cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Ανταλλαγή πληροφοριών ανάμεσα στις φορολογικές αρχές των κρατών σε διεθνές επίπεδο
Creators: name: Τιτοπούλου, Ζαχαρένια Σταύρου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2022
Subjects: Ανταλλαγή πληροφοριών σε ευρωπαϊκό και διεθνές επίπεδο
Οδηγίες DAC
Αμερικανική νομοθεσία FATCA
Exchange of information
Directives on Administrative Cooperation
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

description: Σκοπός της διατριβής είναι η ανάλυση του νομικού πλαισίου που συγκροτεί και ρυθμίζει την αυτόματη ανταλλαγή πληροφοριών. Το νομικό πλαίσιο αναλύεται σε εθνικό, σε ευρωπαϊκό και σε διεθνές επίπεδο. Αναλυτικότερα, γίνεται αναφορά στην ιστορική εξέλιξη της αυτόματης ανταλλαγής πληροφοριών, εκκινώντας από τη σύνδεση της φορολογικής διαφάνειας με την πάταξη της φοροδιαφυγής μέχρι την καθιέρωση της ως νέο πρότυπο διακρατικής φορολογικής συνεργασίας. Επιπλέον, παρουσιάζονται παλαιότερα είδη ανταλλαγής πληροφοριών. Στην συνέχεια, γίνεται επισκόπηση του δικαιϊκού πλαισίου σε επίπεδο Ευρωπαϊκής Ένωσης, οπού εντοπίζεται πληθώρα Οδηγιών καθώς και νέες έννοιες της φορολογικής διαφάνειας. Γίνεται ανάλυση των διεθνών συμφωνιών για την καθιέρωση του νέου πρότυπου φορολογικής συνεργασίας. Επιπλέον, παρουσιάζεται το εθνικό δίκαιο σε σχέση με την ανταλλαγή πληροφοριών. Τέλος, αναλύεται το Αμερικανικό Μοντέλο της FATCA, τα χαρακτηριστικά της και η επίδραση στην αυτόματη ανταλλαγή πληροφοριών.
description: The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the legal framework that constitutes and regulates the automatic exchange of information. The legal framework is analysed at national, European and international level. More specifically, reference is made to the historical development of automatic exchange of information, starting from the link between tax transparency and the fight against tax evasion to its establishment as a new model of transnational tax cooperation. In addition, earlier types of information exchange are presented. Then, an overview of the legal framework at the European Union level is given, identifying a multitude of Directives and new concepts of tax transparency are identified. An analysis of the international agreements establishing the new model of tax cooperation is provided. In addition, national law is presented in relation to the exchange of information. Finally, the American Model of FATCA, its characteristics and its impact on automatic exchange of information is examined.
New physics contributions to $\bar{B}^0_{(s)}→ D^{(∗)}_{(s)}K/π$
Creators: name: Iguro, Syuhei
Publisher: name: Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)
Year: 2023

description: Recently, the standard model predictions for the $B$-meson hadronic decays, $\bar{B}^0→D^{(∗)+}K^−$ and $\bar{B}^0_s→D^{(∗)+}_sπ^−$, have been updated based on the QCD factorization approach. This improvement sheds light on a novel puzzle of $4−5σ$ in the $B$-meson hadronic decays: there are universal tensions between data and the predicted branching ratios. Assuming the higher-order QCD corrections are not huge enough to solve the tension, several new physics interpretations of this puzzle is examined. It is found that the tension can be partially explained by a left-handed $W′$ model which can be compatible with other flavor observables and collider bounds.
Raw data for ‘The migration of drainage divides and its implications for climate and biodiversity’
Creators: name: He, Chuanqi
name: Braun, Jean
name: Tang, Hui
name: Yuan, Xiaoping
name: Acevedo-Trejos, Esteban
name: Stucky de Quay, Gaia
name: Ott, Richard F.
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: Planetary geology
Structural geology and tectonics
Stratigraphy (incl. biostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy and basin analysis)
Geology not elsewhere classified

description: The files go with the Review of He et al. The migration of drainage divides and its implications for climate and biodiversity. The files include the locations of the study sites on Earth and Mars, as well as the raw data for Figs. 4d, 5b, 6, S3, and S4.
Reduction of energy cost of magnetization switching in a biaxial nanoparticle by use of internal dynamics
Creators: name: Badarneh, Mohammad H. A.
name: Kwiatkowski, Grzegorz J.
name: Bessarab, Pavel F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A solution to energy-efficient magnetization switching in a nanoparticle with biaxial anisotropy is presented. Optimal control paths minimizing the energy cost of magnetization reversal are calculated numerically as functions of the switching time and materials properties, and used to derive energy-efficient switching pulses of external magnetic field. Hard-axis anisotropy reduces the minimum energy cost of magnetization switching due to the internal torque in the desired switching direction. Analytical estimates quantifying this effect are obtained based on the perturbation theory. The optimal switching time providing a tradeoff between fast switching and energy efficiency is obtained. The energy cost of switching and the energy barrier between the stable states can be controlled independently in a biaxial nanomagnet. This provides a solution to the dilemma between energy-efficient writability and good thermal stability of magnetic memory elements.
description: 13 pages, 10 figures
Flash vacuum pyrolyses of nitrogen heterocycles
Creators: name: Mulder., Roger J.
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Personal history, adventures, experience, & observation of David Copperfield, the younger, no. 19-20
Creators: name: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870
Publisher: name: University of Victoria Libraries
Year: 2018

description: Issued monthly from May, 1849 to November 1850 in blue paper wrappers. Chapters 58-64: Chapter 58. Absence -- Chapter 59. Return -- Chapter 60. Agnes -- Chapter 61. I am shown two interesting penitents -- Chapter 62. A light shines on my way -- Chapter 63. A visitor -- Chapter 64. A last retrospect
Status of Family Planning Service Integration in Chronic HIV Care Clinics for Women on Reproductive Age group in selected health facilities in Dessie town, North East Ethiopia
Creators: name: Yitagess, Wassye
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2011

description: Introduction: Family planning is an important instrument to prevent unintended pregnancy. Integrating FP service in chronic HIV care clinics is facilitative intervention to preventing newborn from HIV by enabling interested women to prevent pregnancies. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the level of family planning service integration for women on reproductive age group in chronic HIV care clinics Methodology: A cross sectional study was carried out from October 2010 to January 2011 in selected health facilities in Dessie town, North East Ethiopia. Women of reproductive age group that attended chronic HIV care were the study population. Single population proportion formula was employed to determine sample size. A total of 401 women attending the chronic HIV care were selected as study participants. Furthermore, nine chronic HIV care providers, facility HIV care service focal persons, and program managers at town and zonal level were included to provide qualitative information. Data were collected using clients exit interview by using case managers, and provider"s interview and document review by the principal investigator. Result: Four hundred one female clients who were attending chronic HIV care were interviewed. Of the total respondents, 393 (98 %) had ever heard about any family planning methods. From these ever heard, 238 (60.5%) of respondents reported as they have got counseling about FP in chronic HIV care clinics. Condom was the only FP method which is provided in chronic HIV care clinics. Thus, one hundred sixty eight (42.7%) respondents have been provided condom in the clinics. Among respondents who were provided condom, 108(64.3%) received condom after counseling. Whereas, referral linkage between chronic HIV care clinics and FP units was not encouraging. In this study FP service integration was not satisfactory. Hence, Only 110 (27.98%) of respondents was provided with an integrated manner. Among respondents who ever heard about FP, 248 (63.1%) and 130(33.1%) clients were strongly support or support FP service integration in chronic HIV care clinics respectively. Different factors may affect service integration, provider"s work load, and FP training gaps, shortage of space and supplies might be some of the factors. Conclusion: Although, clients had demand for service integration, the level of integration was not encouraging. Training of health workers and supplies of logistics should be considered for better integration of FP service within the chronic HIV care clinics
Exploring the Dynamics of Fungal Cellular Automata
Creators: name: Sepúlveda, Carlos S.
name: Goles, Eric
name: Ríos-Wilson, Martín
name: Adamatzky, Andrew
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Cellular Automata and Lattice Gases (nlin.CG)
subject: Emerging Technologies (cs.ET)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Cells in a fungal hyphae are separated by internal walls (septa). The septa have tiny pores that allow cytoplasm flowing between cells. Cells can close their septa blocking the flow if they are injured, preventing fluid loss from the rest of filament. This action is achieved by special organelles called Woronin bodies. Using the controllable pores as an inspiration we advance one and two-dimensional cellular automata into Elementary fungal cellular automata (EFCA) and Majority fungal automata (MFA) by adding a concept of Woronin bodies to the cell state transition rules. EFCA is a cellular automaton where the communications between neighboring cells can be blocked by the activation of the Woronin bodies (Wb), allowing or blocking the flow of information (represented by a cytoplasm and chemical elements it carries) between them. We explore a novel version of the fungal automata where the evolution of the system is only affected by the activation of the Wb. We explore two case studies: the Elementary Fungal Cellular Automata (EFCA), which is a direct application of this variant for elementary cellular automata rules, and the Majority Fungal Automata (MFA), which correspond to an application of the Wb to two dimensional automaton with majority rule with Von Neumann neighborhood. By studying the EFCA model, we analyze how the 256 elementary cellular automata rules are affected by the activation of Wb in different modes, increasing the complexity on applied rule in some cases. Also we explore how a consensus over MFA is affected when the continuous flow of information is interrupted due to the activation of Woronin bodies.
description: 31 pages, 30 figures
BC-SIM-TR-034 SIMBIO-SYS ICO4 Interchannel Test REPORT
Creators: name: Zusi, Michele
name: Simioni, Emanuele
name: Della Corte, Vincenzo
name: Cicchetti, Andrea
name: Politi, Romolo
name: Cremonese, Gabriele
name: Capaccioni, Fabrizio
name: Doressundiram, Alain
name: Palumbo, Pasquale
name: Re, Cristina
name: Vincendon, Mathieu
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Space Instrumentation
Instrument CheckOut

description: This document contains the results and the discussion about the Interchannel Test performed during the Instrument Check Out Phase (ICO#4) for the Spectrometers and Imagers for MPO BepiColombo Integrated Observatory SYStem (SIMBIO-SYS).
Η «λιγνιτική εποχή» στη Δυτική Μακεδονία: Μια περιβαλλοντική προσέγγιση της τοπικής ιστορίας
Creators: name: Τραϊανού Ευδοξία, Αθανασίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2022
Subjects: περιβαλλοντική ιστορία
Δυτική Μακεδονία
λιγνίτης
environmental history
Western Macedonia
lignite mining

description: Η παρούσα εργασία περιγράφει τις ιστορικές συνθήκες οι οποίες οδήγησαν στην εκμετάλλευση του λιγνίτη της Δυτικής Μακεδονίας, εστιάζοντας στις δημόσιες προσλήψεις της αξιοποίησής του στο πλαίσιο της περιβαλλοντικής και της τοπικής ιστορίας. Αρχικά εξετάζεται το ενεργειακό ζήτημα στην Ελλάδα και η αξιοποίηση των εγχώριων πηγών ενέργειας, ειδικά του γαιάνθρακα, στο μεταπολεμικό, κυρίως, συγκείμενο της ανασυγκρότησης. Στη συνέχεια γίνεται μια αδρομερής περιγραφή της περιοχής από την ενσωμάτωσή της στην ελληνική επικράτεια (1912) μέχρι την έναρξη της βιομηχανικής αξιοποίησης των κοιτασμάτων της (1956) και κατόπιν αποτυπώνονται εκείνες οι οικονομικές και πολιτικές ζυμώσεις που οδήγησαν στην εκβιομηχάνιση της περιοχής έως το 1973, έτος εκδήλωσης της πρώτης πετρελαϊκής κρίσης. Τέλος, η εργασία εξετάζει τις δημόσιες προσλήψεις της εκμετάλλευσης του λιγνίτη της Δυτικής Μακεδονίας, όπως αυτές καταγράφηκαν στον δημόσιο πολιτικό λόγο, τον εθνικό και τοπικό Τύπο, τη δημόσια εικόνα της ΔΕΗ, η οποία ανέλαβε πλήρως την αξιοποίηση των κοιτασμάτων, και μέσα από συνεντεύξεις βιομηχανικών εργατών της περιοχής
description: The present thesis outlines the historical conditions that led to exploitation of Western Macedonia’s lignite deposits, focusing on the public discourse over the utilization issue examined in an environmental and local history context. In Greece, lignite was used occasionally for local needs. Ιt was an energy substitute whenever imported coal was insufficient to cover the country’s industrial needs. Post-war systematic lignite exploitation was part of the nation’s reconstruction plan, which included the foundation of Public Power Corporation (PPC), a state monopoly of power generation and electrification based on domestic power resources, lignite and hydropower. The paper focuses on the economic and political conditions which transformed Western Macedonia into a national energy center until the world oil crisis in 1973. Public discourse on lignite mining is examined through the study of political discourse, the national and local press, PPC’s promotional activities and through interviews of local industrial workers
Implications of $δ^{CP}_l\sim 270^\circ$ and $θ_{23}\gtrsim 45^\circ$ for texture specific lepton mass matrices and $0νββ$ decay
Creators: name: Verma, Rohit
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the phenomenological consequences of recent results from atmospheric and accelerator neutrino experiments, favoring normal neutrino mass ordering $m_1 < m_2 < m_3$, a near maximal lepton Dirac CP phase $δ_{l}\sim 270^\circ$ along with $θ_{23}\gtrsim 45^\circ$, for possible realization of natural structure in the lepton mass matrices characterized by ${({M_{ij}})} \sim O(\sqrt {{m_i}{m_j}}) $ for $i,j=1,2,3$. It is observed that deviations from parallel texture structures for $M_{l}$ and $M_ν$ are essential for realizing such structures. In particular, such hierarchical neutrino mass matrices are not supportive for a vanishing neutrino mass $m_{ν1}\rightarrow 0$ characterized by Det$M_ν\ne 0$ and predict ${m_{ν1}} \simeq (0.1 - 8.0)$ $meV$ , ${m_{ν2}} \simeq (8.0 - 13.0)$ $meV$, ${m_{ν3}} \simeq (47.0 - 52.0)$ $meV$, $Σ\simeq (56.0 - 71.0)$ $meV$ and $\left\langle {m_{ee}} \right\rangle \simeq (0.01 - 10.0)$ $meV$, respectively, indicating that the task of observing a $0νββ$ decay may be rather challenging for near future experiments.
description: 12 pages, 10 figures, 2 tables
Magnetic inhomogeneities in disordered |gc|s-MnNi antiferromagnetic alloys
Creators: name: Moze., Oscar
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Aryloxide chemistry of the alkaline earth and rare earth elements
Creators: name: Moxey.., Graeme J
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Volumetric Helical Additive Manufacturing
Creators: name: Boniface, Antoine
name: Maitre, Florian
name: Madrid-Wolff, Jorge
name: Moser, Christophe
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: 3D printing has revolutionized the manufacturing of volumetric components and structures for various fields. Thanks to the advent of photocurable resins, several fully volumetric light-based techniques have been recently developed to overcome the current limitations of 3D printing. Although fast, this new generation of printers cannot fabricate objects whose size typically exceeds the centimeter without severely affecting the final resolution. Based on tomographic volumetric additive manufacturing, we propose a method for volumetric helical additive manufacturing (VHAM) multi-cm scale structures without magnifying the projected patterns. It consists of illuminating the photoresist while the latter follows a helical motion. This movement allows for increasing the height of the printable object. Additionally, we off-center the modulator used for projecting the light patterns to double the object's lateral size. We demonstrate experimentally the interest in using these two tricks for printing larger objects (up to 3 cm x 3 cm x 5 cm) while maintaining high resolution (< 200 um) and short print time (< 10 min).
description: 18 pages, 10 figures, 1 table
Determination of Low Loss in Isotopically Pure Single Crystal $^{28}$Si at Low Temperatures and Single Microwave Photon Energy
Creators: name: Kostylev, Nikita
name: Goryachev, Maxim
name: Bulanov, Andrey D.
name: Gavva, Vladimir A.
name: Tobar, Michael E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The low dielectric losses of an isotropically pure single crystal $^{28}$Si sample were determined at a temperature of 20 mK and at powers equivalent to that of a single photon. Whispering Gallery Mode (WGM) analysis revealed large Quality Factors of order $2\times10^6$ (dielectric loss $\sim 5\times10^{-7}$) at high powers, degrading to $7\times10^5$ (dielectric loss $\sim 1.4\times10^{-6}$) at single photon energy. A very low-loss narrow line width paramagnetic spin flip transition was detected with extreme sensitivity in $^{28}$Si, with very small concentration below $10^{11}$~cm$^{-3}$ (less than 10 parts per trillion) and g-factor of $1.995\pm0.008$. Such determination was only possible due to the low dielectric photonic losses combined with the long lifetime of the spin transition (low magnetic loss), which enhances the magnetic AC susceptibility. Such low photonic loss at single photon energy combined with the narrow line width of the spin ensemble, indicate that single crystal $^{28}$Si could be an important crystal for future cavity QED experiments.
description: 5 pages, 5 figures
The generalized plane piezoelectric problem: Theoretical formulation and application to heterostructure nanowires
Creators: name: Mengistu, H. T.
name: García-Cristóbal, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a systematic methodology for the reformulation of a broad class of three-dimensional (3D) piezoelectric problems into a two-dimensional (2D) mathematical form. The sole underlying hypothesis is that the system geometry and material properties as well as the applied loads (forces and charges) and boundary conditions are translationally invariant along some direction. This class of problems is commonly denoted here as the generalized plane piezoelectric (GPP) problem. The first advantage of the generalized plane problems is that they are more manageable from both analytical and computational points of view. Moreover, they are flexible enough to accommodate any geometric cross section, crystal class symmetry, axis orientation and a wide range of boundary conditions. As an illustration we present numerical simulation of indefinite lattice-mismatched core-shell nanowires made of diamond Ge/Si and zincblende piezoelectric InN/GaN materials. The remarkable agreement with exact 3D simulations of finite versions of those systems reveal the GPP approach as a reliable procedure to study accurately and with moderate computing resources the strain and electric field distribution in elongated piezoelectric systems.
description: 41 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in International Journal of Solids and Structures
Optimal phase synchronization in networks of phase-coherent chaotic oscillators
Creators: name: Skardal, Per Sebastian
name: Sevilla-Escoboza, Ricardo
name: Vera-Ávila, Victor
name: Buldú, Javier Martín
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We investigate the existence of an optimal interplay between the natural frequencies of a group chaotic oscillators and the topological properties of the network they are embedded in. We identify the conditions for achieving phase synchronization in the most effective way, i.e., with the lowest possible coupling strength. Specifically, we show by means of numerical and experimental results that it is possible to define a synchrony alignment function linking the natural frequencies of a set of non-identical phase-coherent chaotic oscillators with the topology of the Laplacian matrix $L$, the latter accounting for the specific organization of the network of interactions between oscillators. We use the classical Rössler system to show that the synchrony alignment function obtained for phase oscillators can be extended to phase-coherent chaotic systems. Finally, we carry out a series of experiments with nonlinear electronic circuits to show the robustness of the theoretical predictions despite the intrinsic noise and parameter mismatch of the electronic components.
Preparation of novel ligands for antibody purification
Creators: name: Mountford., Simon John
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Relaxation dynamics of a compressible bilayer vesicle containing highly viscous fluid
Creators: name: Krishnan, T. V. Sachin
name: Okamoto, Ryuichi
name: Komura, Shigeyuki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the relaxation dynamics of a compressible bilayer vesicle with an asymmetry in the viscosity of the inner and outer fluid medium. First we explore the stability of the vesicle free energy which includes a coupling between the membrane curvature and the local density difference between the two monolayers. Two types of instabilities are identified: a small wavelength instability and a larger wavelength instability. Considering the bulk fluid viscosity and the inter-monolayer friction as the dissipation sources, we next employ Onsager's variational principle to derive the coupled equations both for the membrane and the bulk fluid. The three relaxation modes are coupled to each other due to the bilayer and the spherical structure of the vesicle. Most importantly, a higher fluid viscosity inside the vesicle shifts the cross-over mode between the bending and the slipping to a larger value. As the vesicle parameters approach toward the unstable regions, the relaxation dynamics is dramatically slowed down, and the corresponding mode structure changes significantly. In some limiting cases, our general result reduces to the previously obtained relaxation rates.
description: 16 pages, 6 figures
Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practiceof Exclusive Breastfeeding among Mothers Attending Selected Public Health Institution in Arada Sub City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Hailu, Hiwot
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2015

description: BACKGROUND:Malnutrition has been responsible, directly or indirectly for 60% of the 10.9 million deaths occurring annually among children under five years of age. Over two thirds of these deaths are often associated with inappropriate feeding practices occur during the first year of life.Breastfeeding is an unequalled way of providing ideal food for the healthy growth and development of infants. Exclusive breastfeeding is the most effective intervention and a good knowledge and attitude is necessary among mothers to practice appropriate breastfeeding to reduce infant and under five morbidity and mortality. OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers and to identify determinants of breastfeeding practice in selected public health institutions of Arada Sub- City, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. METHODS:A cross-sectional facility based study was conducted among 383 mothers who have infants below six months old in three selected health facilities one Hospital and two health centers of Addis Ababa in March to April 2015. Random sampling with proportional to size allocation technique was applied. Structured questionnaire was used to interview the selected mothers, experienced interviewers and supervisor were collected the data using a pretested questionnaire. Data was analyzed using SPSS windows version 20.0 software. RESULTS: A total of 383 mothers who had children aged less than 6 months were interviewed. The ever breastfeeding rate in this study was found to be 99.7% and timely initiation of breastfeeding and EBF rate based on 24 hours recall were 65.8% and 74.3% respectively. The study findings revealed that there is a good practice of exclusive breastfeeding. Knowledge of additional food to be given with breast milk from birth to 6 months(P<0.001), total frequency of breastfeeding within a day(P<0.001), and age of the mother (P<0.05) were identified to be the final predictors of exclusive breastfeeding practice by 24 hours recall, after controlling socio-demographic, reproductive health, knowledge attitude and practice of EBF variables. ONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION: This study has identified that exclusive breastfeeding prevalence based on 24 hours recall was 74.3%, and 99.7% of the study participant ever breastfed at some point of time. However, there are some gaps in knowledge, attitude and practice identified in this study which could potentially affect EBF practice. Hence, strengthening the capacity of health professionals and sustaining the existing strategies to promote and support EBF practices; and approaches for further improvement of EBF practice is highly recommended.
Systemising triage: COVID-19 guidelines and their underlying theories of distributive justice.
Creators: name: Meier, Lukas J
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Guidelines
Corona
Prioritisation
Triage
Distributive Justice
Covid-19

description: Funder: Churchill College, University of Cambridge
description: The COVID-19 pandemic has been overwhelming public health-care systems around the world. With demand exceeding the availability of medical resources in several regions, hospitals have been forced to invoke triage. To ensure that this difficult task proceeds in a fair and organised manner, governments scrambled experts to draft triage guidelines under enormous time pressure. Although there are similarities between the documents, they vary considerably in how much weight their respective authors place on the different criteria that they propose. Since most of the recommendations do not come with ethical justifications, analysing them requires that one traces back these criteria to their underlying theories of distributive justice. In the literature, COVID-19 triage has been portrayed as a value conflict solely between utilitarian and egalitarian elements. While these two accounts are indeed the main antipodes, I shall show that in fact all four classic theories of distributive justice are involved: utilitarianism, egalitarianism, libertarianism, and communitarianism. Detecting these in the documents and classifying the suggested criteria accordingly enables one to understand the balancing between the different approaches to distributive justice-which is crucial for both managing the current pandemic and in preparation for the next global health crisis.
Experiences of 'traditional' and 'one-stop' MRI-based prostate cancer diagnostic pathways in England: a qualitative study with patients and GPs.
Creators: name: Merriel, Samuel William David
name: Archer, Stephanie
name: Forster, Alice S
name: Eldred-Evans, David
name: McGrath, John
name: Ahmed, Hashim Uddin
name: Hamilton, Willie
name: Walter, Fiona M
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Qualitative research
1506
1725
primary care
qualitative research
prostate disease
urological tumours
magnetic resonance imaging

description: OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to understand and explore patient and general practitioner (GP) experiences of 'traditional' and 'one-stop' prostate cancer diagnostic pathways in England. DESIGN: Qualitative study using semi-structured interviews, analysed using inductive thematic analysis SETTING: Patients were recruited from National Health Service (NHS) Trusts in London and in Devon; GPs were recruited via National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Networks. Interviews were conducted in person or via telephone. PARTICIPANTS: Patients who had undergone a MRI scan of the prostate as part of their diagnostic work-up for possible prostate cancer, and GPs who had referred at least one patient for possible prostate cancer in the preceding 12 months. RESULTS: 22 patients (aged 47-80 years) and 10 GPs (6 female, aged 38-58 years) were interviewed. Patients described three key themes: cancer beliefs in relation to patient's attitudes towards prostate cancer; communication with their GP and specialist having a significant impact on experience of the pathway and pathway experience being influenced by appointment and test burden. GP interview themes included: the challenges of dealing with imperfect information in the current pathway; managing uncertainty in identifying patients with possible prostate cancer and sharing this uncertainty with them, and other social, cultural and personal contextual influences. CONCLUSIONS: Patients and GPs reported a range of experiences and views of the current prostate cancer diagnostic pathways in England. Patients valued 'one-stop' pathways integrating prostate MRI and diagnostic consultations with specialists over the more traditional approach of several hospital appointments. GPs remain uncertain how best to identify patients needing referral for urgent prostate cancer testing due to the lack of accurate triage and risk assessment strategies.
Synthesis of macrocyclic metal complexes via isatin derivatives
Creators: name: Moss., Geoffrey Ian
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Προτασιακή λογική διαμόρφωσης με βάρη σε De Morgan άλγεβρες
Creators: name: Ευσταθιάδης Λεωνίδας Ιωάννη
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2022
Subjects: Αρχιτεκτονικές λογισμικού
Προτασιακή λογική διαμόρφωσης με βάρη
De Morgan άλγεβρες
Software architectures
Weighted propositional configuration logic
De Morgan algebras

description: Οι αρχιτεκτονικές λογισμικού είναι απαραίτητες για μια αποτελεσματική περιγραφή και διαχείριση των ποιοτικών και ποσοτικών χαρακτηριστικών πολύπλοκων συστημάτων. Από την μέχρι τώρα έρευνα έχει αποδειχθεί ότι οι λογικές διαμόρφωσης και οι επεκτάσεις τους με βάρη είναι ένας πρακτικός τρόπος για να περιγράψουμε τις διάφορες πτυχές μιας αρχιτεκτονικής με μαθηματικό φορμαλισμό. Σε αυτή την διπλωματική εργασία, εισάγουμε μια επέκταση της προτασιακής λογικής διαμόρφωσης, με βάρη από De Morgan άλγεβρες. Αφού δώσουμε τους ορισμούς για την προτασιακή λογική διαμόρφωσης χωρίς βάρη ορίζουμε το συντακτικό και την σημασιολογία της λογικής μας και εξερευνούμε αρκετές ενδιαφέρουσες ιδιότητές της που προκύπτουν από την δομή των De Morgan αλγεβρών. Αποδεικνύουμε την ύπαρξη μιας μοναδικής, ως προς την σχέση ισοδυναμίας, ισοδύναμης πλήρους κανονικής μορφής για κάθε τύπο, εισάγουμε μια μερική διάταξη επάνω σε πολυώνυμα που προκύπτουν από τύπους, αποδεικνύουμε την αποφασισιμότητα της σχέσης ισοδυναμίας μεταξύ τύπων και της μερικής διάταξης μεταξύ πολυωνύμων και εξερευνούμε την χρονική πολυπλοκότητα των προαναφερθεισών διαδικασιών
description: Software architectures are vital for an effective description and management of the qualitative and quantitative characteristics of complex systems. Previous research has shown configuration logics and weighted extensions of them to be a practical way to formally describe the several aspects of an architecture. In this thesis, we introduce a weighted extension of the propositional configuration logic over De Morgan algebras. After providing the definitions of the unweighted propositional configuration logic we define the syntax and semantics of our logic and investigate some of its most interesting properties implied by the structure of De Morgan algebras. We prove the existence of a unique, with respect to the equivalence relation, full normal form for all formulas, we present a partial order over polynomials derived from formulas, we prove the decidability of the equivalence relation between formulas and the partial order relation between polynomials and we explore the time complexity of the aforementioned procedures
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Creators: name: Anonymous
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

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Preconditioned Steepest Descent Methods for some Nonlinear Elliptic Equations Involving p-Laplacian Terms
Creators: name: Feng, Wenqiang
name: Salgado, Abner J.
name: Wang, Cheng
name: Wise, Steven M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We describe and analyze preconditioned steepest descent (PSD) solvers for fourth and sixth-order nonlinear elliptic equations that include p-Laplacian terms on periodic domains in 2 and 3 dimensions. The highest and lowest order terms of the equations are constant-coefficient, positive linear operators, which suggests a natural preconditioning strategy. Such nonlinear elliptic equations often arise from time discretization of parabolic equations that model various biological and physical phenomena, in particular, liquid crystals, thin film epitaxial growth and phase transformations. The analyses of the schemes involve the characterization of the strictly convex energies associated with the equations. We first give a general framework for PSD in generic Hilbert spaces. Based on certain reasonable assumptions of the linear pre-conditioner, a geometric convergence rate is shown for the nonlinear PSD iteration. We then apply the general the theory to the fourth and sixth-order problems of interest, making use of Sobolev embedding and regularity results to confirm the appropriateness of our pre-conditioners for the regularized p-Lapacian problems. Our results include a sharper theoretical convergence result for p-Laplacian systems compared to what may be found in existing works. We demonstrate rigorously how to apply the theory in the finite dimensional setting using finite difference discretization methods. Numerical simulations for some important physical application problems -- including thin film epitaxy with slope selection and the square phase field crystal model -- are carried out to verify the efficiency of the scheme.
description: 37 pages, 7 figures
Endoprosthetic Reconstruction in Ewing's Sarcoma Patients: A Systematic Review of Postoperative Complications and Functional Outcomes.
Creators: name: Abu El Afieh, Jude
name: Gray, Marena
name: Seah, Matthew
name: Khan, Wasim
Publisher: name: Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository
Year: 2022
Subjects: Ewing’s sarcoma
prostheses
limb salvage
surgery
complications
functional outcome
failure mode

description: Ewing's sarcoma (ES) is a rare primary bone cancer managed by radiotherapy, chemotherapy and surgical resection. The existing literature on limb salvage surgery with endoprostheses combines data for ES patients with osteosarcoma. This review aimed to evaluate surgical and functional outcomes of endoprosthetic reconstruction in exclusively Ewing's patients. We believe that this is the first comprehensive review to evaluate the outcomes of limb salvage surgery with endoprostheses exclusively in Ewing's sarcoma patients. Clinical data and outcomes were collected from PubMed, Embase, Medline and Scopus. The inclusion criteria were studies on limb salvage surgery in ES patients, where individual patient data was available. Seventeen studies with a total of 57 Ewing's patients were included in this review. Fifty-three of the ES patients preserved the limb after limb salvage with endoprostheses. The average five-year implant survivorship was 85.9% based on four studies in this review. Postoperative complications were categorised by Henderson's failure modes. Soft tissue failure was the most common, occurring in 35.1% of patients, followed by deep infection in 15.7% of patients. There was a suggestion of 'good' functional outcomes with limb salvage surgery. The salient limitation of this review is the variability and rarity of the patient population. Homogenous data in a larger population is necessary to provide more insight into outcomes of limb reconstruction in ES.
Frequency conversion between UV and telecom wavelengths in a lithium niobate waveguide for quantum communication with Yb+ trapped ions
Creators: name: Kasture, Sachin
name: Lenzini, Francesco
name: Haylock, Ben
name: Boes, Andreas
name: Mitchell, Arnan
name: Streed, Erik W.
name: Lobino, Mirko
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study and demonstrate the frequency conversion of UV radiation, resonant with 369.5 nm transition in Yb+ ions to the C-band wavelength 1580.3 nm and vice-versa using a reverse proton-exchanged waveguide in periodically poled lithium niobate. Our integrated device can interface trapped Yb+ ions with telecom infrastructure for the realization of an Yb+ based quantum repeater protocol and to efficiently distribute entanglement over long distances. We analyse the single photon frequency conversion efficiency from the 369.525 nm to the telecom wavelength and its dependence on pump power, device length and temperature. The single-photon noise generated by spontaneous Raman scattering of the pump is also measured. From this analysis we estimate a single photon conversion efficiency of 9% is achievable with our technology with almost complete suppression of the Raman noise.
description: 6 pages, 5 figures
Magnetic field extrapolation in active region well comparable with observations in multiple layers
Creators: name: Yu, Fu
name: Zhao, Jie
name: Su, Yang
name: Zhu, Xiaoshuai
name: Guo, Yang
name: Shen, Jinhua
name: Li, Hui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Magnetic field extrapolation is a fundamental tool to reconstruct the three-dimensional magnetic field above the solar photosphere. However, the prevalently used force-free field model might not be applicable in the lower atmosphere with non-negligible plasma \b{eta}, where the crucial process of flux rope formation and evolution could happen. In this work, we perform extrapolation in active region (AR) 12158, based on an recently developed magnetohydrostatic (MHS) method which takes plasma forces into account. By comparing the results with those from the force-free field extrapolation methods, we find that the overall properties, which are characterized by the magnetic free energy and helicity, are roughly the same. The major differences lie in the magnetic configuration and the twist number of magnetic flux rope (MFR). Unlike previous works either obtained sheared arcades or one coherent flux rope, the MHS method derives two sets of MFR, which are highly twisted and slightly coupled. Specifically, the result in the present work is more comparable with the high-resolution observations from the chromosphere, through the transition region to the corona, such as the filament fibrils, pre-eruptive braiding characteristics and the eruptive double-J shaped hot channel. Overall, our work shows that the newly developed MHS method is more promising to reproduce the magnetic fine structures that can well match the observations at multiple layers, and future data-driven simulation based on such extrapolation will benefit in understanding the critical and precise dynamics of flux rope before eruption.
description: The paper titled with 'Does the non-force-freeness matter for the extrapolation of solar magnetic field?' has been withdrawn, it is now replaced with a new paper titled with 'Magnetic field extrapolation in active region well comparable with observations in multiple layers'
Exclusive Breast Feeding Practices and Associated Factors among HIV Positive Women in Public Health Facilities of Adama Town, Ethiopia
Creators: name: Ketema, Zelalem
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2016

description: Background: Despite the benefit and promotion of exclusive breast feeding, the rate of excusive breast feeding is still low in Ethiopia. Thus, this study will assess factors that lead to nonadherence to exclusive breast feeding among HIV positive mothers. Objective: the main objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of exclusive breast feeding and factors that influence its practices among HIV positive mothers of infants aged 6-24 months old who are on chronic HIV care in selected health facilities of Adama town. Method: Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted among 193 HIV positive women with infant aged 6-24months in three health facilities (Adama hospital, Geda and Adama health centers) of Adama town in Ethiopia. Data was collected using structured and pre-tested questionnaires. Four data collectors and three supervisors were trained and involved in data collection process. Data were entered and analyzed using SPSS version 20 statistical software package. Univariate analyses were done to determine various proportions and bivariate analysis was conducted to measure the existence and the strength of an association between the dependent and the independent variables. Level of significance was set at a p value of ≤ 0.05. Variables that had less than 0.05 level of significance were further analyzed in multiple logistic regression models to control the potential confounding variables. Results: In this study the prevalence of exclusive breast feeding, exclusive replacement feeding and mixed feeding and factors associated with exclusive breast feeding was determined. The result showed that exclusive breastfeeding, exclusive replacement feeding, and mixed feeding were 84.7%, 3.2 %, and 6.3 %, respectively. Exclusive breast feeding was more practiced by mothers who had adequate knowledge on exclusive breast feeding (Adjusted OR = 6.84(2.54, 18.44)), mothers who disclosed their HIV status to their husbands/spouses (Adjusted OR= 3.80(1.28, 11.28)), and mothers who attained below primary level of education (Adjusted OR = 3.89(1.41, 10.70)). Conclusion and Recommendation: Despite more than three-quarters mothers who adhere to exclusive breastfeeding, the rate is still not satisfactory. More extensive and comprehensive approach of infant feeding counseling should be put in place in order to increase exclusive breastfeeding by HIV positive mothers. Moreover, both partners should be counseled properly on the issue to get the support from their male partners. Keywords: Exclusive breast feeding, replacement feeding, mixed feeding, HIV positive women
Agnathan muscle pyruvate kinases : properties and evolutionary affinities
Creators: name: Mortimer., Keith George
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2021

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Η συμβολή του Klafki στις σύγχρονες εξελίξεις της Γενικής Διδακτικής
Creators: name: Ορφανίδης, Θεοχάρης Γεωργίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2022
Subjects: Γενική Διδακτική
Κατηγορική Διδακτική
Wolfgang Klafki
General Didactics
Categoric Didactic

description: Το παρόν πόνημα επιχειρεί να καταγράψει τις διαφορές ανάμεσα στις προσεγγίσεις της Διδακτικής, από την πλευρά του Γερμανικού Bildung το οποίο μετρά δύο αιώνες ύπαρξης και υπέστη διάφορες τροποποιήσεις μέσα στον 20ο αιώνα, μέσα από το έργο του Wolfgang Klafki, κορυφαίου εκπροσώπου του, ο οποίες έδωσε νέες ερμηνείες στην Διδακτική, προτείνοντας μια αντικειμενική προσέγγιση της εκπαίδευσης, μέσα σε ένα σύγχρονο πλαίσιο όπου οι κοινωνίες εξελίσσονται ταυτόχρονα με τις σύγχρονες προβληματικές και από τις οποίες η εκπαίδευση δεν θα μπορούσε να απουσιάζει
description: The current study research attempts to record the different approaches of teaching on the side of German Bildung which exists for two centuries and has undergone various amendments throughout the 20th century. The work of its significant representative, Wolfgang Klafki has given new interpretations in teaching, as he proposes an objective educational approach within a contemporary framework in which societies simultaneously evolve with contemporary problematic situations in which education could not be but present