cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Bond percolation on multiplex networks
Creators: name: Hackett, A.
name: Cellai, D.
name: Gómez, S.
name: Arenas, A.
name: Gleeson, J. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
subject: Social and Information Networks (cs.SI)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We present an analytical approach for bond percolation on multiplex networks and use it to determine the expected size of the giant connected component and the value of the critical bond occupation probability in these networks. We advocate the relevance of these tools to the modeling of multilayer robustness and contribute to the debate on whether any benefit is to be yielded from studying a full multiplex structure as opposed to its monoplex projection, especially in the seemingly irrelevant case of a bond occupation probability that does not depend on the layer. Although we find that in many cases the predictions of our theory for multiplex networks coincide with previously derived results for monoplex networks, we also uncover the remarkable result that for a certain class of multiplex networks, well described by our theory, new critical phenomena occur as multiple percolation phase transitions are present. We provide an instance of this phenomenon in a multipex network constructed from London rail and European air transportation datasets.
description: 8 pages, 4 figures
Body-specific Co-rumination: Relationship with Anxiety, Self-esteem, and Body Dissatisfaction in College Women
Creators: name: Doyle, Kaitlin
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: Body-specific co-rumination, or excessively discussing body-related problems with a best friend, is a new and unstudied construct that is theorized to be related to negative outcomes with three dependent variables: anxiety, self-esteem, and body dissatisfaction. Interaction models were used to assess whether appearance-contingent self-worth and social comparison were moderators of the relation between body-specific co-rumination and the three dependent variables. Participants were 441 college-aged women who completed an online survey. Results indicate that body-specific co-rumination is associated with anxiety (positively), self-esteem (negatively), and body dissatisfaction (positively). The moderator model with appearance-contingent self-worth was not supported; however, the interaction of body-specific co-rumination and social comparison was significant in identifying levels of anxiety and body dissatisfaction. Women who reported high levels of body-specific co-rumination and social comparison endorsed the highest levels of anxiety and body dissatisfaction. These findings support previous research that general co-rumination is an anxiety-producing experience and add to the growing body of research on co-rumination. Future directions and clinical implications are discussed.
Elaphoglossum laminarioides T. Moore, Index Fil.
Creators: name: Kessler, Michael
name: Moran, Robbin C.
name: Mickel, John T.
name: Matos, Fernando B.
name: Smith, Alan R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Dryopteridaceae
Elaphoglossum
Elaphoglossum laminarioides

description: Elaphoglossum laminarioides (Fée) T.Moore, Index Fil. 10. 1857. (Fig. 43O–S)
 Range: —Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia (CO, LP).
 Ecology: —Uncommon; epiphytic in humid forests; 350–1300 m.
 Notes: —The blades typically dry a blackish green, unlike the pale green of most other species of Elaphoglossum. The peltate scales are reminiscent of E. tectum, but that species has stellate hairlike scales on the abaxial blade surfaces, while the long apices may lead to confusion with E. murinum, which has thin, long-creeping rhizomes.
description: Published as part of Kessler, Michael, Moran, Robbin C., Mickel, John T., Matos, Fernando B. & Smith, Alan R., 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXXV. Dryopteridaceae, pp. 448-450 in Phytotaxa 353 (1) on pages 448-450, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.353.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13706233
Measurement of Rb 5P3/2 scalar and tensor polarizabilities in a 1064 nm light field
Creators: name: Chen, Yun-Jhih
name: Gonçalves, Luís Felipe
name: Raithel, Georg
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We employ doubly-resonant two-photon excitation into the 74S Rydberg state to spectroscopically measure the dynamic scalar polarizability, alpha 0, and tensor polarizability, alpha 2, of rubidium 5P3/2. To reach the necessary high intensities, we employ a cavity-generated 1064 nm optical-lattice light field, allowing us to obtain intensities near 2x10^11 W/m^2. In the evaluation of the data we use a self-referencing method that renders the polarizability measurement largely free from the intensity calibration of the laser light field. We obtain experimental values alpha 0 =-1149 (pm 2.5 percent) and alpha 2 = 563 (pm 4.2 percent), in atomic units. Methods and results are supported by simulations.
‘To be a minority or not’ : multiculturalism in Poland between Europe and the past
Creators: name: Staiger, Nicole
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: immigration
minority groups
multiculturalism
Poland

description: Second semester University: Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan.
description: The concept ‘multiculturalism’, minority protection and universal human rights are linked on the basis of liberal democratic principles. Poland has a complicated history of extreme approaches towards minorities from peaceful coexistence and tolerance to forced assimilation. International and European standards of minority protection developed after communism, have served as external models for Poland’s domestic implementation of minority rights. EU membership, economic success and growing immigration including the revival of the Silesian identity have challenged Poland’s narrow definition of ‘minority’ as well as its ethnic homogeneity. Despite racist and xenophobic incidents, Polish society has been evolving to increasingly accept cultural diversity. Multiculturalism in Poland differs from Western Europe, since encounters with foreign cultures remain abstract, removed from social reality. While historical minorities are small and well assimilated, immigration and integration policies have not yet sparked major public debates, albeit the increasing awareness of policy-makers. The most probable future path of Poland will be the gradual extension of its existing framework for old minorities towards inclusion of new minorities to accommodate the needs of an ever-changing reality. This dissertation maps the issue of multiculturalism in Poland in terms of laws, policies and reality – adding the Polish perspective to the European discourse on multiculturalism.
School Composition and Life Course Outcomes
Creators: name: Göllner, Richard
name: Damian, Rodica
name: Nagengast, Benjamin
name: Roberts, Brent
name: Trautwein, Ulrich
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022

description: This project provides information pertaining to research reported in an article titled "It’s Not Only Who You Are but Who You Are With: High School Composition and Individuals’ Attainment Over the Life Course" authored by Richard Göllner, Rodica Damian, Benjamin Nagengast, Brent Roberts, and Ulrich Trautwein in Psychological Science.
belilab/RPC-and-Ub: K6-linked Ubiquitylation Marks Formaldehyde-Induced RNA-Protein Crosslinks for Resolution
Creators: name: Blum, Christian J.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Code used for data analysis in the manuscript: "K6-linked Ubiquitylation Marks Formaldehyde-Induced RNA-Protein Crosslinks for Resolution"
Status and Outlook of CHIP-TRAP: the Central Michigan University High Precision Penning Trap
Creators: name: Redshaw, Matthew
name: Bryce, Richard A.
name: Hawks, Paul
name: Gamage, Nadeesha D.
name: Hunt, Curtis
name: Kandegedara, Rathnayake M. E. B.
name: Ratnayake, Ishara S.
name: Sharp, Lance
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: At Central Michigan University we are developing a high-precision Penning trap mass spectrometer (CHIP-TRAP)that will focus on measurements with long-lived radioactive isotopes. CHIP-TRAP will consist of a pair of hyperbolic precision-measurement Penning traps, and a cylindrical capture/filter trap in a 12 T magnetic field. Ions will be produced by external ion sources, including a laser ablation source, and transported to the capture trap at low energies enabling ions of a given m=q ratio to be selected via their time-of-flight. In the capture trap, contaminant ions will be removed with a mass-selective rf dipole excitation and the ion of interest will be transported to the measurement traps. A phase-sensitive image charge detection technique will be used for simultaneous cyclotron frequency measurements on single ions in the two precision traps, resulting in a reduction in statistical uncertainty due to magnetic field fluctuations.
description: 5 pages, submitted to NIMB (EMIS 2015 Conference Proceedings)
Elaphoglossum neei M. Kessler & Mickel, Brittonia
Creators: name: Kessler, Michael
name: Moran, Robbin C.
name: Mickel, John T.
name: Matos, Fernando B.
name: Smith, Alan R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Dryopteridaceae
Elaphoglossum
Elaphoglossum neei

description: Elaphoglossum neei M.Kessler & Mickel, Brittonia 58(2): 111. 2006. (Fig. 7A–E)
 Range: — Ecuador to Bolivia.
 Ecology: —Common; epiphytic, rarely saxixolous, in humid forests; 1900–3200 m.
 Notes: —This species may be easily confused with E. molle, but the leaves typically are longer and relatively narrower, and the blade scales are even sparser, abaxially erect, and funnel-shaped. Kessler & Mickel (2006) indicated a holotype (Nee & Bohs 49764) at NY, with duplicates at LPB, MO, USZ, and UT. The specimen at LPB, however, was mislabelled and actually represents E. catenatum. It should not be considered an isotype.
description: Published as part of Kessler, Michael, Moran, Robbin C., Mickel, John T., Matos, Fernando B. & Smith, Alan R., 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXXV. Dryopteridaceae, pp. 448-450 in Phytotaxa 353 (1) on pages 448-450, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.353.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13706233
Exclusive freedom : visa liberalisation and Roma migration in the western Balkans
Creators: name: Mayer, Alisa
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: migrations
European Union
asylum seekers
Romanies
Macedonia
Serbia

description: Second semester University: Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest.
description: This thesis deals with the consequences of visa liberalisation in the Western Balkans, with a particular focus on Serbia and Macedonia. As a reaction to the significant increase of allegedly unfounded asylum applications by citizens of the Western Balkans in several EU countries, which according to the European Commission mostly stem from Roma, the countries have adopted a series of measures to comply with EU demands, “to reduce the influx of asylum seekers.” The main focus of the thesis is a critical examination of the specific measures the countries have adopted as a reaction to EU pressure, in particular the use of ethnic profiling at the borders as a violation of the principle of non-discrimination as well as violations of the right to leave one’s country and the right to seek asylum. Moreover, the thesis critically examines EU responsibility and argues that the Commission has instructed the governments, to de facto discriminate against their Roma population. In addition to assessing the possible violations of human rights, this thesis aims at analysing the underlying dynamics of the main elements of EU migration policy which are securitisation and the externalisation of migration control and which are both evident in the visa liberalisation process.
Evaluating Incentive Programs for Primary Care Practitioners in Rural North Carolina
Creators: name: Joyce, Peter
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2019

description: Across North Carolina, many rural areas struggle to maintain a sufficient primary care workforce to care for their residents. Primary care professionals are eligible for a wide range of financial programs to incentivize them to practice in rural areas, including loan repayment, bonuses, and scholarships.  However, the disparities in health workforce between non-rural and rural areas have worsened in recent years. Multiple incentive programs are offered by federal and state governments, professional trade organizations, charities, and nonprofit groups, yet few practitioners utilize any programs to attract them to or remain practicing in rural areas.To assess why primary care incentive programs have not solved workforce disparities in North Carolina, a survey was administered to practitioners who have completed an incentive placement contract with the North Carolina Office of Rural Health (NCORH) between 2012-2018. The survey first determined if the practitioner had been retained in their service area. Next, the survey asked which programs or program components the practitioner felt had offered the most meaningful benefits to allow them to remain practicing in a rural area, or what could be improved in the program. Respondents noted that financial benefits from loan repayment programs were particularly helpful in allowing them to take on additional clinical roles, including public health initiatives, and often filled income gaps when transitioning from the private sector. However, respondents also noted numerous issues with front office responsiveness, early contract termination, and lack of follow-up programs once incentives had ended.This study can be used to help North Carolina improve primary care incentive programs with direct experiences from practitioners. Additionally, this study can offer a vision for creating new programs intended to retain health workforce in key shortage areas in North Carolina, which may ultimately improve health outcomes across the state.
A class of chemotaxis systems with growth source and nonlinear secretion
Creators: name: Wang, Zhi-an
name: Xiang, Tian
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35K57, 35K51, 92C17

description: In this paper, we are concerned with a class of parabolic-elliptic chemotaxis systems encompassing the prototype $$\left\{\begin{array}{lll} &u_t = \nabla\cdot(\nabla u-χu\nabla v)+f(u), & x\in Ω, t>0, \\[0.2cm] &0= Δv -v+u^κ, & x\in Ω, t>0 \end{array}\right. $$ with nonnegative initial condition for $u$ and homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions in a smooth bounded domain $Ω\subset \mathbb{R}^n(n\geq 2)$, where $χ>0$, $κ>0$ and $f$ is a smooth growth source satisfying $f(0)\geq 0$ and $$ f(s)\leq a-bs^θ, \quad s\geq 0, \text{with some} a\geq 0, b>0, θ>1. $$ Firstly, it is shown, either $$ κκ+1, $$ or $$ θ-κ=1, \ \ b\geq \frac{(κn-2)}{κn}χ, \eqno(*) $$ that the corresponding initial-value problem admits a unique classical solution that is uniformly bounded in space and time. Our proof is elementary and semigroup-free. Whilst, with the particular choices $θ=2$ and $κ=1$, Tello and Winkler \cite{TW07} use sophisticated estimates via the Neumann heat semigroup to obtain the global boundedness under the strict inequality in ($\ast$). Thereby, we improve their results to the "borderline" case $b=(κn-2)/(κn)χ$ in this regard. Next, for an unbounded range of $χ$, the system is shown to exhibit pattern formations, and, the emerging patterns are shown to converge weakly in $ L^θ(Ω)$ to some constants as $χ\rightarrow \infty$. While, for small $χ$ or large damping $b$, precisely $b>2χ$ if $f(u)=u(a-bu^κ)$ for some $a, b>0$, we show that the system does not admit pattern formation and the large time behavior of solutions is comparable to its associated ODE+algebraic system.
description: 27 papges, 0 figures, submitted
Children’s rights are not for sale: discussing children’s suffrage in light of the economic crisis in Portugal
Creators: name: Reisner, Vera
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: children rights
economic crisis
Portugal
right to vote
children

description: Second semester University: University of Coimbra.
description: The economic crisis and austerity measures taken in Portugal severely impact children’s rights. Although children are most affected by these measures, they are a priori excluded from any democratic decision making. Therefore, this Master’s Thesis argues that the right to vote should be given to children to make their rights more crisis-resilient. This Thesis intends to fill two research gaps: firstly, the effects of the economic crisis on children’s rights will be discussed, focusing on child poverty, child labour, education and children’s access to health care. Secondly, this Thesis explores how the right to vote would enable children to efficiently defend their interests in future policies. Through the lens of Johan Galtung’s triangle of violence, this Thesis outlines how the uneven distribution of resources and power constitutes twofold structural violence against children. Both forms of structural violence could be overcome by giving children the right to vote. The advantages and disadvantages of four models how to include children in democratic processes will be evaluated, also referring to experiences that have been made in other countries. This Thesis concludes that the voting age could be first lowered on a local and regional level before lowering it at a national level, while a future introduction of the right to vote for all should be considered.
Elaphoglossum cuspidatum T. Moore, Index Fil.
Creators: name: Kessler, Michael
name: Moran, Robbin C.
name: Mickel, John T.
name: Matos, Fernando B.
name: Smith, Alan R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Dryopteridaceae
Elaphoglossum
Elaphoglossum cuspidatum

description: Elaphoglossum cuspidatum (Willd.) T.Moore, Index Fil. 16. 1857. (Fig. 41K–O)
 Range: — Costa Rica; Andes from Venezuela to Bolivia (CH, CO, LP, SC, TA).
 Ecology: —Very common; epiphytic and saxicolous, with pendant leaves, in humid forests, on rock faces, and on steep, grassy slopes; (1200–) 2100–3800 m.
description: Published as part of Kessler, Michael, Moran, Robbin C., Mickel, John T., Matos, Fernando B. & Smith, Alan R., 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXXV. Dryopteridaceae, pp. 448-450 in Phytotaxa 353 (1) on pages 448-450, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.353.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13706233
"If I Was a Dude This Decision Would Be Easy": The Early Emergence of the Gender Leadership Gap Among College Seniors
Creators: name: Matthews, Katherine
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: During the last 10 years, much attention has been given to women who “opt out” of the
workforce. Researchers, Op-Eds, and popular media have turned to the issue of highly educated,
highly paid women who leave the workforce and do not return, seeking to discover why and how
they make these decisions. Still, consensus has not been reached and meanwhile, valuable
members of the labor force fail to reach the pinnacle of their careers or abandon the workforce
all together. One fact that everyone tends to agree on is that adults face new, challenging
demands after having children. They must decide how to manage a finite amount of time. Do
you trade your career for your family or your family for your career? Is there a middle ground?
These are often questions that factor into a woman’s decision to leave the workforce.
Yet, what happens before women have children? At what point do both women and men
begin thinking about how their careers will affect their family lives in the future? Little research
has been conducted with college seniors who are about to begin their first full time career. As a
member of this cohort, I was curious about what other college students had to say about these
questions. I wanted to know whether others had given thought to what they wanted their future
work and family life to look like. Therefore, I interviewed a random sample of seniors at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Upon analyzing their responses through qualitative
data software, I discovered that most men had given at least rudimentary thought to these
questions. However, females had given significantly greater thought to them, so much so that
many reported having already changed their career goals as a result. There was a clear divide
between female and male responses, with their perspectives and answers to my questions being
largely dependent on their gender. The interviews showed that if the gender leadership gap is to
be closed by my generation or the one that follows us, policymakers must support initiatives that
help men think progressively about the desires of their female counterparts while simultaneously
helping women feel that they will be able to navigate their careers without sacrificing their desire
for a family. Importantly, policy changes will not be effective if they only target those who are
already in the workforce. My study revealed that women are especially likely to change their
career paths and goals as early as college and thus, policy must be responsive to this trend.
Rapid Co-optimization of Processing and Circuit Design to Overcome Carbon Nanotube Variations
Creators: name: Hills, Gage
name: Zhang, Jie
name: Shulaker, Max Marcel
name: Wei, Hai
name: Lee, Chi-Shuen
name: Balasingam, Arjun
name: Wong, H. -S. Philip
name: Mitra, Subhasish
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Emerging Technologies (cs.ET)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Carbon nanotube field-effect transistors (CNFETs) are promising candidates for building energy-efficient digital systems at highly-scaled technology nodes. However, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) are inherently subject to variations that reduce circuit yield, increase susceptibility to noise, and severely degrade their anticipated energy and speed benefits. Joint exploration and optimization of CNT processing options and CNFET circuit design are required to overcome this outstanding challenge. Unfortunately, existing approaches for such exploration and optimization are computationally expensive, and mostly rely on trial-and-error-based ad hoc techniques. In this paper, we present a framework that quickly evaluates the impact of CNT variations on circuit delay and noise margin, and systematically explores the large space of CNT processing options to derive optimized CNT processing and CNFET circuit design guidelines. We demonstrate that our framework: 1) runs over 100x faster than existing approaches, and 2) accurately identifies the most important CNT processing parameters, together with CNFET circuit design parameters (e.g., for CNFET sizing and standard cell layouts), to minimize the impact of CNT variations on CNFET circuit speed with less than 5% energy cost, while simultaneously meeting circuit-level noise margin and yield constraints.
Elaphoglossum dannoritzeri M. Kessler, Phytotaxa
Creators: name: Kessler, Michael
name: Moran, Robbin C.
name: Mickel, John T.
name: Matos, Fernando B.
name: Smith, Alan R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Dryopteridaceae
Elaphoglossum
Elaphoglossum dannoritzeri

description: Elaphoglossum dannoritzeri M.Kessler, Phytotaxa 77(2): 35. 2013. (Fig. 27A–E)
 Range: —Endemic to Bolivia (CO, LP), likely to occur in southermost Peru.
 Ecology: —Very common; terrestrial in grasslands, open scrub, and along roadsides, often forming huge, dense colonies, in humid to semihumid habitats; (2400–) 3000–4600 m.
 Notes: —The specimens here treated under this species were formerly assigned to E. mathewsii (Fée) T.Moore, but Kessler (2013) considered that species to occur only from Peru northwards.
description: Published as part of Kessler, Michael, Moran, Robbin C., Mickel, John T., Matos, Fernando B. & Smith, Alan R., 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXXV. Dryopteridaceae, pp. 448-450 in Phytotaxa 353 (1) on pages 448-450, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.353.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13706233
title: Modality-general benefit of eye-closure on the retrieval of intentionally learned information
Creators: name: Ebersbach, Mirjam
Publisher: name: Universität Kassel
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: eye-closure effect
subject: intentional learning
subject: long-term memory
subject: modality-specificity
subject: verbal memory
subject: visual distraction
subject: 150
subject: Augenschließen
subject: Langzeitgedächtnis
subject: Verbales Gedächtnis
subject: Ablenkung

description: Gefördert im Rahmen des Projekts DEAL
Materials
Creators: name: Spence, Katie
name: Stanton, Sarah
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022

description: Participants will report whether they have cheated on, been cheated on, had both, or had neither happen to them. These responses will indicate which of the following scenarios will be presented along with the accompanying questions: 1. PERPETRATOR; 2. VICTIM; 3. HYPOTHETICAL PERPETRATOR; 4. HYPOTHETICAL VICTIM
Fast machine-learning online optimization of ultra-cold-atom experiments
Creators: name: Wigley, P. B.
name: Everitt, P. J.
name: Hengel, A. van den
name: Bastian, J. W.
name: Sooriyabandara, M. A.
name: McDonald, G. D.
name: Hardman, K. S.
name: Quinlivan, C. D.
name: Manju, P.
name: Kuhn, C. C. N.
name: Petersen, I. R.
name: Luiten, A.
name: Hope, J. J.
name: Robins, N. P.
name: Hush, M. R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Machine-designed control of complex devices or experiments can discover strategies superior to those developed via simplified models. We describe an online optimization algorithm based on Gaussian processes and apply it to optimization of the production of Bose-Einstein condensates (BEC). BEC is typically created with an exponential evaporation ramp that is approximately optimal for s-wave, ergodic dynamics with two-body interactions and no other loss rates, but likely sub-optimal for many real experiments. Machine learning using a Gaussian process, in contrast, develops a statistical model of the relationship between the parameters it controls and the quality of the BEC produced. This is an online process, and an active one, as the Gaussian process model updates on the basis of each subsequent experiment and proposes a new set of parameters as a result. We demonstrate that the Gaussian process machine learner is able to discover a ramp that produces high quality BECs in 10 times fewer iterations than a previously used online optimization technique. Furthermore, we show the internal model developed can be used to determine which parameters are essential in BEC creation and which are unimportant, providing insight into the optimization process.
description: 6 pages, 4 figures
Fractured Memories: Gendered Experience in East German Literature and Film Since 1989
Creators: name: Johnson, Nicole
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2013

description: This thesis investigates the differences in gendered experiences of the German
reunification. I inquire into the medium-specificity of these differences as reflected in literature
and cinema. The first chapter investigates the general status of memory in women’s
autobiographies and the particular use of scrapbooking techniques. Three autobiographical works
are compared: Die Mauer ist gefallen (2010) by Susanne Fritsche, Zonenkinder (2002) by Jana
Hensel, and Meine freie deutsche Jugend (2003) by Claudia Rusch. The analysis of these three
novels focuses not only on how scrapbooking shapes the expression and content of what is
remembered but also the gendered elements of these memories. The more autobiographies rely
on scrapbooking the less feminist they are. By incorporating mass-produced visual objects, the
East German female authors undermine the gendered qualities of their personal and collective
memories. The second chapter turns to Wende cinema and considers the status of damaged male
protagonists in a selection of the many male melodramas produced after 1989. The three films
analyzed include: Wege in die Nacht (1999) directed by Andreas Kleinert, Der
Zimmerspringbrunen (2001) directed by Peter Timm, and Berlin is in Germany (2001) directed
by Hannes Stöhr. By uncovering the triggers for the protagonists’ emasculation as well as their
fates, this chapter argues that German cinema conceptualized the fall of the Wall as directly
affecting the security of East German masculinity. When juxtaposed with one another, female
autobiographical memoirs and male melodramas show that experience is inherently gendered.
Within the specific historical context of German reunification, these differences employ
medium-specific strategies intrinsic to literature and film in order to make themselves
understandable.
Child trafficking in the wake of disaster: investigations and paths for improvements in the frameworks surrounding disaster response and child trafficking
Creators: name: Deharre, Pauline
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: children rights
disaster relief
disasters
trafficking in young people

description: Second semester University: University of Nottingham.
description: This thesis argues that a new comprehensive and preferably binding instrument is needed to protect children against trafficking and many other adverse effects of disasters. The issue at stake is that children are made more vulnerable to abuses of their rights during humanitarian crisis such as disasters. One frequent kind of abuse amid such crisis is child trafficking for the purpose of irregular adoption, economic or sexual exploitation, or other violent practices. Two frameworks are analysed throughout the thesis to assess the protection granted to children against those practices in post-disaster situations: the framework surrounding disaster response and the child’s rights framework (related to trafficking issues). In order to reveal the strengths and weaknesses of the two frameworks, three different post-disaster situations will be analysed (the 2004 Asian tsunami, the 2010 Haitian earthquake and the 2015 Nepalese Earthquake). Some shortcomings will be identified, mainly regarding the weak cooperation and coordination of the different actors involved in disaster response (and the too weak consideration for national actors which are, indeed, particularly important for an adequate and sustainable response). The lack of consideration for humanitarian crisis as disasters within the child trafficking framework, and generally within the child’s rights framework, will also be revealed. Paths for improvement at the international level will be suggested, including suggestions for the adoption of new (binding) comprehensive instruments. Keywords: Disaster Response, Child Trafficking, Children’s Rights, Disasters
A noncommutative framework for topological insulators
Creators: name: Bourne, Chris
name: Carey, Alan L.
name: Rennie, Adam
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: K-Theory and Homology (math.KT)
subject: Operator Algebras (math.OA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We study topological insulators, regarded as physical systems giving rise to topological invariants determined by symmetries both linear and anti-linear. Our perspective is that of noncommutative index theory of operator algebras. In particular we formulate the index problems using Kasparov theory, both complex and real. We show that the periodic table of topological insulators and superconductors can be realised as a real or complex index pairing of a Kasparov module capturing internal symmetries of the Hamiltonian with a spectral triple encoding the geometry of the sample's (possibly noncommutative) Brillouin zone.
description: 32 pages, final version
Al Zoning and Mineral Inclusions in Hornblende Crystals from the Half Dome Granodiorite
Creators: name: Challener, Stephen
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: The Al-hornblende geobarometer is a widely applied tool for calculating the depth
of a pluton’s emplacement. Though its widespread use has been questioned, it is still
often used with little investigation of its applicability, as there are few geobarometers
available in these systems (Anderson and Smith 1995, Ague 1997).
To examine the applicability of the hornblende geobarometer within the
Tuolumne Intrusive Suite within Yosemity National Park, California, samples of
hornblende phenocrysts from the Half Dome Granodiorite were collected and analyzed.
From them, maps of mineral inclusions and Al content were made using scanning
electron microscopy and remote sensing techniques. Instead of the expected regular
concentric zoning in Al content, zoning in Al is patchy and irregular. Furthermore, the
crystals are riddled with inclusions of other minerals, some of them late crystallization
products.
These features suggest that Al zoning within these crystals is not controlled by
pressure and temperature, and that these crystals would be unsuitable for geobarometry.
Because the included and zoned nature of these crystals is not obvious in hand sample, it
is necessary that hornblende crystals be carefully examined before Al geobarometry is
attempted. Furthermore, the inclusion of late-crystallizing minerals within hornblende
strongly suggests that they could not have formed in a single crystallization event. This
indicates that their origin must be more complicated than traditional models of pluton
formation account for.
MS Gr. class. c. 7 1589
Creators: name: Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 470316
subject: Latin and classical Greek languages

description: P.Herc. 215 fr. 2: cr. 3 fr. 2. Juridical (?) prose
Drawing by Carlo Orazi
Kinematics of dwarf galaxies in gas-rich groups, and the survival and detectability of tidal dwarf galaxies
Creators: name: Sweet, Sarah M.
name: Drinkwater, Michael J.
name: Meurer, Gerhardt
name: Kilborn, Virginia
name: Audcent-Ross, Fiona
name: Baumgardt, Holger
name: Bekki, Kenji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present DEIMOS multi-object spectroscopy (MOS) of 22 star-forming dwarf galaxies located in four gas-rich groups, including six newly-discovered dwarfs. Two of the galaxies are strong tidal dwarf galaxy (TDG) candidates based on our luminosity-metallicity relation definition. We model the rotation curves of these galaxies. Our sample shows low mass-to-light ratios (M/L=0.73$\pm0.39M_\odot/L_\odot$) as expected for young, star-forming dwarfs. One of the galaxies in our sample has an apparently strongly-falling rotation curve, reaching zero rotational velocity outside the turnover radius of $r_{turn}=1.2r_e$. This may be 1) a polar ring galaxy, with a tilted bar within a face-on disk; 2) a kinematic warp. These scenarios are indistinguishable with our current data due to limitations of slit alignment inherent to MOS-mode observations. We consider whether TDGs can be detected based on their tidal radius, beyond which tidal stripping removes kinematic tracers such as H$α$ emission. When the tidal radius is less than about twice the turnover radius, the expected falling rotation curve cannot be reliably measured. This is problematic for as much as half of our sample, and indeed more generally, galaxies in groups like these. Further to this, the H$α$ light that remains must be sufficiently bright to be detected; this is only the case for three (14%) galaxies in our sample. We conclude that the falling rotation curves expected of tidal dwarf galaxies are intrinsically difficult to detect.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 27 pages, 29 figures
title: Adult Education Dictionary
title: Λεξικό Εκπαίδευσης Ενηλίκων
Creators: name: Karalis, Thanassis
name: Lintzeris, Paraskevas
Publisher: name: Kallipos, Open Academic Editions
Year: 2023
Subjects: Εκπαίδευση ενήλικων
Δια βίου εκπαίδευση
Συνεχιζόμενη εκπαίδευση
Adult education
Lifelong education
Continuing education

description: Forty researchers from the field of Adult Education in Greece have collaborated in the Dictionary. It includes 55 entries and data on 16 Adult Education theorists with references to the Greek context.
description: Στο Λεξικό έχουν συνεργαστεί 40 ερευνητές από το πεδίο της Εκπαίδευσης Ενηλίκων στην Ελλάδα. Περιλαμβάνει 55 λήμματα και στοιχεία για 16 θεωρητικούς της Εκπαίδευσης Ενηλίκων με αναφορές στο ελληνικό συγκείμενο.
Solution of a quadratic quaternion equation with mixed coefficients
Creators: name: Farouki, Rida T.
name: Gentili, Graziano
name: Giannelli, Carlotta
name: Sestini, Alessandra
name: Stoppato, Caterina
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Primary 30G35, Secondary 65D17

description: A comprehensive analysis of the morphology of the solution space for a special type of quadratic quaternion equation is presented. This equation, which arises in a surface construction problem, incorporates linear terms in a quaternion variable and its conjugate with right and left quaternion coefficients, while the quadratic term has a quaternion coefficient placed between the variable and its conjugate. It is proved that, for generic coefficients, the equation has two, one, or no solutions, but in certain special instances the solution set may comprise a circle or a 3-sphere in the quaternion space $\mathbb{H}$. The analysis yields solutions for each case, and intuitive interpretations of them in terms of the four-dimensional geometry of the quaternion space $\mathbb{H}$.
description: 19 pages, to appear in the Journal of Symbolic Computation
The Impact of Pilgrimage on Local Communities and the Medieval Expansion of Europe in the Twelfth Century
Creators: name: Westermeier, Burton J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: This thesis investigates the impact which the proliferation of pilgrimage had on the local communities where shrines were located. How did locals accommodate the great flow of pilgrims who passed through their villages or arrived in their towns? Was pilgrimage primarily understood as an economic boon, as some historians have suggested, or were other factors at play in the manner in which local people reacted to the arrival of pilgrims? Is pilgrimage always a builder of consensus, as some scholars have assumed, or can it also be a creator of conflict? In particular, this thesis examines the dynamic of Frankish pilgrims traveling to pilgrimage sites in non-Frankish regions such as Santiago de Compostela in Galicia or Saint Patrick’s Purgatory in Ireland. This focus raises another series of questions which this thesis attempts to answer. Was national difference a source of tension between pilgrims and locals? How did the presence of foreign pilgrims shape the development of shrines?
MS Gr. class. c. 7 1590
Creators: name: Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 470316
subject: Latin and classical Greek languages

description: P.Herc. 215 fr. 5: cr. 9 fr. 2. Juridical (?) prose
Drawing by Carlo Orazi
Elaphoglossum obovatum Mickel, Brittonia
Creators: name: Kessler, Michael
name: Moran, Robbin C.
name: Mickel, John T.
name: Matos, Fernando B.
name: Smith, Alan R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Dryopteridaceae
Elaphoglossum
Elaphoglossum obovatum

description: Elaphoglossum obovatum Mickel, Brittonia 39(3): 322. 1987. (Fig. 55K–N)
 Range: — Venezuela, northern Peru, northern Bolivia (BE), northwestern Brazil.
 Ecology: — Rare; epiphytic and saxicolous in humid forests; to 150 m (to 850 m in Venezuela).
description: Published as part of Kessler, Michael, Moran, Robbin C., Mickel, John T., Matos, Fernando B. & Smith, Alan R., 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXXV. Dryopteridaceae, pp. 448-450 in Phytotaxa 353 (1) on pages 448-450, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.353.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13706233
Export Payment Assistance to U.S. Agricultural Exports, Fiscal Year 1964-65
Creators: name: DeBlois, Eleanor N.
name: DeBlois, Eleanor N.
Publisher: name: Unknown
Year: 1966
Subjects: Agricultural and Food Policy
International Relations/Trade

description: Excerpts from the report Introduction: U.S. exports of agricultural products in 1964-65 totaled a record $6,096 million, continuing the strong upward trend of the past decade. World demand for U.S. agricultural commodities -- especially feed grains, soybeans and products, and animal products -- has increased sharply in recent years. However, exports of cotton and tobacco in 1964-65 were down from a year earlier, resulting largely from increased foreign competition. Nearly three-fourths of the exports of farm products in 1964-65 were commercial sales for dollars. These dollar exports, plus dollars saved and repaid under Public Law 480 programs, helped to improve the U.S. balance-of-payments position. About one-fourth of the export total consisted of exports under Government-financed programs, mostly under P.L. 480, the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. These exports help meet world food needs, support economic development abroad, further U.S. foreign policy, and help develop commercial markets for U.S. agricultural products.
description: Reprinted from Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States June 1966
Bringing philanthropy into the digital age: the adoption of data philanthropy in the context of the GDPR and its implications on countries without data protection laws
Creators: name: Amorós Cascales, Fuensanta
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2019
Subjects: right of privacy
data protection
corporate responsibility
social responsibility

description: Second semester University: Université de Montpellier
description: It has been a long-standing paradigm that the private and the public sector are unable to cooperate as their fundamental scopes are different; this perception is by no means different when it comes to the use of Big Data. As we try to join both worlds, there appear to be two dominant standpoints: on the one hand, a standpoint which posits that data protection disappears when there is a profit motive for companies; and on the other hand, a standpoint which maintains that using data for any purpose other than its original intention is a serious threat to the right to privacy. Both ideas are incorrect, as data may be shared for the public interest, presuming that there is an appropriate data protection framework which safeguards data donors and doesn’t harm the firm. This research paper will present the idea of data philanthropy as a new way of corporate social responsibility, and will explore the reasons companies refrain from engaging more in this exercise, which benefits the common good, while looking to answer these concerns. Additionally, a suitable legal framework to avoid violations of the right to privacy will be presented.
Regional metabolism: A material and product flow accounting model for Trentino, Italy
Creators: name: Bastos, Joana
name: Rosado, Leonardo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Conference paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Planning for Cities and Regions (SSPCR) 2022, 19-22 July 2022, in Bolzano, Italy. The paper presents preliminary results of the urban metabolism (UM) model for Trentino, Italy, performed within the H2020 ARTEMIS project. Final results are presented in WP1 report (doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7681412).  
Elaphoglossum obtusum Mickel, Fieldiana, Bot.
Creators: name: Kessler, Michael
name: Moran, Robbin C.
name: Mickel, John T.
name: Matos, Fernando B.
name: Smith, Alan R.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2018
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Plantae
Tracheophyta
Polypodiopsida
Polypodiales
Dryopteridaceae
Elaphoglossum
Elaphoglossum obtusum

description: Elaphoglossum obtusum Mickel, Fieldiana, Bot., n.s., 27: 149. 1991. (Fig. 47N–P)
 Range: — Peru and Bolivia (BE).
 Ecology: —Rare; epiphytic in humid forests; to 800 m.
description: Published as part of Kessler, Michael, Moran, Robbin C., Mickel, John T., Matos, Fernando B. & Smith, Alan R., 2018, Prodromus of a fern flora for Bolivia. XXXV. Dryopteridaceae, pp. 448-450 in Phytotaxa 353 (1) on pages 448-450, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.353.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13706233
MS Gr. class. c. 7 1591
Creators: name: Oxyrhynchus Papyri
Publisher: name: University of Oxford
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 470316
subject: Latin and classical Greek languages

description: P.Herc. 215 fr. 6: cr. 11 fr. 1. Juridical (?) prose
Drawing by Carlo Orazi
NOP-based Nanoparticle and Depot Systems as Targeted Chemotherapies
Creators: name: Lucier, Amanda R.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Intravenous chemotherapy, the most common method of chemotherapy delivery, has
several limitations including non-specific biodistribution, limited circulation time, and high
susceptibility for multi-drug resistance. In the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC),
administration of docetaxel (DX) and paclitaxel (PX) using a nanoparticle system offers
numerous improvements to the standard of care therapies. This nanoparticle (NP) formulation,
composed of Brij 78, Vitamin E TPGS, and a Miglyol 812 oil core (“BTM”) in addition to free
drug, accomplishes passive targeting to the tumor site through the enhanced permeation and
retention (EPR) effect. It also exhibits decreased drug resistance by circumvention of Pgp efflux
pumps, and stealth properties through PEGylation. However, the BTM NPs are limited by the
low solubility of PX and DX in the Miglyol core (<10% wt/wt), low percent drug encapsulation
within the NPs, and rapid drug release in-vivo with >90% of drug released in 1-2 hours. To
overcome this limitation, lipid-ester prodrugs of DX and PX were synthesized to increase the
solubility of DX and PX in the Miglyol core. The solubility of the prodrugs in Miglyol was an
order of magnitude greater that the DX and PX. More importantly, our results showed a marked
increase in pro-drug accumulation at the tumor site compared to standard of care therapies of
Taxotere® and Taxol®. A limitation of the lipidized prodrugs pertained to their slow rate of
hydrolysis, resulting in poor release of the active free drug. The focus of current project is to
reengineer the NP formulation to accommodate a free drug, as opposed to altering PX and DX to
accommodate the oil core. A novel hydrophobic oil core consisting of N-octyl 2-pyrrolidone
(NOP) was used. Both DX and PX are soluble in NOP at greater than 100% wt/wt. Furthermore,
in-vitro cytotoxicity studies with A549, MRC5, HuVEC, and MLg cell lines showed placebo
NPs made with an NOP core were less toxic than the placebo BTM NPs made with a
biocompatible Miglyol core. Another advantage of the high solubility of PX, DX, and other
drugs in NOP is that at high drug-loaded concentrations (50-100%), the increased viscosity
allows NOP to be used as a depot, which could have use in intraperitoneal depot treatment of
breast and ovarian cancers.