cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
ТОПЛИВНО-ЭНЕРГЕТИЧЕСКИЙ КОМПЛЕКС АРАБСКОЙ РЕСПУБЛИКИ ЕГИПЕТ
Creators: name: НИКОЛАЕВ Д.А.
Publisher: name: Инновации и инвестиции
Year: 2020
Subjects: ТОПЛИВНО-ЭНЕРГЕТИЧЕСКИЙ КОМПЛЕКС
ИНВЕСТИЦИИ
УГЛЕВОДОРОДЫ
ЕГИПЕТ
РОССИЯ
FUEL AND ENERGY COMPLEX
INVESTMENTS
HYDROCARBONS
EGYPT
RUSSIA

description: В статье рассматриваются основные макроэкономические показатели развития экономики Арабской Республики Египет. Анализируются отрасли нефтехимического комплекса страны, показан их вклад в экономику республики. Указана роль ТЭК в экономике страны. На территории государства сосредоточены такие полезные ископаемые, как: железная руда, мышьяк, кадмий, медь, хром, свинец, ртуть, таллий и цинк, молибден, стронций, олово и др. Египет обладает запасами углеводородного сырья. В исследовании анализируется работа ТЭК Арабской Республики Египет. Показаны запасы и потребление нефти и газа. Автором также анализируется развитие гидроэнергетики, показаны вызовы и риски в развитии гидроэнергетики. В исследовании рассматривается возможности и перспективы энергетического сотрудничества Египта с ЕС и Российской Федерацией. Укрепление внешнеэкономических связей России и Египта позволит в будущем выйти РФ на крупный рынок Африканского континента.
OLAC Collections: The Case of Serials
Creators: name: Patterson III, Hugh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: OLAC Collections: The Case of Serials
Hugh Patterson III
Presented 7 October 2022 at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities at the Conference Where Do We Need to Go From Here? - Language Documentation and Archiving,  in the UNESCO International Decade of Indigenous Languages
The Ontology of Marriage
Creators: name: Haase, Joshua
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Philosophy
subject: FOS: Philosophy, ethics and religion
subject: Political Philosophy
subject: Ontology
subject: Sexual Ethics
subject: marriage
subject: Same-sex Marriage
subject: Self-Constitution
subject: Liberalism
subject: New Natural Law
subject: Hegel

description: This thesis is a response to the lack of philosophical integrity in contemporary same-sex marriage legislation and jurisprudence, both for and against, in North America. Rather than being based on an account of the authentic ontology of marriage, these legalities are merely assimilated to external terrains of meaning. In the case of the expansion of the institution, the assimilation is to frameworks of rights, while the obstruction of this expansion is founded upon notions of tradition and the divine. As a solution, I undertake an examination of three varieties of political philosophy: liberalism, new natural law, and Hegelian idealism. And as will be shown, each account is an attempt to get at the same ontology: marriage as an instance of self-constitution. However, I will argue that Hegel’s formulation best fulfills the goal of marital self-constitution—encompassing form, substance, and participation—and, crucially, implies the possibility of same-sex marriage.
An Improvement of RC4 Cipher Using Vigenere Cipher
Creators: name: Kadry, Seifedine
name: Smaili, Mohamad
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: This paper develops a new algorithm to improve the security of RC4. Given that RC4 cipher is widely used in the wireless communication and has some weaknesses in the security of RC4 cipher, our idea is based on the combination of the RC4 and the poly alphabetic cipher Vigenère to give a new and more secure algorithm which we called VRC4. In this technique the plain text is encrypted using the classic RC4 cipher then re-encrypt the resulted cipher text using Vigenère cipher to be a more secure cipher text. For simplicity, we have implemented our new algorithm in Java Script taking into consideration two factors: improvement of the security and the time complexity. To show the performance of the new algorithm, we have used the well known network cracking software KisMac.
On the magnetic flux problem in star formation
Creators: name: Braithwaite, Jonathan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Strong magnetic fields play a crucial role in the removal of angular momentum from collapsing clouds and protostellar discs and are necessary for the formation of disc winds as well as jets from the inner disc and indeed, strong large-scale poloidal magnetic fields are observed in protostellar discs at all radii down to $\sim 10 R_\odot$. Nevertheless, by the time the star is visible virtually all of the original magnetic flux has vanished. I explore mechanisms for removing this flux during the formation of the protostar once it is magnetically disconnected from the parent cloud, looking at both radiative and convective protostars. This includes a numerical investigation of buoyant magnetic field removal from convective stars. It is found that if the star goes through a fully convective phase all remaining flux can easily be removed from the protostar, essentially on an Alfvén timescale. If on the other hand the protostar has no fully convective phase then some flux can be retained, the quantity depending on the net magnetic helicity, which is probably quite small. Only some fraction of this flux is visible at the stellar surface. I also look at how the same mechanisms could prevent flux from accreting onto the star at all, meaning that mass would only accrete as fast as it is able to slip past the flux.
description: Accepted for publication in MNRAS. 10 pages
A Vision for New Participation in OLAC: Beyond an Agenda for Open Language Archiving
Creators: name: Patterson III, Hugh
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: A Vision for New Participation in OLAC: Beyond an Agenda for Open Language Archiving
Hugh Patterson III
Presented 5 October 2022 at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities at the Conference Where Do We Need to Go From Here? - Language Documentation and Archiving,  in the UNESCO International Decade of Indigenous Languages
Making DMPs Beneficial to Research Projects with Data Stewardship Wizard
Creators: name: Suchánek, Marek
name: Hooft, Rob
name: Freeman, Jana
name: Slifka, Jan
name: Pergl, Robert
name: Knaisl, Vojtěch
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: Data Stewardship
Data Management Plan
Research Data Management
DMP Templates
Machine-Actionability
Document Generation

description: The Data Stewardship Wizard (DSW) supports Data Stewardship Planning with a focus on benefits for research projects. Producing a document with a data management plan is a secondary goal. DSW provides guidance through tree-like (conditional) questionnaires, which ask the right questions for the right projects and which support team collaboration. The questionnaire structure is collected in knowledge models that can build upon each other: one knowledge model can customize a different one e.g., to incorporate local legal or institutional restrictions and resources. Both questionnaires and knowledge models can evolve over time, and DSW propagates changes so that even if the expertise is updated, the questionnaires do not have to be filled in from scratch. Documents are generated from questionnaires programmatically which allows turning a single questionnaire into differently formatted text documents with tailored content. The architecture of DSW allows us to prototype and implement features easily. DSW is already proving its versatility and evolvability, for example in enhanced interoperability using maDMP adoption. This work was supported by ELIXIR CZ research infrastructure project (MEYS Grant No: LM2015047).
Area-charge inequality for black holes
Creators: name: Dain, Sergio
name: Jaramillo, José Luis
name: Reiris, Martín
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The inequality between area and charge $A\geq 4πQ^2$ for dynamical black holes is proved. No symmetry assumption is made and charged matter fields are included. Extensions of this inequality are also proved for regions in the spacetime which are not necessarily black hole boundaries.
description: 21 pages, 2 figures
The healthcare providers' experience of life and death in ICU
Creators: name: Jenkins, Jessica
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Nursing
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: Nursing
subject: Intensive Care
subject: Palliative Care
subject: Dying in ICU
subject: Analytic Autoethnography
subject: Critical Theory
subject: Foucault

description: Abstract Technology is, as Callahan (2003) asserted, a seductive entity, limitless in its creative possibilities; it is valued for its potential to enhance our lives, make the impossible plausible, and provide us with our coveted immortality. Through our creative endeavours we have quarantined death in hospitals, lauded those who battle against it, and perpetuated its censorship through cultural institutions such as media, religious organizations, justice systems, and even, in the healthcare industry itself. In order to understand the complexities of the healthcare provider’s experience of life and death in intensive care, the research method of analytic autoethnography was employed. The assessment of the influent social, professional, and political cultures contributed to the understanding of the intricacies of cultural behaviours and interaction to inform the research question of “what is the healthcare provider’s experience of life and death in intensive care?” Using a critical and postmodern philosophical lens allowed the researcher to decode social practices that create asymmetrical power relations, constraining ideology, and attitudes that obstruct the individual’s participation in or understanding of the social environment of ICU.
The Role of the Language Community in Peer-Review process for Collections
Creators: name: Patterson III, Hugh
name: Griscom, Richard
name: Collister, Lauren B.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: The Role of the Language Community in Peer-Review process for Collections
Hugh Patterson III, Richard Griscom, Lauren B. Collister
Presented 5 October 2022 at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities at the Conference Where Do We Need to Go From Here? - Language Documentation and Archiving,  in the UNESCO International Decade of Indigenous Languages
title: Символические коды городской идентичности (на примере российского и американского городов)
Creators: name: Федотова, Наталья
Publisher: name: Новгородский государственный университет имени Ярослава Мудрого (НовГУ)
Year: 2020

description: Рассматривается проблема символической кодификации городской идентичности. Автор, опираясь на постструктуралистскую трактовку реальности, рассматривает структуру городской идентичности как совокупность символических кодов. На основе различных научных подходов к исследованию городской идентичности и особенностей смысловых связей, связывающие горожанина с городом, в работе раскрыты три символических кода городской идентичности — гражданский, территориальный и культурный. В качестве иллюстрации автор использует анализ символических кодов городской идентичности Великого Новгорода и Рочестера, где демонстрирует специфику конфигурации этих кодов и, как следствие, различные способы структуризации ценности города для горожан.
The Surface Electroclinic Effect near the First Order Smectic-A*--Smectic-C* transition
Creators: name: Saunders, Karl
name: Rudquist, Per
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We analyze the surface electroclinic effect (SECE) in a material that exhibits a first order bulk smectic-$A^*$ (Sm-$A^*$) -- smectic-$C^*$ (Sm-$C^*$) transition. The effect of a continuously varying degree of enantiomeric excess on the SECE is also investigated. We show that due to the first order nature of the bulk Sm-$A^*$ -- Sm-$C^*$ transition, the SECE can be unusually strong and that as enantiomeric excess is varied, a jump in surface induced tilt is expected. A theoretical state map, in enantiomeric excess - temperature space, features a critical point which terminates a line of first order discontinuities in the surface induced tilt. This critical point is analogous to that found for the phase diagram (in electric field - temperature space) for the bulk electroclinic effect. Analysis of the decay of the surface induced tilt, as one moves from surface into bulk shows that for sufficiently high surface tilt the decay will exhibit a well defined spatial kink within which it becomes especially rapid. We also propose that the SECE is additionally enhanced by the de Vries nature (i.e. small layer shrinkage at the bulk Sm-A* -- Sm-C* transition) of the material. As such the SECE provides a new means to characterize the de Vries nature of a material. We discuss the implications for using these materials in device applications and propose ways to investigate the predicted features experimentally.
Sub-diffraction thin-film sensing with planar terahertz metamaterials
Creators: name: Withayachumnankul, Withawat
name: Lin, Hungyen
name: Serita, Kazunori
name: Shah, Charan M.
name: Sriram, Sharath
name: Bhaskaran, Madhu
name: Tonouchi, Masayoshi
name: Fumeaux, Christophe
name: Abbott, Derek
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Optics (physics.optics)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Planar metamaterials have been recently proposed for thin dielectric film sensing in the terahertz frequency range. Although the thickness of the dielectric film can be very small compared with the wavelength, the required area of sensed material is still determined by the diffraction-limited spot size of the terahertz beam excitation. In this article, terahertz near-field sensing is utilized to reduce the spot size. By positioning the metamaterial sensing platform close to the sub-diffraction terahertz source, the number of excited resonators, and hence minimal film area, are significantly reduced. As an additional advantage, a reduction in the number of excited resonators decreases the inter-cell coupling strength, and consequently the resonance Q factor is remarkably increased. The experimental results show that the resonance Q factor is improved by 113%. Moreover, for a film with a thickness of λ/375 the minimal area can be as small as 0.2λby 0.2λ. The success of this work provides a platform for future metamaterial-based sensors for biomolecular detection.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
Magnetic fields of an active region filament from full Stokes analysis of Si I 1082.7 nm and He I 1083.0 nm
Creators: name: Xu, Z.
name: Lagg, A.
name: Solanki, S.
name: Liu, Y.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Solar and Stellar Astrophysics (astro-ph.SR)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Vector magnetic fields of an active region filament in the photosphere and upper chromosphere are obtained from spectro-polarimetric observations recorded with the Tenerife Infrared Polarimeter (TIP II) at the German Vacuum Tower Telescope (VTT). We apply Milne-Eddington inversions on full Stokes vectors of the photospheric Si I 1082.7 nm and the upper chromospheric He I triplet at 1083.0 nm to obtain magnetic field vector and velocity maps in two atmosphere layers. We find that: (1)A complete filament was already present in H$α$ at the beginning of the TIP II data acquisition. Only a partially formed one, composed of multiple small threads, was present in He I. (2) The AR filament comprises two sections. One shows strong magnetic field intensities, about 600 - 800 G in the upper chromosphere and 800 - 1000 G in the photosphere. The other exhibits only comparatively weak magnetic field strengths in both layers. (3) The Stokes V signal is indicative of a dip in the magnetic field strength close to the chromospheric PIL. (3) In the chromosphere consistent upflows are found along the PIL flanked by downflows. (4) The transversal magnetic field is nearly parallel to the PIL in the photosphere and inclined by 20 - 30 degree in the chromosphere. (5) The chromospheric magnetic field around the filament is found to be in normal configuration, while the photospheric field presents a concave magnetic topology. The observations are consistent with the emergence of a flux rope with a subsequent formation of a filament.
description: 15pages, 10 figures and accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal
Promoting socio-communicative development in students with autism who use augmentative and alternative communication
Creators: name: Trottier, Nadine
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2010

description: Supporting social interactions between children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) who use augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) and their typically developing peers presents many challenges. The purpose of the study was to investigate the effects of a peer-mediated intervention designed to teach two students with ASD to use speech-generating devices (SGDs) to engage in interactions with peers in a social context at school. Six typically developing peers (three from each participant’s inclusive classroom) were taught to support SGD use by their classmates with ASD during game activities. A multiple baseline design was used to examine the relationship between peer-mediated instruction and an increase in total communicative acts by the two participants. Although a functional relationship was not established unequivocally, the results suggest that the intervention was effective at increasing total CAs. These results failed to generalize to non-experimental social settings, but social validity ratings by all of the confederates were positive. Results are discussed regarding educational implications, limitations, and future research.
An Experimental Polymer EOR Study of a High Salinity Low Permeability Carbonate Reservoir
Creators: name: Gao, Jun
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Engineering--Petroleum
subject: Polymer flood
subject: High Salinity
subject: Low Permeability
subject: Carbonate
subject: EOR

description: The challenges of polymer application to the low cretaceous limestone reservoir in Al Shaheen field, offshore Qatar, are low permeability (~10 mD) and high salinity (~50,000ppm). This study aims to investigate the injectivity and recovery mechanisms of polymer flooding by experimental study, including polymer rheological properties, core heterogeneity evaluation, resistance factor determination and core floods for oil recovery monitored by CT scan. The main conclusions are: The incremental oil recovery of polymer floods in very low permeability (~10 mD) Al Shaheen field cores ranges from 12.8% to 25.4% accompanied by large pressure drops. The polymer flooding in field cores appears to be very effective under the current conditions and warrants further study. Conversely, the incremental oil recovery of tertiary polymer floods in medium permeability (~100-200 mD) limestone cores is small and continues the trend of water floods. CT scan is essential for understanding the displacement results influenced by core heterogeneity.
French-Immersion and Mathematical Achievement: A Comparative Study
Creators: name: Galarneau, Jean-Michel
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Education--Bilingual and Multicultural
subject: Education--Mathematics
subject: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: Achievement
subject: french-immersion

description: This study investigates the perception that French immersion students perform differently from students from the regular non-immersion programme. More specifically, this study investigates this idea using mathematics as a means to compare the two groups (French immersion and non-immersion). It also investigates the possible differences between students from either programmes in characteristics ranging from socioeconomic backgrounds to participation rates in organized sports and extra-curricular activities. The purpose of this study is to understand what could possibly be behind the previous claims that French immersion students perform better than non-immersion students in an academic setting. The study sheds light on the potential differences and demonstrates the idea that no single factor can explain the phenomenon of academic achievement and of differences. Although the findings were inconclusive as to whether or not French immersion students perform at a higher level than their non-immersion counterparts in mathematics, the findings still help us understand student patterns and some of the factors associated with both French immersion and academic achievement in mathematics and in general.
$dd\to {^3}He n$ reaction at intermediate energies
Creators: name: Ladygina, N. B.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The $dd\to ^3He n$ reaction is considered at the energies between 200 MeV and 520 MeV. The Alt-Grassberger-Sandhas equations are iterated up to the lowest order terms over the nucleon-nucleon t-matrix. The parameterized ${^3He}$ wave function including five components is used. The angular dependence of the differential cross section and energy dependence of tensor analyzing power $T_{20}$ at the zero scattering angle are presented in comparison with the experimental data.
МИАСТЕНИЯ КАСАЛЛИГИНИНГ ЭТИОЛОГИЯСИ ВА ПАТОГЕНЕЗИ, ТАРҚАЛИШИ
Creators: name: Джаббарова, Насиба
name: Ходжиева, Дилбар
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023

description: Миастения касаллиги - сурункали аутоиммун касаллик бўлиб, нерв- мушак синапсига махсус антитело ишлаб чиқарилиши билан кечади [1]. Миастения ҳақида замонавий қарашларни ўрганиш, ташхислаш ва даволашнинг янгича усулларини кашф этиш, касаллик оқибатида келиб чиқадиган турли асоратларнинг олдини олишга имкон беради.
Relationship between Parenting Stress and Children's Attributional Style in Childhood Anxiety
Creators: name: Syeda, Maisha
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Educational Psychology
subject: Psychology--Clinical
subject: childhood anxiety
subject: Parenting stress
subject: attributional style

description: Parenting stress and children's maladaptive attributional style have been known to be risk factors of childhood anxiety. The current study extends the literature by examining the effect of these two risk factors on children's anxious symptoms with respect to their age, sex, ethnicity and their own perception of their parents' stress in a sample of 8-12 year olds and their parents. Caregiving demands were direct predictors of parents' reports of their children's anxious symptoms, whereas girls' maladaptive negative attributional style and their own perception of their parents' stress directly predicted their reports of their anxious symptoms. Caregiving demands and parents' personal stressors had an indirect effect on girls' reports of their anxious symptoms through their maladaptive negative attributional style. Girls' perception of their parents' stress also interacted with their maladaptive negative attributional style to predict their anxious symptoms. Demographic differences with respect to parenting stress and children's maladaptive attributional style were also found.
The estimation of black-hole masses in distant radio galaxies
Creators: name: Khabibullina, M. L.
name: Verkhodanov, O. V.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We have estimated the masses of the central supermassive black holes of 2442 radio galaxies froma catalog compiled using data from the NED, SDSS, and CATS databases. Mass estimates based on optical photometry and radio data are compared. Relationships between the mass of the central black hole $M_p^{bh}$ and the redshift $z_p$ are constructed for both wavelength ranges. The distribution of the galaxies in these diagrams and systematic effects influencing estimation of the black-hole parameters are discussed. Upperenvelope cubic regression fits are obtained using the maximum estimates of the black-hole masses. The optical and radio upper envelopes show similar behavior, and have very similar peaks in position, $z_p \simeq 1.9$, and amplitude, $\log M_p^{bh}$ = 9.4. This is consistent with a model in which the growth of the supermassive black holes is self-regulating, with this redshift corresponding to the epoch when the accretion-flow phase begins to end and the nuclear activity falls off.
description: 8 pages, 6 figures
Identification and characterization of diterpene synthases in the salvinorin A biosynthetic pathway
Creators: name: Mitchell, Rod
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Biochemistry
subject: Salvia divinorum
subject: Salvinorin A
subject: Diterpene synthase

description: Salvia divinorum is a hallucinogenic plant that is used for divination and spiritual communion by the Mazatecs of Mexico. The active component of the plant is salvinorin A, a neoclerodane diterpenoid that selectively acts as a potent κ opioid receptor agonist. Salvinorin A's novel receptor binding profile makes derivatives of the compound potentially useful in the treatment of various psychiatric and mood disorders. In this work, next generation sequencing (Roche 454) was used to generate a S. divinorum transcript database. Five distinct putative diterpene synthase cDNAs (two type II and three type I) were identified in the database. We report here a recombinant type II diterpene synthase capable of catalyzing the rearrangement of GGPP into terpentedienyl diphosphate (a neoclerodane diphosphate), and a recombinant type I diterpene synthase that renders terpentedienyl diphosphate into kolavenol. These enzymatic products are potential intermediates in the salvinorin A biosynthetic pathway.
Arrabal-Schrödinger-Einstein Equation: Unifying Arrabal Critical Velocity, Quantum Mechanics, and Relativity for the Quantum-to-Classical Transition
Creators: name: arrabal, humberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This thesis presents the Arrabal-Schrödinger-Einstein equation, a novel mathematical framework that unifies Arrabal’s critical velocity model with Schrödinger's equation and Einstein's energy-mass equivalence. By incorporating velocity as a key parameter in the transition from quantum to classical behavior, this work refines our understanding of decoherence. This unified model offers new insights into quantum-to-classical transitions, with profound implications in high-energy physics, quantum computing, and cosmology.
Arrabal-Schrödinger-Einstein Equation: Unifying Arrabal Critical Velocity, Quantum Mechanics, and Relativity for the Quantum-to-Classical Transition
Creators: name: arrabal, humberto
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: This thesis presents the Arrabal-Schrödinger-Einstein equation, a novel mathematical framework that unifies the Arrabal critical velocity model with Schrödinger's equation and Einstein's energy-mass equivalence. The Arrabal critical velocity governs the transition of quantum particles, such as protons, from quantum behavior to classical decoherence. By integrating quantum mechanical and relativistic principles, this work proposes a new criterion for understanding decoherence based on velocity, refining the boundary between quantum and classical physics, with applications in particle physics, quantum computing, and cosmology
Looking At the Distant Universe with the MeerKAT Array (LADUMA)
Creators: name: Holwerda, B. W.
name: Blyth, S. --L.
name: Baker, A. J.
name: team, the LADUMA
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The MeerKAT (64 x 13.5m dish radio interferometer) is South Africa's precursor instrument for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), exploring dish design, instrumentation, and the characteristics of a Karoo desert site and is projected to be on sky in 2016. One of two top-priority, Key Projects is a single deep field, integrating for 5000 hours total with the aim to detect neutral atomic hydrogen through its 21 cm line emission out to redshift unity and beyond. This first truly deep HI survey will help constrain fueling models for galaxy assembly and evolution. It will measure the evolution of the cosmic neutral gas density and its distribution over galaxies over cosmic time, explore evolution of the gas in galaxies, measure the Tully-Fisher relation, measure OH maser counts, and address many more topics. Here we present the observing strategy and envisaged science case for this unique deep field, which encompasses the Chandra Deep Field-South (and the footprints of GOODS, GEMS and several other surveys) to produce a singular legacy multi-wavelength data-set.
description: 3 pages, 2 figures, to appear in the proceedings of IAU Symposium 284, "The Spectral Energy Distribution of Galaxies" (SED2011), 5-9 September 2011, Preston, UK, editors R.J. Tuffs & C.C.Popescu
On The Detection Of Ionizing Radiation Arising From Star-Forming Galaxies At Redshift z ~ 3-4 : Looking For Analogs Of "Stellar Reionizers"
Creators: name: Vanzella, Eros
name: Guo, Yicheng
name: Giavalisco, Mauro
name: Grazian, Andrea
name: Castellano, Marco
name: Cristiani, Stefano
name: Dickinson, Mark
name: Fontana, Adriano
name: Nonino, Mario
name: Giallongo, Emanuele
name: Pentericci, Laura
name: Galametz, Audrey
name: Faber, S. M.
name: Ferguson, Henry C.
name: Grogin, Norman A.
name: Koekemoer, Anton M.
name: Newman, Jeffrey
name: Siana, Brian D.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We use the spatially-resolved, multi-band photometry in the GOODS South field acquired by the CANDELS project to constrain the nature of candidate Lyman continuum (LyC) emitters at redshift z~3.7 identified using ultra-deep imaging below the Lyman limit (1-sigma limit of ~30 AB in a 2" diameter aperture). In 18 candidates, out of a sample of 19 with flux detected at >3-sigma level, the light centroid of the candidate LyC emission is offset from that of the LBG by up to 1.5". We fit the SED of the LyC candidates to spectral population synthesis models to measure photometric redshifts and the stellar population parameters. We also discuss the differences in the UV colors between the LBG and the LyC candidates, and how to estimate the escape fraction of ionizing radiation (f_esc) in cases, like in most of our galaxies, where the LyC emission is spatially offset from the host galaxy. In all but one case we conclude that the candidate LyC emission is most likely due to lower redshift interlopers. Based on these findings, we argue that the majority of similar measurements reported in the literature need further investigation before it can be firmly concluded that LyC emission is detected. Our only surviving LyC candidate is a LBG at z=3.795, which shows the bluest (B-V) color among LBGs at similar redshift, a stellar mass of M~2 x 10^9 Msun, weak interstellar absorption lines and a flat UV spectral slope with no Lya in emission. We estimate its f_esc to be in the range 25%-100%, depending on the dust and intergalactic attenuation.
description: Submitted to The Astrophysical Journal, 20 pages, 8 figures, 1 table
Methylphenidate Effects in Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: Is Behavioural or Neuropsychological Data More Relevant?
Creators: name: Carmichael, Jessica Alexandra
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Educational Psychology
subject: ADHD
subject: diagnosis
subject: neuropsychology
subject: Behaviour
subject: Methylphenidate

description: Inconsistent methylphenidate (MPH) dose-response relationships are often observed in children with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). This study examined whether informant-reported behavioural criteria or “cool” executive/working memory (EWM) and “hot” self-regulation (SR) neuropsychological factors differentiated MPH responders from non-responders. Fifty-six children with physician-diagnosed ADHD underwent four-week randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled MPH trials. Children were administered a battery of neuropsychological measures sensitive to ADHD to evaluate cognitive MPH response. Classroom observations and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV-TR) parent/teacher reports were used to evaluate behavioural MPH response. EWM/SR factor scores discriminated cognitive MPH responders from non-responders, as did DSM-IV-TR Hyperactive-Impulsive criteria. Univariate F tests and Wilks ƛ results for EWM, SR, and DSM-IV-TR Hyperactive-Impulsive measures suggest their potential utility in detecting MPH response, whereas DSM-IV-TR Inattentive criteria were less useful. Results suggest practitioners should consider neuropsychological test performance in conjunction with behavioural report of ADHD symptoms when considering MPH treatment response.
Collection of approaches and best practices on using risk and needs assessment information at sentencing across European jurisdictions
Creators: name: Costa, Vítor
name: Esgalhado, Graça
name: Pereira, Henrique
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020
Subjects: sentencing
Risk-Need-Responsitivity Model
risk assessment tools
needs assessment

description: The current report of R4JUST aims at collecting the approaches and best practices on using risk and needs assessment information at sentencing. While the initial focus, as stated in the project application was on European Jurisdictions, the scarce scientific research in the topic led the authors to widen the geographic scope and include contributions from outside Europe (mostly from the U.S.). The report starts by exploring the well-established Risk-Need-Responsitivity Model (chapter 6), followed by a collection of empirical evidence on the use of risk and needs assessment tool at the sentencing stage (chapter 7). This collection of studies then led to the mapping of existing risk/needs assessment tools (chapter 8) with a focus on the ones that have been applied more extensively and therefore produced more data that can be used to conjecture about its potential use at the sentencing stage. Chapter 9 problematise the use of this tools for sentencing purposes and reflects on the topic of radicalised/terrorist offenders and the tools available for these defendants, arguing that generic tools used for non-terrorist offender might not be appropriate for this population. Conclusion (chapter 10) are then presented and confronted with reviewed literature. Main conclusions are that: (1) risk/needs assessment tools are widely used and recommended; (2) they allow a usually fast evaluation of the offender bringing insights for different stages (such as sentencing, rehabilitation, parole); (3) the sole use of these tools (particularly actuarial tools) for sentencing purposes is not recommended.
Complex Formation of Pb(II) with Cysteine, Penicillamine and N-acetylcysteine
Creators: name: Sisombath, Natalie Sinh
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2014
Subjects: Chemistry--Inorganic

description: The mechanism of lead poisoning and interest in metal toxicity has been a growing area of study since the late 1950s. In order to gain insight on how toxic metals behave physiologically, simple molecules can first be used to model the environments. Complex formation between Pb(II) and thiol-containing ligands D-penicillamine, L- cysteine and N-acetyl-L-cysteine were investigated in this study. The complexes formed were studied by 207Pb, 13C, 1H NMR, UV-Vis, ESI-MS, and X-ray absorption spectroscopy. The results of the study provide spectroscopic finger prints for Pb(II) coordination environments relevant to biological systems. The study revealed that small structural changes between each ligand, plays a large role in the manner at which they bind to the lead(II) centre.
Doctoral thesis recital (collaborative piano)
Creators: name: Thanakarn Limtham
Publisher: name: The University of Texas at Austin
Year: 2020
Subjects: Sonatas (Tuba and piano)--Excerpts
Oratorios--Excerpts, Arranged
Operas--Excerpts, Arranged
Songs (High voice) with piano
Sonatas (Viola and piano), Arranged

description: Sonata for tuba and piano (2012). Largamente--Allegro cantando / Anthony DiLorenzo -- From Die Schöpfung. “Nun beut die Flur das fische Grün” / Franz Joseph Haydn -- From Don Pasquale. “Quel guardo il cavaliere” / Gaetano Donizetti -- Sonata for viola and piano in G minor, op. 19 / Sergei Rachmaninoff
Fast Tripling In Genus 2 Hyperelliptic Curves
Creators: name: Lindner, Sebastian
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Computer Science
subject: Cryptography
subject: Divisor Tripling
subject: Computational Number Theory
subject: Hyperelliptic Curve Cryptography
subject: Divisor Arithmetic
subject: Low Genus
subject: Explicit Formula

description: We describe explicit formulas for tripling divisor classes on imaginary hyperelliptic curves given in Weierstrass form over arbitrary finite fi elds. Formulas are presented for both a ffine and projective coordinates, for divisor classes whose representations have extra fi eld elements, and for simpli fied forms of the curve equation. By combining ideas from the algebraic and geometric methods we obtain savings compared to previous methods. The same methods are applied to addition and doubling, resulting in the fastest known formulas to-date.
Geochemical Assessment of Surface Water-Groundwater Interaction in the Englishman River Watershed, British Columbia
Creators: name: Provencher, Shannon
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Geochemistry
subject: FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences
subject: Hydrogeology
subject: stable isotopes
subject: Surface Water
subject: Groundwater
subject: Surface Water-Groundwater Interaction

description: A geochemical and stable isotopic approach was used to aid in assessment of surface water-groundwater interactions within the Englishman River Watershed, British Columbia. Groundwater contribution to surface water is highest in late summer, early fall, and winter months. Groundwater discharge to surface water constitutes the majority of surface water discharge in the Englishman River during this period. In fall, precipitation rates increase, which in conjunction with low discharge rates in late summer, cause a loss of the groundwater signature in surface water. In spring, precipitation and meltwater sourced from the snowpack on Mt. Arrowsmith are the primary contributors to surface water. Shallow aquifers in surficial sediments influence surface waters to a higher degree than deeper bedrock aquifers. However, groundwater from deeper, more saline aquifers contributes to surface water and is measurable during late summer; although the influence is likely minor.
FRW and Bianchi type I cosmology of f-essence
Creators: name: Jamil, Mubasher
name: Momeni, D.
name: Serikbayev, N. S.
name: Myrzakulov, R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: General Physics (physics.gen-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: F-essence is a generalization of the usual Dirac model with the nonstandard kinetic term. In this paper, we introduce a new model of spinor cosmology containing both Ricci scalar and the non minimally coupled spinor fields in its action. We have investigated the cosmology with both isotropy and anisotropy, where the equations of motion of FRW and Bianchi type-I spacetimes have been derived and solved numerically. Finally the quantization of these models through Wheeler-De Witt (WD) wave function has been discussed.
description: 8 pages, accepted for publication in 'Astrophysics and Space Science'
Towards a circular building industry through digitalisation
Creators: name: Çetin, Sultan
Publisher: name: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment
Year: 2023

description: This thesis explores the integration of Circular Economy (CE) principles of narrow, slow, close, and regenerate in the social housing practice through digital technologies. Beginning with the examination of the CE implementation in Dutch social housing organisations, the research extends its focus to the broader built environment, introducing the Circular Digital Built Environment Framework and identifying ten enabling technologies. Subsequent chapters explore realworld applications of these digital technologies in circular new built, renovation, maintenance, and demolition projects of forerunner social housing organisations. The thesis includes a comprehensive study of material passports, addressing challenges around data management and proposing a digitally-enabled framework. The thesis concludes with critical reflections on the findings and their implications and provides further recommendations for research and practical applications in advancing circularity in the building industry through digital technologies.
description: A+BE | Architecture and the Built Environment, No. 22 (2023): Towards a circular building industry through digitalisation
Forest stand management and implications for elk selection in Jasper National Park, Alberta
Creators: name: Arnison, Colleen
Publisher: name: Environmental Design
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Forestry and Wildlife
subject: Biostatistics
subject: Ecology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Elk (Cervus elaphus),
subject: Forest Stand Management
subject: Habitat Modification
subject: National Park
subject: Resource Selection Functions
subject: Plant Community Diversity
subject: Generalized Linear Mixed Models

description: Seasonal resource selection patterns of elk in Jasper National Park, Alberta revealed elk select for areas that would be enhanced by natural or anthropogenic disturbance as they prefer herbaceous, shrub, and open conifer habitat types as well as burn sites. The FireSmart-ForestWise Community program was designed to mimic natural disturbance, such as fire, and consisted of timber removal to protect the community of Jasper from wildfires and improve ecological conditions for wildlife. Following timber removal, forage availability and cover for ungulates increased including grass and forb biomass, cover and diversity along with shrub cover. This thesis demonstrates that changes in human alterations to the landscape can benefit herbivores. If Parks Canada mandate continues to focus on maintaining and enhancing ecological integrity, programs such as this should be encouraged and continued.
HARVARD and THE HOLOCAUST
Creators: name: A.E. Samaan
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2013
Subjects: Eugenics
The Holocaust
Eugenical Sterilization
Scientific Racism
Progressivism and Racism
Adolf Hitler
Crimes Against Humanity
National Socialism
Nuremberg Laws
Paternalism
American Jurisprudence
Utopian Studies

description: Prominent Americans had significant amount of influence in the implementation and outcome of Hitler's eugenic policies. Many of these were the product of Ivy League education, and in turn, Hitler's formidable propaganda machine was quite happy to have the public approval of America's finest scientists, doctors, and journalists. Harvard professors and graduates were by far the most influential. Prominent Harvard graduates sat as Judges in Hitler's eugenic courts. Harvard graduates and lecturers were part of the administration at the Buchenwald concentration camp. Prominent Harvard professors and students formed the immigration restriction lobby that was instrumental in keeping Jewish refugees from reaching U.S. shores. Prestigious Harvard alumni used their influence to help whitewash the Third Reich's racial policies, and by extension to keep the murders a contested "rumor" until the end of the war. - Partially derived from "From a 'Race of Masters' to a 'Master Race': 1948 to 1848" by A.E. Samaan - www.RaceOfMasters.com
Thickness dependence of magnetic properties of (Ga,Mn)As
Creators: name: Proselkov, O.
name: Sztenkiel, D.
name: Stefanowicz, W.
name: Aleszkiewicz, M.
name: Sadowski, J.
name: Dietl, T.
name: Sawicki, M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2012
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We report on a monotonic reduction of Curie temperature in dilute ferromagnetic semiconductor (Ga,Mn)As upon a well controlled chemical-etching/oxidizing thinning from 15 nm down to complete removal of the ferro- magnetic response. The effect already starts at the very beginning of the thinning process and is accompanied by the spin reorientation transition of the in-plane uniaxial anisotropy. We postulate that a negative gradient along the growth direction of self-compensating defects (Mn interstitial) and the presence of surface donor traps gives quantitative account on these effects within the p-d mean field Zener model with adequate mod- ifications to take a nonuniform distribution of holes and Mn cations into account. The described here effects are of practical importance for employing thin and ultrathin layers of (Ga,Mn)As or relative compounds in concept spintronics devices, like resonant tunneling devices in particular.
description: 4 pages, 4 figures and supplementary information 2 pages, 1 figure
A Predictive Model of Canadian College Student Retention
Creators: name: Blair, Morgan
Publisher: name: Graduate Studies
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Education--Administration
subject: Student Retention
subject: Strategic Enrolment Management
subject: College
subject: Canada
subject: Policy
subject: Student Persistence
subject: Student Services

description: Estimates in the literature for within-year retention at 2-year colleges range from 57% to 83.9%. This indicates that a large proportion of students who attend 2-year colleges may not be retained beyond the first semester of their studies. Attrition potentially represents a major loss to the student, to the institution, and to society. With current accountability and funding realities becoming more openly discussed, Canadian colleges may not be able to afford to ignore their high rates of attrition in the future. The focus of this research was to estimate the rate of within-year retention among a sample of students attending two comprehensive community colleges in western Canada, and to develop a predictive model that identified potential determinants of retention among these students. Retention was examined among the total sample, among the sample from each college separately, and among the sample enrolled in each credential type. Astin’s Input-Environment-Output model was used as the framework for this research. The model purports that institutional outputs such as retention must be evaluated in the context of the original student inputs and ongoing environmental factors. Multivariable logistic regression was used to develop predictive models of college student retention. The estimated overall retention rate among this sample was 83.6%, although differences were observed by credential type. Among the aggregate sample, two environmental factors - grade point average and credit load - were the strongest predictors of retention once other factors were considered. The predictors of retention differed by credential type. The results indicate that the greatest gains in retention may be realized by strategies aimed at encouraging full-time enrolment and supporting academic achievement. The results of the current study suggest that sub-groups may exist for whom retention is predicted by unique factors. It is important that retention be examined on an institution-by-institution basis. Enhancing our understanding of Canadian college student retention, and taking action to improve retention, may contribute to Canada’s future prosperity in a knowledge economy.