cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Combinatorial degenerations of surfaces and Calabi--Yau threefolds
Creators: name: Chiarellotto, Bruno
name: Lazda, Christopher
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Number Theory (math.NT)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 14G20

description: In this article we study combinatorial degenerations of minimal surfaces of Kodaira dimension 0 over local fields, and in particular show that the `type' of the degeneration can be read off from the monodromy operator acting on a suitable cohomology group. This can be viewed as an arithmetic analogue of results of Persson and Kulikov on degenerations of complex surfaces, and extends various particular cases studied by Matsumoto, Liedtke/Matsumoto and Hernández-Mada. We also study `maximally unipotent' degenerations of Calabi--Yau threefolds, following Kollár/Xu, showing in this case that the dual intersection graph is a 3-sphere.
description: 27 pages. Final version, published in Algebra & Number Theory
Smooth zooming
Creators: name: Šuba, Radan
Publisher: name: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment
Year: 2018

description: Chapter 2 showed that current maps on the Internet are composed of the discrete set of LODs/scale pyramids with big changes of map content and representations. This can lead to confusion for the users when they navigate in the map. Therefore, a conceptual model (SSC) was proposed, see Chapter 3. We believe that, by capturing the whole generalization process in small smooth incremental changes, it is possible to achieve a better user experience e. g. when the user zooms in and out. To verify this hypothesis it is necessary: (1) generate a SSC dataset (2) develop a software prototype where a dataset can be used in its full potential and (3) perform usability test. Hence this chapter will describe the benefits of such as smooth representation in more detail. Section 6.1 gives an introduction to the problem and it suggests our solution. Section 6.2 covers the theoretical background, principle and example of smooth zooming. Section 6.3 presents possible conversion strategies to smooth representation. Section 6.4 explains the software prototype for possible usability testing. This is followed by our initial usability test, which was carry out addition to our plans. More specific, Section 6.5 defines all elements of the testing. Section 6.6 presents preliminary results, and Section 6.7 describes gained experiences. Then, Section 6.8 summarizes possible improvements for the future.
description: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment, No. 18 (2017): Design and development of a system for vario-scale maps
Diffuse Radiation from the Aquila Rift
Creators: name: Jyothy, S. N.
name: Murthy, Jayant
name: Karuppath, Narayanankutty
name: Sujatha, N. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present an analysis of the diffuse ultraviolet (UV) background in a low latitude region near the Aquila Rift based on observations made by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX). The UV background is at a level of about 2000 ph cm^-2 s^-1 sr^-1 Å^-1 with no correlation with either the Galactic latitude or the 100 micron infrared (IR) emission. Rather, the UV emission falls off with distance from the bright B2 star HIP 88149, which is in the centre of the field. We have used a Monte Carlo model to derive an albedo of 0.6 - 0.7 in the UV with a phase function asymmetry factor (g) of 0.2 - 0.4. The value for the albedo is dependent on the dust distribution while g is determined by the extent of the halo.
description: 7 pages, 13 figures, one table
Characterization of Spontaneous Motor Recovery and Changes in Plasticity-Limiting Perineuronal Nets Following Cortical and Subcortical Stroke
Creators: name: Karthikeyan, Sai Sudarshan
Publisher: name: Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
Year: 2017
Subjects: Stroke Recovery
Neuroplasticity
Cortex
Striatum
Focal Ischemia
Animal Models
Perineuronal Nets
Parvalbumin

description: Stroke is a leading cause of neurological disability, often resulting in long-term motor impairments due to damage to the striatum and/or motor cortex. While both humans and animals show spontaneous recovery following stroke, little is known about how the injury location affects recovery and what causes recovery to plateau. This information is essential in order to improve current rehabilitation practice and develop new therapies to enhance recovery. In this thesis, we used endothelin-1 (ET-1), a potent vasoconstrictor, to produce focal infarcts in the forelimb motor cortex (FMC), the dorsolateral striatum (DLS) or both the FMC and DLS in male Sprague-Dawley rats. In the first experiment, the spontaneous recovery profile of animals was followed over an 8-week period using multiple behavioural tasks assessing motor function and limb preference to identify how recovery varies depending on injury location. Infarct volumes were measured to determine the association between injury and behavioural outcome. All three groups had significant functional impairments on the Montoya staircase, beam traversal, and cylinder tests following stroke, with the combined group having the largest and most persistent impairments. Importantly, spontaneous recovery was not simply dependent on lesion volume but on the lesion location and the behavioural test employed. In the second experiment, we focused on a potential cellular mechanism thought to underlie post-stroke plasticity and functional recovery. In a separate cohort of animals, we assessed how plasticity-limiting perineuronal nets (PNNs) and associated parvalbumin-positive (PV) GABAergic interneurons change following similar ET-1 strokes as in the prior experiment. A significant reduction in the density of PNNs was observed in the perilesional cortex of animals that received a cortical-only or combined stroke but not a striatal-only injury. Although there were no significant differences in the density of PV interneurons between sham and stroked groups, a significant negative correlation existed between cortical infarct volume and the density of PV interneurons in the perilesional cortex. Taken together these results demonstrate that lesion location influences motor recovery and neuroplastic changes following stroke. This supports the idea that a “one size fits all” approach for stroke rehabilitation may not be effective and treatment needs to be individualized to the patient.
MAKTABDA TA'LIMINI TAKOMILLASHTIRISHDA DIREKTORLARNING KASBIY –PSIXOLOGIK XUSUSIYATLARINI O'RNI VA AHAMIYATI
Creators: name: G'ovsiddinova Nozanin Sunnatullo qizi Sharof  Rashidov nomidagi                       Samarqand  davlat universiteti Psixologiya va ijtimoiy siyosiy fanlar fakulteti    4-kurs  talabasi
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025

description: Ushbu maqolada bugungi kundagi innovatsion jarayonlarda maktab  ta’limini yanada rivojlantirishda  direktorlarning roli ,  direktorlarning  boshqaruv faoliyatini olib borish va   kasbiy –psixologik xususiyatlarini o’rni va ahamiyati  haqida fikr-mulohaza olib borildi.

     Kalit so‘zlar: maktab direktori, ta’lim tizimi, boshqaruv jarayonlari, direktorlarning kasbiy –psixologik xususiyatlar , kominikatsion jarayonlar
ReframeIndDiffNgeoCollectivismModerators
Creators: name: Wichman, Aaron
name: Rosenberg, Benjamin
name: Ren, Shuang
name: Larsen, Jeff
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: COVID-19
subject: geographic variation

description: Testing whether geographic and inter-individual variation in Collectivism, Religiosity, and other Variables Moderate Effectiveness of Social Distancing Phrases
Spectral Sensitivity of Graphene/Silicon Heterojunction Photodetectors
Creators: name: Riazimehr, Sarah
name: Bablich, Andreas
name: Schneider, Daniel
name: Kataria, Satender
name: Passi, Vikram
name: Yim, Chanyoung
name: Duesberg, Georg S.
name: Lemme, Max C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have studied the optical properties of two-dimensional (2D) Schottky photodiode heterojunctions made of chemical vapor deposited (CVD) graphene on n- and p-type Silicon (Si) substrates. Much better rectification behavior is observed from the diodes fabricated on n- Si substrates in comparison with the devices on p-Si substrates in dark condition. Also, graphene/n-Si photodiodes show a considerable responsivity of 270 mA/W within the silicon spectral range in DC reverse bias condition. The present results are furthermore compared with that of a molybdenum disulfide (MoS2)/p-type silicon photodiodes.
The challenge of self-reliance
Creators: name: Alexander, Don
Publisher: name: Vancouver Island University - Royal Roads University
Year: 1994
Subjects: subject: Sustainability

description: This article examines what a sustainable economy would look like in the Vancouver region.
description: This article originally was published as: Alexander, D. (1994, March). The challenge of self-reliance. The New Catalyst, p. 6. The New Catalyst was a quarterly magazine published by the Catalyst Education Society.
description: https://viuspace.viu.ca/bitstream/handle/10613/5113/Alexander.NC.pdf?sequence=4
Voices in Exile: Sandra Lorenzano's Saudades and María Teresa Andruetto's Lengua madre
Creators: name: Phillips, Thomas Newton, II
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Year: 2011

description: Exile serves as a major theme in two contemporary Argentine novels: Sandra Lorenzano's Saudades (2007) and María Teresa Andruetto's Lengua madre (2010). Both have connections to the Dirty War (Guerra Sucia), and as writing responding to state-sponsored torture, they explore memory, re-creation of the past, and identity. Saudades presents victims of violence and uprooting, following Jews in various centuries, immigrants seeking economic opportunity, and Argentines fleeing military abuse of power. Lengua madre, through letters, explores the lives of protagonists who suffer exile and insilio, the effects of which are mostly visible within linguistic forms of ownership, verbal tenses, and points of view that determine word choice, meaning, and ultimately identity. In both novels, language reveals the effects of exile and calls into question collective response to historical events, and the fractured reality of time and place influences the linguistics of location and identity.
Large vario-scale datasets
Creators: name: Šuba, Radan
Publisher: name: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment
Year: 2018

description: In Chapter 3 the focus was on vario-scale data structure description. This was extended in Chapter 4, where generating better content for this structure was investigated. It showed how the structure has been developed and used in practice, and current technical limitations. One of them is processing really massive dataset with records in order of millions which do not fit in the main memory of computer. It is a notorious and challenging problem. This is especially true in the case of map generalization, where the relationships between (adjacent) features in the map must be considered. Therefore, this chapter presents our solution for automated generalization in vario-scale structure based on the idea of subdividing the workload according to a multi-level structure of the space, allowing parallel processing. More specifically: Section 5.1 specifies our goal. Section 5.2 presents related work and other options to handle large datasets. Section 5.3 explains the principles of our method in more detail. In Section 5.4 modifications of the process specific for road network generalization are introduced. Statistics and a test of real dataset with more than 800 thousand objects are given in Section 5.5, followed by conclusions and the future work related to processing large datasets in Section 5.6.
description: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment, No. 18 (2017): Design and development of a system for vario-scale maps
Wear Performance of Monolithic Dental Ceramics against Enamel
Creators: name: Ghuman, Taneet
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2016

description: Wear of human enamel and the restorative materials is often a functional and anatomical concern when selecting a restorative material for clinical application. Ceramic restorations have been known to cause wear of opposing enamel. Demands for more biocompatible ceramics have led to the development of new generations of monolithic ceramic materials, but their wear performance has not been fully understood. Objective: To measure and compare enamel wear against monolithic ceramic materials (Lithium Disilicate and Zirconia) as a function of surface treatment (polished, glazed, polished then glazed). Additionally, the surface roughness (Ra) of the ceramic materials was measured before wear testing to evaluate the effect of surface treatment on the surface roughness. Materials and methods: The study included 10 flat specimens of lithium disilicate (polished), zirconia (n=10), (divided into polished, glazed, polished and then glazed). Enamel specimens were obtained from freshly extracted and caries free maxillary 1st premolars. Buccal cusps were standardized, mounted onto steel styli, stabilized with self-cure acrylic resin, and polished with a series of 400-, 600-, and 1200-grit SiC paper. The ceramic specimens comprised of standardized lithium disilicate (polished), zirconia (polished, glazed, polished then glazed) blocks (n=10). All ceramic specimens were wet-finished (pumice/polishing cloth), cleaned (ultrasonic bath/5min/distilled water), glazed and stored for 24hrs at 37°C. Before testing, the surface roughness of all ceramic specimens was measured using a non-contact 3D surface profilometer (Proscan 2000, UK). Enamel and ceramic specimens were mounted into brass holders and subjected to cyclic loading in a chewing simulator for 600,000 cycles with a vertical load of 20N onto ceramic specimens stabilized on a 2mm horizontal sliding platform at a frequency of 20 cycles/min. The test was conducted at 37°C using a continuous solution of 33% glycerin + 66% water for lubrication. Volume and depth loss (mm3) were determined, the 3D scans were superimposed with PROFORM software. Data was analyzed by ANOVA and Tukey post-hoc tests (p=0.05). Results: Wear Volume: Ceramics: there was no measurable wear loss on polished zirconia, significant material loss wear values were seen with other groups. Enamel demonstrates significantly greater wear when opposed with polished lithium disilicate, polished and then glazed zirconia and glazed Zirconia (p<0.0001) than polished zirconia specimens. Conclusion: Enamel showed wear when opposed to all ceramic groups. Enamel opposed to polished zirconia showed lower mean wear values than when opposed to polished lithium disilicate, polished and glazed zirconia, and glazed zirconia. Monolithic zirconia is wear-resistant. Glazed materials are rougher than polished materials even when glaze is applied to a polished material, causing notable wear of the opposing enamel. This study was supported in part by Ivoclar Vivadent.
On burning a lump of coal
Creators: name: Alonso-Serrano, Ana
name: Visser, Matt
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Burning something, (e.g. the proverbial lump of coal, or an encyclopaedia for that matter), in a blackbody furnace leads to an approximately Planck emission spectrum with an average entropy/information transfer of approximately $3.9 \pm 2.5$ bits per emitted photon. This quantitative and qualitative result depends only on the underlying unitarity of the quantum physics of burning, combined with the statistical mechanics of blackbody radiation. The fact that the utterly standard and unitarity preserving process of burning something (in fact, burning anything) nevertheless *has* an associated entropy/information budget, and the quantitative *size* of that entropy/information budget, is a severely under-appreciated feature of standard quantum statistical physics.
description: 11 pages
Techniques for better vario-scale map content
Creators: name: Šuba, Radan
Publisher: name: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment
Year: 2018

description: The previous chapters covered the research where the vario-scale structure has been introduced. The main aim of the research was general functionality, performance and optimization. So far, the technical aspects had higher priority than the map content. Therefore, this chapter focuses on improving our development kit for generating varioscale content. It presents a strategy to provide good cartographic results throughout all scales and properly stored in the structure. First, Section 4.1 specifies our target. Section 4.2 presents solutions of other researchers. Section 4.3 introduces concepts and tools which are used later in newly designed process. This is demonstrated on road features in Section 4.4. The section presents the generalization approach for the whole scale range from large scale, where roads are represented as area objects, to mid and small scales, where roads are represented as line objects. In our suggested gradual approach even for one road the representation can be mixed, both area and line, which may provide better transition phase and be
description: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment, No. 18 (2017): Design and development of a system for vario-scale maps
Comparing Alignment of a State Test and District Formative Assessments with State Content Standards using Three Methods
Creators: name: Greive, Elizabeth Lynn
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Year: 2012

description: Alignment between tests and content standards is an essential piece of validity evidence. This study examines the alignment of a district, fourth grade, mathematics, formative assessment to state content standards using three commonly-used methods, including the Webb method, Achieve method, and the Surveys of an Enacted Curriculum (SEC) method. Alignment sessions were conducted separately for each method by the researcher with educators and graduate students. Findings across methods suggest that each alignment method highlights different components of alignment. Suggestions are made for integrating the essential pieces of alignment evidence across methods. The alignment of the district formative assessment to the state standards is compared to the alignment of the state test and the state content standards using the Webb method. The findings comparing the alignment of the state test and the formative assessment to the state content standards using the Webb method indicate that the state test is more aligned to the standards than the district formative assessment.
Interventions to improve linear growth during exclusive breastfeeding life-stage for children aged 0-6 months living in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review with network and pairwise meta-analyses
Creators: name: Park, Jay
name: Siden, Ellie
name: Harari, Ofir
name: Dron, Louis
name: Majzoub, Reham
name: Jeziorska, Virginia
name: Zannat, Noor-E
name: Gadalla, Heather
name: Thorlund, Kristian
name: Mills, Edward
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine and Health Sciences

description: Evaluation of various interventions through network meta-analysis to look at their effectiveness on linear growth in children aged 0-6 months.
An empirical study of Unfairness and Oscillation in ETSI DCC
Creators: name: Marzouk, Fatma
name: Zagrouba, Rachid
name: Laouiti, Anis
name: Muhlethaler, Paul
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: -Performance of Vehicular Adhoc Networks (VANETs) in high node density situation has long been a major field of studies. Particular attention has been paid to the frequent exchange of Cooperative Awareness Messages (CAMs) on which many road safety applications rely. In the present paper, se focus on the European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI) Decentralized Congestion Control (DCC) mechanism, particularly on the evaluation of its facility layers component when applied in the context of dense networks. For this purpose, a set of simulations has been conducted over several scenarios, considering rural highway and urban mobility in order to investigate unfairness and oscillation issues, and analyze the triggering factors. The experimental results show that the latest technical specification of the ETSI DCC presents a significant enhancement in terms of fairness. In contrast, the stability criterion leaves room for improvement as channel load measurement presents (i) considerable fluctuations when only the facility layer control is applied and (i.i) severe state oscillation when different DCC control methods are combined.
Generating Weather Forecast Texts with Case Based Reasoning
Creators: name: Adeyanju, Ibrahim
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Several techniques have been used to generate weather forecast texts. In this paper, case based reasoning (CBR) is proposed for weather forecast text generation because similar weather conditions occur over time and should have similar forecast texts. CBR-METEO, a system for generating weather forecast texts was developed using a generic framework (jCOLIBRI) which provides modules for the standard components of the CBR architecture. The advantage in a CBR approach is that systems can be built in minimal time with far less human effort after initial consultation with experts. The approach depends heavily on the goodness of the retrieval and revision components of the CBR process. We evaluated CBRMETEO with NIST, an automated metric which has been shown to correlate well with human judgements for this domain. The system shows comparable performance with other NLG systems that perform the same task.
description: 6 pages
Predicting Pathological Effect of Mutation and Identifying Cancer Driver Event Based on Protein Structure
Creators: name: Wang, Boshen
Publisher: name: University of Illinois at Chicago
Year: 2023

description: Identifying cancer driver mutations is critical for understanding molecular mechanisms triggering tumorigenesis, and for designing targeted treatments in precision oncology. The majority of existing in-silico methods focus on predicting cancer driver genes, but are limited as they cannot identify specific sites where mutations drive tumorigenesis from a noisy mutational background landscape. Among the 2.94 millions missense mutations from COSMIC cancer samples, over 94% have low recurrence (<3) and over 50% are predicted to exhibit pathogenic effects by various bioinformatics methods. As no further information is provided, it is challenging to determine which mutations are driving tumorigenesis using current methods that are frequency-based or mutation effect-based approaches. In this study, we develop a new method called Structure-CAncer-Relationship-on-Pathogenicity (SCARP) to identify cancer driver mutations by systematically integrating mutation effects, co-clustering effects of spatial regions near the mutation sites, as well as mutation recurrence. First, we use our novel Structure-Pathogenicity Relationship Identifier (SPRI) method to estimate the likelihood of pathogenicity of a specified mutation, as SPRI captures essential biological properties from structural, biophysical, and evolutionary features, and exhibits favorable performance to identify deleterious mutations on the ground truth of Mendelian disease-type mutations compared with multiple state-of-the-art methods. Furthermore, it demonstrates great transferability in distinguishing cancer driver mutations from passenger mutations. Second, we quantify the influence of co-clustering mutations in the structural neighborhood regions of the mutation site, as biological functions often require specific structural arrangements of residues. Third, we utilize mutation recurrence collected from pan-cancer or tissue-specific cancer cohorts. We show our method can effectively identify cancer driver genes and provides detailed rankings of pathogenicity of the mutation sites. Our results show that accurate recognition of co-clustering mutational effects is important for predicting site-specific cancer driver events.
The QCD evolution of TMD in the covariant approach
Creators: name: Efremov, A. V.
name: Teryaev, O. V.
name: Zavada, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The procedure for calculation of the QCD evolution of transverse momentum dependent distributions within the covariant approach is suggested. The standard collinear QCD evolution together with the requirements of relativistic invariance and rotational symmetry of the nucleon in its rest frame represent the basic ingredients of our approach. The obtained results are compared with the predictions of some other approaches.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures, To appear in the proceedings of the XVI Workshop on High Energy Spin Physics DSPIN-15, Dubna, Russia, September 8-12, 2015
Vario-scale data structures
Creators: name: Šuba, Radan
Publisher: name: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment
Year: 2018

description: The previous chapter presents state-of-the-art in map generalization at NMAs’ and continuous generalization. There is a noticeable technological shift towards continuous generalisation which supports interactive map use where users can zoom in, out and navigate more gradual way. Despite some research efforts there is no satisfactory solution yet. Therefore, this chapter introduces the truly smooth vario-scale structure for geographic information where a small step in the scale dimension leads to a small change in representation of geographic features that are represented on the map. With this approach there is no (or minimal) geometric data redundancy and there is no (temporal) delay any more between the availability of data sets at different map scales (as was and is the case with more traditional approaches of multi-scale representations). Moreover, continuous generalisation of real world features is based on the structure that can be used for presenting a smooth zoom action to the user. More specific, Section 3.1 and 3.2 provide historical overview of the development and the theoretical framework for vario-scale representations: the tGAP-structure (topological Generalized Area Partitioning). Section 3.3 describes the initial effort to generate the better cartographic content; the concept of constraint tGAP. Section 3.4 explains the 3D SSC (Space-Scale Cube) encoding of 2D truly vario-scale data. Section 3.5 shows idea how to combine more level of details in one map. Section 3.6 summarizes the open questions of the vario-scale concept and it indicates research covered in following chapters. Finally, Section 3.7 presents vario-scale data research in parallel to this PhD for progressive data transfer. Then, Section 3.8 summarises the chapter.
description: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment, No. 18 (2017): Design and development of a system for vario-scale maps
Free Vibrations of Axisymmetric Shells: Parabolic and Elliptic cases
Creators: name: Chaussade-Beaudouin, Marie
name: Dauge, Monique
name: Faou, Erwan
name: Yosibash, Zohar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: Spectral Theory (math.SP)
subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Approximate eigenpairs (quasimodes) of axisymmetric thin elastic domains with laterally clamped boundary conditions (Lam{é} system) are determined by an asymptotic analysis as the thickness ($2\varepsilon$) tends to zero. The departing point is the Koiter shell model that we reduce by asymptotic analysis to a scalar modelthat depends on two parameters: the angular frequency $k$ and the half-thickness $\varepsilon$. Optimizing $k$ for each chosen $\varepsilon$, we find power laws for $k$ in function of $\varepsilon$ that provide the smallest eigenvalues of the scalar reductions.Corresponding eigenpairs generate quasimodes for the 3D Lam{é} system by means of several reconstruction operators, including boundary layer terms. Numerical experiments demonstrate that in many cases the constructed eigenpair corresponds to the first eigenpair of the Lam{é} system.Geometrical conditions are necessary to this approach: The Gaussian curvature has to be nonnegative and the azimuthal curvature has to dominate the meridian curvature in any point of the midsurface. In this case, the first eigenvector admits progressively larger oscillation in the angular variable as $\varepsilon$ tends to $0$. Its angular frequency exhibits a power law relationof the form $k=γ\varepsilon^{-β}$ with $β=\frac14$ in the parabolic case (cylinders and trimmed cones), and the various $β$s $\frac25$, $\frac37$, and $\frac13$ in the elliptic case.For these cases where the mathematical analysis is applicable, numerical examples that illustrate the theoretical results are presented.
The efficacy of Visual Art Therapy on PTSD symptomology: A meta-analytic review
Creators: name: Maddox, Georgina
name: Christian, Matthew
name: Bodner, Glen
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Arts and Humanities
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology
subject: art therapy
subject: drawing
subject: intrusions
subject: memory
subject: PTSD

description: We are conducting a meta-analysis on the efficacy of visual art therapy on PTSD symptomology.
Development of SOT DSS components, V2
Creators: name: Angelidis, Christos
name: Angelaki, Kalliopi
name: Theodorou, Angelica
name: Sklavidis, Iosif
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Decision support system
Search and rescue
Crisis Management
DSS

description: The current document demonstrates the second version of the Technical implementation of SOT DSS. More specifically, it reports the additions in each Service that have been implemented, the process of the back-end requests for the necessary data, the back-end responses of SOT DSS, and the SOT DSS responses in COncORDE’s SOT DSS screen. Additionally, the present document shows the Use Cases that the DSS that will be tested and which Services per Use Case. Moreover, the SOT DSS dependencies of data from the other components and actors are presented.
 The document is structured as follows: Section 1 presents the scope of SOT DSS (Technical level) and the related Deliverables. Section 2 shows the additions in each Service, the back-end and front-end process. Finally, Section 3 describes the Use Cases in which the SOT DSS and its Services will be tested and the dependencies in order for SOT DSS to work properly.
Elementary Superconductivity in Nonlinear Electrodynamics Coupled to Gravity
Creators: name: Dymnikova, Irina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Source-free equations of nonlinear electrodynamics minimally coupled to gravity admit regular axially symmetric asymptotically Kerr-Newman solutions which describe charged rotating black holes and electromagnetic spinning solitons (lumps). Asymptotic analysis of solutions shows, for both black holes and solitons, the existence of de Sitter vacuum interior which has the properties of a perfect conductor and ideal diamagnetic and displays superconducting behaviour which can be responsible for practically unlimited life time of an object. Superconducting current flows on the equatorial ring replacing the Kerr ring singularity of the Kerr-Newman geometry. Interior de Sitter vacuum supplies the electron with the finite positive electromagnetic mass related the interior de Sitter vacuum of the electroweak scale and to breaking of space-time symmetry, which allows to explain the mass-square differences for neutrino and the appearance of the minimal length scale in the annihilation reaction $e^{+}e^{-}\rightarrowγγ(γ)$.
description: 10 pages, 1 figure
Message development for a tailored text message-based smoking and vaping cessation intervention for dual users of conventional and electronic cigarettes
Creators: name: Mathur, Jaya
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Year: 2014

description: In recent years, the popularity of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) has grown dramatically, particularly among conventional cigarette smokers. Two surveys were disseminated to independent samples of dual users to understand their e-cigarette intentions and beliefs, pretest cigarette and e-cigarette cessation messages, and solicit message suggestions. Results indicate that most dual users intend to use e-cigarettes to help them quit smoking or help them reduce the number of cigarettes they smoke. Furthermore, the vast majority of dual users believe using e-cigarettes will help them with smoking cessation or reduction. On average, respondents found both cigarette-only and combination cigarette and e-cigarette messages at least somewhat relevant and somewhat effective, though they consistently rated cigarette-only messages as more relevant and more effective than combination messages. The belief I fear that e-cigarettes may be toxic was found to significantly predict respondents' perceived effectiveness of combination messages. Finally, the most popular themes apparent in respondents' suggestions for e-cigarette cessation messages were mystery (lack of information or scientific consensus regarding e-cigarettes), personal health and wellbeing (actual or possible implications of e-cigarette use on health or quality of life), and dependency (the addictive nature of e-cigarettes or nicotine as an ingredient in e-cigarettes).
State of the art in automated map generalization
Creators: name: Šuba, Radan
Publisher: name: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment
Year: 2018

description: Automated map generalization is a difficult, complex and computational very intensive problem. The aim of this chapter is to study existing solutions and state of the art. It also provides context and motivation for why we tackle this problem by applying varioscale approach. In Section 2.1, the paradigm shift in map generalization in a digital environment is studied. We investigate if requirements in the map making process have changed with the transformation from paper to digital environment and if so what are the consequences. Then Section 2.2 investigates how National Mapping Agencies are dealing with automated generalization process in general and what are their recent developments. In Section 2.3, the focus is on the issue of continuous map generalization, which is becoming more researched as an alternative to the map generalization for discrete predefined scales. Section 2.4 demonstrates another problem of digital map environment where the number of map scales available is not sufficient for user interactions. Final remarks are covered in 2.5.
description: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment, No. 18 (2017): Design and development of a system for vario-scale maps
X-ray high-resolution spectroscopy reveals feedback in a Seyfert galaxy from an ultra fast wind with complex ionization and velocity structure
Creators: name: Longinotti, Anna Lia
name: Krongold, Yair
name: Guainazzi, Matteo
name: Giroletti, Marcello
name: Panessa, Francesca
name: Costantini, Elisa
name: Lleo, Maria Santos
name: Rodriguez-Pascual, Pedro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena (astro-ph.HE)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Winds outflowing from Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) may carry significant amount of mass and energy out to their host galaxies. In this paper we report the detection of a sub-relativistic outflow observed in the Narrow Line Seyfert 1 Galaxy IRAS17020+4544 as a series of absorption lines corresponding to at least 5 absorption components with an unprecedented wide range of associated column densities and ionization levels and velocities in the range of 23,000-33,000 km/s, detected at X-ray high spectral resolution (E/Delta E ~1000) with the ESA's observatory XMM-Newton. The charge states of the material constituting the wind clearly indicate a range of low to moderate ionization states in the outflowing gas and column densities significantly lower than observed in highly ionized ultra fast outflows. We estimate that at least one of the outflow components may carry sufficient energy to substantially suppress star formation, and heat the gas in the host galaxy. IRAS17020+4544 provides therefore an interesting example of feedback by a moderately luminous AGN hosted in a spiral galaxy, a case barely envisaged in most evolution models, which often predict that feedback processes take place in massive elliptical galaxies hosting luminous quasars in a post merger phase.
description: 8 pages, 3 figures, to appear on ApJ Letters
Europeanization theories and the development of European Union intellectual disability non-discrimination policy
Creators: name: Sladen, Jennifer Ann
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2010

description: This thesis examines the extent to which certain conditions (economic and human rights ties, established/coherent social movements, and court cases) mentioned in Europeanization theories explain non-discrimination policy development, utilizing a qualitative case study of European Union (EU) intellectual disability (ID) policy. I find that 1) economic ties explain initial but not widespread ID-related and ID-focused policy development; 2) human rights ties have positively impacted the development of EU ID-related/focused policies but this impact does not imply policy definition; 3) the relationships between social movements (as opposed to social movement coherency) have resulted in both furthering and stifling EU ID policy development; and 4) the lack of previous implementation of non-discrimination directives (particularly regarding legal incapacitation) and the use of an historically and policy inappropriate definition of disabilities has stifled the positive effects of court case prevalence on ID policy development.
Going Ballistic: Graphene Hot Electron Transistors
Creators: name: Vaziri, Sam
name: Smith, Anderson D.
name: Östling, Mikael
name: Lupina, Grzegorz
name: Dabrowski, Jarek
name: Lippert, Gunther
name: Driussi, Francesco
name: Venica, Stefano
name: Di Lecce, Valerio
name: Gnudi, Antonio
name: König, Matthias
name: Ruhl, Günther
name: Belete, Melkamu
name: Lemme, Max C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: This paper reviews the experimental and theoretical state of the art in ballistic hot electron transistors that utilize two-dimensional base contacts made from graphene, i.e. graphene base transistors (GBTs). Early performance predictions that indicated potential for THz operation still hold true today, even with improved models that take non-idealities into account. Experimental results clearly demonstrate the basic functionality, with on/off current switching over several orders of magnitude, but further developments are required to exploit the full potential of the GBT device family. In particular, interfaces between graphene and semiconductors or dielectrics are far from perfect and thus limit experimental device integrity, reliability and performance.
Take 1, Take 2, Take 3: A suggested three-stage approach to exploratory practice
Creators: Fanselow, John
Barnard, Roger
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2005
Subjects: Education
Teaching
Reflective teaching

description: In 2004, three of Richard Allwright's students who had worked with him at the University of Lancaster decided to produce a collection of writings from those in the field who had learned from Allwright's writings on exploratory practice and classroom observation. I was in New Zealand at the time doing some joint teaching with Roger Barnard at the University of Waikato. I suggested to Roger that we submit a jointly written chapter. One reason was that working together would be in tune with Allwright's suggestions through the years about collaboration. Another was that Roger and I had recently discussed the number of articles we had read that presented single interpretations of transcriptions of classroom interaction. We both believed that single interpretations are dangerous since they assume data shows the world in black and white without nuance. In literature single interpretations of characters, themes and plots are unthinkable. We selected three transcripts that had been interpreted in one way in widely quoted articles to interpret in 3 ways--thus the title: Take 1, Take 2, Take 3.
Education and immigration: federal debates and policies in West Germany, 1960s-1980s
Creators: name: Lehman, Brittany R.
Publisher: name: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Year: 2011

description: In the 1970s, the number of children with migrant backgrounds within the new West Germany rose considerably and debates about their schooling developed on multiple levels. The Federal Government, spurred on by international pressure, internal considerations, and public concern, quickly became involved in these debates. This paper analyzes these federal debates on migration and education and the related federal policies during the late 1960s to the late 1980s by asking two questions. First, what did the different Federal Governments define as the major problems regarding the schooling of the children of guest workers and how did the perception of these problems change? Second, what policies did different Federal Governments and their ministries and administrations propose to solve these problems?
title: Criteria in the criticism of West African fiction
Creators: name: Gurnah, Abdulrazak R.
Publisher: name: University of Kent
Year: 2023

description: This study attempts to identify the major preoccupations of the criticism of African fiction, and to observe how these preoccupations have influenced readings of selected West African novels. The controversy that surrounded the négritude movement in English-speaking Africa has tended to discourage critics from acknowledging its influence in the development of the criticism and the literature. This influence can be seen both in the continuing racial assertiveness of the criticism, and more importantly, in the manner in which some criticism defines itself and its criteria for judgement in terms of concepts of racial and cultural "authenticity." It is one of the contentions of this study that this preoccupation with the "essence" of what it is to be African has contributed to the misreading of the early novels of Ayi Kwei Armah. The discussion of these novels in Chapter III attempts to demonstrate this, while at the same time conceding that the interest of the writers in social problems discourages a wholeheartedly "formal" approach to criticism. By comparison of the early novels of Armah with Achebe's No Longer At Ease and A Man of the People, an attempt is made to demonstrate that the controversy surrounding the work of the former, and the generous praise for the work of the latter, arises from the contrasting manner in which the two writers view society, and from the critics' response to this. The efforts to define an African tradition are discussed in Chapter IV, and the discussion indicates the problems that occur when the desire for definitive norms overcomes the need to acknowledge complexities. The discussion of Soyinka's The Interpreters is intended to show both that the novel suffers at the hands of critics who equate ease of syntax with tradition, and that Soyinka's vision of the past as in dynamic relationship with the present offers a more profound understanding of tradition than some of the more facile and general descriptions of it. The language of expression is a live issue in the criticism of African literature. This is discussed in Chapter V, along with the efforts that some writers have made to get round the restrictions that the use of English places on their work. Chapter VI discusses the attempts that some critics have made to define the qualifying attributes of the critic of African literature, particularly in relation to Western critics. This is followed by a brief conclusion which attempts to consider the main issues discussed in the study.
title: Renal Jackstone calculus
Creators: name: Khan, Noman
Publisher: name: EURORAD
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Uroradiology & genital male imaging
subject: Kidney
subject: Urinary Tract / Bladder
subject: CT
subject: Lithotripsy
subject: Surgery
subject: Clinical Cases

description: Clinical History: A 26-year-old male presented with mild left upper quadrant pain and discomfort that had started a month ago. The pain was dull, over the left lumbar region, and was unrelated to a specific time of the day, intensity with posture, diet or exercise. Patient had no other complaints and was otherwise in good health and had no comorbid conditions. There was no history of hematuria, dysuria, fever, urinary retention or urgency. Patient’s physical examination was normal and there was no tenderness over the lumbar region. The past medical and surgical history was unremarkable. The baseline laboratory investigations revealed no abnormality. Urine routine analysis was normal. The patient was suspected of having a renal calculus and CT KUB was obtained.

description: 26 years, male
Liaison Linkages
Creators: name: Gallet, Matteo
name: Nawratil, Georg
name: Schicho, Josef
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: Symbolic Computation (cs.SC)
subject: Algebraic Geometry (math.AG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: The complete classification of hexapods - also known as Stewart Gough platforms - of mobility one is still open. To tackle this problem, we can associate to each hexapod of mobility one an algebraic curve, called the configuration curve. In this paper we establish an upper bound for the degree of this curve, assuming the hexapod is general enough. Moreover, we provide a construction of hexapods with curves of maximal degree, which is based on liaison, a technique used in the theory of algebraic curves.
description: 40 pages, 6 figures
Conclusion
Creators: name: Zwiers, Merle
Publisher: name: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment
Year: 2018

description: This dissertation consisted of five chapters, one theoretical and four empirical chapters. These chapters are complete research papers, each with their own research question, theoretical framework, empirical analyses, results and discussion section. All papers have been published in peer-reviewed journals or are currently under review. The main findings from these chapters are summarized below. Section 7.3 then reflects upon this dissertation’s main contributions to the literature and provides some suggestions for future research. The following section (7.4) discusses the limitations of this dissertation. Section 7.5 concludes with a discussion of the policy implications.
description: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment, No. 21 (2018): Trajectories of neighborhood change