cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
OAHP Inventory, Building 5147 Latrine, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Creators: name: Walter, Chelsea
Publisher: name: Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
Year: 1978
Subjects: subject: Fort Sam Houston
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83681/fort-sam-houston
subject: San Antonio
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4149/san-antonio
subject: Bexar (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4150/bexar-county
subject: Texas
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/6923/texas
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/318/governmental-structure
subject: Historic Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/320/historic-governmental-structure
subject: Non-Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/309/non-domestic-structures
subject: Latrine
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/94914/latrine
subject: OAHP
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/138292/oahp
subject: Building 5147
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/146674/building-5147
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Architectural Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/2/architectural-survey
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: An inventory form by the Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation for Building 5147 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The structure was built in 1942 as a latrine.
Language and Worldview in the Processing of Lies
Creators: Fiawornu, Vera Y.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

This thesis examined if the credibility of a speaker affects the hearer's processing of false (lies) vs true statements. Within the context of this thesis, credibility was established using a preliminary ratings task which asked participants to respond to the following statements: ‘I believe what this person says’, ‘This person has integrity’ and ‘This person is honest’. From this, we categorized our list of characters into trustworthy and untrustworthy. Lying is a complex cognitive process which is more mentally taxing than truth telling (e.g., induces less hand and arm movements, reduced blinking and more pauses during speech, Debey et al., 2012; Duñabeitia & Costa, 2015; Lelieveld et al., 2016). At the same time, lying is a socially relevant skill, and in some social contexts, white lies can be easier to process than blunt truths (Moreno et al., 2016). Also, habit and empathy have been found to lower the cognitive cost associated with producing lies (Verschuere et al., 2011; Yin et al., 2017).

Subsequently, in a series of two experiments; a ratings task and self-paced reading experiment, we asked; 1) if participants personally agreed with and found true vs untrue statements acceptable and if those outcomes were influenced by the speaker; 2) if there was a processing cost for true vs untrue statements and if so, was this cost influenced by the speaker; and 3) the extent to which the comprehender’s individual political ideology and personal beliefs influenced the processing and outcomes (social acceptability and personal opinions) of these statements?

Among proficient speakers of English who are resident in Canada, the findings from both experiments suggest that the identity of the person who gives truthful information affects the processing of those statements more than the speaker of false information. In addition, we found that perspective taking and personal distress and political views (right-wing) influence the processing of lies vs. truths. Higher scores perspective taking and lower scores personal distress led to faster reading times for true statements spoken by an untrustworthy speaker. Higher scores on the right-wing scale led to faster reading times in general. In addition, there was an interaction suggesting that this effect was stronger for false statements and less pronounced for true statements spoken by untrustworthy speakers; and vice versa for trustworthy speakers.
A large eddy simulation model for two-way coupled particle-laden turbulent flows
Creators: name: Hausmann, Max
name: Evrard, Fabien
name: van Wachem, Berend
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this paper we propose a new modeling framework for large eddy simulations (LES) of particle-laden turbulent flows that captures the interaction between the particle and fluid phase on both the resolved and subgrid-scales. Unlike the vast majority of existing subgrid-scale models, the proposed framework does not only account for the influence of the sugrid-scale velocity on the particle acceleration but also considers the effect of the particles on the turbulent fluid flow. This includes the turbulence modulation of the subgrid-scales by the particles, which is taken into account by the modeled subgrid-scale stress tensor, and the effect of the unresolved particle motion on the resolved flow scales. Our new modeling framework combines a recently proposed model for enriching the resolved fluid velocity with a subgrid-scale component, with the solution of a transport equation for the subgrid-scale kinetic energy. We observe very good agreement of the particle pair separation and particle clustering compared to the corresponding direct numerical simulation (DNS). Furthermore, we show that the change of subgrid-scale kinetic energy induced by the particles can be captured by the proposed modeling framework.
Fort Sam Houston Military Reservation Cultural Resources Management Activities: Annual Report for Period of July 1997 Through December 1998
Creators: name: Brenneman, John L.
Publisher: name: Fort Sam Houston
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: JBSA-Sam Houston
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/82532/jbsa-sam-houston
subject: San Antonio
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4149/san-antonio
subject: Bexar (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4150/bexar-county
subject: Texas
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/6923/texas
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: The annual status report for Cultural Resources Management activities provides information regarding Fort Sam Houstons implementation of the Cultural Resources Management Plan (CRMP). This report replaces the numerous documents that would have been required under Section 106 if a Programmatic Agreement had not been implemented. In consultation with the Fort Sam Houston representative from the Texas Historical Commission, the focus of this report is keeping with that of the 1997 report. This report reflects the status of undertakings that are subj ect to the Cultural Resources Review Process as stipulated in the Programmatic Agreement and as set forth in the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. This report is for activities at Fort Sam Houston (FSH) and the subinstallation of Camp Bullis (CB), both located in San Antonio, Texas. FSH and CB are Department of Defense installations under the Department of the Army. The reporting period of this report is from July 1997 through Dec 1998. The increased length of this reporting period as opposed to previous reports will establish the calendar year as the period for subsequent reports.
Parametric Linear Dynamic Logic
Creators: name: Faymonville, Peter
name: Zimmermann, Martin
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: F.4.1

description: We introduce Parametric Linear Dynamic Logic (PLDL), which extends Linear Dynamic Logic (LDL) by temporal operators equipped with parameters that bound their scope. LDL was proposed as an extension of Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) that is able to express all $ω$-regular specifications while still maintaining many of LTL's desirable properties like an intuitive syntax and a translation into non-deterministic Büchi automata of exponential size. But LDL lacks capabilities to express timing constraints. By adding parameterized operators to LDL, we obtain a logic that is able to express all $ω$-regular properties and that subsumes parameterized extensions of LTL like Parametric LTL and PROMPT-LTL. Our main technical contribution is a translation of PLDL formulas into non-deterministic Büchi word automata of exponential size via alternating automata. This yields a PSPACE model checking algorithm and a realizability algorithm with doubly-exponential running time. Furthermore, we give tight upper and lower bounds on optimal parameter values for both problems. These results show that PLDL model checking and realizability are not harder than LTL model checking and realizability.
description: In Proceedings GandALF 2014, arXiv:1408.5560
Specifications grading: an approach towards equitable assessment
Creators: name: Noone, Joanne
Publisher: name: Oregon Health and Science University
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Motivation
subject: Students
subject: Faculty
subject: Academic Success
subject: Anxiety
subject: Equitable assessment
subject: Grading

description: Traditional grading incorporates practices, such as mathematical precision, accumulation of points, averaging performance over the course, and grading for behaviors, such as lateness, effort, or participation. These practices have come under scrutiny as inequitable since biases underlying these principles may benefit more privileged students. Awarding or deducting points for behaviors, such as lateness, may elicit faculty bias in grading. The purpose of this presentation is to review the findings of the implementation of specifications grading into graduate nursing courses in a nursing education program.
Reconfigurable Wireless Networks
Creators: name: El-Mougy, Amr
name: Ibnkahla, Mohamed
name: Hattab, Ghaith
name: Ejaz, Waleed
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
subject: Information Theory (cs.IT)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Driven by the advent of sophisticated and ubiquitous applications, and the ever-growing need for information, wireless networks are without a doubt steadily evolving into profoundly more complex and dynamic systems. The user demands are progressively rampant, while application requirements continue to expand in both range and diversity. Future wireless networks, therefore, must be equipped with the ability to handle numerous, albeit challenging requirements. Network reconfiguration, considered as a prominent network paradigm, is envisioned to play a key role in leveraging future network performance and considerably advancing current user experiences. This paper presents a comprehensive overview of reconfigurable wireless networks and an in-depth analysis of reconfiguration at all layers of the protocol stack. Such networks characteristically possess the ability to reconfigure and adapt their hardware and software components and architectures, thus enabling flexible delivery of broad services, as well as sustaining robust operation under highly dynamic conditions. The paper offers a unifying framework for research in reconfigurable wireless networks. This should provide the reader with a holistic view of concepts, methods, and strategies in reconfigurable wireless networks. Focus is given to reconfigurable systems in relatively new and emerging research areas such as cognitive radio networks, cross-layer reconfiguration and software-defined networks. In addition, modern networks have to be intelligent and capable of self-organization. Thus, this paper discusses the concept of network intelligence as a means to enable reconfiguration in highly complex and dynamic networks. Finally, the paper is supported with several examples and case studies showing the tremendous impact of reconfiguration on wireless networks.
description: 28 pages, 26 figures; Submitted to the Proceedings of the IEEE (a special issue on Reconfigurable Systems)
Search for Quasi Bound $η$ Mesons
Creators: name: Machner, H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Nuclear Theory (nucl-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Experiment (hep-ex)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: Nuclear Experiment (nucl-ex)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The search for a quasi bound $η$ meson in atomic nuclei is reviewed. This tentative state is studied theoretically as well as experimentally. The theory starts from elastic $η$ nucleon scattering which is derived from production data within some models. From this interaction the $η$ nucleus interaction is derived. Model calculations predict binding energies and widths of the quasi bound state. Another method is to derive the $η$ nucleus interaction from excitation functions of $η$ production experiments. The $s$ wave interaction is extracted from such data via final state interaction theorem. We give the derivation of $s$ wave amplitudes in partial wave expansion and in helicity amplitudes and their relation to observables. Different experiments extracting the final state interaction are discussed as are production experiments. So far only three experiments give evidence for the existence of the quasi bound state: a pion double charge exchange experiment, an effective mass measurement, and a transfer reaction at recoil free kinematics with observation of the decay of the state.
description: 52 figures topical review accepted by Journal of Physics G
title: Le lieu de l’amour. Hommage à Jean-Luc Nancy
Creators: name: Azoulay , Ariella
name: Ophir , Adi
Publisher: name: Roma Tre-Press
Year: 2011

description: Questo intervento ha la forma di un dialogo d'amore tra due che portano in primo piano l'esperienza da loro vissuta. Non cercano una definizione, magari aggiornata, dell'amore; non cercano di riempire di contenuti l'affermazione «l'amore è...», ma portano alla parola l'esperienza condivisa tra loro due, la quale spinge ciascuno a dire all'altra «ti amo». Si tratta di un dialogo tra due voci singolari che con-dividono un'esperienza, che la (e)scrivono. L'intento è quello, seguendo Nancy, di sganciarsi dalla metafisica dell'amore che dal Simposio in poi domina la nostra tradizione e pretende di padroneggiare l'amore, perché la pretesa di padroneggiare/insegnare intellettualmente l'amore, lo manca inevitabilmente, ne elude l'esperienza.

description: B@belonline vol. 10/11 Pensare con Jean-Luc Nancy
OAHP Inventory, Building 2630 Laboratory, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Creators: name: Walter, Chelsea
Publisher: name: Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
Year: 1978
Subjects: subject: Fort Sam Houston
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83681/fort-sam-houston
subject: San Antonio
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4149/san-antonio
subject: Bexar (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4150/bexar-county
subject: Texas
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/6923/texas
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/318/governmental-structure
subject: Historic Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/320/historic-governmental-structure
subject: Non-Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/309/non-domestic-structures
subject: Building 2630
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/146611/building-2630
subject: Laboratory
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/159027/laboratory
subject: OAHP
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/138292/oahp
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Architectural Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/2/architectural-survey
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: An inventory form by the Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation for Building 2630 at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. The structure was built in 1968 as a laboratory.
Understanding the Parenting Experience: Assessing the Relationship Between Parenting Stress, Parental Self-Efficacy, and Parental Emotion Socialization in a Community Sample of Parents
Creators: Durber, Chelsea M.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

The current dissertation is comprised of three related studies that examine several aspects of parenting, with the overarching goal of generating knowledge that will advance parenting research and support parents in their parenting role. Collectively, the three studies aimed to investigate parenting stress and parenting self-efficacy as correlates of parents’ supportive and unsupportive emotion socialization behaviours. All three studies used a correlational, cross-sectional research design with a sample of mothers and fathers who have children between the ages of 7-11 years. The first study used parallel analysis, exploratory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis to examine multiple sources of parenting stress identified in Parent-Child Relationship and Daily Hassles theories of parenting stress to determine how these sources of parenting stress contribute to a broader parenting stress construct. The findings of the first study show that both theories uniquely contribute to a broader parenting stress construct, such that parenting stress may arise from both problematic functioning within the family system as well as parenting daily hassles. The objective of the second study was to use the broader construct of parenting stress identified in the first study and examine how it relates to parents’ supportive and unsupportive emotion socialization behaviours using structural equation modeling. The results illustrate that parenting stress explains significant variance in parents’ unsupportive emotion socialization, suggesting parenting stress may be an important correlate associated with fewer unsupportive emotion socialization behaviours. The goal of the third study was to explore parenting self-efficacy as a correlate of parents’ supportive and unsupportive emotion socialization behaviours using structural equation modeling. The outcomes of study three identify that parenting self-efficacy is related to and explains a small amount of parents’ supportive emotion socialization, indicating there exists a limited relationship between parenting self-efficacy and parents’ emotion socialization. Taken together, each study in the current dissertation worked in concert not only to advance the parenting literature by evaluating and contributing to parenting stress and emotion socialization theory, but also to support parents by encouraging their supportive emotion socialization behaviours and generating new knowledge of stress within the parenting role.
D6.2 Interactive Learning and Complex Event Forecasting
Creators: name: Project Consortium Members
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: This document presents the progress of the INFORE project with respect to Interactive, Online Learning and Data Mining and Distributed Complex Event Forecasting. The reader is expected to be familiar with Complex Event Processing, Artificial Intelligence and Distributed processing techniques, as well as the general intent and concept of the INFORE project. The target readership is: INFORE researchers INFORE audit INFORE focuses on scalable event recognition, forecasting and machine learning of event definitions for extreme scale analytics. This document presents the current advancements and discusses the scientific and technological issues that are being investigated inWork-Package 6, with respect to Interactive, Online Learning and Data Mining and Distributed Complex Event Forecasting.
Artificial Collective Intelligence Engineering: a Survey of Concepts and Perspectives
Creators: name: Casadei, Roberto
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: Multiagent Systems (cs.MA)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
subject: A.1; D.2.0; F.1.1; I.2.0; I.2.11

description: Collectiveness is an important property of many systems--both natural and artificial. By exploiting a large number of individuals, it is often possible to produce effects that go far beyond the capabilities of the smartest individuals, or even to produce intelligent collective behaviour out of not-so-intelligent individuals. Indeed, collective intelligence, namely the capability of a group to act collectively in a seemingly intelligent way, is increasingly often a design goal of engineered computational systems--motivated by recent techno-scientific trends like the Internet of Things, swarm robotics, and crowd computing, just to name a few. For several years, the collective intelligence observed in natural and artificial systems has served as a source of inspiration for engineering ideas, models, and mechanisms. Today, artificial and computational collective intelligence are recognised research topics, spanning various techniques, kinds of target systems, and application domains. However, there is still a lot of fragmentation in the research panorama of the topic within computer science, and the verticality of most communities and contributions makes it difficult to extract the core underlying ideas and frames of reference. The challenge is to identify, place in a common structure, and ultimately connect the different areas and methods addressing intelligent collectives. To address this gap, this paper considers a set of broad scoping questions providing a map of collective intelligence research, mostly by the point of view of computer scientists and engineers. Accordingly, it covers preliminary notions, fundamental concepts, and the main research perspectives, identifying opportunities and challenges for researchers on artificial and computational collective intelligence engineering.
description: This is the author's final version of the article, accepted for publication in the Artificial Life journal. Data: 34 pages, 2 figures
Response from Jackie Schlatter to Mike Johnson, Fort Sam Houston ICRMP Discussion, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
Creators: name: Schlatter, Jackie R.
Publisher: name: Natural and Cultural Resources, Environmental Division
Year: 2000
Subjects: subject: JBSA-Sam Houston
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/82532/jbsa-sam-houston
subject: San Antonio
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4149/san-antonio
subject: Bexar (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4150/bexar-county
subject: Texas
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/6923/texas
subject: SHPO
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/89006/shpo
subject: ICRMP
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/152792/icrmp
subject: ACHP
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/147222/achp
subject: MACOM
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/158139/macom
subject: PA
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/158138/pa
subject: Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/6/methodology-theory-or-synthesis
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management
subject: Research Design / Data Recovery Plan
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/9/research-design-data-recovery-plan

description: Multiple correspondence concerning ICRMP specifics including dates of the amended PA, providing correct documentation to the SHPO and the need for a MACOM review of the final document. Copied to these letters is Joseph Murphey.
Analysis of the effectiveness of magnetic filters of shovel hydraulic system and successive hydraulic failure prediction using data-driven approaches
Creators: Odeyar, Prerita
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Surface mining dominates the world's production of minerals. Currently, almost all non-metallic minerals (more than 95 %), most metallic minerals (more than 90%), and a significant fraction of coal (more than 60%) are mined by surface mining methods. The hydraulic shovel-truck system forms the backbone of the surface mining industry. With the complexity of the shovel and the tough working conditions, hydraulic system components are more susceptible to failures and are often the most expensive system to repair. The failures are highly unpredictable, associated with high follow-on failure rates, and cause lengthy downtime. Wear and debris-related failures are the most common cause of hydraulic failures. The most common contaminant of wear and debris failures is iron contamination which is a constant issue as it is the by-product of machine operation and component failures. As the component wear gradually increases in the hydraulic system, it leads to debris accumulation in the oil that might trigger multiple component failures allowing the contamination to spread rapidly, resulting in catastrophic damage. Hence, companies are constantly aiming to improve the hydraulic system condition and prevent major failures by using different methods like condition monitoring methods, increasing hydraulic filter capacities, and implementing new methods like introducing new filters and using statistical data-driven techniques to predict and stop failures.

Magnetic filters are the newly introduced hydraulic filters that use the most advanced magnetic technology to prevent contamination and system wear failures. The first part of the research aims to quantitively evaluate magnetic filter performance on hydraulic system components and test their effectiveness using failure data of hydraulic shovels.

The second part of the research focuses to further enhance the mitigation of catastrophic hydraulic failures and increase component life with the use of data-driven techniques. The aim is to assess the likelihood of successive failures of hydraulic components in the next 1000 hours of operation after a component failure. Historical failures are studied using different machine learning algorithms and probability of successive failures are predicted based on the failure patterns identified.
Response from Stan Graves to Joseph Logan, Rehabilitation of Building 663, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
Creators: name: Graves, Stanley O.
Publisher: name: Texas Historical Commission
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: San Antonio
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4149/san-antonio
subject: Bexar (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4150/bexar-county
subject: Texas
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/6923/texas
subject: Randolph Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78971/randolph-air-force-base
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/318/governmental-structure
subject: Historic Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/320/historic-governmental-structure
subject: Non-Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/309/non-domestic-structures
subject: Building 663
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/146444/building-663
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: The Texas Historical Commission has reviewed the proposed undertaking to enclose second floor porches on Building 663, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. This letter is part of a group of correspondence concerning a proposed undertaking enclose exposed arches with glass on the second floor of the west wing of Building 663, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Included will be the lowering of the porch ceiling to accommodate air conditioning duct work.
On Faster-Than-Real-Time Dynamic Simulation of AC-DC Grids
Creators: Cao,Shiqi
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

The proportion of renewable energy versus conventional generation has been increasing significantly worldwide due to enhanced environmental standards, bringing with it a host of technical and operational challenges. Restrictions on available transfer capacities leading to severe congestion of major transmission and distribution corridors have been the most common problem, with severe consequences related to voltage and frequency regulation, and transient stability and reliability of the grid. Building new transmission facilities is the only viable long-term solution to assuage the impacts of renewable energy penetration, and increasingly electric utilities are opting to construct new direct current (DC) transmission lines. With modular multi-level converter (MMC) technology as the foundation, multi-terminal DC grids have enabled the transfer of large amounts of power, and interconnection of asynchronous alternating current (AC) systems. In this scenario, real-time dynamic simulation of integrated AC-DC networks is indispensable for maintaining system stability and resiliency. Currently, available dynamic simulation tools adopt sequential compute hardware and therefore turn out to be time-consuming. On the other hand, field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) with large hardware resource capacity allow parallel processing of various components. As a result, they shorten the process of finding the whole network solution by optimizing the hardware latency, which is why they are the ideal platform to attain faster-than-real-time (FTRT) execution. In this thesis, practical modeling techniques, numerical solution strategies, and hardware implementation schemes are proposed for FTRT dynamic emulation of integrated AC-DC grids on FPGAs.
On the Path-Width of Integer Linear Programming
Creators: name: Enea, Constantin
name: Habermehl, Peter
name: Inverso, Omar
name: Parlato, Gennaro
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Logic in Computer Science (cs.LO)
subject: Computational Complexity (cs.CC)
subject: Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: We consider the feasibility problem of integer linear programming (ILP). We show that solutions of any ILP instance can be naturally represented by an FO-definable class of graphs. For each solution there may be many graphs representing it. However, one of these graphs is of path-width at most 2n, where n is the number of variables in the instance. Since FO is decidable on graphs of bounded path- width, we obtain an alternative decidability result for ILP. The technique we use underlines a common principle to prove decidability which has previously been employed for automata with auxiliary storage. We also show how this new result links to automata theory and program verification.
description: In Proceedings GandALF 2014, arXiv:1408.5560
Axial Performance of Self-tapping Screws in Mass Timber Products Under Moisture Content Variation
Creators: Khan, Mehsam T.
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Self-tapping screws (STS) are widely used in wood-to-wood and wood-to-steel connections in timber structures. The premature failure of STS during the construction phase has been recently reported by structural engineers and contractors of several mass timber projects in North America due to the increase of the wood's surrounding moisture content. This type of STS failure is suspected of having been precipitated by additional axial stress exerted on the STS from moisture swelling of the wood. This research investigates the axial performance of STS installed in two mass timber products, CLT and glulam, under axial loading conditions and moisture content change of the wood to understand this failure mechanism. This research emphasizes the case of moisture content increase (wood wetting) of CLT and glulam. A moisture transport model for predicting the moisture content variation distribution in CLT and glulam during moisture adsorption has been presented here. Then, a method to determine the swelling of the CLT and glulam from the moisture content variation distribution has been proposed. The properties of self-tapping screws under axial loading conditions, such as tensile and withdrawal properties, have been investigated. Subsequently, an analytical model to predict the stress distribution along the length of the screw has been developed. The analytical model has been verified with a numerical (finite element) model with the input properties from material properties tests conducted on the self-tapping screws, CLT and glulam. The numerical model results and the analytical model predictions of the screw stress distributions showed good agreement for the wood wetting cases. Finally, the stress distribution model of the screw has been linked to the stress distribution in self-tapping screws in wood-to-wood and wood-to-steel connections. The database and the methods developed in this thesis lays the foundation for developing failure criteria and guidelines to prevent the premature failure of self-tapping screw connections under moisture content variation.
title: Austria Report. Sustainable Governance Indicators 2022
Creators: name: Helms, Ludger
name: Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf
name: Zohlnhöfer, Reimut
Publisher: name: Bertelsmann Stiftung
Year: 2022
Subjects: Governance
Democracy
Regierungshandeln
Demokratie

description: With regard to some of the established indicators of political stability, Austrian politics has been marked by major turbulence recently. As in most other countries, this can be partially attributed to the complex and unprecedented challenges that arose due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Impact of ICTs on Women's Cooperatives in Morocco: An Empirical Analysis
Creators: name: KABAILI Hind
name: SEKKAT Ghita
name: EL FIRDOUSSI Selwa
name: CHAIRI Ikram
name: DAHAB Dounia
name: ESSAKALLI Myriem
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: In Morocco, women's cooperatives play a crucial economic role, especially in rural areas, by providing employment and income opportunities. The integration of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) has the potential to further enhance these cooperatives by improving online sales, platform maintenance, and customer satisfaction. This study investigates the impact of ICTs on women's cooperatives, focusing on success factors for development and empowerment. A survey of 37 cooperatives across various Moroccan regions highlights the diversity in ICT adoption and underscores the need for specific training and support. The findings suggest that tailored policies and programs are essential to fully leverage ICT benefits for these cooperatives.
Near-Wellbore Permeability Damage by Fines Migration in  Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage Wells
Creators: Miri, Rahman
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

This thesis investigates the flow performance impairment or permeability damage under the fines migration process near the SAGD wellbore producers completed with sand control screens. A new sand retention testing (SRT) procedure was developed to replicate a more representative fines migration process in SAGD wellbore conditions to evaluate the flow performance of sand control screens. The investigation factors included different sand control screen specifications, flow rate, flow salinity, fines content, and sand and fine particles size distributions. The research was conducted in two experimental and numerical stages.

The first stage comprised extensive SRT experiments to investigate the hydrodynamic and chemical effects of the fines migration process, evaluate the reliability of previous testing procedures for replicating representative fines migration process in SRT experiments, and troubleshoot the set-up deficiencies.

The experimental results indicated a non-monotonic behavior of permeability with an initial decrease followed by an increasing trend for the near screen interval of the sand pack, inconstant with core flooding and field observations. This behavior was attributed to the dominant effect of releasing fine particles from or near the pore throats compared with retaining fine particles over the thin pore throats by the hydrodynamic effects only. A monotonic decreasing behavior of the permeability was observed under the chemical effect of the fines migration when high saline saturating fluid was displaced with a low saline brine, representing near SAGD wellbore conditions.  The sand screens with a low open flow area and narrow aperture caused high permeability loss under the same flow conditions. Higher salinity reduction yielded higher mobilized fines concentration, causing high permeability loss of the sample.

A laboratory-based numerical modeling approach was conducted in this research to simulate the fines migration process in the SRT setup, considering the sand screen geometry. With sufficient accuracy, the model could match the observed dimensionless pressure drops at different sample intervals. The model incorporated four calibration parameters concerning filtration of fine particles at pore throats, fine particles velocity, and the empirical permeability loss correlation parameters.  The model calibration results confirmed that the matching parameters were nearly independent of the sand screen. However, they were different for different flow salinities, confirming their dependency on flow properties along with the porous media.
Letter from Scott Shepherd to Richard Martinez, Down Spots O' Club Building 500, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
Creators: name: Shepherd, Scott B.
Year: 1993
Subjects: subject: Randolph Field Historic Landmark District
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/83364/randolph-field-historic-landmark-district
subject: San Antonio
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4149/san-antonio
subject: Texas
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/6923/texas
subject: Randolph Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78971/randolph-air-force-base
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/318/governmental-structure
subject: Historic Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/320/historic-governmental-structure
subject: Non-Domestic Structures
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/309/non-domestic-structures
subject: O' Club
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/158787/o-club
subject: Club
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/158641/club
subject: Building 500
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/158786/building-500
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: Correspondence discussing the maintenance and installation of copper down spots, flashing and gutters at the O' Club, Building 500, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.
title: L’essere abbandonato
Creators: name: Stimilli , Elettra
Publisher: name: Roma Tre-Press
Year: 2011

description: Nella cospicua produzione di Jean-Luc Nancy c'è un testo relativamente breve, apparentemente marginale, ma in realtà di indubbia rilevanza, perché condensa con efficacia alcune questioni decisive che emergono nella sua riflessione. Il testo si intitola L'être abandonné, e il presente contributo vuole riflettere su alcuni concetti impiegati da Nancy in queste pagine, come l'abbandono come condizione ontologica dell'ente (Heidegger), la questione del nichilismo e la comunità inoperosa.

description: B@belonline vol. 10/11 Pensare con Jean-Luc Nancy
Framework for Measuring and Assessing Team Alignment in Construction Projects Based on Target Value Design
Creators: Najafizadeh, Nazanin
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Providing value to customers is vital to a construction project’s success. To guide projects toward their target value, team alignment is necessary. The circumstance when the right people are working together on a project to create and realize values that are consistently stated and accepted can be characterized as alignment. Teamwork challenges are an inevitable part of the architectural engineering and construction industry. The team’s existence does not guarantee project success; a dysfunctional team can lead to project failure, wasting money, energy, and time. Team alignment is more challenging in cross-functional teams because members are from different firms with diverse organizational cultures. Teams must be effectively formed, trained, managed, and motivated to avoid performance problems. Lean management is a system that emphasizes continuous improvement, removing non–value-adding (waste) activities, and reducing and enhancing variance, quality, and flow. The foundation of lean project delivery is establishing a learning organization that can effectively adapt and improvises for team performance. Target value design (TVD) is a lean approach that drives the design and construction phases to deliver project goals within the project and team constraints. Different circumstances, facts, or influences that contribute to team alignment improvement (factors) vary within each project based on their values. Also, an aligned team has specific qualities or features regarded as a characteristic (attributes). Measuring and assessing team performance based on TVD using factors is complex and uncertain. This research is filling the gap in the literature review with respect to measurement and assessment of team alignment. The process and its results could help construction project leaders regularly assess and identify team strengths and weaknesses to improve team alignment. A case study is also presented to apply the team alignment measuring framework to measure team alignment on a construction project.
Response from Claudia Nissley to Joseph Logan, Rehabilitation of Building 216, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
Creators: name: Nissley, Claudia
Publisher: name: Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
Year: 1992
Subjects: subject: San Antonio
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4149/san-antonio
subject: Bexar (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/4150/bexar-county
subject: Texas
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/6923/texas
subject: Randolph Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/78971/randolph-air-force-base
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/culture-keyword/25/historic
subject: Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/318/governmental-structure
subject: Historic Governmental Structure
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/320/historic-governmental-structure
subject: Building 216
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/other-keyword/158228/building-216
subject: Architectural Documentation
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/16/architectural-documentation
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management

description: A letter of review regarding a project in progress at Building 216, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation requests that Randolph Air Force Base forward more information describing the undertaking and the current status of construction. This correspondence is part of a group of letters and attachments relating to the proposed rehabilitation of Building 216 at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas. Correspondence is between Randolph Air Force Base and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and includes location maps, historic data, original floor plans, rehabilitation floor plans, and photographs.
Thermodynamics around the First-Order Ferromagnetic Phase Transition of ${\rm Fe}_2{\rm P}$ Single Crystals
Creators: name: Hudl, M.
name: Campanini, D.
name: Caron, L.
name: Höglin, V.
name: Sahlberg, M.
name: Nordblad, P.
name: Rydh, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The specific heat and thermodynamics of ${\rm Fe}_2{\rm P}$ single-crystals around the first order paramagnetic (PM) to ferromagnetic (FM) phase transition at $T_{\rm C} = 217 \,{\rm K}$ are empirically investigated. The magnitude and direction of the magnetic field relative to the crystal axes govern the derived H-T phase diagram. Strikingly different phase contours are obtained for fields applied parallel and perpendicular to the $c$-axis of the crystal. In parallel fields, the FM state is stabilized, while in perpendicular fields, the phase transition is split into two, with an intermediate FM phase where there is no spontaneous magnetization along the $c$-axis. The zero-field transition displays a text-book example of a first order transition with different phase stability limits on heating and cooling. The results have special significance since ${\rm Fe}_2{\rm P}$ is the parent material to a family of compounds with outstanding magnetocaloric properties.
description: 11 pages, 5 figures
Representation and Public Engagement:    A Study of the Experience of Non-Profit Leaders as Representatives of the Communities They Serve
Creators: Ganton, Corina
Publisher: name: University of Alberta Library
Year: 2022

Public engagement has recently become increasingly important to local governments. Public engagement provides opportunities for relationship development and better informed and supported decision-making and policy development. To create better decisions and more informed policies, governments aim to hear from many populace segments, including underserved and marginalized communities. As part of public engagement, non-profit organizations and non-profit leaders are invited representatives for the clients and communities they serve. This research aimed to examine the role of non-profit leaders' representation. Specifically, the study looked at representation by examining the experiences of leaders of non-profit social service organizations who participate in public engagement in Edmonton, Alberta, on behalf of the clientele they serve. Using a grounded approach, the research develops an understanding of how non-profit leaders comprehend and perform their role as representatives. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with five participants, all leaders in the non-profit sector in Edmonton, Alberta. Three key themes emerged from the interview data: standing in place, giving voice and providing protection. These three themes are further broken into subthemes that help understand how non-profit leaders experience, understand and feel about their role as representatives for marginalized communities in public engagement activities.
A characterization of Möbius transformations
Creators: name: Dyakonov, Konstantin M.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: Complex Variables (math.CV)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 30D50, 30D55, 46E15

description: We prove that the derivative $θ'$ of an inner function $θ$ is outer if and only if $θ$ is a Möbius transformation. An alternative characterization involving a reverse Schwarz--Pick type estimate is also given.
description: 4 pages