cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Household financial vulnerabilities and physical climate risks
Creators: name: Duprey, Thibaut
name: Jones, Colin
name: Symmers, Callie
name: Vallée, Geneviève
Publisher: name: Bank of Canada
Year: 2021

description: Natural disasters occur more often than before, potentially exposing households to financial distress. We study the intersection between household financial vulnerabilities and severe weather events.

description: Les catastrophes naturelles sont plus fréquentes que par le passé, ce qui peut plonger les ménages en situation de détresse financière. Nous étudions l’interrelation entre les vulnérabilités financières des ménages et les phénomènes météorologiques violents.
Counselling with people who have an intellectual disability : issues and challenges
Creators: name: Stephens, Miranda
Publisher: name: University Of Tasmania
Year: 2023

description: Historically, people with an intellectual disability have not had the same opportunities to engage in counselling as have people without an intellectual disability. The difficulties apparent when using traditional counselling methods with a person with an intellectual disability have resulted in counselling being viewed as an ineffective process. A review of the literature was conducted which aimed to identify effective counselling processes for counsellors working with people with an intellectual disability. The results suggest that elements of person-centred, behavioural and problem-solving approaches may be useful in assisting people with an intellectual disability to manage more effectively their difficulties with daily living. Recent evidence of visual stimuli such as pictures aiding comprehension suggests that the use of pictures may further enhance counselling processes. The effectiveness of a combined person-centred, behavioural, and problem-solving counselling process utilising communication supports such as pictures, merits investigation.
title: Cross-Generational Similarities Between Mothers' and Daughters' Abnormal Eating Behaviors
Creators: name: Bushman, Kimberly K.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1995

description: This study was an investigation of the similarities and differences between mothers' and daughters' self-reported eating and dieting behavior. Also investigated was actual eating behaviors of mothers and daughters after consuming a milk shake preload presented as containing the caloric equivalents of one average meal.
Thirty-five mothers and their sixth-grade daughters completed a series of self-report instruments including the Bulimia Test-Revised, the Revised Dietary Restraint Scale, and the Anorexia-Bulimia Inventory. Subjects then individually completed a contrived ice cream taste test, which involved consuming a milk shake preload prior to tasting vanilla, chocolate, and strawberry ice cream. The relationship between mothers' and daughters' grams of ice cream consumed was negligible. However, several noteworthy relationships were found between mothers' and daughters' self-report indices. Results are discussed in terms of a modeling hypothesis for abnormal eating patterns.
Additional file 23 of Abnormal molecular signatures of inflammation, energy metabolism, and vesicle biology in human Huntington disease peripheral tissues
Creators: name: Neueder, Andreas
name: Kojer, Kerstin
name: Hering, Tanja
name: Lavery, Daniel J.
name: Chen, Jian
name: Birth, Nathalie
name: Hallitsch, Jaqueline
name: Trautmann, Sonja
name: Parker, Jennifer
name: Flower, Michael
name: Sethi, Huma
name: Haider, Salman
name: Lee, Jong-Min
name: Tabrizi, Sarah J.
name: Orth, Michael
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Neuroscience
subject: Physiology
subject: Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Mental Health
subject: Computational Biology

description: Additional file 23. Review History.
Necessary conditions for a solution of a non-linear programming problem
Creators: name: Lee, Linda May
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: The conditions required for a solution of general non-linear programming problems of the form min{f(x): x є X, g(x) ≤ 0, h(x)=0}; where f is called the objective function, g the inequality constraint and. h the equality constraint, are presented in this thesis. The following cases are studied: (1) X, a finite dimensional space; f, a real valued function; and g and h finite dimensional vector functions. (2) X, an infinite dimensional space; f, a real valued function; and g and h either finite or infinite dimensional vector functions. An application of this type of problem to optimal control will be given and the recent developments in this area will be discussed.
title: The Role of Utah Farmers in Farm to School Programming
Creators: name: Hawley, John L.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2017

description: Many studies have observed the involvement of stakeholders in farm to school (FTS) programming to further understand their role, yet no study had previously assessed the role of Utah farmers in FTS programming. As a result, the purpose of this research was to describe Utah farmers' role in FTS programming and their interest in institutional marketing of local foods. The researcher sent an online descriptive survey to 5,470 farmers belonging to the Utah Farm Bureau. The survey used Dillman's Tailored Design Method. Of the 184 survey responses received, 143 surveys were usable.
The theory of planned behavior was the theoretical framework for the study. Respondents reported a positive attitude toward FTS programming, although a majority (83.6%) had not participated. They indicated that building relationships with community members and increasing awareness of local food were top benefits associated with FTS programming. Top barriers to participating in FTS programming included a lack of information about schools seeking to purchase local products and restriction of growing seasons. Respondents indicated that they intended to host farm tours for students and food service personnel. Their training and resource needs related to FTS programming included small business assistance. Demographics characteristics revealed a majority of respondents were male and had more than 22 years of farming experience. The subjective norm and perceived behavioral control components of the theory of planned behavior statistically predicted the intention of respondents to participate in farm to school programming. Theory components, including attitude, accounted for 67.2% of the variance in intention to participate in FTS programming. These findings suggest other influences contributed to the intention of respondents to participate in FTS programming.
One future research recommendation for FTS programming includes conducting similar studies with different groups of farmers. The researcher recommends continued use of the theory of planned behavior as a theoretical framework for studies assessing involvement in FTS programming. Variables not included in this study may discover further influences on farmers' intention to participate in FTS programming. One recommendation is to increase outreach and marketing to farmers who may be interested in FTS programming.
title: Empfehlungen für Richtlinien der Helmholtz-Zentren zum Umgang mit Forschungsdaten. In der 109. Mitgliederversammlung der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft am 13.-14. September 2017 beschlossen
Creators: name: Arbeitskreis Open Science der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft
Publisher: name: GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Year: 2019

description: Aufgrund des raschen digitalen Wandels und der zunehmenden Datenfülle ändert sich der Umgang mit Forschungsdaten und deren Nutzung grundlegend. Die Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft hat deswegen auf ihrer Mitgliederversammlung im September 2016 das Dokument "Die Ressource Information besser nutzbar machen! Positionspapier zum Umgang mit Forschungsdaten in der Helmholtz-Gemeinschaft" (im Folgenden Positionspapier) verabschiedet. Darin appelliert die Mitgliederversammlung an die Zentren entsprechende Richtlinien für den Umgang mit Forschungsdaten aufzustellen und beauftragte Herrn Marquardt in seiner Funktion als Betreuer des Arbeitskreises Open Science, in Abstimmung mit dem Arbeitskreis die Operationalisierung des Papiers einzuleiten. Das vorliegende Dokument richtet sich an die Verantwortlichen der Zentren, die für die Einhaltung der im Positionspapier verabschiedeten Grundsätze zuständig sind. Ziel der vorliegenden Empfehlungen ist es daher, die Zentren bei der Formulierung ihrer jeweiligen Richtlinien zu unterstützen. Diese Richtlinien sollen allen Interessierten öffentlich zugänglich gemacht werden. Dabei versteht es sich von selbst, dass die Umsetzung der in diesem Papier vorgestellten Empfehlungen in der Verantwortung der Zentren liegt und an die jeweiligen forschungs- und disziplin-spezifischen Gegebenheiten angepasst werden muss. Mit den Empfehlungen wird vorgeschlagen, was in der Zentren-spezifischen Umsetzung geregelt werden sollte, ohne Vorgaben zu machen, wie die einzelnen Aspekte ausgestaltet werden.
Stress-corrosion mechanisms in silicate glasses
Creators: name: Ciccotti, Matteo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The present review is intended to revisit the advances and debates in the comprehension of the mechanisms of subcritical crack propagation in silicate glasses almost a century after its initial developments. Glass has inspired the initial insights of Griffith into the origin of brittleness and the ensuing development of modern fracture mechanics. Yet, through the decades the real nature of the fundamental mechanisms of crack propagation in glass has escaped a clear comprehension which could gather general agreement on subtle problems such as the role of plasticity, the role of the glass composition, the environmental condition at the crack tip and its relation to the complex mechanisms of corrosion and leaching. The different processes are analysed here with a special focus on their relevant space and time scales in order to question their domain of action and their contribution in both the kinetic laws and the energetic aspects.
description: Invited review article - 34 pages Accepted for publication in J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys
Probing seed black holes using future gravitational-wave detectors
Creators: name: Gair, Jonathan R
name: Mandel, Ilya
name: Sesana, Alberto
name: Vecchio, Alberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Identifying the properties of the first generation of seeds of massive black holes is key to understanding the merger history and growth of galaxies. Mergers between ~100 solar mass seed black holes generate gravitational waves in the 0.1-10Hz band that lies between the sensitivity bands of existing ground-based detectors and the planned space-based gravitational wave detector, the Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA). However, there are proposals for more advanced detectors that will bridge this gap, including the third generation ground-based Einstein Telescope and the space-based detector DECIGO. In this paper we demonstrate that such future detectors should be able to detect gravitational waves produced by the coalescence of the first generation of light seed black-hole binaries and provide information on the evolution of structure in that era. These observations will be complementary to those that LISA will make of subsequent mergers between more massive black holes. We compute the sensitivity of various future detectors to seed black-hole mergers, and use this to explore the number and properties of the events that each detector might see in three years of observation. For this calculation, we make use of galaxy merger trees and two different seed black hole mass distributions in order to construct the astrophysical population of events. We also consider the accuracy with which networks of future ground-based detectors will be able to measure the parameters of seed black hole mergers, in particular the luminosity distance to the source. We show that distance precisions of ~30% are achievable, which should be sufficient for us to say with confidence that the sources are at high redshift.
description: 14 pages, 6 figures, 2 tables, accepted for proceedings of 13th GWDAW meeting
Learning-Inspired Fuzzy Logic Algorithms for Enhanced Control of Oscillatory Systems
Creators: name: Trung, Vuong Anh
name: Pham, Thanh Son
name: Tran, Truc Thanh
name: Dong, Tran le Thang
name: Hoang, Tran Thuan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: The transportation of sensitive equipment often suffers from vibrations caused by terrain, weather, and motion speed, leading to inefficiencies and potential damage. To address this challenge, this paper explores an intelligent control framework leveraging fuzzy logic, a foundational AI technique, to suppress oscillations in suspension systems. Inspired by learning based methodologies, the proposed approach utilizes fuzzy inference and Gaussian membership functions to emulate adaptive, human like decision making. By minimizing the need for explicit mathematical models, the method demonstrates robustness in both linear and nonlinear systems. Experimental validation highlights the controllers ability to adapt to varying suspension lengths, reducing oscillation amplitudes and improving stability under dynamic conditions. This research bridges the gap between traditional control systems and learning inspired techniques, offering a scalable, data efficient solution for modern transportation challenges
description: 4 pages, 5 figures, conference
Hidden nonassociative structure in supersymmetric quantum mechanics
Creators: name: Dzhunushaliev, Vladimir
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Rings and Algebras (math.RA)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: It is shown that the Hamilton equations in supersymmetric quantum mechanics can be presented in nonassociative form, where the Hamiltonian is decomposed into two nonassociative factors.
description: one reference is added
title: An Interpersonal and Cognitive-Behavioral Approach to Childhood Depression: A School-Based Primary Prevention Study
Creators: name: Cecchini, Tracy Black
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1997

description: Depression represents a serious mental health problem that affects the lives of many children. Depression is frequently cited as the most recurrent emotional problem facing younger populations. Left untreated, depression can have several negative ramifications on later adjustment, including suicide, substance use, academic and social difficulties, low self-esteem, and an increased risk for other mental health problems.
The search for effective treatments for depression has extended into several arenas. Schools play an important role in the lives of children and provide an ideal setting for early detection and remediation of depression at every stage. Schools are increasingly being encouraged to offer preventative mental health services to deal with emotional issues that may often go unnoticed until a crisis situation. However, there remain a small number of studies that have investigated the impact of school-based preventative interventions for depression. For this reason, a school-based, primary prevention study was conducted.
The current study utilized an interpersonal and cognitive-behavioral model that was incorporated into the health education curriculum of the school. The sample included four fifth-grade classes in a rural school district. The study was conducted using a quasi-experimental design similar to a Solomon four-group design with two intervention and two control classes. The intervention was a total of eight 50-minute sessions. The subjects were assessed using a variety of self-report, sociometric, and rating-scale instruments.
The results of the study suggest that social skills were statistically significantly impacted by the intervention, and moderate standardized mean difference effect sizes (ES) of .51 and .48 were found.
Depressive symptom reduction was less pronounced. Additional findings indicate that the children did in fact learn the principles conveyed throughout the intervention, including methods of alleviating depressive symptomatology and social skills relevant for fifth-grade children. The results are discussed in the context of primary prevention models in other areas of mental health.
Longitudinal Proximity Effects in Superconducting Transition-Edge Sensors
Creators: name: Sadleir, John E.
name: Smith, Stephen J.
name: Bandler, Simon R.
name: Chervenak, James A.
name: Clem, John R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have found experimentally that the critical current of a square superconducting transition-edge sensor (TES) depends exponentially upon the side length L and the square root of the temperature T. As a consequence, the effective transition temperature Tc of the TES is current-dependent and at fixed current scales as 1/L^2. We also have found that the critical current can show clear Fraunhofer-like oscillations in an applied magnetic field, similar to those found in Josephson junctions. The observed behavior has a natural theoretical explanation in terms of longitudinal proximity effects if the TES is regarded as a weak link between superconducting leads. We have observed the proximity effect in these devices over extraordinarily long lengths exceeding 100 um.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures
Angle-resolved photoemission spectra of graphene from first-principles calculations
Creators: name: Park, Cheol-Hwan
name: Giustino, Feliciano
name: Spataru, Catalin D.
name: Cohen, Marvin L.
name: Louie, Steven G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) is a powerful experimental technique for directly probing electron dynamics in solids. The energy vs. momentum dispersion relations and the associated spectral broadenings measured by ARPES provide a wealth of information on quantum many-body interaction effects. In particular, ARPES allows studies of the Coulomb interaction among electrons (electron-electron interactions) and the interaction between electrons and lattice vibrations (electron-phonon interactions). Here, we report ab initio simulations of the ARPES spectra of graphene including both electron-electron and electron-phonon interactions on the same footing. Our calculations reproduce some of the key experimental observations related to many-body effects, including the indication of a mismatch between the upper and lower halves of the Dirac cone.
On Hopf multiplications on the wedge of two spaces
Creators: name: Chao, Frances Yen-Yen
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: In this thesis we show that it is impossible to define a Hopf multiplication on the wedge X V Y of a connected finite CW-complex X with an arbitrary connected CW-complex Y, provided neither X nor Y homotopy equivalent to a point. We also show by an example, that the above is no longer true, if one does not require that X is a finite CW-complex.
title: A National Survey of Training Practices of Agencies Employing Home Visitors
Creators: name: Hawkins, Nicole
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1996

description: This study reports the characteristics of home visitor training based on the results of a national survey of nominated best practice home visiting programs that service children with disabilities and their families. Two hundred thirty-six programs were nominated by their state's director of Maternal-Child Health and/or their state's Part H Coordinator as community-based programs that have had success integrating home visiting services into their community's overall system of care for children eligible for Part H services and/or special health care needs. The return rate of the survey was 85%, and these 193 programs serve as the basis for this study. Results include information on topic areas on which home visitors received preservice and inservice training (i.e., atypical child development, community-based services, cultural competence), the amount of training home visitors received (i.e., hours of preservice and inservice training), and how training practices compare to what experts in the field view as recommended practices. The results indicate that the majority of program directors provided their home visitors with preservice and inservice training. The results also suggest that agencies that only employed professional home visitors tended to provide more training than those agencies employing only paraprofessionals. The results of this study indicate that a program's model of service delivery did not predict the amount or type of training home visitors received. The discussion includes recommendations that are offered to directors of home visiting programs.
title: Energie aus holzbasierter Biomasse in der EU
title: Status quo und mögliche Nutzungspotenziale
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Nenning, Tobias
name: Pramreiter, Maximilian
name: Wimmer, Rupert
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: Biomasse
Holzbasierte Biomasse
RED III
Energieerzeugung
EU
Europäische Union
Green Deal
Bioökonomie
Kaskadische Nutzung

description: Zum Gelingen der Energiewende nimmt seit den 2000er Jahren, befeuert durch die Suche nach regenerativen Energieformen, die Bedeutung von holzbasierter Biomasse rasant zu. Zur Nachhaltigkeit der forstbasierten Biomasse werden wissenschaftliche sowie gesellschaftspolitische Debatten geführt. Darüber hinaus steht die Bewirtschaftung und die Nutzung Europäischer Waldressourcen im Mittelpunkt umfassender politischer Maßnahmen des Europäischen „Green Deal“. Ein aktuelles Beispiel ist die Überarbeitung der Erneuerbare-Energie-Richtlinie (Renewable Energy Directive III, kurz RED III), einschließlich der Definition ökologisch nachhaltiger Bioenergie aus Primärbiomasse, unter dem Aspekt der Kohlenstoffemissionen und der Einhaltung des Kaskadenprinzips.
The distribution of AGN in a large sample of galaxy clusters
Creators: name: Gilmour, R.
name: Best, P.
name: Almaini, O.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an analysis of the X-ray point source populations in 182 Chandra images of galaxy clusters at z>0.1 with exposure time >10 ksec, as well as 44 non-cluster fields. Analysis of the number and flux of these sources, using a detailed pipeline to predict the distribution of non-cluster sources in each field, reveals an excess of X-ray point sources associated with the galaxy clusters. A sample of 148 galaxy clusters at 0.1
description: 23 pages, 15 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Lemur phylosymbiosis - R working directory
Creators: name: Donohue, Mariah
name: Everson, Kathryn
name: Rowe, Amanda
name: Weisrock, David
name: Hert, Zoe
name: Karrick, Carly
name: RANDRIAMANANDAZA, Lovasoa
name: ZAKAMANANA, Francois
name: Nomenjanahary, Eva
name: Andriamalala, Rostant
name: Moe, Luke
name: Wright, Patricia
name: Law, Audrey
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 60503 Microbial Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Working directory for R script (see Phylosymbiosis-revision-2.Rmd in this project's "Scripts and workflows" item)
title: Analogical Problem Solving: An Exploratory Analysis of the Facilitating Effects of Type of Training, Analog Type, and Level of Expertise on Spontaneous Transfer
Creators: name: Ives, Dune E.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1996

description: Research on analogical problem solving has delineated several factors that impact one's ability to spontaneously generate a correct solution strategy to a target problem. These factors include, but are not limited to, type of analogy provided to subjects (i.e., partial versus complete), the level of isomorphism between analogies and target problems, and the solver's level of analogical problem-solving expertise
Recently, researchers have begun to focus on providing solvers with direct instruction on analogical problem-solving processes and strategies in an effort to augment analogical problem-solving ability. The most common type of instruction (i.e., teacher-generated) involves providing direct instruction on problem-solving processes and strategies without input from the solver. A second type of instruction (i.e., learner-generated) that has gained some attention in the literature but has not yet been tested in the realm of analogical problem solving involves learners actively participating in developing analogical problem-solving strategies while being guided by the instructor.
Using an experimental design. the present study examined the differential effects of type of analogue (i.e., partial versus complete), level of expertise (i.e., novice versus expert). and type of training (teacher-generated, learner-generated, or no training) on spontaneous generation of correct solution strategies to two target problems.
Findings indicate that solvers. regardless of training group or ability level. were better able to solve the target problem to the complete analogies than the target problem to the partial analogies. x2 (1, N = 116) = 18, p < .001; d = .85. Moreover, there was no advantage for expert solvers to participate in problem-solving training. However. when examining novice solvers. findings indicate that direct instruction on problem-solving processes and strategies resulted in better performance when solving the partial analogy than did no instruction (d = .61). Also, active participation in the learning process resulted in better performance when solving the partial analogy than did no instruction (d = .80).
Limitations of the study, implications for educators, and recommendations for future studies are provided.
title: Is There a Connection? An Exploratory Study of Abuse Experiences and Perpetration Patterns Among College Males
Creators: name: Frazier, Monique R.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1996

description: The purpose of this study was to examine self-reported experiences of primary, secondary, and perpetrated abuse of an emotional, physical, and sexual nature among a male, nonclinical, noncriminal sample. One hundred forty-two subjects completed the Youth Experiences and Behaviors Questionnaire (YEBQ) (developed by the author) and the Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS). Results indicated that overall, the YEBQ demonstrated moderate to high levels of internal consistency reliability and moderate levels of concurrent and divergent validity. Various descriptive statistics, scale, and subscale correlations for the YEBQ were provided.
Results indicated that secondary abuse information was most predictive of later abuse perpetration with the exception of sexual abuse. Primary and secondary abuse information was found to be most predictive of abuse perpetration types of the same nature (e.g., emotional abuse history/witness scores best predicted emotional abuse perpetration scores and family abuse history/witness scores best predicted abuse perpetration toward family members scores) except in the cases of sexual abuse and stranger abuse. Theoretical interpretations and implications for these results are provided.
Mathematical Ecology, Evolution and the Social Sciences
Creators: name: Levin, Simon
name: Levin, Simon
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Environmental Economics and Policy
subject: Mathematical Ecology and Evolution
subject: Economics
subject: Public Goods
subject: Scaling
subject: Complex Adaptive Systems

description: The last few decades have seen an enhanced partnership between ecologists and social scientists, especially economists, in addressing the environmental challenges facing societies. Not only do ecology and economics, in particular, need each other; but also the challenges they face are similar and can benefit from cross-fertilization. At the core are scaling from the micro- to the macro, the development of appropriate statistical mechanics to facilitate scaling, features underlying the resilience and robustness of systems, the anticipation of critical transitions and regime shifts, and addressing the conflicts of interest between individual agents and the common good through exploration of cooperation, prosociality and collective decision-making. Confronting these issues will be crucial in the coming years for all nations, especially those in South Asia that will suffer in major ways from the consequences of overpopulation, climate change and other environmental threats.
title: Evaluation of Multiple Exemplar Training Plus Discrimination Training On Promoting Generalization of Response Variability
Creators: name: Contreras, Bethany P.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2017

description: Typically developing children learn from play. For example, play serves as a foundation for children to acquire early language and social skills. Children with autism tend to have deficits in play, and often engage in rigid or repetitive behaviors during play. Such rigid play behavior can limit opportunities for these children to learn from play. Researchers have shown that it is possible to increase the variety of play behaviors that children with autism engage in. But, research has not yet shown whether these gains in play behavior will transfer to other play environments and situations. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate methods for promoting the transfer of varied and appropriate play to other play situations with three children with autism. In this study, we increased varied play behavior by providing rewards for playing in a varied manner (and not providing rewards for playing in an inappropriate or rigid manner). We did this with multiple different play situations to help the participants learn to engage in varied play in different situations. We then tested to see if the participants would vary their play with completely new play situations. We found that, following some modifications, our procedures were successful at increasing varied play behavior for all three participants, and that their varied play transferred to other play situations.
title: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study of the School Leaders’ Role in Students’ Mathematics Achievement Through the Lens of Complexity Theory
Creators: name: Bullock, Emma P.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2017

description: School leaders are expected to make decisions that improve student mathematics achievement. However, one difficulty for school leaders has been the limited amount of research concerning content-specific (e.g., mathematics) school leadership and its effects on student achievement. School leaders do not make decisions in isolation; rather, they make decisions as part of a complex adaptive system (CAS), as proposed by complexity theory. The purpose of this study was to explore the role the school leader plays in students’ mathematics achievement through the lens of complexity theory.
The researcher collected survey data from K-12 school leaders and conducted focus group interviews to answer the research questions. The researcher found a significant regression equation predicting the school-wide average SAGE mathematics proficiency scores based on several characteristics of the school leader and student demographics. Distinctive patterns emerged in the decisions and actions made by school leaders based on school-wide SAGE mathematics proficiency. Results suggest that the school leaders’ first role in promoting higher student mathematics achievement is to directly and indirectly facilitate a shared vision of mathematics education between stakeholders in the CAS. The school leader’s second role is to actively work to recruit and retain the highest quality teachers possible.
Observing Episodic Coronal Heating Events Rooted in Chromospheric Activity
Creators: name: McIntosh, Scott W.
name: De Pontieu, Bart
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present results of a multi-wavelength study of episodic plasma injection into the corona of AR 10942. We exploit long-exposure images of the Hinode and Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE) spacecraft to study the properties of faint, episodic, "blobs" of plasma that are propelled upward along coronal loops that are rooted in the AR plage. We find that the source location and characteristic velocities of these episodic upflow events match those expected from recent spectroscopic observations of faint coronal upflows that are associated with upper chromospheric activity, in the form of highly dynamic spicules. The analysis presented ties together observations from coronal and chromospheric spectrographs and imagers, providing more evidence of the connection of discrete coronal mass heating and injection events with their source, dynamic spicules, in the chromosphere.
description: Accepted to appear ApJL, 5 pages. Color figures and supporting movies can be found at http://download.hao.ucar.edu/pub/mscott/papers/Blobs/
La décision politique en action de Charles Quint à Philippe IV : les mentions de service hors teneur dans les actes princiers des Pays-Bas espagnols (ca. 1535-ca. 1633)
Creators: name: Simon, Nicolas
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2019
Subjects: history
legal history
history of administration
Spanish Monarchy
Habsburg Netherlands

description: Pour faire face à une production d’écrits toujours croissante, les chancelleries et les services administratifs médiévaux et modernes ont pris l’habitude d’apposer sur leurs actes des notes destinées à faciliter et à contrôler le déroulement de leur travail. Qualifiées par les historiens de « mentions de chancellerie » ou de « mentions hors teneur », ces notes sont souvent discrètes, cantonnées aux marges des actes, voire cachées lors du scellage ; très brèves, parfois sibyllines, elles peuvent de surcroît être cryptées. Autant de caractéristiques qui ont freiné leur étude, alors même qu’elles incarnent une technique scripturaire essentielle pour les chancelleries. En menant une analyse comparée à l’échelle de l’Occident, le présent ouvrage entend restituer leur rôle dans toute sa complexité. Sont ici examinées les modalités de leur utilisation par divers bureaux d’écriture, en particulier leur mise en forme textuelle et visuelle. Cet examen met en lumière de fréquentes imitations d’une chancellerie à l’autre, qui assurent le succès de cette technique auprès de multiples administrations à travers l’Europe. Cette étude de la diffusion des mentions s’accompagne enfin d’une réflexion sur leur réception par les destinataires des actes qui les portent : conduits à s’interroger sur le sens et l’utilité de ces notes, leurs lecteurs sont bien souvent contraints d’adopter les cadres de pensée des administrations émettrices, ce qui contribue à leur intégration dans les États de la fin du Moyen Âge et de la première modernité. Simultanément, ces mentions étayent l’efficacité des actes où elles sont apposées, contribuant ainsi à légitimer ces écrits et les autorités qui les ont produits. Pour toutes ces raisons, elles sont au cœur d’enjeux juridiques et politiques majeurs.
Acroneuria axana Chen 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Chen, Zhi-Teng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Perlidae
Acroneuria
Acroneuria axana

description: Acroneuria axana sp. nov. Figs. 2–4. Adult habitus (Fig. 2). Three ocelli. General color yellow. Head slightly wider than pronotum, with a dark ocellate stigma; anterior ocellus smaller than posterior ones. Antenna dark brown and slender, subequal in length to the abdomen, apical segments paler. Pronotum pale, with obscure rugosities, anterior corners sharp. Wing membrane subhyaline, veins pale; apices of wings dark. Coxae pale; distal part of femur, tibia and tarsi dark brown. Cercus pale, apical segments dark. Male ( Figs. 2–4). Body length 17.0–18.0 mm; forewings length ca. 21.0 mm, hindwings length ca. 18.0 mm. Tergum 9 without sensilla basiconica. Tergum 10 with a large, heart-shaped sensilla basiconica patch. Paraprocts sclerotized, long triangular and upcurved, apically hooked. Posterior margin of sternum 9 with a rounded hammer. Aedeagus (Figs. 4D, E) membranous and short, apical half widened with a rounded rim, apex with a large elliptical lobe and a smaller lobe; median area of lateral aspects spinulose. Female. Unknown. Type material. Holotype: male, Vietnam: Quang Nam Province, Tay Giang District, Axan Commune, Song Kool River, 15.83 N, 107.31 E (Fig. 1), 1300m, July–August 2019, light trap (ICJUST). Paratypes: 4 males, same data as holotype (ICJUST). Etymology. The species is named after its type locality, Axan Commune. The name is used as a noun. Remarks. The new species is similar to A. nobilitata and A. apicalis by sharing the dark wing tips (Klapálek 1909, Stark & Sivec 2008). In A. axana, the hammer is more rounded than the “elliptical” one in A. nobilitata; the paraprocts are distinct, which are less developed in A. nobilitata (Klapálek 1909); locality of A. axana in central Vietnam is distant from type locality of A. nobilitata in Lang Son Province of the northeastern boarder of Vietnam (Fig. 1). Unfortunately, the aedeagus of A. nobilitata is still undescribed. When compared with A. apicalis, the aedeagus of A. axana is much shorter and wider, without the large apical projection as in A. apicalis (see fig. 3 in Stark & Sivec 2008); the locality of A. axana is also distant from the type locality of A. apicalis, Vinh Phu Province of the northeastern boarder of Vietnam (Fig. 1).
description: Published as part of Chen, Zhi-Teng, 2020, New species of Acroneuria (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from central Vietnam, pp. 59-67 in Zootaxa 4722 (1) on page 60, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/3603682
description: {"references": ["Klapalek, F. R. (1909) Revise rodu Acroneuria Pict. Rozpravy Ceske Akademie, 18, 1 - 21.", "Stark, B. P. & Sivec, I. (2008) New Vietnamese species of genus Acroneuria (Plecoptera: Perlidae). Illiesia, 4 (16), 154 - 160."]}
Data collection and data entry SOPs
Creators: name: Nizar, Nur Marahaini Mohd
name: Siti Sarah Mohd Sinin
name: Yuveena Gopalan
name: Abdullah, Nurul Jannah
name: Maizatul Vanisha Masril
name: Husna Zolkepli
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Data collection guide
Data entry guide
Standard of procedures
Agricultural diversification
Global Knowledge Base
Underutilised crops research

description: The standard of procedures (SOPs) serve as the guidelines for data managers to collect and enter data
 into the database. The SOPs were created for the focused data collection activities in the Global Knowledge Base for
 Underutilised Crops development.
Some applications of the method of the characteristic event
Creators: name: Main, Robert Frazee
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: A method of integrating over difficult sets in Eⁿ by replacing the characteristic function of the set with a discontinuous integral has been used by Markov, Chandrasekhar, Melzak, and others. This thesis employs this method in some problems arising from random walks. A discussion of the difficulties encountered and suggestions for further study are included.
Acroneuria songhaitiani Chen 2020, sp. nov.
Creators: name: Chen, Zhi-Teng
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Plecoptera
Perlidae
Acroneuria
Acroneuria songhaitiani

description: Acroneuria songhaitiani sp. nov. Figs. 5–9. Adult habitus (Figs. 5–6). Three ocelli. General color yellow. Head slightly wider than pronotum; anterior ocellus smaller than posterior ones, with a dark posterior spot; posterior ocelli each with a dark spot, the two spots separated or connected. Antenna dark brown and slender, subequal in length to the abdomen, apical segments paler. Pronotum pale, with obscure rugosities, anterior corners sharp. Wing membrane subhyaline, veins pale brown; apices of wings pale. Coxae pale; distal part of femur, tibia and tarsi dark brown. Cercus pale, apical segments dark. Male (Figs. 5, 7, 8). Body length 20.0– 21.5mm; forewings length ca. 23.5 mm, hindwings length ca. 21.0 mm. Tergum 9 without sensilla basiconica. Tergum 10 with a large, heart-shaped sensilla basiconica patch. Paraprocts sclerotized, subtriangular and upcurved, apically with a small triangular spine. Posterior margin of sternum 9 with a rounded hammer. Aedeagus (Fig. 8C) mostly membranous, basally constricted, apical half with two oblique sclerites, each sclerite covered with spinules. Female (Figs. 6, 9). Body length ca. 26.0 mm; forewings length ca. 29.0 mm, hindwings length ca. 26.0 mm. Subgenital plate from half-length of sternum 8, broadly rounded, posterior margin truncate, reaching posterior margin of sternum 9 (Fig. 9A). Sternum 9 with a triangular posterior margin. Egg (Figs. 9B, C). Length ca. 0.4 mm, width ca. 0.2 mm. Color generally pale brown; acorn-shaped. Collar flat, sclerotized and very small. Chorion smooth, without micropyles. Type material. Holotype: male, Vietnam: Quang Nam Province, Tay Giang District, Axan Commune, Song Kool River, 15.83 N, 107.31 E (Fig. 1), 1300m, July–August 2019, light trap (ICJUST). Paratypes: 1 male and 2 females, same data as holotype (ICJUST). Etymology. The species is named for Dr. Hai-Tian Song for obtaining the specimens. The name is used as a noun. Remarks. The new species can be easily distinguished from known Vietnamese Acroneuria species by the two closely-located, oblique sclerites of the aedeagus and by the unnotched subgenital plate of the female.
description: Published as part of Chen, Zhi-Teng, 2020, New species of Acroneuria (Plecoptera: Perlidae) from central Vietnam, pp. 59-67 in Zootaxa 4722 (1) on pages 63-65, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4722.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/3603682
title: The Efficacy of Guided Imagery for Recovery from Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Replacement
Creators: name: Durso-Cupal, Deborah D.
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1997

description: As an exploratory, developmental injury intervention study, this research investigated the efficacy of providing psychological intervention in the form of relaxation and guided imagery to a group of orthopedic patients recovering from major knee surgery. Utilizing a prospective, experimental research design with 30 subjects randomly assigned to either an intervention, placebo, or control group, this study employed physiological as well as psychological outcome measures. Intervention consisted of 10 individual mental practice sessions for intervention group members as an adjunct to physical therapy. Content of these sessions was intentionally designed to facilitate physiotherapy goals. Imagery protocols with which to deliver these standardized sessions were also designed to directly parallel established physical rehabilitation protocols. Placebo group participants were exposed to nonspecific intervention factors of attention and support, while control group members completed their physical therapy as usual.
Results of this study revealed that for this sample of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) orthopedic patients, psychological injury intervention in the form of relaxation and guided imagery contributed to statistically significant better physical and psychological outcomes. Strength and extension improvement, as well as reduction in state, trait, and reinjury anxiety, were superior for the intervention group as compared to placebo and control groups from preintervention (2 weeks postsurgery) to post-intervention (24 weeks postsurgery). Other benefits of the intervention, according to subject self-report, included pain and stress management, empowerment, control of recovery, and overall body wellness . Implications of these research findings are discussed, as well as suggestions offered for subsequent injury intervention research.
title: An Investigation of Social Skills and Antisocial Behaviors of At-Risk Youth: Construct Validation of the Home and Community Social Behavior Scales
Creators: name: Caldarella, Paul
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1997

description: The major purpose of this dissertation was to investigate the construct validity of a new parent rating scale, the Home and Community Social Behavior Scales (HCSBS), that was used to measure the social skills and antisocial behaviors of at-risk youth in Northern Utah. The results indicate that the HCSBS possesses strong internal consistency with high alphas. Convergent validity with both teacher ratings and student self-ratings of social competence and antisocial behavior appeared slight. Discriminant validity was indicated by the near zero correlations between the HCSBS and the KTEA. The instrument appeared able to detect group differences as indicated by the large and clinically significant effect size differences between at-risk and non-at-risk sample mean scores, as well as a 92.37 correct classification percentage. Finally, the factor analysis of the HCSBS suggested four social competency factors and three antisocial behavior factors, which were extremely similar to the results obtained for the teacher version of the instrument. Directions for future research, as well as implications and limitations of the current study, are noted.