cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
A Low-Complexity Gaussian Message Passing Iterative Detector for Massive MU-MIMO Systems
Creators: name: Liu, Lei
name: Yuen, Chau
name: Guan, Yong Liang
name: Li, Ying
name: Su, Yuping
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper considers a low-complexity Gaussian Message Passing Iterative Detection (GMPID) method over a pairwise graph for a massive Multiuser Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) system, in which a base station with M antennas serves K Gaussian sources simultaneously. Both K and M are large numbers and we consider the cases that K(\sqrt{2}-1)^2$. Therefore, a new convergent GMPID with equally low complexity called SA-GMPID is proposed, which converges to the MMSE detection for any K< M with a faster convergence speed. Finally, numerical results are provided to verify the validity and accuracy of the proposed theoretical results.
description: IEEE International Conference on Information,Communications and Signal Processing(ICICS), Accepted, 5 pages, 4 figures
Discrimination of the Roma minority in a multicultural Europe
Creators: name: Ihora, Alexandra
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: discrimination
Europe
Romanies

description: Second semester University: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
description: The European Union (EU) today represents a mixture of cultures and a model of democracy. The democracy model of the EU promotes and encourages equal opportunities, the principle of equality, respect of human rights, social equity as well as tolerance and multiculturalism. Together with the creation of the EU came the freedom of movement in the member states that has led to a multicultural and diverse European Union we witness today, as well as a great collaboration between member states, while still holding on to the cultural, historical and individual differences. Acknowledging today’s reality, the EU is confronted with the integration and social inclusion of the Roma minority. There is an urgent need for a unitary compact set of policies that can be implemented and adopted across the entire EU. In order to fully integrate the Roma minority, these policies need touch all areas of inclusion such as education, housing, employment, healthcare, culture, the political area, without neglecting the economical aspects The results of the 25-5-2014 elections at the EU Parliament are disturbing; the fact that far right parties were elected with such high percentages is alarming. Considering nowadays’ realities, such as the financial crisis, the intolerant nationalistic attitudes of some member states of the EU, determined by the low rate of inclusion of immigrants, the Roma minority cannot find its place in the EU. There is an absolute need for a complex, unitary and compact set of policies so that the Roma can achieve a satisfactory rate of inclusion. The necessities for inclusion of the Roma communities cannot be met by adopting social policies in certain areas only, there is an urgent need for a complex and long-term project that can cover and offer the Roma people the same rights and obligations as other citizens of the EU without any form or type of discrimination. Spain is known for the Spanish model of integration, a quite successful model of inclusion of the Roma minority. Approximately 75% of Roma people living in Spain 3 have an income and about 85% are literate. The culture and mentality of the Spanish people also played a big role in this success. Not all countries in todays Europe have the same governmental agenda and the same goals, so the results of the integration, social inclusion policies and projects vary a lot due to the fact that each member state of the EU has its own particularities, political interests and economic targets.
The Feeling Machine: Emotions in Acting and Artificial Intelligence.
Creators: name: Hendry, Manuel Flurin
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: emotion
acting
Konstantin Stanislavski
cinema
film making
realism
method acting
Lee Strasberg
Paul Ekman
affective computing
machine learning
philosophy of science

description: How do movie actors deal with emotions? And can artificial "intelligence" replace them? «The Feeling Machine» explores these questions through a scientific-artistic journey into the uncanny valley of digital ghosts. Our presentation video is available at get.hendry.me/feelingmachinezhdk2021
Investigating transfer of learning in advanced quantum mechanics
Creators: name: Maries, Alexandru
name: Sayer, Ryan
name: Singh, Chandralekha
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Physics Education (physics.ed-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Research suggests that students often have difficulty transferring their learning from one context to another. We examine upper-level undergraduate and graduate students' facility with questions about the interference pattern in the double-slit experiment (DSE) with single photons and polarizers of various orientations placed in front of one or both slits. Before answering these types of questions, students had worked through a tutorial on the Mach-Zehnder Interferometer (MZI) in which they learned about interference of single photons when polarizers of various orientations are placed in the two paths of the MZI. After working on the MZI tutorial, students were asked similar questions in the isomorphic context of the DSE. We discuss the extent to which they were able to transfer what they learned in the context of the MZI to analogous problems in the isomorphic context of the DSE.
description: 4 pages, 3 figures
Exploring the comorbidity of personality disorder and musculoskeletal diseases among adults: a scoping review
Creators: name: Quirk, Shae
name: Koivumaa-Honkanen, Heli
name: Williams, Lana
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Psychiatry and Psychology
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Scoping review; psychiatry; muscuskeletal diseases; personality disorder; comorbidity

description: The proposed scoping review aims to explore the existing clinical– and population– based literature on the comorbidity of personality disorder and musculoskeletal diseases among adults ≥18 years, the burden associated with their comorbidity, identify knowledge gaps on this topic, and propose recommendations for future research.
title: Images of Authentic Muslim Selves
title: Gendered Moralities and Constructions of Arab Others in Contemporary Indonesia
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Lücking, Mirjam
name: Eliyanah, Evi
Publisher: name: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Year: 2017
Subjects: subject: Gender
subject: Moral
subject: Mobilität
subject: Islam
subject: Identität
subject: Sozialisation
subject: 297 Islam, Babismus, Bahaismus

description: In contemporary Indonesia, Muslims increasingly define themselves by othering fellow Muslims, including Arab Muslims. This article examines how Indonesian Muslims, who have traveled to and/or resided in the Middle East, construct their social identities in relation to Arab others. Ethnographic research with labor migrants and pilgrims, and a cultural analysis of cinematic representations of Indonesian students in Cairo, show that conceptions of gendered moralities feature strongly in the ways in which these particular Indonesian Muslims define their authentic Muslim selves, as distinct from Arab others. They attribute ideal male and female characteristic features to Asian Islamic identities, while they portray objectionable ones as Arab culture. This implies that self-representations play a crucial role in the ways in which Indonesian Muslims relate to a region, culture and people long viewed as the “center” of Islamic culture. The representations of Arab others and Indonesian selves eventually lead to contestations of religious authenticity and social class.
Bounded correctors in almost periodic homogenization
Creators: name: Armstrong, Scott
name: Gloria, Antoine
name: Kuusi, Tuomo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics

description: We show that certain linear elliptic equations (and systems) in divergence form with almost periodic coefficients have bounded, almost periodic correctors. This is proved under a new condition we introduce which quantifies the almost periodic assumption and includes (but is not restricted to) the class of smooth, quasiperiodic coefficient fields which satisfy a Diophantine-type condition previously considered by Kozlov. The proof is based on a quantitative ergodic theorem for almost periodic functions combined with the new regularity theory recently introduced by the first author and Shen for equations with almost periodic coefficients. This yields control on spatial averages of the gradient of the corrector, which is converted into estimates on the size of the corrector itself via a multiscale Poincaré-type inequality.
description: 30 pages, minor revision. To appear in Arch. Ration. Mech. Anal
Characterization of mechanical properties limiting phagocytic success
Creators: name: Bakhtiari, Layla Ashley
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2020
Subjects: Neutrophil
Mechanical assay

description: Bacterial biofilms are communities of cells bound together in a matrix of polymers and proteins – the matrix gives biofilms viscoelastic mechanical properties that do not exist for collections of free-swimming bacteria that are not in the biofilm state. Biofilms composed of pathogenic bacterial species can cause chronic infections that resist antibiotics and the immune system. Phagocytic immune cells, including neutrophils, can clear such pathogens from the body by engulfing them. Because a neutrophil is too small to engulf an entire biofilm, it must be able to detach and engulf a few pieces at a time if it is to use phagocytosis to clear the infection. Processes that detach pieces from and break materials require energy; how much energy can be quantified through mechanical characterization of the material that is to be broken. Therefore, knowledge of how neutrophils interact with biofilm infections, and specifically what mechanical properties of large phagocytic targets limit their breakup and engulfment by neutrophils, may provide novel insight into how mechanical properties of biofilm infections impact their resistance to phagocytic clearance. This knowledge could guide the development of treatments that reduce biofilms’ resistance to the immune system through compromising biofilm mechanics. In this thesis I discuss my work to this aim. In the first part of this dissertation I discuss our use of large phagocytic gel targets that mimic biofilm elasticity. We find a negative correlation between gel stiffness and the success of neutrophils at engulfing beads that had been embedded in this gel. While it is the first piece of scientific research to reveal a relationship between target mechanics and engulfment, this method used time-consuming, manual analysis of micrographs of neutrophils. To further improve this assay, the second part of this dissertation discusses the utilization and validation of flow cytometry as a fast and high-throughput technique that decreases the acquisition time from hours to minutes, and increases the number of neutrophils analyzed per experiment by two orders of magnitude. In this work, we also find the first clues that high toughness and yield strain of the phagocytic target may also hinder the phagocytic success of neutrophils.
Polystichum rufum M. Kessler & A. R. Sm., 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
Polystichum
Polystichum rufum

description: Polystichum rufum M.Kessler & A.R.Sm., Brittonia 57(3): 217, f. 2d, 4. 2005.
 Range: — Peru and Bolivia (CO, LP, SC); likely to occur further north in the Andes.
 Ecology: —Common; terrestrial in humid forests, along forest margins, and in plantations; 700–1800 m.
 Notes: —Differs from P. montevidense in having uniformly orange large petiolar scales, and in growing at lower elevations (700–1800 m vs. 2100–4050 m). Overall, a more delicate species with thinner-textured pinnules. Some specimens of P. rufum growing at especially low elevations (700 m) approach P. albomarginatum in having dark-centered large petiolar scales, even though these are not sharply bicolorous. McHenry & Barrington (2014) included a single specimen, from Bolivia, in their analysis.
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
Baseline Affective Experiences and Valence Asymmetry in Emotional Differentiation
Creators: name: Wright, Lindsay J.
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2014

description: The proposed study will look at one of the potential mechanisms underlying
increased emotional differentiation for negative emotions. The hypothesis of the
current study is that individuals will experience greater differentiation for
any type of valenced state (degree of negativity or positivity) that is a shift
from their baseline. To test this hypothesis, this research examined the impact
of positive or negative affect induction on differentiation for positive or
negative emotions.
Predicting Unconventional High Temperature Superconductors in Trigonal Bipyramidal Coordinations
Creators: name: Hu, Jiangping
name: Le, Congcong
name: Wu, X. X.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Cuprates and iron-based superconductors are two classes of unconventional high Tc superconductors based on 3d transition elements. Recently, two principles, correspondence principle and magnetic selective pairing rule, have been emerged to unify their high Tc superconducting mechanisms. These principles strongly regulate electronic structures that can host high Tc superconductivity. Guided by these principles, here we propose high Tc superconducting candidates that are formed by cation-anion trigonal bipyramidal complexes with a d^7 filling configuration on the cation ions. Their superconducting states are expected to be dominated by the d+id pairing symmetry.
description: 9 pages+supplementary
title: Reduction of Bearing Load Capacity and Increase in Volume Flow Due to Wall Slip
Creators: name: Kuhr, Maximilian
name: Corneli, Tobias
name: Pelz, Peter F.
Publisher: name: VDMA Fluidtechnik
Year: 2022

description: Since the beginning of the 20th century, hydraulic sealings and journal bearings are designed employing Reynolds lubrication theory /1–3/. The Reynolds lubrication theory presumes the no slip boundary condition at the liquid-solid interface. Recent studies conducted by the authors show, that the assumed no slip boundary condition at the liquid-solid interface is not valid for most fluid power applications; cf. /4/. This effects the prediction of leakage flow and frictional behaviour of sealing systems as well as bearing capacity of journal bearings. Thus, considering slip at the liquid-solid interface is important for the design of hydraulic components. The concept of wall slip was already discussed by Navier /5/ and Stokes /6/, when deriving the momentum equation for Newtonian fluids in the 19th century. Stokes favours the no slip boundary condition and justifies his hypothesis by a good agreement of the theory with experimental investigations of Poiseuille /7/. In contrast, Navier /5/ formulates the slip boundary condition, with the slip velocity being the product of the shear rate and the slip length. Regardless of this discussion, the no slip boundary condition is established over the centuries, based on the insufficient measurement techniques. However, in many technically important applications of fluid power technologies wall slip is not negligible. This is the case if the quotient of slip length and typical flow geometry is less than 10E-3. Thus, for typical hydraulic systems is reasonable to consider slip, if the gap geometries are of the order of magnitude of 10 μm.
(Re)mixing rhythms/ choreographing new futures : envisioning Black queer possibility through rhythm tap
Creators: name: Love, Michael Jerome
name: 0000-0001-7334-7353
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2020
Subjects: Tap dance
Rhythm tap dance
Tap
Dance
Black
Queer
Race
Identity

description: Across performed and written portions, “(Re)Mixing Rhythms/ Choreographing New Futures” formulates and demonstrates “Mix(tap)ing,” a distinct performance-as-research method driven by rhythm tap dance. “Mix(tap)ing” embodies the Hip-hop practice of sampling by looping and layering cited portions of Black cultural history and popular media to create new interdisciplinary performances that make space for intersectional Black queerness. This method is carried out through four strategies—the use of formative Africanist, Black, queer, and feminist aesthetics as dancemaking structures; the reorientation of performer-audience power dynamics; a high-affect engagement with technology and media; and the adaptation of futurity as a liberatory praxis—that intermix theories and methods from performance studies, Black dance studies, Black studies, and Black queer studies. The written portion of the thesis is, itself, a “Mix(tap)e” and is comprised of a sampling of multiple modes of analysis to show how the method has created a dynamic body of artistic-scholarly work. Ultimately, by focusing on race, queerness, and identity, “(Re)Mixing Rhythms/ Choreographing New Futures” adds new dimensions to the breadth of current tap dance scholarship and posits Black vernacular dance as a vital site of study.
Land Grabbing in Sub Saharan Africa : a human rights framework to address state and extraterritorial obligations : the case of China in the D. R. of the Congo
Creators: name: Reisinger, Ute
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2011
Subjects: international obligations
land grabbing
Africa
China
Congo

description: Second semester University: University of Deusto, Bilbao.
description: The size and duration of land grabs in Sub Saharan Africa are of dimensions never seen before. This work aims at using human rights as a tool to address the impact of land grabbing on local livelihoods. Findings suggest that land grabs serve the interests of investing governments entailing direct or indirect state involvement. In the majority of cases investments are characterised by a lack of transparency and participation of local populations. Land grabs cause loss of access to land and resources leaving people unable to feed themselves. At the same time those affected have no voice to demand justice. This thesis explores the obligations of host states under economic, social and cultural rights and examines extraterritorial obligations of investing states. The findings are applied to a case study of a Chinese investment in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The author argues that a human rights approach does not leave space for land grabs. Keywords: Land Grabbing, Human Rights, Food Security, Extraterritorial Obligations, China, Democratic Republic of Congo
Polystichum solomonii M. Kessler & A. R. Sm., 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
Polystichum
Polystichum solomonii

description: Polystichum solomonii M.Kessler & A.R.Sm., Brittonia 57(3): 220, f. 5b. 2005.
 Range: — Venezuela; Peru; Bolivia (CO, LP, SC); to be expected in Colombia and Ecuador.
 Ecology: —Locally common; terrestrial and on rocks in humid forests; 2000–3000 m.
 Notes: —A single specimen, from Bolivia, was included in the analysis by McHenry & Barrington (2014).
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
Boosting Bayesian Parameter Inference of Nonlinear Stochastic Differential Equation Models by Hamiltonian Scale Separation
Creators: name: Albert, Carlo
name: Ulzega, Simone
name: Stoop, Ruedi
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Data Structures and Algorithms (cs.DS)
subject: Computation (stat.CO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Parameter inference is a fundamental problem in data-driven modeling. Given observed data that is believed to be a realization of some parameterized model, the aim is to find parameter values that are able to explain the observed data. In many situations, the dominant sources of uncertainty must be included into the model, for making reliable predictions. This naturally leads to stochastic models. Stochastic models render parameter inference much harder, as the aim then is to find a distribution of likely parameter values. In Bayesian statistics, which is a consistent framework for data-driven learning, this so-called posterior distribution can be used to make probabilistic predictions. We propose a novel, exact and very efficient approach for generating posterior parameter distributions, for stochastic differential equation models calibrated to measured time-series. The algorithm is inspired by re-interpreting the posterior distribution as a statistical mechanics partition function of an object akin to a polymer, where the measurements are mapped on heavier beads compared to those of the simulated data. To arrive at distribution samples, we employ a Hamiltonian Monte Carlo approach combined with a multiple time-scale integration. A separation of time scales naturally arises if either the number of measurement points or the number of simulation points becomes large. Furthermore, at least for 1D problems, we can decouple the harmonic modes between measurement points and solve the fastest part of their dynamics analytically. Our approach is applicable to a wide range of inference problems and is highly parallelizable.
description: 15 pages, 8 figures
Nature of the collapse transition in interacting self-avoiding trails
Creators: name: Oliveira, Tiago J.
name: Stilck, Jurgen F.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the interacting self-avoiding trail (ISAT) model on a Bethe lattice of general coordination $q$ and on a Husimi lattice built with squares and coordination $q=4$. The exact grand-canonical solutions of the model are obtained, considering that up to $K$ monomers can be placed on a site and associating a weight $ω_i$ for a $i$-fold visited site. Very rich phase diagrams are found with non-polymerized (NP), regular polymerized (P) and dense polymerized (DP) phases separated by lines (or surfaces) of continuous and discontinuous transitions. For Bethe lattice with $q=4$ and $K=2$, the collapse transition is identified with a bicritical point and the collapsed phase is associated to the dense polymerized phase (solid-like) instead of the regular polymerized phase (liquid-like). A similar result is found for the Husimi lattice, which may explain the difference between the collapse transition for ISAT's and for interacting self-avoiding walks on the square lattice. For $q=6$ and $K=3$ (studied on the Bethe lattice only), a more complex phase diagram is found, with two critical planes and two coexistence surfaces, separated by two tricritical and two critical end-point lines meeting at a multicritical point. The mapping of the phase diagrams in the canonical ensemble is discussed and compared with simulational results for regular lattices.
description: 12 pages, 13 figures
Polystichum stuebelii Hieron., Hedwigia
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
Polystichum
Polystichum stuebelii

description: Polystichum stuebelii Hieron., Hedwigia 46: 355, t. 8, f. 21. 1907.
 Range: — Colombia to Bolivia (CO, LP).
 Ecology: —Fairly common; terrestrial in humid forests and along forest edges; (1400–) 1800–2900 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
Yu-Shiba-Rusinov states in phase-biased S-QD-S junctions
Creators: name: Kiršanskas, Gediminas
name: Goldstein, Moshe
name: Flensberg, Karsten
name: Glazman, Leonid I.
name: Paaske, Jens
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the effects of a phase difference on Yu-Shiba-Rusinov (YSR) states in a spinful Coulomb-blockaded quantum dot contacted by a superconducting loop. In the limit where charging energy is larger than the superconducting gap, we determine the subgap excitation spectrum, the corresponding supercurrent, and the differential conductance as measured by a normal-metal tunnel probe. In absence of a phase difference only one linear combination of the superconductor lead electrons couples to the spin, which gives a single YSR state. With finite phase difference, however, it is effectively a two-channel scattering problem and therefore an additional state emerges from the gap edge. The energy of the phase-dependent YSR states depend on the gate voltage and one state can cross zero energy twice inside the valley with odd occupancy. These crossings are shifted by the phase difference towards the charge degeneracy points, corresponding to larger exchange couplings. Moreover, the zero-energy crossings give rise to resonant peaks in the differential conductance with magnitude $4e^2/h$. Finally, we demonstrate that the quantum fluctuations of the dot spin do not alter qualitatively any of the results.
description: 13 pages, 7 figures
The battle against child soldier engagement : an evaluation of the different implementation and enforcement mechanisms currently existing in international law regarding child soldier recruitment
Creators: name: Rombouts, Kathy Justine Peter
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2015
Subjects: child soldiers
international law
law enforcement

description: Second semester University: Ruhr University, Bochum.
description: This research draws upon the recent attention for the issue of child soldier recruitment by the international community. In this context, many international frameworks have been developed to prevent child soldier recruitment. This paper intends to investigate the effectiveness of the implementation and enforcement mechanisms currently existing within the frameworks of international labour law, humanitarian law, human rights law and criminal law. This work uses a classical legal approach: it analyses existing legislation, case law and legal literature. Initially it provides an overview of the different legal frameworks, their respective terminology and coverage. Once the set-up has been made clear, the research introduces the existing implementation mechanism. It focuses on the development of national legislation and on (international or national) monitoring-systems. Hereafter the research directs itself towards enforcement, by looking at the effectiveness of international and national mechanisms.The last focal point of this research is the often forgotten issue of victim compensation. As this research will indicate, there are quite some existing frameworks dealing with the subject of child soldier recruitment. After a close evaluation of the existing implementation and enforcement mechanisms, it seems that much work is needed in order for these legal frameworks to be truly effective.
Material Evidence for Urbanism in Archaic Crete
Creators: name: Cabaniss, Andrew
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2015

description: Archaic Cretan urbanism has been described by its heterogeneity and lack of definition. Although
the study of early Cretan settlements by American archaeologists dates to the turn of the 20th
century, more complex analyses of these data are still emerging. This work seeks to understand
Archaic urbanism in Cretan settlements by placing the specific body of material at Azoria in East
Crete within a broader theoretical and analytical context.
The first part, focusing on methods, deals with the background of theory that enables material
evidence to be used to understand the past. I discuss approaches that enable economic and social
inferences to be gleaned from artifacts, houses, and settlements, as well as the larger historical
narratives that cover the Archaic period in the Aegean. I also discuss the basis for quantitative inference
and its applicability to archaeology as a means of dealing with knowledge and uncertainty.
The second part deals with two particular sites, Azoria and Prinias, which currently inform
much of the discussion of Archaic Cretan urbanism. With access to the unpublished catalog of
small finds from Azoria, as well as the project’s databases, I carry out an extensive analysis of the
small finds from the late Archaic levels to define the preservation of the site and to treat the tools
used for food processing and textile production. I then link these with the spatial information from
houses and the public buildings in order to infer complex labor organization and public-household
distinctions in Archaic Azoria. I finish with the juxtaposition of Prinias with Azoria as alternate
forms of social organization and settlement transformation. I build a small numerical model that
provides some small insight into how population may alter social preferences, with the implication
that other such explanatory models need to be developed to better understand the heterogeneity of
Cretan urbanism rather than merely describe it.
Advocating for migrants rights at EU level : an analysis of advocacy activities concerning the 2011 amendments of the Frontex regulation
Creators: name: Ott, Rika
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2013
Subjects: advocacy
boundaries
Europe
emigration and immigration law
European Union
immigration
migrants
migration

description: Second semester University: KU Leuven
description: The respect, protection and fulfilment of migrants’ rights count amongst the most pressing human rights challenges the European Union (EU) and its Member States are facing. At the same time, migration is increasingly framed and treated as a security or economic issue. In this context, migrants’ rights advocacy towards EU decision-makers becomes increasingly important. However, the advocacy practices of pro-migrant groups at EU level have so far received little attention in scientific research. This thesis explores these practices focusing on advocacy in the legislative process concerning the regulation amending the mandate of the EU border agency Frontex in 2011. Its main findings result from a qualitative content analysis of data gathered in semi-structured interviews with staff members of five pro-migrant groups by use of categories deduced from interest group research. The analysis sheds light on concrete advocacy activities, identifying influence strategies and channels of influence used, as well as information provided to decision-makers. Furthermore, based on findings and insights gained during the research process, characteristics of migrants’ rights advocacy at EU level are suggested, which can be seen as signs of a professionalisation of this advocacy. This study demonstrates the applicability of concepts from interest group research on migrants’ rights advocacy, while also identifying needs and opportunities for further theory development and research.
Intervening through the screen : Russian mass media from the perspective of human rights and international law
Creators: name: Vekeman, Alisa
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2016
Subjects: freedom of expression
Russian Federation
human rights
international law
international obligations
mass media
propaganda
right to information

description: Second semester University: University of Tartu.
description: This text adopts an interdisciplinary approach to qualify Russian state controlled mass media as a propaganda tool and to determine the impact on inter-state relations and the rights of individuals. Legal analysis is provided of international and human rights law to uncover available remedies to prevent and address the negative effects. The examples of Ukraine and Estonia are used to demonstrate that establishing the illegality of Russian propaganda depends on the specific contextual situation. It is maintained that states can invoke Russia’s responsibility under international law, and should focus on minority integration and enhancing media pluralism. As a last resort, proportional measures to ban harmful broadcasts from their territory can be taken. It is argued that the recipients of propaganda hold a weak position under human rights law. The doctrine concerning extraterritorial human rights obligations does not allow Russian minorities of other states to hold Russia accountable. In addition, unlike hate speech and war propaganda, ‘ordinary’ propaganda is not illegal under human rights law. This text suggests to consider state propaganda disseminated by mass media a violation of the freedom to hold opinions. A definition of ‘state propaganda’ is proposed, based on academic writings and existing human rights obligations.
An integral formulation for wave propagation on weakly non-uniform potential flows
Creators: name: Mancini, Simone
name: Astley, R. Jeremy
name: Sinayoko, Samuel
name: Gabard, Gwenael
name: Tournour, Michel
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An integral formulation for acoustic radiation in moving flows is presented. It is based on a potential formulation for acoustic radiation on weakly non-uniform subsonic mean flows. This work is motivated by the absence of suitable kernels for wave propagation on non-uniform flow. The integral solution is formulated using a Green's function obtained by combining the Taylor and Lorentz transformations. Although most conventional approaches based on either transform solve the Helmholtz problem in a transformed domain, the current Green's function and associated integral equation are derived in the physical space. A dimensional error analysis is developed to identify the limitations of the current formulation. Numerical applications are performed to assess the accuracy of the integral solution. It is tested as a means of extrapolating a numerical solution available on the outer boundary of a domain to the far field, and as a means of solving scattering problems by rigid surfaces in non-uniform flows. The results show that the error associated with the physical model deteriorates with increasing frequency and mean flow Mach number. However, the error is generated only in the domain where mean flow non-uniformities are significant and is constant in regions where the flow is uniform.
The greenwashing of Africa's last colony: the case of Western Sahara
Creators: name: Byron, Jessica
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2017
Subjects: renewable sources
tourism
environment
corporate responsibility
Western Sahara
Morocco
natural resources

description: Second semester University: University of Helsinki
description: After 42 years of occupation, the Western Sahara conflict remains unresolved. As the Moroccan occupation has taken roots in the region without any effective action being taken by international actors, civil society has taken upon itself to bridge this gap. For years, associations have attempted to highlight the illegality of the plunder of Saharawi resources. Thanks to their actions, a number of companies have taken the decision to withhold their investments in sign of protest. However, over the past few years, a new challenge has arisen in the form of the exploitation of renewable resources. Indeed, the legal arguments that had been heavily relied upon until then to demonstrate the unlawfulness of these actions relied on the depletion of Saharawi resources. In the case of renewable resources, the same rational cannot be applied and corporations have attempted to use this loophole to their advantage. This paper will provide an alternative legal reasoning to tackle this new form of exploitation and will then proceed to applying this rational the case study of Siemens and wind farming as well as eco-tourism in the Dakhla Bay.
Nursing Correlational Study 3
Creators: name: Block, Katharina
name: Schmader, Toni
name: Wee, Sheila
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Communal Values
subject: Gender
subject: Gender Norms
subject: HEED
subject: Masculinity
subject: Occupational Interest

description: Correlational study examine how external norms and internal values predict men's perceived fit with nursing as a career
Wick Rotation in the Tangent Space
Creators: name: Samuel, Joseph
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Wick rotation is usually performed by rotating the time coordinate to imaginary values. In a general curved spacetime, the notion of a time coordinate is ambiguous. We note here, that within the tetrad formalism of general relativity, it is possible to perform a Wick rotation directly in the tangent space using considerably less structure: a timelike, future pointing vector field, which need not be Killing or hypersurface orthogonal. This method has the advantage of yielding real Euclidean metrics, even in spacetimes which are not static. When applied to a black hole exterior, the null generators of the event horizon reduce to points in the Euclidean spacetime. Requiring that the Wick rotated holonomy of the null generators be trivial ensures the absence of a `conical singularity' in the Euclidean space. To illustrate the basic idea, we use the tangent space Wick rotation to compute the Hawking temperature by Euclidean methods in a few spacetimes including the Kerr black hole.
description: 11 pages, 2 figures
Inertial Sensor Arrays, Maximum Likelihood, and Cramér-Rao Bound
Creators: name: Skog, Isaac
name: Nilsson, John-Olof
name: Händel, Peter
name: Nehorai, Arye
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Applications (stat.AP)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: A maximum likelihood estimator for fusing the measurements in an inertial sensor array is presented. The maximum likelihood estimator is concentrated and an iterative solution method is presented for the resulting low-dimensional optimization problem. The Cramér-Rao bound for the corresponding measurement fusion problem is derived and used to assess the performance of the proposed method, as well as to analyze how the geometry of the array and sensor errors affect the accuracy of the measurement fusion. The angular velocity information gained from the accelerometers in the array is shown to be proportional to the square of the array dimension and to the square of the angular speed. In our simulations the proposed fusion method attains the Cramér-Rao bound and outperforms the current state-of-the-art method for measurement fusion in accelerometer arrays. Further, in contrast to the state-of-the-art method that requires a 3D array to work, the proposed method also works for 2D arrays. The theoretical findings are compared to results from real-world experiments with an in-house developed array that consists of 192 sensing elements.
description: In review
Rumohra adiantiformis Ching, Sinensia
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
Rumohra
Rumohra adiantiformis

description: Rumohra adiantiformis (G.Forst.) Ching, Sinensia 5: 70. 1934.
 Range: —Greater Antilles, locally from Venezuela to southern Chile, Falkland Islands; southern Africa; Madagascar; Australia; New Zealand. In Bolivia, known from CO, LP, SC, and TA.
 Ecology: —Rare; terrestrial and epiphytic in humid forests; 950–2400 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
Racial Discrimination, Social Support, and Mental Health
Creators: name: Reiter-Lavery, Katherine
Publisher: name: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill University Libraries
Year: 2017

description: Previous research has shown that there is an association between racial discrimination and detrimental mental health outcomes. Drawing on the social support buffering hypothesis and the social support deterioration model, the current study examined the amount of social support and social support satisfaction as moderators and mediators in the longitudinal link between racial discrimination and psychological distress. The study used three waves of survey data collected over two years to examine racial discrimination, social support, and psychological distress in a sample of 155 African American undergraduate students (67.7 % female; mean age = 18.3) attending a predominately white institution. Analyses revealed that social support satisfaction buffered the relationship between racial discrimination and subsequent psychological distress, while amount of social support mediated the relationship between racial discrimination and subsequent distress. These findings suggest that social support is an important variable to consider when examining race-related stress and its impact on psychological health.
The right to health of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers after austerity measures : the case of Greece
Creators: name: Samartzi, Christina
Publisher: name: My University
Year: 2014
Subjects: asylum seekers
economic crisis
Greece
irregular migrations
right to health

description: Second semester University: Uppsala University.
description: The financial crisis that started in the U.S market in 2006 rapidly escalated to a global financial and economic crisis. Greece was one of the most affected European countries by this globalised phenomenon. In response to the crisis, many countries - amongst which Greece - have been obligated to adopt “austerity” measures, including cuts in benefits and health services. The aim of this research is to analyse the amendments in the Greek legislation and the introduction of new legal measures after the implementation of austerity measures concerning the access to health care for undocumented migrants and asylum seekers residing in Greece. The main research question of this study is whether these measures are in conformity with Public International Law and Human Rights Law. A method of semi-structured interviews with social assistants of medical NGOs in Greece has been used for the purposes of this thesis. The results of the interviews present the perception of the access to healthcare as seen by social workers and reveal the difference between Law and Practice. Finally, recommendations are suggested in order to strengthen the right to health as well as to ensure access to health care for all without discrimination.
Dynamics of nonlinear excitations of helically confined charges
Creators: name: Zampetaki, A. V.
name: Stockhofe, J.
name: Schmelcher, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Classical Physics (physics.class-ph)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: Pattern Formation and Solitons (nlin.PS)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We explore the long-time dynamics of a system of identical charged particles trapped on a closed helix. This system has recently been found to exhibit an unconventional deformation of the linear spectrum when tuning the helix radius. Here we show that the same geometrical parameter can affect significantly also the dynamical behaviour of an initially broad excitation for long times. In particular, for small values of the radius, the excitation disperses into the whole crystal whereas within a specific narrow regime of larger radii the excitation self-focuses, assuming finally a localized form. Beyond this regime, the excitation defocuses and the dispersion gradually increases again. We analyze this geometrically controlled nonlinear behaviour using an effective discrete nonlinear Schrödinger model, which allows us among others to identify a number of breather-like excitations.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures
Simultaneously modelling far-infrared dust emission and its relation to CO emission in star forming galaxies
Creators: name: Shetty, Rahul
name: Roman-Duval, Julia
name: Hony, Sacha
name: Cormier, Diane
name: Klessen, Ralf S.
name: Konstandin, Lukas K.
name: Loredo, Thomas
name: Pellegrini, Eric W.
name: Ruppert, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2015
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics of Galaxies (astro-ph.GA)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a method to simultaneously model the dust far-infrared spectral energy distribution (SED) and the total infrared $-$ carbon monoxide (CO) integrated intensity $(S_{\rm IR}-I_{\rm CO})$ relationship. The modelling employs a hierarchical Bayesian (HB) technique to estimate the dust surface density, temperature ($T_{\rm eff}$), and spectral index at each pixel from the observed far-infrared (FIR) maps. Additionally, given the corresponding CO map, the method simultaneously estimates the slope and intercept between the FIR and CO intensities, which are global properties of the observed source. The model accounts for correlated and uncorrelated uncertainties, such as those present in Herschel observations. Using synthetic datasets, we demonstrate the accuracy of the HB method, and contrast the results with common non-hierarchical fitting methods. As an initial application, we model the dust and gas on 100 pc scales in the Magellanic Clouds from Herschel FIR and NANTEN CO observations. The slopes of the $\log S_{\rm IR}-\log I_{\rm CO}$ relationship are similar in both galaxies, falling in the range 1.1$-$1.7. However, in the SMC the intercept is nearly 3 times higher, which can be explained by its lower metallicity than the LMC, resulting in a larger $S_{\rm IR}$ per unit $I_{\rm CO}$. The HB modelling evidences an increase in $T_{\rm eff}$ in regions with the highest $I_{\rm CO}$ in the LMC. This may be due to enhanced dust heating in the densest molecular regions from young stars. Such simultaneous dust and gas modelling may reveal variations in the properties of the ISM and its association with other galactic characteristics, such as star formation rates and/or metallicities.
description: 17 pages, 14 figures, Updated to match MNRAS accepted version
Fostering Opportunities - Jefferson County Pay for Success
Creators: name: Colorado Evaluation And Action Lab
name: Klopfenstein, Kristin
name: Clemens, Elysia
name: Shahan, Elizabeth
name: Sheesley, Alison
name: LeBoeuf, Whitney
Publisher: name: Open Science Framework
Year: 2022

description: RCT evaluation of interventions designed to promote on-time graduation for children in foster care.