cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Visualisierungskonzepte für die Prozesslenkung elektrischer Energieübertragungssysteme
Creators: name: Leder, Carsten
Publisher: name: Universität Dortmund
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Netzleittechnik
subject: Netzbetriebsführung
subject: Elektrische Energieversorgung
subject: Prozesslenkung
subject: Visualisierung
subject: Mensch-Maschine-Kommunikation
subject: computational intelligence
subject: Netzzustandsbewertung
subject: Entscheidungsunterstützung
subject: energy management system
subject: power system operation
subject: power systems
subject: predictive control
subject: visualization
subject: human-machine-communication
subject: security assessment
subject: decision support
subject: 620

description: Elektrische Energieübertragungssysteme werden heute vermehrt nahe an ihren technischen Grenzen betrieben, woraus sich erschwerte Randbedingungen für das Schaltpersonal in den zentralen Netzleitstellen ergeben. Bisherige Lösungen zur Anzeige des Systemzustands basieren zum größten Teil auf der topologischen Darstellung des Netzes sowie einer Vielzahl einzelner Messwerte. Daraus ergibt sich eine unübersichtliche Datenflut.Die Arbeit stellt ein neues Visualisierungskonzept vor, das durch die Orientierung an der Abhängigkeitskette 'Ursache-Wirkung-Maßnahme' das Verhalten des Energieübertragungssystems anstelle einer messwertfokussierten Anzeige in den Mittelpunkt rückt. Dabei werden neben der Bewertung des Arbeitspunktes bezüglich seiner systemtechnischen Grenzen die Ursachen einer Zustandsänderung sowie korrigierende Maßnahmen im Zusammenhang dargestellt. Die Bestimmung der dafür erforderlichen Systemindikatoren sowie von problemspezifischen Detailinformationen wird aufgrund der Vorteile bezüglich der Rechenzeit und der Wissensrepräsentation vorwiegend mit Verfahren der Computational Intelligence realisiert.
description: Today's electric power systems are operated closer to their technical limits, which results in more complicated requirements for the staff in the control centre. Actual solutions for the visualization of the system state are mainly based on a topological representation of the grid combined with a huge number of single measurements. The consequence is a stressing amount of data. This thesis presents an innovative visualization concept, which rather focuses on the causal chain 'Cause-Effect-Action' of the power systems behaviour instead of displaying single measurements. Along with the assessment of power systems stability this includes the presentation of the causes for the changes of the system state and stabilizing control measures. Because of the advantages in the field of calculation time and knowledge handling, the determination of system indicators and problem specific detail information is mainly realized by methods of computational intelligence.
Numerical test of the Edwards conjecture shows that all packings are equally probable at jamming
Creators: name: Martiniani, Stefano
name: Schrenk, K. Julian
name: Ramola, Kabir
name: Chakraborty, Bulbul
name: Frenkel, Daan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Soft Condensed Matter (cond-mat.soft)
subject: Disordered Systems and Neural Networks (cond-mat.dis-nn)
subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Computational Physics (physics.comp-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In the late 1980s, Sam Edwards proposed a possible statistical-mechanical framework to describe the properties of disordered granular materials. A key assumption underlying the theory was that all jammed packings are equally likely. In the intervening years it has never been possible to test this bold hypothesis directly. Here we present simulations that provide direct evidence that at the unjamming point, all packings of soft repulsive particles are equally likely, even though generically, jammed packings are not. Typically, jammed granular systems are observed precisely at the unjamming point since grains are not very compressible. Our results therefore support Edwards' original conjecture. We also present evidence that at unjamming the configurational entropy of the system is maximal.
title: Tsunami 2004
title: a review of one year of continuous forensic medical work for victim identification
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Dahlmann, F.
name: Edelmann, J.
name: Grundmann, C.
name: Lessig, R.
name: Rötzscher, K.
name: Schneider, P. M.
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: disaster victim identification
subject: forensic medicine
subject: forensic molecular biology
subject: forensic odonto-stomatology
subject: mass disaster
subject: Tsunami
subject: 610

description: The Tsunami after the sea quake in Southeast Asia at the 26th of December 2004 represents one of the largest disasters in the modern World. Approximately 228,000 people from the countries surrounding the Indian Ocean have died. A large number of visitors from different European countries staying for their Christmas holidays in Thailand and Sri Lanka became victims of the natural disaster. The large number of foreign victims in these countries required additional forensic investigations which were organized by internationally working DVI (Disaster Victim Identification) teams. Victim identification was a great challenge due to the environmental conditions rapidly leading to heavily decomposed bodies. Thus the forensic medical investigations were very important to identify the victims. The different steps of forensic medical, odonto-stomatological and molecular genetic investigations beginning at the end of 2004 with the identification of a small number of victims and ending with the closing of the TTVI IMC (Thai Tsunami Victim Identification Information Management Center) in Phuket one year later are described and critically discussed. Up to 31 international DVI Teams worked in the TTVI IMC during 2005.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 5, 2006
La convención colectiva de trabajo
Creators: name: Avendaño De Muñoz, Anays
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 1983
Subjects: Contratos colectivos de trabajo - Colombia
Negociaciones colectivas de trabajo - Colombia

description: Tesis (Abogado) -- Universidad de Cartagena. Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas. Programa de Derecho, 1983
description: Los conflictos colectivos se deben al empujo del sindicalismo que actúa como centro motor de las asociaciones obreras, donde el objetivo es la creencias en la efectividad de las negociaciones colectivas, y su rechazo a las negociaciones políticas y partidos por parte de la federación.
Bayesianische Inferenz – Kognitionspsychologische Grundlagen und didaktische Interventionen
Creators: name: Binder, Karin
Publisher: name: Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik
Year: 2014
Subjects: subject: 510

description: In diesem Beitrag werden Forschungsideen vorgestellt, die im Rahmen meines Promotionsvorhabens näher untersucht werden sollen. Die geplante Dissertation ist empirisch zweigeteilt und wird auch kognitionspsychologische Grundlagenforschung beinhalten, auf die an dieser Stelle nicht näher eingegangen wird. Ziel der vorgestellten Untersuchung ist es den Nutzen zusätzlicher grafischer Darbietungen bei Bayesianischen Aufgabenstellungen zu überprüfen, um falschen Antworten entgegenzuwirken.
Examining The Practice Of Ethiopian Airline In Planning And Scheduling Of Aircraft Heavy Maintenance Projects
Creators: name: Belay, Nebiyat
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Planning and scheduling process is a major phase of project life cyle. And when the process is embedded in an operation which is costy and time sensitive, like in aircraft heavy maintenance projects, the criticality of the process intensifies. This study examines the practice of Ethiopian Airline which is a giant and the only industry in Ethiopia as Approved Maintenance Organization. The focal of the study is on ET-MRO (Ethiopian Mainteanance and Over haul) specifically on the organizational units that are responsible and are in direct engagement with maintenance planning and scheduling processes.The conceptual frame work used in guiding the study is formulated by contemplating the factors that affect planning and scheduling of maintenance program. And it is presented at the end of the literature review.The study is purely qualitative in its methods & design and the ontological perspective of the study has been clearly stated in the methodology chapter.In-depth interview, focus group discussion and document review are the methods for source of data. Subsequently methodological triangulation is implemented in testing the validity and reliability of the data. The imposition of the flight operator on the planning and scheduling process due to downtime of aircrfts during maintenance, the lack of benchmarks for work processes, lack of clear work description among organization units, low involvement of the project manager in the planning and scheduling process are the issues identified in the study.
Quantum critical local spin dynamics near the Mott metal-insulator transition in infinite dimensions
Creators: name: Dasari, Nagamalleswararao
name: Vidhyadhiraja, N. S.
name: Jarrell, Mark
name: McKenzie, Ross H.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Finding microscopic models for metallic states that exhibit quantum critical properties such as $ω/T$ scaling is a major theoretical challenge. We calculate the local dynamical spin susceptibility $χ(T,ω)$ for a Hubbard model at half filling using Dynamical Mean-Field Theory, which is exact in infinite dimensions. Qualitatively distinct behavior is found in the different regions of the phase diagram: Mott insulator, Fermi liquid metal, bad metal, and a quantum critical region above the finite temperature critical point. The signature of the latter is $ω/T$ scaling where $T$ is the temperature. Our results are consistent with previous results showing scaling of the dc electrical conductivity and are relevant to experiments on organic charge transfer salts.
description: 9 pages, 9 figures
MPEC 2023-L10 : OBSERVATIONS AND ORBITS OF COMETS AND A/ OBJECTS
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: OBSERVATIONS AND ORBITS OF COMETS AND A/ OBJECTS

description: The Minor Planet Electronic Circulars contain information on unusual minor planets, routine data on comets and natural satellites, and occasional editorial announcements.  They are published on behalf of Division F of the International Astronomical Union by the Minor Planet Center, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA 02138, U.S.A.
Charge and longitudinal momentum distributions in transverse coordinate space
Creators: name: Mondal, Chandan
name: Kumar, Narinder
name: Dahiya, Harleen
name: Chakrabarti, Dipankar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We investigate the charge distributions for the $u$ and $d$ quarks in transverse coordinate space in a light-front quark-diquark model for the nucleons using the overlaps of the wave functions constructed from the soft-wall AdS/QCD prediction. We have also obtained the charge distributions for proton and neutron in transverse coordinate space and compared it with the distributions obtained in impact-parameter space. Further, we study the longitudinal momentum distributions using the wave functions in the transverse coordinate space. We have also shown the explicit fermionic and bosonic contributions for different struck $u$ and $d$ quarks.
description: Published version
Comentarios a la legislación tributaria colombiana
Creators: name: Bustillo Brieva, Abel
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 1973
Subjects: Legislación tributaria - Colombia

description: Tesis (Abogado) -- Universidad de Cartagena. Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas. Programa de Derecho, 1973
description: Estudio de las relaciones jurídicas entre el sujeto activo y pasivo de la obligación tributaria, de acuerdo a la capacidad económica del contribuyente.
On the analytical properties of the magneto-conductivity in the case of presence of stable open electron trajectories on a complex Fermi surface
Creators: name: Maltsev, A. Ya.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We consider the electric conductivity in normal metals in presence of a strong magnetic field. It is assumed here that the Fermi surface of a metal has rather complicated form such that different types of quasiclassical electron trajectories can appear on the Fermi level for different directions of B. The effects we consider are connected with the existence of regular (stable) open electron trajectories which arise in general on complicated Fermi surfaces. The trajectories of this type have a nice geometric description and represent quasiperiodic lines with a fixed mean direction in the p-space. Being stable geometric objects, the trajectories of this kind exist for some open regions in the space of directions of B, which can be represented by "Stability Zones" on the unit sphere. The main goal of the paper is to give a description of the analytical behavior of conductivity in the Stability Zones, which demonstrates in general rather nontrivial properties.
description: 26 pages, 24 figures, Revtex
ClearCNV: CNV calling from NGS panel data in the presence of ambiguity and noise
Creators: name: May, Vinzenz
name: Koch, Leonard
name: Fischer-Zirnsak, Björn
name: Horn, Denise
name: Gehle, Petra
name: Kornak, Uwe
name: Beule, Dieter
name: Holtgrewe, Manuel
Publisher: name: Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: copy number variation
subject: targeted sequencing
subject: next-generation sequencing
subject: 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften::610 Medizin und Gesundheit::610 Medizin und Gesundheit

description: Motivation: While the identification of small variants in panel sequencing data can be considered a solved problem, the identification of larger, multi-exon copy number variants (CNVs) still poses a considerable challenge. Thus, CNV calling has not been established in all laboratories performing panel sequencing. At the same time such laboratories have accumulated large data sets and thus have the need to identify copy number variants on their data to close the diagnostic gap. Results: In this manuscript we present our method clearCNV that addresses this need in two ways. First, it helps laboratories to properly assign data sets to enrichment kits. Based on homogeneous subsets of data, clearCNV identifies CNVs affecting the targeted regions. Using real-world data sets and validation, we show that our method is highly competitive with previous methods and preferable in terms of specificity. Availability: The software is available for free under a permissible license at {{https://github.com/bihealth/clear-cnv}}. Supplementary Information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
268. Central nervous system involvement in ANCA-associated vasculitis – a retrospective cohort study.
Creators: name: Masiak1, Anna
name: Ziętkiewicz1, Marcin
name: Dębska-Ślizień2, Alicja
name: Zdrojewski1, Zbigniew
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022
Subjects: Vasculitis
ANCA
Abstracts
Giant Cell Arthritis
MPA
GPA
EGPA
Takayasu
IgA vasculitis

description: Background: Both peripheral and central nervous system (CNS) may be involved in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), with peripheral symptoms predominating. CNS involvement is rare symptom of AAV with reported prevalence rate of 7% to 11%. Methods: The purpose of this study was to describe the clinical presentation of patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (GPA - granulomatosis with polyangiitis and MPA - microscopic polyangiitis) presenting with CNS involvement treated in one academic center between 1988 and 2021. Medical database of 255 GPA and MPA vasculitis patients were retrospectively reviewed, and demographics, serological, and clinical features of the patients presenting CNS involvement throughout the disease course were recorded. Comparisons of disease characteristics and long-term outcomes were performed between patients with and without CNS involvement. Results: 27/255 patients (10.5%) had symptoms of CNS involvement associated with the disease. All but one patient had abnormalities confirmed in MRI or CT of the head. Headache (16/28) was the main clinical symptom, followed by vestibular syndrome (11/24), deafness (7/10), motor impairment (9/24) and seizures (4/10). Three patients had psychiatric symptoms and dementia. CNS involvement was characterized by cerebral ischaemic lesions in 19, pachymeningitis in 8, and haemorrhagic lesions in 1 patient. Three patients had thrombosis of brain sinuses and 1 patient had Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES). In 5 of them CNS changes were secondary to infiltrations from skull base. None of our patients had pituitary gland involvement. Two patients had both cerebral and spinal cord pachymeningitis. Lumbar puncture was performed only in one patient. None of the patients had brain biopsy performed. When compared with group without CNS involvement we found only two statistically important differences: patients with CNS involvement were more often cANCA positive and they had more often eye involvement. Conclusions: CNS involvement is severe complication of AAV. Headaches, cANCA positivity and eye involvement are associated with this complication. Disclosures: All Authors declare no disclosures.
Cerfaux, L., Jésus aux origines de la tradition. Materiaux potir Vhistoire évangélique. Ed. Desclée de Brouwer. Vol. de 301 ps. 125x190. Bruges 1968
Creators: name: Carreira, José Nunes
Publisher: name: Theologica
Year: 1969

description: Theologica, v. 4 n. 4 (1969)
Aplicación del método de valoración de capital intelectual navigator skandia, para estimar el valor real de la fundación Sersocial
Creators: name: De La Peña Bowie, Juan Camilo
name: Herrera Atencio, Diana Luz
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 2014
Subjects: Capital intelectual
Valoración de Negocios

description: Tesis (Administrador de Empresas).--Universidad de Cartagena. Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Programa de Administración de Empresas, 2014
description: La Fundación SERSOCIAL, nace como una herramienta para apoyar a las comunidades más vulnerables de la región Caribe a salir del círculo de la pobreza. En el 2002 MUTUAL SER EPS, toma la decisión de crear a Fundación SER como una entidad si amino de lucro enfocada en el progreso integral de las comunidades, desarrollando planes, proyectos y programas de Desarrollo Social, Salud Comunitaria y Gestión Hospitalaria, orientados a mejorar las condiciones culturales, ambientales, de salud y económicas de la comunidad. Al pasar de los años Fundación SER ha extendido su acción a diferentes municipios del Caribe colombiano buscando consolidar procesos de autogestión empresarial en función del desarrollo sostenible de la calidad de vida de los asociados y de la comunidad en general.
Valuation of Choke Mountain Range Wetland Ecosystem, East Gojjam, Amhara Region, Ethiopia: Application of Choice Experiment Valuation Method
Creators: name: Berhanu, Getnet
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2012

description: Choke Mountain Range Wetland Ecosystem is one of the most productive natural resource of the country. The mountain is considered as the water tower of the Upper Blue Nile River (or Abay in Amharic). More than 59 rivers and 273 small springs which are the main tributaries of Blue Nile or Abay originate from this mountain. In addition to approximately 3386 km2 wetland area, the mountain is endowed with resources for potential recreation. The main attractions of the mountain include the existence of an impressive landscape, unique and common biological diversity and the cool temperate agro-ecological (Wurch) zone. However, the resources are facing critical problems of high degree of exploitation and degradation. Some of the responsible factors for the degradation of the area are limited awareness of the society about the multidimensional values derived from these mountain wetlands, ever-mounting population pressure, over grazing and lack of intervention by government. Consequently, 607 km2 of seasonal wetland with low moisture and 22.4 km2 of open water of the mountain have lost within the last 20 years. In addition to this much fauna and flora species also disappeared. To assign monetary values for the multi-functions and services offered by this mountain wetland ecosystem, the study applied choice experiment valuation method by using four identified attributes i.e. biodiversity, water availability, recreational facilities and lastly the monetary payment attribute. Multinomial and random parameter logit models were used to analyze the data collected from a sample of 250 respondents (farmers). All the attributes were significant in affecting the probability of choosing an alternative scenario and had the expected sign except negative effect of biodiversity. The result for biodiversity is perhaps because of farmers' expectations about the negative effects of future policy change on their current consumption of the mountain resources and perhaps limited awareness about the use and non use values derived from biodiversity. But the marginal willingness to pay for availability of water was the highest (birr 155 annually) which was followed by availability of recreational facilities (birr 36 per year). Moreover, the estimated compensating surplus for high impact improvement scenario, medium impact improvement scenario, and low impact improvement scenario were birr 444, birr 490 and birr 143 respectively.
Therapeutic potential of peripheral blood stem cell transplantation in one cirrhotic patient caused by HBV combined with HCV
Creators: name: Fan, Daiming
name: Han, Huohong
name: Han, Ying
name: He, Yuang-Long
name: Liu, Jingmei
name: Wang, Jianhong
name: Yan, Li
name: Zhou, Xinmin
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: decompensated liver cirrhosis
subject: HBV
subject: HCV
subject: Peripheral blood stem cell transplantation
subject: 610

description: Stem cell based therapy was very attractive in decompensated liver cirrhosis currently. The possible mechanism might be due to its potential to help tissue regeneration with minimally invasive procedures. Here we report the case of a 44-year-old man, infected by hepatitis B virus (HBV) combined with hepatitis C virus (HCV) for longer than 10 years, who eventually developed decompensated liver cirrhosis. After being infused with mobilized peripheral blood stem cells, the patient showed significantly elevated serum albumin level, cholesterol (CHO), cholinesterase (CHE) and decreased PT (prothrombin time) during the 26 months of follow-up. To our knowledge, this is the first case of transplanting mobilized PBSCs to treat the HBV combined with HCV related decompensated liver cirrhosis.
description: EXCLI Journal ; Vol. 7, 2008
The weak specification property for geodesic flows on CAT(-1) spaces
Creators: name: Constantine, David
name: Lafont, Jean-François
name: Thompson, Daniel J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: Metric Geometry (math.MG)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 37D40, 37D35, 51F99

description: We prove that the geodesic flow on a compact locally CAT(-1) space has the weak specification property, and give various applications. We show that every Hölder potential on the space of geodesics has a unique equilibrium state. We establish the equidistribution of weighted periodic orbits and the large deviations principle for all such measures. The thermodynamic results are proved for the class of expansive flows with weak specification.
description: 30 pages, 2 figures. v5: minor corrections. To appear in Groups, Geometry and Dynamics
Songs in Ihanzu folk tales
Creators: name: Beletskiy, Stanislav
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Languages of Tanzania
Tanzanian Rift Valley Area
Ihanzu
Isanzu
Bantu
Fairy tales
Songs
Theory of narrative

description: In this presentation, I would like to share some of the results of the research on Ihanzu language (F31B, spoken in Central Tanzania), in particular of the linguistic analysis of songs found in traditional fairy tales. The analysis encompasses lexical, structural and functional features of songs.
description: Note: This talk has not gone through a process of peer review, and findings should therefore be treated as preliminary and subject to change. Acknowledgement and citation: Beletskiy, Stanislav. 2021. Songs in Ihanzu folk tales.Talk given at the Rift Valley Network Webinar Series. 15/12/2021.
Riddles of the Rift Valley: A One-Year Update
Creators: name: Harvey, Andrew
name: Mitchell, Alice
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Languages of Tanzania
Tanzanian Rift Valley
Iraqw
Gorwaa
South-Cushitic
Datooga
Southern Nilotic
Hadza
Ihanzu
Swahili
Bantu
Riddles
Discourse
Cross-linguistic

description: This talk provides a progress update on a collaborative project on riddling traditions in the Rift Valley that a group of RVN members have been working on for the last year or so. We outline our goals and rationale for the project, give some background about how our online collaboration has been organised, and we then present initial findings on four dimensions of our Rift Valley riddle research: (i) communicative ecologies; (ii) discourse structure; (i) grammatical and linguistic properties properties; and (iv) conceptual and stylistic features.
description: Note: This talk has not gone through a process of peer review, and findings should therefore be treated as preliminary and subject to change. Acknowledgement and citation: [put the full citation by which the presentation will be referred. Use this format: Mitchell, Alice and Andrew Harvey. 2021. Riddles of the Rift Valley: A One-Year Update. Talk given at the Rift Valley Network Webinar Series. 01/12/2021.
Commonalities and differences between differential object marking and indexing (Zurich: University of Zurich)
Creators: name: Schikowski, Robert
name: Iemmolo, Giorgio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015

description: This working paper discusses differential object marking (= flagging) (DOM) and differential object indexing (DOI) from a broad cross-linguistic perspective and from the perspective of two languages of Nepal, Nepali and Chintang, and it finds that "contrary to what has been assumed in the literature, DOM and DOI systems do not primarily arise from the need to distinguish between the two arguments of a transitive clause or to indicate a high degree of animacy or affectedness of the P referent per se. Rather, they reflect the special status of certain Ps in discourse."
description: {"references": ["https://www.comparativelinguistics.uzh.ch/schikowski/publications/2015-dom-vs-doi.pdf"]}
Factors influencing effective project monitoring and evaluation. The case of St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College health projects.
Creators: name: Abomsa, Hailegebriel
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: Given the fact that monitoring and evaluation is one of critical activities in the project management cycle that enhance the chances of success of projects, factors that may influence the effectiveness of the project is not well studied. This study assessed factors influencing the effectiveness of M&E in two foreign funded health projects at St. Paul's hospital millennium medical college. Its main objectives were: to find out how M&E planning, M&E training, stakeholder participation and budget allocation for M&E influence the effectiveness of the M&E. Descriptive research design was used. Purposive sampling technique was used to collect data from 35 respondents which selected based on their responsibility, capacity and knowledge about the factors under study. Data was collected using questionnaires interview and document review. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to assess the effect of M&E planning, M&E training, stakeholder participation and budget allocation on the effectiveness of Monitoring and evaluation health projects of St. Paul's hospital millennium medical college. A fairly strong correlation found between M&E planning, M&E training, stakeholder participation and budget allocation and effective monitoring and evaluation health projects. The study recommends allocation adequate time, effort and resource to prepare M&E plan of the project, to increase the number and type of M&E training, active involvement of key stakeholders in carrying out monitoring and evaluation activities of the projects so as to boost the effectiveness of the Monitoring and evaluation of the project.
Flexural behavior of continuous and simply supported beams prestressed with hybrid (CFRP and steel) tendons
Creators: name: Nasreddine, Wassim
Publisher: name: No Publisher Supplied
Year: 2022

description: The use of unbonded tendons in prestressed concrete members has major advantages on the performance of structures. They can be easily implemented on-site, and they present an effective and reliable method in repair and rehabilitation. However, unbonded steel tendons are susceptible to corrosion due to exposure to water and de-icing salt infiltration. Thus, there is a constant need for inspection and maintenance. In addition, when unbonded tendons are used in combination with other bonded tendons for prestressing, they form a hybrid system whose behavior is different from bonded or unbonded systems. The behavior of hybrid systems is not well established in design codes, especially for estimating the stress at ultimate stress in the unbonded tendons. Carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) tendons present a good alternative due to their high tensile strength, low relaxation, and full resistance to corrosion. In this research, CFRP unbonded tendons are utilized in combination with steel (or CFRP) tendons in simply supported and continuous beams. Ten simply supported and eight continuous beams were cast and tested until failure, to investigate the behavior of CFRP tendons in hybrid prestressed beams. Testing parameters included the prestressing type (bonded, unbonded or hybrid), tendon material (steel or CFRP), tendon area and depth. The experimental investigation includes the load-deflection, load-strain, and cracking behaviors. The analytical investigation includes the use of generalized incremental analysis to estimate the beam deflection and the ultimate stress in unbonded tendons. In addition, the existing approaches for estimating post-cracking deflection as well as predicting the ultimate stress in unbonded tendons are investigated and assessed.This study concludes that CFRP tendons can be effectively used in simply supported and continuous beams, in straight or parabolic profiles. However, when used as bonded tendons, CFRP tendons reduce the overall ductility of the beams due to their low ultimate strain compared to steel tendons. Also, the linear stress-strain relationship in CFRP tendons reduces crack widths after unloading, compared to steel tendons whose yielding produces residual strain and thus wider cracks after unloading. The generalized incremental analysis (GIA) procedure predicts the stress at ultimate in unbonded tendons with good accuracy, but it is less effective at predicting deflections in hybrid beams. Additionally, it was concluded that all code equations underestimate the ultimate stress of unbonded tendons. However, their accuracy is dependent on the type of beam (Hybrid or Unbonded) and the material of the tendon (steel or CFRP). Finally, the PCI bilinear approach provided a close post-cracking deflection estimation in simply supported beams, while the other approaches (e.g., ACI 318-19 and PCI) either underestimate, or overestimate (e.g., Bischoff et al.) the deflections.
Cross-correlation of weak lensing and gamma rays: implications for the nature of dark matter
Creators: name: Tröster, Tilman
name: Camera, Stefano
name: Fornasa, Mattia
name: Regis, Marco
name: van Waerbeke, Ludovic
name: Harnois-Déraps, Joachim
name: Ando, Shin'ichiro
name: Bilicki, Maciej
name: Erben, Thomas
name: Fornengo, Nicolao
name: Heymans, Catherine
name: Hildebrandt, Hendrik
name: Hoekstra, Henk
name: Kuijken, Konrad
name: Viola, Massimo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics (astro-ph.CO)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We measure the cross-correlation between Fermi-LAT gamma-ray photons and over 1000 deg$^2$ of weak lensing data from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope Lensing Survey (CFHTLenS), the Red Cluster Sequence Lensing Survey (RCSLenS), and the Kilo Degree Survey (KiDS). We present the first measurement of tomographic weak lensing cross-correlations and the first application of spectral binning to cross-correlations between gamma rays and weak lensing. The measurements are performed using an angular power spectrum estimator while the covariance is estimated using an analytical prescription. We verify the accuracy of our covariance estimate by comparing it to two internal covariance estimators. Based on the non-detection of a cross-correlation signal, we derive constraints on weakly interacting massive particle (WIMP) dark matter. We compute exclusion limits on the dark matter annihilation cross-section $\langleσ_\rm{ann} v \rangle$, decay rate $Γ_\rm{dec}$, and particle mass $m_\rm{DM}$. We find that in the absence of a cross-correlation signal, tomography does not significantly improve the constraining power of the analysis. Assuming a strong contribution to the gamma-ray flux due to small-scale clustering of dark matter and accounting for known astrophysical sources of gamma rays, we exclude the thermal relic cross-section for particle masses of $m_\rm{DM}\lesssim 20$ GeV.
description: 19 pages, 17 figures, accepted in MNRAS
Community orthography development in the Rift Valley: Examples from Mbugwe, Rangi and Sandawe
Creators: name: Eaton, Helen
name: Poole, Lizzie
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2021
Subjects: Languages of Tanzania
Tanzanian Rift Valley Area
Mbugwe
Rangi
Sandawe
Bantu
Khoe
Orthography development

description: SIL International has been working with language communities to create practical orthographies and promote language development in the Rift Valley since 1989. Orthography development relies on linguistic groundwork as well as the application of literacy principles relating to the ease of reading and writing. Above all, a good orthography must be one which is accepted and owned by its speakers. Examples from Mbugwe, Rangi and Sandawe show how choosing appropriate graphemes for an orthography and deciding whether and how to write lexical and grammatical tone can be a complex issue.
description: Note: This talk has not gone through a process of peer review, and findings should therefore be treated as preliminary and subject to change. Acknowledgement and citation: Eaton, Helen and Lizzie Poole. 2021. Community orthography development in the Rift Valley: Examples from Mbugwe, Rangi and Sandawe. Talk given at the Rift Valley Network Webinar Series. 03/11/2021.
The Onset of Thermalisation in Finite-Dimensional Equations of Hydrodynamics: Insights from the Burgers Equation
Creators: name: Venkataraman, Divya
name: Ray, Samriddhi Sankar
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: Mathematical Physics (math-ph)
subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Solutions to finite-dimensional (all spatial Fourier modes set to zero beyond a finite wavenumber $K_G$), inviscid equations of hydrodynamics at long times are known to be at variance with those obtained for the original infinite dimensional partial differential equations or their viscous counterparts. Surprisingly, the solutions to such Galerkin-truncated equations develop sharp localised structures, called {\it tygers} [Ray, et al., Phys. Rev. E {\bf 84}, 016301 (2011)], which eventually lead to completely thermalised states associated with an equipartition energy spectrum. We now obtain, by using the analytically tractable Burgers equation, precise estimates, theoretically and via direct numerical simulations, of the time $τ_c$ at which thermalisation is triggered and show that $τ_c \sim \kg^ξ$, with $ξ= -4/9$. Our results have several implications including for the analyticity strip method to numerically obtain evidence for or against blow-ups of the three-dimensional incompressible Euler equations.
description: Minor corrections to the previous version
Effectiveness of employee Performance Appraisal System of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia
Creators: name: Mekonen, Betre
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that affect the effectiveness of performance appraisal system of Commercial Bank of Ethiopia. A study used quantitative research design and deductive approach. The sample for the investigation was drawn from a population of 4,125 employees, all from branches in Addis Ababa districts. Stratified sampling was used to select representative units of measurement. The only Primary data collection instrument was a questionnaire. Simple random sample was used to select 120 respondents among each strata contributing to generalize the findings. The scope of the study was limited to 140 branches found in Addis Ababa. The analysis was done by the help of SPSS software and presented a descriptive statistics, correlations, assumption tests and regression analysis. The correlation results indicated that there is a positive relation between the factors and effectiveness of appraisal system. The results of the regression test showed that independent variables/factors/ was significantly contributed in variance at significance level of 0.05. The finding of the study revealed that over all employees think that the factors like feedback richness, improve performance of employees, motivation, perception towards performance appraisal and purpose of appraisal result affects the effectiveness of the appraisal system implemented in CBE. Whereas, managers and immediate supervisors were think that the system to evaluate the performance of employees implemented was not affected by them. The investigation indicated that there is a significant difference between raters and ratees perception towards the effectiveness of performance appraisal system. On the basis of the findings, the researcher recommends that the management create intensive awareness for both raters and ratees about the appraisal system, increase the participation of all employees towards the policy and procedure formulation to enhance their belongingness and exploit uses of appraisal, the feedback provided by raters should be specific and timely and be against predetermined performance expectations, ensure whether the system achieve the intended objectives or not, provide trainings for raters, and link the result of appraisal with rewards in order to motivate the performers
The proximal augmented Lagrangian method for nonsmooth composite optimization
Creators: name: Dhingra, Neil K.
name: Khong, Sei Zhen
name: Jovanović, Mihailo R.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Systems and Control (eess.SY)
subject: Dynamical Systems (math.DS)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering

description: We study a class of optimization problems in which the objective function is given by the sum of a differentiable but possibly nonconvex component and a nondifferentiable convex regularization term. We introduce an auxiliary variable to separate the objective function components and utilize the Moreau envelope of the regularization term to derive the proximal augmented Lagrangian $-$ a continuously differentiable function obtained by constraining the augmented Lagrangian to the manifold that corresponds to the explicit minimization over the variable in the nonsmooth term. The continuous differentiability of this function with respect to both primal and dual variables allows us to leverage the method of multipliers (MM) to compute optimal primal-dual pairs by solving a sequence of differentiable problems. The MM algorithm is applicable to a broader class of problems than proximal gradient methods and it has stronger convergence guarantees and a more refined step-size update rules than the alternating direction method of multipliers. These features make it an attractive option for solving structured optimal control problems. We also develop an algorithm based on the primal-descent dual-ascent gradient method and prove global (exponential) asymptotic stability when the differentiable component of the objective function is (strongly) convex and the regularization term is convex. Finally, we identify classes of problems for which the primal-dual gradient flow dynamics are convenient for distributed implementation and compare/contrast our framework to the existing approaches.
description: To appear in IEEE Trans. Automat. Control
title: Automated hierarchical service level agreements
title: generic management principles and application to multi-domain infrastructure-as-a-service
titleType: AlternativeTitle
Creators: name: Kotsokalis, Konstantinos
Publisher: name: Technische Universität Dortmund
Year: 2011
Subjects: subject: Service level agreement
subject: SLA hierarchy
subject: Service hierarchy
subject: Infrastructure-as-a-service
subject: 004

description: The present dissertation concerns the area of Service Computing. More specifically, it contributes to the topic of enabling IT service stacks with dependability, such that they can be used even further in pragmatic business environments and applications. The instrument used for this purpose is a Service Level Agreement (SLA). The main focus is on SLA Hierarchies, which reflect corresponding Service Hierarchies. SLAs may be established manually, or automatically among software agents; it is mainly the latter case that is considered here. The thesis contributes by means of a formal problem definition for the construction of SLA hierarchies using a translation process, a management architecture, a formal model for defining penalties and a representation that facilitates the processing of SLAs. Using these tools, it is shown that automated SLA management in hierarchical setups is possible, through an application to Multi-Domain Infrastructure-as-a-Service. Within this specific technical area, different SLA-based resource capacity planning approaches are examined via simulation -- both for online and offline planning. The former case concerns normal runtime operations, and the thesis examines two greedy algorithms with regard to their energy-savings efficiency and their performance. In the latter case, a resource-scarce environment is simulated with the purpose of minimizing penalties from already established SLAs. This is achieved via formally-defined combinatorial models, which are solved and compared to two greedy algorithms.
Arquitectura software de soporte tecnológico de un modelo de negocios de adiestramiento y cuidado estético de mascotas caninas soportadas en tecnologías web
Creators: name: Herrera Petro, Jaime Jose
name: Barboza Mercado, Alberto Carlos
Publisher: name: Universidad de Cartagena
Year: 2018
Subjects: Arquitectura de Software
Tecnologia web 2.0

description: Tesis (Ingeniero de Sistemas).--Universidad de Cartagena. Facultad de Ciencias E Ingenierías. Programa de Ingeniería de Sistemas, 2018
description: El presente estudio tiene por objeto diseñar una arquitectura software, que de soporte tecnológico a un modelo de negocios dirigido al adiestramiento y cuidado estético de mascotas caninas, soportadas en tecnologías web.
Challenges and Resistances in the Change of Corporate Culture
Creators: name: Confalonieri, Patrizio
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2023
Subjects: corporate culture, cultural change, effective communication, leadership support

description: In today's rapidly changing business landscape, organizations are increasingly recognizing the critical role of corporate culture in driving success. This article delves into the fascinating journey of transforming corporate culture, shedding light on the challenges and resistances encountered along the way. By delving into a real case and employing qualitative research methods, this study uncovers the common challenges and barriers encountered during culture change initiatives. From resistance to change and fear of the unknown to the impact of existing organizational structures, the article explores the intricate dynamics at play. Drawing on these insights, the article then provides practical strategies for addressing these challenges, including but not limited to effective communication, leadership support, and employee engagement. It thus highlights the immense impact and benefits of successful culture change, unveiling how a positive culture can spark innovation, foster collaboration, and improve adaptability. As organizations, but especially the people who compose them, embark on the quest to transform their corporate culture, this article aims to be a compass to enable them to overcome challenges, understand that they are solvable problems, unleash their potential and cultivate a thriving work environment
Energy conditions and constraints on the generalized non-local gravity model
Creators: name: Wu, Ya-Bo
name: Zhang, Xue
name: Chen, Bo-Hai
name: Zhang, Nan
name: Wu, Meng-Meng
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study and derive the energy conditions in generalized non-local gravity, which is the modified theory of general relativity (GR) obtained by adding a term $m^{2n-2}R\Box^{-n}R$ to the Einstein-Hilbert action. Moreover, in order to get some insight on the meaning of the energy conditions, we illustrate the evolutions of four energy conditions with the model parameter $\varepsilon$ for different $n$. By analysis we give the constraints on the model parameters $\varepsilon$.
description: 12 pages, 14 figures, 1 table