cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Moderating Effect of Family Cohesion on the Association between Acculturation Gaps and Parent-Child Conflict in Immigrant Families
Creators: name: Kim, Haedong
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Individual & family studies
subject: acculturation gap
subject: family cohesion
subject: immigrant families
subject: intergenerational relationships
subject: moderation
subject: parent-child conflict

description: Intergenerational acculturation gaps have been found to be a source of conflict in many immigrant families. However, there has been limited research regarding variables that can moderate the association between acculturation gaps and parent-child conflict in immigrant families. Using a sample of 2,971 adolescents selected from the Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Study (CILS) and guided by the ABC-X model of family stress, the present study investigated the moderating effect of family cohesion. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis results revealed that gaps in both host culture acculturation and heritage culture acculturation were significant predictors of parent-child conflict. Family cohesion only moderated the association between heritage culture acculturation gap and parent-child conflict. Interestingly, the direction of the moderation was not in the expected direction: higher family cohesion increased the association between degree of heritage culture acculturation gap and parent-child conflict. Implications for reducing stress in immigrant families are discussed.
A Spontaneously Formed Plasmonic-MoTe2 Hybrid Platform for Ultrasensitive Raman Enhancement
Creators: name: Tao, Li
name: Li, Zhiyong
name: Chen, Kun
name: Zhou, Yaoqiang
name: Li, Hao
name: Wang, Ximiao
name: Zhan, Runze
name: Hou, Xiangyu
name: Zhao, Yu
name: Xu, Junling
name: Qiu, Teng
name: Wan, Xi
name: Xu, Jian-Bin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Applied Physics (physics.app-ph)
subject: Chemical Physics (physics.chem-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: To develop highly sensitive, stable and repeatable surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) substrates is crucial for analytical detection, which is a challenge for traditional metallic structures. Herein, by taking advantage of the high surface activity of 1T' transition metal telluride, we have fabricated high-density gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) that are spontaneously in-situ prepared on the 1T' MoTe2 atomic layers via a facile method, forming a plasmonic-2D material hybrid SERS substrate. This AuNP formation is unique to the 1T' phase, which is repressed in 2H MoTe2 with less surface activity. The hybrid structure generates coupling effects of electromagnetic and chemical enhancements, as well as excellent molecule adsorption, leading to the ultrasensitive (4*10^-17 M) and reproducible detection. Additionally, the immense fluorescence and photobleaching phenomena are mostly avoided. Flexible SERS tapes have been demonstrated in practical applications. Our approach facilitates the ultrasensitive SERS detection by a facile method, as well as the better mechanistic understanding of SERS beyond plasmonic effects.
Additional file 1 of Selection and validation of reference gene for RT-qPCR studies in co-culture system of mouse cementoblasts and periodontal ligament cells
Creators: name: Yong, Jiawen
name: Groeger, Sabine
name: Ruiz-Heiland, Gisela
name: Ruf, Sabine
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 1. MIQE checklist
Ο ρόλος του νερού στη διαμόρφωση του δημόσιου χώρου των πόλεων του πρώιμου μεσαίωνα στον Ελλαδικό χώρο
Creators: name: Θεοδωρίδης, Νικόλαος Μιχαήλ
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2019
Subjects: διαχείριση νερού στον δημόσιο χώρο
υδροδοτικό δίκτυο
Θεσσαλονίκη
water supply system
baths
fountains

description: Η παρούσα διπλωματική εργασία πραγματεύεται την σχέση του νερού με την διαμόρφωση του δημόσιου χώρου των πόλεων και τον τρόπο με τον οποίον εκδηλώνεται και εκφράζεται. Εξετάζονται στοιχεία από τα ανασκαμμένα πολεοδομικά συγκροτήματα του Ελλαδικού χώρου με έμφαση στις πόλεις της Θεσσαλονίκης και των Φιλίππων. Το χρονολογικό πλαίσιο της εκτείνεται από την υστερορωμαϊκή εποχή έως και τον 9ο αιώνα. Στο πρώτο μέρος της εργασίας αναλύεται το ιστορικό πλαίσιο της περιόδου και θεωρητικές έννοιες σχετικά με τις πόλεις της περιόδου μελέτης. Στη συνέχεια εξετάζονται οι πληροφορίες των γραπτών πηγών, των επιγραφών καθώς και η σχετική νομοθεσία. Στο κύριο μέρος της εργασίας εξετάζονται οι τύποι κτηρίων που χρησιμοποιούνται στη διαχείριση του νερού και η σχέση των υδραυλικών εγκαταστάσεων με τους μετασχηματισμούς του αστικού χώρου. Εξετάζονται ζητήματα που αφορούν τον έλεγχο και την συντήρηση των δικτύων μεταφοράς, αποθήκευσης και διανομής του νερού. Στην εργασία εξετάζονται επίσης οι αλλαγές στις λουτρικές εγκαταστάσεις και τις λουτρικές συνήθειες
description: The purpose of the present dissertation is the study of the water management infrastructure in the public space of the early medieval cities in Greece. The first chapters offer a detailed analysis of the literary, epigraphic, and archaeological remains of urban water systems. We also examine the shifts in the urbanism during late antique and the transitional period. We emphasize on the examination of the water supply system, cisterns, baths and fountains of Thessaloniki and Philippoi. Several examples from other cities of the eastern Mediterranean are used
Controlling nosocomial infection based on structure of hospital social networks
Creators: name: Ueno, Taro
name: Masuda, Naoki
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Populations and Evolution (q-bio.PE)
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Nosocomial infection raises a serious public health problem, as implied by the existence of pathogens characteristic to healthcare and hospital-mediated outbreaks of influenza and SARS. We simulate stochastic SIR dynamics on social networks, which are based on observations in a hospital in Tokyo, to explore effective containment strategies against nosocomial infection. The observed networks have hierarchical and modular structure. We show that healthcare workers, particularly medical doctors, are main vectors of diseases on these networks. Intervention methods that restrict interaction between medical doctors and their visits to different wards shrink the final epidemic size more than intervention methods that directly protect patients, such as isolating patients in single rooms. By the same token, vaccinating doctors with priority rather than patients or nurses is more effective. Finally, vaccinating individuals with large betweenness centrality is superior to vaccinating ones with large connectedness to others or randomly chosen individuals, as suggested by previous model studies. [The abstract of the manuscript has more information.]
description: 12 figures, 2 tables
Investigating halo substructures with annual modulation signature
Creators: name: Bernabei, R.
name: Belli, P.
name: Montecchia, F.
name: Nozzoli, F.
name: Cappella, F.
name: Incicchitti, A.
name: Prosperi, D.
name: Cerulli, R.
name: Dai, C. J.
name: He, H. L.
name: Kuang, H. H.
name: Ma, J. M.
name: Sheng, X. D.
name: Ye, Z. P.
name: Martinez, M.
name: Giuffrida, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Galaxy hierarchical formation theories, numerical simulations, the discovery of the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical Galaxy (SagDEG) in 1994 and more recent investigations suggest that the dark halo of the Milky Way can have a rich phenomenology containing non thermalized substructures. In the present preliminary study, we investigate the case of the SagDEG (the best known satellite galaxy in the Milky Way crossing the solar neighbourhood) analyzing the consequences of its dark matter stream contribution to the galactic halo on the basis of the DAMA/NaI annual modulation data. The present analysis is restricted to some WIMP candidates and to some of the astrophysical, nuclear and particle Physics scenarios. Other candidates such as e.g. the light bosonic ones, we discussed elsewhere, and other non thermalized substructures are not yet addressed here.
description: 17 pages, 10 figures, to appear in Eur. Phys. J. C
Additional file 2 of Selection and validation of reference gene for RT-qPCR studies in co-culture system of mouse cementoblasts and periodontal ligament cells
Creators: name: Yong, Jiawen
name: Groeger, Sabine
name: Ruiz-Heiland, Gisela
name: Ruf, Sabine
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Space Science
subject: Genetics
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Physiology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Immunology
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: 80699 Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: Developmental Biology
subject: Cancer
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 2. Input/output data for algorithms
Loss separation for dynamic hysteresis in magnetic thin films
Creators: name: Colaiori, Francesca
name: Durin, Gianfranco
name: Zapperi, Stefano
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a theory for dynamic hysteresis in ferromagnetic thin films, on the basis of the phenomenological principle of loss separation. We observe that, remarkably, the theory of loss separation, originally derived for bulk metallic materials, is applicable to disordered magnetic systems under fairly general conditions regardless of the particular damping mechanism. We confirm our theory both by numerical simulations of a driven random--field Ising model, and by re--examining several experimental data reported in the literature on dynamic hysteresis in thin films. All the experiments examined and the simulations find a natural interpretation in terms of loss separation. The power losses dependence on the driving field rate predicted by our theory fits satisfactorily all the data in the entire frequency range, thus reconciling the apparent lack of universality observed in different materials.
description: 4 pages, 6 figures
Τα εκπαιδευτικά προγράμματα των μουσείων της Θεσσαλονίκης την εποχή της κρίσης: Ένας κριτικός απολογισμός
Creators: name: Στόλη, Ιωάννα Αθανασίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2019
Subjects: μουσείο
εκπαιδευτικά προγράμματα
οικονομική κρίση
museum
educational programs
Financial crisis

description: Η παρούσα εργασία αφορά στην προσπάθεια των σύγχρονων μουσείων να απομακρυνθούν από τον παραδοσιακά εκθεσιακό τους ρόλο και να ενισχύσουν τον εκπαιδευτικό τους ρόλο. Στο πλαίσιο αυτής της στροφής του ενδιαφέροντός τους από τις συλλογές και τις εκθέσεις στον επισκέπτη και τις ανάγκες του, τα μουσεία έχουν μια ζωτική συμβολή στην άτυπη και τη δια βίου εκπαίδευση του 21ου αιώνα. Σε πολλές χώρες του κόσμου που επλήγησαν από την πρόσφατη οικονομική κρίση, τα μουσεία εμπλούτισαν το μενού των εκπαιδευτικών τους προγραμμάτων, προκειμένου να διατηρήσουν την ελκυστικότητά τους και να εξασφαλίσουν τη βιωσιμότητά τους. Στην παρούσα μελέτη πρόκειται να διερευνηθεί τι έγινε την ίδια περίοδο στην Ελλάδα, και συγκεκριμένα στη Θεσσαλονίκη, στο χώρο των μουσειακών εκπαιδευτικών προγραμμάτων. Αυξήθηκαν, ανακαινίστηκαν, διαφοροποιήθηκαν ή αντίθετα, μειώθηκαν και περιορίστηκαν σε ποικιλία και καινοτομία; Συνδυαστικά με αυτά τα ερωτήματα, θα εξετασθεί η πορεία της επισκεψιμότητας των μουσείων, με στόχο να προσδιοριστεί αν κατά τη διάρκεια της οικονομικής κρίσης υπάρχει μείωση ή η αύξησή της. Στο πλαίσιο αυτό, θα επιδιωχθεί η συσχέτιση των εξελίξεων στην Ελλάδα και με άλλες χώρες, ώστε να διαπιστωθεί ο βαθμός και ο τρόπος με τον οποίο οι μουσειακοί θεσμοί αντέδρασαν στις δυσμενείς συνθήκες χρηματοδότησης και επισκεψιμότητας, που προκάλεσε η δημοσιονομική στενότητα, αλλά και ο περιορισμός της οικονομικής δύναμης των κοινών τους
description: This paper presents the effort of modern museums to move away from their traditional exhibition role and to strengthen their educational one. During this shift, the interest of museums moved from collections and exhibitions to the visitor and his needs. Museums have a vital contribution to informal and lifelong learning of the 21st century. In many countries, worldwide, which have endured the recent economic crisis, museums have enriched their educational activities in order to maintain their attractiveness and ensure their sustainability. In the present study, we are going to investigate what happened at the same time in Greece, and in particular, in Thessaloniki, in the field of museum educational programs. Have they grown, renovated, differentiated or, on the contrary, reduced and restricted to diversity and innovation? Combined with these questions, the course of museum’s “route” will be examined to determine whether there is a decrease or increase during the economic crisis. In this context, we will seek to link developments in Greece to other countries in order to ascertain the extent and the way in which museums have responded to the unfavorable conditions of funding, caused by the fiscal tightness and the limitation, which was created because of the fiscal constraints
Motivation for the cohousing community : a study of two groups
Creators: name: Jeske, Marilyn Ruth
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Cohousing is a Danish model of collaborative housing that seeks to achieve a balance between privacy and community. It is characterized by an intentional neighborhood design, extensive common facilities, a participatory development process, and complete resident management. This exploratory study examined the motivation of members from two pioneer groups, one American and one Canadian, each involved in developing cohousing communities. Ten in—depth interviews were conducted with group members to study their motives for involvement in the cohousing projects. Respondents indicated that they wanted a greater experience of community which was supportive and a safe and enriched environment for their children. In their desire for challenge, they experienced personal growth and fulfillment through the process of making decisions by consensus. The respondents had affiliation motives that were consistent with motivational theory. Findings also suggest that the model has a strong potential for developing supportive networks for families and individuals. This study is relevant for community practice of social work because it provides a housing alternative that focuses on community. It serves as a starting point for discussion about the cohousing model.
Additional file 1 of The association between pupils´ aggressive behaviour and burnout among Danish school teachers - the role of stress and social support at work
Creators: name: Winding, Trine Nøhr
name: Aust, Birgit
name: Andersen, Lars Peter Sønderbo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Science Policy
subject: 111714 Mental Health
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 1. Correlation matrix of exposures and covariates.
RHESSI Observations of the Solar Flare Iron-line Feature at 6.7 keV
Creators: name: Phillips, K. J. H.
name: Chifor, C.
name: Dennis, B. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Analysis of RHESSI 3--10 keV spectra for 27 solar flares is reported. This energy range includes thermal free--free and free--bound continuum and two line features, at 6.7keV and 8keV, principally due to highly ionized iron (Fe). We used the continuum and the flux in the so-called Fe-line feature at 6.7keV to derive the electron temperature T_e, the emission measure, and the Fe-line equivalent width as functions of time in each flare. The Fe/H abundance ratio in each flare is derived from the Fe-line equivalent width as a function of T_e. To minimize instrumental problems with high count rates and effects associated with multi-temperature and nonthermal spectral components, spectra are presented mostly during the flare decay phase, when the emission measure and temperature were smoothly varying. We found flare Fe/H abundance ratios that are consistent with the coronal abundance of Fe (i.e. 4 times the photospheric abundance) to within 20% for at least 17 of the 27 flares; for 7 flares, the Fe/H abundance ratio is possibly higher by up to a factor of 2. We find evidence that the Fe XXV ion fractions are less than the theoretically predicted values by up to 60% at T_e=25 MK appear to be displaced from the most recent theoretical values by between 1 and 3 MK.
description: To be published, ApJ
THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN NEGATIVE CONFLICT BEHAVIOR AND SUBCLINICAL LEVELS OF PSYCHOPATHOLOGY SYMPTOMS IN CLINIC COUPLES: AN ACTOR-PARTNER INTERDEPENDENCE MODEL APPROACH EXAMINING MEDIATION BY PERCEIVED CRITICISM AND MODERATION BY POSITIVE COMMUNICATION
Creators: name: White, Anna
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mental health

description: Past research on family members as psychosocial stressors leading to increased symptom distress has been mostly limited to psychiatric populations and has been problem-focused. The current study used behavioral observations and partner reports to examine the relationship between positive and negative partner behavior and individual symptom distress, mediated by perceived criticism, in 96 clinical couples. Results of structural equation modeling showed that male negative behavior had a positive relationship with female symptom severity mediated by perceived criticism. Female negative behavior had a negative relationship with male symptom severity, not mediated by perceived criticism. Warmth displayed no significant relationship with perceived criticism or symptom severity for either gender. Recommendations for future research include examining the role of power in the relationship between negative partner behavior and symptom severity and assessing the ratio between positive and negative behaviors rather than as separate variables. Replication of these results is warranted.
Memory Palace
Creators: name: Brown, Thomas Aaron
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Language arts

description: What happens when memories are altered or lost? When the journey we try to take back to where we once were proves fruitless, time and again? My thesis, Memory Palace, deals with this tenuous, liminal state between my childhood spent in rural Chad, Africa, and the adulthood in which I now find myself in urban America and elsewhere. I search for a place of belonging--knowing that the road back to the days I spent sipping tea just miles from Saharan dunes has long since disappeared. This project reflects not only metaphysical journeys but also formal and stylistic departures as I search for a means of expression that is as much a personal journey as it is linguistic. Memory Palace is ultimately an exploration of experiences abroad and beyond--an effort to find a path for myself that connects past with present, grief with consolation.
Sound and Documentary in Cardiff and Miller's 'Pandemonium'
Creators: name: Wichmann, Cecilia T.
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Art history
subject: contemporary art
subject: documentary
subject: installation
subject: noise
subject: realism
subject: sound

description: From 2005 to 2007, Canadian artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller automated a live performance of simple robots striking furniture detritus and pipes in the cells of Eastern State Penitentiary, a Philadelphia prison that once specialized in isolation and silence. Oscillating between referential and abstract sounds, 'Pandemonium' suspended percipients between narrative and noise. So far scholars have investigated only the work's narrative aspects. This projects examines Cardiff and Miller's specific use of percussive sounds to position 'Pandemonium' in dialogue with noise music, sound art, and documentary-related practices in contemporary art. 'Pandemonium''s representational sounds coalesced into a curious kind of concrete documentary that triggered a sense of radical proximity between the percipient's body and the resonant environment of Eastern State Penitentiary. In doing so, it explored the potential for sensory relations and collectivity in a complex, contemporary world.
HSP - 62 History of Developmental Disability Policy in Alberta
Creators: name: Sonpal-Valias, Nilima
Publisher: name: The School of Public Policy Publications
Year: 2019

description: Alberta government is immersed in a full review of the Persons with Developmental Disabilities (PDD) program responsible for the delivery of services and supports to adults with developmental disabilities. With a budget of close to $1billion, PDD funds over 12,000 adults to receive home living, employment, community access and specialized services from about 160 non-profit and for-profit community disability service providers to help individuals live in their communities as inclusively and independently as possible. Despite being one of the most reviewed public programs in the province and having a series of funding increases in recent years, the program is viewed by program beneficiaries, their families, service providers and advocates as fraught with challenges. The review and the period following it during which recommendations will be made and debated provide an important window to influence policy reform. Often public programs like PDD, are dynamic products of historical factors, forces and processes. This paper traces the evolution of policies and service responses for individuals with developmental disabilities in Alberta from the birth of the province in 1905 to the present day. Four transformative shifts in this policy field are identified, associated with: (i) legalized institutionalization and the medical model of disability; (ii) deinstitutionalization movement; (iii) social model of disability; (iv) and neoliberal reforms. The paper provides a historical perspective describing how Alberta’s developmental disability policies and service models have been shaped by societal shifts in views towards disability as by the province’s unique socio-political characteristics. The paper makes visible the present-day legacies of these forces in the beliefs, values and normative influences underpinning current structures, mechanisms and policy approaches. The objective is to situate existing disability policy within the context of its historical evolution to provide deeper insight for reform.
description: The School of Public Policy Publications, Vol 12 (2019)
Exploring a more flexible N2O2-donor ligand and its octahedral tri-nuclear Co(II) and Ni(II) complexes
Creators: name: Zhang, Yang
name: Li, Peng
name: Li, Ya-Juan
name: Dong, Wen-Kui
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2021
Subjects: Biophysics
Biochemistry
Medicine
Cell Biology
Pharmacology
Biotechnology
Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified

description: Two new tri-nuclear Co(II) and Ni(II) complexes, [{Co(L)(μ-OAc)(EtOH)}2Co]·2EtOH·2CH2Cl2 (1) and [{Ni(L)(μ-PhCOO)(MeOH)}2Ni]·2CH3OH·4H2O (2), were synthesized by complexing H2L (4-methylcoumarin-2,2′-[(propane-1,3-diyldioxy)bis(nitrilomethylidyne)]diphenol) with Co(OAc)2⋅4H2O and Ni(NO3)2·6H2O, respectively, and characterized by chemical-physical characterization. For 1, the crystallographic analysis revealed there are three Co(II) ions, two completely deprotonated ligands (L2–), two coordinated ethanol molecules and two bidentate bridging acetate groups (μ-OAc-). Complex 2 is composed of three Ni(II) ions, two completely deprotonated L2– ligands, two coordinated methanol molecules and two bidentate bridging benzoate groups (μ-PhCOO–). The fluorescence properties of 1 and 2 were studied. The supramolecular structures of 1 and 2 are formed by intermolecular hydrogen bonds or π-related interactions. The important intermolecular interactions of H2L and 1 and 2 were quantitatively determined by Hirshfeld surfaces analyses. In order to determine the kinetic stabilities of H2L, 1 and 2, DFT calculations were performed at B3LYP/SDD level of theory.
Παρασκευή Καλλυντικών Κρεμών με Βιταμίνες Α,C,D,E. Μελέτη των Αντιοξειδωτικών και Αντηλιακών τους Ιδιοτήτων και της Σταθερότητάς τους
Creators: name: Χατζησταματίου, Αικατερίνη Σταμάτη
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2019
Subjects: Καλλυντικές Κρέμες
Βιταμίνες Α,C,D,E
Αντιοξειδωτικές και Αντηλιακές Ιδιότητες
Cosmetic Creams
Vitamins Α,C,D,E
Antioxidant and Sun Blocking Properties

description: Η διπλωματική αυτή εργασία έχει ως θέμα την παρασκευή καλλυντικών ενυδατικών κρεμών, τύπου Λ/Ν και Ν/Λ, με τη χρήση διαφόρων βιταμινών (Α,B,C,D) και τη μελέτη των αντηλιακών και των αντιοξειδωτικών τους ιδιοτήτων, καθώς και της σταθερότητάς τους. Αναφέρονται μερικά γενικά θεωρητικά στοιχεία για τα καλλυντικά και τις κρέμες, για τα συστατικά που χρησιμοποιούνται για την παρασκευή των συγκεκριμένων κρεμών, καθώς επίσης και για τα όργανα και τις τεχνικές που χρησιμοποιούνται για την παρασκευή και την μελέτη τους. Η μελέτη των αντηλιακών ιδιοτήτων γίνεται με την in vitro μέθοδο, εργαστηριακά, με τη βοήθεια φασματοφωτόμετρου, ενώ η μελέτη των αντιοξειδωτικών ιδιοτήτων γίνεται με τη μέθοδο DPPH. Για την μελέτη της σταθερότητάς τους, γίνεται μέτρηση του pH και του ιξώδους τους, ανά τακτά χρονικά διαστήματα. Τα αποτελέσματα των διάφορων μετρήσεων που πραγματοποιούνται (πχ. Ιξώδες, pH), καταγράφονται σε πίνακες, αναλύονται και συγκρίνονται. Η διπλωματική εργασία κλείνει με τα συμπεράσματα που προκύπτουν και κάποιες προτάσεις για μελλοντική έρευνα πάνω στο συγκεκριμένο αντικείμενο
description: This diploma thesis deals with the production of W/O and O/W moisturizing cosmetic emulsions, with various vitamins (A,C,D,E) and the study of their sunscreen and antioxidant properties, as well as their stability. A few general theoretical data on cosmetics and creams, the ingredients used for the production of those creams, as well as the instruments and the techniques used for their preparation and their study, are given on the paper. For the study of their sunscreen properties the in vitro method is being used, while the DPPH method is being used for the study of their antioxidant properties. The results of the various measurements (e.g. viscosity, pH) are also recorded, compared and analyzed, followed by the final conclusions and some future suggestions on the subject
Grammatical elicitation: Complementation
Creators: name: Ovelar, Irma Easty
name: Bossi, Madeline
name: Dabkowski, Maksymilian
name: Drummond, Emily
name: Grabowski, Emily
name: Jarvis, Rebecca
name: Khuu, Phuong
name: Michael, Lev
name: Russell, Katherine
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: gug

description: Different temporal markers in embedded clauses. Exploration of embedded clauses with ha. Direct vs. indirect speech.
Additional file 1 of The progression of the tobacco epidemic in India on the national and regional level, 1998-2016
Creators: name: Shaikh, Rufi
name: Janssen, Fanny
name: Vogt, Tobias
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Physiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 59999 Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Statistics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Hematology

description: Additional file 1.
Applications of fuzzy set theory in reservoir operations
Creators: name: Campbell, Paul Francis
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Attempts to maximize benefits from hydroelectric reservoirs with mathematical models have been a focus of study for water resource specialists. As increasingly complex models are developed to more closely imitate reality, their usefulness may paradoxically diminish since reservoir operators are less apt to fully understand the models. This results in a general lack of acceptance of mathematical reservoir models amongst the people they were originally developed to serve. Also, the stochastic nature of modelling a system influenced by climatic and economic factors such as a hydroelectric reservoir puts an upper limit on the attainable accuracy of a model. This thesis suggests that a method based on fuzzy set theory may provide a more readily understandable model that recognizes the inherent uncertainties in reservoir modelling. Heuristics or “rules of thumb” are used to simulate operation of a reservoir subject to uncertain inflows and changing hydroelectric power values. This system describes the operation of the reservoir in vague terms such as: “IF predicted inflow is medium-low AND reservoir volume is high THEN suggested outflow is ...“. These rules can be obtained directly from an experienced operator; from analysis of historical data; from data generated by a mathematical simulation of the reservoir or any combination of all three. This thesis illustrates the development and use of a simple fuzzy rulebase for a single hydroelectric reservoir. The rulebase is formed from data generated by a mathematical optimization model (dynamic programming) of the reservoir that simulates several years of operation with random inputs.
Η Ελληνορθόδοξη κοινότητα Γιαννιτσών (β΄ μισό 19ου αι.- 1912)
Creators: name: Λάζου, Ελένη Γεωργίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2019
Subjects: Γιαννιτσά
Ελληνορθόδοξη κοινότητα
Οθωμανική αυτοκρατορία
Giannitsa
Greek orthodox community
Ottoman empire

description: Κατά τα τέλη του 19ου αι. και αρχές 20ου αι., σημαντικές εξελίξεις σημειώθηκαν στον γεωγραφικό χώρο της Βαλκανικής χερσονήσου. Η Οθωμανική αυτοκρατορία εισέρχεται σε μία περίοδο μεταρρυθμίσεων για να αντιμετωπίσει την παρακμιακή της πορεία. Οι εθνικιστικές τάσεις των Βουλγάρων και οι επεκτατικές τους βλέψεις θα τους φέρουν σε σύγκρουση με τους Έλληνες της Μακεδονίας οδηγώντας τους στον Μακεδονικό αγώνα με κορύφωση τα έτη 1904-1908. Η λίμνη-βάλτος των Γιαννιτσών θα πρωταγωνιστήσει στην ένοπλη φάση του αγώνα. Μέσα στην πόλη των Γιαννιτσών, μία πόλη με έντονο το οθωμανικό-μουσουλμανικό στοιχείο, οι Έλληνες χριστιανοί κάτοικοι προσπαθούν να επιβιώσουν, σε μία περίοδο όπου έχουν κάνει την εμφάνισή τους, μέσα στην πόλη, ένας πυρήνας Ουνιτών και μία μερίδα Βουλγάρων Εξαρχικών. Μέσα από θρησκευτική και ιδεολογική προπαγάνδα μέσω του εκκλησιασμού και του σχολείου προσπαθούν οι δύο αυτές ομάδες να εισχωρήσουν μέσα στην πόλη των Γιαννιτσών. Η προσήλωση όμως των κατοίκων στο Οικουμενικό Πατριαρχείο και η εθνική τους συνείδηση, δεν επέτρεψε την άνθιση των προπαγανδών αυτών. Τα χρόνια που ακολούθησαν η Βουλγαρική εξαρχία εξαφανίστηκε από τα Γιαννιτσά, ενώ η Ουνιτική εκκλησία που υπάρχει ακόμη και σήμερα αριθμεί λίγους πιστούς
description: At the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century, significant developments were made in the geographical area of the Balkan Peninsula. The Ottoman Empire entered a period of fundamental reforms to cope with its decadent path. The nationalist tendencies of the Bulgarians and their expansive aspirations brought them into conflict with the Greeks of Macedonia, leading to the Macedonian struggle, which reached its peak in the years 1904-1908. The moor of Giannitsa played a crucial role during the fights. Inside the town of Giannitsa, one with a strong Ottoman-Muslim element, Greek Christian residents were trying to survive, at a time when a core of Unites and a portion of Bulgarian exarchists had appeared, trying to usurp the town, through religious as well as ideological propaganda. However, the inhabitants’ devotion to the Ecumenical Patriarchate along with their national consciousness did not allow this propaganda to flourish. During the years that followed, the Bulgarian Exarchate disappeared from Giannitsa, while the Unite Church, which still exists today, has very few believers
Radon transform on the cylinder and tomography of a particle on the circle
Creators: name: Asorey, M.
name: Facchi, P.
name: Man'ko, V. I.
name: Marmo, G.
name: Pascazio, S.
name: Sudarshan, E. G. C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The tomographic probability distribution on the phase space (cylinder) related to a circle or an interval is introduced. The explicit relations of the tomographic probability densities and the probability densities on the phase space for the particle motion on a torus are obtained and the relation of the suggested map to the Radon transform on the plane is elucidated. The generalization to the case of a multidimensional torus is elaborated and the geometrical meaning of the tomographic probability densities as marginal distributions on the helix discussed.
description: 9 pages, 3 figures
Μουσεία και επικοινωνία. Μελέτη περίπτωσης: η επικοινωνιακή πολιτική του Κρατικού Μουσείου Σύγχρονης Τέχνης
Creators: name: Σαμαρά, Ελένη Σωτηρίου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2019
Subjects: μουσείο
πικοινωνιακή πολιτική
ανάπτυξη κοινού
museum
communication policy
audience development

description: Η επικοινωνία συνδέεται άμεσα με όλες τις λειτουργίες του μουσείου και είναι αυτή που διαμορφώνει την εικόνα του οργανισμού και επηρεάζει σε μεγάλο βαθμό την επισκεψιμότητα. Μια επιτυχημένη επικοινωνιακή στρατηγική στηρίζεται σε πολλά και διαφορετικά μέσα μεταφοράς μηνυμάτων. Ωστόσο, η επικοινωνία δεν συνίσταται μόνο στη μεταφορά του πραγματικού μηνύματος στο κοινό, αλλά στη γενικότερη στάση και τη φήμη του οργανισμού στην ευρύτερη κοινότητα, δηλαδή την ταυτότητά του. Αντικείμενο της παρούσας έρευνας είναι η μελέτη της επικοινωνιακής πολιτικής του Κρατικού Μουσείου Σύγχρονης Τέχνης. Για το σκοπό αυτόν, θα εξεταστούν οι μέχρι τώρα στρατηγικές επικοινωνίας του οργανισμού με το κοινό αλλά και μη κοινό του και θα γίνει αξιολόγηση της προσπάθειας αυτής, επισημαίνοντας τα πλεονεκτήματα αλλά και τις αδυναμίες της. Με βάση την αξιολόγηση αυτή, θα γίνουν προτάσεις για περαιτέρω βελτίωση της εσωτερικής και εξωτερικής επικοινωνίας του μουσείου, που αποσκοπούν στην προσέλκυση νέων επισκεπτών και στην ενίσχυση των σχέσεων με το υπάρχον κοινό
description: Communication is directly linked to the functions of the museum, shapes the image of the organization and affects the visiting. A successful communication strategy is based on many different media. However, communication is not only about transmitting the real message to the audience, but it is also about the general attitude and reputation of the organization in the wider community, that is, its identity.The subject of this research is the communication strategy of the State Museum of Contemporary Art. For this purpose, the organization's communication strategies with the visitors and non-visitors will be examined and an assessment of this effort will be made, highlighting its strengths and weaknesses. On the basis of this evaluation, proposals will be made for further improvement of the museum's internal and external communication, aiming at attracting new visitors and strengthening relations with the existing audience
FMR - 21 Are Gazelles an Endangered Species in Polar Bear Country?
Creators: name: Lortie, Pierre
Publisher: name: The School of Public Policy Publications
Year: 2019

description: The recent report of the Council of Canadian Academies (2018) on the state of science, technology and industrial R&D in Canada provides an authoritative assessment of where Canada stands relative to our major competitors. The CCA report reveals that Canada remains strong in several fields of research; the recent Nobel awards in widely different domains of physics to Arthur B. McDonald ( 2015) and Donna Strickland ( 2018) and the granting of the A.M. Turing Award to Canadian computer scientists Yoshua Bengio (2019) and Geoffrey Hinton (Toronto, 2019), provide ample support for this assessment. More generally, Canadian scientists are highly regarded; their average citation rank is above the world average in all fields and Canada stands in fourth place in terms of research reputation. Of particular concern, however, is that compared to other OECD countries.
description: The School of Public Policy Publications, Vol 12 (2019)
Stability of Glassy and Ferroelectric States in the Relaxors PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3 and PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3-12% PbTiO3
Creators: name: Colla, Eugene V.
name: Vigil, Derek
name: Timmerwilke, John
name: Weissman, M. B.
name: Viehland, D. D.
name: Dkhil, Brahim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The stability of the disordered glassy phase in the relaxors PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3 and (PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3)0.88(PbTiO3)0.12, called PMN and PMN-PT, was investigated by preparing partially polarized samples and allowing them to age at zero field in the temperature range for which the phase is history-dependent. The PMN-PT polarization would spontaneously increase until long-range order formed, first appearing as giant polarization noise. Thus the thermodynamically stable phase in PMN-PT appears to be ferroelectric. In contrast, a PMN sample lacking the sharp first-order field-driven transition found in some other samples spontaneously depolarized, consistent with its glassy state being thermodynamically stable. Detailed thermal depolarization results in PMN show two distinct broad peaks as well as a small fraction of material with a distribution of abrupt melting transitions.
description: submitted to Phys. Rev. B. 9 text pages + 10 figs
Perfect-information stochastic mean-payoff parity games
Creators: name: Chatterjee, Krishnendu
name: Doyen, Laurent
name: Gimbert, Hugo
name: Oualhadj, Youssouf
Publisher: name: IST Austria
Year: 2013
Subjects: 000 Computer science, knowledge general works
510 Mathematics

description: The theory of graph games is the foundation for modeling and synthesizing reactive processes. In the synthesis of stochastic processes, we use 2-1/2-player games where some transitions of the game graph are controlled by two adversarial players, the System and the Environment, and the other transitions are determined probabilistically. We consider 2-1/2-player games where the objective of the System is the conjunction of a qualitative objective (specified as a parity condition) and a quantitative objective (specified as a mean-payoff condition). We establish that the problem of deciding whether the System can ensure that the probability to satisfy the mean-payoff parity objective is at least a given threshold is in NP ∩ coNP, matching the best known bound in the special case of 2-player games (where all transitions are deterministic) with only parity objectives, or with only mean-payoff objectives. We present an algorithm running in time O(d · n^{2d}·MeanGame) to compute the set of almost-sure winning states from which the objective can be ensured with probability 1, where n is the number of states of the game, d the number of priorities of the parity objective, and MeanGame is the complexity to compute the set of almost-sure winning states in 2-1/2-player mean-payoff games. Our results are useful in the synthesis of stochastic reactive systems with both functional requirement (given as a qualitative objective) and performance requirement (given as a quantitative objective).
Weighted integral formulas on manifolds
Creators: name: Götmark, Elin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 32A26; 32Q99; 32Q28

description: We present a method of finding weighted Koppelman formulas for $(p,q)$-forms on $n$-dimensional complex manifolds $X$ which admit a vector bundle of rank $n$ over $X \times X$, such that the diagonal of $X \times X$ has a defining section. We apply the method to $\Pn$ and find weighted Koppelman formulas for $(p,q)$-forms with values in a line bundle over $\Pn$. As an application, we look at the cohomology groups of $(p,q)$-forms over $\Pn$ with values in various line bundles, and find explicit solutions to the $\dbar$-equation in some of the trivial groups. We also look at cohomology groups of $(0,q)$-forms over $\Pn \times \Pm$ with values in various line bundles. Finally, we apply our method to developing weighted Koppelman formulas on Stein manifolds.
description: 25 pages
Dissolved deconfinement: Phase Structure of large N gauge theories with fundamental matter
Creators: name: Basu, Pallab
name: Mukherjee, Anindya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A class of large N SU(N) gauge theories on a compact manifold S^3 X R (with possible inclusion of adjoint matter) is known to show first order deconfinement transition at the deconfinement temperature. This includes the familiar example of pure YM theory and N=4 SYM theory. Here we study the effect of introduction of N_f fundamental matter fields in the phase diagram of the above mentioned gauge theories at small coupling and in the limit of large N and finite N_f/N. We find some interesting features like the termination of the line of first order deconfinement phase transition at a critical point as the ratio N_f/N is increased and absence of deconfinement transition thereafter (there is only a smooth crossover). This result may have some implication for QCD, which unlike a pure gauge theory does not show a first order deconfinement transition and only displays a smooth crossover at the transition temperature.
description: 22 pages, 19 figures, revtex4. Updated formatting
A Photo Worth a Thousand Words; The Power of Photography in Environmental and Humanitarian Campaigns/Organizations
Creators: name: Μίζα, Βασιλεία Στεφανί Κωνσταντίνου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2019
Subjects: Φωτογραφία
Περιβαλλοντική
Καμπάνια
Photography
Environmental
Campaign

description: Στόχος της διπλωματικής αυτής εργασίας είναι να αναλύσει τη φωτογραφία ως ένα οπτικό εργαλείο επικοινωνίας σε περιβαλλοντικές και ανθρωπιστικές καμπάνιες ενημέρωσης, οργανώσεις και διαφημίσεις. Πριν την ανάλυση της φωτογραφία και τον κρίσιμο ρόλο της στην εξέλιξη των εκστρατειών ευαισθητοποίησης, θα συνδεθεί επίσης με τις πρόσφατες ψυχολογικές εξελίξεις του μέσου ανθρώπου, αναδεικνύοντας γιατί αποτελεί απαραίτητο εργαλείο στον σημερινό κόσμο. Προτού επεκταθεί στη σύγχρονη χρήση της, η φωτογραφία θα συζητηθεί σε σχέση με την ιστορική της σημασία στην αλλαγή της πορείας μεγάλων γεγονότων όπως ο πόλεμος του Βιετνάμ. Επιπλέον, αυτή η εργασία θα αναλύσει όχι μόνο εάν η φωτογραφία είναι απαραίτητη για την προώθηση της αλλαγής, την κινητοποίηση της δημόσιας αντίδρασης και δράσης, αλλά και τον συγκεκριμένο τύπο εικόνων που είναι κατάλληλος ανάλογα με το κοινό και τις περιστάσεις. Σύγχρονα παραδείγματα φωτογραφιών που έχουν προωθήσει την αλλαγή ή ισχυρές αντιδράσεις θα αναλυθούν επίσης, καθώς και διαφημιστικές εκστρατείες που επιβεβαιώνουν και αποτυπώνουν τη φράση "μια εικόνα , χίλιες λέξεις". Τέλος, θα διεξαχθεί μια σειρά συνεντεύξεων και σύντομων ερευνών σε έντεκα άτομα, προκειμένου να επιτευχθεί μια ποιοτική ανάλυση, ώστε να συγκεντρωθούν πολύπλευρες και αυθεντικές αντιδράσεις και γνώμες για τον ρόλο της φωτογραφίας στη σύγχρονη κουλτούρα ευαισθητοποίησης
description: This dissertation aims to analyze photography as a visual communication tool in environmental and humanitarian campaigns, organizations and ads. Before analyzing photography and its crucial role in the evolvement of awareness campaigns, it will also be associated to the recent psychological developments of the average human being, illustrating why it is a necessary tool in today’s world. Before expanding on its modern day usage, photography will be discussed in terms of its historical importance in changing the course of major events such as the Vietnam War. Furthermore, this paper will determine not only if photography is necessary in advocating for change, initiating public reaction and action but also what specific type of imagery is appropriate according to its analogous audience and context. Modern day examples of images which have promoted change or strong reactions will also be analyzed as well campaign ads which demonstrate and illustrate the phrase “A Photo Worth a Thousand Words.” Finally, a series of interviews and short surveys will be conducted by eleven people, in order to access a qualitative analysis, and obtain complex and authentic reactions and opinions to the role of photography in modern day awareness culture
Social Emotional Memory and Negative Symptoms in Individuals with Schizophrenia
Creators: name: Bradshaw, Kristen Renee
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: Defeatist Performance Beliefs
subject: Learning
subject: Memory
subject: Negative Symptoms
subject: Schizophrenia
subject: Social

description: The current study investigated social and nonsocial emotional memory in schizophrenia, the relation of impairments in the recall of positive stimuli to increased negative symptoms, and the mediating role of defeatist performance beliefs. Twenty-three individuals with schizophrenia and twenty-four healthy controls completed clinical symptom interviews, social and nonsocial laboratory emotional memory tasks, and a measure of dysfunctional attitudes. Results indicated that on a social affective learning task, in comparison to controls, the schizophrenia participants were impaired in their ability to exhibit minimal affective learning of positive pairings. Defeatist performance beliefs did not mediate the relation between recall of positive stimuli and experiential negative symptoms. These findings suggest that it is primarily in the social domain that we see deficits in emotional memory in schizophrenia, and that this impairment in the ability to learn positive social associations may be linked to decreased motivation to engage in social, vocational, and recreational activities.
Whichever of My Parents' Gods Will Take Me
Creators: name: Goldstein, Ali
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Literature
subject: Creative writing
subject: novella

description: This novella titled Whichever of My Parents' Gods will Take Me is about a young woman named Ruth growing up in a bicultural home in post-World War II Detroit, Michigan as she trains for her first marathon. Told from a first-person lyrical point-of-view, the story seeks to capture Ruth's development as a runner and young woman through her voice and sensory perception. This novella takes the form of a triptych with three discreet sections in Ruth's life - adolescence, young motherhood, and old age - that cohere the life of a woman while putting Ruth's myriad voices in dialogue with one another. This is a story about a young woman obsessed with running at a time where it was both strange and dangerous for a young woman to run alone at dawn - but also about bravery, freedom, and what she saw as she ran through a changing and healing city.