cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
title: Essays on Natural Resources and Economic Development
Creators: name: Kibria, Ahsan
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: This dissertation studies the political economy of natural resources and how these resources may pose an opportunity or a threat to a country and comprises three essays.
The first essay explores how economic development can impact the consumption behavior of natural resources, with focus on fossil fuels. It suggests the existence of an inverted U-shaped relationship between fossil fuel share in the energy mix and economic development. Particularly, the essay illustrates an evidence that fossil fuel's share in the energy mix increases as a country develops, however, after reaching a real income per capita of around US$16,000, the country reduces the share of fossil fuel in its energy mix. Perhaps this policy shift is due to concerns about air quality from its population.
The second essay analyzes the impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows on the risk of violence both theoretically and empirically. The theoretical model suggests that FDI inflows into skilled-labor intensive resources sector reduce the risk of violence, while such inflows increase the likelihood of violence when these are channeled through the unskilled-labor intensive resources sector. The empirical analysis focusing Sub-Saharan African countries indeed supports the outcome of the theoretical model.
To understand the donor behavior in aid allocation, the third essay presents a theoretical model of aid allocation and political alignment. The equilibrium of this model suggests that geopolitical alignment with the donors increases the aid receipts. The model also suggests that donors allocate more aid to recipient countries with higher human capital levels. These propositions are empirically tested using a unique dataset of aid allocation by the resource-rich Arab donors. The results of empirical analysis support the predictions of the theoretical model.
VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS RULES FROM INTERNATIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE
Creators: name: ASMA SOBHI HOSSEIN HAJLO
name: PARVIN DASHTIZADEH
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Human Rights, International Responsibility, Peace, Governments.

description: Abstract

In the present research, an attempt has been made to briefly review human rights and humanitarian rights and their mutual relations, and to present the specific manifestation of the realization of international responsibility due to human rights violations and its impact on international peace. And this main question should be answered, what effect does violation of human rights rules in civil responsibilities have on international peace. Based on this, the findings of the research indicate that all these rules are based on the human rights system, and in each of them, principles and rules for creating international peace and prohibiting violence, war and terrorist acts are mentioned. Of course, these principles become practical when governments govern based on these rules and principles. If these rules are not followed by the governments, then the government will be responsible for compensation. For this reason, along with other factors, the role of rules and principles of human rights and governments in creating international peace and security cannot be ignored.
Object-oriented implementation of algebraic multi-grid solver for lattice QCD on SIMD architectures and GPU clusters
Creators: name: Kanamori, Issaku
name: Ishikawa, Ken-Ichi
name: Matsufuru, Hideo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Lattice (hep-lat)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: A portable implementation of elaborated algorithm is important to use variety of architectures in HPC applications. In this work we implement and benchmark an algebraic multi-grid solver for Lattice QCD on three different architectures, Intel Xeon Phi, Fujitsu A64FX, and NVIDIA Tesla V100, in keeping high performance and portability of the code based on the object-oriented paradigm. Some parts of code are specific to an architecture employing appropriate data layout and tuned matrix-vector multiplication kernels, while the implementation of abstract solver algorithm is common to all architectures. Although the performance of the solver depends on tuning of the architecture-dependent part, we observe reasonable scaling behavior and better performance than the mixed precision BiCGSstab solvers.
description: 17 pages, 7 figures. The 21st International Conference on Computational Science and Its Applications, ICCSA 2021
GDCA: GAN-based single image super resolution with Dual discriminators and Channel Attention
Creators: name: Nguyen, Thanh
name: Hoang, Hieu
name: Yoo, Chang D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Image and Video Processing (eess.IV)
subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Single Image Super-Resolution (SISR) is a very active research field. This paper addresses SISR by using a GAN-based approach with dual discriminators and incorporating it with an attention mechanism. The experimental results show that GDCA can generate sharper and high pleasing images compare to other conventional methods.
Massive Fermion Emission from Higher Dimensional Black Holes
Creators: name: Rogatko, Marek
name: Szypłowska, Agnieszka
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the effect of extra dimensions on the process of massive Dirac fermion emission in the spacetime of (4+n)-dimensional black hole, by examining the Dirac operator in arbitrary spacetime dimension. We comment on both bulk and brane emission and find absorption cross section and luminosity of Hawking radiation in the low-energy approximation.
description: 14 pages, 10 figures, RevTex, to be published in Phys.Rev.D15
ESM 1: Additional details or prob theory from Information overload for (bounded) rational agents
Creators: name: Pothos, Emmanuel M.
name: Lewandowsky, Stephan
name: Basieva, Irina
name: Barque-Duran, Albert
name: Tapper, Katy
name: Khrennikov, Andrei
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: The complexity picture for dynamical inference and supplementary details for quantum theory.
Molecular hydrogen in silicon: A path-integral simulation
Creators: name: Herrero, Carlos P.
name: Ramirez, Rafael
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Molecular hydrogen in silicon has been studied by path-integral molecular dynamics simulations in the canonical ensemble. Finite-temperature properties of these point defects were analyzed in the range from 300 to 900 K. Interatomic interactions were modeled by a tight-binding potential fitted to density-functional calculations. The most stable position for these impurities is found at the interstitial T site, with the hydrogen molecule rotating freely in the Si cage. Vibrational frequencies have been obtained from a linear-response approach, based on correlations of atom displacements at finite temperatures. The results show a large anharmonic effect in the stretching vibration, omega_s, which is softened with respect to a harmonic approximation by about 300 cm^{-1}. The coupling between rotation and vibration causes an important decrease in omega_s for rising temperature.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures
THE IMPACT OF ENVIRONMENTAL KNOWLEDGE, ENVIRONMENTAL ATTITUDES, AND SUBJECTIVE NORMS ON COLLEGE STUDENTS' GREEN PURCHASE INTENTION
Creators: name: MULIN LIU
name: NIYOM SUWANDEJ
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Green Purchasing Intention, Environmental Knowledge, College Students, Chinese Market, PLS-SEM.

description: Abstract

This study aims to examine the effects of environmental knowledge, environmental attitudes, and subjective norms on Chinese college students' green purchase intention, utilizing the Theory of Reasoned Action. Data were collected from 328 respondents through questionnaires and analyzed quantitatively using the partial least squares method. The findings reveal that environmental knowledge has a significant and positive impact on green purchase intention, environmental attitudes, and subjective norms.  Furthermore, environmental attitudes and subjective norms significantly and positively influence green purchase intention. This study provides valuable insights for companies aiming to market green products in China and for the government and educational institutions to enhance the promotion of environmental knowledge, thereby increasing college students' environmental awareness and green purchase intention.
Ionic Liquids Based on the Concept of Melting Point Lowering Due to Ethoxylation
Creators: name: Rothe, Manuel
name: Müller, Eva
name: Denk, Patrick
name: Kunz, Werner
Publisher: name: Universität Regensburg
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: ionic liquids; surface active ionic liquids (SAILs); room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs); alkyl ethylene glycol ether carboxylates; rare earth metals; transition metals; colloids; green chemistry
subject: 540 Chemie

description: Most of the commonly used Ionic Liquids (ILs) contain bulky organic cations with suitable anions. With our COMPLET (Concept of Melting Point Lowering due to Ethoxylation), we follow a different approach. We use simple, low-toxic, cheap, and commercially available anions of the type Cx(EO)yCH2COO– to liquefy presumably any simple metal ion, independently of its charge. In the simplest case, the cation can be sodium or lithium, but synthesis of Ionic Liquids is also possible with cations of higher valences such as transition or rare earth metals. Anions with longer alkyl chains are surface active and form surface active ionic liquids (SAILs), which combine properties of ionic and nonionic surfactants at room temperature. They show significant structuring even in their pure state, i.e., in the absence of water or any other added solvent. This approach offers new application domains that go far beyond the common real or hypothetical use of classical Ionic Liquids. Possible applications include the separation of rare earth metals, the use as interesting media for metal catalysis, or the synthesis of completely new materials (for example, in analogy to metal organic frameworks).
MODERNISM IN RETROACTIVITY; ITERABILITY IN THE WASTE LAND
Creators: name: ASIF GULZAR BHAT
name: SYED MUNTAZA HUSSAIN
name: JUNAID RASHID LONE
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Iterability, Pseudo-Statements, Tradition, Context.

description: Abstract 

The introduction of hermeneutics and deconstruction as models of linguistic analysis has led to an increase in the re-examination and reinterpretation of classical texts. Iterability, as an analytical tool, has been frequently employed by postmodern scholars. According to Derrida, Iterability is the ability of a text to communicate even when the addressee or the source of the message is absent. The intrinsic ability of the text allows it to transcend its original context and extend its influence beyond its intended audience. Derrida argues that this trait is only feasible when we take into account all the citations of linguistic elements of the text, which forge new meanings when placed in a new context. This paper focuses on T. S. Eliot’s The Waste Land (1922), which exhibits to have a different stylistic approach. While reading, one finds difficulty in getting meaning out of it. It seems that the ‘Pseudo-statements’ have been derived from the tradition of literature throughout the world. Rereading the poem with Iterability as an analytical tool could aid in deciphering different meanings. The Iterability of the text, therefore, enables it to ‘be’ and make communication possible. The text uses different aspects to communicate even when a proper addressee is absent. This paper aims to analyse how the language, the scenes, the characters, and the allusions to different religions and philosophies are taken out of their proper context and used in a new style. They create retroactive meanings, make communication possible, and embody the perfect conditions of the time in which the poem was written.
Is knowledge the key? An experiment on debiasing architectural decision-making -- a pilot study
Creators: name: Borowa, Klara
name: Dwornik, Robert
name: Zalewski, Andrzej
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Software Engineering (cs.SE)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: The impact of cognitive biases on architectural decision-making has been proven by previous research. In this work, we endeavour to create a debiasing treatment that would minimise the impact of cognitive biases on architectural decision-making. We conducted a pilot study on two groups of students, to investigate whether a simple debiasing presentation reporting on the influences of cognitive biases, can provide a debiasing effect. The preliminary results show that this kind of treatment is ineffective. Through analysing our results, we propose a set of modifications that could result in a better effect.
description: PROFES 2021
ESM 3: Overconfidence from Information overload for (bounded) rational agents
Creators: name: Pothos, Emmanuel M.
name: Lewandowsky, Stephan
name: Basieva, Irina
name: Barque-Duran, Albert
name: Tapper, Katy
name: Khrennikov, Andrei
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: An argument for how simplified representation spaces can lead to overconfidence.
THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY (FinTech) ADOPTION ON THE PERFORMANCE AND EFFICIENCY OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SMEs) IN EMERGING MARKETS: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
Creators: name: Dr. MOHAMMAD ATHAR ALI
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: FinTech Adoption, SME Performance, Operational Efficiency, Emerging Markets, Structural Equation Modeling (SEM).

description: Abstract

This study investigates the impact of Financial Technology (FinTech) adoption on the performance and efficiency of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in emerging markets. As digital transformation reshapes global business operations, FinTech has emerged as a crucial enabler of growth and competitiveness for SMEs, particularly in regions where traditional financial services may be lacking. The study employs a quantitative research design, analysing data from a sample of SMEs to assess the effects of FinTech adoption on key performance metrics such as revenue growth, profit margins, customer acquisition rates, and operational efficiency. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) and regression analysis are used to explore both direct and indirect relationships between FinTech adoption and SME outcomes. The findings reveal that FinTech adoption significantly enhances SME performance and efficiency, with adopters experiencing higher growth and better operational outcomes compared to non-adopters. The study also highlights the mediating role of SME performance in the relationship between FinTech adoption and efficiency, suggesting that improved performance drives greater efficiency. These results underscore the strategic importance of FinTech for SMEs, particularly in emerging markets, where access to advanced financial tools can be a critical determinant of success. The study contributes to the academic literature by providing empirical evidence of FinTech's positive impact on SMEs in emerging markets, offering practical insights for business leaders on the benefits of digital financial solutions. Additionally, the research suggests policy recommendations to support FinTech integration, including the development of supportive regulatory frameworks and digital infrastructure. Future research could build on these findings by exploring the long-term effects of FinTech adoption and its impact across different sectors and regions.
Spintronic emitters for super-resolution in THz-spectral imaging
Creators: name: Stiewe, Finn-Frederik
name: Winkel, Tristan
name: Sasaki, Yuta
name: Tubandt, Tobias
name: Kleinke, Tobias
name: Denker, Christian
name: Martens, Ulrike
name: Meyer, Nina
name: Parvini, Tahereh Sadat
name: Mizukami, Shigemi
name: Walowski, Jakob
name: Münzenberg, Markus
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: THz-spectroscopy is an attractive imaging tool for scientific research, especially in life science, offering non-destructive interaction with matter due to its low photon energies. However, wavelengths above $100μm$ principally limit its spatial resolution in the far-field by diffraction to this regime, making it not sufficient to image biological cells in the micrometer scale. Therefore, super-resolution imaging techniques are required to overcome this restriction. Near-field-imaging using spintronic emitters offers the most feasible approach because of its simplicity and potential for wide-ranging applications. In our study, we investigate THz-radiation generated by fs-laser-pulses in CoFeB/Pt heterostructures, based on spin currents, detected by commercial LT-GaAs Auston switches. The spatial resolution is evaluated applying a 2D scanning technique with motorized stages allowing scanning steps in the sub-micrometer range. By applying near-field imaging we can increase the spatial resolution to the dimensions of the laser spot size in the micrometer scale. For this purpose, the spintronic emitter is directly evaporated on a gold test pattern separated by a 300 nm spacer layer. Moving these structures with respect to the femtosecond laser spot which generates the THz radiation allows for resolution determination using the knife-edge method. We observe a full-width half-maximum THz beam diameter of $4.9(4)μ$m at 1 THz. The possibility to deposit spintronic emitter heterostructures on simple glass substrates makes them an interesting candidate for near-field imaging for a large number of applications.
description: 10 pages, 4 figures
Social Inclusion Through the Ages: A Look at Social Inclusion Endeavours Through the History of the Olympic Games
Creators: name: Dankwa, Christine Yeboah-Asante
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Πελοποννήσου
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Ολυμπιακοί αγώνες - Ιστορία
subject: Ολυμπιακό κίνημα
subject: Περιθωριοποίηση, Κοινωνική
subject: Διεθνής Ολυμπιακή Επιτροπή
subject: Κοινωνική ένταξη
subject: Olympics - History
subject: Olympic Movement
subject: Marginality, Social
subject: International Olympic Committee
subject: Social integration
subject: Social Inclusion
subject: Olympic Movement
subject: Belonging
subject: Marginalization

description: From the inauguration of the ancient Olympic Games, which are believed to traditionally date back to 776 BCE, up to the most recent Olympics with Beijing 2022, the Olympic Games have been a well-known international affair. Through various moments during its existence, forces of social exclusion have been present towards marginalized groups that include the poor, women and those whose ethnicity or nationality differed from the majority. The goal of this study is to conduct a literary analysis investigating the relationship the International Olympic Committee has with social inclusion in the history of the Olympic Games with regard to the above-mentioned groups. This topic is important to the Olympic Movement because in order to be a progressive and international event, the International Olympic Committee must create ways for all groups to feel like they belong in order to increase participation and awareness.
Classifying DNS Servers based on Response Message Matrix using Machine Learning
Creators: name: Shima, Keiichi
name: Nakamura, Ryo
name: Okada, Kazuya
name: Ishihara, Tomohiro
name: Miyamoto, Daisuke
name: Sekiya, Yuji
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Improperly configured domain name system (DNS) servers are sometimes used as packet reflectors as part of a DoS or DDoS attack. Detecting packets created as a result of this activity is logically possible by monitoring the DNS request and response traffic. Any response that does not have a corresponding request can be considered a reflected message; checking and tracking every DNS packet, however, is a non-trivial operation. In this paper, we propose a detection mechanism for DNS servers used as reflectors by using a DNS server feature matrix built from a small number of packets and a machine learning algorithm. The F1 score of bad DNS server detection was more than 0.9 when the test and training data are generated within the same day, and more than 0.7 for the data not used for the training and testing phase of the same day.
title: Isquemia mesentérica: Hallazgos patológicos en la circulación mesentérica, planificación terapéutica y seguimiento tras tratamiento quirúrgico o endovascular
Creators: name: Guillén Subirán, Mª Eugenia
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Vascular
subject: Interventional vascular
subject: CT
subject: CT-Angiography
subject: Catheter arteriography
subject: Angioplasty
subject: Thrombolysis
subject: Stents
subject: Arteriosclerosis
subject: Embolism / Thrombosis
subject: Dissection

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
Bibliografía
description: Objetivo docente:
El desarrollo de los equipos de TCMD han convertido a la TC en una técnica adecuada para la evaluación de la isquemia intestinal porque valora simultaneamente la circulación vascular visceral,
las asas intestinales y el resto de la cavidad...
title: Assessment of Potential Changes in Crop Yields in the Central United States Under Climate Change Regimes
Creators: name: Matthews-Pennanen, Neil
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: Climate change is one of the great challenges facing agriculture in the 21st century. The goal of this study was to produce projections of crop yields for the central United States in the 2030s, 2060s, and 2090s based on the relationship between weather and yield from historical crop yields from 1980 to 2010. These projections were made across 16 states in the US, from Louisiana in the south to Minnesota in the north. They include projections for maize, soybeans, cotton, spring wheat, and winter wheat.
Simulated weather variables based on three climate scenarios were used to project future crop yields. In addition, factors of soil characteristics, topography, and fertilizer application were used in the crop production models. Two technology scenarios were used: one simulating a future in which crop technology continues to improve and the other a future in which crop technology remains similar to where it is today.
Results showed future crop yields to be responsive to both the different climate scenarios and the different technology scenarios. The effects of a changing climate regime on crop yields varied both geographically throughout the study area and from crop to crop. One broad geographic trend was greater potential for crop yield losses in the south and greater potential for gains in the north.
Whether or not new technologies enable crop yields to continue to increase as the climate becomes less favorable is a major factor in agricultural production in the coming century. Results of this study indicate the degree to which society relies on these new technologies will be largely dependent on the degree of the warming that occurs.
Continued research into the potential negative impacts of climate change on the current crop system in the United States is needed to mitigate the widespread losses in crop productivity that could result. In addition to study of negative impacts, study should be undertaken with an interest to determine any potential new opportunities for crop development with the onset of higher temperatures as a result of climate change. Studies like this one with a broad geographic range should be complemented by studies of narrower scope that can manipulate climatic variables under controlled conditions. Investment into these types of agricultural studies will give the agricultural sector in the United States greater tools with which they can mitigate the disruptive effects of a changing climate.
TRANSFORMING MARITIME EXCELLENCE: THE DEVELOPMENT AND STRATEGIC SIGNIFICANCE OF THE KUALA LINGGI INTERNATIONAL PORT (KLIP)
Creators: name: NOORMUSTAFA KAMAL YAHYA
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Kuala Linggi International Port, Maritime Industry, Infrastructure, Sustainability, Economic Impact, Global Trade, Technological Innovation.

description: Abstract

The Kuala Linggi International Port (KLIP) represents a transformative development in Malaysia's maritime industry, strategically positioned along the Straits of Malacca. This paper examines KLIP’s historical development, strategic importance, infrastructure, technological innovations, economic impact, environmental considerations, future prospects, and challenges. Initially conceived to enhance Malaysia’s maritime infrastructure, KLIP has evolved through significant milestones and partnerships, notably with China Harbour Engineering Co. Limited (CHEC). KLIP's advanced facilities, including tank storage and MRO areas, and its adoption of green energy and smart logistics systems, position it as a leader in sustainable maritime operations. Economically, KLIP's RM15 billion Gross Development Cost (GDC) and RM100 billion Gross Development Value (GDV) promise substantial returns, contributing significantly to Malaysia’s GDP and creating 6,000 to 10,000 high-skilled jobs. Environmental assessments and integration with local ecosystems ensure sustainable development. Future expansions, including the 620-acre green industrial hub, highlight KLIP’s commitment to innovation and sustainability. Comparative analysis with major international ports like Singapore and Rotterdam reveals best practices and lessons learned, further enhancing KLIP’s strategic significance. KLIP’s resilience in overcoming challenges such as economic shifts and regulatory demands underscores its robust planning and adaptive strategies. This paper concludes that KLIP not only enhances Malaysia’s maritime capabilities but also sets a benchmark for modern port development, balancing economic growth with environmental stewardship and community engagement. As KLIP continues to evolve, it will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Malaysia's maritime industry and maintaining its competitive edge in the global arena.
title: Ingesta accidental de cuerpos extraños “marinos” (espinas de pescado y conchas de almejas): posibles complicaciones
Creators: name: Serrano Puche, Felix
Publisher: name: Sociedad Española de Radiología Médica
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Abdomen
subject: Gastrointestinal tract
subject: CT
subject: Conventional radiography
subject: Education
subject: Foreign bodies
subject: Obstruction / Occlusion

description: Objetivo docente
Revisión del tema
Conclusiones
Bibliografía
description: Objetivo docente:
Revisar los hallazgos radiológicos y las posibles complicaciones que se pueden encontrar tras la ingesta accidental de espinas de pescado o conchas de...
title: Correction of Bias in Estimating Autocovariance Function
Creators: name: Wu, Len-Hong
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1983

description: The purpose of this thesis was to evaluate a method for reducing the bias of estimation for autocovariance estimators. Two methods are compared, one is the standard method and the other is an adjustment method. The Monte Carlo method is used within comparison.
The bias and the mean squared error of the estimated autocovariance is computed for several time series models and two variations of the adjustment method of estimation. The results indicate some improvement in bias and mean squared error for the new method.
title: Nonparametric Confidence Intervals for the Reliability of Real Systems Calculated from Component Data
Creators: name: Spooner, Jean
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1987

description: A methodology which calculates a point estimate and confidence intervals for system reliability directly from component failure data is proposed and evaluated. This is a nonparametric approach which does not require the component time to failures to follow a known reliability distribution.
The proposed methods have similar accuracy to the traditional parametric approaches, can be used when the distribution of component reliability is unknown or there is a limited amount of sample component data, are simpler to compute, and use less computer resources. Depuy et al. (1982) studied several parametric approaches to calculating confidence intervals on system reliability. The test systems employed by them are utilized for comparison with published results. Four systems with sample sizes per component of 10, 50, and 100 were studied.
The test systems were complex systems made up of I components, each component has n observed (or estimated) times to failure. An efficient method for calculating a point estimate of system reliability is developed based on counting minimum cut sets that cause system failures.
Five nonparametric approaches to calculate the confidence intervals on system reliability from one test sample of components were proposed and evaluated. Four of these were based on the binomial theory and the Kolomogorov empirical cumulative distribution theory. 600 Monte Carlo simulations generated 600 new sets of component failure data from the population with corresponding point estimates of system reliability and confidence intervals. Accuracy of these confidence intervals was determined by determining the fraction that included the true system reliability.
The bootstrap method was also studied to calculate confidence interval from one sample. The bootstrap method is computer intensive and involves generating many sets of component samples using only the failure data from the initial sample. The empirical cumulative distribution function of 600 bootstrapped point estimates were examined to calculate the confidence intervals for 68, 80, 90 95 and 99 percent confidence levels.
The accuracy of the bootstrap confidence intervals was determined by comparison with the distribution of 600 point estimates of system reliability generated from the Monte Carlo simulations.
The confidence intervals calculated from the Kolomogorov empirical distribution function and the bootstrap method were very accurate. Sample sizes of 10 were not always sufficient for systems with reliabilities close to one.
title: Extreme Value Distribution in Hydrology
Creators: name: Chen, Bill (Tzeng-Lwen)
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1980

description: The problems encountered when empirical fit is used as the sole criterion for choosing a distribution to represent annual flood data are discussed. Some theoretical direction is needed for this choice. Extreme value theory is established as a viable tool for analyzing annual flood data. Extreme value distributions have been used in previous analyses of flood data. However, no systematic investigation of the theory has previously been applied. Properties of the extreme value distributions are examined. The most appropriate distribution for flood data has not previously been fit to such data. The fit of the chosen extreme value distribution compares favorably with that of the Pearson and log Pearson Type III distributions.
title: A Comparison of Rank and Bootstrap Procedures for Completely Randomized Designs with Jittering
Creators: name: Lee, Feng-ling
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 1987

description: This paper discusses results of a computer simulation to investigate the effect of jittering to simulate measurement error. In addition, the classical F ratio, the bootstrap F and the F for ranked data are compared. Empirical powers and p-values suggest the bootstrap is a good and robust procedure and the rank procedure seems to be too liberal when compared to the classical F ratio.
title: Facilitators of Diné (Navajo) Student Access, Enrollment, and Persistence in Postsecondary Education: An Ecological Systems Perspective
Creators: name: Hartman, Christina
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2018

description: Diné (Navajo) students drop out of high school and postsecondary education at higher than average rates. The purpose of this study was to investigate how Diné students currently enrolled in college describe the factors that supported their pursuit of higher education. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological systems theory was used as a framework and to identify and analyze factors that influence access, enrollment, and participation in higher education. The Diné participants in this study were six students enrolled in postsecondary education at the time of this research, recruited from two university campuses in the Southwestern U.S. Each student participated in a semistructured interview and completed a demographic questionnaire.
Open-coding was used to analyze the interviews, and it was observed that factors relating to each of Bronfenbrenner’s five levels of ecological systems theory had an impact on the participants’ access, enrollment, and persistence in postsecondary education. A number of themes emerged that will be useful to stakeholders who work with this population of students. Recommendations are provided that are intended to help these stakeholders retain Diné students at higher rates.
THE ROLE OF ORGANIZATIONAL TRUST AND JOB SATISFACTION IN MEDIATING THE INFLUENCE OF ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE ON ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AND WORK ENGAGEMENT OF POLICE MEMBERS IN THE SOUTHEAST SULAWESI REGIONAL POLICE
Creators: name: Ferry  Walintukan
name: Samdin
name: Oheo  Kaimuddin  Haris
name: Endro Sukotjo
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024
Subjects: Organizational Justice, Organizational Trust, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment, Work Engagement.

description: Abstract

This research aims to analyze and evaluate the influence of: organizational justice on organizational trust, job satisfaction, organizational commitment, and work engagement, as well as analyzing the mediating role of organizational trust and job satisfaction to see the impact of organizational justice on organizational commitment and work engagement. The object of this research is the Regional Police of Southeast Sulawesi Province. The respondents used are police officers in each existing unit with the rank of non-commissioned officer and officer with a total of 350 people. The research model uses a structural model so that the research data collected is analyzed using PLS. The results of this research reveal that organizational justice has a positive and significant influence on organizational trust, job satisfaction and organizational commitment, respectively. Justice was found to have no effect on work engagement. Organizational trust was found to have an influence on job satisfaction, organizational commitment and work engagement. Job satisfaction was influence on organizational commitment and work engagement. Organizational commitment has a significant influence on work engagement.
title: Family-Wise Error Rate Control in Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) Mapping and Gene Ontology Graphs with Remarks on Family Selection
Creators: name: Saunders, Garrett
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2014

description: One of the great aims of statistics, the science of collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data, is to protect against the probability of falsely rejecting an accepted claim, or hypothesis, given observed data stemming from some experiment. This is generally known as protecting against a Type I Error, or controlling the Type I Error rate. The extension of this protection against Type I Errors to the situation where thousands upon thousands of hypotheses are examined simultaneously is known as multiple hypothesis testing. This dissertation presents an improvement to an existing multiple hypothesis testing approach, the Focus Level method, specific to gene set testing (a branch of genomics) on Gene Ontology graphs. This improvement resolves a long standing computational difficulty of the Focus Level method, providing more than a 15.000-fold increase in computational efficiency. This dissertation also presents a solution to a multiple testing problem in genetics where a specific approach to mapping genes underlying quantitative traits of interest requires a multiplicity adjustment approach that both corrects for the number of tests while also ensuring logical consistency. The power advantage of the solution is demonstrated over the current standard approach to the problem. A side issue of this model framework led to the development of a new bivariate approach to quantitative trait marker detection, which is presented herein. The overall contribution of this dissertation to the statistics literature is that it provides novel solutions that meet real needs of practitioners in genetics and genomics with the aim of ensuring both that truth is discovered and that discoveries are actually true.
title: Το εθνικό σχέδιο ανάκαμψης και ανθεκτικότητας και οι μεταρρυθμίσεις στη δικαιοσύνη
title: The national recovery and resilience plan and justice reforms
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Αθανασοπούλου, Παναγιώτα
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2023
Subjects: Δικαιοσύνη
Εθνικό σχέδιο ανάκαμψης και ανθεκτικότητας
Ψηφιακή δικαιοσύνη
Μεταρρύθμιση δικαιοσύνης
Δημόσια διοίκηση

description: Το Εθνικό Σχέδιο Ανάκαμψης και Ανθεκτικότητας, που εκτείνεται χρονικά από έτος 2021 έως το 2026, είναι να καινοτόμο σχέδιο που αναμένεται να διαδραματίσει σημαντικό ρόλο στον τομέα της δικαιοσύνης μέσω των μεταρρυθμιστικών του δράσεων. Σκοπός της παρούσας διπλωματικής εργασίας είναι να παρουσιάσει συνολικά τις μεταρρυθμίσεις του Σχεδίου, δίνοντας έμφαση σε δύο από τις τέσσερις συνιστώσες του, που αφορούν στην ψηφιακή δικαιοσύνη και την επιμόρφωση των δικαστικών υπαλλήλων, η οποία θα γίνεται πλέον μέσω της Εθνικής Σχολής Δικαστικών Υπαλλήλων. Με τη βοήθεια της ποσοτικής έρευνας εξάγονται σημαντικά συμπεράσματα για τις μεταρρυθμίσεις στην ψηφιακή δικαιοσύνη, η οποία κρίνεται μεγάλης σημασίας για την αποτελεσματικότητα και την ποιότητα του δικαστικού μας συστήματος. Από την άλλη πλευρά, η έρευνα για την εκπαίδευση των δικαστικών υπαλλήλων και την ίδρυση της Σχολής, η οποία έχει αναμφισβήτητα πλεονεκτήματα, φέρνει στην επιφάνεια αρκετά ζητήματα που απασχολούν τον κλάδο των δικαστικών υπαλλήλων. H εργασία ολοκληρώνεται με τη διατύπωση προτάσεων, που κρίνονται σημαντικές για την επιτυχή μετάβαση στην νέα πραγματικότητα των παραπάνω κατευθύνσεων.
Scintillator counters with WLS fiber/MPPC readout for the side muon range detector (SMRD)of the T2K experiment
Creators: name: Izmaylov, A.
name: Aoki, S.
name: Blocki, J.
name: Brinson, J.
name: Dabrowska, A.
name: Danko, I.
name: Dziewiecki, M.
name: Ellison, B.
name: Golyshkin, L.
name: Gould, R.
name: Hara, T.
name: Hartfiel, B.
name: Holeczek, J.
name: Khabibullin, M.
name: Khotjantsev, A.
name: Kielczewska, D.
name: Kisiel, J.
name: Kozlowski, T.
name: Kudenko, Yu.
name: Kurjata, R.
name: Kutter, T.
name: Lagoda, J.
name: Liu, J.
name: Marzec, J.
name: Metcalf, W.
name: Mijakowski, P.
name: Mineev, O.
name: Musienko, Yu.
name: Naples, D.
name: Nauman, M.
name: Northacker, D.
name: Nowak, J.
name: Paolone, V.
name: Posiadala, M.
name: Przewlocki, P.
name: Reid, J.
name: Rondio, E.
name: Shaykhiev, A.
name: Sienkiewicz, M.
name: Smith, D.
name: Sobczyk, J.
name: Stodulski, M.
name: Straczek, A.
name: Sulej, R.
name: Suzuki, A.
name: Swierblewski, J.
name: Szeglowski, T.
name: Szeptycka, M.
name: Wachala, T.
name: Warner, D.
name: Yershov, N.
name: Yano, T.
name: Zalewska, A.
name: Zaremba, K.
name: Ziembicki, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2009
Subjects: subject: Instrumentation and Detectors (physics.ins-det)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The T2K neutrino experiment at J-PARC uses a set of near detectors to measure the properties of an unoscillated neutrino beam and neutrino interaction cross-sections. One of the sub-detectors of the near-detector complex, the side muon range detector (SMRD), is described in the paper. The detector is designed to help measure the neutrino energy spectrum, to identify background and to calibrate the other detectors. The active elements of the SMRD consist of 0.7 cm thick extruded scintillator slabs inserted into air gaps of the UA1 magnet yokes. The readout of each scintillator slab is provided through a single WLS fiber embedded into a serpentine shaped groove. Two Hamamatsu multi-pixel avalanche photodiodes (MPPC's) are coupled to both ends of the WLS fiber. This design allows us to achieve a high MIP detection efficiency of greater than 99%. A light yield of 25-50 p.e./MIP, a time resolution of about 1 ns and a spatial resolution along the slab better than 10 cm were obtained for the SMRD counters.
description: 7 pages, 4 figures; talk at TIPP09, March 12-17, Tsukuba, Japan; to be published in the conference proceedings
ESM 2: coding costs supplement from Information overload for (bounded) rational agents
Creators: name: Pothos, Emmanuel M.
name: Lewandowsky, Stephan
name: Basieva, Irina
name: Barque-Duran, Albert
name: Tapper, Katy
name: Khrennikov, Andrei
Publisher: name: The Royal Society
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: 60801 Animal Behaviour
subject: FOS: Biological sciences

description: Further details for encoding information costs.
title: Rotational Structure of Extremely Floppy van der Waals Complexes: Adiabatic Separation of Angular and Radial Motion
Creators: name: Ward, P. Daniel
Publisher: name: Utah State University
Year: 2000

description: The adiabatic or Born-Oppenheimer approximation is often used in molecular calculations to simplify the solution to the Schrodinger equation. The basis of the approximation is the large difference in the relative motions of the nuclei and electrons in the molecule-the electrons are able to respond almost instantly to the movements of the nuclei. Thus, the nuclei may be regarded as being fixed in a certain position and the Schrodinger equation can then be solved using the potential obtained by solving the electronic problem at fixed nuclear configuration.
A similar argument can be used to decouple the angular and radial motions of many van der Waals complexes because, like nuclei in molecules, the radial motions in many van der Waals complexes are strongly localized. Fixing the radial separation between the atoms and molecules in the complex to a particular value results in a Schrodinger equation that is much simpler to solve because it is only dependent on angles. van der Waals complexes containing helium atoms, however, present a dilemma because the extremely weak interactions present also lead to large amplitude radial as well as angular motions. Because the basis of the adiabatic approximation is a large difference in time scale between the angular and radial motions, the validity of the adiabatic approximation for helium complexes is uncertain.
In this thesis, the adiabatic separation of angular and radial motion is shown to be accurate for extremely floppy complexes of helium by demonstrating its use on the van der Waals molecule He-HCN. A major application of this method is expected to be the quick calculation of approximate wave functions for Diffusion Monte Carlo studies of the rotation of impurity molecules inside ultra-cold droplets of helium. The method presented here is significantly faster than other methods (e.g., Variational Monte Carlo) that have been used to calculate approximate wave functions for Diffusion Monte Carlo.
title: Έξυπνη πόλη και βιώσιμη αστική κινητικότητα. Διεθνής εμπειρία και Ελλάδα
title: Smart city and sustainable urban mobility. International experience and Greece.
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Δημακάκου, Ελένη
Publisher: name: Πανεπιστήμιο Δυτικής Αττικής
Year: 2023
Subjects: Ηλεκτροκίνηση
Έξυπνη πόλη
Ανθεκτική πόλη
Δίκτυα φόρτισης
Ηλεκτρικά οχήματα

description: Στην εργασία αυτή επιχειρείται η ευρύτερη εξέταση της έννοιας της «έξυπνης πόλης» και του τρόπου που αυτή επηρεάζει το φυσικό περιβάλλον. Από τις πολλαπλές εφαρμογές που προσδιορίζουν την έξυπνη πόλη επιλέχτηκε να αναπτυχθεί η ηλεκτροκίνηση. Για το σκοπό αυτό περιγράφονται τα δομικά στοιχεία του δικτύου φόρτισης των ηλεκτρικών οχημάτων καθώς και τα πλεονεκτήματα και μειονεκτήματα των οχημάτων αυτών. Στη συνέχεια αναλύονται οι ενέργειες της δημόσιας διοίκησης για την ανάπτυξη του δικτύου φόρτισης με παραδείγματα από τη διεθνή εμπειρία. Για την Ελλάδα περιγράφονται τα μέτρα και τα κίνητρα που έχει παράσχει η χώρα για την ενίσχυση αυτής της νέας αγοράς. Εν κατακλείδι, παρουσιάζεται η ανάπτυξη της ηλεκτροκίνησης στην ελληνική επικράτεια.
Anomalie cerebellari fetali: confronto tra ecografia e risonanza magnetica prenatale e follow up a distanza
Creators: name: Gandolfi Colleoni, Giulia <1974>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2011
Subjects: MED/40 Ginecologia e ostetricia

description: Cerebellar malformation are increasingly diagnosed in utero. To assess the effectiveness of ultrasound and fetal magnetic resonance in the antenatal prediction of long term neurodevelopmental delay. 
STUDY DESIGN: We collected 105 cases of cerebellum malformation in the period 2000-2010 in Bologna and Bari University.  Classification included cystic anomalies of posterior fossa and cerebellar hypoplasia. 
RESULTS: The greater group included Blake’s pouch cysts and mega cisterna magna cases (58/105). These cases seemed to have a good prognosis with a good outcome both in association with other anomalies and isolated. In cases of Dandy Walker malformation, vermis hypoplasia and cerebellum hypoplasia there were few survivors, so it was so difficult to outline some conclusion for child outcome. Despite great neuroimaging advances, in our study, ultrasound and MR reached a similar sensitivity (62-63%) for the diagnosis of posterior fossa anomalies, but the number of MR was lower compared with ultrasonography.
CONCLUSION: Ultrasonography remains the screening method of choice for evaluation of cerebellum anatomy but probably MR imaging can improve some details expecially in the third trimester. Despite the data on Dandy Walker, vermis hypoplasia and cerebellum hypoplasia  were conflicting and uncertain, for Blake and mega cisterna magna we can considered a rather good outcome.
On-line adaptive visual tracking
Creators: name: Salti, Samuele <1982>
Publisher: name: Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna
Year: 2011
Subjects: ING-INF/05 Sistemi di elaborazione delle informazioni

description: Visual tracking is the problem of estimating some variables related to a target given a video sequence depicting the target. Visual tracking is key to the automation of many tasks, such as visual surveillance, robot or vehicle autonomous navigation, automatic video indexing in multimedia databases.
Despite many years of research, long term tracking in real world scenarios for generic targets is still unaccomplished. The main contribution of this thesis is the definition of effective algorithms that can foster a general solution to visual tracking by letting the tracker adapt to mutating working conditions. 
In particular, we propose to adapt two crucial components of visual trackers: the transition model and the appearance model.
The less general but widespread case of tracking from a static camera is also considered and a novel change detection algorithm robust to sudden illumination changes is proposed. Based on this, a principled adaptive framework to model the interaction between Bayesian change detection and recursive Bayesian trackers is introduced.
Finally, the problem of automatic tracker initialization is considered. In particular, a novel solution for categorization of 3D data is presented. The novel category recognition algorithm is based on a novel 3D descriptors that is shown to achieve state of the art performances in several applications of surface matching.