cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Strong-field molecular alignment mediated by nonadiabatic charge localization
Creators: name: (:Unkn) Unknown
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: physics.optics

description: © 2019 American Physical Society. A different mode of effective interaction of molecular rotational degrees of freedom with an intense, nonresonant, ultrashort laser pulse is explored. Transient nonadiabatic charge redistribution (TNCR) in larger molecules or molecular ions causes impulsive-torque interaction that replaces the traditional mechanism of molecular alignment based on perturbative interaction of the laser field with electronic subsystem as manifested in linear anisotropic polarizability or hyperpolarizability. We explore this alignment mechanism on a popular generic model of a tight-binding diatomic molecule. We consider the case of rotational wave-packet formation when a molecule is initially in the ground rotational state. The rotational wave packet emerging from the TNCR interaction consists of states with higher rotational quantum numbers, in comparison with the anisotropic-polarizability case, and the after-pulse alignment oscillations are out-of-phase with those resulting from the traditional interaction. The TNCR interaction mode is expected to play a major role when a strong laser field actually causes extensive nonresonant excitation and/or ionization of a molecule.
Knowledge about cervical cancer and awareness of Pap smear screening among female nurses in Hospital Pakar Sultanah Fatimah.
Creators: name: RAMLAN Ruzila
name: DAHLAN Azlina
name: MANSOT Rohayu
name: SUHAIMI Siti Salmiah
name: AHMAD ZAMRI Noraini
name: ABDUL MAJID Nazrah
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: cervical cancer
awareness
Pap smear
health screening
cross-sectional

description: Introduction
 Nurses play an important role in promoting public health awareness to inform, encourage and motivate the public in considering health screening such as Pap smear. Objective
 The aim of this study to assess the knowledge level about cervical cancer and awareness of Pap smear screening among nurses in HPSF Methodology
 A descriptive, cross-sectional design was carry out, a self-administered questionnaire using stratified random method involved the 260 registered nurses in HPSF. SPSS version 22 was used to describe the study outcome. Results and Discussion
 In this study showed overall the nurses in HPSF, have a level good knowledge about cervical cancer was (87.1%) and the moderate awareness of Pap smear was (53.9%). The association between experiences of years of services and awareness among participants were found significant with P value was 0.014. In this study, we helped the nursing management and education training curricula, and they need to review to incorporate practical skills on cervical cancer screening. Conclusion
 Nurses can be empowered with knowledge of cervical cancer and play an important role in awareness, encourage and motivate among nurses in health screening of Pap smear. The training of education to effective personnel involvement in the implement of cervical screening program are needed. Disclaimer: Abstract text might vary slightly from what is displayed in the e-poster.
description: This poster was submitted to the 14th National Conference for Clinical Research (NCCR) in August 18-20, 2021. https://nccrconference.com.my/
Properties of baryon resonances from a multichannel partial wave analysis
Creators: name: Anisovich, A. V.
name: Beck, R.
name: Klempt, E.
name: Nikonov, V. A.
name: Sarantsev, A. V.
name: Thoma, U.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Properties of nucleon and $Δ$ resonances are derived from a multichannel partial wave analysis. The statistical significance of pion and photo-induced inelastic reactions off protons are studied in a multichannel partial-wave analysis.
description: 12 pages, 8 Tables
Nano-Pyroxene for Adsorption and Catalytic Thermal Decomposition of Visbroken Residue Asphaltenes
Creators: name: Hmoudah, Maryam
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Energy
subject: Engineering--Chemical
subject: Engineering--Environmental
subject: Pyroxene
subject: Aegirine
subject: Nanoparticles
subject: Asphaltenes
subject: Adsorption
subject: Catalysis
subject: Visbroken Residue

description: Oil will continue to be a major source of future non-renewable energy, and hence new cost-effective technologies for upgrading and recovery of conventional and unconventional oils are needed. This study presents a new environmentally sound and low-cost, yet highly efficient pyroxene nanoparticles (NaFeSi2O6, PY). Low temperature hydrothermal synthesis route was used to prepare different sized and surface-structural-modified PY nanoparticles, which were characterized by different characterization techniques like XRD, BET, FTIR, TGA, TPD-CO2, TPD-NH3, XPS, SEM and HRTEM. These nanoparticles were applied for the adsorptive removal of violanthrone-79 (VO-79) as an asphaltene model molecule. The adsorption isotherms were described by the Sips isotherm model. Similarly, the prepared nanoparticles were employed for the adsorptive removal of visbroken residue (VR-C5) asphaltenes, and the solid-liquid-equilibrium (SLE) model was used to describe the adsorption isotherms. The promising catalytic effect of PY nanoparticles towards adsorbed VR-C5 asphaltenes was investigated using TGA coupled with mass spectrometry.
Latreutes fucorum Fabricius 1798
Creators: name: Almeida, Alexandre Oliveira De
name: Guerrazzi, Maria Cec Lia
name: Coelho, Petr Ȏ Nio Alves
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2007
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Decapoda
Hippolytidae
Latreutes
Latreutes fucorum

description: Latreutes fucorum (Fabricius, 1798)
Material examined (N=2). 1f, 12/VI/2004, St. 0 1 (MZUESC #710); 1ni, 24/III/2005, St. 0 1 (MZUESC #711).
Distribution. Western Atlantic – from Newfoundland to Brazil (Pernambuco, Alagoas, and Bahia) (Christoffersen 1998). Eastern Atlantic – Azores and Cape Verde (Chace 1972).
Habitat: Almost invariably associated with Sargassum in the open sea, but common on seagrass flats (Chace 1972).
Previous records in Bahia. Coelho & Ramos (1972), Cardoso (2006).
description: Published as part of Almeida, Alexandre Oliveira De, Guerrazzi, Maria Cec Lia & Coelho, Petr Ȏ Nio Alves, 2007, Stomatopod and decapod crustaceans from Camamu Bay, state of Bahia, Brazil, pp. 1-45 in Zootaxa 1553 on page 17, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.178168
Traffic pollution and cardiovascular diseases in Greater Vancouver in association with socioeconomic status indicators
Creators: name: Lencar, Cornel Calin
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Cardiovascular diseases constitute a major health burden of modern societies. Besides eating habits, smoking or levels of physical activity, which are the most acknowledged risk factors, social determinants of health or air pollution constitute important risks in the development of cardiovascular diseases. Current knowledge about potential interactions between socioeconomic status and the effects of short- and long-term exposure to air pollution on mortality or morbidity due to cardiovascular diseases doesn’t offer substantive answers regarding the effect modification of various socio-economic factors on the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases due to air pollution. These interactions were analyzed using a cohort of 346,536 subjects over 45 years of age from Greater Vancouver Area, British Columbia. My study found significant evidence that even in areas with low levels of traffic pollution and even for healthy people, there is an increased risk of cardiovascular disease morbidity or mortality associated with exposure to traffic pollution and road proximity, especially when considering socioeconomic variables at medium-scale (neighborhood) levels of aggregation. However, I found consistent results regarding the extent to which socioeconomic indicators modify the effect of traffic pollution on health on the expected trajectory (individuals from more advantaged areas would be less subjected to the effects of traffic pollution compared with individuals living in more disadvantaged areas). At dissemination area levels, in the case of exposure to particulate matter, subjects living in areas with a higher percentage of Chinese population were at a lower risk of CCS health outcomes. Subjects living in areas with a higher proportion of university degrees were also at a lower risk of experiencing CCS in conjunction with black carbon exposure. These results would need to be studied in conjunction with analyses at individual level data to confirm that these trends are real. Also, the results do not prove that socioeconomic covariates derived for smaller areas strengthen the association or show significance in respect with cardiovascular health outcomes and pollution, since higher levels of risk were found when using covariates at neighborhood levels of aggregation as oppose to those at dissemination area level.
Changes in Peer Friendships and Physical Activity among Children across School-Grade Transition
Creators: name: Swanson, Kenda Charlotte
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Public Health
subject: Psychology--Behavioral
subject: children
subject: adolescents
subject: Physical Activity
subject: school grade transition
subject: peer friendships

description: Children’s physical activity (PA) may be affected by transitioning school grade; however, limited evidence exists on the associations between aspects of children’s peer friendships and their PA over the transition to a new school year. This thesis addressed this gap by examining whether or not associations between children’s peer friendships; including, popularity, number of sent friendship nominations, and friend’s average PA were associated with individual PA pre-, post- and over the transition to a higher school grade. We found that sent friendships and friends’ average PA were positively associated with an individual’s PA pre- and post-transition, and that changes in friendships did not directly correspond with PA changes over the transition. We did not identify differences according to sex. Future studies should employ social network analysis and longitudinal study designs to further examine these relationships. School-based interventions that promote friendly interactions among peers while simultaneously increasing PA are recommended.
Graphs associated with the map $x \mapsto x+x^{-1}$ in finite fields of characteristic two
Creators: name: Ugolini, Simone
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37P55

description: In this paper we study the structure of the graphs associated with the iterations of the map $x \mapsto x+x^{-1}$ over finite fields of characteristic two. Formulas are given for the length of the cycles and the depth of the trees relying upon the structure of the group of the rational points of Koblitz curves and the congruences of Kloosterman sums modulo powers of 2.
description: 17 pages; one example added; minor adjustments
The Baryonic Halos of Elliptical Galaxies: Radial Distribution of Globular Clusters and Diffuse Hot Gas
Creators: name: Forbes, Duncan A.
name: Ponman, Trevor
name: O'Sullivan, Ewan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: For a sample of 9 well-studied giant ellipticals we compare the projected radial distribution of their red and blue globular cluster (GC) subpopulations with their host galaxy stellar and X-ray surface brightness profiles. We support previous findings that the surface density distribution of red (metal-rich) GCs follows that of the host galaxy starlight. We find good agreement between the outer slope of the blue GC surface density and that of the galaxy X-ray emission. This coincidence of projected radial profiles is likely due to the fact that both blue GCs and X-ray emitting hot gas share the same gravitational potential in equilibrium. When deprojected the X-ray emitting hot gas has a radial density dependence that is the square root of that for the GC density. We further show that the energy per unit mass for blue GCs is roughly half that of the hot gas.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Ionospheric Imaging for Canadian Polar Regions
Creators: name: AL-FANEK, OSSAMA JAMIL SALEH
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2013
Subjects: subject: General
subject: Ionosphere
subject: Tomography
subject: GPS
subject: Spherical Cap Harmonics
subject: Empirical Orthogonal Functions

description: Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) can be exploited as a cost-effective tool to remotely sense the Earth’s ionosphere and investigate its characteristics. This is due to the global coverage and dual frequency data availability offered through worldwide networks of GNSS stations. Since the ionosphere is a dispersive medium, the dual frequency data can be utilized to derive highly accurate Slant Total Electron Content (STEC) measurements. STEC is defined as the integration of the free electron distribution in a 1-m2 column along the signal path from the satellite to the receiver. Although STEC provides a valuable source of information about the ionosphere, these measurements do not contain any spatial information about the electron density distribution along the line-of-sight. Therefore, a tomographic technique is required to retrieve such three-dimensional information. Measurement of the polar ionosphere is challenging due to its variable nature and typically limited availability of ground (or space) based infrastructure for remote sensing. An opportunity exists to exploit GNSS observations for ionospheric imaging in this region. Ten GNSS reference stations of the Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Network (CHAIN), augmented with six International GNSS Service (IGS) polar reference stations, provides sufficient observations for GNSS-based tomographic estimation of key polar ionospheric parameters. Polar implementation of tomographic imaging for such a sparse network presents major challenges, however, and requires novel methods. In this thesis, a novel Computerized Ionospheric Tomographic (CIT) reconstruction technique is developed to estimate electron density profiles over the Canadian polar region. This technique divides the ionosphere into voxels where the electron density is assumed to be homogeneous within a voxel. A functional based model is used to represent the electron density in space. The functional based model uses Empirical Orthogonal Functions (EOF) and Spherical Cap Harmonics (SCH) to describe the vertical and horizontal distribution of the electron density, respectively. Simulated and real data are used to demonstrate the feasibility and performance of the technique under different ionospheric conditions. The main aspects of the reconstruction results over the Canadian polar cap are highlighted and discussed and a clear understanding of the quality and limitations of the technique is achieved.
Trapping polarization of light in nonlinear optical fibers: An ideal Raman polarizer
Creators: name: Kozlov, Victor V.
name: Nuno, Javier
name: Ania-Castanon, Juan Diego
name: Wabnitz, Stefan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The main subject of this contribution is the all-optical control over the state of polarization (SOP) of light, understood as the control over the SOP of a signal beam by the SOP of a pump beam. We will show how the possibility of such control arises naturally from a vectorial study of pump-probe Raman interactions in optical fibers. Most studies on the Raman effect in optical fibers assume a scalar model, which is only valid for high-PMD fibers (here, PMD stands for the polarization-mode dispersion). Modern technology enables manufacturing of low-PMD fibers, the description of which requires a full vectorial model. Within this model we gain full control over the SOP of the signal beam. In particular we show how the signal SOP is pulled towards and trapped by the pump SOP. The isotropic symmetry of the fiber is broken by the presence of the polarized pump. This trapping effect is used in experiments for the design of new nonlinear optical devices named Raman polarizers. Along with the property of improved signal amplification, these devices transform an arbitrary input SOP of the signal beam into one and the same SOP towards the output end. This output SOP is fully controlled by the SOP of the pump beam. We overview the sate-of-the-art of the subject and introduce the notion of an "ideal Raman polarizer".
Application of a STATCOM with a Novel Topology to the Power Sub Grid
Creators: name: Qi, Ming
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Electronics and Electrical
subject: STATCOM
subject: Multilevel Converter
subject: Multi-pulse Converter
subject: Multi-stage Converter
subject: Power Sub Grid

description: This thesis introduces a recently developed Multistage Converter (MSC) and applies it as a STATCOM to Power Sub Grid systems. Through discussions about harmonics reduction, voltage regulation, mathematical modeling and system simulation on the MATLAB/SIMULINK plaform, it illustrates how the MSC is applied to the Power Sub Grid. Based on the simulation of the single phase MSC as well as the three-phase MSC, it is shown that the introduced topology has the output waveform closer to sinusoidal. Moreover, it has simpler structure. Comparing the topology of the Multilevel Converter (MLC) and the Multipulse Converter (MPC) that is popular for high power applications currently, the MSC has the advantages of smaller total harmonic distortion and lower cost, and is easier for voltage control.
Black African and Caribbean Youth Inclusion Practices: The Role of Hip-hop
Creators: name: Lewis, Stefan
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Education--Sociology of
subject: Hip-hop
subject: Youth
subject: Sociology
subject: FOS: Sociology
subject: Rap
subject: Immigrant
subject: Immigration
subject: Canada

description: In this thesis I explore the ways in which Black African and Caribbean immigrant youth in Calgary, Alberta, use Hip-hop culture to foster feelings of inclusion in Canadian society. It is projected that by 2016, 25% of the youth population in Canada was immigrant. While some immigrant youth are on par socio-economically with their Canadian-born counterparts, others face barriers that make inclusion strenuous. First and second generation Black African and Caribbean immigrant youth in particular face social and economic barriers in Alberta. I argue that in addressing the problems faced by these youth, the potential of Hip-hop culture as a strategy to counter these barriers has been historically under-explored. Based on this data, my thesis identifies the racial and cultural barriers that these youth encounter in contemporary Canadian society, as well as the role that Hip-hop plays in shaping their inclusion process.
A short review of the theory of hard exclusive processes
Creators: name: Wallon, Samuel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We first present an introduction to the theory of hard exclusive processes. We then illustrate this theory by a few selected examples. The last part is devoted to the most recent developments in the asymptotical energy limit.
description: 27 pages, 18 figures, Invited review talk presented at the workshop "30 years of strong interactions", Spa, Belgium, 6-8 April 2011
Developmental Origins of Infant Emotion Regulation: Mediating and Moderating Effects of Infant Temperament and Maternal Sensitivity
Creators: name: Thomas, Jenna
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Psychology--Developmental
subject: Emotion Regulation
subject: Prenatal Maternal Mental Health
subject: Maternal Sensitivity
subject: Temperament

description: The current study examined perinatal factors that impact infant emotion regulation (ER) development. Prenatal depression, generalized anxiety, pregnancy-specific anxiety (PSA), and diurnal cortisol levels were assessed in 256 pregnant women in early and late pregnancy. Infant temperamental negativity was assessed at 3 months, and observational measures of infant ER during frustration and maternal sensitivity were assessed at 6 months. Results revealed that PSA had a positive direct effect on infant ER, which potentially indicated emotional over-regulation in these infants. PSA also had a negative indirect effect on infant ER through increased temperamental negativity, which was dependent on levels of maternal sensitivity. Specifically, infants with high negativity demonstrated emotional under-regulation, but only when their mother displayed low levels of sensitivity. The study identified two pathways by which PSA may result in long-term changes in infant emotional development. Implications for future research and intervention planning are discussed.
Jugendliche in Deutschland als Opfer und Täter von Gewalt: Erster Forschungsbericht zum gemeinsamen Forschungsprojekt des Bundesministeriums des Innern und des KFN
Creators: name: Baier, Dirk
name: Pfeiffer, Christian
name: Simonson, Julia
name: Rabold, Susann
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Verbrechensopfer , Jugend , Entwicklung , Migration , Peer-Group , Drogenkonsum , Ausländerfeindlichkeit
subject: 360

description: Zweitveröffentlichung. Download von https://kfn.de/publikationen/kfn-forschungsberichte
Kinder und Jugendliche in Deutschland: Gewalterfahrungen, Integration, Medienkonsum. Zweiter Bericht zum gemeinsamen Forschungsprojekt des Bundesministeriums des Innern und des KFN
Creators: name: Baier, Dirk
name: Pfeiffer, Christian
name: Rabold, Susann
name: Simonson, Julia
name: Kappes, Cathleen
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2010
Subjects: subject: Medienkonsum , Migration , Jugend , Religion , Gewalt , Kriminalität , Mobbing , Diskriminierung , Prävention , Kinderkriminalität
subject: 360

description: Zweitveröffentlichung. Download von https://kfn.de/publikationen/kfn-forschungsberichte
I Bag Your Pardon: The Albertan ae/ɛ Vowel Shift as a Window into Community Grammars
Creators: name: Jones, Jacqueline
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Linguistics
subject: FOS: Languages and literature
subject: Language--Modern
subject: Anthropology--Cultural
subject: Linguistics
subject: English
subject: Alberta
subject: Sound Change
subject: Vowels
subject: Vowel Merger

description: This thesis explores a vowel shift by speakers in Alberta in which [æ] is shifting before [g]. A production experiment was designed to examine the direction, extent, and sources of this change. I hypothesized that differing prompt modalities might elicit productions that could be used to support the existence of a triadic grammar, where productions are influenced by the community (auditory), the self (pictorial), and the standard (orthographic) grammars. I hypothesize a refinement of Ohala’s Active Listener hypothesis to include “super” and “inactive” listeners as other possible sources of sound change. The results show this is an in-progress merger by approximation and that changing the prompt modality altered listener productions. Auditory prompts had the greatest influence on production: Those most likely to merge the vowels [æ] and [ɛ] were more likely to mimic auditory cues. This indicates that super perceivers spread sound change to a greater degree.
Orbits of the Centralizer of a Linear Operator
Creators: name: Best, Paul
name: Gualtieri, Marco
name: Hayden, Patrick
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Classical Analysis and ODEs (math.CA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 15A21, 34A30

description: We describe the orbit structure for the action of the centralizer group of a linear operator on a finite-dimensional complex vector space. The main application is to the classification of solutions to a system of first-order ODEs with constant coefficients. We completely describe the lattice structure on the set of orbits and provide a generating function for the number of orbits in each dimension.
description: 10 pages. To appear in Journal of Lie Theory
Off-diagonal kinetic theory in ultrasoft momentum region at high temperature
Creators: name: Satow, Daisuke
name: Hidaka, Yoshimasa
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We derive a linearized kinetic equation for fermionic excitations with an ultrasoft momentum, g^2T, from the Kadanoff-Baym equation in a Yukawa model and quantum electrodynamics (QED) at extremely high T, where g is the coupling constant. We show that this equation is equivalent to the self-consistent equation in the resummed perturbation theory used in the analysis of the fermion spectrum with the ultrasoft momentum. Furthermore, we derive the equation that determines the n-point function with external lines for a pair of fermions and (n-2) bosons with ultrasoft momenta in QED.
description: 15 pages, 8 figures
Effects of turbulent mixing on critical behaviour: Renormalization group analysis of the Potts model
Creators: name: Antonov, N. V.
name: Malyshev, A. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: 76F30

description: Critical behaviour of a system, subjected to strongly anisotropic turbulent mixing, is studied by means of the field theoretic renormalization group. Specifically, relaxational stochastic dynamics of a non-conserved multicomponent order parameter of the Ashkin-Teller-Potts model, coupled to a random velocity field with prescribed statistics, is considered. The velocity is taken Gaussian, white in time, with correlation function of the form $\propto δ(t-t') /|{\bf k}_{\bot}|^{d-1+ξ}$, where ${\bf k}_{\bot}$ is the component of the wave vector, perpendicular to the distinguished direction ("direction of the flow") --- the $d$-dimensional generalization of the ensemble introduced by Avellaneda and Majda [1990 {\it Commun. Math. Phys.} {\bf 131} 381] within the context of passive scalar advection. This model can describe a rich class of physical situations. It is shown that, depending on the values of parameters that define self-interaction of the order parameter and the relation between the exponent $ξ$ and the space dimension $d$, the system exhibits various types of large-scale scaling behaviour, associated with different infrared attractive fixed points of the renormalization-group equations. In addition to known asymptotic regimes (critical dynamics of the Potts model and passively advected field without self-interaction), existence of a new, non-equilibrium and strongly anisotropic, type of critical behaviour (universality class) is established, and the corresponding critical dimensions are calculated to the leading order of the double expansion in $ξ$ and $ε=6-d$ (one-loop approximation). The scaling appears strongly anisotropic in the sense that the critical dimensions related to the directions parallel and perpendicular to the flow are essentially different.
description: 21 page, LaTeX source, 7 eps figures. arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:cond-mat/0607019
Tötungsdelikte an Kindern unter 6 Jahren: Modul "Interviews mit TäterInnen"
Creators: name: Kroetsch, Marlies
Publisher: name: Universität Tübingen
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Tötung , Kind , Kindestötung , Täter , Befragung , Strafvollzug , Sexualdelikt , Gewaltdelikt
subject: 360

description: Zweitveröffentlichung. Download von https://kfn.de/publikationen/kfn-forschungsberichte
Factors Related to Prehospital Delay in the Presentation of Acute Stroke and Level of Awareness among Stroke Patients in a District Setting
Creators: name: LIM Soon Hooi
name: Lun, TAN Thai
name: NGO Ping Wen
name: LEE Li Yuan
name: TING Siew Ying
name: TAN Hui Jieh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: stroke
prehospital delay
decision delay
awareness
stroke management

description: Introduction:
 Time is the greatest challenge in stroke management. Our study aimed to examine factors contributing to prehospital delay (PHD) and decision delay (DD) among stroke patients and their awareness level. Methodology:
 A cross-sectional study involving patients admitted to Hospital Seri Manjung with acute presentation of stroke was conducted via face-to-face interview in 2019-2020. PHD was defined as more than 120 minutes taken from recognition of stroke symptoms till arrival in hospital while DD was defined as more than 30 minutes taken from recognition of stroke symptoms till decision was made to seek treatment. Results:
 The median PHD of 102 enrolled patients was 364 minutes (IQR 957.5) while the median for DD was 120 minutes (IQR 645). A total of 83.8% of those with PHD had DD. The positive predictors for PHD included Malay ethnicity (adj. OR 11.30; 95% CI 1.93,66.19; p= 0.007), no history of stroke (adj. OR 4.15; 95% CI 1.21,14.25; p= 0.024) and unaware of thrombolysis service (adj. OR 17.12; 95% CI 1.28,229.17; p= 0.032). No comorbidity (adj. OR 8.63; 95% CI 1.40,53.22; p = 0.020), unsure of having stroke attack (adj. OR 3.78; 95% CI 1.24,11.55; p= 0.020) and unaware of thrombolysis service (adj. OR 15.27; 95% CI 1.10,211.46; p= 0.042) were positive predictors for DD whereas higher National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) score was a negative predictor. Discussion/Conclusion:
 Public awareness is crucial to shorten PHD for better patients' outcome in stroke. Various public health campaigns are needed to improve the awareness for stroke. Disclaimer: Abstract text might vary slightly from what is displayed in the e-poster.
description: This poster was submitted to the 14th National Conference for Clinical Research (NCCR) in August 18-20, 2021. https://nccrconference.com.my/
Measuring patient-reported outcomes in tuberculosis
Creators: name: Guo, Na
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2012

description: Objectives: The primary objectives of this thesis were to: (1) measure health-related quality of life (HRQL) and health state utility values (HSUVs) among patients with active tuberculosis (TB) disease and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI); (2) investigate the relationship betwee HRQL and adverse drug reactions (ADR)among active TB patients; (3) quantify patients' preferences for LTBI preventive treatment. Methods: Two groups of patients were administered questionnaires: (1) Short-Form 36 (SF-36), Health Utility Index (HUI) and a Visual Analog Scale (VAS) were administered to 119 LTBI and 114 active TB patients at baseline and 3 months of their treatment. (2) A discrete choice experiment (DCE) survey was developed and administered among 214 LTBI patients. Conditional logit and latent class analysis were conducted to quantify respondents' preferences toward six treatment attributes (i.e. treatment length, clinic visit frequency, and risk of developing active TB, liver damage, skin rash and fatigue). Results: The baseline SF-36, HUI-2, HUI-3, Short-Form 6D (SF-6D) and VAS scores from active TB patients were significantly lower than those from LTBI patients. Major ADRs were shown to have significant impacts on active TB patients' HRQL and patients with lower baseline SF-36 scores were more likely to develop ADRs during the treatment. The three health utility instruments (HUI-2, HUI-3, and SF-6D) displayed acceptable construct validity when applying among TB population. However, they did not generate identical HSUV scores for the same individual. The DCE study results showed that all six attributes significantly influenced respondents' treatment decision and preference estimates were reasonable and consistent with our hypotheses. Substantial preference heterogeneity was observed among respondents. Latent class analysis assigned respondents into three groups and five socio-demographic factors significantly predicted the class assignment (i.e. origin of birth, education, employment, had children or not, and use of over-the counter medications). Conclusions: Active TB disease and the treatment associated ADR have substantial impacts on patients' HRQL. HRQL measurements might have the potential to predict patients' treatment outcomes. The DCE technique provides a useful tool of understanding patients' preferences surrounding health care products. this work demonstrates the value and importance of incorporating patient-reported outcome measurements into clinical research and practice.
L'exclusió de Míriam i l'espera del seu retorn (Nm 12,14-15)
Creators: name: Cervera I Valls, Jordi
Publisher: name: Revista Catalana de Teologia
Year: 2023

description: L’episodi de Míriam i Aaron criticant a Moisès (Nm 12,1-15) es clou amb l’exclusió de Míriam del campament i l’espera del seu retorn (Nm 12,14-15). Els dos versets finals presenten matisos dignes de subratllar en les diferents versions. Si el text masorètic presenta l’exclusió de Míriam com un avergonyiment públic per malparlar contra Moisès, la versió grega ho explica dins el procés guaridor del contagi de la lepra. Les versions aramees del targum palestinenc (Pseudo-Yonatan i Neòfiti) fusionen el sentit de les versions hebrea i grega, i introdueixen un midraix sobre el mèrit de Míriam de vetllar la sort del seu germà quan va ser dipositat en el Nil. Aquest gest mereix que Iahvè i el poble esperin la seva reincorporació a la comunitat.
description: Revista Catalana de Teologia, Vol. 47, Núm. 2 (2022):
The “V” Word: An Inquiry into Vegan Student Experience in Calgarian Schools
Creators: name: Thirukkumaran, Meneka Rosanna
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Education--Curriculum and Instruction
subject: Critical Animal Studies
subject: Critical Discourse Analysis
subject: humane education
subject: veganism.

description: In this study, I conducted focus group research to examine the school experience of vegan youths. This research was situated in the context of Albertan traditions and values, which emphasize rugged cowboy imagery and have been especially hostile towards vegans and vegetarians. Additionally, little is known about the school experience of vegan children and young adults. The majority of studies dealing with youth veganism primarily attend to whether or not nutritional needs are being adequately met. Furthermore, the field of education has been largely anthropocentric, with no dominant curricular theorists discussing the significance of nonhuman animals in relation to human learning. The field of Critical Animal Studies has recently begun to theorize nonhumans back into pedagogical frameworks, but the experience of vegan students has not (until this study) been examined. I chose to study how this group of students experience school because I believe that their viewpoints can help to better inform curricular policies and practices. I conducted focus group research with ten vegan students who attended Calgarian public schools. I used an interview guide with semi-structured questions to help lead discussions. Throughout this process, I focused on elevating the position of students to theorists, with valid concerns and recommendations for the field of education. After analyzing the transcriptions of the focus group sessions, I discovered that these students discussed their veganism through three interconnected domains: society, identity, and school. Curricular findings specifically fell into explicit, implicit, and null curricular themes. I was also surprised to find significant differences between lower and higher grades. Ultimately, this study revealed a need for curricular reform and for practitioners to be cognizant of alternative, non-dominant viewpoints. In particular, students emphasized a need for strong relationships with family, peers, and teachers in order to feel better supported in their veganism. Further research into the area of vegan student experience is recommended.
title: Jackal and Crow 2
Creators: name: Chirkova, Katia
Publisher: name: Pangloss
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Linguistique
subject: Xumi
subject: Chinese, Mandarin
subject: Livres et lecture
subject: picture book
subject: Animaux
subject: Oiseaux
subject: jackal and crow
subject: Stimuli

description: Elan annotation file for the audio file with the same name. Double checked with Zhuma
Laboratory Testing for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Creators: name: Healey, Ryan Louis
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Epidemiology
subject: Oncology
subject: Pathology
subject: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
subject: Flow Cytometry
subject: Classification Tree
subject: Laboratory Utilization
subject: Monoclonal B-cell Lymphocytosis
subject: Calgary Alberta Canada
subject: Epidemiology

description: This thesis addresses two current issues in the laboratory diagnosis and understanding of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Clinical laboratory testing by flow cytometry is critically important for the identification and characterization of CLL and other blood cancers. Flow cytometry investigations, however, are complex, time consuming, and financially costly. These factors drive the need for improvements in laboratory test utilization, particularly in publically funded healthcare systems and in resource-limited areas of the world. Several low-cost ancillary hematology and chemistry lab tests which are often performed alongside flow cytometry testing were investigated in order to identify biomarkers useful in the prediction of CLL or other similar leukemias. Using these predictors, a novel model is proposed for the triaging of bloods for flow cytometry. Diagnostic data was also used to ascertain the current incidence of CLL in the study cohort and standardized to the Canadian population.
Evolution of star clusters in arbitrary tidal fields
Creators: name: Renaud, Florent
name: Gieles, Mark
name: Boily, Christian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a novel and flexible tensor approach to computing the effect of a time-dependent tidal field acting on a stellar system. The tidal forces are recovered from the tensor by polynomial interpolation in time. The method has been implemented in a direct-summation stellar dynamics integrator (NBODY6) and test-proved through a set of reference calculations: heating, dissolution time and structural evolution of model star clusters are all recovered accurately. The tensor method is applicable to arbitrary configurations, including the important situation where the background potential is a strong function of time. This opens up new perspectives in stellar population studies reaching to the formation epoch of the host galaxy or galaxy cluster, as well as for star-burst events taking place during the merger of large galaxies. A pilot application to a star cluster in the merging galaxies NGC 4038/39 (the Antennae) is presented.
description: 12 pages, 8 figures. Accepted for publication in MNRAS
In a Panel, Darkley: Reflections and Refractions of Gendered Trauma in Marvel's Alias and DC Comics' Batwoman: Elegy
Creators: name: Beatty, Garrett
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Literature--English
subject: Comic books
subject: Trauma
subject: Gender Studies

description: This thesis seeks to address a crucial gap in Academic criticism that overlooks the depiction of violence and trauma against female characters who populate the predominantly male space of the superhero genre. Guided through the trauma theory lens of Cathy Caruth, my analysis will consider how the female superheroic identity forms after a traumatic event. I examine two case studies, Marvel's Alias (2001) and DC Comics' Batwoman: Elegy (2010), which emerge out of a trend in contemporary comics culture that resists the depiction of female characters as either victim or supporting player in their own traumatic narrative. I connect this contemporary trend to fan culture, which in recent years has demanded greater creative responsibility in the treatment of female characters. Through these case studies, this thesis therefore examines the evolution of the female superhero as well as the ethical relationship between creator, character, and fan.
Localization systems using signal strength fingerprinting
Creators: name: Lee, Kung-Chung
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: The task of estimating the location of a mobile transceiver using the Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) values of radio transmissions to/from other radios is an inference problem. The fingerprinting paradigm is the most promising genre of methods studied in the literature. It constructs deterministic or probabilistic models from data sampled at the site. Probabilistic formulations are popular because they can be used under the Bayesian filter framework. We also categorize fingerprinting methods into regression or classification. The vast majority of existing methods perform regression as they estimate location information in terms of position coordinates. In contrast, the classification approach only estimates a specific region (e.g., kitchen or bedroom). This thesis is a continuation of studies on the fingerprinting paradigm. For the regression approach, we perform a comparison between the Unscentend Kalman Filter (UKF) and the Particle Filter (PF), two suboptimal solutions for the Bayesian filter. The UKF assumes near-linearity and imposes unimodal Gaussian densities while the PF does not. These assumptions are very fragile and we show that the UKF is not a robust solution in practice. For the classification approach, we are intrigued by a simple method we name the Simple Gaussian Classifier (SGC). We ponder if this simple method comes at a cost in terms of classfication errors. We compare the SGC against the K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) and Support Vector Machine (SVM), two other popular classifiers. Experimental results present evidence that the SGC is very competitive. Furthermore, because the SGC is written in closed-form, it can be used directly under the Bayesian filter framework, which is better known as the Hidden Markov Model (HMM) filter. The fingerprinting paradigm is powerful but it suffers from the fact that conditions may change. We propose extending the Bayesian filter framework by utilizing the filter derivative to realize an online estimation scheme, which tracks the time-varying parameters. Preliminary results show some promise but further work is needed to validate its performance.
title: Wasrapport IJzer-Afwatering Gent: januari 2023
Creators: name: Boeckx, Leen
name: Deschamps, Maarten
name: Coen, Leen
Publisher: name: Flanders Hydraulics
Year: 2023

description: Title : WL Rapporten. Waterbouwkundig Laboratorium: Antwerpen. Volume : PA008_3 Issue : Pagination : VII, 33 + 2 p. bijl.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Tracking of Cells and Agents Targeted to Bone Fracture
Creators: name: Taha, May
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Surgery
subject: Magnetic Resonance Imaging
subject: Micro Computed Tomography
subject: Stem Cells
subject: Cell labelling
subject: Cell tracking
subject: Bone
subject: Musculoskeletal system
subject: Contrast agents

description: Regenerative medicine is likely to play a major role in the treatment of musculoskeletal diseases. Stem cell therapies could be used to restore damaged or diseased tissues by contributing to the healing process. Additionally, bone targeted nanoparticles could be of great use in this field, as they can be used to deliver therapies or to image an injury site. In order to evaluate and monitor new regenerative therapies in preclinical models over time, a non-invasive in vivo imaging tool is needed. Use of such an imaging method will enable testing new cell therapies in bone. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) holds considerable promise for this purpose. Considering that it is a non-invasive and non ionizing method makes it well-suited for repeated measurements studies. Initially, we optimized an MRI protocol for visualization of bone injuries, and then we compared the optimized MRI protocol with µCT as the gold standard for bone imaging. We found that MRI offers several advantages over µCT, including that it visualized soft tissue, edema, therapeutic biomaterials, and is especially useful when ionizing radiation is to be avoided. Subsequently, we used MRI to assess materials used in this study such as bone targeted nanoparticles, contrast agents and stem cell scaffolds. After establishing the MRI protocol, we labelled-differentiated ESCs, and then transplanted them in vivo for MR tracking. The results showed that MRI detected the labelled cells in vivo that under some conditions the MRI could detect migration of the differentiated ESC’s to remote site of injury. The findings were validated by histology and immunohistochemistry. To our knowledge, this is the first study to track cells in bone fracture using MRI. Based on the results of this research, future studies can use the developed cell tracking model for testing the effectiveness of novel cell therapies that promote bone repair.
El liga entre santedat i virtud a la llim de l'exhortació Gaudete et Exsultate
Creators: name: Costa Bou, Joan
Publisher: name: Revista Catalana de Teologia
Year: 2023

description: La finalitat d’aquest article és mostrar el lligam entre la santedat i les virtuts humanes. La reflexió remet paral·lelament al debat sobre la relació entre ascètica i mística, així com sobre el lloc de la teologia espiritual dins els estudis de la teologia, fet que ha anat evolucionant al llarg de la història. Com es resol aquesta qüestió no és indiferent i, de fet, ha afectat l’educació i la vivència moral, sovint amb deficièn- cies, que cal repensar. L’Exhortació Gaudete et exsultate del papa Francesc esdevé l’ocasió per a apro- fundir en l’esmentat lligam. Pretenem oferir una comprensió de la virtut com a predisposició per a la santedat, i una santedat que sí que ens fa virtuosos, i proposem una interrelació que, a més de purifi- car i potenciar les virtuts humanes, alhora les transfigura. Oferim algunes conclusions com ara la pos- sibilitat d’una santedat no virtuosa, així com alguns elements per a una adient educació moral.
description: Revista Catalana de Teologia, Vol. 47, Núm. 2 (2022):