cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
The new financial architecture: from substantive to procedural rules
Creators: name: Sarcinelli, Mario
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Foreign Exchange, IMF, World Bank
subject: F33, G21, G28, O16, O19

description: The new international financial architecture is investigated through the works of leading American economists, the Cologne G7 decisions, the implementing work of the IMF (and the World Bank). However, the Washington-consensus policies and the definition of standards and codes have not avoided foreign exchange, banking and debt crises, the therapy of which has been hotly contested as ineffective or unduly harsh. Many critics have proposed to transform the IMF radically. Although no such reform has taken place, the institution set up at Bretton Woods to look after the fixed exchange rate system with substantive rules has turned into a sort of supervisor of macroeconomic, structural and, above all, financial policies aiming to ensure stability through procedural rules. The latter are the product of many institutions and organisations with or without legitimacy, which makes the international monetary and financial system ever more dependent on soft law. JEL Codes: F33, G21, G28, O16, O19
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 57, N. 231 (2004)
On the Stratified Classical Configuration Space of Lattice QCD
Creators: name: Charzyński, S.
name: Kijowski, J.
name: Rudolph, G.
name: Schmidt, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The stratified structure of the configuration space $\mb G^N = G \times ... \times G$ reduced with respect to the action of $G$ by inner automorphisms is investigated for $G = SU(3) .$ This is a finite dimensional model coming from lattice QCD. First, the stratification is characterized algebraically, for arbitrary $N$. Next, the full algebra of invariants is discussed for the cases $N = 1$ and $N =2 .$ Finally, for $N = 1$ and $N =2 ,$ the stratified structure is investigated in some detail, both in terms of invariants and relations and in more geometric terms. Moreover, the strata are characterized explicitly using local cross sections.
description: 42 pages, 1 figure
title: Assessing the environmental risks associated with contaminated sites
Creators: name: Boriani, Elena
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2011

description: A risk assessment strategy considering the impact of chemicals on the whole ecosystem has been developed in order to create a sound and useful method for quantifying and comparing global risks posed by the main different hazardous chemicals found in the environment. This index, called the Environmental Risk Index for a Complete Assessment (ERICA), merges in a single number the environmental assessment, the human health risk assessment and the uncertainty caused by missing or unreliable data. ERICA uses a scoring system with parameters for the main characteristics of the pollutants. The main advantage is that it preserves a simple approach by condensing in this single value an analysis of the risk for the area under observation. The availability and reliability of the data is an important part of the work done to build the index. Experimental and predictive data were compared to evaluate the reliability. Data were derived both from literature sources (experimental models mainly) and predictive models. ERICA can be considered a diagnostic and prognostic tool for environmental contaminants in critical and potentially dangerous sites, such as incinerators, landfills and industrial areas or in broader geographical areas. The application of the proposed integrated index provides a preliminary quantitative analysis of possible environmental alerts due to the presence of one or more pollutants in the investigated site. This thesis presents the method and the equations behind the index and a first case study based on the Italian legislation and a pilot study on a location on the Italian seacoast.
New directions in stabilisation policies
Creators: name: Fendel, Ralf
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Business Cycle, Cycle, Equilibrium, Macroeconomics, New Keynesian, Rational Expectation, Stabilization
subject: E12, E13, E23, E31, E32, E52, E63

description: Recently, a new class of macroeconomic business cycle models has emerged. Stochastic dynamic general equilibrium models with rational expectations originally employed by RBC researchers are combined with nominal rigidities and imperfect competition traditionally highlighted by New Keynesian economists. This class of models leads to a new paradigm in business cycle theory and stabilization policies. The paper presents the main characteristics and implications of the new class of models in a predominantly non-technical way. In order to highlight the progress connected with the new class of models, it puts them into the context of former debates on stabilization policy, such as the Phillips curve dispute. JEL Codes: E12, E13, E23, E31, E32, E52, E63
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 57, N. 231 (2004)
Signaling, Entanglement, and Quantum Evolution Beyond Cauchy Horizons
Creators: name: Yurtsever, Ulvi
name: Hockney, George
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
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: Consider a bipartite entangled system half of which falls through the event horizon of an evaporating black hole, while the other half remains coherently accessible to experiments in the exterior region. Beyond complete evaporation, the evolution of the quantum state past the Cauchy horizon cannot remain unitary, raising the questions: How can this evolution be described as a quantum map, and how is causality preserved? What are the possible effects of such nonstandard quantum evolution maps on the behavior of the entangled laboratory partner? More generally, the laws of quantum evolution under extreme conditions in remote regions (not just in evaporating black-hole interiors, but possibly near other naked singularities and regions of extreme spacetime structure) remain untested by observation, and might conceivably be non-unitary or even nonlinear, raising the same questions about the evolution of entangled states. The answers to these questions are subtle, and are linked in unexpected ways to the fundamental laws of quantum mechanics. We show that terrestrial experiments can be designed to probe and constrain exactly how the laws of quantum evolution might be altered, either by black-hole evaporation, or by other extreme processes in remote regions possibly governed by unknown physics.
description: Combined, revised, and expanded version of quant-ph/0312160 and hep-th/0402060; 13 pages, RevTeX, 2 eps figures
title: Evidence Based Leadership Transformation (EBLT)
title: Durchführung und Steuerung wirksamer Führungskräfteentwicklungen
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Breyer-Mayländer, Thomas
Publisher: name: Hochschule Offenburg
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: 300 Sozialwissenschaften

description: Wenn man aus wissenschaftlicher Perspektive die Coaching-, Beratungs- und Trainingspraxis im deutschsprachigen Raum beschreiben möchte, stößt man aufgrund der Heterogenität der Akteure und der damit verbundenen unterschiedlichen Professionsbedingungen (Kühl 2008) sehr schnell an Grenzen. Im Rahmen dieser Darstellung geht es nicht darum die allgemeine Diskussion um Qualitätsmängel im Coaching zu beleuchten, sondern es geht um Wege zur Sicherung nachhaltiger Transfererfolge durch externe Impulse im Rahmen von komplexen Ausbildungsprogrammen.
description: Arbeitspapiere für Marketing und Management; 77
Simulating the Soft X-ray excess in clusters of galaxies
Creators: name: Cheng, L. -M.
name: Borgani, S.
name: Tozzi, P.
name: Tornatore, L.
name: Diaferio, A.
name: Dolag, K.
name: He, X. -T.
name: Moscardini, L.
name: Murante, G.
name: Tormen, G.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The detection of excess of soft X-ray or Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) radiation, above the thermal contribution from the hot intracluster medium (ICM), has been a controversial subject ever since the initial discovery of this phenomenon. We use a large--scale hydrodynamical simulation of a concordance $Λ$CDM model, to investigate the possible thermal origin for such an excess in a set of 20 simulated clusters having temperatures in the range 1--7 keV. Simulated clusters are analysed by mimicking the observational procedure applied to ROSAT--PSPC data, which for the first time showed evidences for the soft X-ray excess. For cluster--centric distances $0.4< R/R_{\rm vir}< 0.7$ we detect a significant excess in most of the simulated clusters, whose relative amount changes from cluster to cluster and, for the same cluster, by changing the projection direction. In about 30 per cent of the cases, the soft X-ray flux is measured to be at least 50 per cent larger than predicted by the one--temperature plasma model. We find that this excess is generated in most cases within the cluster virialized regions. It is mainly contributed by low--entropy and high--density gas associated with merging sub--halos, rather than to diffuse warm gas. Only in a few cases the excess arises from fore/background groups observed in projection, while no evidence is found for a significant contribution from gas lying within large--scale filaments. We compute the distribution of the relative soft excess, as a function of the cluster--centric distance, and compare it with the observational result by Bonamente et al. (2003) for the Coma cluster. Similar to observations, we find that the relative excess increases with the distance from the cluster center, with no significant excess detected for $R<0.4R_{\rm vir}$. (abridged)
description: 10 pages, to appear in A&A
Assessing the N2 fixing capabilities of Rhizobium strains isolated from Antigua soils
Estimation de la capacité fixatrice d'azote de souches de Rhizobium isolés des sols d' Antigua
Creators: name: Marsh, Dyremple B.
name: Marsh, Lurlene
name: Cooper, Brian
name: Marsh, Dyremple B.
name: Marsh, Lurlene
name: Cooper, Brian
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1993
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: Extensive efforts have been made to capitalize on the symbiotic relationship of legumes and Rhizabium bacteria by farmers worldwide. These benefits are even more important to farmers in tropical areas where nitrogen fertilizer is expensive. Our objective was to evaluate the effectiveness of the symbiotic relationship of the legumes, pigeonpea, (Cajanus cajan) and kidney bean,(Phaseolus vulgaris) inoculated with Rhizabium selected from Antiguan soils. Undisturbed soil cores measuring 25 cm in length by 10 cm in diameter were used for initial Rhizabium isolation. Surface sterilized seeds of the pigeonpea cultivar, Chaguaramas Pearl were inoculated with the Rhizabium isolated from the soil cores and grown in growth pouches in a growth chamber. Greenhouse and growth chamber studies were arranged as a completely randomized design. Plants grown in undisturbed cores had dry matter yield ranging from l.4 to 0.7 gm per plant and showed significant nodulation. Nodule number from plants grown in pouches ranged from 35 - 120 per plant. A Rhizabium strain isolated from undisturbed core samples was identified as specific to Phaseolus vulgaris.
Calibrating the metallicity of M dwarfs in wide physical binaries with F-, G-, and K-primaries -- II: Carbon, oxygen, and odd-Z iron-peak abundances of the primary stars
Creators: name: Duque-Arribas, C.
name: Tabernero, H. M.
name: Montes, D.
name: Caballero, J. A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Detailed chemical composition of stars is of prime interest for a range of topics in modern stellar astrophysics, such as the chemical evolution of the Galaxy or the formation, composition, and structure of exoplanets. In this work, we derive the C and O abundances and update Sc, V, Mn, and Co abundances considering hyperfine structure effects (HFS) and correcting for non-local thermodynamical equilibrium (NLTE) for a sample of 196 late-F, G-, and early-K stars with wide resolved M-dwarf companions. We accomplished this by employing the equivalent width (EW) method and high-resolution spectroscopic data. Furthermore, we investigated the distributions of [X/Fe] ratios and [C/O] as a function of metallicity ([Fe/H]) and kinematic population. The observed trends are consistent with previous findings reported in the literature. Additionally, we searched for confirmed exoplanets around our primary stars in the literature and found 24 exoplanets in 17 systems, while none of the M-dwarf companions in our sample presented confirmed exoplanets. In conclusion, our study provides homogeneous abundances from high-resolution spectra for a large sample of FGK primary stars, paving the way for further research on stellar abundances of the M secondaries and exoplanetary science.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS
Coevolution of the galactic cores and spiral galaxies
Creators: name: Saitoh, Takayuki R.
name: Wada, Keiichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Using high-resolution N-body/SPH simulations with $2\times 10^6$ particles, we investigate the evolution of stellar and gaseous galactic cores during the hierarchical formation of a spiral galaxy. We find that the galactic core ($r < 300 $ pc) coevolves with the host galaxy. The average mass ratio between the baryonic core and the halo is nearly constant, $\sim $ 0.04 from $z \sim 10$ to $z \sim 2$. However, there are several `rapid-growing phases' during the evolution, in which the rate of mass accretion to the central sub-kpc region is ten times higher ($\sim 1 M_\odot$ yr pc$^{-1}$) than the average accretion rate. The rapid growth of the inner core is associated with the major merger events with a time-delay. We also find that the spin-axis of the gas core frequently changes. As a result, the angular momentum vector of the central part of the galaxy is independent of the rotation of the outer part. Our results suggest that if a constant fraction of the baryonic mass in the central several 100 pc of a galaxy is converted into a massive black hole, the black hole mass should correlate with the total mass of the galaxies.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures, Accepted for publication in ApJL
An economic policy for the fifth long wave
Creators: name: Reati, Angelo
name: Toporowski, Jan
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Diffusion, Long Wave, Technology
subject: E20, E24, E32, N10, O33, O34, P16

description: The paper starts by reviewing some recent contributions on long waves, arguing that the present technological revolution in ICT is part of the broad phenomenon of a new long wave. It follows that the main focus of economic policy should be to support the diffusion of the new technology and to favour the institutional changes required by such an objective. Four broad guidelines are suggested: i) a Keynesian policy for demand going beyond the straitjacket of the Maastricht criteria and improving the income distribution in favour of employees; i) a policy to re-establish the primacy of productive capital through systematic concerted open market operations to regulate financial liquidity; iii) a reconstruction of the employment relationship that preserves the essential features of the "European social model" and a targeted flexibility of labour, that contrasts with the neoclassical all-out market flexibility; and iv) a regime for intellectual property rights that avoids the drawbacks--both ethical and economic--of current US practices. JEL Codes: E20, E24, E32, N10, O33, O34, P16
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 57, N. 231 (2004)
title: The Uprooted Ones – Lemkos in Galicia and abroad
title: Die Entwurzelten – Lemken in Galizien und in der Fremde
Creators: name: Halicka, Beata
Publisher: name: Herder-Institut
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 943 Geschichte Mitteleuropas; Deutschlands

description: The small, private Museum of Lemko Culture in Zyndranowa is situated on the far periphery of southeastern Poland, yet it is a destination for many travelers, mainly from western and northern Poland, but also from other parts of the country and from abroad. For many, a visit here is connected with questions of identity and with the search for traces of family history. At the open-air museum, visitors can experience, among other things, the farm of the Gocz family and learn a great deal about the life of the villagers.
Spectroscopic survey of the Galaxy with Gaia I. Design and performance of the Radial Velocity Spectrometer
Creators: name: Katz, D.
name: Munari, U.
name: Cropper, M.
name: Zwitter, T.
name: Thevenin, F.
name: David, M.
name: Viala, Y.
name: Crifo, F.
name: Gomboc, A.
name: Royer, F.
name: Arenou, F.
name: Marrese, P.
name: Sordo, R.
name: Wilkinson, M.
name: Vallenari, A.
name: Turon, C.
name: Helmi, A.
name: Bono, G.
name: Perryman, M.
name: Gomez, A.
name: Tomasella, L.
name: Boschi, F.
name: Morin, D.
name: Haywood, M.
name: Soubiran, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The definition and optimisation studies for the Gaia satellite spectrograph, the Radial Velocity Spectrometer (RVS), converged in late 2002 with the adoption of the instrument baseline. This paper reviews the characteristics of the selected configuration and presents its expected performance. The RVS is a 2.0 by 1.6 degree integral field spectrograph, dispersing the light of all sources entering its field of view with a resolving power R=11 500 over the wavelength range [848, 874] nm. The RVS will continuously and repeatedly scan the sky during the 5 years of the Gaia mission. On average, each source will be observed 102 times over this period. The RVS will collect the spectra of about 100-150 million stars up to magnitude V~17-18. At the end of the mission, the RVS will provide radial velocities with precisions of ~2 km/s at V=15 and \~15-20 km/s at V=17, for a solar metallicity G5 dwarf. The RVS will also provide rotational velocities, with precisions (at the end of the mission) for late type stars of sigma_vsini ~5 km/s at V~15 as well as atmospheric parameters up to V~14-15. The individual abundances of elements such as Silicon and Magnesium, vital for the understanding of Galactic evolution, will be obtained up to V~12-13. Finally, the presence of the 862.0 nm Diffuse Interstellar Band (DIB) in the RVS wavelength range will make it possible to derive the three dimensional structure of the interstellar reddening.
description: 17 pages, 9 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS. Fig. 1,2,4,5, 6 in degraded resolution; available in full resolution at http://blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08282.x/pdf
Shareholders and stakeholders value creation: an analytic foundation for value creation indicators
Creators: name: Masera, Rainer S.
name: Mazzoni, Giancarlo
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Firm, Firms, Shareholder
subject: D21, G32

description: The academic debate on the theory of the firm has been monopolized for a long period by the contraposition between the shareholders model and the stakeholders model. Jensen (2001) introduced the concepts of "enlightened value maximization" and "enlightened stakeholders theory", recognizing the importance of the different constituencies for the maximization of the firm's market value. Masera (2006a) developed a "a quantitative synthesis of the enlightened stakeholders theory", supporting the idea that the total value of the firm is maximized when the management maximize both the remuneration of the shareholders and the efficiency and the satisfaction of the all the other stakeholders. In this paper, this thesis will be formalized by proposing a model in which a stochastic behavior for the most relevantvalue indicators is assumed. We will show that the model can be easily extended, allowing the simultaneous analysis of both value creation and capital structure problems. JEL Codes: D21, G32
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 60, N. 240 (2007)
Use of an industrial by-product (Ca (OH)2) as a timing source for soils under pineapple production
Utilisation d'un déchet industriel (Ca (OH)2) en tant que source d'amendement calcaire pour des sols cultivés en ananas
Creators: name: Muñoz, Miguel A.
name: Vélez-Ramos, Antonio
name: O'Hallorans, Julia M.
name: Figueroa, Teresa
name: Muñoz, Miguel A.
name: Vélez-Ramos, Antonio
name: O'Hallorans, Julia M.
name: Figueroa, Teresa
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1993
Subjects: Crop Production/Industries
Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies

description: Calcium hydroxide [Ca(OH)z], a by-product of acetylene production and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) were evaluated as liming sources for Bayamon soil (Typic Haplorthox), the most important soil series used for pineapple production. The pineapple variety Smooth Cayenne was used as the test crop. Three soil samplings were performed at two depths, 0-20 and 20-40 cm. The first sampling was performed a month after the liming materials were applied. The other two samplings were performed at four and seven months. The industrial by-product was as effective as calcium carbonate in neutralizing soil acidity.
3D Scene Geometry Estimation from 360$^\circ$ Imagery: A Survey
Creators: name: da Silveira, Thiago Lopes Trugillo
name: Pinto, Paulo Gamarra Lessa
name: Llerena, Jeffri Erwin Murrugarra
name: Jung, Claudio Rosito
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Graphics (cs.GR)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper provides a comprehensive survey on pioneer and state-of-the-art 3D scene geometry estimation methodologies based on single, two, or multiple images captured under the omnidirectional optics. We first revisit the basic concepts of the spherical camera model, and review the most common acquisition technologies and representation formats suitable for omnidirectional (also called 360$^\circ$, spherical or panoramic) images and videos. We then survey monocular layout and depth inference approaches, highlighting the recent advances in learning-based solutions suited for spherical data. The classical stereo matching is then revised on the spherical domain, where methodologies for detecting and describing sparse and dense features become crucial. The stereo matching concepts are then extrapolated for multiple view camera setups, categorizing them among light fields, multi-view stereo, and structure from motion (or visual simultaneous localization and mapping). We also compile and discuss commonly adopted datasets and figures of merit indicated for each purpose and list recent results for completeness. We conclude this paper by pointing out current and future trends.
description: Published in ACM Computing Surveys
Effects of earthworms on some soil physical and chemical properties: their potential use in tropical agriculture
Effet des vers de terre sur quelques proprietés physiques et chimiques des sols: Leur utilisation potentielle en agriculture tropicale
Creators: name: Rossi, J.P.
name: Blanchart, E.
name: Lavelle, P.
name: Rossi, J.P.
name: Blanchart, E.
name: Lavelle, P.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Land Economics/Use
subject: Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies
subject: Earthworms
subject: humid tropics
subject: soil organic matter
subject: soil aggregation

description: In the ecosystems of the humid tropics, earthworms are often the major component of soil macrofauna. In these systems, earthworm effects on physical and chemical soil properties are important. They affect soil porosity and structural stability as well as soil organic matter dynamics and nutrient release. Land managements used in tropical areas lead to a dramatic decrease of both density and biomass of earthworms and at short term, soil degradation by overmineralization and erosion. The management of earthworms in order to restore properties of soils degraded by successive crops or to sustain fertility of low-input agricultural systems is discussed.
Economic transparency and poverty
Creators: name: Ferreira De Mendonça, Helder
name: Simao Filho, Josè
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Inflation, Instrument, Interest Rates, Interest, Monetary Policy, Monetary, Policy, Prices
subject: D31, E31, E43, E52,E58, I32, I38

description: Nowadays, with the diffusion of inflation targeting, the main instrument that central banks use to achieve final objectives in the implementation of monetary policy (concerning inflation and unemployment) is the interest rate. Furthermore, recent studies point out that central bank transparency contributes to reducing asymmetric information and price stability. As inflation, unemployment and interest rates are determinants of the level of poverty, the central bank's behaviour is relevant to its reduction. Accordingly, the present paper highlights the connection betweeneconomic transparency and poverty. The theoretical and empirical results denote that central bank transparency is a useful strategy in reducing income inequality andpoverty. JEL Codes: D31, E31, E43, E52,E58, I32, I38
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 60, N. 240 (2007)
Protectionism, free trade and preferential trade: the Mexican experience 1970-2005
Creators: name: Ruiz Napoles, Pablo
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Free Trade, Protectionism, Trade
subject: F13, F14, O19, O24

description: This paper is an analysis of trade policies in Mexico. A structural analysis of theMexican economy's performance in three successive but different periods, regardingtrade policies for the last thirty-five years is presented. Results are confronted with expectations from various trade policies. There are two main conclusions: first those extreme free-trade policies have not been good for economic stability, growth and employment creation in Mexico; and second, that specialization in production andtrade occurs in non labor-intensive sectors in Mexico, in opposition to what is expected according to the Heckscher-Ohlin theorem, under free trade conditions. JEL Codes: F13, F14, O19, O24
description: PSL Quarterly Review, V. 60, N. 240 (2007)
title: A clash of cultures : a model for supporting adaptation nurses
Creators: name: Walker, Linda Elizabeth
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2010

description: Non-European Union nurses (overseas nurses), have filled nursing positions in the UK for some time in order to cover short-term staffing problems. It is essential that these overseas nurses are supported during the period of time they are assimilated into their new organisation and cultural environment. This is achieved through undergoing a period of supervision and education called an adaptation programme. These programmes prepare such nurses for working in hospitals in the UK ensuring a level of knowledge and skill equal to or greater than, a newly UK registered staff nurse. Research was undertaken as a single case study, in one Hospital Trust in England. The data was collected via individual and group interviews. Nurses from retrospective and prospective adaptation groups gave qualitative accounts of their experiences of the adaptation programme and their experiences of working in the UK as registered nurses. The findings of the research indicate that the experience of overseas nurses working in the UK completing their adaptation programme was often a challenge both for themselves and for their UK colleagues. The difficulties experienced by the nurses were categorised into six main themes. From these themes a model was developed which captures the findings of the research. It is argued that the model will be of benefit to any host organisation whatever the employment context, when developing programmes of support for overseas staff. Finally, suggestions for further research are briefly outlined.
Non-BPS D-brane Near NS5-branes
Creators: name: Kluson, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use tachyon field theory effective action to study the dynamics of a non-BPS Dp-brane propagating in the vicinity of k NS5-branes. For the time dependent tachyon condensation we will concentrate on the case of the large tachyon and the case when a non-BPS D-brane is close to NS5-branes. For spatial dependent tachyon condensation we will argue that the problem reduces to the study of the motion of an array of D(p-1)-branes and D(p-1)-antibranes in the vicinity of k NS5-branes.
description: 21 pages
Anticipatory and Adaptive Communication Framework for Dynamic Flying Ad Hoc Networks using Artificial Intelligence
Creators: name: Lau, Wei Jian
Publisher: name: Monash University
Year: 2025
Subjects: classificationCode: 460299
subject: Artificial intelligence not elsewhere classified
classificationCode: 400608
subject: Wireless communication systems and technologies (incl. microwave and millimetrewave)
classificationCode: 461105
subject: Reinforcement learning

description: Drones are becoming an essential part of future robotic systems, especially when many of them need to work together as a team. For these drone teams to operate smoothly, they need a strong and reliable way to communicate with each other. This thesis focuses on building a better communication system for drone networks, helping them share information more effectively—even when flying in dynamic environments without fixed infrastructure. To achieve this, the research introduces a smart, multi-layered framework that improves how drones connect and cooperate using Wi-Fi. It includes new models and protocols powered by advanced techniques, including Artificial Intelligence, to boost reliability before and during flight. The result is a more dependable and efficient drone communication network that can support a wide range of real-world uses—from search and rescue missions to delivery services and environmental monitoring.
title: Stefan Tymiec Junior. Kinderheimat Steinort und der lange Weg in den Westen
Creators: name: Lachauer, Ulla
name: Kern, Agata
Publisher: name: Herder-Institut
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 943 Geschichte Mitteleuropas; Deutschlands

description: Im Juli 1950 ist Stefan Tymiec in Sztynort geboren. „Ich hatte eine glückliche Kindheit“, sagt er. Von den Tragödien, die seine Eltern durchlebt hatten, spürte er kaum etwas. Seine Mutter war eine Deutsche, die 1945 in der Heimat geblieben war. Sein Vater Ukrainer, einer von vielen Zwangsumgesiedelten aus dem Südosten Polens. Acht Jahre dauerte Stefans Kinderglück, dann brach die Familie Richtung Westen auf.
New methods of improving seismic data to aid understanding of passive margin evolution: a series of case histories from offshore west of Ireland
Creators: name: R.J.J. Hardy
name: E. Querendez
name: F. Biancotto
name: S.M. Jones
name: J. O'sullivan
name: N. White
Publisher: name: Geological Society of London
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Poster presented for 'New methods of improving seismic data to aid understanding of passive margin evolution: a series of case histories from offshore west of Ireland'
Color Gauge Invariance in Hard Processes
Creators: name: Pijlman, F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Within the theoretical framework we apply, a suggested origin for single spin asymmetries is the presence of gauge links in transverse momentum dependent distribution functions. Recently we found new gauge link structures in a number of hard processes. These structures need to be considered in the evolution of parton distribution functions and for establishing factorization.
description: One reference corrected, 4 pages and 2 figures. Presented at Light-Cone 2004
Resonant X-Ray Scattering from URu_{2}Si_{2}
Creators: name: Nagao, Tatsuya
name: Igarashi, Jun-ichi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Based on a localized crystal electric field model for the U^{4+} in the (5f)^2-configuration, we analyze the resonant x-ray scattering spectra around U M_{IV} and M_{V} edges in URu_{2}Si_{2}, taking full Coulomb and spin-orbit interactions into account. We consider two level schemes, a singlet model of Santini and Amoretti and a doublet model of Ohkawa and Shimizu, and assume the antiferroquadrupolar order and the antiferromagnetic order as candidates for the ambient pressure phase and the high pressure phase. It is found that the spectral shapes as a function of photon energy are independent of the assumed level scheme, but are quite different between the antiferroquadrupole and antiferromagnetic phases, This may be useful to determine the character of the ordered phase.
description: 8 pages, 5 figures, submitted to JPSJ
Effect of optical purity on phase sequence in antiferroelectric liquid crystals
Creators: name: Vaupotic, Natasa
name: Cepic, Mojca
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the discrete phenomenological model to study theoretically the phase diagrams in antiferroelectric liquid crystals (AFLCs) as a function of optical purity and temperature. Recent experiments have shown that in some systems the number of phases is reduced if the optical purity is extremely high. In some materials the SmC$_{A}^{\star}$ phase is the only stable tilted smectic phase in the pure sample. In the scope of the presented model this high sensitivity of the phase sequence in the AFLCs to optical purity is attributed to the piezoelectric coupling which is reduced if optical purity is reduced. We limit our study to three topologically equal phases - SmC$^{*}$, SmC$_α^{*}$ and SmC$_{A}^{*}$ and show that the reduction of optical purity forces the system from the antiferroelectric to the ferroelectric phase with a possible SmC$_α^{\star}$ between them. The effect of the flexoelectric and quadrupolar coupling is considered as well. If the phase diagram includes only two phases, SmC$^{\star}$ and SmC$%_{A}^{\star}$, the flexoelectric coupling is very small. The materials which exhibit the SmC$_α^{\star}$ in a certain range of optical purity and temperature, can be expected to have a significant flexoelectric coupling that is comparable with the piezoelectric coupling. And finally, when temperature is lowered the phase sequence SmA $\to $ SmC$%_α^{\star}$ $\to $ SmC$^{\star}$ $\to $ SmC$%_{A}^{\star}$ is possible only in materials in which quadrupolar coupling is very strong.
description: 17 pages including 6 figures, submitted to PRE
Nucleon spin structure and its connections to various sum rules
Creators: name: Soffer, J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2004
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Our knowledge on the nucleon spin structure has greatly improved over the last twenty years or so, but still many fundamental questions remain unsolved. I will try to review some of the puzzling aspects of the origin of the nucleon spin. I will emphasize the connection with several sum rules and, when using this tool, the relevance of some kinematic regions for testing them in the QCD dynamics framework.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures, Invited talk presented at GDH2004, June 2-5 2004, Old Dominion University, Virginia, USA
title: Midwives and mothers : reproductive identities and experiences
Creators: name: Church, Sarah Llywela Rees
Publisher: name: The Open University
Year: 2009

description: This thesis explores gender identity in relation to reproduction, midwifery and motherhood from the perspectives of midwives and mothers. Using auto/biography this research emerged from my own embodied experiences of reproduction, childbirth and midwifery. It questions how experiences of reproduction might shape the identity of the midwife and the relationships between midwives and mothers. This research focuses on three specific aims; first, to contribute to the theoretical and sociological understanding of gender identity; second, to explore midwives' personal experiences of pregnancy and birth, and how their embodied experiences influence practice; and third, to contribute to the understanding of the 'meaning of motherhood', from the experience of midwives and mothers. Following in-depth interviews with fourteen midwives and thirteen mothers, the research findings show that gender expectations of midwives as female carers are bound by socially constructed expectations of the identity of the midwife as a carer, in which the role of emotion is a key theme. This thesis illustrates how the analysis of gender identity shows the interconnectivity between midwifery, reproduction and motherhood, and emotion. It contributes to the understanding of the relationship between emotion, midwives embodied experiences of reproduction, childbirth and motherhood, and the issue of professional identity. The findings highlight the significance of emotion in mediating the relationship between midwives' experiences and their practice, especially in the context of midwives' identity. This research provides an insight into the relational aspects of emotion work within reproduction and childbirth, and reveals that emotion work is not limited to midwives, but their actions or inactions can create emotion work for mothers. Recommendations for policy and practice emphasise the significance of community based midwifery services, a review of hospital based postnatal care; and highlight the need for the support of midwives returning to work following maternity leave. Future research recommendations focus on the development of auto/biography as a research approach and the exploration of emotion in midwifery research; issues of midwifery care; embodied experiences and the identity of the midwife.
New aeromagnetic and gravity compilations from Norway and adjacent areas: methods and applications
Creators: name: O. Olesen
name: M. Brönner
name: J. Ebbing
name: J. Gellein
name: L. Gernigon
name: J. Koziel
name: T. Lauritsen
name: R. Myklebust
name: C. Pascal
name: M. Sand
name: D. Solheim
name: S. Usov
Publisher: name: Geological Society of London
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Geology
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences

description: Poster presented for 'New aeromagnetic and gravity compilations from Norway and adjacent areas: methods and applications'
title: Stefan Tymiec Junior. A childhood home in Steinort and the long road to the West
Creators: name: Lachauer, Ulla
name: Kern, Agata
Publisher: name: Herder-Institut
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: 943 Geschichte Mitteleuropas; Deutschlands

description: Stefan Tymiec was born in Sztynort in July 1950. “I had a happy childhood”, he says. He hardly felt anything of the tragedies that his parents had lived through. His mother was German and remained in her homeland in 1945. His father was Ukrainian, one of many people who had been forcibly resettled from southeastern Poland. Stefan's childhood happiness lasted eight years, then the family set off for the West.
Development of a high-concentration hydrogen sensor and a gas sensor test bench
Creators: name: Fan, Lilian Lai Yee
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2011

description: Resistive hydrogen gas sensors based on palladium-hydrogen (Pd-H2) interactions were fabricated and tested. This thesis presents expected resistance characteristics for these sensors, and describes their fabrication process. Test results and analysis identified the H2 sensing mechanisms in these sensors. In particular, linearity between sensor resistance and the approximate atomic hydrogen content in the Pd was established, and the estimated proportionality constant obtained is 2.7± 0.9 (a.u.). A low flow rate sensor test bench featuring a line-switching mechanism was designed and built also. A description of the test bench and its operation principles are discussed. Response times obtained from initial tests of the un-optimized system is 16s ± 9s, comparable to the system response time of a commercial gas sensor test station presently available. Recommendations for future work to optimize this test bench are discussed, as are recommendations for future sensor design and development.
Inauguration of the proceedings
Creators: name: Conso, Giovanni
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Franco Modigliani, Bank of Italy, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei
subject: E20, E40, E50

description: A little more than a year after the death of Franco Modigliani, the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei felt compelled to devote, in agreement with the Bank of Italy and its Governor, his partner in this world-renowned an international conference. JEL Codes: E20, E40, E50
description: PSL Quarterly Review, VOL 58, NN. 233-234 (2005)
PIM-STM: Software Transactional Memory for Processing-In-Memory Systems
Creators: name: Lopes, André
name: Castro, Daniel
name: Romano, Paolo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: B.3.3; B.8.2; C.4; D.1.3

description: Processing-In-Memory (PIM) is a novel approach that augments existing DRAM memory chips with lightweight logic. By allowing to offload computations to the PIM system, this architecture allows for circumventing the data-bottleneck problem that affects many modern workloads. This work tackles the problem of how to build efficient software implementations of the Transactional Memory (TM) abstraction by introducing PIM-STM, a library that provides a range of diverse TM implementations for UPMEM, the first commercial PIM system. Via an extensive study we assess the efficiency of alternative choices in the design space of TM algorithms on this emerging architecture. We further quantify the impact of using different memory tiers of the UPMEM system (having different trade-offs for what concerns latency vs capacity) to store the metadata used by different TM implementations. Finally, we assess the gains achievable in terms of performance and memory efficiency when using PIM-STM to accelerate TM applications originally conceived for conventional CPU-based systems.
description: To be published in 29th ACM International Conference on Architectural Support for Programming Languages and Operating Systems, Volume 2 (ASPLOS '24), April 27-May 1, 2024, La Jolla, CA, USA
Franco: a mind never at rest
Creators: name: Samuelson, Paul A.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Franco Modigliani
subject: A11, B31, C1, C53, D0, E2, E3, E6

description: In this article the author recounts some fond memories of Franco Modigliani. For depth, breadth, originality and Modigliani human wisdom gained in the ranking of scholars, the highest place of the twentieth century. Great Italian, great American economist, Franco was also one of the leading economists in the world. His students and employees outnumber those of Alfred Marshall and Vilfredo Pareto. JEL Codes: A11, B31, C1, C53, D0, E2, E3, E6
description: PSL Quarterly Review, VOL 58, NN. 233-234 (2005)
Modigliani and Keynes
Creators: name: Solow, Robert M.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Franco Modigliani, Keynesian gospel, wages
subject: B22, E12

description: The first article published by Franco Modigliani has become one of the basic texts of the modern Keynesian economics. It formalized the model (or at least one model) implicit in the General Theory. Modigliani argued that the characteristics Keynesian conclusions are based primarily on the (realistic) rigidity of nominal wages. In particular, it showed that if wages and prices were flexible, the theory of liquidity preference of money could not generate persistent involuntary unemployment, but if wages were rigid, the theory of the amount of money could do it. Sixty years later Modigliani returned to expose the "Keynesian gospel" and proposed essentially the same interpretation. This article reconsiders and discusses this approach to macroeconomics, with some reference to its implications for economic policy. JEL Codes: B22, E12
description: PSL Quarterly Review, VOL 58, NN. 233-234 (2005)
How much of John Maynard Keynes can we find in Franco Modigliani?
Creators: name: Pasinetti, Luigi L.
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Money
subject: B22, B31

description: Franco Modigliani's first published paper became one of the basic documents of modern Keynesian economics. In it he formalized the model (or at least one model) implicit in The General Theory. Modigliani argued that the characteristic Keynesian conclusions rest fundamentally on the (realistic) rigidity of nominal wages. In particular, he showed that if wages and prices were flexible, the liquidity preference theory of money could not generate persistent involuntary unemployment; but if wages were rigid, even the quantity theory of money could do so. Sixty years later Modigliani returned to a statement of "the Keynesian gospel" and proposed essentially the same interpretation. This paper reviews and discusses this approach to macroeconomics, with some reference to its implications for policy. JEL Codes: B22, B31
description: PSL Quarterly Review, VOL 58, NN. 233-234 (2005)
Franco Modigliani and oligopoly
Creators: name: Sylos Labini, Paolo
Publisher: name: PSL Quarterly Review
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Oligopoly
subject: B21, B22, B31, D43, E00

description: Modigliani became interested in Keynes's General Theory even before knowing anything about economics. After becoming a professional economist, through his research both theoretical and applied, his teaching, his policy recommendations to fight mass unemployment, Modigliani became worldwide known as one of the great Keynesian economists. Yet, there are many building blocks of Keynes's General Theory that in Modigliani's work cannot be found. In this lecture, it is shown that his pursuit of the task of "digesting"--as he put it--Keynesian innovative ideas into the theoretical framework of Walrasian economics entails the loss of Keynes's genuine revolutionary ideas. The author argues--with some personal recollections--that Keynes's conviction of the necessity of a radically novel "monetary theory of production" remains as relevant today as it was when originally proposed. More than attempting to "digest" the Keynesian revolution, we should attempt to make it fully accomplished. JEL Codes: B21, B22, B31, D43, E00
description: PSL Quarterly Review, VOL 58, NN. 233-234 (2005)