cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Ζητήματα Έκδοσης και Ευρωπαϊκό Ένταλμα Σύλληψης στο Ν. 4139/2013
Creators: name: Σακέτου, Ιωάννα Ιωάννη
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2021
Subjects: ναρκωτικά
ζητήματα έκδοσης
Ευρωπαϊκό Ένταλμα Σύλληψης
drugs
extradition issues
European Arrest Warrant

description: Η παρούσα εργασία πραγματεύεται τα ζητήματα της έκδοσης και του Ευρωπαϊκού Εντάλματος Σύλληψης ειδικά για τα εγκλήματα του Ν. 4139/2013. Αρχικά γίνεται αναφορά στα χαρακτηριστικά των δύο θεσμών, τις προϋποθέσεις ενεργοποίησής τους και τις δυσκολίες που προκύπτουν κατά την εφαρμογή τους. Στη συνέχεια, επισκοπείται ο τρόπος αντιμετώπισης των σχετικών με τις ναρκωτικές ουσίες εγκλημάτων από την Ευρωπαϊκή Ένωση και παρουσιάζονται τα βασικά στοιχεία του Ν. 4139/2013. Γίνεται υπαγωγή των γνωρισμάτων του νόμου στους υπό εξέταση θεσμούς και σημειώνονται παρατηρήσεις για τα προβλήματα που μπορεί να εκδηλωθούν. Τέλος παρατίθεται σχετική ελληνική, αλλοδαπή και ενωσιακή νομολογία
description: This paper deals with the issues of extradition and the European Arrest Warrant specifically for the crimes of Law 4139/2013. Initially, reference is made to the characteristics of the two institutions, the conditions for their activation and the difficulties that arise during their implementation. Then, the way of dealing with drug-related crimes by the European Union is reviewed and the basic elements of Law 4139/2013 are presented. The features of the law are subsumed in the institutions that are under consideration and remarks are made on the problems that may occur. Finally, relevant Greek, foreign and EU jurisprudence is listed
description: Σε συνεργασία με το τμήμα Νομικής Λευκωσίας Κύπρου
title: To determine the accuracy of interpretation of MRI in pre-menopausal patients with ovarian masses, correlating it with pathology, clinical and imaging follow-up.
Creators: name: Syed, Firdous
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Tissue characterisation
subject: Cancer
subject: Structured reporting
subject: MR
subject: Genital / Reproductive system female

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Purpose Ovarian masses are a common finding whether incidentally on CT, abdominal or transvaginal ultrasound. Gynae protocol MRI scan can act as a problem solving tool to characterises benign, borderline or malignant features (Figs. 1-2 ). Common...
title: The Role of Glycoproteins in Neural Plasticity in Domestic Chick
Creators: name: Zamani, Mohammad Reza
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1992

description: In this project various neurochemical and immunological approaches were used to identify and analyse the role of glycoproteins in neural plasticity. Where appropriate, the one-trial passive avoidance paradigm was used (Gibbs & Ng 1977).

 Initially, the role of a glycosylation inhibitor, 2-deoxy-D-galactose (2DGal), was examined both in vivo and in vitro. The results of these studies agreed with previous reports that 2DGal inhibits incorporation of fucose and galactose into glycoproteins. However, 2DGal inhibited fucosylation and galactosylation of only a sub-set of these macromolecules. The localization of these glycoproteins in synaptic plasma membranes (SPMs) and postsynaptic densities (PSDs) suggested differential glycoprotein synthesis and distribution across the synaptic cleft.

 Subsequent studies attempted to identify the fucosylglycoproteins involved in learning and memory formation and to characterize their structure, sub-cellular distribution and the timecourse of their expression. An in vitro increase in the rate of fucosylation was found in the right forebrain base after training. Further, the rate of fucosylation of a protein component of Mr 110-120kD increased significantly within the first four posttraining hours. A number of glycoproteins showing significant increase in fucosylation either 6hr or 24hr after training, or at both posttraining time-points were identified in vivo. Most were concentrated in SPMs and PSDs of LPO as summarised in figure A.1.

 Polyclonal antibody R15 was raised and it recognized a 60-62kD antigen in SPM and PSD fractions. It rendered chicks amnesic when injected bilaterally 30min before training. Immunocytochemical studies showed medium density labelling of axonal membranes and SPMs and PSDs.

 Finally, the sugar contents of SPM and PSD membrane-bound glycoproteins were analysed using specific lectins. Chick brain glycoproteins were separated by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis and identified using the lectin Ulex Europaeus type I (UEA.I). Some 55 fucosylated polypeptides were found in SPMs and PSDs. Specific antibodies whose antigens have been implicated in learning and memory formation were used to examine whether their immunoreactivity changed as a result of passive avoidance training. Both anti-N-CAM antibodies and anti-ependymin antibodies cross-reacted with chick antigens from SPM and PSD fractions, but immunoblotting did not show training-induced changes.

 The results reported in this thesis are discussed in the light of current understanding of neural mechanisms of learning and memory. Several hypotheses are considered which collectively recognize glycoproteins as major contributors to neural network formation/re-formation during learning and formation and consolidation of memory.
title: Complications after laryngeal surgery: Videofluoroscopy swallowing study
Creators: name: Doratiotto, Stefano
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Multidisciplinary cancer care
subject: Eating disorders
subject: Cancer
subject: Dynamic swallowing studies
subject: Fluoroscopy
subject: Head and neck
subject: Gastrointestinal tract

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: Laryngectomy, which brings about an irreversible loss of voice function, can increasingly be replaced by function-conserving resection techniques. In addition, patients with an advanced stage of laryngeal carcinoma have a greater chance of recovery...
Landowners' Willingness to Supply Woody Biomass for Biofuel in West Alabama
Creators: name: Adjoyi, Gilbert
name: Kebede, Ellene
name: Adjoyi, Gilbert
name: Kebede, Ellene
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Public Economics
subject: Resource /Energy Economics and Policy
subject: Woody Biomass
subject: Ethanol
subject: Forest Landowners
subject: Willingness to Supply
subject: Government Support

description: The Concern for national energy security, rural development, and climate change has created a wider attention for biofuels from woody biomass in recent times. For instance, West Alabama is an area of interest for stakeholders regarding the production of woody biomass. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to examine landowners’ willingness to supply woody biomass for biofuel in West Alabama. A mail survey of randomly selected landowners was conducted in eight selected counties. The results indicated that the average forestland owner is male, between ages of 40 and 57, with an average of 27 years of land ownership. The probability that landowners would dedicate their non-forested land to loblolly pine for biofuel was higher for younger landowners, and increased with price and consequently profit. The results also showed that price support and tax incentives could encourage woody biomass production. Favorable and targeted policies could enhance the supply of woody biomass.
Challenges of Stocking Small Ruminants in Grazing Plots with Dormant Browse Species
Creators: name: Poudel, Sanjok
name: Karki, Uma
name: McElhenney, Wendell
name: Karki, Yubaraj
name: Tillman, Asha
name: Karki, Lila
name: Kumi, Anthony
name: Poudel, Sanjok
name: Karki, Uma
name: McElhenney, Wendell
name: Karki, Yubaraj
name: Tillman, Asha
name: Karki, Lila
name: Kumi, Anthony
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Production Economics
subject: Small Ruminants
subject: Dormant Browse Species
subject: Grazing/Browsing
subject: Grazing System

description: Integration of browse species into the grazing system can increase the grazing/browsing opportunity; however, information is limited on their proper management for long-term use and persistence. The objective of the study was to determine whether it is safe to allow small ruminants to graze pastures consisting of dormant browse species. Katahdin ram lambs (9) and Kiko wethers (20) had access to the study plots containing four dormant browse species (mulberry, Morus alba; mimosa, Albizia julibrissin; white lead tree, Leucaena leucocephala; and bush indigo, Amorpha fruticosa) for two months. Type and extent of damage to the browse species were recorded once animals’ access to the study plots was stopped. The extent of damage was the highest in mulberry followed by mimosa. The results suggest that small ruminants can pose a significant damage to the dormant browse species; so, their access to such browse must be avoided.
title: Lung Cancer: How likely is baseline tumor burden related to time to disease progression
Creators: name: SHARMA, MANISH
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Outcomes
subject: Cancer
subject: Treatment effects
subject: Education
subject: Decision analysis
subject: PET-CT
subject: MR
subject: CT
subject: Lung

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the US (more than 160,000 deaths) as well as the world 1 .In the United States, an estimated 234,030 persons, were newly diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018, or the equivalent of 641 lung cancers...
Green luminescence and calculated optical properties of Cu ions in ZnO
Creators: name: Volnianska, O.
name: Boguslawski, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: There are two characteristic optical transitions associated with Cu ions in ZnO, the 0.72 eV infrared and the 2.86 eV structured green luminescence (SGL). While the former is unambiguously related with the d(Cu2+) intra-shell transition, there is no generally accepted mechanism of the SGL. Besides the original model of Dingle [Phys. Rev. Lett. 23, 579 (1969)], two other mechanisms were recently proposed. We report an analysis of the optical properties of Cu in ZnO by ab initio calculations. The GGA+U approach is used, with the +U corrections applied to d(Zn), p(O) and d(Cu) orbitals. The results, compared with the available experimental data, support the Dingle's model, in which the SGL originates in the (Cu1+, hole) --> Cu2+ transition. A good agreement with experiment is obtained also for the internal transition at 0.72 eV. The absence of an expected radiative transition at about 2 eV is explained by its quasi-forbidden character.
description: 10 pages, 5 figures
Ο τρόπος διάκρισης θεολογικών όρων στις Επιστολές του αγίου Κυρίλλου Αλεξανδρείας
Creators: name: Ντόρτογλου, Ραφαήλ Παναγιώτη
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2021
Subjects: Διάκριση
Θεολογικοί όροι
Επιστολές
Distinction
Theological terms
Epistles

description: Αντικείμενο της παρούσας μεταπτυχιακής εργασίας αποτελεί ο εντοπισμός, η ανάδειξη και η επιμέρους κατηγοριοποίηση των θεολογικών όρων του αγίου Κυρίλλου Αλεξανδρείας, όπως αυτοί προκύπτουν από τις πη΄ Επιστολές του (που περιέχονται στον οζ΄ τόμο της Patrologiæ Græcæ) και μέσα από τις νοητικές και σχετικά ελεύθερες -ορολογικά-, θεολογικές του διακρίσεις. Στόχος της παρούσας μεταπτυχιακής εργασίας είναι, ακριβώς, να εντοπιστούν αυτές οι θεολογικές διακρίσεις του αγίου Κυρίλλου, οι οποίες για τον ερευνητικό χώρο αποτελούν σαφείς θεολογικοί όροι, με σαφέστατο θεολογικό περιεχόμενο, στην συνέχεια, να διακριθούν μεταξύ τους, ούτως ώστε να λάμψει στην αναγνωστική διάνοια αυτό καθ’ εαυτό το θεολογικό τους περιεχόμενο, και, εν τέλει, να κατηγοριοποιηθούν σε επιμέρους ομάδες, προκειμένου να τεθεί σε σαφή και αρθρωτή τάξη όλος ο θεολογικός πλούτος, που αναπτύσσει ο άγιος Πατήρ, και προκειμένου να αναλυθεί ο τρόπος με τον οποίο χρησιμοποιεί την θεολογική ορολογία
description: The object of this master’s thesis is the identification, promotion and sub-categorization of the theological terms of saint Cyril of Alexandria, as they keep emerging from his lxxxviii Epistles (which are contained in the lxxvii volume of Patrologia Græca) and through his intellectual and relatively free -terological-, theological distinctions. The aim of this master’s thesis is, precisely, to identify these theological distinctions of saint Cyril, which for the research area are clear theological terms, with a very clear theological content, then to be distinguished from each other, in order for them to shine inside the reader’s thinking their theological content, and, ultimately, to be categorized into sub-groups, so as to put in a clear and articulate order for all the theological wealth developed by saint Father, and in order to analyze the way in which he uses the theological terminology
title: Feasibility and safety issues of Ultrasound-guided core biopsy of focal lesions of major salivary glands: our experience.
Creators: name: Tulipano Di Franco, Francesco
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Tissue characterisation
subject: Biopsy
subject: Ultrasound
subject: Percutaneous
subject: Salivary glands
subject: Interventional non-vascular
subject: Head and neck

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: Clinical scenario Primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disease with estimated prevalence between 0.5% and 1% of the general population, predominantly affecting middle-aged women with a female to male ratio of 9:1 [1]....
On the thermodynamical limit of self-gravitating systems
Creators: name: Laliena, Victor
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: It is shown that the diluted thermodynamical limit of a self-gravitating system proposed by de Vega and Sanchez suffers from the same problems as the usual thermodynamical limit and leads to divergent thermodynamical functions. This question is also discussed from the point of view of mean field theory.
description: 11 pages. A typo corrected. Cosmetic changes in some equations. Version that appear in the journal
Wave-packet propagation in a finite topological insulator and the spectral localizer index
Creators: name: Michala, Jonathan
name: Pierson, Alexander
name: Loring, Terry A.
name: Watson, Alexander B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We consider a model of electrons in a finite topological insulator. We numerically study the propagation of electronic wave-packets localized near edges of the structure in the presence of defects and random disorder. We compare the propagation with computations of the \emph{spectral localizer index}: a spatially local topological index. We find that without disorder, wave-packets propagate along boundaries between regions of differing spectral localizer index with minimal loss, even in the presence of strong defects. With disorder, wave-packets still propagate along boundaries between regions of differing localizer index, but lose significant mass as they propagate. We also find that with disorder, the \emph{localizer gap}, a measure of the localizer index "strength", is generally smaller away from the boundary than without disorder. Based on this result, we conjecture that wave-packets propagating along boundaries between regions of differing spectral localizer index do not lose significant mass whenever the localizer gap is sufficiently large on both sides of the boundary.
description: 29 pages, 16 figures
AGRICULTURAL MECHANIZATION AND STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION IN MYANMAR’S AYEYARWADY DELTA
Creators: name: Myat Thida Win
name: Aye Mya Thinzar
name: Myat Thida Win
name: Aye Mya Thinzar
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: AGRICULTURE
subject: MECHANIZATION
subject: STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
subject: MYANMAR
subject: AYEYARWADY DELTA

description: Myanmar has experienced rapid economic growth since the civilian government came into power in 2011. Structural transformation of the economy, similar to that already experienced by other countries in the region, appears to be underway, with labor moving from agriculture to more productive urban-based industrial and service sectors. As this trend continues, it is likely that the share of agriculture in GDP will shrink in relative terms, even while continuing to grow in absolute value. The immediate consequences of this shift are labor shortages and rising agricultural wages, causing farmers to seek to substitute machines for manual labor to keep agriculture productive and profitable. Given the likelihood that structural transformation is already underway, we set out to understand current levels and rates of mechanization, and its characteristics and drivers. In order to do so, a representative farm survey was conducted in May 2016 in four townships close to Yangon city where paddy and pulses are widely cultivated; two in Yangon region (Kayan, Twantay) and two in Ayeyarwady region (Maubin, Nyuangdon).
New study of the Boer-Mulders function: Implications for the quark and hadron transverse momenta
Creators: name: Christova, E.
name: Kotlorz, D.
name: Leader, E.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In series of papers the Boer-Mulders function for a given quark flavour has been extracted: (i) from data on semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering, using the simplifying, but theoretically inconsistent, assumption that it is proportional to the Sivers function for each quark flavour and (ii) from data on Drell-Yan reactions. In earlier papers, using the semi-inclusive deep inelastic COMPASS deuteron data on the $\langle\cosϕ_h\rangle$ and $\langle\cos 2 ϕ_h\rangle$ asymmetries, we extracted the collinear $x_{_{\!B}}$ dependence of the Boer-Mulders function for the sum of the valence quarks $Q_V=u_V + d_V$ using a small number of model dependent assumptions and found a significant disagreement with the analysis in (i). In the present paper, we provide a more complete analysis of the semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering reaction, including a discussion of higher twist and interaction-dependent terms, and also a comparison with the Boer-Mulders function extracted from data on the Drell-Yan reaction. We confirm that the proportionality relation of the BM function to the Sivers function, for each quark flavour, fails badly, but find that it holds rather well if applied to the nonsinglet valence-quark combination, $Q_V$. We also find good agreement with the results of the Drell-Yan analysis. Furthermore, we obtain interesting information on the quark transverse momentum densities in the nucleon and on the hadron transverse momentum dependence in quark fragmentation.
description: 15 pages, 9 figures (22 eps plots). This is a more complete study of the subject than in our previous paper arXiv:1909.08218. In this version, Sec. II and V are modified, Fig.5 is replaced, with corresponding slight modifications in the Conclusions; matches published version in Phys.Rev.D
Localised and nonlocalised structures in nonlinear lattices with fermions
Creators: name: Carstea, A. S.
name: Grecu, D.
name: Visinescu, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems (nlin.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss the quasiclassical approximation for the equations of motions of a nonlinear chain of phonons and electrons having phonon mediated hopping. Describing the phonons and electrons as even and odd grassmannian functions and using the continuum limit we show that the equations of motions lead to a Zakharov-like system for bosonic and fermionic fields. Localised and nonlocalised solutions are discussed using the Hirota bilinear formalism. Nonlocalised solutions turn out to appear naturally for any choice of wave parameters. The bosonic localised solution has a fermionic dressing while the fermionic one is an oscillatory localised field. They appear only if some constraints on the dispersion are imposed. In this case the density of fermions is a strongly localised travelling wave. Also it is shown that in the multiple scales approach the emergent equation is linear. Only for the resonant case we get a nonlinear fermionic Yajima-Oikawa system. Physical implications are discussed.
description: 7 pages, LaTeX, no figures. to appear in Europhysics Latters
An integrative review of the role, challenges, and facilitators of clinical nurse educators in labour and delivery units
Creators: name: Michaela, Popa
Publisher: name: The University of British Columbia
Year: 2018

description: The role of hospital-based Clinical Nurse Educators (CNEs) is multifaceted and complex, with many regular organizational functions relying on their presence and support. The nursing teams depend on CNEs for various aspects of their nursing work such as professional development, clinical support, and policy development. Despite their essential role to the functions of nursing within healthcare, the activities of CNEs are understudied and their role frequently misunderstood. Furthermore, current literature focuses on the role of the academic CNE, demonstrating apparent disregard for the unique role of the hospital-based CNE. The lack of empirical focus on hospital-based CNEs adds to their role ambiguity, effectively limiting their indispensable organizational support, and contributing to their job stress. The aim of the Scholarly Practice Advancement Research (SPAR) Project is to identify, review and synthesize the literature pertaining to the role of a hospital-based CNE and to identify elements of the role, and its challenges and facilitators. I used an integrative review method to critically examine the limited evidence available to illuminate the complexity of the CNE role and to identify ways to support CNEs in the successful enactment of their role. Themes representing role components, challenges, and facilitators were identified. The role components were: professional development and clinical support of front-line staff members, clinical competency, leadership and collaboration, and mentoring evidence-based practice through research utilization. Challenges include: role ambiguity, inadequate orientation to role, lack of credibility due to minimal visibility on units, and insufficient time to maintain clinical competency, and appraise research. Facilitators that can minimize these challenges include: creation of clear role descriptions within organizations, establishment of a formal orientations, increased presence on units, and time for maintaining clinical skill competency, as well as undertaking research appraisal. These facilitators can improve the job satisfaction and retention of CNEs as well as front-line nursing staff members.
title: Incidental cardiac findings on CTPA
Creators: name: McKnight, Jonathan
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Image verification
subject: Education and training
subject: Observer performance
subject: Education
subject: Contrast agent-intravenous
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Veins / Vena cava
subject: Cardiac
subject: Arteries / Aorta

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: An educational poster to present 19 cases of incidental cardiac findings on CTPA missed at the time of reporting. The saliant features of each case are illustrated on each...
Μελέτη επένδυσης τοιχωμάτων σε σήραγγες με εφαρμογή γεωφυσικών μεθόδων
Creators: name: Φιλιππάκος, Γεώργιος Στυλιανού
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Γεωφυσική
subject: Εφαρμογή γεωφυσικών μεθόδων
subject: Επένδυση τοιχωμάτων σε σήραγγες
subject: Geophysics
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Application of geophysical methods
subject: Wall reinforcement in tunnels

description: Η παρούσα μεταπτυχιακή διατριβή αποτελεί μελέτη περίπτωσης με αντικείμενο τη διερεύνηση της εφαρμοσιμότητας των παρακάτω γεωφυσικών μεθόδων σε περιβάλλον σήραγγας. Συγκεκριμένα, της μεθόδου του γεωραντάρ και της ηλεκτρικής τομογραφίας, σε συνδυασμό με τη μοντελοποίηση δεδομένων γεωραντάρ. Η περιοχή έρευνας όπου έλαβε μέρος η διασκόπηση είναι η σήραγγα που βρίσκεται στην περιοχή των καταρρακτών της Έδεσσας. Από την έρευνα που πραγματοποιήθηκε στο δυτικό τοιχίο της σήραγγας χαρτογραφήθηκε ο μεταλλικός οπλισμός, το πάχος του οπλισμένου σκυροδέματος, η επαφή του σκυροδέματος με την τραβερτινική βραχόμαζα, ζώνες υγρασίας καθώς και πιθανές ασυνέχειες στον τραβερτινικό σχηματισμό. Οι παραπάνω γεωφυσικές μέθοδοι αποδείχτηκαν αποτελεσματικές καθώς συνέβαλαν συνδυαστικά στη χαρτογράφηση πολλαπλών εσωτερικών δομών. Η μοντελοποίηση δεδομένων συνετέλεσε σημαντικά ως προς την ερμηνεία των γεωφυσικών προφίλ και συνείσφερε στην εξαγωγή συμπερασμάτων
description: This master's thesis is a case study to investigate the applicability of the following geophysical methods in a tunnel environment. Specifically, the method of geo-radar and electrical tomography, in combination with the modeling of geo-radar data. The research area where the survey took place is the tunnel located in the area of the waterfalls of Edessa. The research carried out on the western wall of the tunnel mapped the metal reinforcement, the thickness of the reinforced concrete, the contact of the concrete with the travertine rock mass, moisture zones as well as possible discontinuities in the travertine formation. The combination of the above geophysical methods proved to be effective as it resulted to the mapping of multiple internal structures. Data modeling contributed significantly to the interpretation of geophysical profiles and contributed to the conclusions
Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Florida Consumers' Perceptions on Use of Chemical in Locally or Regionally Produced Livestock Products
Creators: name: Tackie, David Nii O.
name: Adu-Gyamfi, Akua
name: Bartlett, Janette R.
name: Perry, Bridget J.
name: Tackie, David Nii O.
name: Adu-Gyamfi, Akua
name: Bartlett, Janette R.
name: Perry, Bridget J.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Consumer/Household Economics
subject: Livestock Production/Industries
subject: Production Economics
subject: Socioeconomic Factors
subject: Chemicals
subject: Consumer Perceptions
subject: Locally or Regionally Produced
subject: Livestock Products

description: The use of chemicals in livestock production has been an issue for consumers for several decades. This study, therefore, assessed the impact of socioeconomic factors on Florida consumers’ perceptions on the use of chemicals in locally or regionally produced livestock products. Data were collected from a sample of 404 participants from several Florida counties and were analyzed using descriptive statistics and ordinal logistic analysis. Most of the respondents were of the opinion that using chemicals in locally or regionally produced and sold beef or goat meat was a serious or somewhat serious hazard. The ordinal logistic regression results showed that several socioeconomic factors, such as household size, gender, age, and education had significant effects on pesticide residues; antibiotics; artificial fertilizers; additives and preservatives, and artificial coloring. It was recommended that producers and processors should minimize the use of chemicals in livestock products as this has both short- and long-term benefits.
Impurity effects on s+g-wave superconductivity in borocarbides Y(Lu)Ni_2B_2C
Creators: name: Yuan, Qingshan
name: Chen, Hong-Yi
name: Won, H.
name: Lee, S.
name: Maki, K.
name: Thalmeier, P.
name: Ting, C. S.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Recently a hybrid s+g-wave pairing is proposed to describe the experimental observation for a nodal structure of the superconducting gap in borocarbide YNi$_2$B$_2$C and possibly LuNi$_2$B$_2$C. In this paper the impurity effects on the s+g-wave superconductivity are studied in both Born and unitarity limit. The quasiparticle density of states and thermodynamics are calculated. It is found that the nodal excitations in the clean system are immediately prohibited by impurity scattering and a finite energy gap increases quickly with the impurity scattering rate. This leads to an activated behavior in the temperature dependence of the specific heat. Qualitative agreement with the experimental results is shown. Comparison with d-wave and some anisotropic s-wave studied previously is also made.
description: 6 pages, 6 eps figures
title: MID-NINETEENTH CENTURY VOTING BEHAVIOUR IN LEICESTER: INFLUENCES OF SOCIAL CLASS AND POLITICAL GENERATION
Creators: name: Hunting, James Edward
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1992

description: The core of this thesis is a study of the parliamentary electoral behaviour of a mid nineteenth century East Midiands town, namely Leicester. Its format is a quantitative analysis based upon a large programme of nominal record linkage between the contemporary pollbooks and censuses, from which statistically reliable evidence was drawn and ultimately presented to argue the case of the existence and extent of social class and political generational influences upon electoral choice in Leicester during a specific period in time. Naturally, such an analysis of voting behaviour would not have been feasible without a full knowledge of the contemporary local (and to some extent the national) political scene and of the socio-economic milieu in which it developed. The same is true when offering an interpretation of the analysis to the reader. Therefore a detailed account of Leicester's socio-economic and political life, both somewhat prior to and during the period focused upon, is presented in the two chapters which immediately precede the quantitative analysis. As a piece of historical research it was also important to survey the field and present a review of those published works which have shed previous light regarding social class and political generational influences upon electoral behaviour. This has been covered in length following the introductory first chapter of the thesis. But there is an important point to be stressed regarding the content of this review. The social class dimension of voting behaviour has been especialiy associated with the mid twentieth century. Therefore it was considered appropriate to devote some attention both to this period and to the intervening decades which separate it from the period which my own research has focused upon: i.e., the main purpose for deiving into mid nineteenth century social class influences was a quest for a precursor to a statistically proven (rather than an assumed) mid twentieth century phenomenon. Much the same reasoning lies behind the accompanying study of political generation which therefore follows a similar approach.
CREDIT ACCESS AND UTILIZATION IN AGRICULTURE AND AQUACULTURE IN THE AYARWADY DELTA
Creators: name: Lwin, Lu Min
name: Khun Moe Htun
name: Lwin, Lu Min
name: Khun Moe Htun
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Agribusiness
subject: Agricultural and Food Policy
subject: Agricultural Finance
subject: CREDIT ACCESS
subject: cREDIT UTILIZATION
subject: AGRICULTURE
subject: AQUACULTURE
subject: AYARWADY DELTA

description: Myanmar has one of the least developed financial systems in the world and poor access to credit is widely believed to be a major constraint to investment and productivity improvements in agriculture. This brief presents analysis of data from the Myanmar Aquaculture- Agriculture Survey (MAAS) on access to and use of credit in agriculture and aquaculture. MAAS was implemented in May 2016, with 1100 households in two “clusters” of village tracts in Ayeyarwaddy and Yangon regions, selected for their high respective concentrations fish farms and paddy farms. Our analysis describes the access to, and conditions and utilization of formal agricultural loans from the Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank (MADB), loans from other sources utilized in agriculture and aquaculture, and community-level data on access to credit used for general purposes.
title: Association between cerebral blood flow and total burden of cerebral small vessel disease in patients with carotid stenosis
Creators: name: Fan, Xiaoyuan
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Arteriosclerosis
subject: Comparative studies
subject: MR-Diffusion/Perfusion
subject: Vascular
subject: Neuroradiology brain

description: Purpose Methods and materials Results Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Purpose: Cerebral small vessel disease (CSVD) often coexists with large artery atherosclerosis, although the pathological mechanisms of the two diseases are different [1-2] . CSVD can be observed in about two thirds of patients with internal carotid artery...
Galaxy sizes and the galaxy-halo connection -- I: the remarkable tightness of the size distributions
Creators: name: Zanisi, Lorenzo
name: Shankar, Francesco
name: Lapi, Andrea
name: Menci, Nicola
name: Bernardi, Mariangela
name: Duckworth, Christopher
name: Huertas-Company, Marc
name: Grylls, Philip
name: Salucci, Paolo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2019
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The mass and structural assembly of galaxies is a matter of intense debate. Current theoretical models predict the existence of a linear relationship between galaxy size ($R_e$) and the host dark matter halo virial radius ($R_h$).\\ By making use of semi-empirical models compared to the size distributions of central galaxies from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, we provide robust constraints on the normalization and scatter of the $R_e-R_h$ relation. We explore the parameter space of models in which the $R_e-R_h$ relation is mediated by either the spin parameter or the concentration of the host halo, or a simple constant the nature of which is in principle unknown. We find that the data require extremely tight relations for both early-type and late-type galaxies (ETGs,LTGs), especially for more massive galaxies. These constraints challenge models based solely on angular momentum conservation, which predict significantly wider distributions of galaxy sizes and no trend with stellar mass, if taken at face value. We discuss physically-motivated alterations to the original models that bring the predictions into better agreement with the data. We argue that the measured tight size distributions of SDSS disk galaxies can be reproduced by semi-empirical models in which the $R_e-R_h$ connection is mediated by the \emph{stellar} specific angular momenta $j_{star}.$ We find that current cosmological models of galaxy formation broadly agree with our constraints for LTGs, and justify the strong link between $R_e$ and $j_{star}$ that we propose, however the tightness of the $R_e-R_h$ relation found in such ab-initio theoretical models for ETGs is in tension with our semi-empirical findings.
description: 22 pages, 14 figures
"To Remind Us of Who We Are" : An Ethnographic Exploration of Women's Dress and Gender Roles in a Conservative Mennonite Community
Creators: name: Graybill, Beth E.
Publisher: name: Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
Year: 1995

description: Combining ethnographic methodology and feminist theory, this interdisciplinary study explores women's dress and gender roles in the religious culture of Eastern Pennsylvania Mennonites, a conservative Mennonite group concentrated in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, that has never been researched before. My study is based on participant observation and qualitative analysis of interviews with 11 women and two men in three church districts. I argue that conservative women's domestic roles in the private sphere and their adherence to strict dress codes create the denomination's primary cultural boundary marker. Although Eastern Pa. Mennonites accept modern technology and most no longer farm, members adhere to a church-wide discipline that forbids "immodest" and "fashionable" clothing, jewelry, and cut hair for women, while prescribing a particular style of women's dress and head covering. (Men's clothing is less regulated.) Religious understandings around women's dress reinforce a gender ideology that is firmly rooted in women's subordination to men. My study explores the multiple meanings that conservative women attach to their clothing. Much like a uniform, women's dress expresses group affiliation, suppresses individual expression, and mutes economic and social distinctions. Moreover, their dress affords them a feeling of protection from harm, offers them an opportunity to witness, and serves as an internal motivation toward religiosity. In sum, their dress both produces and reflects particular gender roles. Finally, I discuss the interpretative challenges of my partial membership status and my use of feminist analysis to frame a discussion about women who would not describe themselves as feminists.
Warm high velocity CO in the wind of Sakurai's Object (= V4334 Sgr)
Creators: name: Eyres, S. P. S.
name: Geballe, T. R.
name: Tyne, V. H.
name: Evans, A.
name: Smalley, B.
name: Worters, H. L.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present UKIRT UIST spectra of Sakurai's Object (=V4334 Sgr) showing CO fundamental band absorption features around 4.7 microns. The line-centres are at heliocentric radial velocity of -170+/-30 km/s. The number and relative strengths of the lines indicate a CO gas temperature of 400+/-100 K and CO column density of 7(+3/-2)x10^17 per square cm. The gas was moving away from the central star at an average speed of 290+/-30 km/s in 2003 September. The lines appeared sometime between mid 1999 (well after the opaque dust shell formed) and mid 2000 and may have been somewhat more blue--shifted initially than they are now. The observed CO velocity and temperature indicate the continued presence of a fast wind in the object, previously seen in the He I 1.083 micron line beginning just prior to massive dust formation, and more recently in atomic and ionized lines. The dust continuum is consistent with a temperature of 350+/-30 K, indicating continued cooling of the shell. The similar CO temperature suggests that the bulk of the CO absorption occurs just outside of the dust continuum surface.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures, MNRAS
title: 'The roles of convention and experience in a unified theory of existence statements'
Creators: name: Senior, Michael
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 1991

description: Statements are made both in philosophy and in other disciplines about whether or not an item exists. Attention is normally focused on the answer, and therefore on the item posited, rather that on what is meant by the statement. Possibly as a result of this there seems to have developed a range of possible meanings to the assertion, denial or question of existence, and this in turn has given rise to various philosophical problems. An attempt is made here to simplify the situation. It is proposed that all existence statements carry the same import, and that if this were understood both confusions and disagreements would disappear. The investigation to this end proceeds (in Section I) by identifying the problems in the sphere of existence statements by means of historical examples, which in turn will show that in spite of attempted solutions residual problems remain. With these in mind a clarification of the subject is undertaken by considering (in Section II) a range of existence statements and the methods used for disputing and determining them. The conclusion reached is that the meaning of existence statements always depends both on convention or agreement on the one hand. and on experience or observation on the other, as opposed to being exclusively related to either: that both are necessary factors In the Identification of their meaning while neither is sufficient. The third Section then clarifies these terms, and finally the fourth states and tests the theory.
title: Can we rely on open databases in COVID-19 AI algorithms training?
Creators: name: Szatkowski, Patryk
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Image verification
subject: Computer Applications-Detection, diagnosis
subject: Plain radiographic studies
subject: Neural networks
subject: CT
subject: Respiratory system
subject: Artificial Intelligence

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: Healthcare requires the support of new technologies to fight the fast-spreading COVID-19 pandemic and other diseases by providing a quicker diagnosis, helping with treatment methods and forecasting complications. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and...
title: “Put Some Ice on It”- Ligament Injury Grading made simple
Creators: name: Naqvi, Jawad
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Trauma
subject: Education and training
subject: Athletic injuries
subject: Education
subject: MR
subject: Trauma
subject: Musculoskeletal joint
subject: Anatomy

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: Grading injury of ligaments on imaging is key to determining management leading to better patient outcomes This poster will: Describe the normal appearances of the important ligaments of the knee, ankle, elbow and wrist on MR imaging, their primary...
title: Dextro-Transposition of the Great Vessels: long term complications after atrial and arterial switch correction surgeries.
Creators: name: Segura Escribano, Carlos
Publisher: name: European Congress of Radiology
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Congenital
subject: Diagnostic procedure
subject: MR-Angiography
subject: MR
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Cardiovascular system
subject: Cardiac

description: Learning objectives Background Findings and procedure details Conclusion Personal information and conflict of interest References
description: Learning objectives: To briefly describe the atrial level and arterial level correction surgeries, for the treatment of dextrotransposition of the great arteries. To describe the most common long-term postsurgical complications specific to each technique, and to...
Technical Efficiency of Sorghum Production: The Case of Smallholder Farmers in Konso District, Southern Ethiopia
Creators: name: Haile, Kusse
name: Haji, Jema
name: Tegegne, Bosena
name: Haile, Kusse
name: Haji, Jema
name: Tegegne, Bosena
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Technical efficiency, SPF, Maximum likelihood, Smallholders, Konso, Sorghum production.

description: This study aims to analyze the technical efficiency of sorghum production by smallholder farmers in Konso district, Southern Ethiopia using cross sectional data collected from a sample of 124 sorghum producing households. Individual levels of technical efficiency scores were estimated using the Cobb-Douglas functional form, which was specified to estimate the stochastic production frontier. The estimated stochastic production frontier model indicated that input variables such as land size, fertilizer (Urea and DAP), labour, oxen power and chemicals (herbicides or pesticides) found to be important factors in increasing the level of sorghum output in the study area. The result further revealed significant differences in technical efficiency among sorghum producers in the study area. The discrepancy ratio, which measures the relative deviation of output from the frontier level due to inefficiency, was about 90%. The estimated mean of technical efficiency of the sample households was about 69%, which shows existence of a possibility to increase the level of sorghum output by about 31% by efficient use of the existing resources. Among the household specific socio-economic and institutional factors hypothesized to affect the level of technical inefficiency, age, education level, family size, off/non-farm activities, extension contact, livestock holding, plots distance and soil fertility were found to be significant in determining the level of technical inefficiency of sorghum production in the study area. Negative coefficients of education level, family size, off/non-farm activities, extension contact and soil fertility indicates that improvement in these factors results in a significant decrease in the level of technical inefficiency. Akin, positive coefficients of age, livestock holding and plots distance were found to increase households’ technical inefficiency. Hence, emphasis should be given to improve the efficiency level of those less efficient households by adopting the practices of relatively efficient households in the study area. Beside this, policies and strategies of the government should be directed towards the above mentioned determinants.
Supersymmetric Clockwork Axion Model and Axino Dark Matter
Creators: name: Bae, Kyu Jung
name: Im, Sang Hui
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Implications of supersymmetrizing the clockwork axions are studied. Supersymmetry ensures that the saxions and axinos have the same pattern of the coupling hierarchy as the clockwork axions. If we assume supersymmetry breaking is universal over the clockwork sites, the coupling structure is preserved, while the mass orderings of the saxions and axinos can differ depending on the supersymmetry breaking scale. While the massive saxions and axions quickly decay, the lightest axino can be stable and thus a dark matter candidate. The relic abundance of the axino dark matter from thermal production is mostly determined by decays of the heavier axinos in the normal mass ordering. This exponentially enhances the thermal yield compared to the conventional axino scenarios. Some cosmological issues are discussed.
description: 9 pages; v2: added comments about conditions to get the clockwork mixing pattern in page 5, matches the published version
Solar Flare Intermittency and the Earth's Temperature Anomalies
Creators: name: Scafetta, Nicola
name: West, Bruce J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We argue that earth's short-term temperature anomalies and the solar flare intermittency are linked. The analysis is based upon the study of the scaling of both the spreading and the entropy of the diffusion generated by the fluctuations of the temperature time series. The joint use of these two methods evidences the presence of a Lévy component in the temporal persistence of the temperature data sets that corresponds to the one that would be induced by the solar flare intermittency. The mean monthly temperature datasets cover the period from 1856 to 2002.
description: 4 pages, 5 figures