aus, indem sie fragt, welches Verhältnis zu Gott kritisiert wird und wie der Mensch darin beschaffen ist, und versucht das Menschenbild in der antiken Religion, unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Prometheus-Mythos, wiederzugeben und zu charakterisieren. Hiernach in bündiger Weise kurz das Menschenbild im Christentum unter besonderer Berücksichtigung des Sündenfalltheologumenons, als einer wesentlichen differentia specifica zur islamischen Tradition dargestellt. Danach wird das Menschenbild im Islam in seinen Grundzügen erörtert und befragt ob und inwiefern die Marxsche Religionskritik den Islam in dieser Hinsicht nun überhaupt trifft. Marxens Kritik, vor allem die Kernaussage seines von ihm als „kategorischen Imperativ“ verstandenen Diktums, nämlich „alle Verhältnisse umzuwerfen in denen der Mensch ein erniedrigtes, ein geknechtetes, ein verlassenes, ein verächtliches Wesen ist“ weist auf einen anderen Denker hin, der zwar auch das Subjekt der Religion kritisiert, aber auf einer ganz anderen Ebene, und mit ganz anderen Intentionen. Und doch beinhaltet auch diese Kritik einen Marxens Kritik ähnlichen Aspekt, nämlich die Würde der Vernunft, eigentlich die Würde seiner Selbst nicht zu verletzen. Dieser ist kein anderer als Kant, der in seiner Aufklärungsschrift die „selbstverschuldete Unmündigkeit“ bereits mehr als ein halbes Jahrhundert vor Marx kritisierte. Insofern schien es mir in philosophischer Absicht denn auch bis zu einem gewissen Grad thematisch zwingend oder mindestens unumgänglich zu sein Kantens originäre Kritik unter ausgewählten Perspektiven systematisch miteinzubeziehen und zum Bestandteil dieser Arbeit zu machen, genauso wie in einschlägigen Exkursen die philosophisch brisanten Themen und Problemlagen, wie Vernunft und Glaube im Islam korrelieren (hier auf R. Ihsan Elıaçıks Untersuchungen berufend), bzw. wie der Islam zu Determination und Willensfreiheit, zu Einheit und soziale Gerechtigkeit, sowie gesellschaftliche Ordnung steht zu betrachten.
The distribution of first hitting times of non-backtracking random walks on Erdős-Rényi networks
Creators: name: Tishby, Ido
name: Biham, Ofer
name: Katzav, Eytan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present analytical results for the distribution of first hitting times of non-backtracking random walks on finite Erdős-Rényi networks of $N$ nodes. The walkers hop randomly between adjacent nodes on the network, without stepping back to the previous node, until they hit a node which they have already visited before or get trapped in a dead-end node. At this point, the path is terminated. The length, $d$, of the resulting path, is called the first hitting time. Using recursion equations, we obtain analytical results for the tail distribution of first hitting times, $P(d>\ell)$, $\ell=0,1,2,\dots$, of non-backtracking random walks starting from a random initial node. It turns out that the distribution $P(d>\ell)$ is given by a product of a discrete Rayleigh distribution and an exponential distribution. It is found that the paths of non-backtracking random walks, up to their termination at the first hitting time, are longer, on average, than those of the corresponding simple RWs. However, they are shorter than those of SAWs on the same network, which terminate at the last hitting time. We obtain analytical results for the probabilities, $p_{\rm ret}$ and $p_{\rm trap}$, that a path will terminate by retracing, namely stepping into an already visited node, or by trapping, namely entering a node of degree $k=1$, which has no exit link, respectively. It is shown that in dilute networks the dominant termination scenario is trapping while in dense networks most paths terminate by retracing. We obtain expressions for the conditional tail distributions of path lengths, $P(d>\ell|{\rm ret})$ and $P(d>\ell|\rm{trap})$, for those paths which terminate by retracing or by trapping, respectively. We also study a class of generalized non-backtracking random walk models which not only avoid the backtracking step into the previous node but avoid stepping into the last $S$ visited nodes.
description: 37 pages, 18 figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1606.01560
VCIOM-SPUTNIK Poll: June 2023
Creators: name: VCIOM (Russian Public Opinion Research Center)
Publisher: name: Roper Center for Public Opinion Research
Year: 2023

description: President of Russia approval (1); Prime Minister approval (1); State Duma of Russia (2); political party preference (2); mass protests (2); Internet usage (1); watch TV (1); trade unions (1); judicial system (1); Russian Orthodox church (1); personal financial situation (2); employment (2); sources of income (1); most important problems (5); rise in prices, inflation (2); Russian ruble and US dollar exchange rate fluctuations (3); unemployment (2); take out loans (2); spend or save money (1); savings (1); economic policy (1); social policy (1); foreign policy (1); direction of country (1); life satisfaction (2).
ความคาดหวังและความพึงพอใจของนิสิตชั้นปีที่ 1 ปีการศึกษา 2562 ที่มีต่อหลักสูตรการเรียนการสอน ของมหาวิทยาลัยเกษตรศาสตร์ วิทยาเขตกำแพงแสน
Creators: name: พรรณพนัช จันหา
Publisher: name: Walailak University
Year: 2020
Subjects: ความคาดหวัง
ความพึงพอใจ
หลักสูตรการเรียนการสอน

description: Walailak Journal of Learning Innovations, 6, 1, 85-105
What are the voice and swallowing concerns and outcomes of adults with laryngotracheal stenosis who undergo reconstructive surgery?
Creators: name: Clunie, Gemma
Publisher: name: Imperial College London
Year: 2022

description: Acquired laryngotracheal stenosis (LTS) is a rare condition causing narrowing of the upper airway leading to a range of laryngological symptoms. This thesis seeks to identify and evaluate the existing evidence base for the voice and swallowing difficulties of adult patients with LTS who undergo airway reconstruction; and identify voice and swallowing concerns and outcomes. Four studies were included: 1) a systematic review of the voice and swallowing outcomes in adults with LTS following reconstructive surgery, 2) a qualitative study focusing on voice and swallowing concerns, 3) a survey study exploring the impact of mucus and cough, 4) an observational study exploring voice and swallowing outcomes before and after airway reconstruction. The systematic review identifed no consistent reporting of outcomes and provided minimal information to guide clinical practice. The qualitative study indentified voice and swallowing concerns that were grouped into three themes; The Medical Journey which included information provision and staff expertise versus complacency; the Physical Journey which considered symptoms and treatment; the Emotional Journey encompassing identity, support networks and living with a chronic condition. Mucus and cough were raised in the qualitative research leading to a survey to investigate the issue further. They were noted to impact all aspects of health and were related to voice and swallowing issues. There was no consistent treatment advice or management, supporting the need for clearer guidance. The observational study highlighted the heterogeneity of voice and swallowing outcomes which could indicate a need for personalised assessment and management. In conclusion, adults with LTS present with a range of voice and swallowing concerns and outcomes. Clinical care should be personalised according to individuals, including pre-treatment information provision, and support beyond airway reconstruction. There is a need to develop a core outcome set for the assessment of voice and swallowing in adults with LTS.
Supplementary material for "Towards a phonological typology of the Kalahari Basin Area languages"
Creators: name: Hirosi Nakagawa
name: Witzlack-Makarevich, Alena
name: Auer, Daniel
name: Fehn, Anne-Maria
name: Ammann, Linda Gerlach
name: Güldemann, Tom
name: Job, Sylvanus
name: Naumann, Christfried
name: Ono, Hitomi
name: Pratchett, Lee J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Khoisan
linguistic typology
phonological typology
clicks
African languages
Khoe-Kwadi languages
Tuu languages
Kx'a languages
Kalahari Basin Area

description: This is supplementary material for the article Nakagawa, Hirosi, Alena Witzlack-Makarevich, Daniel Auer, Anne-Maria Fehn, Linda Gerlach Ammann, Tom Güldemann, Sylvanus Job, Florian Lionnet, Christfried Naumann, Hitomi Ono & Lee J. Pratchett. 2023+. Khoisan Phonological Typology Database: towards a comprehensive phonological typology of the Kalahari Basin Area. Linguistic Typology. This article reports some results of the first large-scale, comprehensive survey of the phonological systems of the Khoisan languages of the Kalahari Basin Area. These languages are famous for their large sets of click phonemes, a typologically rare characteristic otherwise found only in a limited number of languages worldwide. They are also unique because the click phonemes carry a high functional load in terms of phonemic and lexical distinctions in the respective systems. Finally, these languages have strikingly similar and highly skewed root phonotactics. The article provides empirical support for a range of claims and speculations that have been made about these typologically rare systems of the Kalahari Basin Area.
GenAI Assessment Design Reflection Tool.docx
Creators: name: Winstone, Naomi
Publisher: name: National Teaching Repository
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 390102
subject: Curriculum and pedagogy theory and development

description: A reflection tool to (1) enable you to evaluate your current assessment design in terms of the threats to academic integrity posed by GenAI, (2) think about potential approaches that would help to mitigate some of these risks and (3) think about larger changes to assessment design that incorporate AI as a fundamental part of the assessment.
Purification of an unpolarized spin ensemble into entangled singlet pairs
Creators: name: Greiner, Johannes N.
name: Rao, D. D. Bhaktavatsala
name: Wrachtrup, Jörg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Dynamical polarization of nuclear spin ensembles is of central importance for magnetic resonance studies, precision sensing and for applications in quantum information theory. Here we propose a scheme to generate long-lived singlet pairs in an unpolarized nuclear spin ensemble which is dipolar coupled to the electron spins of a Nitrogen Vacancy center in diamond. The quantum mechanical back-action induced by frequent spin-selective readout of the NV centers allows the nuclear spins to pair up into maximally entangled singlet pairs. Counterintuitively, the robustness of the pair formation to dephasing noise improves with increasing size of the spin ensemble. We also show how the paired nuclear spin state allows for enhanced sensing capabilities of NV centers in diamond.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures
The Accord, labourism and labour market reform : a study of the policy process, 1983-1993
Creators: name: Selleck, Luke.
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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Teleological beliefs about biological and nonbiological natural entities
Creators: name: Roberts, Andrew
Publisher: name: Macquarie University
Year: 2024
Subjects: classificationCode: 399999
subject: Other education not elsewhere classified

description: Any given structure or event could be explained in one of two ways: mechanistically, or teleologically. Mechanistic explanations focus on the antecedent events which cause a particular structure or event to occur. Teleological explanations, on the other hand, describe structures or events with reference to the function that they serve. People often use teleological explanation to describe the world around them, and in many cases teleological explanation is not only useful, but justified (e.g., “he completed a PhD in order to work in research”). However, people sometimes use teleological explanation in ways that, although useful in allowing us to predict what will occur in the future, are perhaps not justified (e.g., “rivers flow downstream to get to the ocean”). This thesis focuses on the cognitive processes underlying this latter form of teleological explanation.
The overarching argument presented in this thesis, is that folk-teleological reasoning is based in an understanding, and over-extension, of thinking in terms of intentionality, and that the expression of teleological beliefs can be conceptualised within a dual-process framework. However, across nine studies, I show that this intention-based account of teleological reasoning is more nuanced than the existing literature suggests. First, an “understanding of intentionality” can mean that the natural world is understood as an artefact designed by an intending creator, or as an agent capable of intentional action. I show that both views independently predict acceptance of teleological explanations about biological and nonbiological natural entities, but that these represent two distinct pathways to teleological belief. Second, although the existing literature has strongly focused on the antecedents of teleological belief (i.e., developmental, and cognitive factors), I show that teleological beliefs about the natural world can have important consequences for how people respond to uncertainty and threat. Third, although non-experimental evidence suggests that the expression of teleological beliefs can be conceptualised within a dual-process framework, I show that a critical aspect of this dual-process perspective needs to be modified, such that effortful thought is not necessarily required to explicitly reject teleological explanations about biological and nonbiological natural entities. Finally, I show that not all teleological explanations are created equal. Although attributions of intentionality do positively predict acceptance of teleological explanations about biological and nonbiological natural entities, this is contingent upon a causal relationship between elements of the explanation. These findings provide a unified account of teleological reasoning that reconciles empirical psychological data within an existing philosophical account of biological function.