cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The Role of the Congress in Shaping the Emergency Shipbuilding Program of the World War II Era, 1933-1943
Creators: name: Scott, James Louis
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2012
Subjects: Congress
Maritime History
Maritime Policy

description: Abstract Title of Document: THE ROLE OF THE CONGRESS IN SHAPING THE EMERGENCY SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM OF THE WORLD WAR II ERA, 1933-1943 James Louis Scott, Ph.D., 2012 Directed: John W. Jeffries, Professor of History  Dean, College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. This dissertation examines the role Congress played in shaping the emergency shipbuilding program of the World War II era. The Merchant Marine Act of 1936 provided the statutory foundation for the shipbuilding program and was the most significant contribution Congress made in influencing national shipbuilding policy. It was the detailed consideration of the 1936 legislation that enabled this study to identify a greater degree of congressional influence than had prior maritime policy research.  Congressional manuscript collections were used in this dissertation, and that differentiates it from prior examinations of American maritime policy history. The insights gleaned from these manuscript collections were integrated with information from the extensive public records of congressional committees with responsibility for shipbuilding and shipping issues and the United States Maritime Commission to prepare a historical narrative covering the years 1933 - 1943.  The analysis of the historical record was augmented using theories from American Political Development, Historical Institutionalism and the Two Congress framework. The use of political science theory was valuable in helping determine how shipbuilding policy was made, and especially in investigating why certain policies developed as they did. It is recommended that future policy history scholars use political science and policy sciences theory in their research.  Utilization of concepts from American Political Development concerning the importance of history in understanding policy outcomes was critical to the conclusions of this research because shipbuilding decisions made by Congress in 1789 and 1817 limited the options available to the Congress in 1935 and 1936. They also determined the structure of the shipbuilding and shipping industries the Congress was forced to deal with as it endeavored to reform national maritime policy. The study concluded that, in addition to the impact of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, the ability of individual members of Congress to influence shipbuilding policy was dependent on an intersection of position and interest. Those members who chaired major authorizing committees had the greatest opportunity to influence policy, but that only happened when there was also a strong personal interest in shipbuilding issues. That interest was as often determined by local constituent needs as it was by national policy considerations.
The Hispanic-Asian achievement gap in elementary school
Creators: name: Martinez, Lina
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2012
Subjects: Achievement gap
Asians
ECLS-K
Elementary school
Hispanics

description: There is little research of Hispanic and Asian children's educational outcomes; in particular, the achievement gap between these two racial/ethnic groups has not been fully explored. The objective of this investigation is to analyze the Hispanic-Asian achievement gap in elementary school using the ECLS-K, a longitudinal nationally representative study. I provide detailed descriptive analysis of the trajectory of the gap from kindergarten to fifth grade. Analysis is conducted using three approaches. First, I estimated the mean achievement gap in elementary school and the relative contribution of family, school and teacher factors to the gap. Second, I decomposed the Hispanic-Asian gap into explained and unexplained parts due to observed differences. Finally, I explored whether the achievement gap is persistent across the conditional distribution of test scores. Reading and math scores are the outcome variables. It is found that Hispanic students enter kindergarten with math and reading skills significantly lower as compared to Asians. In kindergarten the unadjusted reading gap starts at .668 standard deviations below the mean, steadily narrows until third grade but flattens until fifth grade. Math unadjusted gap is larger and presents a different trajectory over time; it starts at .816 standard deviations below the mean, narrows in first grade and broadens again in fifth grade. Overall, I find that the main predictors of the Hispanic-Asian achievement gap are family socioeconomic factors. Teacher and school factors have a marginal predictive power in explaining the gap.  Decomposition analysis indicate that differences in observables between Hispanics and Asians children in family, school and teacher factors explain between 22% and 49% of the reading achievement gap in kindergarten. By fifth grade, these factors explain between 34% and 62% of the observed achievement gap; I find similar a pattern for math.  Quantile regression estimates shows that the achievement gap is persistent across the entire distribution of test scores. However I find a shift in the pattern of the achievement gap as children progress in the school years. I finalize my analysis by concluding that out-school-factors are the major drivers of the Hispanic-Asian achievement gap and recommend policy interventions aimed at enhance educational attainment amongst socioeconomic disadvantaged Hispanic children.
Five-brane Instantons vs Flux-induced Gauging of Isometries
Creators: name: Anguelova, Lilia
name: Zoubos, Konstantinos
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In five-dimensional heterotic M-theory there is necessarily nonzero background flux, which leads to gauging of an isometry of the universal hypermultiplet moduli space. This isometry, however, is poised to be broken by M5-brane instanton effects. We show that, similarly to string theory, the background flux allows only brane instantons that preserve the above isometry. The zero-mode counting for the M5 instantons is related to the number of solutions of the Dirac equation on their worldvolume. We investigate that equation in the presence of generic background flux and also, in a particular case, with nonzero worldvolume flux.
description: 27 pages; reference added
THE EFFECT OF AUDIO COMPUTER-ASSISTED SELF-INTERVIEW (ACASI) MODE ON REPORT OF DRUG USE AND RISKY HEALTH BEHAVIORS
Creators: name: Caldwell, Diana Howard
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 1905
Subjects: Health and environmental sciences, Social sciences, Psychology, Drug use, ACASI, AIDS, Computer-assisted interviewing, HIV, Injection drug use, Risky sexual behavior

description: Aims. The sensitive nature of risky sex and drug use behaviors pose a challenge for accurate measurement in both epidemiological and clinical contexts. This study examines whether audio computer assisted self-interviewing (ACASI) is more effective than face-to-face interview methods in eliciting reliable and valid information regarding stigmatized and sensitive behaviors. Methods. Patients admitted to a drug-free outpatient substance abuse treatment program (N =177) were administered a face-to-face interview about their drug use and sex risk behaviors using the TCU HIV/AIDS Risk Assessment measure. Within a week, the same interview was re-administered in ACASI format. Respondents could hear the questions privately through headphones and see and respond to questions on a touch-screen computer monitor. Results. In the ACASI format, participants reported higher frequency of having sex without a condom while trading for drugs, money, or gifts (p
Lithium adsorption properties of monolayer B$_5$Se
Creators: name: Sengupta, Amretashis
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: B$_5$Se this work we investigate the Li adsorption properties of a hybrid 2D material, namely monolayer B5Se with first principles calculations. 2 dimensional B$_5$Se was found to have a distorted hexagonal structure with five B atoms and one Se atom at the vertices of each hexagon. The density functional theory (DFT) calculations are performed with the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) and Perdew-Burke-Ernzerhoff (PBE) exchange correlation functional. The results were inclusive of van der Waals corrections with Grimmes DFT-D2 scheme. Electrode performance metrics, as the most preferred adsorption sites and adsorption energies, open circuit anode potentials, charge density differences and specific capacities for varying adatom coverage were evaluated with the DFT calculations. The adatom diffusion barriers were evaluated with a nudged elastic band (NEB) method. The ab-initio calculations predict a maximum theoretical specific capacity of 1486.87 mAhg$^{-1}$ for Li adsorption on 2D B$_5$Se, which is over four times that of conventional Li ion battery anode materials. This coupled with an open circuit anode potential of 0.291-0.179V for different degrees of Li coverage, and a small Li diffusion barrier of 0.15eV, metallic nature of the sheet under pure and lithiated conditions and good charge density variations, make monolayer B$_5$Se a potent anode material for Li-ion battery applications.
description: 11 pages, 6 Figures
Equivariant classification of 2-torus manifolds
Creators: name: Lü, Zhi
name: Masuda, Mikiya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 57S10; 52B70; 14M25

description: A 2-torus manifold is a closed smooth manifold of dimension $n$ with an effective action of a 2-torus group $(\Z_2)^n$ of rank $n$, and it is said to be locally standard if it is locally isomorphic to a faithful representation of $(\Z_2)^n$ on $\R^n$. This paper studies the equivariant classification of locally standard 2-torus manifolds.
description: 16 pages
1 Brief an H[ans] Georg Nægeli
Brief an Nägeli ...
Creators: name: Rückert, Friedrich
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1832

description: von Fr[iedrich] Rückert
description: Abschrift dieses Briefs in Ms Car. XV 199.24d
description: Dabei: 1 Briefumschlag an Müller, Kantonsbibliothek Zürich, 1 Zeitungsausschnitt mit Publikation des Briefs, NZZ, 24.1.1890
Raisonnement stratifié à base de normes pour inférer les causes dans un corpus textuel
Creators: name: Nouioua, Farid
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: To understand texts written in natural language (LN), we use our knowledge about the norms of the domain. Norms allow to infer more implicit information from the text. This kind of information can, in general, be defeasible, but it remains useful and acceptable while the text do not contradict it explicitly. In this paper we describe a non-monotonic reasoning system based on the norms of the car crash domain. The system infers the cause of an accident from its textual description. The cause of an accident is seen as the most specific norm which has been violated. The predicates and the rules of the system are stratified: organized on layers in order to obtain an efficient reasoning.
The Decline of Older, Inner Suburbs: A New Reality in the U.S.
Creators: name: Hanlon, Bernadette
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2008
Subjects: Urban and Regional Planning (0999)

description: This dissertation examines decline among older, inner suburbs compared to newer suburbs located in 100 highly populated metropolitan areas across different regions of the US. Older, inner suburbs are, by definition, close to the central city. Newer suburbs are, in contrast, typically located in the outer reaches of the metropolitan area. The results of this study demonstrate a general pattern of decline in select older, inner suburbs, especially those with housing built between 1950 and 1969, and especially among suburbs with increasing minority populations and declining manufacturing employment. Suburbs with old housing built prior to 1939 emerge as areas of continuing affluence. This demonstrates the existence of older, elite suburbs. Regional analysis reveals that the South and Midwest have the highest proportions of older, inner suburbs in-crisis. Metropolitan areas such as Atlanta, Buffalo, Detriot, Miami, New Orleans, St. Louis and Washington DC stand out as areas where the extent of decline among older, inner suburbs is most extreme. This study illustrates that decline among older, inner suburbs is a nationwide problem not confined to specific metropolitan areas or regions of the U.S. Yet, there is currently no national policy to curb suburban decline. At the state level, initiatives to manage suburban growth indirectly impact older suburbs. These initiatives typically offer incentives to local suburban jurisdictions to encourage the reuse of existing infrastructure in older communities. However, these programs are insufficient to truly curb the decline of older suburban communities. Regional coalitions have evolved to combat decline and they offer some promise to struggling communities. Their main contribution is as a lobbying group that can advocate for additional state and federal funding. Local suburban governments alone cannot solve the problem of decline in their communities. Federal and state level involvement is greatly needed. Two areas to focus on are growth management and affordable suburban housing. On a state level, it is important to manage suburban growth to alleviate decline among older, inner suburbs. Also, in some instances, postwar suburbs are the most affordable. This can led to a concentration of poorer households in these areas, something that must be avoided if we are to truly address decline in these areas. Providing affordable housing throughout the metropolitan area will help tackle this dilemma.
Securitization and the Term Structure of Interest Rates:  The Long and Short of It
Creators: name: Gearhart, David William
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2010
Subjects: ABS
Bank Income
Regulatory Capital
Securitization
Subprime Crisis
Term Structure

description: This dissertation investigates whether U.S. commercial banks substitute fee-based income for the decreases in net interest income brought about by a flattening term structure of interest rates.  Given the current economic climate, the fee-based activity of interest is asset securitization, though a number of other specific fee-based income-generating activities, such as service charges on deposit accounts, are considered as well.  Using a combination of quarterly bank-specific and macroeconomic data from 2001:1 to 2008:1, both the fixed-effects and Arellano-Bond techniques are used to estimate the effect of the term structure on various bank outcomes. It is revealed that while large banks, those with real assets of $10 billion or more, do not see significant decreases in net interest income when the term structure flattens, they do significantly increase the proportion of total assets securitized.  This indicates that prior to the subprime mortgage crisis, a narrowing difference between long and short rates led to this group of banks packaging and distributing the assets that would eventually deteriorate in value.  Moreover, large banks did not significantly alter their capital levels upon asset securitization, regardless of asset type, as theory would imply. Given that large banks increased their aggregate securitization activity when the term structure flattened, proposed legislation with the intent to shrink bank size in order to prevent future economic crises is not entirely without merit.  However, breaking up banks with respect to either operations or geography could result in institutions of relatively higher overall risk.  Going hand-in-hand with this is the `too big to fail' phenomenon.  In the quest to prevent government intervention when large, interconnected banks show signs of potential failure, it may be that the best policy alternative is to complement the status quo with a resolution mechanism that minimizes collateral damage to both Wall Street and Main Street.
1 Brief an Familie Naegeli
Brief an Nägeli ...
Creators: name: Männerchor Schaffhausen
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1837

description: von Sängerverein der Stadt Schaffhausen
description: Brief ohne Ort und Datum, beides von anderer Hand notiert
description: Beileidsschreiben zum Tod H.G. Nägelis, unterzeichnet von Nikolaus Samuel Hug-Ith (Präsident), Christian Ludwig Classen (Direktor), Hermann (?) Pfister (Sekretär)
λ Andromedae: Driving a post-main sequence wind from a solar-mass star
Creators: name: Ó Fionnagáin, D.
name: Vidotto, A. A.
name: Petit, P.
name: Neiner, C.
name: Manchester IV, W.
name: Folsom, C. P.
name: Hallinan, G.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Post main sequence cool stars

description: We simulated the wind of lambda Andromeda, using two 3D MHD approaches. We modelled the wind as being hot (coronal-driven) and cold (Alfvén wave driven). From these simulations we can derive thermal radio emission from the stellar wind. By comparing this flux density to archival observations of the star, we can place tight constraints on our wind model. We found a mass-loss rate of \(3 \times 10^{-9} \rm{M}_{\odot} \rm{yr}^{-1}\) which agrees with evolutionary trends in mass-loss rates for stars of this type. Further radio observations of this object would be neccessary to determine the exact mechanism producing the radio emission from this star, and therefore aid in tightening the constraints on the wind models.
Strongly induced collapse in the Class 0 protostar NGC 1333 IRAS 4A
Creators: name: Belloche, A.
name: Hennebelle, P.
name: Andre, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The onset of gravitational collapse in cluster-forming clouds is still poorly known. Our goal is to use the Class 0 protostar IRAS 4A, which is undergoing collapse in the active molecular cloud NGC 1333, to set constraints on this process. In particular we want to measure the mass infall rate and investigate whether the collapse could have been triggered by a strong external perturbation. We analyze existing continuum observations to derive the density structure of the envelope, and use our new molecular line observations done with the IRAM 30m telescope to probe its velocity structure. We perform a detailed comparison of this set of data with a numerical model of collapse triggered by a fast external compression. Both the density and velocity structures of the envelope can be well fitted by this model of collapse induced by a fast external compression for a time elapsed since point mass formation of 1-2 x 10**4 yr. We deduce a large mass infall rate of 0.7-2 x 10**-4 Msun/yr. The momentum required for the perturbation to produce this large mass infall rate is of the same order as the momenta measured for the NGC 1333 numerous outflows. Our analysis shows also that the turbulence is highly non uniform in the envelope, dropping from supersonic to subsonic values toward the center. The inner subsonic turbulence is most likely a relic of the conditions prevailing in the dense core before the onset of collapse. The vigorous collapse undergone by IRAS 4A was triggered by a fast external compression, probably related to the expansion of a nearby cavity, which could have triggered the collapse of the nearby Class 0 protostar IRAS 4B simultaneously. This cavity could have been generated by an outflow but we have not found a good protostellar candidate yet.
description: Accepted by A&A. 12 pages, 10 figures
Thermohaline interleaving induced by horizontal temperature and salinity gradients from above
Creators: name: Li, Junyi
name: Yang, Yantao
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics (physics.ao-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the Ocean, thermohaline intrusions and interleaving layers occur within the water mass fronts with horizontal temperature and salinity gradients, which provide an important horizontal mixing mechanism. Here we report a new type of thermohaline intrusion which is driven by the horizontal temperature and salinity gradients in the fluid layers at adjacent depths due to the different double diffusive mixing rates in the vertical direction. Once established, the intrusion layers share similar behaviors as those found within the gradient regions. Such intrusion process generates extra horizontal heat and salinity fluxes towards the cold and fresh side, but transfer density anomaly towards the warm and salty side. These findings greatly extend the circumstance where thermohaline intrusions may be observed.
description: 11 pages, 4 figures
The Hard X-ray 20-40 keV AGN Luminosity Function
Creators: name: Beckmann, V.
name: Soldi, S.
name: Shrader, C. R.
name: Gehrels, N.
name: Produit, N.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have compiled a complete extragalactic sample based on 25,000 deg^2 to a limiting flux of 3E-11 ergs/cm**2/sec (7,000 deg^2 to a flux limit of 1E-11 ergs/cm**2/sec) in the 20 - 40 keV band with INTEGRAL. We have constructed a detailed exposure map to compensate for effects of non-uniform exposure. The flux-number relation is best described by a power-law with a slope of alpha = 1.66+-0.11. The integration of the cumulative flux per unit area leads to f = 2.6E-10 ergs/cm**2/sec/sr, which is about 1% of the known 20 - 40 keV X-ray background. We present the first luminosity function of AGNs in the 20-40 keV energy range, based on 38 extragalactic objects detected by the imager IBIS/ISGRI on-board INTEGRAL. The luminosity function shows a smoothly connected two power-law form, with an index of gamma_1 = 0.8 below, and gamma_2 = 2.1 above the turn-over luminosity of L* = 2.4E43 ergs/sec. The emissivity of all INTEGRAL AGNs per unit volume is W(> 1E41 ergs/sec) = 2.8E38 ergs/sec/Mpc**3. These results are consistent with those derived in the 2 - 20 keV energy band and do not show a significant contribution by Compton-thick objects. Because the sample used in this study is truly local (average z = 0.022), only limited conclusions can be drawn for the evolution of AGNs in this energy band.
description: 16 pages, 10 figures, accepted for publication in ApJ
Injectivity on the set of conjugacy classes of some monomorphisms between Artin groups
Creators: name: Lee, Eon-Kyung
name: Lee, Sang-Jin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Geometric Topology (math.GT)
subject: Group Theory (math.GR)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 20F36, 20F10

description: There are well-known monomorphisms between the Artin groups of finite type $\arA_n$, $\arB_n=\arC_n$ and affine type $\tilde \arA_{n-1}$, $\tilde\arC_{n-1}$. The Artin group $A(\arA_n)$ is isomorphic to the $(n+1)$-strand braid group $B_{n+1}$, and the other three Artin groups are isomorphic to some subgroups of $B_{n+1}$. The inclusions between these subgroups yield monomorphisms $A(\arB_n)\to A(\arA_n)$, $A(\tilde \arA_{n-1})\to A(\arB_n)$ and $A(\tilde \arC_{n-1})\to A(\arB_n)$. There are another type of monomorphisms $A(\arB_d)\to A(\arA_{md-1})$, $A(\arB_d)\to A(\arB_{md})$ and $A(\arB_d)\to A(\arA_{md})$ which are induced by isomorphisms between Artin groups of type $\arB$ and centralizers of periodic braids. In this paper, we show that the monomorphisms $A(\arB_d)\to A(\arA_{md-1})$, $A(\arB_d)\to A(\arB_{md})$ and $A(\arB_d)\to A(\arA_{md})$ induce injective functions on the set of conjugacy classes, and that none of the monomorphisms $A(\arB_n)\to A(\arA_n)$, $A(\tilde \arA_{n-1})\to A(\arB_n)$ and $A(\tilde \arC_{n-1})\to A(\arB_n)$ does so.
description: 27 pages, 16 figures, published version
Duality, Phase Structures and Dilemmas in Symmetric Quantum Games
Creators: name: Ichikawa, Tsubasa
name: Tsutsui, Izumi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Symmetric quantum games for 2-player, 2-qubit strategies are analyzed in detail by using a scheme in which all pure states in the 2-qubit Hilbert space are utilized for strategies. We consider two different types of symmetric games exemplified by the familiar games, the Battle of the Sexes (BoS) and the Prisoners' Dilemma (PD). These two types of symmetric games are shown to be related by a duality map, which ensures that they share common phase structures with respect to the equilibria of the strategies. We find eight distinct phase structures possible for the symmetric games, which are determined by the classical payoff matrices from which the quantum games are defined. We also discuss the possibility of resolving the dilemmas in the classical BoS, PD and the Stag Hunt (SH) game based on the phase structures obtained in the quantum games. It is observed that quantization cannot resolve the dilemma fully for the BoS, while it generically can for the PD and SH if appropriate correlations for the strategies of the players are provided.
description: 12 pages, 14 figures
Ein einzigartiger Weg in der Theologie des 20. Jahrhunderts
Creators: name: Păun, Ionuţ
Publisher: name: Ökumenische Rundschau
Year: 2025

description: Ökumenische Rundschau, Bd. 66 Nr. 4 (2017): Ökumenische Rundschau, Band 66, Heft 4
VADER - A Satellite Mission Concept For High Precision Dark Energy Studies
Creators: name: Fassbender, Rene
name: Stegmaier, Jutta
name: Weijmans, Anne-Marie
name: Koestner, Stefan
name: Kruselburger, Andreas
name: Diethart, Cornelia
name: Fertl, Peter
name: Valiante, Elisabetta
name: Hayes, Matthew
name: Schuecker, Peter
name: Hasinger, Guenther
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a satellite mission concept to measure the dark energy equation of state parameter w with percent-level precision. The Very Ambitious Dark Energy Research satellite (VADER) is a multi-wavelength survey mission joining X-ray, optical, and IR instruments for a simultaneous spectral coverage from 4microns (0.3eV) to 10keV over a field of view (FoV) of 1 square degree. VADER combines several clean methods for dark energy studies, the baryonic acoustic oscillations in the galaxy and galaxy cluster power spectrum and weak lensing, for a joint analysis over an unrivalled survey volume. The payload consists of two XMM-like X-ray telescopes with an effective area of 2,800cm^2 at 1.5keV and state-of-the-art wide field DEPFET pixel detectors (0.1-10keV) in a curved focal plane configuration to extend the FoV. The X-ray telescopes are complemented by a 1.5m optical/IR telescope with 8 instruments for simultaneous coverage of the same FoV from 0.3 to 4 microns. The 8 dichroic-separated bands (u,g,r,z,J,H,K,L) provide accurate photometric galaxy redshifts, whereas the diffraction-limited resolution of the central z-band allows precise shape measurements for cosmic shear analysis. The 5 year VADER survey will cover a contiguous sky area of 3,500 square degrees to a depth of z~2 and will yield accurate photometric redshifts and multi-wavelength object parameters for about 175,000 galaxy clusters, one billion galaxies, and 5 million AGN. VADER will not only provide unprecedented constraints on the nature of dark energy, but will additionally extend and trigger a multitude of cosmic evolution studies to very large (>10 Gyrs) look-back times.
description: 14 pages, 7 figures, accepted for publication in the SPIE conference proceedings
Telegraph from [Frank] Hewer to James Goldie. July 5, 1910
Creators: name: Hewer, Frank Algernon
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Telegraph to James Goldie from Frank Hewer, dated July 5, 1910; written on Canadian Pacific Railway Company telegraph paper, regarding an issue between Goldie and Hewer about payments in escrow from Goldie to Hewer.
Non-Supersymmetric Charged Domain Walls
Creators: name: Gutowski, Jan B.
name: Sabra, Wafic A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present general non-supersymmtric domain wall solutions with non-trivial scalar and gauge fields for gauged five-dimensional N=2 supergravity coupled to abelian vector multiplets.
description: 11 pages, one ref. added. To appear in Physics Letters B
A scheme for amplification and discrimination of photons
Creators: name: Devi, A. R. Usha
name: Prabhu, R.
name: Rajagopal, A. K.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A scheme for exploring photon number amplification and discrimination is presented based on the interaction of a large number of two-level atoms with a single mode radiation field. The fact that the total number of photons and atoms in the excited states is a constant under time evolution in Dicke model is exploited to rearrange the atom-photon numbers. Three significant predictions emerge from our study: Threshold time for initial exposure to photons, time of perception (time of maximum detection probability), and discrimination of first few photon states.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures, RevteX, Minor revision, References added
Nitrogen mineralization in forest floors of three tree species on the same site : the role of litter quality
Creators: name: Thomas, Keith Douglas
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: Forest floor samples from a 25-year-old plantation of three tree species [Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco), lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl. var. latifolia Engelm.), and paper birch {Betula papyrifera Marsh.)] growing on the same site were incubated (aerobically) in the laboratory for 29 d. Net N mineralization per g of dry matter in the forest floors of Douglas-fir (144.1 pg/g) was significantly greater than either birch (64.2 pg/g) or lodgepole pine (49.1 pg/g). Initial NH₄-N was highest in the forest floor of Douglas-fir (26.5 pg/g), followed by paper birch (9.8 pg/g) and lodgepole pine (3.5 pg/g). Initial N0₃-N was low for all three species and increased very slightly during the incubation, suggesting that ammonification was the dominant process. N mineralized per unit mass of N in the forest floors of Douglas-fir (6.6 ug/g N) was significantly greater than either birch (3.3 ug/g N) or lodgepole pine (2.9 ug/g N). There were no significant differences among the three species in rates of CO₂-C mineralization in forest floors during the 29 d aerobic incubation. Nitrogen concentrations in the forest floors of the three species differed significantly: Douglas-fir had the greatest % N (2.09), lodgepole pine the least (1.65), and birch was intermediate (1.85). Percent total N and C/N of the forest floor were strongly correlated (r²= 0.81 and r²= 0.54, respectively) with net N mineralization, showing a clear species separation. The litter of Douglas-fir had the highest lignin/N and C/N ratios, and mineralized the most N during the incubation, whereas the litter of paper birch had the lowest lignin/N and C/N ratios yet mineralized the second lowest amount of N. Net N mineralization in the forest floor was not correlated with either lignin/N or C/N of the foliar litter, suggesting that this index does not have widespread applicability to all litter types.
Local Support Assembly of the ATLAS Pixel Detector
Creators: name: Becks, Karl-Heinz
name: Gerlach, Peter
name: Glitza, Karl-Walter
name: Knebel, Pascal
name: Maettig, Peter
name: Sanny, Bernd
name: Reuschel, Sebastian
name: Springer, Swetlana
name: Witt, Bernd
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The barrel part of the ATLAS pixel detector will consist of 112 carbon-carbon structures called "staves" with 13 hybrid detector modules being glued on each stave. The demands on the glue joints are high, both in terms of mechanical precision and thermal contact. To achieve this precision a custom-made semi-automated mounting machine has been constructed in Wuppertal, which provides a precision in the order of tens of microns. As this is the last stage of the detector assembly providing an opportunity for stringent tests, a detailed procedure has been defined for assessing both mechanical and electrical properties. This note gives an overview of the procedure for affixation and tests, and summarizes the first results of the production.
description: 6 pages, 8 figures
Letter to the Manager of Bank of Montreal in Vernon, B.C., from E. Duthie, Manager of Bank of Montreal in Chilliwack, B.C., July 6, 1910
Creators: name: Duthie, E.
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2017

description: Letter from E. Duthie, the manager Bank of Montreal in Chilliwack, B.C., to the manager of Bank of Montreal in Vernon, B.C., dated July 6, 1910. The letter regards an issue between Goldie and Hewer about payments in escrow from Goldie to Hewer.
Hyperfine Couplings as a Probe of Orbital Anisotropy in Heavy Fermion Materials
Creators: name: Menegasso, P.
name: Souza, J. C.
name: Vinograd, I.
name: Wang, Z.
name: Edwards, S. P.
name: Pagliuso, P. G.
name: Curro, N. J.
name: Urbano, R. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The transferred hyperfine interaction between nuclear and electron spins in an heavy fermion material depends on the hybridization between the $f$-electron orbitals and those surrounding a distant nucleus. In CeMIn$_5$ (M=Rh, Ir, Co), both the hyperfine coupling to the two indium sites as well as the crystalline electric field at the Ce are strongly dependent on the transition metal. We measure a series of CeRh$_{1-x}$Ir$_x$In$_5$ crystals and find that the hyperfine coupling reflects the orbital anisotropy of the ground state Ce 4$f$ wavefunction. These findings provide direct proof that the localized to itinerant transition is dominated by hybridization out of the Ce-In plane in this system.
description: 10 pages, 11 figures
Galactic longitude dependent Galactic model parameters
Creators: name: Bilir, S.
name: Karaali, S.
name: Ak, S.
name: Yaz, E.
name: Hamzaoglu, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present the Galactic model parameters for thin disc estimated by Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) data of 14 940 stars with apparent magnitudes $16=220$ pc ($196\leq H \leq 234$ pc) and $=1900$ pc ($1561\leq h \leq 2280$ pc) respectively. This result would be useful to explain different numerical values claimed for those parameters obtained by different authors for the fields in different directions of the Galaxy.
description: 28 pages, including 12 figures and 7 tables, accepted for publication in New Astronomy
$Z_{cs}(3985)^-$ as the $U$-spin partner of $Z_c(3900)^-$ and implication of other states in the $\text{SU(3)}_F$ symmetry and heavy quark symmetry
Creators: name: Meng, Lu
name: Wang, Bo
name: Zhu, Shi-Lin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently, for the first time, the BESIII Collaboration reported the strange hidden charm tetraquark states $Z_{cs}(3985)^-$ in the $K^+$ recoil-mass spectrum near the $D_{s}^{-}D^{*0}/ D_{s}^{*-}D^{0}$ mass thresholds in the processes of $e^{+}e^{-}\to K^{+}(D_{s}^{-}D^{*0}+D_{s}^{*-}D^{0})$ at $\sqrt{s}=4.681$ GeV. The significance was estimated to be 5.3 $σ$. We show that the newly observed $Z_{cs}(3985)^-$ state is the $U$-spin partner of $Z_c(3900)^{-}$ as a resonance within coupled-channel calculation in the $\text{SU(3)}_F$ symmetry and heavy quark spin symmetry (HQSS). In the $\text{SU(3)}_F$ symmetry, we introduce the $G_{U/V}$ parity to construct the flavor wave functions of the $Z_{cs}$ states. In a unified framework, we consider the $J/ψπ(K)$, $\bar{D}_{(s)}{D}^*/\bar{D}_{(s)}^*{D}$ coupled-channel effect with the contact interaction. With the masses and widths of $Z_c(3900)$ and $Z_c(4020)$, we determine all the unknown coupling constants. We obtain mass and width of $Z_{cs}(3985)$ in good agreement with the experimental results, which strongly supports the $Z_{cs}$ states as the $U/V$-spin partner states of the charged $Z_c(3900)$. We also calculate the ratio of the partial decay widths of $Z_{cs}(3985)$, which implies that the $\bar{D}_sD^*/\bar{D}^*_s D$ decay modes are dominant. We also predict the $Z_{cs}^\prime$ states with a mass around $4130$ MeV and width around $30$ MeV, which are the $U/V$-spin partner states of the charged $Z_c(4020)$ and HQSS partner states of the $Z_{cs}(3985)$. In the hidden bottom sector, we predict the strange tetraquark states $Z_{bs}$ and $Z_{bs}^\prime$ with a mass around 10700 MeV and 10750 MeV, which are the $U/V$-spin partner states of $Z_{b}(10610)^{\pm}$ and $Z_b(10650)^{\pm}$, respectively.
description: 6 pages, 2 figures
Skyrmions with massive pions
Creators: name: Battye, Richard
name: Sutcliffe, Paul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the Skyrme model with massless pions, the minimal energy multi-Skyrmions are shell-like, with the baryon density localized on the edges of a polyhedron that is approximately spherical and generically of the fullerene-type. In this paper we show that in the Skyrme model with massive pions these configurations are unstable for sufficiently large baryon number. Using numerical simulations of the full nonlinear field theory, we show that these structures collapse to form qualitatively different stable Skyrmion solutions. These new Skyrmions have a flat structure and display a clustering phenomenon into lower charge components, particularly components of baryon numbers three and four. These new qualitative features of Skyrmions with massive pions are encouraging in comparison with the expectations based on real nuclei.
description: 4 pages, 2 figures
Numerical investigation of the wave force on a partially immersed rectangular structure: Long waves over a flat bottom
Creators: name: Gusev, Oleg
name: Khakimzyanov, Gayaz
name: Chubarov, Leonid
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper describes the results from a numerical estimation of the force exerted by long surface waves on a fixed and partially immersed rectangular structure. The topic is connected with the need of making decisions on the design, placement and operation of hydrotechnical structures of this kind. The wave-structure interaction is simulated in the framework of a nonlinear potential flow model. The results obtained allow to determine the dependence of the hydrodynamic force on the length and amplitude of a single wave, the length and submergence of the structure. We compare the results obtained for different initial wave shapes, and consider the differences between the forces acting on a vertical wall and a partially immersed structure. In particular, it is shown that at relatively small submergence of the structure, longer waves affect it less, while at large submergence and in the case of wave-wall interaction, the opposite behaviour is observed.
description: to be published in Ocean Engineering
Conductance distributions of 1D-disordered wires at finite temperature and bias voltage
Creators: name: Foieri, F.
name: Sanchez, M. J.
name: Arrachea, L.
name: Gopar, V. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We calculate the distribution of the conductance G in a one-dimensional disordered wire at finite temperature T and bias voltage V in a independent-electron picture and assuming full coherent transport. At high enough temperature and bias voltage, where several resonances of the system contribute to the conductance, the distribution P(G(T,V)) can be represented with good accuracy by autoconvolutions of the distribution of the conductance at zero temperature and zero bias voltage. The number of convolutions depends on T and V. In the regime of very low T and V, where only one resonance is relevant to G(T,V), the conductance distribution is analyzed by a resonant tunneling conductance model. Strong effects of finite T and V on the conductance distribution are observed and well described by our theoretical analysis, as we verify by performing a number of numerical simulations of a one-dimensional disordered wire at different temperatures, voltages, and lengths of the wire. Analytical estimates for the first moments of P(G(T,V)) at high temperature and bias voltage are also provided.
description: 9 pages, 7 figures, Submitted to PRB
Hands-on Gravitational Wave Astronomy: Extracting astrophysical information from simulated signals
Creators: name: Rubbo, Louis J.
name: Larson, Shane L.
name: Larson, Michelle B.
name: Ingram, Dale R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we introduce a hands-on activity in which introductory astronomy students act as gravitational wave astronomers by extracting information from simulated gravitational wave signals. The process mimics the way true gravitational wave analysis will be handled by using plots of a pure gravitational wave signal. The students directly measure the properties of the simulated signal, and use these measurements to evaluate standard formulae for astrophysical source parameters. An exercise based on the discussion in this paper has been written and made publicly available online for use in introductory laboratory courses.
description: 5 pages, 4 figures; submitted to Am. J. Phys
Dynamical large deviations of two-dimensional kinetically constrained models using a neural-network state ansatz
Creators: name: Casert, Corneel
name: Vieijra, Tom
name: Whitelam, Stephen
name: Tamblyn, Isaac
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We use a neural network ansatz originally designed for the variational optimization of quantum systems to study dynamical large deviations in classical ones. We obtain the scaled cumulant-generating function for the dynamical activity of the Fredrickson-Andersen model, a prototypical kinetically constrained model, in one and two dimensions, and present the first size-scaling analysis of the dynamical activity in two dimensions. These results provide a new route to the study of dynamical large-deviation functions, and highlight the broad applicability of the neural-network state ansatz across domains in physics.
Zhang Songmao’s Aesthetics of Ceramic Art Paintings: A Case Study of Famille Rose Painting Art Style
Creators: name: Jiaji, Qiu
Publisher: name: บัณฑิตศึกษา สถาบันบัณฑิตพัฒนศิลป์ กระทรวงวัฒนธรรม
Year: 2023
Subjects: Zhang Songmao
ceramic painting
artistic style
aesthetics
Famille rose

description: วิพิธพัฒนศิลป์, 3, 3, 1-15
Einstellungen zur Ökumene und ökumenische Praxis in der lutherischen Pfarrer*innenschaft Argentiniens
Creators: name: Stolze, Andreas
Publisher: name: Ökumenische Rundschau
Year: 2025

description: Ökumenische Rundschau, Bd. 66 Nr. 4 (2017): Ökumenische Rundschau, Band 66, Heft 4
On this side of the compositing hut. Narrativity and compositional process in the fifth movement of Mahler’s Tenth Symphony
Creators: name: Pinto, Angelo
Publisher: name: De Musica
Year: 2019

description: In che modo la musica di Mahler, nel suo processo compositivo, può essere considerata alla stregua di un romanzo dai punti di vista strutturale ed ermeneutico? Sin da quando Theodor W. Adorno pubblicò Eine Musikalische Physiognomik (‘ Mahler. Una fisiognomica musicale’, 1960), è diventato luogo comune discutere la musica di Gustav Mahler in termini narratologici: cioè, cercare nella sua musica delle analogie strutturali con la narrativa tramite l’approccio della ‘narratologia musicale’. Tuttavia, gli scritti in questo campo non prestano sufficiente attenzione alla dimensione autoriale di come il compositore costruisce il suo ‘romanzo’ in musica durante il processo compositivo, dato che essi sono perlopiù focalizzati solo sulla versione finale dell’opera musicale. Nel percorso analitico presentato in quest’articolo, io suggerisco che negli schizzi e la bozza rimastici del quinto movimento dell’incompiuta Decima Sinfonia di Mahler si possano trovare tracce di una strategia narrativa che io definisco ‘narrativizzazione’ e che esse costituiscano elementi essenziali dell’ermeneutica di questo movimento. Inoltre, dall’esito finale della mia analisi sembra che il compositore, per il tramite di questo processo compositivo narrativizzante, abbia voluto rappresentare nel movimento un processo di scrittura, in un gioco meta-referenziale tra un ‘interno’ e un ‘esterno’ di quella che io definisco ‘la sua casetta mentale di composizione’.
description: De Musica, 2019: XXXIII (1)
การศึกษาความต้องการจำเป็นของการนิเทศการสอนของครูกลุ่มการศึกษาทั่วไปในระดับการศึกษาขั้นพื้นฐานของวิทยาลัยนาฏศิลป ในสังกัดสถาบันบัณฑิตพัฒนศิลป์
Creators: name: รวิศ ทะแสนเทพ
Publisher: name: บัณฑิตศึกษา สถาบันบัณฑิตพัฒนศิลป์ กระทรวงวัฒนธรรม
Year: 2023
Subjects: ความต้องการจำเป็น
การนิเทศการสอน
การศึกษาทั่วไป
การศึกษาขั้นพื้นฐาน
วิทยาลัยนาฏศิลป

description: วิพิธพัฒนศิลป์, 3, 3, 16-31
1 Brief an H[ans] G[eorg] Nägeli
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Creators: name: Sandersche Buchhandlung
name: Sander, Johann Daniel
Publisher: name: [s.n.]
Year: 1818

description: von Sandersche Buchhandlung, J[ohann] D[aniel] Sander
description: Mit umfangreicher Nachschrift von Johann Daniel Sander
Lookback time as a test for brane cosmology
Creators: name: Pires, N.
name: Zhu, Zong-Hong
name: Alcaniz, J. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The observed late-time acceleration of the Universe may be the result of unknown physical processes involving either modifications of gravitation theory or the existence of new fields in high energy physics. In the former case, such modifications are usually related to the possible existence of extra dimensions (which is also required by unification theories), giving rise to the so-called brane cosmology. In this paper we investigate the viability of this idea by considering a particular class of brane scenarios in which a large scale modification of gravity arises due to a gravitational \emph{leakage} into extra dimensions. To this end, differently from other recent analyses, we combine \emph{orthogonal} age and distance measurements at intermediary and high redshifts. We use observations of the lookback time to galaxy clusters, indirect estimates of the age of the Universe from the most recent Large-Scale Structure (LSS) and Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) data, along with the recent detection of the baryon acoustic oscillations at $z = 0.35$. In agreement with other recent analyses we show that, although compatible with these age and distance measurements, a spatially closed scenario is largely favoured by the current observational data. By restricting our analysis to a spatially flat universe, we also find that the standard $Λ$CDM model is favoured over the particular braneworld scenario here investigated.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures, LaTeX