cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Differentially detected GMSK systems in the presence of adjacent channel interference and nonlinearities
Creators: name: Toor, Jagdeep S.
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: In this thesis, the performance of differentially detected Gaussian Minimum Shift Keying (GMSK) systems operated in the presence of adjacent channel interference (ACT), modulation errors, amplifier nonlinearities and additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) is investigated. We first evaluate by means of computer simulation the bit error rate (BER) per formance of conventional and decision feedback 1- and 2-bit differential receivers in the presence of static and Rayleigh faded ACT. The obtained BER performance evaluation results indicate that the decision feedback receivers outperform the con ventional differential receivers. For the static ACT channel, it was found that the best BER performance was achieved by the 2-bit decision feedback differential receivers. For example, at a BER=13Cr and at a carrier-to-interference ratio C/IA, these receivers resulted in gains in excess of 6 dB as compared to the conventional 2-bit differential receivers. For Rayleigh faded ACT channels, the BER performance evaluation results have indicated that the decision feedback differential receivers provide gains in the form of error floor reduction. Secondly, we have investigated, again by means of computer simulations, the effects on the BER of the cascade of an imperfect GMSK quadrature modulator followed by a nonlinear amplifier. We have considered a generic model for the imperfect modulator and have adopted two different sets of operating conditions (one typical and one extreme). In addition, we have considered two types of nonlinearities (one mild and one strong). For all the results obtained, it was found that the decision feedback differential receivers perform better than the conventional receivers for both typical and extreme values of the quadrature modulator errors as well as for both nonlinearities considered. It is also found that for the system operation under extreme operating conditions, the 1-bit decision feedback differential receiver outperforms all other receivers considered in this thesis. For example, it offers a gain of 8 dB over 2-bit decision feedback receiver at BER=10 3and C/IA=20 dB. However, for system operation under typical operating conditions 2-bit decision feedback receiver has the best performance when compared to the other receivers considered in this thesis. Finally, in order to experimentally verify the effectiveness of the decision feed back differential receivers, we have designed, implemented and tested a prototype GMSK system. Various experimental BER performance evaluation results are re ported for receivers employing the 1-bit conventional and decision feedback dif ferential detection and operated in the presence of static and Rayleigh faded ACT. The obtained experimental BER results are in agreement with equivalent computer simulated BER results.
Sexual initiation and associated factors among young women in West Shoa, Ambo Town, Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study
Creators: name: Digafe Tsegaye Nigatu
name: 1*
name: , Asefa Seme
name: 2
name: , Shewaye Fituma
name: 1
name: And Mesfin Tafa Segni
name: 3
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: Background: For physiological as well as behavioral reasons, sexual debut increases young individuals ’ risk for infection with sexually transmitted infection including HIV. It is fundamental to recognize the factors related to sexual debut in a broader context for designing and implementing effective interventions targeting youth. Methods: Community-based cross-sectional study was employed from January to May, 2013 among females of Ambo town. A multistage sampling technique was applied. The participants were selected using simple random sampling technique. Face to face interview using structured and pretested questionnaires were used to collect thedata from the study participants. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was used to determine the predictors of sexual initiation. Results: Three hundred seventeen (49.9%) of the respondents have ever had sex. The mean age at first sexual initiation was 16.6 (SD ±2.3) years. Being in age group 20-24 [Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR) & (95% CI) = 2.75 (1.74, 4.34)], Educational level [AOR& (95% CI) = 0.20 (0.08, 0.48)], being in school [AOR& (95% CI) = 0.19 (0.11, 0.33)], having paid job [AOR& (95% CI) = 2.20 (1.19, 4.07)], peer pressure [A OR& (95% CI) = 3.20 (2.08, 4.94)], alcohol consumption [AOR& (95% CI) = 2.17 (1.43, 3.28)], and pornographic materials [AOR& (95% CI) = 2.27 (1.43, 3.61)] had significant association with sexual initiation. Conclusion: Substantial numbers of females had started sexual activity that might expose them to different reproductive health problems. In general age group, peer pressure, alcohol consumption and watching pornographic materials were found to be predictors for the sexual debut. Therefore, building life skills, establishing youth friendly clubs should be intensified.
Assessments of health professionals’ knowledge towards post-operative pain management in Asella Teaching and Referral Hospital, South East Ethiopia
Creators: name: Abdi Oumer Adem1, Mohammed Suleiman Obsa
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2018

description: Pain is defined as any an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Adequate postoperative pain management can reduce the patients‟ length of hospitalization and decrease postoperative complications. However, post-operative pain has not been satisfactorily relieved. Thus, the aim of this work is to assess professionals’ knowledge on postoperative pain management. Institutional based cross sectional study design was conducted. All health professionals who have worked in operation room, surgical ward, recovery room, and post anesthesia care unit were included. Data was entered into Epi info version 7 and transported to SPSS version 21 for analysis. Tables and narratives were used to determine descriptive statistics. A total of 52 participants were included in the study of which 59.6% were male. 69% of the respondents were found to be between the age of 20 and 23 years. Almost all patients in this study (94.23%) do not use pain assessment tools and 78.85% of the respondents do not know about multimodal analgesia. Approximately, one third of the respondents 32.69% mentioned that the drug is administered when the patient complain of pain. These showed that there is a knowledge gap on postoperative pain managements. Therefore, it was strongly recommended to improve professionals’ knowledge on postoperative pain management.
Substance use and factors associated with risky sexual practice in school youth in Asella Town, South-East Ethiopia, 2017
Creators: name: Solomon Mariam W., Nega Assefa
Publisher: name: National Academic Digital Repository of Ethiopia
Year: 2017

description: Globally, risky sexual behavior accounts for large number of opportunities for sexually transmitted infection including human immunodeficiency virus and unintended pregnancy. The study is intended to describe substance use and factors associated with risky sexual practice among school youth. School based cross sectional study was conducted through self-administered questionnaire. Simple random sampling technique was used to select 614. Epi info Version 7 and SPSS version 21 were used. Descriptive statistics and binary multiple logistic regression analysis was done by including variables with p<0.2 in the crude analysis and P-value<0.05 was considered statistically significant. From study participants; 201(33.6%) respondents were sexually active. Among them, 120 (20.07%) had practiced risky sexual intercourse, during sexual intercourse 112 (18.7%) did not use condom consistently. Peer pressure influence to sexual intercourse were 4.4 times more likely having risky sexual practice compared to those who had no influenced by peers pressure [AOR: 4.4 ,95% CI (2.748,6.917)]. Students who drink alcohol were 1.98 more likely to have risky sexual practice than those who did not drink alcohol [AOR=1.98, 95% CI (1.224, 3.190)]. Students who did not discuss openly about sexual and reproductive health issues with parents were 1.86 times more likely to practice risky sexual intercourse compared to their counterparts (AOR:1.86, 95%CI (1.149, 3.009). Conclusively, risky sexual behavior and substance use related issues should be considered in school curriculum. Health authorities should implement youth friendly services in schools and government bodies should incise a strict and sustainable measurement against selling alcohol to under 18 years old.
Picture naming and tone
Creators: name: Bazi
name: Mobio, Eugène
name: Prospère
name: Kapner, Julianne
name: Russell, Katherine
name: Cameron, Kaylee
name: Jarvis, Rebecca
name: Kouadio, Timothée
name: Santos, Grant
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: ebr

description: Elicitation of wordlist prompted by pictures. Elicitation of L tone alternations and reduplication.
A Student's Handbook For Digital Marketing Strategies
Creators: name: Research, Institute of Legal and Policy
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2023
Subjects: classificationCode: 350303
subject: Business information systems

description: In the dynamic world of digital marketing, success relies on adeptly navigating diverse online tools and platforms. Digital marketing strategically uses online channels to connect with a specific audience, engaging potential customers through various touchpoints to drive actions like purchases or form completions. Key elements include SEO for better online visibility, SEM for paid advertising, SMM for audience interaction, and Content Marketing through various formats. Email, Affiliate, and Influencer Marketing, along with Online PR, contribute to brand promotion and reputation management. Analytics and Data Analysis tools facilitate data-driven decision-making, allowing businesses to target demographics, monitor real-time campaign effectiveness, and adapt strategies. Digital marketing is now an essential part of the marketing mix, offering global reach and adaptability to evolving consumer behavior in the digital age.
Asymptotic phase and amplitude for classical and semiclassical stochastic oscillators via Koopman operator theory
Creators: name: Kato, Yuzuru
name: Zhu, Jinjie
name: Kurebayashi, Wataru
name: Nakao, Hiroya
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Chaotic Dynamics (nlin.CD)
subject: Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems (nlin.AO)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The asymptotic phase is a fundamental quantity for the analysis of deterministic limit-cycle oscillators, and generalized definitions of the asymptotic phase for stochastic oscillators have also been proposed. In this article, we show that the asymptotic phase and also amplitude can be defined for classical and semiclassical stochastic oscillators in a natural and unified manner by using the eigenfunctions of the Koopman operator of the system. We show that the proposed definition gives appropriate values of the phase and amplitude for strongly stochastic limit-cycle oscillators, excitable systems undergoing noise-induced oscillations, and also for quantum limit-cycle oscillators in the semiclassical regime.
description: 16pages, 4figures
Un cristiano difficile: Sinesio di Cirene
Creators: name: Criscuolo, Ugo
Publisher: name: Consonanze
Year: 2020

description: -
description: Consonanze, V. 6: Sinesio di Cirene nella cultura tardoantica. Atti del Convegno Internazionale. Napoli, 19-20 giugno 2014 (Consonanze, 6)
Ad Conventum Synesianum
Creators: name: Nazzaro, Antonio Vincenzo
Publisher: name: Consonanze
Year: 2020

description: -
description: Consonanze, V. 6: Sinesio di Cirene nella cultura tardoantica. Atti del Convegno Internazionale. Napoli, 19-20 giugno 2014 (Consonanze, 6)
Transition intensities of trivalent lanthanide ions in solids: Revisiting the Judd-Ofelt theory
Creators: name: Hovhannesyan, Gohar
name: Boudon, Vincent
name: Lepers, Maxence
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Materials Science (cond-mat.mtrl-sci)
subject: Atomic Physics (physics.atom-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We present a modified version of the Judd-Ofelt theory, which describes the intensities of f-f transitions by trivalent lanthanide ions (Ln$^{3+}$) in solids. In our model, the properties of the dopant are calculated with well-established atomic-structure techniques, while the influence of the crystal-field potential is described by three adjustable parameters. By applying our model to europium (Eu$^{3+}$), well-known to challenge the standard Judd-Ofelt theory, we are able to give a physical insight into all the transitions within the ground electronic configuration, and also to reproduce quantitatively experimental absorption oscillator strengths. Our model opens the possibility to interpret polarized-light transitions between individual levels of the ion-crystal system.
Amplitude Saturation in Beta Cephei Models
Creators: name: Smolec, R.
name: Moskalik, P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2007
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Although the driving mechanism acting in beta Cephei pulsators is well known (e.g. Dziembowski & Pamyatnykh 1993), problems concerning identification of amplitude limitation mechanism and non-uniform filling of the theoretical instability strip, remain to be solved. In the present analysis, these problems are addressed by non-linear modelling of radial pulsations of these stars. In this approach radial modes are treated as representative for all acoustic oscillations. Several models of different masses and metallicities were converged to limit cycles through Stellingwerf (1974) relaxation technique. Resulting peak-to-peak amplitudes are of order of DeltaV=0.3 mag. Such amplitudes are significantly larger than those observed in beta Cephei pulsators. Assuming that all acoustic modes are similar, we show that collective saturation of the driving mechanism by several acoustic modes can easily lower predicted saturation amplitudes to the observed level. Our calculations predict significant decrease of saturation amplitudes as we go to high mass/high luminosity models. However, this effect is not strong enough to explain scarcity of high mass beta Cephei variables. We also discuss robust double-mode behaviour, encountered in our radiative models. On a single evolutionary track we identify two double-mode domains with two different mechanisms resposible for double-mode behaviour. The non-resonant double-mode domain separates first overtone and fundamental mode pulsation domains. The resonant double-mode domain appears in the middle of the first overtone pulsation domain. Its origin can be traced to the 2omega_1=omega_0+omega_2 parametric resonance, which destabilizes the first overtone limit cycle.
description: 13 pages, 12 figures, accepted for publication in MNRAS
Sociolinguistic interview, tone, and reduplication
Creators: name: Guebeapo, Léocadie
name: Kapner, Julianne
name: Russell, Katherine
name: Goose, Molly
name: Kouadio, Timothée
name: Messinger, Renée
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: ebr
subject: Ivorian French language

description: Includes Madame Yapi telling stories (childhood narrative, time feeling proud of herself, Blockhauss origins, community celebrations and traditions, changes in the community). Elicitation of tone contexts, agent nominalizations, and reduplication.
Quantum vacuum radiation spectra from a semiconductor microcavity with a time-modulated vacuum Rabi frequency
Creators: name: De Liberato, Simone
name: Ciuti, Cristiano
name: Carusotto, Iacopo
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: Other Condensed Matter (cond-mat.other)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We develop a general theory of the quantum vacuum radiation generated by an arbitrary time-modulation of the vacuum Rabi frequency for an intersubband transition of a doped quantum well system embedded in a semiconductor planar microcavity. Both non-radiative and radiative losses are included within an input-output quantum Langevin framework. The intensity and the main spectral signatures of the extra-cavity emission are characterized as a function of the amplitude and the frequency of the vacuum modulation. A significant amount of photon pairs, which can largely exceed the black-body radiation in the mid and far infrared, is shown to be produced with realistic parameters. For a large amplitude resonant modulation, a parametric oscillation regime can be also achieved.
Podcasting in-situ: How listening context influences the transportation experience
Creators: name: Karnowski, Veronika
name: Schnauber-Stockmann, Anna
name: Schlütz, Daniela
name: Naab, Teresa K.
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Communication
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences

description: Podcasting is considered an immersive medium (Dowling & Miller, 2019; Mehendale, 2019; Rime et al., 2022). In many cases, usage is mobile (Morris & Patterson, 2015; Perks & Turner, 2019). To date, there have been few studies that empirically examine the relationship between mobile use and immersion. An exception is the study by Harrison et al. (2023), which, however, is retrospective and cross-sectional. Employing the experience sampling method (Larson & Csikszentmihalyi, 2014), our study, therefore, investigates how the transportation experience is related to listening time and situational context. We use true-crime podcasts as an example because it is one of the most popular genres in Germany and it lends itself particularly well to transportation because of its suspenseful content (Baumann, 2021).
Learning Crisp Boundaries Using Deep Refinement Network and Adaptive Weighting Loss
Creators: name: Cao, Yi-Jun
name: Lin, Chuan
name: Li, Yong-Jie
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Significant progress has been made in boundary detection with the help of convolutional neural networks. Recent boundary detection models not only focus on real object boundary detection but also "crisp" boundaries (precisely localized along the object's contour). There are two methods to evaluate crisp boundary performance. One uses more strict tolerance to measure the distance between the ground truth and the detected contour. The other focuses on evaluating the contour map without any postprocessing. In this study, we analyze both methods and conclude that both methods are two aspects of crisp contour evaluation. Accordingly, we propose a novel network named deep refinement network (DRNet) that stacks multiple refinement modules to achieve richer feature representation and a novel loss function, which combines cross-entropy and dice loss through effective adaptive fusion. Experimental results demonstrated that we achieve state-of-the-art performance for several available datasets.
description: 11 pages, 7 figures
Η αυτο – αποτελεσματικότητα των δασκάλων και των φιλολόγων γενικής εκπαίδευσης στη διδασκαλία μαθητών με νοητική ανεπάρκεια στα πλαίσια της ένταξης
Creators: name: Σιώπη, Πασχαλίνα Αγγελου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2017
Subjects: αυτο – αποτελεσματικότητα
εκπαίδευση παιδιών με νοητική ανεπάρκεια
εκπαίδευση εκπαιδευτικών
self – efficacy
intellectually impaired students’ education
teachers’ education

description: Σκοπός της παρούσης εργασίας είναι να μελετηθεί ο τρόπος με τον οποίο αντιλαμβάνονται την αυτο – αποτελεσματικότητά τους οι εκπαιδευτικοί της πρωτοβάθμιας και δευτεροβάθμιας εκπαίδευσης στο να διδάξουν σε παιδιά με νοητική ανεπάρκεια μέσα στο γενικό πλαίσιο του σχολείου. Υποκείμενα της έρευνας αποτέλεσαν 60 δάσκαλοι και 60 φιλόλογοι από σχολεία του πολεοδομικού συγκροτήματος της Θεσσαλονίκης που διέθεταν τμήμα ένταξης. Ειδικότερα μελετήθηκε η σχέση των χρόνων υπηρεσίας, της εμπειρίας τους με παιδιά με νοητική ανεπάρκεια και των σπουδών των εκπαιδευτικών με την αυτο – αποτελεσματικότητά τους. Ακόμα μελετήθηκαν τα επίπεδα της αυτο – αποτελεσματικότητας των δασκάλων και των φιλολόγων ως προς την αντιμετώπιση των γνωστικών δυσκολιών, των προβλημάτων συμπεριφοράς που αντιμετωπίζουν οι μαθητές με νοητική ανεπάρκεια, ως προς την κοινωνικοποίησή και ως προς τη συνεργασία των εκπαιδευτικών με τις οικογένειες των παιδιών με νοητική ανεπάρκεια και με άλλους συναδέλφους και επαγγελματίες. Σε γενικές γραμμές οι εκπαιδευτικοί του δείγματος δείχνουν να έχουν μέτρια προς υψηλά επίπεδα αυτο – αποτελεσματικότητας με τους δασκάλους να υπερτερούν έναντι των φιλολόγων
description: The purpose of this study was to investigate the teachers’ self – efficacy of primary and secondary education in order to teach in children with intellectual impairment in mainstream school. Participants were 60 teachers in primary education and 60 philologists in secondary education from schools with inclusion classes in the city of Thessaloniki. Especially, the relationship between teaching experience, teachers’ experience with children with intellectual impairment and teachers’ studies was investigated. Moreover, the scores of self – efficacy in order to cope with learning difficulties, behavioral problems of children with mental impairment, in order to socialize these children and in teachers’ collaboration with families of children with mental impairment, with colleagues and other staff were examined. In broad terms the participants of this study showed to have high to moderate self – efficacy. Teachers in primary education have higher self – efficacy than philologists in secondary education
Premessa
Creators: name: Criscuolo, Ugo
name: Lozza, Giuseppe
Publisher: name: Consonanze
Year: 2020

description: -
description: Consonanze, V. 6: Sinesio di Cirene nella cultura tardoantica. Atti del Convegno Internazionale. Napoli, 19-20 giugno 2014 (Consonanze, 6)
Magnon Bound States and the AdS/CFT Correspondence
Creators: name: Dorey, Nick
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2006
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We study the spectrum of asymptotic states in the spin-chain description of planar N=4 SUSY Yang-Mills. In addition to elementary magnons, the asymptotic spectrum includes an infinite tower of multi-magnon bound states with exact dispersion relation, Delta-J_{1} = sqrt{Q^{2}+(lambda/pi^2)sin^2(p/2)}, where the positive integer Q is the number of constituent magnons. These states account precisely for the known poles in the exact S-matrix. Like the elementary magnon, they transform in small representations of supersymmetry and are present for all values of the 't Hooft coupling. At strong coupling we identify the dual states in semiclassical string theory.
description: LaTeX File, 14 Pages. Minor improvements and corrected references
title: The gaze of practical intent
title: An ethnographic exploration of socio-communicative distortions within hobbyists' informal learning spaces
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: McElroy, Cheryl
Publisher: name: Lancaster University
Year: 2021

description: Background: The idea of non-institutionalised learning is an appealing one, particularly when understood within a context of educational freedoms produced through acts of self-realisation and participatory engagement. Thus, hobbyists, are a type of informal learner who enjoy voluntary learning across a wide range of social spaces in communication with peers and career professionals. Likewise, communication, explained as the transference of messages, can also be understood as the basis for which all representations of social life - including learning - are given meaning. Whilst hobby-focused literature exists, the interplay between communicative acts and hobbyists’ learning is less understood. Therefore, the findings aim to review the extent to which informal learning might be positioned as emancipatory, considering it has no formal policy governance beyond the settings in which it unfolds. Methodology: This thesis comprises a multi-sited ethnographic study, that through the lens of critical theory, will explore the extent that hobbyists understand the presence and effect of communicative distortions. Observations produced over an 11-month engagement with aquatic enthusiasts, along with in-depth semi-structured interviews, are used to examine the characteristics and effects of the settings in which hobbyists are held to learn. Findings: Participants described the link between the online and offline space through their understanding of the ways in which various permutations of space influenced their learning. Participants also demonstrated awareness of the presence and effects of distortive communicative acts, with disruptions found online perceived to be significant and far-reaching compared to offline spaces. Beliefs, identity, and individual differences also served to produce communicative distortions. Furthermore, hobbyists explained their approaches for overcoming these effects and whilst both the origin and nature of distortions can explain persistent issues within both the aquatic hobby and informal learning, such strategies might also form a starting point for bridging troublesome communicative divides.
First Law and Quantum Correction for Holographic Entanglement Contour
Creators: name: Han, Muxin
name: Wen, Qiang
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Entanglement entropy satisfies a first law-like relation, which equates the first order perturbation of the entanglement entropy for the region $A$ to the first order perturbation of the expectation value of the modular Hamiltonian, $δS_{A}=δ\langle K_A \rangle$. We propose that this relation has a finer version which states that, the first order perturbation of the entanglement contour equals to the first order perturbation of the contour of the modular Hamiltonian, i.e. $δs_{A}(\textbf{x})=δ\langle k_{A}(\textbf{x})\rangle$. Here the contour functions $s_{A}(\textbf{x})$ and $k_{A}(\textbf{x})$ capture the contribution from the degrees of freedom at $\textbf{x}$ to $S_{A}$ and $K_A$ respectively. In some simple cases $k_{A}(\textbf{x})$ is determined by the stress tensor. We also evaluate the quantum correction to the entanglement contour using the fine structure of the entanglement wedge and the additive linear combination (ALC) proposal for partial entanglement entropy (PEE) respectively. The fine structure picture shows that, the quantum correction to the boundary PEE can be identified as a bulk PEE of certain bulk region. While the \textit{ALC proposal} shows that the quantum correction to the boundary PEE comes from the linear combination of bulk entanglement entropy. We focus on holographic theories with local modular Hamiltonian and configurations of quantum field theories where the \textit{ALC proposal} applies.
description: v1: 23 pages, 7 figs, comments welcome; v2 22 pages, 7 figs, accepted version by Scipost Physics
MPEC 2024-T88 : 2024 TL1
Creators: name: Minor Planet Center Staff
Publisher: name: The Minor Planet Center
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Small Solar System bodies
valueUri: http://astrothesaurus.org/uat/1469
subject: 2024 TL1

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.
Estimation and identification for machine direction control of basis weight and moisture
Creators: name: Morgan, Scott Taylor
Publisher: name: University of British Columbia
Year: 2009

description: For the regulation of paper properties on a paper machine, measurements taken by a gauge tracing a zigzag pattern on the sheet must be decomposed into cross direction (CD) and machine direction (MD) signals. Researchers at the Pulp and Paper Centre, UBC, Vancouver, Canada have developed a decomposition algorithm (EIBMC) shown to give improved CD and MD estimates over previous methods. In this thesis the potential of the improved MD estimates for MD control is examined. Traditional scan-average MD estimates provide poor anti-aliasing and a sample rate fixed by the period of the scanning gauge. It is shown that the algorithm can be modified to provide estimates at any submultiple of the sensor sample rate with improved filtering flexibility. It is shown that CD estimation errors cause MD estimation errors proportional to the gradient of the CD errors. A scheme for reducing the CD and MD estimation errors due to poor filtering using a method involving sensor pre-filter design and manipulation of data in the EIBMC algorithm is presented. A computer simulation of a scanning sensor has been created and is used to illustrate the performance of the algorithm and anti-aliasing filter. A method is proposed for calculating the optimum sample rate for MD control based on the continuous-time average variance of the process output given the process statistics and time-delay. The method differs from previous methods in that it considers the effect of the anti-aliasing filter in obscuring the true output variance.
Additional file 2 of Ventilator-associated pneumonia prevention in the Intensive care unit using Postpyloric tube feeding in China (VIP study): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Creators: name: Hu, Linhui
name: Peng, Kaiyi
name: Huang, Xiangwei
name: Wang, Zheng
name: Wu, Quanzhong
name: Xiao, Yumei
name: Hou, Yating
name: He, Yuemei
name: Zhou, Xinjuan
name: Chen, Chunbo
Publisher: name: figshare
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Medicine
subject: Biotechnology
subject: Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Information Systems not elsewhere classified
subject: Cancer
subject: Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences

description: Additional file 2. Adjudication chart for ventilator-associated pneumonia.
D.7.1 - A-LEAF Data Management Plan
Creators: name: Galán-Mascarós, JR
name: Banet Osuna, A
name: López Suárez, L
name: Tomás Laudo, L
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017

description: This document, D7.1 A-LEAF Data Management Plan (DMP), is a deliverable of the A-LEAF Project, which is funded by the European Union’s H2020 Programme under Grant Agreement No.732840. The A-LEAF project participates in the H2020 Open Research Data Pilot. This first version of the Data Management Plan provides an analysis of the main elements of the data management policy that will be used by the members of the Consortium with regard to the data generated through the life of the project.
Reconstructing magnetic deflections from sets of proton images using differential evolution
Creators: name: Levesque, Joseph M.
name: Beesley, Lauren J.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability (physics.data-an)
subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Proton imaging is a powerful technique for imaging electromagnetic fields within an experimental volume, in which spatial variations in proton fluence are a result of deflections to proton trajectories due to interaction with the fields. When deflections are large, proton trajectories can overlap, and this nonlinearity creates regions of greatly increased proton fluence on the image, known as caustics. The formation of caustics has been a persistent barrier to reconstructing the underlying fields from proton images. We have developed a new method for reconstructing the path-integrated magnetic fields which begins to address the problem posed by caustics. Our method uses multiple proton images of the same object, each image at a different energy, to fill in the information gaps and provide some uniqueness when reconstructing caustic features. We use a differential evolution algorithm to iteratively estimate the underlying deflection function which accurately reproduces the observed proton fluence at multiple proton energies simultaneously. We test this reconstruction method using synthetic proton images generated for three different, cylindrically symmetric field geometries at various field amplitudes and levels of proton statistics, and present reconstruction results from a set of experimental images. The method we propose requires no assumption of deflection linearity and can reliably solve for fields underlying linear, nonlinear, and caustic proton image features for the selected geometries, and is shown to be fairly robust to noise in the input proton intensity.
Communication about Religion in Romantic Relationships
Creators: name: Carmichael, Cheryl L
name: Brumbaugh, Claudia
name: Doherty, Jaclyn K.
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: While existing studies emphasize the importance of general communication skills and conflict resolution in romantic relationships, there is mixed evidence regarding the discussion of religious topics specifically. One line of research finds that partners who engage in more communication about their faith tend to experience increased relationship satisfaction and well-being. Meanwhile, other studies find that couples with differing beliefs may experience religious conflict and can protect their relationships by limiting religious discussions. Accordingly, the effects of religious communication on relationships may depend on certain conditions of the partnership, such as religiosity differences (i.e., differences in strength of religious belief and practice). The present project will help to understand the effect of frequency of/openness to religious communication on relationship outcomes and whether this effect is moderated by religiosity differences.
A shallow though extensive H2 2.12 micron imaging survey of Taurus-Auriga-Perseus: I. NGC1333, L1455, L1448 and B1
Creators: name: Davis, C. J.
name: Scholz, P.
name: Lucas, P.
name: Smith, M. D.
name: Adamson, A.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2008
Subjects: subject: Astrophysics (astro-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We discuss wide-field near-IR imaging of the NGC1333, L1448, L1455 and B1 star forming regions in Perseus. The observations have been extracted from a much larger narrow-band imaging survey of the Taurus-Auriga-Perseus complex. These H2 2.12 micron observations are complemented by broad-band K imaging, mid-IR imaging and photometry from the Spitzer Space Telescope, and published submillimetre CO J=3-2 maps of high-velocity molecular outflows. We detect and label 85 H2 features and associate these with 26 molecular outflows. Three are parsec-scale flows, with a mean flow lobe length exceeding 11.5 arcmin. 37 (44%) of the detected H2 features are associated with a known Herbig-Haro object, while 72 (46%) of catalogued HH objects are detected in H2 emission. Embedded Spitzer sources are identified for all but two of the 26 molecular outflows. These candidate outflow sources all have high near-to-mid-IR spectral indices (mean value of alpha ~ 1.4) as well as red IRAC 3.6-4.5 micron and IRAC/MIPS 4.5-24.0 micron colours: 80% have [3.6]-[4.5] > 1.0 and [4.5]-[24] > 1.5. These criteria - high alpha and red [4.5]-[24] and [3.6]-[4.5] colours - are powerful discriminants when searching for molecular outflow sources. However, we find no correlation between alpha and flow length or opening angle, and the outflows appear randomly orientated in each region. The more massive clouds are associated with a greater number of outflows, which suggests that the star formation efficiency is roughly the same in each region.
description: 23 pages (including Appoendix); 11 main text figures, 5 colour appendix figs uploaded as gifs; accepted by MNRAS; for higher-resolution figures please visit http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/~cdavis/
Strong-coupling corrections to hard domain walls in superfluid 3He-B
Creators: name: Rudd, M. J.
name: Yapa, P. Senarath
name: Shook, A. J.
name: Maciejko, J.
name: Davis, J. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Superconductivity (cond-mat.supr-con)
subject: Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics (cond-mat.mes-hall)
subject: Quantum Physics (quant-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Domain walls in superfluid 3He-B have gained renewed interest in light of experimental progress on confining helium in nanofabricated geometries. Here, we study the effect of strong-coupling corrections on domain wall width and interfacial tension by determining self-consistent solutions to spatially-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations. We find that the formation of domain walls is generally energetically favored in strong coupling over weak coupling. Calculations were performed over a wide range of temperatures and pressures, showing decreasing interface energy with increasing temperature and pressure. This has implications for the observability of such domain walls in 3He-B, which are of both fundamental interest and form the basis for spatially-modulated pair-density wave states, when stabilized by strong confinement.
description: 9 pages, 6 figures, accepted version, includes appendix with alternative Wiman beta parameters
National Expenditure on Tuberculosis and Tuberculosis Control in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Creators: name: O'Connell, James
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Other Public Health
subject: Diseases
subject: Public Health
subject: Medicine and Health Sciences
subject: Health Services Research
subject: Bacterial Infections and Mycoses

description: This is an ecological study of the relationship between national expenditure on tuberculosis and tuberculosis burden in low- and middle-income countries.
CSS-LM: A Contrastive Framework for Semi-supervised Fine-tuning of Pre-trained Language Models
Creators: name: Su, Yusheng
name: Han, Xu
name: Lin, Yankai
name: Zhang, Zhengyan
name: Liu, Zhiyuan
name: Li, Peng
name: Zhou, Jie
name: Sun, Maosong
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Fine-tuning pre-trained language models (PLMs) has demonstrated its effectiveness on various downstream NLP tasks recently. However, in many low-resource scenarios, the conventional fine-tuning strategies cannot sufficiently capture the important semantic features for downstream tasks. To address this issue, we introduce a novel framework (named "CSS-LM") to improve the fine-tuning phase of PLMs via contrastive semi-supervised learning. Specifically, given a specific task, we retrieve positive and negative instances from large-scale unlabeled corpora according to their domain-level and class-level semantic relatedness to the task. We then perform contrastive semi-supervised learning on both the retrieved unlabeled and original labeled instances to help PLMs capture crucial task-related semantic features. The experimental results show that CSS-LM achieves better results than the conventional fine-tuning strategy on a series of downstream tasks with few-shot settings, and outperforms the latest supervised contrastive fine-tuning strategies. Our datasets and source code will be available to provide more details.
Response to Political Correctness (PC) norms: Backlash or compliance (Phase 1)?
Creators: name: Lalot, Fanny
name: Bowman, Jonathan William Powell
name: Abrams, Dominic
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: Research has shown that normative pressure can influence attitudes and behaviour. The aim of PC is to proscribe language that may be offensive to minority groups and, more broadly, to reduce prejudice. PC norms are particularly salient at university. The aim of this research project is twofold:
- RQ1 Does exposure to PC norms (at university) increase overall support for PC and reduce prejudice?
- RQ2 Do some new university students experience a backlash against PC norms, and if so, who?
This pre-registration covers the first phase of the research designed to provide a base measure of key variables for students before they go to university. Additional pre-registrations will be submitted to outline subsequent phases of what is envisaged as a longitudinal study.
Tone, reduplication
Creators: name: Koutouan, Evelyne
name: Jarvis, Rebecca
name: Kapner, Julianne
name: Russell, Katherine
name: Carrie, Oceane
name: Kouadio, Timothée
Publisher: name: California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: ebr

description: Elicitation of tone context paradigms with nouns of different tone melodies, agentive nouns, tonal minimal pairs, verbal reduplication.
Reentrant Bloch ferromagnetism
Creators: name: Vu, DinhDuy
name: Sarma, Sankar Das
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: An interacting electron liquid in two (2D) and three (3D) dimensions may undergo a paramagnetic-to-ferromagnetic quantum spin polarization transition at zero applied magnetic field, driven entirely by exchange interactions, as the system density ($n$) is decreased. This is known as Bloch ferromagnetism. We show theoretically that the application of an external magnetic field ($B$), which directly spin polarizes the system through Zeeman spin splitting, has an interesting effect on Bloch ferromagnetism if the applied field and carrier density are both decreased (from some initial applied high magnetic field at a high carrier density) in a power-law manner, $B\sim n^p$. For $pp_c$, the system may undergo two transitions if starting from the fully spin-polarized state: first, a weak second order transition at high density and field from the field-induced fully polarized phase to the partially polarized phase; and then, at a lower field and density, a reentrant first order transition back to the fully spin-polarized phase again with a single Fermi surface.
description: 5 pages, 2 figures
Η ποιητική θεωρία του Γιάννη Ρίτσου: Μελετήματα
Creators: name: Καλιντζόγλου, Μαλαματένια Χρήστου
Publisher: name: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Year: 2017
Subjects: Γιάννης Ρίτσος
Μελετήματα
Ποιητική θεωρία
Giannis Ritsos
Essays
Poetic theory

description: Σκοπός της διατριβής είναι η μελέτη της ποιητικής θεωρίας του Γιάννη Ρίτσου, όπως αυτή ξεδιπλώνεται μέσα από τη συγκεντρωτική έκδοση έξι μελετών – κριτικών κειμένων του ποιητή με τον τίτλο Μελετήματα. Κατ’ επέκταση, ο Ρίτσος εξετάζεται πρωτίστως με την ιδιότητα του θεωρητικού και κριτικού της ποίησης αλλά και γενικότερα της τέχνης, και δευτερευόντως με την ιδιότητα του ποιητή. Ζητούμενο είναι η διερεύνηση του κατά πόσο οι θεωρητικές και κριτικές θέσεις που παρουσιάζει ο Ρίτσος συνθέτουν και υπηρετούν ένα ολοκληρωμένο προσωπικό σύστημα το οποίο καλύπτει όλο το φάσμα του ποιητικού φαινομένου (ποίηση, κριτική, μετάφραση, κλπ.) και το αν και πώς εξελίσσεται η ποιητική θεωρία του Ρίτσου με το πέρασμα του χρόνου
description: The aim of the present thesis is the study of the poetic theory of Giannis Ritsos as it's being unwrapped through the compiled issue of six studies – critical texts named Essays. Furthermore, Ritsos is examined primarily as a theoretical and critic of poetry and generally of art, and secondarily as a poet. The purpose of this paper is the research in which degree the theoretical and critical statements that Ritsos develops compose and serve a complete personal system which covers the whole spectrum of the poetic phenomenon (poetry, criticism, translation, etc.) and if and how the poetic theory of Ritsos evolves through time
Demonstration of Confinement and Chiral Symmetry Breaking in $SO(N_c)$ Gauge Theories
Creators: name: Csáki, Csaba
name: Gomes, Andrew
name: Murayama, Hitoshi
name: Telem, Ofri
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2021
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: We demonstrate that $SO(N_{c})$ gauge theories with matter fields in the vector representation confine due to monopole condensation and break the $SU(N_{F})$ chiral symmetry to $SO(N_{F})$ via the quark bilinear. Our results are obtained by perturbing the ${\cal N}=1$ supersymmetric theory with anomaly-mediated supersymmetry breaking.
description: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2107.02813
Embodied Capital and Relationship Quality
Creators: name: Fogg, Cody
name: Mishra, Sandeep
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2020
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: We are conducting an exploratory study on how an individual’s embodied capital, as well as a social-partner’s embodied capital, influences relationship quality and reciprocity. Many of our measures were modified from existing measures, and we have no prior expectations as to how these measures will be associated with the established measures we have included; thus, our study is exploratory.
Social Comparisons and Social Media
Creators: name: Fogg, Cody
name: Mishra, Sandeep
Publisher: name: OSF Registries
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Social Psychology
subject: Social and Behavioral Sciences
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: We are conducting an exploratory study on the effects of social media on social comparisons and perceived (dis)advantage. Many of our measures were modified from existing measures, and we have no prior expectations as to how these measures will be associated with the established measures we have included; thus, our study is exploratory.
D.7.3 - A-LEAF Dissemination and Exploitation Plan
Creators: name: Galán-Mascarós, JR
name: Banet Osuna, A
name: López Suárez, L
name: Tomás Laudo, L
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2017

description: This is the deliverable D7.3 Dissemination and Exploitation Plan (D&E Plan) of the H2020 FETProactive project A-LEAF (GA 732840). This work is carried out as part of WP7 Dissemination, Exploitation and Communication work package. Dissemination and exploitation actions from A-LEAF aim at communicating project results to a wide audience, fostering the adoption of the new technology and its impact, facilitating the exchange of information and the interaction not only with other projects but also with activities in industry, academia, and society as a whole. The D&E plan for the A-LEAF project sets the frame and scope for the A-LEAF D&E activities. This document presents the initial version of Dissemination and Exploitation plan. The strategy and plan of dissemination and exploitation will be continually monitored, updated and reported during the project. In a sense, this is a living document that will develop through the project and it will change in accordance with the needs of the dissemination and exploitation process. This D&E plan will be updated in M14 and M26 of the project.